For lifetimes I have hushed the wild chorus of my soul,
buried every fierce and tender expression deep within.
Yet now the long night stirs
an awakening rises, bright and unstoppable,
and when it breaks,
it will be glorious.
We have seen Ronaldo the player, but I pray nature does not rob us of Ronaldo the manager.
We saw the glimpse in 2016 vs France. His knee gave way, but his spirit did not. He left the pitch crying, then returned as a leader. Standing on the touchline, shouting, organizing, dragging Portugal with his voice when his legs could not. He won the Euros not with his feet that night, but with his mind. A manager before he was ever called one.
And here is Erik ten Hag, pointing out what Ronaldo was telling the players at Carrington: save your legs.
The man who has played 1200 games, who has stretched his body to the edge of human limits for 20 years, telling kids who get injured tying their boots to preserve themselves. The wisdom of a marathon runner telling sprinters to breathe.
He laughed it off. He called it unprofessional. An amateur coach doubting the greatest professional the game has ever seen.
Then life humbled him.
The very next season, his Manchester United suffered an unprecedented injury crisis. 45 separate injury cases. The most injuries for one club in one season since Premier League records began. A hospital, not a squad. Players falling like leaves every week.
Should have saved those legs.
Ronaldo was not just saving legs. He was trying to save his career, his legacy, his club. But some people only listen when their own legs start to break.
Shitty manager talk.
"They played what suited THEMSELVES"
YES. And what suited themselves won 4 Champions Leagues together. What suited themselves conquered Europe over and over. What suited themselves made Real Madrid immortal.
What suited YOU? 8th position and 70 goals conceded?
Ronaldo, Casemiro, Varane didn't fit the phase United was in? You are right. They were too big for the phase. The phase was banter FC, bottom half mentality, losing to Galatasaray. They were Champions League DNA in a Europa League body.
Powerful players who want to DECIDE? That is called WINNERS. Winners decide. Losers obey PowerPoints about "attacking dynamic football" while scoring 57 goals a season.
And the biggest crime. When Ronaldo, the greatest winner the game has ever seen, said he wanted Luis Enrique, the club could have listened.
He didn't ask for his friend. He asked for a proper manager. A treble winner. A man who knows how to manage superstars, not fight them.
You ignored him and listened to Ten Hag instead. A man who thinks playing what suits you is a crime.
That is why you are where you are, and they have 5 Champions Leagues each in their cabinet.
Let us not forget where #EndSARS truly started. In Delta state
Let us not forget the input of Tinubu and Sanwolu to the #EndSARS
Let us not forget how wike was talking to Rivers state people like children and threatening them not to protest.
Let us not forget how feminist coven swindled a lot of people off their donations
Let us not forget those who died in the #EndSARS
Let us keep making irrelevant idiots like Sega link.
Let us not forget the gory pictures of #EndSARS , the guy shot by a politician , the guy hit by stray , the other guy who was stabbed in the neck . Let us remember that girl with the nigerian flag wailing on a rock. Let us not forget Tiger base Owerri and Awkuzu SARS.
Let us not forget those still in prison.
#EndSARS
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