You seem quite bothered by this Euro win of his. Weird to see how far out of your way you go to discredit it when his won teammates credit Ronaldo. They'd never never be in the final without him. The euro is about 1000's of minutes of football played. Ronnie missed a few of that and was essential throughout the rest.
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You seem quite bothered by this Euro win of his. Weird to see how far out of your way you go to discredit it when his won teammates credit Ronaldo. They'd never never be in the final without him. The euro is about 1000's of minutes of football played. Ronnie missed a few of that and was essential throughout the rest.
Form aside, it is stupid to play a 37 year old for 120 minutes but it would be even more stupid to start him. I'm pretty sure that wont happen
Hoping he'll score a few tonight and get back on track with the goals. People are seriously underestimating how much an in form Ronaldo will do for our top 4 chances(even if he's just goal poaching), especially since we've lost one striker and have another Cavani who is injured/out of form. The guy dragged us to the champions knockout stages and we need him now.
You're being too logical for this thread my friend! The eye test backs it up, the data backs it up, and the only reason folks are desperate to defend these performances is the name on the back of his shirt.
Any other player with these sorts of performances would be utterly crucified. Rashford gets a lot of flack here, but even he is more of a danger to the opposition defence as he keeps making runs and pulling them all over the place, making space for others. I just don't see what it is that Ronaldo brings to the party right now.
I hold nothing against him and I'd be over the moon if his form picked up (goalscoring and general performance) but calling it as I see it. We are dealing with a really poorly performing CF that appears undroppable.
I want the same but rather we rest him up and use him for the champions league
I’m not sure if anyone has pointed this out, but his form seems to have declined rapidly since the early games. Maybe the PL intensity has escalated this. His body just seems to have run out of gas.
How many more times do we still have to keep hearing “he dragged us into the CL knockout stages.” That was a few months ago. He can’t live on those last minute goals all season!
That's a fair criticism and i'd be lying if I said I wasn't a bit concerned/doubtful but that's why i'm hoping a goal or two will turn things around.
Regarding his age, i've seen Giggs and Ibra go through horrible periods in their later careers where they did look finished (Giggs in 07-08 got heaps of stick) and they both came back into some form eventually. Again, just hoping the same with Ronnie. I honestly think we need him.
Sick of that narrative. His last minute goals got us through a piss poor group. His performances were average in all those games.go watch back the videos. If his performances had of been of a better quality all round or if we had of approached the games with a different a different frontline and used him differently- we could and should have gotten out of that group much more comfortably.
To say a player “drags” a team somewhere...I think of Keano in Turin, what Messi had been doing with Barca since xavi and ineasta left, Ronny with us in his 40+ goal season...
scoring a few last minute goals against poor opposition and performing fairly underwhelmingly during the original 90 minutes is not dragging anyone anywhere.
Yeah he has 8 in 18 in the league, but considering it was 3 in 2 at the start. That's 5 in 16 since then, all the while being in the team pretty much entirely for his goalscoring.
Which we would have exited from from had he not scored them. That's the point. It's a massive criticism of the state of the club that we even had to rely on them but it is what it is and six champions league goals were vital for our progress.
His performances as of late merit criticism and maybe his time here will end up going really badly in the end but it's pretty much a fact that we wouldn't be in the champions league knockouts without his goals. That doesn't justify his time back at the club though and he needs to start doing more.
You can't know that for sure, he helped us when he played but to say we wouldn't have won without him is unknown as the game plays out differently
Ronaldo isn't even among the best players playing in the EPL according to Sofascore.
I support this. It's a 2009 picture. As some of his supporters are.
I support this. It's a 2009 picture. As some of his supporters are.
Zlatan worked out pretty well last time.
Burnley 1:1 Man Utd
He looks likes Ibrahimović after his ACL surgery
Maybe Pep still wants him?
What on earth happened to his first touch? He blew that situation at the end by drunken Rooney esque touch, and it just needed a simple touch to turn it into a great situation.
Oh wow well will you look at that, Ronaldo didn’t start and United are still shite. It’s almost like the problem isn’t the player but much deeper then that as his previously been stated.
United won’t ever get out of this situation when the fans don’t even know what the problem is and Blame players (not just Ronaldo) when it’s much more then that.
Ronaldo on an actually functioning team scored you 30 a season with his eyes closed.
