United Thread - 2021/22

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Ronaldo scored 101 goals in a Juventus shirt, crowned with two league titles, one Coppa Italia and two Supercoppe. As Luigi Garlando wrote in La Gazzetta dello Sport: “In three years, CR7 amassed the numbers of a normal human’s entire career.”

Juventus are currently doing a squad re-build, and Ronaldo at this stage of his career is the cherry on top of a ready made cake, not the player you need to build your team around, especially with only a year left on his contract. This is why a short deal at City/United was quite enticing for both clubs. He guarantees goals, trophies and success. He demands it. Who doesn't want a bit of that?

What happens if he doesn't get what he demands? ;)

Juventus were less successful in the champions league after signing him.

Just like Sweden and Ibrahimovic, they were a better team without him.
 
His numbers were impressive, but Juve scored less goals overall, and Ronaldo took a hell of a lot a shots each match. If he's creating those chances himself, then that's not too bad, but given he was statistically one of the least mobile players in Europe, there's a worry (for United fans - not for me - ha!) that he's sucking up chances from the rest of the team, without having an especially impressive conversion rate.

Now, there were other things going on with Juve while he was there, which could have affected their numbers, but I've seen quite a few of their supporters who (while excited that he played for them), weren't too sad to see him leave.

If I had to bet on his impact, I'd say it would be similar to Cavani - very impressive, but not a total game changer. Ronaldo may get higher numbers than Cavani did last season, but I suspect only if he nicks pens from Bruno, and there's pressure to give him a lot more minutes.

Juventus look lost as post-Ronaldo era begins with Empoli embarrassment​

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Empoli players celebrate their first-ever Serie A away win over Juventus at full time. Photograph: Massimo Pinca/Reuters
 
Yet, you were trying to sign him only last Friday, and 85% of the people on this forum wanted him to come, according to your poll.

Just because some of us thought he could do a job as a stopgap for us, who are short on strikers, playing for the best coach in the world doesn't follow that we think he is a good signing for you, who are stocked with strikers playing for Ole fucking whatever his name is.

Oh and we would not have paid Juve a fee, nor paid him the salary your muppets have handed out.
 

Juventus look lost as post-Ronaldo era begins with Empoli embarrassment​

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Empoli players celebrate their first-ever Serie A away win over Juventus at full time. Photograph: Massimo Pinca/Reuters
Well that's me told.

I mean what use is a post that has information about his strike rate, mobility stats etc., when there's a single defeat to discuss?
 
Yet, you were trying to sign him only last Friday, and 85% of the people on this forum wanted him to come, according to your poll.
That's a Rag twat mentality right there.
We were offered him, we were his first choice. We weren't willing to smash our wage structure to get him so when the sad sad micro dicked contingent from utd started fucking begging him in national papers and radio broadcasts not to sign for the champions the even smaller micro dicked manager went all in and offered him miles more than anybody else was daft enough to pay him.
The 85% on here who wanted him should hang their heads in shame though my guess is many are newer fans who like shiny new things.
Myself, I called his signing for your shithouse club the minute he was linked with us because that's how you roll these days and that's why you're fucking shit.
 
One thing that would concern me is the lack of work rate that is being brought into this United team. Pogba doesn’t seem to have zero graft about him is now potentially having another passenger into the starting 11 who won’t press. You have to have a team that will work from the front in modern football, it would concern me if I was a rag that they’ve bought someone more to drag the share price up than sporting reasons.
 
Where's uShiteds other prolific "mature" striker Igloo gone?
 
One thing that would concern me is the lack of work rate that is being brought into this United team. Pogba doesn’t seem to have zero graft about him is now potentially having another passenger into the starting 11 who won’t press. You have to have a team that will work from the front in modern football, it would concern me if I was a rag that they’ve bought someone more to drag the share price up than sporting reasons.
They will abandon trying to play out of the back and just hoof it to fake to get his head on
 
They don’t have a midfield, wolves exposed this. they haven’t changed that this window. They will challenge due to Ronaldo but I don’t think they will win it
 
Ronaldo scored 101 goals in a Juventus shirt, crowned with two league titles, one Coppa Italia and two Supercoppe. As Luigi Garlando wrote in La Gazzetta dello Sport: “In three years, CR7 amassed the numbers of a normal human’s entire career.”

Juventus are currently doing a squad re-build, and Ronaldo at this stage of his career is the cherry on top of a ready made cake, not the player you need to build your team around, especially with only a year left on his contract. This is why a short deal at City/United was quite enticing for both clubs. He guarantees goals, trophies and success. He demands it. Who doesn't want a bit of that?
I agree that it's probably not for footballing reasons. More likely to be related to the rape allegations.
 
United really have become a laughing stock. They are everything they used to criticise Liverpool for. Totally fixated on the past and supported by a media which is also addicted to nostalgia. Sometimes I think nostalgia is a national obsession in this country. For United fans it has become a sort of escapism which helps them avoid the grim reality of what they have become. They are a parody football club.
Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be!
 

Juventus look lost as post-Ronaldo era begins with Empoli embarrassment​

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Empoli players celebrate their first-ever Serie A away win over Juventus at full time. Photograph: Massimo Pinca/Reuters
Do you really think that City fans give a flying fuck about what some plastic rag thinks or more annoyingly says.
As far as I'm concerned I wouldn't go in rag cafe and post because I would have to toe the metaphorical line and that's something I wouldn't do.
I'm going to be straight to the point here and chances are I will get a ban but eh ho here goes.
You are no different from all the other rag twats that come on here on the wind up..pretending to be nicey nicey while trying to be clever cunts.
As far as I'm concerned I would rather not have any rags or red dippers on here because after a while they all become annoying twats.
So why don't you toodle off and join rawk and see how long the scousers will let you waffle on with your bullshit.
 
Where did they just finish in the league with him ?
He out scored 100 million man, Lukaku. So didn't do too badly, then?

Italian Serie A Top Goal Scorers 2020/21 Season
PlayerPlayed (+sub)Goals
Cristiano Ronaldo31 (2)29
(CHE) Romelu Lukaku32 (4)24
(ATA) Luis Muriel16 (20)22
(FIO) Dusan Vlahovic34 (1)21
 
He out scored 100 million man, Lukaku. So didn't do too badly, then?

Italian Serie A Top Goal Scorers 2020/21 Season
PlayerPlayed (+sub)Goals
Cristiano Ronaldo31 (2)29
(CHE) Romelu Lukaku32 (4)24
(ATA) Luis Muriel16 (20)22
(FIO) Dusan Vlahovic34 (1)21
where did juve finish in the league was the question rag, you implied they are lost without him
 
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