Scored the goal but wasn't great tonight. Arguably we could do with starting Cavani and bringing Ronaldo off the bench. He'd never do that obviously but I think we would get the best of both that way.
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Was subpar but in the end - as is far from uncommon with this man - it didn't matter as he found the winner anyway.
Winners find a way to win :-)
We should probably try and create more chances for him…. Dunno, just an idea
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"I made history with club and I want to do it again."
The greatest of all time. Best there is, the best there ever was, and the best there ever will be.. Viva Ronaldo KING GOAT CR7! 
finally beat our Villarreal curse because of Viva Ronaldo he has paid back his signing already!
United are playing badly but winning.. that's a good sign of champions. Once the new signings fully settle in and gel and we get a settled midfield that works (which we will we have too good players) watch out other teams! plenty to be positive/hopeful about !
finally beat our Villarreal curse because of Viva Ronaldo he has paid back his signing already!United are playing badly but winning.. that's a good sign of champions. Once the new signings fully settle in and gel and we get a settled midfield that works (which we will we have too good players) watch out other teams! plenty to be positive/hopeful about !
Ole's biggest supporters won't want to hear this but that goal felt a little like Sanchez winner against Newcastle under Jose three years ago, however this board will find it much harder to sack him than it was Jose due to both his status as a player and non toxic atmosphere as well.
He really is the ultimate get out of jail card. He will continue to save Ole's a$$ and thus tolerate his inadequacies.
That would be a complete waste of how to use Ronaldo
Put two v two of Ronaldo and Cavani together. No CB is going to let them get one v one or two v two. It automatically pulls one DM into that zone and that is one less we have to deal with in midfield. Now if we can pass the ball around and pass it briskly we would create the space or they would create space for themselves if decent passes are given to them.
Even if Ronaldo agrees to it, it's not gonna work.
Ronaldo quality is putting a way chances, however few there is. There is no guarantee, we could create enough chances for him during his little chances on the pitch coming on as a sub.
If anything, today again confirm that the best way to use Cavani is for him to be an impact sub. Start him where opponents are fresh and dominating game, would yield better result. He's not as clinical as Ronaldo. Not converting the few chances during game can be counter productive, as no guarantee that you can create in later on. If opponent has quality, they would have been able to put the game away in first half.
We saw how Cavani did against Villarreal 90 minutes not long ago. He got the goal but hardly significantly any improvement in our overall play. A fresh Villarreal started the game well. We got better as they got tired in second half, but then our forward got knackered and lack quality to do anything.
Really? I get it wasn’t the best performance by Ronaldo. But the situation is completely different.
Sanchez scored 5 goals for us in his entire time at United. Ronaldo has scored 5 goals in 5 games.
Can you blame Ole for playing him / keeping him on?
Interesting. Cavani was great when he came on.
Given Sancho is not setting the world alight right now, do you think there’s a case for Ronaldo starting on the left with Cavani central? He looked pretty dangerous cutting in from the left in the game against West Ham in the league.
Or do you think Ronaldo will lack the stamina to play there for 90 mins? To be honest, it’s not like Sancho is great at tracking back and helping the full back out either.
Not really though. Bring him on for the second half and he still gets his goal.
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No. If our only chances are in the first half, we would be fecked. Should play Ronaldo for full 90 mins. Only problem is, it’s probably not wise to play him 2 games every week and 50-60 games a season, we need to be selective, especially when we have mid week CL games, should we rest him in some league games?
58 games per season his average for the last 19 years.
5 matches, 5 goals.
Just Ronaldo doing his thing
Just Ronaldo doing his thing
Not played more than 50 club games in a season since 2015.
But the man's a mentally monster. If you can play, you play him.
If we have any success this season, he'll be at the heart of it.
This 100%. No better goal getter in world football, simple as that. Like he said post match, sometimes he plays well and doesn’t score, sometimes he play badly and scores. The single most important thing is he will never stop trying to score until he retires. The man is a thoroughbred winner.
Yeah I guess it's better we lost, right?
5 goals in 5 games so far, team’s top scorer already this season.
Mind boggling.
5 in 5, never stops thinking he'll score and we're so dominant, we can just choose which half he plays in/scores in?
Players like him, you play them. Every now and then (say 3-0 up with 20 to go), sub him off maybe and maybe miss the odd game if he needs a break but playing him one half is like tossing a coin and heads we win, tails we lose.
