06-07,07-08,08-09 Ronaldo

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when was he at his best? Or is he hat his best now? It has often been discussed on here.

06-07 we played our best football maybe ever under Fergie besides '99. Ronaldo beat players for fun and found his scoring touch. Ronaldo,Rooney, and Saha (at the start of that season) were fast, skillfull, athletic and devastating on the counter.

07-08 we won more than the previous year but out attack was not as potent. Ronaldo wasn't beating players off the dribble as much but scored an unbelievable 42 goals and scored in huge games and against tough opposition to despell that stupid myth that he couldnt get it done in big games. His free kicks also starting going in at crazy rates. He established himself as being one of the best headers of the ball on the planet too.

08-09 Ronaldo started off injured but in the second half he scored some HUGE goals and the most important of times (Porto away,L'Arse away etc). In this season I actually noticed that he became more of a team player and became more versatile when he showed he could be effective out wide or up top.

My verdict is 07-08. 42 goals. In every way you could get them against big teams at cruscial times while being fantastic on the counter attack and linking up very well with Rooney.

If he didn't get all those goals it would easily be 06-07. He was more of a Messi type player then. He was so fast and his dribbling was top notch and his finishing was good too.

What a feckkin player, my god we were really lucky to witness the best player in the world.
 
07/08

He raised the bar even higher that season, and the whole team played to his strengths
 
I think, that despite he will always claerly be an incredible player, that he will find it nigh on impossible to top 2007-08, it wasn't just his forty-odd goals (he missed a couple of penalties as well, could have had FORTY-FOUR!!!), it was his performances as a whole and the attacking trio of him, Rooney and Tevez was mesmerising at times to watch with all three linking up incredibly well together, so while I don't dispute 2006/07 was great, this season for me was by far the better in terms of pure footballing performances.
But he's gone and we can hold onto the memories and all that shite but we need to look beyond him. It took me a while to get over Eric, and there's been others which have been hard to take too, for differing reasons but we can say, no doubt, than in ten years time we had him when he was at his best.
 
RedDevilCanuck said:
when was he at his best? Or is he hat his best now? It has often been discussed on here.

06-07 we played our best football maybe ever under Fergie besides '99. Ronaldo beat players for fun and found his scoring touch. Ronaldo,Rooney, and Saha (at the start of that season) were fast, skillfull, athletic and devastating on the counter.

07-08 we won more than the previous year but out attack was not as potent. Ronaldo wasn't beating players off the dribble as much but scored an unbelievable 42 goals and scored in huge games and against tough opposition to despell that stupid myth that he couldnt get it done in big games. His free kicks also starting going in at crazy rates. He established himself as being one of the best headers of the ball on the planet too.

08-09 Ronaldo started off injured but in the second half he scored some HUGE goals and the most important of times (Porto away,L'Arse away etc). In this season I actually noticed that he became more of a team player and became more versatile when he showed he could be effective out wide or up top.

My verdict is 07-08. 42 goals. In every way you could get them against big teams at cruscial times while being fantastic on the counter attack and linking up very well with Rooney.

If he didn't get all those goals it would easily be 06-07. He was more of a Messi type player then. He was so fast and his dribbling was top notch and his finishing was good too.

What a feckkin player, my god we were really lucky to witness the best player in the world.
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Great question 07/08 for me

I feel like crying when i see him in the Franco bastard top :(
 
For goals its obviously 07/08. But for pleasure in watching him, the 06-07 season. We really did play some sexy football with Ronnie just really devestating and ripping apart defenders with his running and skill.

Oh and apparently this was on the back of this bustup that happened with him and Rooney. I think the Fulham home games (first game of the season) just set the tone for the whole season.
 
there is a Youtube video of his 42 goal season. Every time I watch, my jaw drops in disbelief. I cannot believe I witnessed that dominance by one player. Messi may be great and the best out there, but there are many things that he cannot do like Ronaldo.

Ronny's header against Roma was one of the most amazing plays I have seen in all of sports. The pure athletisicm and execution was breathtaking.
 
I think he was definitely at his best in 06/07 -he scored a a lot of goals but apart from that unhinged teams by running at them. 07/08 though he scored a lot the team was less reliant on him. 08/09 he didn't want to be there.
 
