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Sandikan

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Well deserved for Ronnie. A few are moaning on another thread, but genuinely who keeps him out as an actual striker?
Salah is in there anyway, and Son would be competing against Mane's spot in the team.

Scored more goals than any other striker, even in our absolute joke of a season, and it doesn't bear thinking about how many he could have scored for a proper functional attacking team like City.
 

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Realistically United's best chance is to win one of the cups - League, FAC or Europa - and that's where he needs to be played every game. I'd rest him for all home & away games against the PL bottom-10. He can then focus on staying fit for about 30-35 important games (equal to once a week of football).
You wouldn't play him in the europa league group stage though as the teams are poor. Wouldn't play him against lower placed teams in the FA Cup and EFL cup either.
 

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Well deserved for Ronnie. A few are moaning on another thread, but genuinely who keeps him out as an actual striker?
Salah is in there anyway, and Son would be competing against Mane's spot in the team.

Scored more goals than any other striker, even in our absolute joke of a season, and it doesn't bear thinking about how many he could have scored for a proper functional attacking team like City.
He didn't score a goal for 3 months in the Premier League from Jan to Mid March when he scored the hat trick vs Spurs

If you compare Son and Ronaldo, Son deserves it way more than him


Ronaldo - 17 appearances without goal/assist




Son - 13 appearances without goal/assist
 

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He didn't score a goal for 3 months in the Premier League from Jan to Mid March when he scored the hat trick vs Spurs

If you compare Son and Ronaldo, Son deserves it way more than him


Ronaldo - 17 appearances without goal/assist




Son - 13 appearances without goal/assist
Overall son has had a better season but ideally you replace mane with him not ronnie.
 

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Don’t think he is but even if you don’t think Mane had a better season than Ronaldo, Kane definitely did.
Kane scored 4 goals in the first half of the EPL - scoring his first goal of the season in Mid October. He had 5 goals in 21 appearances in mid February before the City game everyone thought he had one of his worst seasons at the club. Not to mention he only missed 1 game all season
 

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Kane scored 4 goals in the first half of the EPL - scoring his first goal of the season in Mid October. He had 5 goals in 21 appearances in mid February before the City game everyone thought he had one of his worst seasons at the club
Yeah he was shite for a long time. So was Ronaldo. In the end Kane had one less goal than Ronaldo and way more assists.
 

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You wouldn't play him in the europa league group stage though as the teams are poor. Wouldn't play him against lower placed teams in the FA Cup and EFL cup either.
The problem is that United's other strikers are poor, have serious personal issues or are too green. From midfield only Bruno looks like he can score consistently (Sancho is a playmaker). United have yet to be linked to a credible goal scoring threat (besides Nunez who seems to be keen on Pool). I think the cups are way too important to leave to chance. Across 38 games I can see a disciplined United fighting for 4th but in the cups just one bad half and you can be out.
 

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Play him every weekend EPL and don’t play him in any Europe’s league games until the later KO rounds and FA cup quarters if you get their and league cup only final.
 

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He's not great in every game anymore. He's a one-in-three striker nowadays. Poor for two games, score a brace, poor for three games, score a hattrick. I think he needs to be fresh and rest much more than before, or his standard drops.
 

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The problem is that United's other strikers are poor, have serious personal issues or are too green. From midfield only Bruno looks like he can score consistently (Sancho is a playmaker). United have yet to be linked to a credible goal scoring threat (besides Nunez who seems to be keen on Pool). I think the cups are way too important to leave to chance. Across 38 games I can see a disciplined United fighting for 4th but in the cups just one bad half and you can be out.
I see your point. But the Europa league group stage. Should cope with that without Ronaldo. The teams in the group stage are pretty poor. If we can't beat those teams without Ronaldo then those players should be sold.
 

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He didn't score a goal for 3 months in the Premier League from Jan to Mid March when he scored the hat trick vs Spurs

If you compare Son and Ronaldo, Son deserves it way more than him


Ronaldo - 17 appearances without goal/assist




Son - 13 appearances without goal/assist
Son's not a striker mate
 

acnumber9

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He didn't score a goal for 3 months in the Premier League from Jan to Mid March when he scored the hat trick vs Spurs

If you compare Son and Ronaldo, Son deserves it way more than him


Ronaldo - 17 appearances without goal/assist




Son - 13 appearances without goal/assist
That’s not true though. He scored against Brighton in the middle of February. Longest he went without scoring was 5 games.
 

acnumber9

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Went 1 month without scoring at the start of the season
Right, but he didn’t go three months without scoring like you said and his longest drought was five games. You’ll find your case is stronger when you don’t exaggerate.

Son also went a month without scoring.
 

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Right, but he didn’t go three months without scoring like you said and his longest drought was five games. You’ll find your case is stronger when you don’t exaggerate.

Son also went a month without scoring.
Son had 13 appearances without scoring/assisting. Ronaldo had 17
 

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NOT FOR MI Cristiano Ronaldo ‘snubs David Beckham’s Inter Miami’ but Man Utd transfer future still uncertain ahead of season


https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/19012859/ronaldo-snubs-beckham-miami-man-utd-transfer/

Ronaldo will probably go to the MLS in January after the World Cup or next summer. Miami is ideal for him. American fans would love him and his tricks etc

i can see Beckham taking him to Inter Miami. Seems an ideal next step after United.
 
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