Results are the same or worse than last season. How can you argue we’re better off. Ronaldo is scoring and but now other players aren’t.
I don't know why we're way off the level we were at last season, but I don't see how Ronaldo has managed to make our entire back 4 and midfield useless.
All I know is that without Ronaldo's goals this season, we would be in a worse state. I have seen no evidence so far this season that anyone is near capable of stepping up to the plate if he wasn't here.
It was the same last season, hence why we fell into the Europa League, hence why we capitulated last season after somehow stumbling our way to top of the table.
We've been crying out for a clinical goal scorer who you can hang your hat on for seasons now, someone capable of stepping up when it matters most. Now we have him, he's scoring goals, yet now all of a sudden people are pointing a finger at him saying the balance of the team is all wrong with him in it.
It's a load of nonsense. People are saying that Ronaldo is the problem, for me it's the opposite. I think his level and standards are showing up those that should be nowhere near this starting 11, and those that don't have the mentality to be in a squad capable of competing. Because with Ronaldo in your team, that is the bar.
Frankly, nobody else has stepped up to it. Weak mentality, right through this club, from the board right down to the manager and too many of the players. Watching the first 20mins of the game today is enough to showcase that.