Its diabolical actually.
Ralf has done so much to improve our play.
But in the end the players have to score.
I am predicting we nick a 1-0 win against City Saturday.
Perhaps De Gea will do it when he goes up in extra time.
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Its diabolical actually.
Ralf has done so much to improve our play.
But in the end the players have to score.
I am predicting we nick a 1-0 win against City Saturday.
Perhaps De Gea will do it when he goes up in extra time.
If Cavani was ever fit, it would be interesting to see what Rangnick would do but unfortunately we are limited to starting Ronaldo up front unless we want to go rogue and try Bruno as a false 9..though he also wastes chances anyway.
We're sending him up for a corner at 0-0?
He is been done for a while now, he managed to score somehow so it gave him some air.
He’s gotta find a way to feed his family, I suppose.
That was years ago wasn't it?
You get paid bucketloads of money in exchange for your dignity and pride
Also good to see he can score free kicks after all
Also good to see he can score free kicks after all
You get paid bucketloads of money in exchange for your dignity and pride
Also good to see he can score free kicks after all
Only with the help of camera trickery.
Rats, I got too distracted by the Shopee ads to notice
Ronaldo currently is all about his business.
He wants to be called the Greatest Footballer of All Time.
He builds his business empire on that.
He wants to be called the Greatest Footballer of All Time.
He builds his business empire on that.
Berbatov posted a picture of him from 2009/10 and he looks extremely buff. He looks so skinny nowadays.
Berbatov or Ronaldo?
On a serious note, yeah. I’d probably hazard a guess it’s advice to slim down and remain as lean as possible to prolong his career/avoid carrying too much excess weight to avoid injury at his age.
Since Ralf Rangnick became interim manager at Man Utd, no team has created more chances in the Premier League [160]
Please put Ronaldo to rest
Please put Ronaldo to rest
Berbatov or Ronaldo?
On a serious note, yeah. I’d probably hazard a guess it’s advice to slim down and remain as lean as possible to prolong his career/avoid carrying too much excess weight to avoid injury at his age.
You can't be a lone CF in the PL looking like you eat nothing but salad and lean white meat. He's not a winger anymore. It's no wonder centerbacks easily out muscle his skinny ass.
Ronaldo has been a huge late down when compared to Ibrahimovic when it comes to positive influence within the squad, Ibrahimovic was able to influence pogba's behaviour and had the squad looking at him as a real leader and no unrest came out of the club, ronaldo has been the opposite where he has instead set a tone of drama, drama, drama with silly tantrums, throwing the young players under the bus to protect his own image, giving up on the pitch when it ain't going his way and ignoring away fans after matches.
This shit is the biggest "who the feck cares" thing to me. I've been at all bar 3 of our away games this season and not once have I counted which players do or don't come over at the end. It's such a bizarre thing to look for problems with.
Despite not scoring he could’ve had a number of assists these past games. Kind of debunks the argument that he offers 0 outside goals/in build up. This is last few games alone.
What sort of song is that to be putting on a football video?
That was my very first thought when seeing it too
.He's never gonna offer zero on the build up side, despite what some people say here. Team chemistry would also help but he's new to the group and it takes time for teammates to learn how to play on certain situations - I think he's very underrated at this point of his career about his one touch passing, creativity, ability to drive play forward and put a ball into space with his back against the goal. He has a lot of little flicks I've mentioned here before and have been compiled very well on that video, that's why he's also a big counter attack threat in my view. You guys certainly remember that chest pass a month ago that lead up to a goal, or the 3-2 goal a couple weeks where he smoothly flicks it to Elanga (I think it was Elanga that received it?). But that kind of ability also needs teammates to have certain routines about them. It's always good to attack space when Ronaldo receives a ball against the goal, specially as he's gonna drag at least one, or maybe even 2 defenders, to put pressure on him, and best thing is for a teammate to make himself available right as the ball comes to him so he can flick it quickly into space. Specially as he just isn't as strong anymore holding the ball 5, 10 seconds with his back against the goal and with defenders pressuring.
Yeah these are all guesses anyway, but Ronaldo would prioritise his longevity over any league/team etc., if that's what "toning" down meant for him.
Yeah I guess can't have it all at that age. Sad to see. He was muscle and full of burst back in the day.
Anyway for my sake as well hope he goes to the MLS!
