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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) look forward to a new life under Ruben Amorim. What system will we be playing? What players will impress? and how will it all go? We also say goodbye to Ruud Van Nistelrooy and review United's 3-0 win at home against Leicester City.
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I don't really understand what's happening with him.
Didn't both Carrick and Ralf drop him in their first game? That does suggest to me that they also see that the team is better for it here and there. But now we are back to playing him every game for 90 minutes. Did he complain or anyone at our club? Subbing Greenwood off instead of him or Cavani was a baffling decision.
If he's undroppable it will be a big headache for us going forward
Didn't both Carrick and Ralf drop him in their first game? That does suggest to me that they also see that the team is better for it here and there. But now we are back to playing him every game for 90 minutes. Did he complain or anyone at our club? Subbing Greenwood off instead of him or Cavani was a baffling decision.
If he's undroppable it will be a big headache for us going forward
Basically taking more away from the team then he's contributing now.
His legs have gone, it's like watching bambi on ice whenever the ball breaks to him and he tries to reposition his feet to get a shot off.
I get why we signed him, but the reality is his signing destroyed any sort of team structure we had, it just seems its all about getting the ball into Ronaldo.
His legs have gone, it's like watching bambi on ice whenever the ball breaks to him and he tries to reposition his feet to get a shot off.
I get why we signed him, but the reality is his signing destroyed any sort of team structure we had, it just seems its all about getting the ball into Ronaldo.
Top scorer so far for us this season and the only one who looks to give a feck when the chips are down…but yes let’s talk about how much of a cancer he is to the squad
He's certainly performed better than most of the team. But that's my honest opinion, and I'm hopping out of this thread for the next 7 days
He won’t get dropped. His lawyers will sue Utd!
Let's talk about it anyway, his staunchest followers will only leave when he does.
He shouldn't be here next season
It's not an easy decision even though its deserved and the right. It's why many were unsure about him signing in the first place. The cloud it would bring over the team would be absolutely huge.
I am not sure it's a fight a manager on a six months contract wants to have.
So annoying he was offside for his goal
He is the main problem.
He can care all he wants, he just not the player he was. Why can’t people see this !
He shouldn't be fecking playing in the first place, that's the problem.
He plays for shirt sales, marketing and a rendition of Viva Ronaldo. Not because of his footballing ability.
We're a joke of a club and people thought our board turned a corner in the summer.
If we end in Europe League he'll ask to leave most probably and I think it'll be best for everyone. He's not our future and we need to move on.
Needs benching. We can't be bending over backwards for a 37 years old. His general play is rubbish.
It’s such a shit situation to inherit.
“I’d like to play a high press. What are my options up front?”
“Well we’ve Ronaldo, Martial and Greenwood, who have the worst defensive stats in the league; a 34 year old constantly injured Uruguayan. And Ronaldo. He’ll be 37 next month and expects to play every minute. Best of luck. ”
2 non-penalty goals in 14 isn’t good enough given that goals is all he brings (and costs the team heavily off the ball).
He's certainly performed better than most of the team. But that's my honest opinion, and I'm hopping out of this thread for the next 7 days
He most definitely hasn't. He's been as bad as anyone in the team, and his overall play can only be described as putrid.
Greenwood should start up front ahead of both him and Cavani
Oh dear. We wouldn’t even be in the knockout stages of the CL without him but yes he’s the problem. Not the goalkeeper who’s glued to his line, who still can’t command his box. Not the right back who’s got about as much ability on the ball as me. Not the world record CB who shouldn’t be making a match day squad. Not the non existent midfield. Not the £73m winger who can’t seem to beat his man. Not the home grown kid who’s more concerned about campaigning more than playing football. No, none of those. Our biggest problem is the guy who either scores every match or at least looks the most likely. Something something he doesn’t press enough.
Thanks god he at least prevented his teamates from having brownies for dessert. That's something and it really shows on the pitch.
And the team has regressed from last season with him.
SUUUEEEEEEE
He has failed to score in 10 league games when most of our tactics offensively are "Try to find Ronaldo".
I don’t know what anyone wants from our aged forwards right now. They get absolutely no service. I’m watching the game live from a good elevated position and I can see Ronaldo constantly alert and hungry for balls into him. There’s just no concept as a team of how to create for our forwards.
