And there was no reason for him to be offside when Rashford played that ball to him which he missed anyway.
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And there was no reason for him to be offside when Rashford played that ball to him which he missed anyway.
Ronaldo is a striker now.
United dont make chances.
United dont make chances.
Ole doesn't know how to use him.
He would be fine if we created chances but we don't. He isn't going to dribble past 5 and bang one in the top corner, he needs chances falling in the box and he will score goals.
If he played for Leicester today, Everton, Villa, Villarreal against us he'd have banged goals in with the chances they created against us. We're constantly relying on solo magic and that isn't him anymore.
If he played for Leicester today, Everton, Villa, Villarreal against us he'd have banged goals in with the chances they created against us. We're constantly relying on solo magic and that isn't him anymore.
In the modern game, you can't carry pure poachers at the top level. That is now what Ronaldo is. He is therefore not good enough for what you need from a forward. What's more, it was painstakingly obvious from the beginning. I, not being a United fan, was not blinded by the euphoria of the Prodigal Son coming home.
Praise the Lord you're here to enlighten us all.
I acknowledge your praise.
Is that not a bit simplistic? A lot of people seem to want to remove any responsibility from Ronaldo other than scoring goals. One of the reasons those teams create chances is having strikers that do more than simply wait for chances to come, almost removed from any other action on the pitch.
Goalscorer but really poor approach play. Between him and Bruno, it's impossible to keep a flurry of attacks, as they're both very rash/careless with the ball.
A stupid decision to bring him back
The next manager will have still have the elephant in the room that is past it Ronaldo and be expected to challenge for the league and CL. A foolish signing we didn’t need.
And their position. I agree. Both of them don't work. It doesn't for Portugal neither
He played like a 29 year old Rooney today. It's sad to see but he was diabolical. Our team needs to be better drilled to create more chances for him. It won't happen under Solskjaer
Bruno got dropped for Renato Sanches in the Euro's because of it.
To be fair, he has got 5 goals in 7 apps. I do agree that we need to create more, though.
In a typical reactionary manner people now call it a mistake to bring him back. Hopefully a new manager will get the tune out of him.
There's no middle term with him that's for sure. He's either "the greatest goalscorer ever" and "inevitable", or "old and past it". All in the span of 1 month.
I'm sticking with my conviction of having watched every single game he's played. He has literally never had a season below good for the past 15 years. I'll always believe him regardless of form, because class is permanent, and he has given me every reason to believe in him as a football player. If anyone deserves support and benefit of doubt, it's this guy. My opinion does not and won't change because of 4 matches. He's been through this a hundred times and always turns it around.
In a supposed bad season last year he scored like 20 goals. That speaks for itself.
He's nearly 37 though. Sooner or later something's gotta give and his overall game is a lot less than it used to be.
This.
And outscored prime Lukaku.
He is not worth it anymore. Still good, but you dont win trophies with a player like him off the ball. PSG will have the same issues in the CL regarding Messi and their forwards and balance.
We've had Martial up there the season before last with no work rate. Cavani masks a lot of problems with the rest of the team he's like a one man army.
This season players like Shaw, Fred McTom are playing much worse, Sancho isn't fitting in yet, play usually breaks down with AWB. Defence is still erratic. It's like the old days of only De Gea playing well, we hardly gave Ronaldo a kick or break to play from. He' is a goal machine if you get him the ball a few times.
He was getting the blame at Juve but scored a lot and also created many chances which Juve players spurned. We're not even getting the ball to him to create chances, he's usually very good at playing others in around the 18 yard box if the support is there. This United team is having trouble functioning.
This season players like Shaw, Fred McTom are playing much worse, Sancho isn't fitting in yet, play usually breaks down with AWB. Defence is still erratic. It's like the old days of only De Gea playing well, we hardly gave Ronaldo a kick or break to play from. He' is a goal machine if you get him the ball a few times.
He was getting the blame at Juve but scored a lot and also created many chances which Juve players spurned. We're not even getting the ball to him to create chances, he's usually very good at playing others in around the 18 yard box if the support is there. This United team is having trouble functioning.
Bad season in terms of what ? Goals ? He won't, he already has 5 in 8 this season. His form in almost all those games though have been shit bar Newcastle game.
So yeah, he'll score goals, doubt we'll play any sort of good football with this kind of mobility upfront though.
When he’s not being supplied chances he’s a bit of a passenger these days.
Ronaldo is not the problem. The Europa League Final when we managed 1 shot on target in 2 hours and had no ideas on subs or a change of strategy was before he came back and highlighted plenty of our problems.
Ronaldo isn't a different player than he was for Madrid when Zidane managed him
He was already doing nothing but score back then.
Ole just doesn't use him properly.
He was already doing nothing but score back then.
Ole just doesn't use him properly.
Some people have been acting as if he’s garunteed to put away any sniff of a chance and therefore we have to start him always. But he’s only human, more so in the last few seasons, and he’s going to miss chances like everyone else. So I don’t think we need to be starting him all the time. The goals, as we’ve seen, can come from other parts of the team. I think right now we need Cavanis pressing more.
I'm pretty sure Ronaldo has more goals this season than all of the other our strikers together. Can't believe some think this signing won't work out...
I'm going to cut him some slack but several times when the ball broke he looked every bit of his 36 years of age.
Anyone thinking it's not a major concern is crazy, we have a 36 year old superstar who demands to start.
Anyone thinking it's not a major concern is crazy, we have a 36 year old superstar who demands to start.
Ronaldo has no one to blame, unless you mean Ole should use him for something else than a footballer. He had chances enough today to rescued his performance with another goal, as his general performances otherwise are consistently poor.
He had the best squad in the world feeding him with a world class forward like Benzema happily sacrificing for him.
Because, looked away from his 5 goals, he hasn´t scored? And of course he´s a different player; no way I would put him back on the wing.
Which is sort of a problem for a team. He will score, but the goals from other players dry out. Bruno barely even shots anymore and same goes for anyone else not called Greenwood who plays in his own tune giving zero fecks about his teammates. Aside from that, our counters fully went to shit.
Ole is clearly out of his depth, but Ronaldo being a focal point of our attack is also kind of an issue.
These stats should be worrying, as it affects our approaches to games (like today).
In contrast, Cavani in average pressed 13.73 times per 90 min last season. And he scored goals as well.
In contrast, Cavani in average pressed 13.73 times per 90 min last season. And he scored goals as well.
He is though, he was transitioning gradually towards this kind of player but he’s more than 3 years gone from Real Madrid, 3 years more on the legs. Father time is undefeated
Just watched MOTD highlights. Which gave the impression he wasn’t even on the pitch. Didn’t even feature for a split second.
Viva Ronaldo
Moreover, he will be 37 very soon. An unprecedented situation in the history of football.
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