“It’s too easy to attack Ronaldo, it’s too easy to attack Bruno Fernandes - the guys that are delivering. When you see the numbers, Sancho, Martial and Rashford have less goals than Cornet for Burnley, a team that is not often on the ball. A team not really dominating games." Thierry Henry
"Rashford, Greenwood and Sancho are afraid of taking shots because of Ronaldo's presence..." Gabriel Agbonlahor
It is often said that the presence of Ronaldo hasn't improved the United's attack this season but is he really the problem. There should be difference between not improving the attack and being the major problem of the attack. Jadon Sancho has been heavily criticised for scoring just 2 goals so far, which means he hasn't contributed so much to the attack but is he the problem?
A breakdown of the stats to determine if those guys are not taking shots because of Ronaldo and maybe we can find out if Ronaldo is not contributing to the attack just because he always wait for the ball to take shots.
All stats are prior to the last game against Wolves...
Ronaldo in 20 apps 1638 mins played, has attempted 58 shots (32 on target 26 off target.) An average of 1 shot in every 28 minutes.
Greenwood 19 apps, 1308 mins played has attempted 37 shots (20 on target 17 off target)
An average of 1 shot in every 35 minutes.
Rashford 13 apps 746 minutes played, has attempted 15 shots (8 on target 7 off target.)
Average of 1 shot in 49mins.
Sancho 21 apps, 1162 min played, has attempted 8 shots (5 on target, 3 off target.)
An average of 1 shot in 145 mins.
If you asked me, I would say maybe only Sancho is afraid of taking shots because even Rashford that has played lesser minutes than him has taken more shots than him (Sancho)
But when they are not taking shots, whatelse are they doing?
Touches in opposition box
Ronaldo 118
Rashford 47
Sancho 53
Greenwood 65. This is understandable because Ronaldo stays more in the box than other players. But what happens in other areas of the pitch?
Successful Passes in opposition half
Ronaldo 334
Sancho 381
Rashford 171
Greenwood 288. Only Sancho has a better stats than the one who always stays in the box.
Chances created
Ronaldo 17
Greenwood 20
Sancho 24
Rashford 5. Sancho is also ahead of others here.
Forward passes
Ronaldo 94
Sancho 101
Rashford 54
Greenwood 83. Again Sancho is ahead here.
Bruno on the other hand as an attacking midfielder, comes into this discussion because he has been the most outstanding in recent years. In 23 apps and 1856mins played, has attempted 30 shots (10 on target, 20 off target). Opps, who do we blame for this?
Created 57 chances (Most)
60 touches in opposition box (3rd behind Ronaldo and Greenwood)
593 successful Passes in opposition half (Most)
336 forward passes (Most).
My submission:
From stats above, without considering goals and assists, Bruno has continued to play his role as one of our most reliable attacker. Even when we put goals contributions into consideration, only Ronaldo has more goals than him, while he has the most assists so far.
Jadon Sancho is the only one who has not been taking shots often. We troll him for not scoring or assisting, yet we blame Ronaldo even when he is the one scoring most of the goals.
Rashford has not hit his top form since returning from the shoulder injury.
Greenwood with 5 goals in 19 apps this season is only on the verge of getting better than last season where he appeared in 52 matches with 12 goals and 6 assists. His fine starts to the season was as a result of injury to the likes of Rashford and Martial which put the onus on him to deliver upfront. Can he shoulder this responsibility for a whole season if Ronaldo wasn't signed, Martial and Cavani injured and Rashford off form?
As opined by somebody, the team needs psychological assistance. Bruno is not scoring like before but with 57 chances created and just 9 assists, it means there is a problem elsewhere and not necessarily from him.
The team in general has not improved and the blame should go to everyone involved not just a particular player who is even contributing in his own little way.
I support Henry on his statement that, it is easy to blame those who are delivering, which is not suppose to be.

