Quote from: MarjorieZimmermanGinger on June 13, 2023, 05:53:38 PM

Quote from: shogun47 on June 13, 2023, 05:04:55 AM

Yes so far he scored a good number of goals, but I think even a third or more than that was with penalties. Not that they don't count, but they are more of a present to pimp the statistics. Before he arrived someone else was taking the penalties with great success and that privilege was now taken away from that guy and given to Ronaldo. That is not to disrespect his performance in the SPL, but it is still important to kind of reasonably classify his overall performance in a league that is far below the level he used to play in the Premier League for Manchester United (first stay there) and Real Madrid with the biggest rivalry the soccer world has ever seen between him and Messi.

There are many differences if it is associated with his appearance at Real Madrid or at Manchester United, at Real Madrid many players are able to provide assists to Ronaldo in scoring goals and they have a class of players who are far different from al-Nassr. And vice versa when he was at Manchester United even though his appearance was much decreased. The media is too crowded talking about competition between Ronaldo and Messi so that despite appearing extraordinary at an age that is no longer young, it is still associated with competition with Messi.

Talking about the level of appearance is undeniably at this time Ronaldo's appearance is far more decreased than when he was still in Real Madrid and even the second season at Manchester United was far worse, so he got doubts from the Old Trafford public and had conflict with Erik Ten Hak which eventually decided to move to al-Nassr.

Of course it is a totally different game in terms of Ronaldo getting assists from other players and in general. I think when you play in the Bernabeu your motivation is sky high and the energy and passion in your head and body is exploding. I have no issues with soccer in Saudi Arabia, but my personal opinion is when you played for the best clubs in the world in front of the craziest fans in the most important games in the world, it must feel like a drug for a superstar. When you then go to the SPL and there isn't really anything on the line for you as a sportsman because you are done with your career, it must feel like a drug addict is going back from injecting heroin to drinking coffee. Psychologically I can even understand when the inner fire decreases because you can't imitate the Bernabeu home clasico against Barcelona in the SPL.

Quote from: MarjorieZimmermanGinger on June 13, 2023, 05:53:38 PM

Quote from: shogun47 on June 13, 2023, 05:04:55 AM

Found the numbers, he scored 14 goals (5 penalties) in 16 games. I have no problem with penalties as they are part of the game, but usually the ratio is a bit different than this. Scoring more than a third of the goals from penalties is a bit off the charts I am used to.

Next season we might be able to see the extent of Ronaldo's ability in scoring goals and I think even though his appearance has declined but the instinct scoring his goal is still not bad.

Yes that could shed some more light on how Ronaldo will perform when he plays a whole season from the beginning till the end. And I agree with you that he is still a good striker and will probably even be for another 10 years.

In theory I am sure he could even score a few La Liga goals when he is 45 as he knows how it works and given how healthy he is he will even be fast enough to do that. This was just in theory, I guess he won't be playing anymore at 45 Wink