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This post made me laugh.
Dan James put in this kind of performance week in week out. And he doesn't need 500k a week.
I’m hoping that’s aimed at the video creator not me
Unless I was drunk and don't remember, I never wrote such a thing, that would be dumb.Was wondering why such annoyance at the video then saw the username.
Aren't you the guy that said a consistent hazard would be better than Ronaldo ?
The whole reason it's being pointed out is because people say Ronaldo never presses. That's the point
Absolutely!I’m hoping that’s aimed at the video creator not me
Maybe drink during game, maybe chat during game but live, didn’t think Ronaldo had any impact.. video is OTT but he does do a couple of decent things (expected in a pro footballer?).
Dont know how this ends up but can see him staying until WC then maybe getting a move in Jan if we have an alt. Everyone moves on.
No the clip proves nothing. Chicharito scored a lot of goals coming off the bench but this didn't make him a good striker. Quite the contrary, he barely started in every team he played in. Similarly, closing down the opponents with tired legs on a few occasions in 30 minutes is totally different from constant pressing since the beginning of a match.
Beyond being annoying, it puts pressure on his teammates to try make wrong decisions by trying to find him every time, even when better options exist.
He hasn’t sulked. He’s putting in the effort. That tells me he’s buying in and realises it’s the ETH way or no way. I have no jeffing clue what relevance chicharito has to Ronaldo. None. Absolute zilch.
The irony being that we’ve actually looked better and far more like scoring with him on the pitch in these last two games, where we became quite insipid in the periods just before his introduction… this is likely to be as much a case of tired legs and a fresh Ronaldo than him working in the system, but it’s just amusing that the crux of the anti-Ronaldo argument thus far as been “yeah he scores, but the team is worse!” where it’s now “well he didn’t do anything, even if the team looked better”
All true. But - in addition to him simply being fresh legs - there are a lot of other factors that coincided with his arrival that probably explain our improvement. Especially the way we beefed up our midfield in both our last two games at the same time Ronaldo was subbed on.
For some reason this dude seems to hate Chicharito...
Rashford hasn't yet scored while he's been playing as the main striker. All three goals came after Martial or Ronaldo came on to take the main spot, allowing Rashford to play his more natural role and picking his time to make those runs.
While I agree with the general premise of your post (you made excellent points), I can’t help but be slightly perplexed(?) at how important Martial suddenly is to everyone. I know the guy is talented and he was good in pre-season and for 45mins against Liverpool but is this the the same guy that frustrated for so long that people now think will be the difference between us being strong favourites for top 4 and struggling? Even if he’s fit, I somehow don’t trust his form will be consistent throughout.
Correct, but neither are Martial or Rashford. Ronaldo is more competent as a #9, and the pace of the two others is better utilised as wide players.
Yups, now the whole speculative nonsense is out of the window he will just buckle down and try make the vest out of it I reckon.
Exactly what I was thinking last week. Someone said MLS may be next for Cristiano and it struck me Zlatan's giant ego got bored very quickly and felt much more at home being Billy Big Bollocks helping win stuff at a club with history.
Disagree, the team performs best with Martial as a 9. He's also too heavy and slow to play on the wing at this point too. Think ETH agrees with that too cos he said the difference between pre season and the first two games is we didn't have anyone to replace martial after he got injured.
Martial is so important because he's the only one capable of actually playing that role properly. There are absolutely huge question marks on him, and unfortunately I'd say it's more likely than not that he fails either due to injury or form, but when he's actually on form he has aspects of his game than neither Ronaldo or Rashford have. Martial has far superior hold-up play and ability to link with other players, and he has the tendency to make our other players play better as they have that focal point to play around. There's a reason that as the transfer window went on we kept showing interest in other strikers who could play that target-man role. Ronaldo is better than Rashford at doing it, but neither are very suited.
Martial is a true #9. More so than Ronaldo really, who is obviously capable of scoring the goals expected of a striker but the rest of his game is more suited to being part of a two striker set-up these days. Unfortunately for him not many play with two anymore, and even if we did it would require a partner with a much greater workrate than Martial (think Firmino a couple of years ago).
Has he become Ronaldo's spokesperson?
Or maybe not everything is a grand conspiracy and your alternate fantasy of Ronaldo being some backroom prick is false ?
I have better fantasies than that. I'm sure he's not a dressing room parasite. Otherwise ETH would be critical and wouldn't speak about the situation trying to be positive. It can be problematic to have a big name wanting out and who needs to start but does not, of course. That goes without saying.
Well that's all those quotes are saying. Not really spokesperson job but it's pointing out the obvious as some were spreading rumors he's eating lunch alone hissing at the English players
Don’t mind him mate. He’s not worth it when it comes to Ronaldo. All he does is come to this thread and find a way to say something negative about the man. Guess you can’t be the best player of all time without having a ton of people like him constantly wishing you fail.
I have never been a huge fan of Rashford and still dont think he is a striker, however it is good to see a bit of get up and go back into him and desire and confidence comign back. He has been far from perfect but has been decisive at times and you are making a valid point about him gettign an assist or goal and still criticised when the two seasons before we have seeen simialr from ROnaldo and especially Fernandes too and they have been lauded.
True! All good points.
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Cool! I see Martial scored 23 goals in 48 appearances in 2019/2020 (his best year), and then 7 goals in 36 appearances in the next year and 1 in 11 (for Utd) last year. He was born Dec 1995, which means he'll be 27 in a few months. Should be in his prime.