Our fanbase just lurches from one overly reductive argument to another. Previously, everything would pick up when we sacked Ole and installed any semi-competent manager. That hasn’t come to pass. Now I am hearing a growing mob espousing that Ronaldo killed the dressing room and that we should never have signed him.
Seriously, where would we be without Ronaldo this season? People are getting deluded by a big big opening day win against Leeds. (Martial,) Rashford and Sancho are in shite form, Bruno can’t score for shit, Cavani is rarely fit and has two goals all season, whilst Greenwood is completely unproven at scoring from centre forward.
The crux of the matter is that there is no one manager we can appoint, or one player who we can sign, or one problem position we can resolve to make United sing. Stick Haaland up top in this team and he’d barely get a shot off either. Guardiola or Klopp aren’t competing for the title without a couple years of coaching and rebuilding this side. A magical DM ain’t solving our issues creatively and defensively.
It’s all so fecking reductive and predictible.
His goals have been a nice nostalgia trip but I doubt we'll miss them if we build our team properly on a more modern striker with a modern manager. Fecking City are playing without a striker at all and they're 100 times better than us.
Thanks for this season, Chris, but best for everyone to thank about their future next season.
Thanks for this season, Chris, but best for everyone to thank about their future next season.
By the way, I also hate it when we have a player that seems to be completely undroppable no matter what. Fecks up the team balance and forces us to set through a period of shit form from such player just because of his stance as a top player. No manager will have enough balls to drop Ronaldo and this will feck us.
100% he was guaranteed to play almost every game when fit, at the board level. I’d be surprised if it wasn’t Sir Alex’s idea. He made it clear the one thing we needed to avoid is Ronaldo going to City, it would do too much damage to the club’s image, and they were just going to give him whatever he needed to close that deal.
Of course Ronaldo was going to make demands about game time when we were rolling out the red carpet. Given Sir Alex’s most recent comments about Ronaldo being someone you should always play when available, I’d guess he thinks that wasn’t a bad compromise to make.
If he’s dropped for a few games in a row you can be sure he’s leaving, probably under very favourable conditions (e.g. leaving for free).
He's not the problem, because it would be deranged to watch this side play and think we only have one core problem. Especially given a lot of those issues were there before Ronaldo ever arrived.
He is a problem though. And why wouldn't he be? He's a 36 year old past-his-best poacher in a poor side that wants to rebuild into a more intense team. At best his weaknesses are something the team has to work around, where you'd want someone who plays as much as he does to actually fit what you're trying to do.
He is a problem though. And why wouldn't he be? He's a 36 year old past-his-best poacher in a poor side that wants to rebuild into a more intense team. At best his weaknesses are something the team has to work around, where you'd want someone who plays as much as he does to actually fit what you're trying to do.
I don't know mate, there's no way of knowing where we'd be without Ronaldo this season.
We finished second last season without him though and generally looked a lot better....
He's been terrible in the league. Why do you think that is?
Don’t see his ego allowing him to be playing Europa League or even Europa Conference League next season.
Gotta keep top 4, or else he will want out.
Gotta keep top 4, or else he will want out.
I imagine he’s already planning his exit for the summer, probably best for everyone involve. It’s not his fault we are where we are but we don’t have players to accommodate him.
It was a failed experiment. He is a liability now. Wish him good luck at another club.
Best post in this thread so far.
That’s an absolutely diabolical way to run a club if true. And we deserve everything bad that happens to us.
This is pretty spot on imo. I've been wondering why we stopped pressing and playing like we did against Palace. Never thought of this but this is the only possible explanation I think.
Well, we're fecked guys.
This would be a disaster
IMO he shouldn't do that, He should just let other players play without thinking "should I get this to Ronaldo". His status is too big that all his behavior will affect others, even if he doesn't want to.
He's not the Ronaldo of before, he's just a poacher now so I think he should just focus on playing his role, keep making movement, and letting others do their job.
He's not all the problems at our team right now but there is an issue around his position and we need to fix it somehow.
Pretty much.
Agreed. After Sir Alex left it seemed like we pursued a Galactico policy with an inferiority complex, with money men running things, and with Sir Alex looming large in the background. In other words we had some kind of identity crisis. Understandable in some sense but completely tragic and yeah, this is what you’d expect it to lead to.
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