Anustart89
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The quick shot right after the second to last touch reminded me of his goal against Dynamo Kiev from back when we were good
True, but he was a completely different player then. It’s painful watching his decline now.
We have never been here before. In 2008/2009 he probably got a bunch of assists and created loads of chances terrorising the opposition.
What we have today is a complete shadow of that great player, not even slightly comparable.
More than nothingSure, 1 moment, anything else?
More than nothing
Even if that's true, he will still score more goals than our other forwards this season.
I can't do the math off the top of my head but he probably has more goals in the season than Cavani, Rashford and Sancho right now.
Revisionism of extreme proportions...he was shite for the last 2 months. Was good today and scored a great goal. Let’s leave it there.Would still be scoring 40+ goals a season if he was still at Madrid (imo) so was never in doubt he’d get back his scoring boots eventually. We’ve just struggled massively as a team recently. Hopefully, he keeps it up for the CL.
And a hat trickShould've had a few assists today
Yeah, so the question then becomes: Should we accept some of his very bad performances knowing that sooner or later he will do something good, ?Correct: 15 vs 11, and nearly double the next player in Bruno (8)
Not bizarre...he has been shite...as has everyone else.Bizarre how people are using words such as "shite" etc. Yet he's the only player above 10 goals 2/3 of the way through the season and is nearly double our next highest scorer when he wasn't even here for August. He's 37, slowly declining and I am certainly not claiming he's like his prime. But if he's been shite, I don't think there is word in the English language to describe most of the rest of the team.
Not bizarre...he has been shite...as has everyone else.
He has scored more goal because he plays more games than the other strikers and he is undroppable, He has als missed the most chances
Stop quoting stats that just show how far you’re stretching.You can't really use the same word for him and the rest of the forward line IMO. He doesn't offer that much off the ball, he hasn't since he was young, no one should have expected that. The problem for us is when you look at the stats, he's not doing any worse than any of the other forwards yet is scoring a fair amount of goals, unlike them. He's 2 goals off what Cavani managed last season in 37 games, and I don't think anyone described what he did at his age as "shite."
If you compare him to Rashford and Greenwood, he's assisted at the same or better rate per minute (which doesn't say much). He's having about the same amount of passes per 90. He's creating more chances per 90 than anyone bar Shaw and Bruno. Yet he's the only one getting the ball in the net, which is what wins football matches.
Stop quoting stats that just show how far you’re stretching.
he has been SHITE. No touch, no strength, no ball retention, no link up, no finishing. Nothing. He has embarrassed himself on many occasions...falling over and losing the ball needlessly. Just as bad as anyone else. So let’s just call and egg an egg. Same way a goal against Atalanta didn’t cover up an ordinary performance, goals are goals, performances are performances. Ronaldo has been Shite. I was first in here to credit his goal and performance tonight. But let’s not rewrite history. He has been awful.
This arguement has been done to death. He does this in every team. He is the focus of the attack. Took free kicks and penalties from Bruno. Crosses are aimed toward him. Bruno is magnetically drawn to trying to find him. The stat is a self fulfilling prophecy that only proves we are less potent with him in the team compared to previous seasons.Yes but some statistics just paint a picture don't they?
Ronaldo 15 in 27
Rest of front line: 17 in 87 combined
And let me clarify again, I am not saying he has been amazing, I agree at times he has very much looked 37.
This arguement has been done to death. He does this in every team. He is the focus of the attack. Took free kicks and penalties from Bruno. Crosses are aimed toward him. Bruno is magnetically drawn to trying to find him. The stat is a self fulfilling prophecy that only proves we are less potent with him in the team compared to previous seasons.
Except the fact that he has been scoring only very few penalty goals this season, and none from free kicks, whereas most of our cross has been aim at nowhere.This arguement has been done to death. He does this in every team. He is the focus of the attack. Took free kicks and penalties from Bruno. Crosses are aimed toward him. Bruno is magnetically drawn to trying to find him. The stat is a self fulfilling prophecy that only proves we are less potent with him in the team compared to previous seasons.
Except the fact that he has been scoring only very few penalty goals this season, and none from free kicks, whereas most of our cross has been aim at nowhere.