Cristiano Ronaldo - Man Utd Player

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Tom Van Persie said:
Worrying times for Lukaku then.
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Watch what Lukaku added to inter last season in his overall gameplay, compared to Ronaldo. People look at the end stats and he's Ronaldo still scored, but Juve basically played with 10 men when they were out of possession. That's, why they didn't, win the league despite the fact they clearly had the best squad.

Look Ronaldo is still danger around the box especially in the air, but anyone who thinks we are getting anything near Prime Ronaldo is deluding themselves.
 
RUCK4444 said:
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Yeah the loyal fans deserve this.

We have to get this game televised ffs. How can they miss out on his homecoming, the PL will want to milk it surely?
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I'd be astounded if work isn't going on behind the scenes to get this game on TV, whether that's a possibility at this stage I have no idea. One things for sure, it won't prevent a full old trafford at 3pm. It may dissuade fans from going to other games though!
 
Nytram Shakes said:
Watch what Lukaku added to inter last season in his overall gameplay, compared to Ronaldo. People look at the end stats and he's Ronaldo still scored, but Juve basically played with 10 men when they were out of possession. That's, why they didn't, win the league despite the fact they clearly had the best squad.

Look Ronaldo is still danger around the box especially in the air, but anyone who thinks we are getting anything near Prime Ronaldo is deluding themselves.
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Juventus did not have the best squad last season.

Blaming Ronaldo for their awful incomings and coaching carousel while he was at the club is simply unfair.

No one is expecting 23 year old Ronaldo. But he's still in incredible physical condition and scores goals.
 
Nytram Shakes said:
Watch what Lukaku added to inter last season in his overall gameplay, compared to Ronaldo. People look at the end stats and he's Ronaldo still scored, but Juve basically played with 10 men when they were out of possession. That's, why they didn't, win the league despite the fact they clearly had the best squad.

Look Ronaldo is still danger around the box especially in the air, but anyone who thinks we are getting anything near Prime Ronaldo is deluding themselves.
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They didn't win the league because they have declined and Pirlo wasn't very good. Trying to blame Ronaldo for their failure is funny considering their recent results without him and they even have a better manager now.
 
Nytram Shakes said:
Watch what Lukaku added to inter last season in his overall gameplay, compared to Ronaldo. People look at the end stats and he's Ronaldo still scored, but Juve basically played with 10 men when they were out of possession. That's, why they didn't, win the league despite the fact they clearly had the best squad.

Look Ronaldo is still danger around the box especially in the air, but anyone who thinks we are getting anything near Prime Ronaldo is deluding themselves.
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Who has even said we are getting prime Ronaldo though? Has anyone?

So what did Lukaku add to Inters over all gameplay then? Tell us.

And are you trying to directly attributes Ronaldo to the fact that Juve didn't win the league?!

I'm sorry but you've no idea at all.
 
Nytram Shakes said:
Watch what Lukaku added to inter last season in his overall gameplay, compared to Ronaldo. People look at the end stats and he's Ronaldo still scored, but Juve basically played with 10 men when they were out of possession. That's, why they didn't, win the league despite the fact they clearly had the best squad.

Look Ronaldo is still danger around the box especially in the air, but anyone who thinks we are getting anything near Prime Ronaldo is deluding themselves.
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So having Ronaldo is like playing with 10 men?:lol:
 
Sorry but Ronaldo is and always will be a better player than Lukaku. In fact I’d bet that at 50 Ronaldo will still be better than prime Lukaku. Some people haven’t got a clue!
 
fergieisold said:
So having Ronaldo is like playing with 10 men?:lol:
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Yeah he only scored the 29 goals for them in the league. Five more than £90M+ Lukaku but it's Ronaldo that's the problem and nothing to do with their declining squad and poor manager they had last season...
 
Highfather_24 said:
The mental gymnastics :lol:
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Not really, we've committed to paying a 38year the second-highest wage ever given 2 a premier league player. It isn't just the fact he is 36 now it's the fact he is old for a footballer now and we have agreed to pay him a massive wage past when most footballers are retired.
 
