Cristiano Ronaldo (130 Viewers)

Hist

Founder of Hism
Jan 18, 2009
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@Hist thoughts?

Seriously though, while that writer is bonkers, is Ron too old now to score 45+, is it the league, is it us, or will he score more under Sarri?

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Part of the reason is he's involved more in our play than he was at Real.
If Sarri successfully turns us into a well oiled attacking machine and his role in that machine is more of a finisher than a creator (the role he had in Madrid), then I expect him to score 35+ goals or so. Better than his current output but not as good as at Madrid's. If his fitness is identical to what it was despite the age difference, the quality of those feeding him is still very different. Our squad is quite good but Madrid's was just on another level.



I am expecting ~30 goals from him tbh. I expect age to affect him even if minimally. I expect the team to take a while to get used to the offensive game plan and that will affect his goals. I expect him to be affected by the decrease in quality of those surrounding him in the offensive phase, feeding him goals, compared to what he had in Madrid.


I dont expect him to jump ship now at all unless we win the CL this season. He might go to PSG at some point in the future to pad his stats again towards the end of his career (like Zlatan did) before heading over to the MLS. But not when the job isnt done.


None of the things highlighted above or in the article are news to him. He knew he was going into a defensive slow tempo team. He knew the level of quality surrounding him wont match prime Bale, Modric, Marcelo etc.. He knew serie A has more deep defensive teams. Our coach was Allegri when he joined so he knew exactly what type of football we played and how that will likely affect his goal scoring rate. None of this is a surprise to him like the article suggests. Its everything he already knew coming in.
 

Cerval

Senior Member
Feb 20, 2016
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There's a leak for the Ballon d'Or apparently (take it with a pinch of salt it's from twitter)

1 Messi
2 Van Dijk
3 Cristiano
The rest not worth mentioning


Such a joke if true, all finalists shouldn't be there
 

Elvin

Senior Member
Nov 25, 2005
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There's a leak for the Ballon d'Or apparently (take it with a pinch of salt it's from twitter)

1 Messi
2 Van Dijk
3 Cristiano
The rest not worth mentioning


Such a joke if true, all finalists shouldn't be there
Whenever Cristiano doesn't win CL they give it to Messi ffs (except Modric last year).
 

Strickland

Senior Member
May 17, 2019
5,859
Messi is a weak choice, helped Barca win in league were the 2nd place finished with 76 points. After many years he finally had a good year in CL, but neither him nor Ronaldo deserve Ballon d'OR, the winner should come from EPL
 

He-Man

Senior Member
Mar 1, 2013
1,263
Ronaldo will win this year.
Many goals with Portugal in EURO qual. Win NL with Portugal. Serie A . Break some other records and have for sure better start this season than Messi
 

Osman

Koul Khara!
Aug 30, 2002
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I’m sure they find a way for him not to win.
Maybe the reason is Messi scored way more and assisted way more? Just saying. They won league titles both but the midget had more productive year. Which is unusual they allways neck and neck, but not this time.


If you wanna give it to a CB because his team won CL fine, tho it will be way more questionable then the Modric award imo. But regardless of how much we want it, we cant pretend Ronaldo has bigger case then Messi.
 

Strickland

Senior Member
May 17, 2019
5,859
Maybe the reason is Messi scored way more and assisted way more? Just saying. They won league titles both but the midget had more productive year. Which is unusual they allways neck and neck, but not this time.


If you wanna give it to a CB because his team won CL fine, tho it will be way more questionable then the Modric award imo. But regardless of how much we want it, we cant pretend Ronaldo has bigger case then Messi.
nothing is more questionable than that Modrič award, he wouldnt make TOP3 for best Real performers that season, yet somehow won Ballon d'Or. At least Van Dijk is clearly a leader for Pool and NL
 

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