Unpopular opinion: Ronaldo will be a huge miss

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RDCR07 said:
Not necessarily. If he setting people up or if the entire forward line is scoring well then it’s fine. Out of context 20 goals might seem low but you have to look at the bigger picture to see if the entire team is doing well.
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For Anthony Martial, its okay. For C.Ronaldo its a poor return. It is what it is.
 

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Ireland are championship level lads. Ronaldo is world class? He hasn’t looked anything like a World class player. Just a poacher in the heavy favourites team like he was most of the time at Juve too.

Hopefully he’s better for us than he was tonight.
 

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I think people think like this because of his time at Juventus.

However, Juventus were playing with players like Ramsey, Mckennie, Rabiot, Dyabla whilst we are potentially playing with players like Bruno, Pogba, Rashford, Greenwood, Sancho, Shaw, etc.
 

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I want to borrow that crystal ball of yours. Seriously though nobody knows if it's gonna work out but since I was only 13 when he left I'm so excited to finally get to watch him properly. Viva Ronaldo!
 

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Ali Dia said:
Ireland are championship level lads. Ronaldo is world class? He hasn’t looked anything like a World class player. Just a poacher in the heavy favourites team like he was most of the time at Juve too.

Hopefully he’s better for us than he was tonight.
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Crikey :lol:
 

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Ali Dia said:
Ireland are championship level lads. Ronaldo is world class? He hasn’t looked anything like a World class player. Just a poacher in the heavy favourites team like he was most of the time at Juve too.

Hopefully he’s better for us than he was tonight.
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And Bruno was shit in the Euros and tonight. Hope he ain’t shit for us too?
 

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Rajma said:
1. His wages will stretch the frontier which agents will be able to explore when dealing with us over contract extensions in the future (we have seen this in the past already with Sanchez, Pogba, DDG). See Barca.

2. Non-existent defensive contributions will impact our shape and will put an immense pressure on our midfielders. Everyone could see the difference between Cavani and Martial last season and how it impacts our ability to press effectively from the front.

3. He can’t play with his back at all and do the hold-up as he only operates well in spaces since he’s not your classic #9.

4. In case he’ll be performing poorly Ole will shy away to change him due to his status and ego in order not to upset him, which will hinder our team.

I personally feel he’ll end up being a costly mistake for us (taking away the balance that Cavani brings) and Ole (will ultimately lose the job as a result) when you don’t look through the euphoria lenses. I may be underestimating Ronaldo greatly here but this is my feeling with respect to this transfer, having watched him play these last few seasons where he struggled to influence the games when he’s not scoring penalties or poaching goals are not on.

Can we do a poll on this?
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Why are you the way that you are? Honestly, every time I try to do something fun or exciting, you make it not that way. I hate so much about the things that you choose to be.
 

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Sandikan said:
You're joking. People were absolutely laundering their breeks when Rashy and Martial hit that total once in 5 years.
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Martial hit 25. Rashford is a LW. Its not a bad return by any means, but not good enough for Ronaldo or any top CF.
 

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People try so hard to go against the grain and be edgy.
 

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Well it’s definitely a more unpopular opinion after those last 10 minutes…
 

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T00lsh3d said:
I’m not expecting him to play every game. I assume he won’t anyway? Did he play every game as Juve?
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He scored 38 goals in all comps in about 44 matches last season. I expected atleast 25 for him this season(considering Martial got 25 in 19/20 and Cavani got 17 last season although he missed a half of matches).
 

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T00lsh3d said:
Crikey :lol:
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Crikey nothing. I hope he’s a lot better for us than he showed tonight. We are going to be coming up against the best teams in the world. If he’s going to be in the box waiting for crosses from us, where are the coming from? I can see it being a hype job. It’s just an opinion.I hope I’m wrong. I think Cavani could have offered the same thing
 

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Who’s making the thread when we are stuck 0-0 vs Newcastle?
 

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Unpopular opinion: this thread won’t be a huge miss. Lock this thread!!
 
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