Give Ronaldo proper service and he will score!! That simple.
He's missed 2 or 3 big or semi-big chances a game in at least 3-4 matches recently. Not that simple really.
Give Ronaldo proper service and he will score!! That simple.
That's not really true. He has missed some gilt edged chances. He should've scored against Southampton (rounded the keeper hit a tame shot that got stopped on the line), Leeds (hit the keeper from Pogba's square), Watford (hit Elanga with the goal gaping), I could go on.
Some of those misses have been costly too. An extra six points right now...
That being said, if he's worked his way back to form we can expect a huge improvement in our results. When Ronaldo is on it there's no better goalscorer in the game. We've been making chances. With Ronaldo in beast mode we'll start taking them and winning matches.
When he was winning ballon d’ors and scoring 50+ goals a season he was missing chances.That's not really true. He has missed some gilt edged chances. He should've scored against Southampton (rounded the keeper hit a tame shot that got stopped on the line), Leeds (hit the keeper from Pogba's square), Watford (hit Elanga with the goal gaping), I could go on.
Some of those misses have been costly too. An extra six points right now...
That being said, if he's worked his way back to form we can expect a huge improvement in our results. When Ronaldo is on it there's no better goalscorer in the game. We've been making chances. With Ronaldo in beast mode we'll start taking them and winning matches.
No denying this and he has been out of form. But in the interests of fairness, so has everyone. Bruno missed an open goal which cost us our place in the FA Cup and Cavani missed an open goal from 2 yards out at Burnley for example.That's not really true. He has missed some gilt edged chances. He should've scored against Southampton (rounded the keeper hit a tame shot that got stopped on the line), Leeds (hit the keeper from Pogba's square), Watford (hit Elanga with the goal gaping), I could go on.
Some of those misses have been costly too. An extra six points right now...
That being said, if he's worked his way back to form we can expect a huge improvement in our results. When Ronaldo is on it there's no better goalscorer in the game. We've been making chances. With Ronaldo in beast mode we'll start taking them and winning matches.
100% agree, the slump of form wasn't just on the other players.
When he was winning ballon d’ors and scoring 50+ goals a season he was missing chances.
You can’t expect your striker to score every chance presented to them, he could have and should have had a few more but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t been our best player this season, which he has.
No denying this and he has been out of form. But in the interests of fairness, so has everyone. Bruno missed an open goal which cost us our place in the FA Cup and Cavani missed an open goal from 2 yards out at Burnley for example.
I do understand I'm just loathe to be too critical of a guy forced to play every game because none of our other centre forwards seemingly want to play for the club for various reasons especially given we've been ridiculously asking him to consistently play a role he's barely ever played in club football throughout his 20 year career. We saw yesterday a much more rested, energised player with what appeared to be more freedom to drop off the front line to find space and he was deadly.That wasn't really the point I was making. I agree that the rest of the team hasn't been good enough in front of goal. However, Ronaldo is our main striker. He's the guy that the main responsibility hangs on.
PSG went out of Europe the other night and their fans aren't asking where were Di Maria and Draxler. They're asking about Neymar and Messi. Cos when you need something special you look to your special players. For us that's Ronaldo. He showed it last night. I just wish he had shown it more often in the eight weeks before.
Deserves credit for the positions he occupied yesterday. Didn't restrict himself to simply running off the last defender, when the ball got to advanced areas he made himself available. At points in the 2nd half was almost deep enough to be the 10. He had a good game even without the goals. Contrary to what people say a striker can link up and get on the scoresheet and Ronaldo can play as a complete forward when he chooses. I'd like to see more of it from him and I'd honestly also like to see Bruno play the 10 more similar to how Ronaldo played his deeper touches yesterday. Won't get pretty stats but using simple touches to facilitate attacks and acting as the pivot in passing triangles. Ronaldo is no doubt on another level when it comes to intelligence.
He is a human being isn't he. Nobody has scored more goals in the history of the game, I think he knows what he's doing before you say he's passed it, yesterday was a prime example that he clearly isn't.He's missed 2 or 3 big or semi-big chances a game in at least 3-4 matches recently. Not that simple really.
He need proper rest and proper service. I’ve said it many times, he shouldn’t play more than 90-120mins per week. But during his poor form in Feb, he was like playing full games every 3 days without any rest (7 games in 21 days). He is 37 afterall, his body can’t fully recovered under such intense schedule without any proper resting.He's missed 2 or 3 big or semi-big chances a game in at least 3-4 matches recently. Not that simple really.
He is a human being isn't he. Nobody has scored more goals in the history of the game, I think he knows what he's doing before you say he's passed it, yesterday was a prime example that he clearly isn't.
The rest did him good. He can't play every game.He looked much better all game. Looked fully fit straight from the first minute.
He wasn't doing any silly air kicks, miscontrolling the ball etc. He actually smashed the ball like I expect to see him do also. Some of his shots in recent times have been very tame.
