henry and gerrard also not natural captain, but is their on field performance that inspire other, this what we call captain lead by example...

Our current pecking order in terms of captains is Gaz, Giggsy, Scholesy and then Rio if I'm not mistaken. Although it tends to be RIo more then Scholesy as Scholesy doesn't like being a captain.

THE MOST?its not the point..when the player is dive its a dive..nothing to do with the numbers of dive they did..
again..well done air_mood..  they just dont know or dont want to know when their players also dive..

oopss sory..i didnt mean that, but this is our response..its normal rite?
back to the topic i dont think cristiano ronaldo have a captain criteria..one of captain criteria is who can shout to their team mate when they did wrong on the field..or back up them..

No doubt that that's a very, very important traits for a captain. As a matter of fact, I don't even see Gaz as a proper captain, simply because he's not vocal as Keano, Schmikes, Cantona and brucey before him used to be. If it was up to me, I'd get Rio as captain because he isn't afraid to tell his mind.

But the fact of the matter is this, most people on this thread are saying that  Ronaldo can't be a captain because he used to dive quite a fair bit. And as you pointed out, that's not a trait that determines whether someone deserves to be a captain or not. If someone says that he doesn't have leadership or motivating qualities, I have no issues with that cause he certainly doesn't at the moment.

so you two don't rate integrity and respect very highly then? IMHO, a captain is someone who does not indulge in off field shenadigans, is a model proffesional, willing to protect his charges and one who respects the laws of the game...

Hmm... no one seems to fit that criteria

Of course one would one his captain to be the model professional dont they. Stays out of the spotlight, never brings attention to himself and the closest player to that now IMO(nothing to do with my Man Utd bias here) is Paul Scholes. Hence why i realy love the ginger assassin, he comes in, does his job and fecks off from the stadium to be with his family. The model professional.

But in a day and age where wages are getting more ridiculous by the minute, it's hard to get them doesn't it, not when there's so much money to throw around. What was it I heard about the the rumoured wages that Chelski are willing to offer to Ronaldinho, 200k pounds per week???

RONALDO NEEDS TO GROW UP FAST
by Craig Nunis

Christiano Ronaldo should consider a career in touch rugby if he doesn't like being tackled.

For a player who might soon be earning $140,000 pounds a week, wimpy Ronaldo is better advised to use the money to bulk up than complain about being fouled.

On current form, the Portuguese winger is undoubtedly one of the best players in the world, and it is only natural defenders will try all means - fair or otherwise - to stop him.

However, the Daily Mail reported earlier this week that Ronaldo trails behind Mikel Arteta (Everton), David Bentley (Blackburn), Ashley Young (Aston Villa), Stephen Hunt (Reading), Dietmar Hamann (Man City) and Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) in a league table of the most fouled player.

Interestingly, no player from the big four - Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and United - are in the top six, while Villa have two.

We don't hear Martin O'Neill demanding extra protection for his players while none of the most fouled players have voiced their displeasure as they know football is a contact sport.

Perhaps someone forgot to tell Ronaldo, his manager Ferguson and United No 2 Carlos Queiroz that.

The trio lamented Martin Atkinson's handling of the FA Cup quarter-final against Portsmouth last weekend.

Pompey, admittedly, were lucky to sneak a 1-0 victory but they certainly worked hard and played hard - but fair - to earn the upset.

Yes, they were physical, but the worst tackle was committed by Wayne Rooney, whose two-footed lunge at Niko Kranjcar warranted a red card.

He, however, only escaped with a yellow.

Yet, Ferguson claimed Atkinson was "on Portsmouth's side", and accused referee's chief, Keith Hackett, of "not doing his job properly" for allowing a referee not up to Ferguson's standards to officiate at Old Trafford - in other words, someone who did not favour the hosts.

Queiroz went further to claiming Atkinson was a "robber" and insisted a new rule be introduced allowing referees to be replaced during games.

Ronaldo, for his part said he is now scared of performing hs tricks as he fears of being hacked. Yawn.

These are all tired excuses churned out whenever Manchester United come unstuck, a smokescreen to hide their shortcomings.

The match last Saturday was United's to lose.

They were in superb form, had been scoring goals for fun and in Ronaldo, have a players who can torment the best of defenders, when he is on form.

Yet, in a home game against a side who had not won at Old Trafford for 51 years, Manchester United were complacent and just plain unlucky.

On any other day, the would have probably scored more than three goals but their strikers shot more blanks than a person who had a vasectomy.

Their defenders were AWOL when it mattered most, leading to Sully Muntari's 78th minute penalty which left Ferguson sweating more profusely than a Penang Gerakan candidate at the recent general elections.

And the outcome was the same. Defeat.

IMHO, Sir Alex is like protecting Ronaldo more then the rest of the Man Utd players and the reason to that is maybe because of Ronaldo being the key and important player to Man Utd and he doesn't want him to get injured. I won't need to state of what happens if he does get injured ... Man Utd will lose 2 points at the last Derby game for example.