Apart from Sanchez being a moaning, useless, past it tosser and Jose being a wanker who ruined players mentality and tried to throw games because he didn't get his transfer requests...
... it's EXACTLY the same yeah.
This guy is something else. Even if he’s not having the best game himself, even if the team is playing like crap, he still has it in him to get the winner in the last kick of the game.
If we win anything this season then he’s going to be the major factor in it.
If we win anything this season then he’s going to be the major factor in it.
I really like his post match comments, about how they believed, admitted he didnt have a good game yet his job is to score and he did it and said nice things about fans. Really puts arrogant Ronaldo stories to bed.
Absolutely love him didn’t play that well, was absolutely gassed but still made the effort to get in the box jump and get the winner.
I was literally jumping and fist pumping about the room, only Ronaldo!
I was literally jumping and fist pumping about the room, only Ronaldo!
It feels a bit disingenuous to say this - you know considering he has 5 goals in 5 games - but I think a part of our chance creation is self inflicted by his style of play. If he worked a bit harder or stood his ground to link play a bit better and glue the attack a bit more, we’d probably be a little more cohesive.
At the moment he’s playing as the supreme poacher he is, which is resulting in his great start and will probably end with him on an impressive goal tally, but if there could be a bit more cohesiveness to our attack that wouldn’t go amiss. Some is down to him, some is down to others, some is down to the manager. Nobody is blameless there.
Rio said that Ronaldo text him after the game saying he knew he played bad, but also knew he would get the winner. That mentality is just unbelievable.
hope he gets 2-3 goals before 60 min next game and is subbed
Good start to Ronaldo in the Lukaku debate.
Ronaldo 5 Goals in 5 Games (432 Minutes)
Lukaku 4 Goals in 7 Games (630 Minutes)
And to compare versus
Salah 8 Goals 8 Games (691 Minutes)
Ronaldo 5 Goals in 5 Games (432 Minutes)
Lukaku 4 Goals in 7 Games (630 Minutes)
And to compare versus
Salah 8 Goals 8 Games (691 Minutes)
What's there to say? He's Ronaldo.
That's why you keep him on. Absolute monster of a player.
He did well to score but overall he was very poor. Nothing worked for him, heavy touches, didn't pass well and lost it few times. We didn't create enough but still he scored the goal which is always a positive.
We've seen him play better this season, so I'm not too worried about his performance level vs Villareal. He knows himself he didn't play well, but he scored. There were people in the matchday thread that would have subbed off the greatest CL scorer of all-time.
Ole needs to rest him some games though. It's a shame we got knocked out so early in the league cup, because it would have led to more games for players on the outside.
Ole needs to rest him some games though. It's a shame we got knocked out so early in the league cup, because it would have led to more games for players on the outside.
Are you joking?
Once Cavani gets up to speed it will be a bit easier on him, he always thrive a hardworking CF to play off , never convinced with his overall CF play.
Of course, that we would rely on two geriatrics for our front 3 tells a story in itself, with 5/6 others very expensive players vying for at best 2 spots. But that’s the price you pay for signing Ronaldo.
Of course, that we would rely on two geriatrics for our front 3 tells a story in itself, with 5/6 others very expensive players vying for at best 2 spots. But that’s the price you pay for signing Ronaldo.
“He did nothing all game but scored a goal and won the game“.
What did people think we were buying him to do?
What did people think we were buying him to do?
I honestly don't think Ronaldo-Cavani playing together now is optimal.
I am guessing Rashford's return will be a big boost for this squad. Maybe people will finally appreciate how important he is for us.
Doesn't really matter if he or the team is having a bad game. As long he is in the match, there's always a good chance he gets one in.
Early this month scored 2 goals at the end of the match that gave Portugal the win over Ireland, yesterday scored the winning goal in the last minute of the game.
I saw a lot of people saying that he needed to be subbed out because he was having a bad game (and he was tbf), but you can't sub out a player that has a history of deciding games even when not playing well.
I can see a lot of tough games being decided like this and in the end, it's the difference between getting 0 points and 1 or getting 3 instead of 1.
Early this month scored 2 goals at the end of the match that gave Portugal the win over Ireland, yesterday scored the winning goal in the last minute of the game.
I saw a lot of people saying that he needed to be subbed out because he was having a bad game (and he was tbf), but you can't sub out a player that has a history of deciding games even when not playing well.
I can see a lot of tough games being decided like this and in the end, it's the difference between getting 0 points and 1 or getting 3 instead of 1.
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