The LA Galaxy would be more than happy to take him off our hands. My 2nd and local team
Somewhere close to home for you, so you can watch him as many times as possible
Yeah, age catches up with everyone, sadly.
Please no! I want him at Charlotte! Won't ever happen though.
They gotta make a former pros 38+ Year olds league.. could be fun. They'll be slower but still have technical ability and probably do more entertaining things since it won't be competition at the highest levelSomewhere close to home for you, so you can watch him as many times as possible
Yeah, age catches up with everyone, sadly.
They'd probably need to start it around the 40 years + mark, as a fair few still keep going in their late 30's
But yeah, I reckon some teams in the 38+ range would probably still give a lot of pro sides around Europe a good beating
I just did a quick search for footballers over 35, still active and one of my (random) favorite players of yesteryear is still going at 40: Joaquin (or he was last season, haven't checked Betis this season).
Anyhow, some stellar names at 35 or older, who are still going: Modric, Fernandinho, Handanovic, Ronaldo, Ibra, Chiellini.
Apologies for derailing a bit.
Ronaldo would never go to the MLS. He wants to compete at the highest level or nothing. Anyone who thinks he would go to a retirement league don't know how his mind works. He'll at worst play at Sporting before calling it a day.
Honestly, I don't share the sentiments here.
He's getting the chances, but he's in a goalscoring rut right now. It happens.
We keep creating, the goals will come.
He's getting the chances, but he's in a goalscoring rut right now. It happens.
We keep creating, the goals will come.
This is pretty much my thoughts on him. If we was any good as a team where we could dominate possession and be much higher up the field, Ronaldo's link up play and traditional no.9 type of involvement has been actually quite good imo. He routinely finds very effective but simple passes to his teammates. The issue is as you've noted is that he covers a much larger field of the pitch and unfortunately isn't physically up to the standard we currently need e.g running the channels, chasing long balls, stretching play for counter attacks etc.
If he played just in and around the 18 yard box, his general play has been more than fine for me; he'd make a very good penalty box striker for a team like City.
Did you see the commercial above? I wouldn't be shocked if a great offer comes in from LA Galaxy or something he'll go for it. He's got nothing to prove to anybody.
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Agree. At Sporting he could still play in CL group games and score a few more goals to extend his record. At MLS, he would earn more cash which he doesn't need anyway, but his remaining career would be totally done.
My guess is, he would try to stay relevant at a big European club for another 2 year (he has 2+1 contract here, so there's another 1+1 year remaining, or he would join another club like PSG in summer), then move back to Sporting to end his career there.
Career wise I doubt. Unless he wants to promote his brand in US like Beckham did.
And get arrested.
You have been living in a cave? The US judge has already dismissed the case in criminal court, it won't happen.
Ronaldo in 2022:
1 goal and 0 assists in 838 minutes.
1 missed penalty
36 shots (3,87 shots per 90 minutes, only beaten by Salah in England), 11 on target. He's had an xG of 6 in this year, and has been scoring less than 20% of the expected goals from his chances.
This makes him one of the least effective strikers in Europe this year.
Absolutely shocking!
He's not the only one in our team to miss chances this year, but he is by far the worst.
He has been working harder defensively:
- avg. pressing per 90 has increased to 8 per 90 from 6 per 90 before christmas
- avg. tackles and interceptions 90 has increased to 0,83 per 90 from 0,35 per 90 before christmas!!
Still in the bottom 10% of attackers in this area, but still a positive.
Him working harder makes the team perform better in my opinion.
It seems he can't do more than one thing though.....
Although I agree that he has been a bit more involved in build ups lately (In 2022), it's still a lot to be desired. His xA has increased from 0,1 per 90 before christmas to 0,15 per 90 in 2022. It says it all really when you have to bring up an example from a match 9 matches and 6 weeks ago to come up with a good example. You can count his good contributions in build ups this season with your fingers. He has 1 assists in his last 17 matches, and that was an unintentional bad first touch. That is not good enough, simple as.
Zero contribution is not true and he should have an assist or two the last few weeks with normal finishing from his teammates. That does not excuse his horrible finishing, mediocre contributions in the build ups and his abysmal defensive workrate.
Bringing him here was never a good idea and we are seeing the results.
The Greenwood situation merely helped highlight the problems we have up front. Plus Cavani being unfit for long periods.
The Greenwood situation merely helped highlight the problems we have up front. Plus Cavani being unfit for long periods.
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