Nytram Shakes said:
Not really, we've committed to paying a 38year the second-highest wage ever given 2 a premier league player. It isn't just the fact he is 36 now it's the fact he is old for a footballer now and we have agreed to pay him a massive wage past when most footballers are retired.
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Not sure if you've noticed but Ronaldo clearly isn't most footballers.
 
Nytram Shakes said:
Not really, we've committed to paying a 38year the second-highest wage ever given 2 a premier league player. It isn't just the fact he is 36 now it's the fact he is old for a footballer now and we have agreed to pay him a massive wage past when most footballers are retired.
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He’s a commercial monster, it will make perfect sense financially. Expect us to sign some massive sponsorship deals off the back of this.
 
Nytram Shakes said:
Not really, we've committed to paying a 38year the second-highest wage ever given 2 a premier league player. It isn't just the fact he is 36 now it's the fact he is old for a footballer now and we have agreed to pay him a massive wage past when most footballers are retired.
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He’s still in the top 10 players in the world, possibly higher. You are massively underrating his current ability still.
 
Nytram Shakes said:
Not really, we've committed to paying a 38year the second-highest wage ever given 2 a premier league player. It isn't just the fact he is 36 now it's the fact he is old for a footballer now and we have agreed to pay him a massive wage past when most footballers are retired.
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It's Ronaldo.

He's not most footballers. Ibrahimovic came here at 35 and was successful with a much worse team + manager who overplayed him until he tore his ACL.

He's not coming here to cash in checks and go out for walks in rainy Manchester.

He wants to win.
 
Dudu said:
'History has been written in the past and history will be written once again.'

'You have my word'
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That is bold. What a fecking winner. Probably the best mentality in the history of sports.
 
Nytram Shakes said:
Not really, we've committed to paying a 38year the second-highest wage ever given 2 a premier league player. It isn't just the fact he is 36 now it's the fact he is old for a footballer now and we have agreed to pay him a massive wage past when most footballers are retired.
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Ronaldo is most players though is he? Even though he's not in his prime a 36 year old Ronaldo is still better than todays Lukaku.
 
Schmeichel's Cartwheel said:
I’m hype for him & all, but are we going to create any chances for him with our bagel formation?
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No probably not. Hopefully we improve after the international break. We certainly have the personnel to give him chances but I can see a good few quiet games where he gets blamed like all Utd strikers currently.
 
Nytram Shakes said:
I'm not gonna win this 1 so i'm not gonna bother arguing, but this is a terrible idea based on nostalgia and name value. Committing to making a 36-year-old our highest-earning player and paying him that wage past his 38th birthday is never going to end well. That money could have been spending so much better in other areas of the team instead of in a position we were pretty well set this season. It was also likely to impact Greenwoods development as a striker as he basically won't get any time in the position now with Ronaldo and Cavani. Plus this is not the Ronaldo of yesteryear, yes he will still score, but his game when a team is out of possession is basically none exsistent and the other 10 players are going to have to compensate which is going to cause problems through the team.

Of course I will get shouted down and told to shut up as fans only care about the big shinney name, but this is an awful signing.
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Do you not think Greenwood might benefit just a little bit from playing understudy to the greatest striker not just of this generation, but of any generation? We were all happy that Cavani would teach the youngsters a thing or two, and Cristiano is on a different planet to that.

You are right this is not Ronaldo at his best. That player would be the best player in the league by a country mile. The player we just bought is top 2 or 3, and the kind of character who turns draws against the likes of Southampton into wins. That's worth its weight in gold to any team.
 
Considering flying over for the Newcastle game but I doubt anyone would lend me their season ticket.
 
Eddy_JukeZ said:
It's Ronaldo.

He's not most footballers. Ibrahimovic came here at 35 and was successful with a much worse team + manager who overplayed him until he tore his ACL.

He's not coming here to cash in checks and go out for walks in rainy Manchester.

He wants to win.
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Rounding off his top level career with a PL trophy or a CL win with Manchester United, he's probably more motivated than he's been in his entire career.
 
Great to see him reference SAF, watched the Amazon Prime documentary last night and really hits home how he's almost a surrogate father to so many players.
 
Pexbo said:
He’s a commercial monster, it will make perfect sense financially. Expect us to sign some massive sponsorship deals off the back of this.
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United’s marketing team and Ronaldo is a match made in $$$ heaven.
 
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