Cristiano Ronaldo

[Blueknows]

I did, I have!

I've been trying to catch up for the last hour still 10 pages behind

 

[Stoned Rose]

I want us to do it properly. With our vast network of scouts on several continents the best we can come up with is a fading 36 yr old who comes with huge baggage ? Where’s the joined up thinking ?

Not in your head by the looks of it.

 

[Clevers]

Was bacon chops pissed there?

Was he ever sober.

 

[Lavinda Past]

That was my next question. What does ronaldo do to the dressing room dynamic and how does he impact future strikers coming. Where does he even play now - right up top ?

He's not the flying winger he was any more. He'll be the target man for KDB, Raheem, Grealish, and Mahrez to aim for. He'll be a nightmare for every opposition defender, and at times, for Pep Guardiola!
He'll be no worse in the dressing room than Messi would.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Any excuse to repost this. The way they think he needs approval..

So Covid 18, rather than 19?

 

[Tangled up in blue.]

This is going to cause some serious grief.

What do you think the reaction will be at away grounds around the country? They will boo him wont they, but I don't think it will be hate. It will be a madness.

We'll certainly fill the grounds round the country

 

[Gundog’s Gundog]

How is a guy who scored 60 league goals in the last two seasons not a good back up to the Kane deal falling through

It’s the lack of forward planning that’s worrying. A striker to play with / phase out Sergio should’ve been bought in Summer 2019. If signing Ronaldo is such a good strategy why weren’t we interested in him then or last summer ?

 

[mccity]

So Covid 18, rather than 19?

Very clever...

 

[blue&whitepauly]

Absolutely. It's why I keep saying Foden and Jesus in that front three with him - they have bags of energy and can do the hard running and pressing for him. You tell Ronaldo to stand on the penalty spot and make runs across the front post (which we don't have a player with that instinct) keep the central defenders occupied, and get on the end of an occasional cross from Kev. It's only a short term solution, but I legitimately couldn't think of another front four in world football better suited to just letting him go out and score goals.

we arguably have the likeliest 2 players to get fouled in and around the box in Grealish & Ronny (if he signs), which could make defenders a bit twitchy

 

[cleavers]

I've been trying to catch up for the last hour still 10 pages behind

"Tip"

Jump forward 10 pages, you'll miss nowt and still be 3 pages behind ;-)