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Only idiots and people with absolutely zero football intelligence would think that had anything to do with your #9.
Seems like it.
That too when last week he scored an amazing header to keep us going in the CL.
Player scoring a good goal doesn't equal team or individual playing well.That too when last week he scored an amazing header to keep us going in the CL.
This place is unbelievable at times.
Every Ole favorite is undroppable regardless of form. Do you think Maguire and Shaw will be dropped next game? Do you think Maguire even deserved to play after Leicester game? Ronaldo is not the only one - yes it will be a challenge for the next manager to bench him after a bad performance but the fact is we are playing poor all over the pitch and are awful in defense and at the moment, none of it is Ronaldo's fault.
How do you explain the poor form for a lot of the latter half of last season, when Ronaldo wasn’t here? Even this season the performances before his arrival were poor bar Leeds.
I'm not talking about favourites, it's his huge contract and standing that mean he can't be dropped, so you have to make the team fit his strengths and that's an issue if it's not how the manager ideally wants to play.
Are people actually deluding themselves into not believing that once Ronaldo started playing for us, the team performances dropped considerably and he is the common denominator in the rapid decline? You can’t avoid the connection between the two things. He might not be the only reason but he’s certainly at least one major reason.
You basically said a lot of things in two phrases without actually saying anything.
Whilst I admit i loved the Ronaldo signing because it's Ronaldo, I also agree that it was probably ill conceived when we needed signings in other areas. But don't kid yourself, these kinds of performances have been around for a while, we've just been good at hiding it, how many times has Ole dug himself out of a hole, infact he's well known for it at this point which is why people thought he might get a result against Liverpool. Do you honestly believe if Ronaldo wasn't on the pitch yesterday the result would have been any different? You say "rapid decline" and "performances dropped" like we haven't been playing absolute shite for god knows how long, we've had great moments for sure, when Bruno has saved Ole's job, but you act like before Ronaldo joined we were world beaters on the cusp of European domination. Sounds more like you just want to absolve any blame from our amateur coaching staff, Ronaldo on the pitch caused our defense to be an absolute shambles yesterday? Come on.
Bingo.
But it's all Ronaldo's fault how can't you see this! Trust the process, Ole in.
It’s why I am baffled at the lack of playing time for Cavani. Should be starter alongside Ronaldo.
Pogue, do you honestly believe Ronaldo is the cause of why we have got regressed as a team this season? If so, why? I just don't see it. We've undoubtedly got worse, but I cannot attribute that to what Ronaldo is offering on the field.
Big problem really and I can't believe fans who refuse to acknowledge this is an issue. Even without expert analysis, it's easy to see it is hurting us.
It's so painfully obvious- Ronaldo doesn't press and as soon as Bruno does then our midfield gets opened up.
It's a logical consequence of not being fit for the start of the season, then prioritising qualifying for the World Cup with your national team.
Absolutely this. Nobody is questioning his quality or should give him any blame for the desaster yesterday, but for the balance on and off the field this was not a wise decision. Maybe if we were in a more stable situation it would have made more sense but with our squad and game plans being a mess there should have been other priorities.
Well let’s be fair that happened against Saints and Wolves as well. We were just lucky they didn’t punish us for it.
We only won 5 of our last 12 before Ronaldo even joined the club. It's that what you are arguing? That we were demonstrably better at the end of last season and at the beginning of this one, and then entered a "rapid decline" once he joined? Of which the "rapid decline" obviously includes the crap performance against West Ham in the Carabao and the first 60-odd minutes against Everton where we were also insipid?
Our form was crap last season as well, meandered to the final and put in the same pathetic performance we’re seeing now.
I know he wasn’t available at the start of the season but was available for Atlanta and Liverpool game. Cavani is also extremely fit and can definitely play once a week. Ronaldo had played 90min in midweek but played again while Cavani started both game on the bench.
Not the only reason. Definitely one of them. Why? Because everyone else who might play instead of him works harder and is better at linking up with the rest of the team (Martial a possible exception, based on last season’s form)
Bit of a weird argument to make straight after one of the worst performances/results in the history of this football club. We really haven’t got worse since Ronaldo was signed? Seriously?
We lost 1-6 last season at home too to Spurs and were just as bad. We have bad results and bad runs throughout Ole's reign. We're currently on a terrible run, but it's not unprecedented under this manager. Sorry, but people are being completely reductive blaming the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo for the team falling completely apart, when we have seen many of these same players do the same thing under this manager previously.
Weird take I must be honest. Slating Ronaldo doesnt mean one loves McTominay. You need both type of players too. And what is weird is to brush all of the fanbase with that kind of brush too.
No top club needs a McTominay. Because he's shit.
He's not witnessing it, he's an active part of it.
Thank you for your contribution.
Oh. Perhaps the next hotshot manager will get the forwards to play as a team.
