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There are many different ways to quit a job. The glorious lottery winning syndicate mass walk out. The steady, by the book, hand written letter and couple of months diligent notice being served. The ripping the computer from the wall, smashing it on the floor and screaming over and over again ‘write your own fatuous Cristiano Ronaldo story why don't you - how d'ya like them apples, eh? Eh?' - while daubbing your face with printer ink and then leaping through a window in the general direction of the nearest off license.
All are fine in their own way. But the modern footballer has an alternative not open to most of us. And it is a tactic that can easily be fallen in to by rank carelessness. As Nani will be ruminating today.
Nani – ‘the next Cristiano Ronaldo’ who has actually turned out to be the next Darren Huckerby, minus the work ethic – you see, was asked by a Portuguese publication just what was the matter at Old Trafford.
Why aren’t you playing so much? How come your talent is being wasted on the bench? Just what is Sir Alex Ferguson like to work under? And Nani answered...
“Ferguson is a very complicated man,” said the Portuguese, opening softly. “He’s tough. If things are all right, then they are all right. But when he thinks something is wrong, everything is screwed.
“He can go from complimenting you to just plain trashing you in a matter of minutes. Has it happened to me? Hell, yes! He’ll say ‘Nani, how could you miss this or this’?”
The hairdryer treatment, it seems, is not to the winger’s liking. Though he might get less of it had he pulled his finger out over the last two years and actually started putting in performances in more than just 20 minute bursts.
And the language the Scot uses. Well, that turns the red half of Manchester blue and pricks at the sensitivities of the delicate Portuguese. Poor little thing.
“He shouts at players in front of everyone,” he continued. “No one escapes, everybody is the same. Giggs and Neville suffer most, because they have more experience. It is ‘F**k’ here and ‘F**k’ there.”
The longevity of Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville then, aside from their consistent excellence, hard work and diligence can be put, in part, down to the fact they quite early on worked out that to go shooting your mouth off about what a beast Ferguson is would not be in their best professional interest.
If only Nani had taken his lead from them. Or viewed the cautionary tale of Jaap Stam who, at the hight of his abilities, said one little thing out of turn about his manager in a book and was shipped off to Lazio before you could say “F**k’ here and ‘F**k’ there”.
“People expect more from me and it’s not easy,” bleated Nani, oblivious to the lessons around him. “But they are also not doing what they said they were going to.
“I know it would be better if I scored more goals. I can have a spectacular game but nobody guarantees me I will be starting the next match. It shatters your confidence.”
Soon to be joined by shattered ear drums when he next sees Ferguson. Just to say goodbye, presumably.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/manutd/6547112/Nani-risks-Sir-Alex-Fergusons-wrath-after-lifting-the-lid-on-Manchester-United-rows.html
All are fine in their own way. But the modern footballer has an alternative not open to most of us. And it is a tactic that can easily be fallen in to by rank carelessness. As Nani will be ruminating today.
Nani – ‘the next Cristiano Ronaldo’ who has actually turned out to be the next Darren Huckerby, minus the work ethic – you see, was asked by a Portuguese publication just what was the matter at Old Trafford.
Why aren’t you playing so much? How come your talent is being wasted on the bench? Just what is Sir Alex Ferguson like to work under? And Nani answered...
“Ferguson is a very complicated man,” said the Portuguese, opening softly. “He’s tough. If things are all right, then they are all right. But when he thinks something is wrong, everything is screwed.
“He can go from complimenting you to just plain trashing you in a matter of minutes. Has it happened to me? Hell, yes! He’ll say ‘Nani, how could you miss this or this’?”
The hairdryer treatment, it seems, is not to the winger’s liking. Though he might get less of it had he pulled his finger out over the last two years and actually started putting in performances in more than just 20 minute bursts.
And the language the Scot uses. Well, that turns the red half of Manchester blue and pricks at the sensitivities of the delicate Portuguese. Poor little thing.
“He shouts at players in front of everyone,” he continued. “No one escapes, everybody is the same. Giggs and Neville suffer most, because they have more experience. It is ‘F**k’ here and ‘F**k’ there.”
The longevity of Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville then, aside from their consistent excellence, hard work and diligence can be put, in part, down to the fact they quite early on worked out that to go shooting your mouth off about what a beast Ferguson is would not be in their best professional interest.
If only Nani had taken his lead from them. Or viewed the cautionary tale of Jaap Stam who, at the hight of his abilities, said one little thing out of turn about his manager in a book and was shipped off to Lazio before you could say “F**k’ here and ‘F**k’ there”.
“People expect more from me and it’s not easy,” bleated Nani, oblivious to the lessons around him. “But they are also not doing what they said they were going to.
“I know it would be better if I scored more goals. I can have a spectacular game but nobody guarantees me I will be starting the next match. It shatters your confidence.”
Soon to be joined by shattered ear drums when he next sees Ferguson. Just to say goodbye, presumably.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/manutd/6547112/Nani-risks-Sir-Alex-Fergusons-wrath-after-lifting-the-lid-on-Manchester-United-rows.html
