Colin Sheridan: Cristiano Ronaldo primed to go supernova in Qatar

As the Madeiran strode down the tunnel at Old Trafford last Wednesday, one couldn't help wonder was this an act of petulance from which this great player will not recover?

QATAR-BOUND?: Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo. Under Solskjaer and Rangnick, his greatness was at odds with the shambles around him. File pic: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Last Wednesday, the James Webb Space Telescope released a picture of the cosmic landscape called the Pillars of Creation. It was, depending on your energy levels, a profound masterpiece of celestial creation, or something your child would come to you with after throwing paint at a page.

Three towering fingers of empyrean dust and gas superimposed upon a backdrop of vast, seemingly infinite space, itself pockmarked with tiny, magical sparkles, stars, and planets. According to Nasa, the Pillars sit at the heart of a region of space called the Eagle Nebula, or M16, a spot where an awful lot of stars are born (or, in Irish rugby parlance, south Dublin).