Ronaldo: We Haven’t Been Great… But Now We Will Be

wat a fucking screamer unreal. good to c rio a vidic back made a big diff

No way— IF we can hold on and eek out the league, Macheda’s goal at Villa will go down as the goal of the season…

It was a ridiculous goal. No keeper in the world would have got near that – unstoppable.

Ronnie was brilliant tonight upfront on his own really, offers the pace to stretch defenses, and clearly listened to Fergie by keeping hold of possession as well as anybody else in red tonight.

Job well done and roll on the Gooner’s!!!

he’s a bloody fantastic player !!!
Roll on May !!!

I for one, was actually relieved to see Ronaldo making some important tackles and interceptions in our own half. I don’t know if Fergie said something to him, but he’s starting to look and sound like the team leader that we need him to be as we roll into this very difficult stage of the season. Quietly, he’s been our leading scorer and the leading scorer in the premier league despite the fact that pretty much nobody has had a nice thing to say about him all season. I think what we were all missing was that killer instinct that changed games in a heartbeat. If he slides into that form again, I think we may well have a pretty good shot at these trophies.

Of concern of course, is Evra. He seems to be a man without a country right now. He gets stuck in the middle of the pitch and seems unsure of himself. I don’t know what needs to happen to give him the confidence to make forward runs whole-heartedly when needed, and concentration to stay back and defend when needed. I think that over the course of the last two seasons, he has been one of our strongest players, and I can only hope that he can buckle down and be the player that we all know he is capable of being.

Nail-biter through and through, but a solid performance from the team. Let’s keep this train rolling on Sunday.

Ivo I was screaming at Evra the entire game! Don’t know what’s going on there. Hasn’t really seemed to have recovered well from that red card/injury phase. He needs to get his head in the game and fast.

My thoughts exactly Redmojo. Evra is not the same player since comng back from injury. I just hope it’s only a confidence thing with him and he gets back to his usual self

@ Adam
ron’s got 21 gls now

What a goal!

But to chime in with the Evra concern, what can we say? I hope that Rafael or Brown are fit and Patrice can have a rest. O’Shea was so much more composed with Rio and Vidic in the middle, didn’t need to tuck in as much and was rarely exposed… at least not like Evra was. Switch him over! He’s better on the left anyway.

King Eric actually it’s 21 with that goal. Half from last season but equally as good for me.42 goals was crazy but at least this season he might get more assist than last season which is equally as important.Fair play to Roonie for getting his head back in the game.Saw his interview too.Nice to see him in good spirits.Shame on Sky’s part trying to make something out of nothing by asking him why he didn’t celebrate and if he was sending a message to the bench.Dear god this country’s journalists need a life badly.

You did not notice something in the match.There former player gave a pass to there former rival to kill them off.Thats a FACT

To win this again will be a fantastic birthday present for Sir Matt who would of been 100 years old this year.

i thought everyone did their bit last night. Not sure what the criticism of evra is about,thought he had it all under control and got some very good challenges in to be honest. The only thing which really disappointed me was how utterly shit nani was when he came on, he didn’t look remotely arsed and barely broke out of a jog. I’ve been one of these people who’ve been askin other fans to be patient with him, but after last night, he looked like a player who knew he’s gone

Bring in Fabio for the cup game and let Evra rest/ponder about his game. Carrick needs a rest as well. Glad with Berbatov’s shift last night. Fuck, even O’shea played well. I’ve been crying about it to anyone who would listen, we need Anderson’s tenacity in the middle. There’s one time he dispossed Lisandro and make him look like a fool. His energy and all round play is immense. Nice game lads.

I always prefer to see Rooney in the centre of the attack.So i do believe that Romaldo should be on the wing.But one system that could work is both of them in attack.The problem with taking Ronaldo of the wing is that we don’t have another player like him to play there.Nani is having an off season,Park is undustrious but not as much creative as Ronaldo and Giggs doesn’t play there often.

King Eric,it’s weird but our midfield at Anfield was like the one you mentioned,onlu with Scholes in Hargreaves’ place.It didn’t work out that well.Anderson was good that day but as it showed last night,he is great in a central role.Same goes for Wayne.Changing positions is good in order to get you the odd result here or there,but in the end,everyone has to be utilised to their full strength.Ronaldo as a winger,Rooney as a striker and Ando like last night.King Eric,i think the boy is back.And at the best time too.

Scott I think now would be a suitable time to remind us of your reasoning why we are “better off without Ronaldo,” and why you “can’t wait for him to leave in the Summer….”

After a performance like that, I think most fans, like I did after you slated him after a few poor performances a few weeks ago, would suggest when talking about Ronnie, you talk absolute ring piece.

Apart from your articles on Ronaldo your site and views tend to be quite reasonable.

Dont get me wrong, i prefer to see Rooney central. But i dont prefer seeing him as a front runner, it’s just not his game. If Berbatov played right up against the last man, i’d love to see Rooney buzzing around him, similair to the way Keane did at Spurs. But for some reason SAF seems to want to play Berbatov very deep, meaning Rooney is the one pushed further ahead. None of us are deluded enough to say that partnership has been a great success, and at times Berba has looked half the player he was last season. If SAF wants Berba deep, it would make more sense to play Ronaldo up top and allowing Rooney to come from deep. When we need a goal Ronny is pushed on as he’s such a threat, and when we need stability he’s pushed up to not allow the right side to be exposed. Why dont we benefit from these things permanently?

The other point i made was mainly to do with Anderson playing on the left. We all love him, and we all know he’s brilliant so we need to find a place for him in this team. I believe Carrick and Hargreaves will be the first choice central pairing next season, so lets try Ando on the wing. He’s got pace, a great work ethic, can dribble, and has a trick or two. Might just turn out to be the making of him. I’d hate to see him being a bit part player forever, as, aside from Vidic, he’s probably my favourite player. To be honest, i prefer him over Carrick. I aint seen much of Tosic unfortunately but if he looks like he can breakthrough then get Ando in the middle and Carrick outta there.