Definitely a good idea, drop the guy who's scored 15 goals this season for the guy that's scored 5
Rashford has 2 non penalty goals from 204 minutes (102 minutes/goal) playing CF this season, Ronaldo has 13 non penalty goals from 2328 minutes (179 minutes/goal) playing CF.
Since 20/9 Ronaldo has 4 non penalty goals in 1566 minutes (392 minutes/goal) in the PL.
Ronaldo's career record against the top 3:
City: 5 goals and 2 assists in 15 games
Liverpool: 3 goals and 2 assists in 13 games
Chelsea: 1 goal and 2 assists in 16 games
Total: 9 goals and 6 assists in 44 games - 0,20 goals/game - 0,34 goals+assists/game
Rashy against top 3:
City: 4 goals and 1 assist in 14 games
Liverpool: 5 goals and 1 assist in 12 games
Chelsea: 5 goals and 3 assists in 14 games
Total: 14 goals and 5 assists in 40 games - 0,35 goals/game - 0,48 goals+assists/game
Definitely a good idea, keep playing the 37 year old who doesn't score, doesn't press and offers extremely little besides poacher movement when we have the ball. Especially considering that our entire midfield and attack has to put in extra shifts to cover for him defensively and the fact that stats show that we in general create more chances and concede fewer chances without him on the pitch.....
Some key numbers from yesterdays match against our dream-opponent:
We made a total of 45 pressings in the final 3rd - Ronaldo made 3 of those - Fernandes made 13.....
Our midfield and attack made a total of 119 pressings - Ronaldo made 4 of those - Fernandes made 28....
We made a total of 57 succesful pressings - Ronaldo made 1 of those......
Out of the 15 successful dribble we made, Ronaldo made 0
Out of the 39 progressive carries we made, Ronaldo made 2 - Sancho made 9
Out of the 14 carries we made into the final 3rd, Ronaldo made 0 - Sancho made 5
Out of the 7 carries we made into the opposition penalty area, Ronaldo made 0 - Sancho made 3
Ronaldo was the player that was targeted the 2nd most in our team with passes - 41 times (Only Sancho was targeted more often with 47) - 20 (49%) of those passes ended with us losing possession.
Loss of possession for passes targeting other players: Lindgard 43%, Elanga 29%, Fernandes 20%, Sancho 19%, Pogba 15%, McFred 7%.
We made 14 key passes, Ronaldo made 2 of them.
We completed 26 passes into the final 3rd, Ronaldo made 1 of them.
We completed 8 passes into the opposition penalty area, Ronaldo made 0 of them.
Ronaldo had 0 tackles, 0 interceptions, was our only player going off-side (twice), was the starting player with the fewest ballrecoveries (4 our of 99)
Yes, he did have the pre-pre-assist to the 3rd goal, but what did he actually do in yesterdays match to justify a starting spot and his wages?
I'd rather play an out of form Rashford (that is a part of our future) into form than playing the 37 year old myself.