In light of last night’ s episode on Twitter involving Ravel Morrison I, like numerous other people, found this piece from Keith aka The Mancunian Red quite refreshing. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. – Ed
No doubt there will be many who say he has already had numerous chances and he should realise how lucky he is, he has the world at his feet. Who wouldn’t want to be where Ravel stands today? How many times have we read I would give anything to be in your position
Let’s be honest why do we care about Ravel Morrison? I’ve never met him, probably never will, I certainly don’t know him. But thousands if not millions of us care about him because we know he has a special talent. We know he has that wonderful gift in him that can lift our day and make us feel great. Help our team win titles, and may be even Champions Leagues and to get those hairs on the back of our neck tingling, to take our breath away with magical moments. In other words we know he has the power to improve our lives! We have already seen him do this and know we could be seeing him do this for the next decade and a half. This is why we care about Ravel, it is purely selfish.
If we accept this should we not take a few minutes just to think about life from his perspective in general and be a bit more understanding? Like every other teenager he is going through the process of trying to understand himself and why he thinks and feels as he does. And to change things about himself he may not want, but this is not easy and in fact most of us still haven’t been able to stop us feeling things we wish we never felt.
On top of this he has to do it under the microscope of the media due to his talent. I’ll be honest I couldn’t have coped if virtually everything I did was known by tens of thousands of people. And it must be very frustrating to him that people think they know him due to a few public actions.
Dealing with emotions and feelings that are intense is very difficult.
Being critical of people can also be a way of boosting our own ego’s. Ravel may have the talent but emotionally and rationally I’m on another level to him. Well perhaps you are, I’m not!!
Ravel take your time, develop at your own pace and don’t be too hard on yourself and remember you owe no one but yourself. You learn and try to be the person you like, the rest doesn’t matter!
George Best once said I find football easy, natural, it is the rest of life I find difficult!
You can read more of Keith’s work on his blog here
I agree. I think they should cut him some slack. He will come around but he needs to calm down too and be patient as I get he’s eager to play week in week out.
I agree, Ravel should get his head down & let the Football do the talking, as there is no doubt he would be a First Team regular If it weren’t for his off-field actions…….I still see him as our Paul Scholes successor……..just has to get his mind right…..
Controversy clearly is going to follow this youngster.Not unusual at United is it.I just think rather than us all sit in judge and jury on the lad, let him explain what he meant,not to me, not to you, to Manchester United.
While not on anywhere near the level of the Terry case, you should be innocent until proven guilty.In the case of Ravel you are speaking of condeming’some’ a raging maverick talent to the wastes, for a seemingly immature action.
Terry on the other hand, some have been guilty of assasination of a character to not be fit for human consumption, based on a ‘unclear’ and possibly ‘unintended’ rant.
In the interests of decency and fairplay, let them explain themselves to the approriate authority. Lest we judge and destroy careers.
Great advice Mancunian Red, top man.
A the moment the lad is immature for his age and there isn’t we can do about that. He has the football world at his feet, but he isn’t ready for the limelight. Its a shame because creatively its all there for him to be progressed into team this season. He could have possibly be our own Eden Hazard or Mario Goetze. He has arrogance and character which is actually good, but he also has a lot of anger and immaturity. It’s a difficult balance.
He has that Cassano and Balotelli type of problem, where they all believe they are the superstar without doing anything special or working hard. Cassano developed and matured a lot when he went to Sampdoria. He got better in that sense as he got older and has done well for AC Milan now, but he is 29-30.
Ravel might be a slow burner as well. He might end up leaving Man Utd before eventually fulfilling some of the great potential he has. By that time he might have matured like Cassano, but he might be looking back and kicking himself because he could have been with Man Utd. However it might be the journey he needs to develop as a man.
I really hope its not the case and he can get his head on sooner rather than later. However Ferguson will have his limits as well, and he won’t keep giving him the special treatment that his talent has thus far allowed him. Cleverley and Welbeck may not have Morrison talent, but they have the right temperament and character for Ferguson to be a Man Utd player.
I would like to know what is happening to Josua King, he looked a promising player and since he went on loan in Germany, I can recall him playing there. Can we let Bebartov, Owen and Diouf go. We can create space for Josua King and Macheda, and allowing some game time for Will Keane. I would like to know why can we not play Podga in the mildfield, we are struggling in that department. I am afraid we might lose Podga for free if we are not careful, January is around the corner. I hope Morrison sort himself out but also scared SAF is taking too long now to give these boys chances. Loan Macheda to Wigan, Diouf to Everton, Will Keane to Championship.
I would like to know what is happening to Josua King, he looked promising and since he went on loan in Germany, I cannot recall him playing there. Can we let Bebartov, Owen and Diouf go. We can create space for Josua King and Macheda, and allowing some game time for Will Keane also. why can we not play Podga in the mildfield, we are struggling in that department. I am afraid we might lose Podga for free if we are not careful, January is around the corner. I hope Morrison sort himself out but also scared SAF is taking too long now to give these boys chances. Loan Macheda to Wigan, Diouf to Everton, Will Keane to Championshi
Vuelvo a escribir porque mi primer comentario no fue publicado. Salvemos a este joven de grandes cualidades, como lo dije es de los pocos jugadores ingleses con habilidad, talento y fantasía. No podemos postergarlo porque demuestra arrogancia,(tambien fue arrogante Maradona, lo es CR7 y Balotelli, pero acaso no tienen motivo para serlo) tal vez ese sea el atributo que le falta al futbolista ingles y por eso no se gana nada hace 45 años. Los entrenadores y el Manchester United no han sabido manejar a Ravel. Hay que darle confianza y guiemosle para que se de cuente de sus propios errores.
Again I write because my first comment was not published. Save this young man of great qualities, as I said one of the few English players with skill, talent and imagination. We can not postpone it because it shows arrogance, (also Maradona was arrogant, it is CR7 and Balotelli, but perhaps they have reason to be) maybe that’s the attribute is missing in the English footballer and so nothing is gained over 45 years. Coaches and Manchester United have failed to manage Ravel. You have to give trust and directed him to realize his own mistakes.