06/07 was the breakthrough. His immense form only really lasted for a few months, but he was virtually unplayable. And he was more of an orthodox winger then. My view from OT that season was of him rampaging down the right flank towards the Stretford end (N2). A joy to behold

But you have to say 07/08. Phenomenal, one of the best seasons a player has ever had in the game. He was consistently brilliant. The goal stat takes the headline, it's a hell of a lot of goals, but then again the position he was playing, and the way the team was set up, couple with him taking all the free kicks and penalties... it was all focused on him getting a huge tally. And he delivered. So direct. So effective. So brilliant

08/09... he finished it strong but it was an after the Lord Mayors show job, and looking back doesn't look like his heart was entirely in it. He'd be down my list of United players of the year that season... clearly the two seasons previous were the ones to remember him for though

Brilliant player. I wish we hadn't had the off field bollocks in the summers, and a lot of the nonsense on the pitch either. Sullies the memory sadly
 
all of those seasons are amazing in their own right

06-07: came into the season with the entire country hating him and was able to thrive on that negativity and become the most devestating winger in the world that season, started scoring in big games, racked up a ridiculous amount of assists, started scoring wonder goals, and best of all he was singlehandedly wrecking opposing defences

07-08: turned into a goal machine, perfected his goal scoring ability, was able to score with ease with any part of his body... even his you know what

08-09: had surgery during the offseason, missed training camp and took a bit of time to settle back into footballing mode...but once he did, he was back to scoring those ridiculous wonder goals out of nowhere. Towards the end of the season he was scoring big goals in big matches, displaying moments of magic that he just pulled out of his arse at random it seemed.

I'll take 07-08, as a youngster he was played as a striker and that's what he has basically become at Real Madrid. I see the 07-08 season as the season when he had perfected his trade of becoming the complete forward
 
06/07 for aesthetic beauty. If he'd been playing in Spain he would've won the WPY and Ballon D'or that year. But 07/08 has to be the winner because, as B Radona says, it was one of the single greatest seasons any individual's ever had. And we're saying this now, the hagiography will only make it greater in the coming years. He was THE man then. The most significant player in the most popular sport in the world. I don't think any player, even Messi, will have such a season again in terms of individual influnce. And if they do hats off to them. He headed, powered, paced, skilled, free kicked, dribbled, penaltied, and pouted his way into history that year. It will take decades before anyone comes close to that season I'm afraid. Certainly at this club
 
Had to be 07/08, I've never seen anything like it, it was literally every week he was deciding matches. There was nothing like a dip in form, his consistency was machine like, some say he was robbed of the world player of the year in the previous season, well this time he made sure he was not to be denied.

 
07/08 - the best season by any player in recent years.
 
07/08 is one of the single greatest seasons in all sport... I know that I can't think of anything since i've been alive that has touched what Ronaldo did that year, to cap it off with a Double (Robbed treble) just does justice to how important he was.

06/07 was still kind of raw and filled with some mistakes and iffy play, 08/09 was a brilliant season, but over-shadowed by the fact he was unreal the year before.

This season though, he looks like the 07/08 Ronaldo, he's adjusted well.
 
Alex said:
07-08

Looks like 09-10 might be better....
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If they fail to win the CL it won't. It's funny to forget 'not implying this at you' that in that 42 goal season, we also won the champions league. Its like it was destined to be 'not just with the babes thing'. Best player in the world, playing for the best team in the world. If they fail to win the CL, then his season will be overshadowed. In akin to Ruuds 02/03 season 44 goals, but no champions league meant that its a season that won't be as fondly remembered by those outside the club.
 
Mockney said:
06/07 for aesthetic beauty. If he'd been playing in Spain he would've won the WPY and Ballon D'or that year. But 07/08 has to be the winner because, as B Radona says, it was one of the single greatest seasons any individual's ever had. And we're saying this now, the hagiography will only make it greater in the coming years. He was THE man then. The most significant player in the most popular sport in the world. I don't think any player, even Messi, will have such a season again in terms of individual influnce. And if they do hats off to them. He headed, powered, paced, skilled, free kicked, dribbled, penaltied, and pouted his way into history that year. It will take decades before anyone comes close to that season I'm afraid. Certainly at this club
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The greasy cnut will only get better.
 
Boss said:
Had to be 07/08, I've never seen anything like it, it was literally every week he was deciding matches. There was nothing like a dip in form, his consistency was machine like, some say he was robbed of the world player of the year in the previous season, well this time he made sure he was not to be denied.

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:( i miss that arrogant twat!! that was his best season but i loved watching him play the season before that, brilliant stuff. we were far more entertaining that season.
 
This question's been answered plenty of times and the same results have come up:

Everyone loved watching the Ronaldo of 06/07. He was the most exciting player in the world with the perfect balance of team play, dribbling, inventiveness and in terms of just being an all round threat. He could take it past three or four men with ease, he could strike it from 30 yards out and get dangerously close or he could whip a ball in for Rooney or Saha to tap in. He was the most aesthetically pleasing version of Ronaldo we've seen.

