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Originally Posted by Sparky***
All over social media now you see all sorts of #@&%!heads worshipping Ronaldo, all support teams like aston villa or Wolves who were only too happy to boo the £#%&! out of him when he was at United and call him an over-rated cheat.
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This is very true.
I knew quite a few Utd fans who thought he was a show pony for way too long. Surely Ronaldo is the acid test of one's sageness. Basically anyone who didn't call it when he came on against Bolton that he - at the very, very least - was going to be well worth the money paid for him, well their views are just not worth hearing.
I say this as someone who did indeed call it right with him. My other notable successes on immediately calling it right on great players are many. The two that still haunt me are Matt Jansen (will be England's all time leading scorer) and Frank Lampard (Chelsea have been had, he'll end up at Leyton Orient). Apart from those two blemishes I'm well happy with my talent spotting.
(for the record, Laporte will be better than Hummels - and I REALLY rate Mats)