Ronaldo will take Rooney’s record

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Equalled and overtook Ole's goals total for United tonight.
Steadily moving up the list.
 

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We finally say goodbye to Ole.

Manchester United’s all time leading goalscorers

  1. Wayne Rooney
    253
  2. Sir Bobby Charlton
    249
  3. Denis Law
    237
  4. Jack Rowley
    211
  5. Dennis Viollet
    179
  6. George Best
    179
  7. Joe Spence
    168
  8. Ryan Giggs
    168
  9. Mark Hughes
    163
  10. Paul Scholes
    155
  11. Ruud van Nistelrooy
    150
  12. Stan Pearson
    148
  13. David Herd
    145
  14. Tommy Taylor
    131
  15. Brian McClair
    127
  16. Cristiano Ronaldo
    127
  17. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
    126
  18. Andy Cole
    121

We’re halfway there.
 

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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.
 

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If he sees out both years of his contract, I think he’ll end up anywhere from 10th to 7th
 

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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.
 

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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.
 
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A competitive monster. A fitness machine.

If we reach the UCL semis it will be thanks to his dramatic goals.
 

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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.
  • 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.
Chasing Law, level on Ballons and preserving the UCL lead is the name of the game at individual record level. Getting us back to winning a league is a big one too.

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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We finally say goodbye to Ole.

Manchester United’s all time leading goalscorers

  1. Wayne Rooney
    253
  2. Sir Bobby Charlton
    249
  3. Denis Law
    237
  4. Jack Rowley
    211
  5. Dennis Viollet
    179
  6. George Best
    179
  7. Joe Spence
    168
  8. Ryan Giggs
    168
  9. Mark Hughes
    163
  10. Paul Scholes
    155
  11. Ruud van Nistelrooy
    150
  12. Stan Pearson
    148
  13. David Herd
    145
  14. Tommy Taylor
    131
  15. Brian McClair
    127
  16. Cristiano Ronaldo
    127
  17. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
    126
  18. Andy Cole
    121

We’re halfway there.
What's the goals per game ratio ranking?
 

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8 in 11 so far isn't it?

Definitely feels like he's in the swing of things now
 

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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.
  • 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.
Chasing Law, level on Ballons and preserving the UCL league is the name of the game at individual record level. Getting us back to winning a league is a big one too.

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.
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.
 

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He’s just a legend, no other word. He deserves more loving from fans
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.
 

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He’s just a legend, no other word. He deserves more loving from fans
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
 

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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.
 

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Rooneys figure doesn’t get enough respect because of his later years. The guy was superb
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.
 

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Can he maintain a near goal per game pace for the entire season?
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 -

This season
9 goals in 11 games, zero penalties.

Last season
34 goals in 47 games, 10 penalties.

Ronaldo is doing better for us this season so far than he did for an equally struggling Juve last season, for whatever reason.

What a player, and on course for 36-40 goals if he keeps the same scoring stats all season.
He should be approaching 40 goals for this season, barring injuries of course.
 

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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
I think we’re talking crossed wires here, I was talking about Rooney and I assume you mean Ronaldo :smirk:
 

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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.
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.
 

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Denis sure has that, but yeah, he is likely top 5 there already if not top 3.

Nobody ranks legends by gpg though.
Actually, Rooney is higher there .45 while Ronnie is .42 - Law is on .60 !
 

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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
@golden_blunder was referring to Rooney

The one track mind here sort of underscores what he was saying actually
 

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Actually, Rooney is higher there .45 while Ronnie is .42 - Law is on .60 !
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!
 

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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!
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
 

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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
They were talking about Rooney I think who's also a club legend
 
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