Everyone trusted the Ronaldo of 07/08 to come up with the goods. He was brutally consistent in every single game. This was when he cemented himself as the best finisher in Europe(something which he still is, IMO). Aerially dominant against even the strongest defences, more capable of scoring from range than any other player in Europe, more of a threat from simple tap-ins than any other player in Europe, he just had it all...except his explosive dribbling from last season. His game was much more focussed around getting in behind the defence through intelligent movement off the ball and overpowering physique than it was penetrating dribbling from deep.

The ones who prefer style will go for 06/07 and the ones who prefer effectiveness will go for 07/08, there's not a huge amount in it and it comes mainly down to preference.
 
Anderson Searl said:
07/08 is one of the single greatest seasons in all sport... I know that I can't think of anything since i've been alive that has touched what Ronaldo did that year, to cap it off with a Double (Robbed treble) just does justice to how important he was.

06/07 was still kind of raw and filled with some mistakes and iffy play, 08/09 was a brilliant season, but over-shadowed by the fact he was unreal the year before.

This season though, he looks like the 07/08 Ronaldo, he's adjusted well.
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Find it amazing that you'd talk down the season Ronaldo had in 06/07 yet talked up the season Ronaldo had in 08/09.

For me Ronaldo had a 9/10 season in 06/07 and a 7.5/10 season in 08/09. Thought he was vastly superior in 06/07.
 
I don't care what you redcafe tough guys think, for me he's a legend.
 
VoetbalWizard said:
difference is that he'll go trophyless in 09-10.
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That is certainly a possibilty, shame he didnt stay at United for another. Knew he would have a stellar season this year, considering he had a summer break and no surgery to deal with
 
Brwned said:
Find it amazing that you'd talk down the season Ronaldo had in 06/07 yet talked up the season Ronaldo had in 08/09.

For me Ronaldo had a 9/10 season in 06/07 and a 7.5/10 season in 08/09. Thought he was vastly superior in 06/07.
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:lol:

What's a 10 season
 
06/07 for me, though there's not much in it. The opposition genuinely shat themselves every time he got the ball because there was feck all they could do about him. Didn't matter if he had one man on him or three, he'd leave them all for dead, square it, and Park/Rooney/Saha etc would be on the end of it. It's a bit of a joke that Kaka scooped the awards that year, really.
 
Alex said:
:lol:

What's a 10 season
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A half a point above 07/08.

The goals he scored plus just a few more assists, maybe a couple more pieces of brilliance in games against a top team.

No-one's ever perfect, nothing's ever perfect.
 
Unless you're Lionel Messi, of course. I mean, what more could he have done last year?
That's a 10 out of 10 season, surely. Ronaldo was close in 06/07 though, in my opinion.
 
Brwned said:
Find it amazing that you'd talk down the season Ronaldo had in 06/07 yet talked up the season Ronaldo had in 08/09.

For me Ronaldo had a 9/10 season in 06/07 and a 7.5/10 season in 08/09. Thought he was vastly superior in 06/07.
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I find it amazing that you still seem to force your opinion as gospel.

It's my opinion, all 3 years were brilliant, we can agree on that.

The rest needs no "extra" stuff, like calling my opinion "amazing".
 
06/07 His alround game was fantastic , but he was a big match bottler, Arsenal, Liverpool, Milan and Chelsea he was pedestrain against these teams.

07/08 scored goals but predominantly his alround attacking play was missing compared to 06/07. His influence in a match was restricted only to oppurtunistic goals and not many great ones either, but goals are the only stat that matters in football and he provided that in plenty. Knocked the big match bottler tag off his shoulder

08/09 Started the season badly but finished on a strong note, still our most influential and our best big match player. If some one can win the Ballon D'or and FIFA award shouldnt mean football would come easy, he realized it as the season went on. Added some comedy element to Portugal in the international football

09/10 Already set for a great season and should only get better, sums up his influence at Real Madrid so far this season.

Pretty much sums about Ronaldo without fanboi blinkers. This topic has been done to death over the last six months or so, dont see any reason to start another thread when nothing new can be told.
 
vijay said:
06/07 His alround game was fantastic , but he was a big match bottler, Arsenal, Liverpool, Milan and Chelsea he was pedestrain against these teams.

07/08 scored goals but predominantly his alround attacking play was missing compared to 06/07. His influence in a match was restricted only to oppurtunistic goals and not many great ones either, but goals are the only stat that matters in football and he provided that in plenty. Knocked the big match bottler tag off his shoulder

08/09 Started the season badly but finished on a strong note, still our most influential and our best big match player. If some one can win the Ballon D'or and FIFA award shouldnt mean football would come easy, he realized it as the season went on. Added some comedy element to Portugal in the international football

09/10 Already set for a great season and should only get better, sums up his influence at Real Madrid so far this season.