It was great to see him roll back the clock, but I fear that was the odd one of rather than a sign of things to come.
If Cavani were leading the line we'd probably be around Spurs position right now.
If Cavani were leading the line we'd probably be around Spurs position right now.
If Cavani were leading the line we'd probably be around Spurs position right now.
Indeed, it was all him that carried us to 2nd in those, checks notes, 13 league starts.With Cavani leading the line we were 2nd last season.
Indeed, it was all him that carried us to 2nd in those, checks notes, 13 league starts.
I think we'd have done great relying on him this season too given he's only missed 19 games injured so far this season.
There was no relying on him, in fact he hasn’t been that good this season and is far far too injury prone but he still scored 10 league goals last season from those 13 league starts and in a hypothetical situation where he was leading the line for 26 or 27 games, I don’t think United would be worse for it, I think they’d be better. But alas.
I certainly think we'd be better (and Ronaldo would be better) if we'd - hypothetically - had Cavani available for 26/27 games this season as we'd have had the option of a) resting Ronaldo, b) playing them together and c) putting Ronaldo out wide to find more space at times.There was no relying on him, in fact he hasn’t been that good this season and is far far too injury prone but he still scored 10 league goals last season from those 13 league starts and in a hypothetical situation where he was leading the line for 26 or 27 games, I don’t think United would be worse for it, I think they’d be better. But alas.
Yeah it's correct. To be more specific it was 6 in 13 starts and 4 in 13 games off the bench. Combine that with the 6 in 5 games in the Europa League where he was exceptional and the goal in the league cup and he ended the season with 17 goals in 39 appearances (19 starts, 18 sub).Are those stats correct?! Didn’t realise he was so prolific. The combination of him being basically unavailable all season and the Greenwood situation has really screwed us. In a way it’s a miracle we’re still in the mix for 4th. Especially when you consider we’ve also forgotten how to defend.
If cavani was relied upon to lead the line this year and we didn't sign Ronaldo who would actually be playing?With Cavani leading the line we were 2nd last season.
Rashford scored 11, Bruno 18, other people stepped up big time last season. I mean dont get me wrong, I love the guy, but he aint a superhero, he's not gonna single handedly drag Rashy out of his slump, or fix a certain youngster's life and attitude by himself.With Cavani leading the line we were 2nd last season.
If cavani was relied upon to lead the line this year and we didn't sign Ronaldo who would actually be playing?
I think the loss of greenwood, rashford absolutely shitting the bed and cavanis injuries have been a bigger cause for where we are than anything Ronaldo has or hasn't done.Same question but different lense, has ronaldo been the key to united still being in the champions league and still having a chance at making 4th...or has he been part of the reason the 2nd placed team from last year is clinging to 5th
He’s just an ABR (anyone but Ronaldo), I wouldn’t pay much attention to it.
We were second last year because liverpool had an unreal amount of injuries and chelsea had frank leading them, not because Cavani was leading the line but that fella will go to whatever argument to fit his ABR agenda.
Rashford scored 11, Bruno 18, other people stepped up big time last season. I mean dont get me wrong, I love the guy, but he aint a superhero, he's not gonna single handedly drag Rashy out of his slump, or fix a certain youngster's life and attitude by himself.
You could have started and ended with that.This season he hasn't because he hasn't been fit for the majority of the season.
If Cavani were leading the line we'd probably be around Spurs position right now.
Thought people were accusing Bruno sucking all the goals alone for the past 2 years. How many assists did Cavani have last season? It sounded like he was being an assistant machine or something.Well that's part of the point, Bruno scored 18 goals, goals were spread out rather than sucked towards one individual. Cavani at his best was both clinical and selfless last season and a real asset. This season he hasn't because he hasn't been fit for the majority of the season.
If I speak, if I fecking speak.
Chelsea and Liverpool have improved to a level that we weren’t playing at last season. Liverpool already have 66 points compared to the 69 they got last season. Both are on course to get way more points than we got last season.How are we behind Arsenal (up to 10 points behind if they win all their games in hand) and far closer to Wolves than we are Chelsea, never mind Liverpool, this season?
Are you sure that evidence suggests that a team built around Ronaldo does worse than a team built around Bruno?How are we behind Arsenal (up to 10 points behind if they win all their games in hand) and far closer to Wolves than we are Chelsea, never mind Liverpool, this season? It’s been a much worse season, no matter what way you spin it. Our average goals per game has dropped from 1.9 per game to 1.65 per game.
Fernandes and Ronaldo can’t play well together. The weekend showed as much on Ronaldo’s part as Fernandes’s part. But a team based around Fernandes was more successful than a team based around Ronaldo, the evidence suggests, and one of two is much higher paid and 10 years older than the other.
Well that's part of the point, Bruno scored 18 goals, goals were spread out rather than sucked towards one individual. Cavani at his best was both clinical and selfless last season and a real asset. This season he hasn't because he hasn't been fit for the majority of the season.