Lost pace and only scores tap ins. I want that player who stole the 7 shirt and wore a Ronaldo face mask!
Cristiano Ronaldo - Performances (wums will be thread banned)
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... and he scored 19 (63%) of them in the following 6 games:
Espanyol 0-6 Madrid
Madrid 4-0 Shakhtar
Madrid 8-0 Malmo
Madrid 10-2 Rayo Vallecano
Madrid 5-1 Sporting Gijon
Madrid 6-0 Espanyol
On the other hand, he failed to score in 14 (out of 28) games (for comparison, Benzema only failed to score in 7 out of 22 games).
Great second goal though. (I mean Ronaldo's second)
And in the last 12 games he has scored 17 goals and got 8 assists, failing to score or assist in only two games. Form?
Cheeky.
He actually failed to score in 3 of the last 5 games, two of those three led to Madrid dropping points in the league... Hardly in form.I have no problem if you disagree with me on this, but to me, right now, it looks like a case of Real Madrid bringing him the goals (when they're comfortable) rather than him bringing them the points (when they need them).
He's definitely capable of changing that though, so I'm only commenting here about what I saw till now, not speculating about the second half of the season.
He is doing well with regards to his own stats but when it comes to trophies he has underachieved with Real Madrid. Some say that's not his fault because he has always been scoring goals week in week out so it must have been the fault of the other players. Others say it's his fault because his ego and therefore lack of consistent defensive contributions means Real concedes too many goals. I don't think it's necessarily his 'fault' but I do think he's more concerned about his own stats and brand than winning trophies with Real. I genuinely think that.
343 goals for Madrid now.
Most sane people would call that assertion bollocks. If your team is shit defensively and you're assigning a majority of the blame to the striker instead of the keeper, defenders, midfielders... one has to ask if there is any underlying bias that would make someone say that. That's without watching Real and knowing for a fact that the likes of Ramos and Pepe for starters haven't been exactly world class during Ronaldo's tenure at Madrid. Replace them with competent defenders and... oh, history recalls a certain team with that setup winning 3 PL titles in a row and making it to 2 consecutive CL finals. That's with a Ronaldo that was less prolific than he is now.
Nah I ain't buying that crap.
What a goal
And what a "decline" this season with some top recent performances and leading the goalscoring chart again
And what a "decline" this season with some top recent performances and leading the goalscoring chart again
I'm still waiting for him to convince me.
When you score like 50+ goals a season you shouldn't be expected to do the donkey works, that's for real donkeys (cough... rooney), the problem imo is that they have too many star players who thinks they're anything but donkey.
At the end of the day football is about scoring goals, either tracking back or waiting for tap ins they do it for the sake of the team (i.e winning the match), by staying upfront alone he's already pinning back at least 2 of their defenders, much more effective than going all the way back just to track a player who's likely going to pass it around anyways.
man that goal was like from Fifa.
I was at the stadium for the goal. It was spectacular for sure
Yeah, he only ever scored one hat trick for United. Unbelievable really, but he was a completely different animal for us.
The greatest goal scorer in the last fourth years IMO. Only behind Pele and Muller
http://www.theguardian.com/football...d-goalscoring-record-in-full?CMP=share_btn_tw
http://www.theguardian.com/football...d-goalscoring-record-in-full?CMP=share_btn_tw
Oh, so you need convincing from this season only...disregarding the amount of goals he's scored against Barca, Bilbao, Sevilla, Valencia, Villareal in seasons past. Makes sense.
I'm still waiting for him to convince me.
I'm still waiting for him to convince me.
Saw that earlier, his goalscoring stats are brilliant again, but no goals against teams that matter.
If he's on decline then how you describe rooney?
Makes you wonder how many he'd have scored if he'd spent his whole career with us.
These 2 would make a Spanish Fantasy Football game fecking pointless.
On a much steeper decline.
If we're thinking about bring him back (we always wonder about it), I believe I must look after the current season.
I don't want him back either - thought you meant not convinced of his greatness.
I'm convinced about his greatness as a goalscorer. As a player, for me he is overrated. And in the comparison to Messi, the one damaged is the argentinian.
What a goal. Makes those finishes look so darn easy.
He is great at setting up goals too.
What the hell, that's a sublime piece of skill. I couldn't understand at all what he did until the slow motion replay came. A relatively simple dribble at such speed that my lazy eye couldn't understand it.
Your talking about a player who has the 5th most assists over the last 6 years.
Porto, Barcelona and most of Non-United PL fans in Ronaldo thread is most comical obsession one can ever witness in one place.
I'd like to see an assist compilation. For me it's not the same to put a ball which cuts through the whole defesne as Messi, Ozil or Di Maria can do, than serving it on a plate after a counter-attack.
As it's not the same to score goals against every weak team and to struggle in the big matches. That's good for the empty stats but not for Madrid's success, with one League and one UCL after spending an incredible amount of money.
He isn't declining. I can see him breraking his own record in the CL and scoring 50 + goals again.
When did he overtake Raul in the Real Madrid top goal scorers list? I can't believe I missed that, must have been a bit of fanfare when it happened?
Nothing left for him to do at Real, should just call it a day after this season.
Nothing left for him to do at Real, should just call it a day after this season.
It's the first season in a long time where he hasn't performed in the big matches. Look at his record in every other season.
Secondly there is no way in hell he can have that many assists and not only be a superb player but also a creative one.
My favourite United player of all time but that stat just shows why I've been lukewarm to him in the last few years. I think he's refined his game too much from the exciting winger that played here.
Greatest goald scorer I've ever seen though.
"Dribbles per 90 minutes".
Talk about some ridiculous statistics. I wish someone would show me Neymar's or Messi's. Is going past a player through raw power/pace a dribble? If not, who cares about "dribbles per minutes". Just ridiculous.
Talk about some ridiculous statistics. I wish someone would show me Neymar's or Messi's. Is going past a player through raw power/pace a dribble? If not, who cares about "dribbles per minutes". Just ridiculous.
If it's dribbles as in taking on a player then according to Squawka Neymar and Messi dribble about 4-5 times as much. They are also more successful in their attempts.
1.2 dribbles per game is the kind of number I would expect from a CM. This is the same Cristiano that tore teams here apart with his dribbling.
You see my point. What constitutes a "dribble". This is just a stupid statistic. I bet Ronaldinho 'dribbles' the ball more than Messi and Neymar. What does it matter?
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