Philippe Auclair

I have to say.

I do think that Gonzalo Ramos would be a better option than Cristiano Ronaldo, this being said.

You know, like,

Climbing down from that little cloud.

The other thing, part of the problem for me is the fact that I don't think that they've got the manager who is going to deal with that question particularly well.

When you've got a manager who hates confrontation, absolutely hates it, even more than you, Max, which is saying something.

He hates to put, you know... I love confrontation.

Yeah, yeah, you do.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

He is more than a diplomat.

He's a bit of a Pollyanna, really.

So, therefore, he's not going to address this.

He's always going to be able to fall back on, well, look at Ronaldo's international record.

Look how important he's been in the recent past with us and so forth.

And then what the other players think about Cristiano Ronaldo, actually, I don't think anybody knows because I don't think anybody would dare to say anything in Portugal about the great man because you would immediately find yourself being ostracized.

On the other hand, if you're talking about great squad, this is the most balanced, most complete squad of them all.

I include France, certainly, but I also include Spain in that.

It's by far from one end of the pitch to the next, the most balanced.

And the midfield is just...

Yeah, just to carry from what Johnny was saying about Colombia, if you look at that squad, it's old.