Probably do it this season
Ronaldo will take Rooney’s record
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Enough with one goal per game. We want some hattricks
He will get one today.
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Equalled and overtook Ole's goals total for United tonight.
Steadily moving up the list.
Steadily moving up the list.
We finally say goodbye to Ole.
Manchester United’s all time leading goalscorers
We’re halfway there.
Manchester United’s all time leading goalscorers
- Wayne Rooney
253 - Sir Bobby Charlton
249 - Denis Law
237 - Jack Rowley
211 - Dennis Viollet
179 - George Best
179 - Joe Spence
168 - Ryan Giggs
168 - Mark Hughes
163 - Paul Scholes
155 - Ruud van Nistelrooy
150 - Stan Pearson
148 - David Herd
145 - Tommy Taylor
131 - Brian McClair
127 - Cristiano Ronaldo
127 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
126Andy Cole
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We’re halfway there.
He could quite possibly be top 10 by the end of the season.
Top 5 is realistic I think, but even that will be difficult.
Exactly half way there, I wish he was 32, no doubt he’d do it then.
Exactly half way there, I wish he was 32, no doubt he’d do it then.
If he sees out both years of his contract, I think he’ll end up anywhere from 10th to 7th
It’s crazy to think that Rooney is now a manager when Ronaldo is still banging goal for us right, left and center.
If we play at high level until 40 easily, barring injuries. Hell, I think he will probably play even more.
If we play at high level until 40 easily, barring injuries. Hell, I think he will probably play even more.
5th at very most another 53 goals for that, but I think even that will be tough ask.
Personally I think he will finish behind George.
Personally I think he will finish behind George.
It all depends on injuries. I ra at 35-35 banged thirty for us despite being injured for the last two months. I can see Ronaldo easily getting into top 5 by the end of 23-24 season.
Surpassing Rooney is close to impossible though. He needs to play until mid fourties for that, essentially do a Stanley Matthews but also banking goals.
The crazy thing is that if he really does that, he will actually go for 1000 career goals. The fecker has already the record for that.
Surpassing Rooney is close to impossible though. He needs to play until mid fourties for that, essentially do a Stanley Matthews but also banking goals.
The crazy thing is that if he really does that, he will actually go for 1000 career goals. The fecker has already the record for that.
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Can he maintain a near goal per game pace for the entire season?
Rooneys figure doesn’t get enough respect because of his later years. The guy was superb
Yep. I think he’s second all time on assists too?
A competitive monster. A fitness machine.
If we reach the UCL semis it will be thanks to his dramatic goals.
If we reach the UCL semis it will be thanks to his dramatic goals.
He’s just a legend, no other word. He deserves more loving from fans
The guy feeds off challenges, always has. You could tell one major driver for him to go to Madrid was going toe to toe with Messi. His longevity will be directly influenced by this, not biological factors. Guy's a fecking machine.
As it is, we aren't holding our end of the bargain and look more likely to miss on CL next season.
I wouldn't be surprised if this all ends like old couples where the husband dies soon after the wife.
Cristiano won't retire with Messi knocking about, but the moment Lio calls it a day Cristiano will instantly lose all his (self)record-preservation incentive.
- Already top career goalscorer, can't see Messi making up the ~40 goal gap.
- Top scorer in the Champions League too, but the margin of 15 on Messi could be more vulnerable. Early exit this season and no Top 4 and he is gone, for sure.
- Ballon d'Or is another consideration. Messi currently one ahead. Making that two through Copa América win this year or World Cup next year would shut down that contest.
- He can't realistically be targeting Rooney. Doubt "Top 5" is an appealing target. Law's 46 in a season record is a goer though.
As it is, we aren't holding our end of the bargain and look more likely to miss on CL next season.
I wouldn't be surprised if this all ends like old couples where the husband dies soon after the wife.
Cristiano won't retire with Messi knocking about, but the moment Lio calls it a day Cristiano will instantly lose all his (self)record-preservation incentive.
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Top ten by the end of this season?
What's the goals per game ratio ranking?
8 in 11 so far isn't it?
Definitely feels like he's in the swing of things now
Definitely feels like he's in the swing of things now
Think he’ll be close but falls a bit short. Same for top 5 next season.
No way, he's a competitive bastard, he'll want that record so far out in front that it stands for decades until someone takes it. No way he lets his foot off the pedal.
I can understand it though, even if I agree that he does need to be recognised more fondly, but he made the rod for his own back with his contract negotiations and narrowly managing to avoid a messy early exit (which largely was centered around his attitude) due to SAF retiring. He played a very dangerous game with the former and for some, even the assertion from his camp he would jump ship to City is enough to sour on him.
Again, not saying I agree with it, but it also doesn't surprise me and I don't blame anyone for feeling differently.
Imagine some adamant he’s not a club legend. Literally makes me laugh.
He’s the GOAT. Won everything here, moved on, conquered the world of football whilst breaking every record possible, returns to try and restore us to our former glory… feck me if there was ever a job description for being a club legend
What he achieved at other clubs has no bearing on being a United legend. And we have won feck all yet.
Yeah i always think its a funny dose of irony the grief he got from fans over his years here, yet he's our top goal scorer.
Its the same situation with his England record too.
I think because his top level was so good, that his average-good level was seen as dissapointing, even though he was still creating and scoring goals constantly over the years.
He's been slightly under a goal per game ratio for a few seasons now (although in a struggling Juve team). I made this post in another thread -
He should be approaching 40 goals for this season, barring injuries of course.
I think we’re talking crossed wires here, I was talking about Rooney and I assume you mean Ronaldo
oh yeah forgot about the young boys
Denis sure has that, but yeah, he is likely top 5 there already if not top 3.
Nobody ranks legends by gpg though.
Nobody will take it. It's not just GOAT level conversation but having two freaks of nature trading blows simultaneously for over a decade while both playing for clubs maintaining sustained dominance.
If anyone gets the scoring one it will be some Ali Daei type scoring for fun in some no-mark league/confederation. The CL one? He almost doubles Lewandowski for fecks sake. Messi and Lewa have a better ratio, but CR played 184 CL games since 2003.
Let that sink in, that's 10 games every season on average, i.e. it equates to 18 (EIGHTEEN) seasons starting every game in the group stage, second round and quarter finals. It's absolutely mental.
Actually, Rooney is higher there .45 while Ronnie is .42 - Law is on .60 !
@golden_blunder was referring to Rooney
The one track mind here sort of underscores what he was saying actually
Yeah, but Ronnie was largely a winger then, he should get past Rooney on gpg this season. Are you sure about .60? That's pretty unassailable. Bloody hell!
2 more goals to hit 800 career goals.
Absolutley ridiculous.
Absolutley ridiculous.
Yeah - and the first two years of Ronnie's stint at United he was developing really. If you look at his career he's head and shoulders above everyone else, not least with regards to the level he's played at.
Law had 183 in 302 matches
They were talking about Rooney I think who's also a club legend
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