Maybe you should tell ETH that because according to Castles, who we know is reliable for Mendes stuff, and ETH himself, Ronaldo is a key part of his plans.
Indeed. So much more important than scoring goals.
They want to set their expectations so low so that the club can’t disappoint them. But they’re putting it on a man who has had a torrid past 6 months. He made positive comments about Ten Hag and then he left to go sort out his family issues. But people would rather believe the Daily Mail or Romano instead of what the manager says.
To be fair Lukaku has always worked hard, its just that his feet keeps fecking up.
It happens with a lot of Mendes’ high profile clients.
It’s not like our other forwards (Greenwood, Rashford, Martial) would be playing like a pressing machine either.
See, you guys make crap up. And believe it. How much did Ronaldo average pressures wise? 6.54 per 90. Lewa? 9.68. 3 more per game and you’re saying imagine bayern without the pressing from their forwards? Seriously stop making crap up. For context, Firmino, who does actually press a ton, averaged 23.48 per 90.
no sane club would want him. Either enjoy europa league or feck off to sporting lisbon.He doesn’t need to press the whole game because ETH can simply use him as an impact sub. Then, problem solved. The real question is if he accepts that role.
You probably should use 90mins divided by that avg pressure number and see the whole picture.
So basically bend the stats whatever way to fit the anti Ronaldo agenda? No thanks.
Not to massage data but interpret what the data tells by considering the transitions in a game.
Actually I still remember clearly his link up play has been head and shoulder above our other forwards last season. Believe or not, I was actually more impressed with his link up play at times rather than his finishing.
Good post. People here should at least be consistent of their own claims. If they think pressing is so important to assess CF player, than they can’t possibly argue against anyone who claim Firmino > Lewandowski or Benzema too, which is idiotic.
He will be a huge issue imo and should be sold if possible
Interesting before Chiesa joined Juventus, they won league title every season for so many years. After Chiesa joined they lost the league first time in many years. Using those anti-Ronaldo logic, which is gaining popularity lately, Chiesa is making Juventus worst team, dropping from 1st to 4th.
He's eaten humble pie after getting rejected left and right, and he'll come back saying that he was convinced it was the right move to stay.Funny isn’t it when this season Real Madrid won CL beating the likes of very best gengenpressing/total football teams, when their main CF Benzema doesn’t really press, while they mostly just sit back and play counter.
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Fans will still chant his name and sing his song too