Pretty much sums about Ronaldo without fanboi blinkers. This topic has been done to death over the last six months or so, dont see any reason to start another thread when nothing new can be told.
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I agree, the only thing different is the thread title, the thread was inventive and added 2008-9 although no known was going to choose. Maybe the next thread will include 2005-6. It is always the same his overall play was better in 2006-7, his impact was greater in 2007-8.
 
07 - 08 is the one for me. The time it has taken for him to settle into la liga just shows what class player he is.
 
vijay said:
06/07 His alround game was fantastic , but he was a big match bottler, Arsenal, Liverpool, Milan and Chelsea he was pedestrain against these teams.

07/08 scored goals but predominantly his alround attacking play was missing compared to 06/07. His influence in a match was restricted only to oppurtunistic goals and not many great ones either, but goals are the only stat that matters in football and he provided that in plenty. Knocked the big match bottler tag off his shoulder

08/09 Started the season badly but finished on a strong note, still our most influential and our best big match player. If some one can win the Ballon D'or and FIFA award shouldnt mean football would come easy, he realized it as the season went on. Added some comedy element to Portugal in the international football

09/10 Already set for a great season and should only get better, sums up his influence at Real Madrid so far this season.

Pretty much sums about Ronaldo without fanboi blinkers. This topic has been done to death over the last six months or so, dont see any reason to start another thread when nothing new can be told.
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:rolleyes:
Maybe you should watch the 42 goal video again.

I went to the game against Villa where he scored with the backheel flick and then remember watching the next game against Roma where he scored with that header. Not many players have it in them to score those two very different goals.

I agree with whoever posted it earlier that the Roma goal for me was absolutely breathtaking. When Scholes crossed the ball I rememeber thinking "Who the hell has he played that ball to?" before Ronaldo suddenly flew into view.

Best player in the world.
 
swooshboy said:
:rolleyes:
Maybe you should watch the 42 goal video again.

I went to the game against Villa where he scored with the backheel flick and then remember watching the next game against Roma where he scored with that header. Not many players have it in them to score those two very different goals.

I agree with whoever posted it earlier that the Roma goal for me was absolutely breathtaking. When Scholes crossed the ball I rememeber thinking "Who the hell has he played that ball to?" before Ronaldo suddenly flew into view.

Best player in the world.
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His best goal and how fitting is it that it came from the boot of Scholes.

He sacrificed himself for United and although he was petulant, you could overlook that for what he brought to the team. The one thing I miss from our team at the moment is that arrogance. Its why I miss him. I think he'll come back, but only when he's won everything in Spain maybe.
 
06-07, specially in the starting games of that season after the WC.The way he was performing against all the booing away crowds was worthy of respect.
 
marchi-91 said:
His best goal and how fitting is it that it came from the boot of Scholes.

He sacrificed himself for United and although he was petulant, you could overlook that for what he brought to the team. The one thing I miss from our team at the moment is that arrogance. Its why I miss him. I think he'll come back, but only when he's won everything in Spain maybe.
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I really doubt it, I picture him retiring at Sporting after Madrid
 
It wasn't just the goals in 07/08 that makes people think this was better than in 06/07. A key difference between the two was that in 07/08 he stepped it up a notch by performing in the big games and influencing the outcomes against the big teams, something that was inconsistent in 06/07. It seems like he decided in 07/08 that he'd just forget about dribbling and making wonderful runs and instead focus on putting the ball in the back of the net, and that he did quite well. The variety of those goals in 07/08 just shows what a complete beast of a player he has become, and he's still fecking young!
 
06/07 he was just amazing to watch, an entertainer who was capable of deciding games.

07/08 still a joy to watch, less dribbling granted but still very entertaining and well the goal scoring was just phenomenal.

08/09 a shadow of his best in my opinion.. yes he was still very effective towards the latter end of the season but by his own lofty standards incredibly boring to watch and his dribbling was practically non-existent.

I personally hope he hasn't peaked as a dribbler/entertainer and that he can ally his 'most complete forward in the game' with the genius and pure fun factor he used to deliver for us during the first 5 seasons.. as football needs great entertainers as any sport does. I do however feel that Ronnies dribbling, movement with the ball is below par and that he is over-reliant on his shooting.. he's still incredibly effective don't get me wrong but as a lad who was in awe of his skills/tricks I just find the machine version a tad boring.
 
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