Blaming Ronaldo for the teams poor performances is a very poor excuse indeed. He says that his job is to score goals and that he has been doing.
The person who is definitely to blame is of course the manager. It is up to him to set his team up to make the best use of the whole squad.
I listened to Tuchal a few days ago. And he said his number 1 job was to find solutions to problems. Because every team has problems.
Unfortunately, Ole doesn't even understand the effect, let alone the cause.
And he is not going to change because he is trying to operate at a level way above his capability.
The interesting thing being that PSG are nowhere near as good a team as they should be.Pochettino is covering Messi by getting the 3 midfield workhorses in, and the wingers to track back and compress, effectively a 451 when they lose the ball. Just depends if the likes of Neymar, Mbappe and Di Maria eventually throw their toys out the pram, but arguably it’s the correct approach so far.
Yeah. I do see Ronaldo as far more than a poacher.That can't be denied but we all know football is not that simple these days. There's a reason the pure poachers are basically extinct in the modern game.
Anyway I don't think Ole has the time to figure out. The clock is ticking. Let's see with the next manager I think.
This. 100%
We have been leaking chances for fun forever under Ole. When Ole's key defensive players like Maguire, Shaw, AWB, McFred (McTominay for more specific) struggling for form, it becomes much more obvious since there is no individual excellence to paper over the cracks over flawed system.
It's rich for some posters to keep singling out individual players, but failing to acknowledge that by scapegoating players after player, there is no player left without any fault. So much for overhaul deadwood and squad building if those same posters using that that approach to absolve Ole of his failure as the manager and the coach.
Ronaldo's never pressed, it's not a revelation to 99% of fans. Ole knows this, so does Guardiola and they know that when you have a player of his quality and pedigree that the other 10 work harder. That's the trade-off for a guy who scores winners like he has for us twice already in the CL this season.
The real problem is adding Ronaldo has exposed even more how little Rashford and Greenwood press or track back as they should. If I was Ole I'd play Cavani from now on and tell the other options they're all fighting for one spot.
Ronaldo's never pressed, it's not a revelation to 99% of fans. Ole knows this, so does Guardiola and they know that when you have a player of his quality and pedigree that the other 10 work harder. That's the trade-off for a guy who scores winners like he has for us twice already in the CL this season.
The real problem is adding Ronaldo has exposed even more how little Rashford and Greenwood press or track back as they should. If I was Ole I'd play Cavani from now on and tell the other options they're all fighting for one spot.
Ole bought him in knowing full well we have Cavani who’s done a tremendous job and also we was doing a good job with Greenwood’s development but I think that’s now changed.
Question I got asked a few weeks ago was is Ronaldo doing more harm then good?
Its quite surprising to know anyone with a brain would blame pure attackers like Ronaldo or Messi for not help his team in defending, I am sure its well documented that they won't contribute much in defending, throughout their 15+ years long career in football. That doesn't stop them winning a combined total of 65+ trophies.
The problem with United is, the whole team just doesn’t do any build up play anymore, as there is no such structure under current coaching which allows the team to do so, hence players who thrives on building up play, such as VDB or Sancho, have all been performing very poorly in this team, it’s all about getting individual to do their own individual thing here now. And it has been the case for several years already, or more.People don't tend to blame Messi for this, presumably because he contributes a lot more to the build up play.
Given that we all knew what Ronaldo's game is about now I wouldn't place much blame on him either. The one thing that's weird to me though is this idea that he's some kind of superhuman and that, as he said himself, he's "different". But his minutes have been managed over the years, and he's stripped most of the running out of his game. He's play is very narrowly focused now compared to what it was. He's aging just like any other player.
Ole bought him in knowing full well we have Cavani who’s done a tremendous job and also we was doing a good job with Greenwood’s development but I think that’s now changed.
Question I got asked a few weeks ago was is Ronaldo doing more harm then good?
What is your definition for a great team player exactly? Also, who hates who and who undermines who?Ronaldo is there to score goals, not to press. He never pressed, he was never a great team player. He scores goals. Defend well and he will score 1 or 2 and games will be won. I do think that he hates and undermines him, which even further damaged Ole's weak grasp on rest of the players.
smart arse nothing comment...who is saying we were great at pressing? Who is saying we pressed well before Ronaldo? Who is saying without him we would press better? Engage with the arguement- for whatever fuking reason we tried to press Liverpool high..we also tried to press Leicester second half and Atlanta first half...and it was abysmal and we got shredded. So the argument is the main reason pressing high doesn’t work is because with Ronaldo, you are already one man down out of possession if you try to press. It’s not fuking rocket science...Ah yes, if he wasnt there, damn we would be pressing teams like we have 15 players on the pitch, just how we did last few years. Not to mention our performances.
Wish he went to City, he would ruin them, their pressing game would be destroyed. Christ, some are really desperate to find an excuse.
