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Closet Gooner.
Are you joking?
He’s absolutely correct.
Are you joking?
How would that work? I'm not sure Ronaldo sees himself as a super sub and you just don't bench one of your best players. He didn't play good last night and he was quiet on the weekend but overall I think he's played well for us. We should try starting both of them in a game with Ronaldo coming off the left.He’s absolutely correct.
Saw a twitter nerd describe him as a player who's goals keep solving problems that his signing have createdScored the goal but wasn't great tonight. Arguably we could do with starting Cavani and bringing Ronaldo off the bench. He'd never do that obviously but I think we would get the best of both that way.
You mean Bret Hart?The greatest of all time. Best there is, the best there ever was, and the best there ever will be.. Viva Ronaldo KING GOAT CR7! ❤ finally beat our Villarreal curse because of Viva Ronaldo he has paid back his signing already!
United are playing badly but winning.. that's a good sign of champions. Once the new signings fully settle in and gel and we get a settled midfield that works (which we will we have too good players) watch out other teams! plenty to be positive/hopeful about !
No. If our only chances are in the first half, we would be fecked. Should play Ronaldo for full 90 mins. Only problem is, it’s probably not wise to play him 2 games every week and 50-60 games a season, we need to be selective, especially when we have mid week CL games, should we rest him in some league games?
Saw a twitter nerd describe him as a player who's goals keep solving problems that his signing have created
Interesting point. Could be. We'll see out it plays out. I'm a bit surprised at how many people think we're so dependent on him. We have plenty of firepower and we came into this season expecting to use Greenwood and Cavani up top which most people seemed happy with. Now some people are acting like we won't score a goal unless Ronaldo plays every minute.
How would that work? I'm not sure Ronaldo sees himself as a super sub and you just don't bench one of your best players. He didn't play good last night and he was quiet on the weekend but overall I think he's played well for us. We should try starting both of them in a game with Ronaldo coming off the left.
Indeed and scoring 3 goals in the process considering Cavani wasnt ready until recently. Ashley Young being as lazy as Ronaldo up top but without the goals.it is very possible that Utd would be just as good, maybe better as an attacking force without him.
Interesting point. Could be. We'll see out it plays out. I'm a bit surprised at how many people think we're so dependent on him. We have plenty of firepower and we came into this season expecting to use Greenwood and Cavani up top which most people seemed happy with. Now some people are acting like we won't score a goal unless Ronaldo plays every minute.
I don’t know, that’s why I said we‘ll have to see out things plays out.it’s not an interesting point. It’s an imbecile one. What problems have the signing of Ronaldo created? We were going through the exact same shit last year and the year before, except we didn’t have Ronaldo’s crucial goals to bail us out. It was often Greenwood, but he’s a kid and won’t always come up with the goods and it’s not fair to expect such
Agree.it’s not an interesting point. It’s an imbecile one. What problems have the signing of Ronaldo created? We were going through the exact same shit last year and the year before, except we didn’t have Ronaldo’s crucial goals to bail us out. It was often Greenwood, but he’s a kid and won’t always come up with the goods and it’s not fair to expect such
This is where it matters more. Without all these papering over the cracks, are we gonna keep ignoring the cracks, and blaming papers for not being good enough, to build a foundation on?He had a stinker of a game yesterday and against Villa. There's no getting away from that fact. That goal papered over his and the teams' performance.
I agree he had two bad games however I don't think it's entirely his fault.He had a stinker of a game yesterday and against Villa. There's no getting away from that fact. That goal papered over his and the teams' performance.
He really didn’t have a stinker against Villa, it was a quiet game but he was neat and tidy and played a lovely ball over the top of the defenders into Greenwood. Stinker isn’t the right word at all.He had a stinker of a game yesterday and against Villa. There's no getting away from that fact. That goal papered over his and the teams' performance.
Not aiming at you, just my confusion on other people opinion on we better off relegate Ronaldo influence in the team. Until the team can show they can perform on their own merit without Ronaldo, then he's so needed for those game changing moments.