You people should leave Ronaldo alone, his not over shadowing anybody at man united, they both came for work and if one is doing the work pass the other person that doesn't mean the person is over shadowing the other, they both came for business and at weekends they get paid so pls leave Ronaldo alone

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C Ronaldo is not Man utd problem, they put the whole load on him, likewise when Messi was in Barca.... Pogba, Bruno, Sancho and Greenwood should take responsibility...
I can't be in a team where 37 years old player will dominate I will show him what I gat.

after the season...u will find ur answer

OluwaJohn77:
C Ronaldo is not Man utd problem, they put the whole load on him, likewise when Messi was in Barca.... Pogba, Bruno, Sancho and Greenwood should take responsibility...
I can't be in a team where 37 years old player will dominate I will show him what I gat.

guy....abeg, never u place dis current united "ghost" cr7 and barca's messi in the same sentence again...NEVER
messi worst season in barca which was d last season he did more than ghosting in big games n waiting to score tap ins only
messi worst season ended with with a record 20+ goals n 20+ assit in a single laliga season which means he was very useful even wen he isnt scoring, na only henry don do same in Europe..

paulolee:

guy....abeg, never u place dis current united "ghost" cr7 and barca's messi in the same sentence again...NEVER
messi worst season in barca which was d last season he did more than ghosting in big games n waiting to score tap ins only
messi worst season ended with with a record 20+ goals n 20+ assit in a single laliga season which means he was very useful even wen he isnt scoring, na only henry don do same in Europe..

Don't ever in ur miserable life mention that fraud with farmers when mentioning the Emperor.... messi that has only scored 3 open play goals againts top teams ( psg man city atletico)for both club and Country in the past 3 yrs ... such a fraud

paulolee:

guy....abeg, never u place dis current united "ghost" cr7 and barca's messi in the same sentence again...NEVER
messi worst season in barca which was d last season he did more than ghosting in big games n waiting to score tap ins only
messi worst season ended with with a record 20+ goals n 20+ assit in a single laliga season which means he was very useful even wen he isnt scoring, na only henry don do same in Europe..

Am a Messi fan, what gave u assurance that Ronaldo will not score more than 20goals at the end of the season

Manchester utds problem is having too much of those overrated English players in their first team... sancho is not half as good as vinicius junior, but trust British press, then there is Rashford who isn't even half as good as Firminho, again trust the British press , then there is greenwood that is not half as good as vasquez in real madrid , maguire that de ligt will bench even if de ligt was 45 yrs, then bisaka that can't cross a ball to save his career , modern RB players are referred as WB players these days cos u just hv to contribute to the attack ( one reason Southgate will never invite him in the national team) , luke Shaw that theo hernandez of Milan will bench in a whole season ... man u should replace this British boys mctominy inclusive .... all top teams in that league don't hv more that 2 or 3 British outfield players in their first team

Man city..
walker, stones sterling and foden ( non are guaranteed starters)

Liverpool... Trent ,Robertson Henderson , Milner and ox both not guaranteed a place

Chelsea....Reece James, mount and the injured left back thats not even guaranteed a place

Arsenal hv saka and Ben White...Smith Rowe is not a first team player

Spurs hv kane , Davies and Eric dyre

But man u hv ... Rashford, Greenwood, sancho , bissaka, maguire, bissaka mc tominey( still British)all starting... the only foreigners are Ronaldo, Bruno , pogba,varane and Fred ...then cavani if fit ...


Man u should forget the days if Ferguson when British players ruled man u ... they are the only big team that still rely on British players and they are soooo overrated by the press , they sulk alot and hate on foreigners cos they feel its their country and their right to play ahead of foreigners, especially this young generation... the moment man utd start to play more of foreigners, their problems will end.... as long as they hv these overrated British players, they will continue to suffer ... those British players will continue to sabotage the foreigners in that team .... reason y sanchez ,lukaku ,Di Maria , Falcao, Ibrahimovic martial depay cudnt click ... they dont even want foreign coaches ... the management have given too much confidence and power to those British slogs

Pessi fans are the ones attacking Ronaldo at Man utd, best to ignore such talks... and let's focus on Man utd being a better team....

OluwaJohn77:

Am a Messi fan, what gave u assurance that Ronaldo will not score more than 20goals at the end of the season

bros not this season, I mean just league....cr7 cnt score 20 goals in this EPL...I go bet my last card

Kingcalls:


Don't ever in ur miserable life mention that fraud with farmers when mentioning the Emperor.... messi that has only scored 3 open play goals againts top teams ( psg man city atletico)for both club and Country in the past 3 yrs ... such a fraud

lolz...na new year be this n u still never change, still d old childish attitude naim u carry enter this year....throwing insults asif u talking with ur kid bro n dts why i swore never to reply u again..
u de forget say messi av 5 goals in 5 games in UCL n even won best goal of the group stage in UCL..
u keep talking about him not scoring in "Farmers league" dts already won even before he came.
messi de perform for UCL n no issues..
ur man wey de score 100+ goals against top teams but him ghost against serbia n cnt qualify for worldcup, ghost against Liverpool, city, chelsea, Leicester, watford n even small wolves of recent, mayb all na small teams n na big teams like Luxemburg, Malta etc e de find.
face ur man wahala about going trophy less for united n struggling to make top4 n free messi wey don win league already...

