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So Maguire is the one leading players against Ronaldo ? Seriously? That's man United for you these days .
Can't believe how far we have fallen off.
How do you know that?
So Maguire is the one leading players against Ronaldo ? Seriously? That's man United for you these days .
Can't believe how far we have fallen off.
And they do that by not stiffling their playerr's ability to make money
You nailed it. Ronaldo doesn't have to be all over the pitch, he has evolved with age which is why he is still a great player for any team. While I'd choose the Premier League anyday over Serie A for excitement, the Italian league understands what veterans such as Ronaldo and Ibramovitch can bring to a team with their tactical nouse and vision.Do you know anything about Ronaldo off the pitch? How hard he works on the training ground? The extremes he goes to, to maintain his fitness? His professionalism? I guess not. He is a role model to follow.
Ronaldo at his age is a finisher, thats his role now. Ronaldo the winger has long gone, Ronaldo the muscular powerful forward has gone and now its the lithe, poacher/finisher version. He's the icing on top of the cake, cant blame him for the low standards set by other players.
How much off the ball running did Romario do? Or brasilian Ronaldo? Or Messi? Not much. These guys conserve their energy for where its needed, punishing the opposition by scoring goals.
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I mean not that it changes anything, but Mason and Bruno both have 5.Ronaldo isn't the problem but he is at the same time.
Behind him, our second highest goal scorer this season is Rashford on 3...
It's not his fault of course but the team are not putting in any kind of effort since he arrived, they're expecting him to bail them out all the time.
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That might work if we are living in the 80s but to hold this up as some kind of solution or strategy in the contemporary world is plainly unrealistic and unworkable.What this club needs to do is to order its players from engage in anything that is not football related. That means no more brands, no more political issues, no more instagram, nothing. Whoever doesn't like it can simply handle his transfer request and take his circus with him elsewhere.
Ofcourse. No one knows anything. But I have been late to the party and didn't know that we had 2 camps in the dressing room. Can't believe Harry fecking Maguire is leading a revolution against GOAT !He knows nothing. He's regurgitating paper talk from the sun and the mirror.
Maybe, the problem is we've tried to drop everyone. We've basically tried every single combo of players around Ronaldo and it's still not working.
My question is when is it time to drop the one constant out of all the combinations we've tried ?
Well you shouldn't believe it because it is unsubstantiated.Ofcourse. No one knows anything. But I have been late to the party and didn't know that we had 2 camps in the dressing room. Can't believe Harry fecking Maguire is leading a revolution against GOAT !
He knows nothing. He's regurgitating paper talk from the sun and the mirror.
Yeh but what’s the point having such a strong overblown view on something he has no actual knowledge of. Are the players weak, yes, but are they disagreeing with Ronaldo because they’re weak? We have no idea because the idea that some players dislike Ronaldo is only being peddled by poorly sourced newspapers.He is right what he is saying there though.
You nailed it. Ronaldo doesn't have to be all over the pitch, he has evolved with age which is why he is still a great player for any team. While I'd choose the Premier League anyday over Serie A for excitement, the Italian league understands what veterans such as Ronaldo and Ibramovitch can bring to a team with their tactical nouse and vision.
Eric Cantona at his peak never did much running, he let the ball do the work which is what Ronaldo does now and even did as a famously atheletic young man.
That might work if we are living in the 80s but to hold this up as some kind of solution or strategy in the contemporary world is plainly unrealistic and unworkable.
What we really need to do is sort out the squad and sell where we can those who can't cut it, don't have the drive to try or whose agents and salaries make them untenable as any positives are insignificant.
Apparently Paul Pogba's attitude is being praised at managerial level but it's his toxic agent that should be the reason he leaves and if he is allowed to leave on a free I actually think United should just grit their teeth and accept it.
MORE RUNNING!What about letting their football do the talking? That worked well for the likes of Paul Scholes. MBE can start with simple stuff like less jogging and more running.
MORE RUNNING!
Such a British Criticism, wonder what the likes of Pirlo would have fared at the CAF?
Run MORE Pirlo, run MORE! Doesn’t have to be of any significance, but RUN!
MORE RUNNING!
Such a British Criticism, wonder what the likes of Pirlo would have fared at the CAF?
Run MORE Pirlo, run MORE! Doesn’t have to be of any significance, but RUN!
After letting it linger for almost a full week the official club media account have got three players (including the captain) to rubbish a report most likely from one disgruntled player.So that's what, three players now who have called out the rubbish being spouted in the media?
I feel your frustration and anger tbh. I have it in me, I just know that in this world full of babies and greedy cnuts, you cannot have a super strict club anymore. There needs to some freedom for players but at the same the club has to be above everything. Our club has become a less talented version of PSG. I hate that club with a passionFootball is becoming an afterthought at United. That doesn't happen elsewhere. It's time we rebalance things out. If anyone is not happy then he knows where the door is. Good luck finding anyone who would pay our salaries at this time and age for seriously overrated players.
I feel your frustration and anger tbh. I have it in me, I just know that in this world full of babies and greedy cnuts, you cannot have a super strict club anymore. There needs to some freedom for players but at the same the club has to be above everything. Our club has become a less talented version of PSG. I hate that club with a passion
Which Premier League club does Pirlo currently play for?MORE RUNNING!
Such a British Criticism, wonder what the likes of Pirlo would have fared at the CAF?
Run MORE Pirlo, run MORE! Doesn’t have to be of any significance, but RUN!
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Who the feck is that and more to the point, why is anyone treating his opinion as important?He is gospel now? Deary me.
May I ask why?No wonder that all this started when Martial asked to leave in Jan, IMO he is the biggest snake in that dressing room.
Football is becoming an afterthought at United. That doesn't happen elsewhere. It's time we rebalance things out. If anyone is not happy then he knows where the door is. Good luck finding anyone who would pay our salaries at this time and age for seriously overrated players.
I partially agree with this. In terms of setting standards in terms of physicality, training, mentality, Ronaldo is up there with the very best.
If then you talk about standards in matches, he is not the example. As you say 12 years ago, yes because he performed on the pitch, he was out talisman.
Football has changed, standards have changed. You have to lead with example, throwing your hands in the air is not the way to go about it.
When you get the ball, you have to hold it up, when you lose the ball you chase it down, that is current day standards of a top team.
Gone are the days where talent alone will win you football games, you have to work hard now, players are alot more technical
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Yeah agree with everything you said, that is where people get it confused. Nobody is disrespecting how much of a winner he is. As you detailed, football has changed, so has the Premier League, its actually better than we he left in his prime.
He’s now come back very late in his career (we should have got him when he left Real or even a year or two before). Its an unfair expectation to look at him as our talisman, it’s obviously because of the memories fans have of him. He left the country too so most people haven’t seen his decline and the last time they watched him was for us or Real.
He is like a proud old guard dog. I think that’s why he gets frustrated on the pitch as you alluded too. He will never loose his winner mentality, he just doesn’t have the physicality to back it up anymore.
I am thankful he came back though because he’s my favourite ever player and he obviously inspires. It’s just so disappointing that it seems we have brought him back with the intention of him being the main man and building our team around him.
We need a proper captain. Maguire is out of his depth, we would be doing him a favour by taking the armband away.