First off, you don't bring a player like Ronaldo for him to be a bench player. Second, Ronaldo's most valuable quality is that he can score a goal in absolutely any situation. Even with minimal service that guy knows how to score. We lose that and who do we have scoring our goals? He won us 9 points already and has been basically our only real goalscorer.Not really though. Bring him on for the second half and he still gets his goal.
You can’t judge a striker like you do other players. Generally speaking, strikers are expected to score goals. Everything else is gravy.
Scoring a match-winning goal pretty much rules out any other description than a good day at the office.
It's not really true though, most CL winning teams have strikers that are doing more than that. Lewa has a high workrate, Benzema is very versatile, Firminho wasn't here to score, Suarez at Barcelona wasn't the main scorer in their CL win, they bring more than goals to the plate most of the time.
I don’t know, that’s why I said we‘ll have to see out things plays out.
Ask any manager like Sir Alex Ferguson and they'll tell you goal-scoring is the hardest thing to do in football that's why the strikers (especially the best most clinical ones) are paid the big bucks and are worth their weight in gold. Yet people seem to think you can put any other striker in Ronaldo"s positions and it's a goal.
Exactly! Your whole post is excellent.
Some people say "other strikers contribute more"... contribute more in what? The whole game is about goals. Actually, the goal is the only thing that counts in football. If you have a striker that gives you an insane amount of goals, why would you want him to "contribute other things"? The hardest part in football is the goal, and the most sought of players are those who score a lot of goals. "Other things" are only good if they lead to goals. If they don't, it is a waste of time and effort.
Such a simplistic view on football. A striker who links up well and helps create openings/presses well/holds the ball expertly can result in the team scoring more goals. Drogba's hold up play would torment oppositions even if it didn't result the "G/A" stat. Ronaldo is IMO undoubtedly good for us but this whole "goals are all that matter" is something I disagree with. The point isn't to beef Ronaldo's goal tally but improve our football team to achieve genuine excellence and win big trophies. And the hardest part in football, based on our experience over the past 8 years, is to play high quality football. We've had the likes of Ibra and Lukaku score 25+ goals for us before, we've had a young front three all score 15-25 goals each two years ago and it hasn't led to success.Exactly! Your whole post is excellent.
Some people say "other strikers contribute more"... contribute more in what? The whole game is about goals. Actually, the goal is the only thing that counts in football. If you have a striker that gives you an insane amount of goals, why would you want him to "contribute other things"? The hardest part in football is the goal, and the most sought of players are those who score a lot of goals. "Other things" are only good if they lead to goals. If they don't, it is a waste of time and effort.
Exactly! Your whole post is excellent.
Some people say "other strikers contribute more"... contribute more in what? The whole game is about goals. Actually, the goal is the only thing that counts in football. If you have a striker that gives you an insane amount of goals, why would you want him to "contribute other things"? The hardest part in football is the goal, and the most sought of players are those who score a lot of goals. "Other things" are only good if they lead to goals. If they don't, it is a waste of time and effort.
Based on his performance, he should have been subbed in both games. He's a player that needs to be managed from Ole and shouldn't play every gameHe had a stinker of a game yesterday and against Villa. There's no getting away from that fact. That goal papered over his and the teams' performance.
So by that logic Cavani running down the ball in the second half was a ‘waste of time and effort’? If Cavani does that every game he plays over a season, it will lead to 3 or 4 goals. In fact Cavani coming on changed the game during the week, even though he didn’t score. Players other than the player in question can score too. City can score hundreds of goals without any striker.
you deemed it an “interesting point” and said “could be”, now you’re saying “let’s see how things play out”, when in reality it’s a verifiably false point. I ask you again, what are the issues that you’re seeing now that we have Ronaldo, that we hadn’t seen in the past 2-3 years? All the issues that we have existed before we signed Ronaldo. At least with him the goals are coming.
You haven't read my post properly. You're acting like I've changed my position, but I said all of those things in the same post.
The last sentence part from you is interesting too. "At least with him the goals are coming". We didn't score goals before he got here? I didn't know that.