United won’t ever get out of this situation when the fans don’t even know what the problem is and Blame players (not just Ronaldo) when it’s much more then that.
Ronaldo on an actually functioning team scored you 30 a season with his eyes closed.
Legs are gone.
Body language isnt good. Same with rashford.
He was terrible the few minutes he played, as bad as his match against Serbia in the last match of the qualifiers, completely bullied by the serbian CBs.
His body looks great, but still his physically strength isn't there
His body looks great, but still his physically strength isn't there
He looks like a doesn't want to be here. Half assed his warm up, got dressed for 4 (!) minutes on the bench when Rangnick called, and jogged on the pitch for 2p minutes. Get him out honestly. It's over.
Troll alert!!
He’s like 99% done. If Mr CL has stinkers against Atletico then you know he’s 100% done
And yes Ronaldo was poor when he came on.
Posting this after this game is a very bad example. Especially when he came on missed 2 very good chances and lost the ball in every other touch.
You should've waited for a game when he comes off the bench and actually scores the winner. Only a matter of time till that happens.
straight down the tunnel again. didn’t even say thanks to the united fans.
anybody who thinks he’s here because he loves the club needs their heads wobbling
anybody who thinks he’s here because he loves the club needs their heads wobbling
Forget the expected physical decline, his touch in and around the pen has gone to shit. The number of chances he wastes because he cannot keep the ball in optimal position happens too many times
So he is the problem today? The man played 20 minutes
I highly doubt that. He's certainly not United's main problem but his level clearly fell off a cliff.
Edit: checking the club you support explains your massive bias.
Part of me wishes he’d just went to City. It’s not like he’d ever play for them anyway.
I can't fault him too much. His touch is really shit though for a potential GOAT.
He's utterly finished. The headers weren't the easiest of chances, but a player who professes to be world class should at least get one of the two on target.
And the chance in injury time where he couldn't adequately control the ball in the box? That's just horrendous. He did the exact same against Middlesbrough too.
And the chance in injury time where he couldn't adequately control the ball in the box? That's just horrendous. He did the exact same against Middlesbrough too.
Guy played 30 minutes and had like 10 touches yet fools are parroting he is done here… players can’t mis headers? He didn’t get enough height in relation to the ball both times.
The hate is astounding. Cavani had as bad of a game and has nowhere the same amount of vitriol, it’s not the number 9s fault in this team.
How many chances do they get with the ball at their feet? First time shots on a cutback? Last game I agree but today? Nah, the bias is too strong.
The hate is astounding. Cavani had as bad of a game and has nowhere the same amount of vitriol, it’s not the number 9s fault in this team.
How many chances do they get with the ball at their feet? First time shots on a cutback? Last game I agree but today? Nah, the bias is too strong.
Unfortunately that’s what happens when the top top players get old. His body can’t keep up with what his brain wants him to do.
I said he played bad this game as well. No shying away from it.Posting this after this game is a very bad example. Especially when he came on missed 2 very good chances and lost the ball in every other touch.
You should've waited for a game when he comes off the bench and actually scores the winner. Only a matter of time till that happens.
My point still stands though.
Bobby Charlton’s probably isn’t great now either but I wouldn’t let that cloud my opinion of his career
I think it might be best for all parties if he goes at the end of the season.
I don't think signing him was the wrong decision because we need a striker and its hardly genius intellect to say we should have signed Haaland.
Even as a finisher I just can't see it with him, hoping for a late flourish but he looks quite average at the top level.
I don't think signing him was the wrong decision because we need a striker and its hardly genius intellect to say we should have signed Haaland.
Even as a finisher I just can't see it with him, hoping for a late flourish but he looks quite average at the top level.
How can you doubt it when last season in Juve (who were not that great) he scored over 30.
Now at United he is struggling more is it the player or is it the club? Like I said…30+ goals last season.
But sure “because of my club their is bias” and not the fact that I am giving you facts.
Get both him and Cavani out in summer. They're finished.
Had the ball played into his feet in the last few minutes and couldn't adjust his feet quick enough to even get a snap shot in.
He's finished, such a shame watching him break down this season but the pace of the Premier league has destroyed him. Maybe we've overplayed him to be fair but given he demands to play it's a difficult situation.
He's finished, such a shame watching him break down this season but the pace of the Premier league has destroyed him. Maybe we've overplayed him to be fair but given he demands to play it's a difficult situation.
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