paulolee:

lolz...na new year be this n u still never change, still d old childish attitude naim u carry enter this year....throwing insults asif u talking with ur kid bro n dts why i swore never to reply u again..
u de forget say messi av 5 goals in 5 games in UCL n even won best goal of the group stage in UCL..
u keep talking about him not scoring in "Farmers league" dts already won even before he came.
messi de perform for UCL n no issues..
ur man wey de score 100+ goals against top teams but him ghost against serbia n cnt qualify for worldcup, ghost against Liverpool, city, chelsea, Leicester, watford n even small wolves of recent, mayb all na small teams n na big teams like Luxemburg, Malta etc e de find.
face ur man wahala about going trophy less for united n struggling to make top4 n free messi wey don win league already...

Ur fraud ghost against every farmer for uber eats despite playing for the best team in that farmers league....

At least Ronaldo plays for a team thats not top 3.... if he was in City, u know he wud hv been on 20 league goals by now... now imagine ur fraud in lyon monaco or marseille ... Ronaldo has 6 goals in 5 games no pks and no help from mbappe that is the reason y messi has even a goal in any game this season.... such a fraud... best goal in CL ... we all know that's crap , wasn't better than sanes goals, thrills goal against real madrid , telles goal against atalanta, even Ronaldo's goal against atalanta... wasn't even as difficult as mbappes goal against brugge .... always dashing him fake stuffs to mk him feel relevant ....

Ur short fraud has only Nigeria to thank for half of his world cup goals ...without Nigeria, he will be on 3 world cup goals .... was busy scoring Bolivia and Ecuador in copa but went into ghost mode in tge real matches against Colombia and Brazil.... just like he ghosted all thru copa 2019 ( only one penalty goal against peru) but miraculously won balon dor

Kingcalls:


Ur fraud ghost against every farmer for uber eats despite playing for the best team in that farmers league....

At least Ronaldo plays for a team thats not top 3.... if he was in City, u know he wud hv been on 20 league goals by now... now imagine ur fraud in lyon monaco or marseille ... Ronaldo has 6 goals in 5 games no pks and no help from mbappe that is the reason y messi has even a goal in any game this season.... such a fraud... best goal in CL ... we all know that's crap , wasn't better than sanes goals, thrills goal against real madrid , telles goal against atalanta, even Ronaldo's goal against atalanta... wasn't even as difficult as mbappes goal against brugge .... always dashing him fake stuffs to mk him feel relevant ....

Ur short fraud has only Nigeria to thank for half of his world cup goals ...without Nigeria, he will be on 3 world cup goals .... was busy scoring Bolivia and Ecuador in copa but went into ghost mode in tge real matches against Colombia and Brazil.... just like he ghosted all thru copa 2019 ( only one penalty goal against peru) but miraculously won balon dor

nice reply without personal insults....would always respond to such mention than wen u starts going personal by insulting me..
you said his goal against city doesn't deserve the best goal bt forget say ur cr7 play dt same city but he ghost all 90 mins..
u said he ghosted all try. copa 2019 bt he came bk n won it last year winning the most goals, most assist n best player..
n lastly u shoot urself again by saying mbappe is d reason why messi is scoring forgetting dt ur man is even d worst here bcox 90% of his goals dis season are all inside d box n from tap ins...d joke is on u bro

paulolee:

nice reply without personal insults....would always respond to such mention than wen u starts going personal by insulting me..
you said his goal against city doesn't deserve the best goal bt forget say ur cr7 play dt same city but he ghost all 90 mins..
u said he ghosted all try. copa 2019 bt he came bk n won it last year winning the most goals, most assist n best player..
n lastly u shoot urself again by saying mbappe is d reason why messi is scoring forgetting dt ur man is even d worst here bcox 90% of his goals dis season are all inside d box n from tap ins...d joke is on u bro

So inside box goal should not b considered a goal or what?? 95 percent of goals ever scored in football has been in the box ... even Messi's has about 85% of his goals from the box ... and u mention tap ins....do u even know the meaning of tap in?? ... all Ronaldo's goals in the champions league has no single tap in... messi on the other hand has 2 penalties and a tap in out if his 5 goals... out of Ronaldos 8 goals in the league, 2 are tap ins ...u certainly need to educate urself more about football and stop throwing sentiments ...