Used to be a sweet boy

There's an article today, in The Telegraph, about Ronaldo which, shockingly, contains nothing but facts! Unbelievable. But here it is. To be fair it is a statistical look at his seasons with us, and as generally happens when statistics are looked at, proves that the media are biased against us. Takes this:

The breakdown of his 66 Premier League goals, from 163 appearances, banishes the "flat-track bully" allegation occasionally levelled at United's No7. Of his four visits to Arsenal (Highbury and Emirates), he struck three times against a good defence.

So there.

A good point to finish on:

... it needs stressing that Ronaldo is a developing talent, only 23 years old, with another seven or eight years to shred completely the record books. The escalating rate of his Premier League goalscoring reflects that. From 2003-04 to 07-08, his tallies rose as: 4, 5, 9, 17 and 31. Ronaldo could argue that he was maturing as a player, which is undeniably true, but that process was undoubtedly accelerated by Ferguson's shrewd and caring management.