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 Didn't Ronaldo having like 20 odd assists to go along with his 20 odd goals in the 06-07 season? It was the seasons after that when the team was designed to revolve around him to get the very best out of him. This is the big difference between Nani and Ronaldo. The current team's play does not revolve around Nani, it revolves mostly around Rooney. But in Ronaldo's prime, he was the main man. Some people look upon this fact with disdain, calling him selfish. But in truth this was the way the team set out to play and Ronaldo was indeed that good to be the one man show at a club even as big as United. Sure he was not that great at tracking back but when you make the score 3 or 4-0 after an hour then you don't really need to be tracking back now do you? 

ronaldo was god at skills, i havent seen anyone match him for skills or creativity since hes left either, nani is doing extremly well and is becomming more of a team player and his crosses are good too

From the stats,nani is better in terms of creativity and skills whiles ronaldo is better in terms of goals.undoubtedly,man utd has the best of wingers nowadays that give nani a greater competition than the days of ronaldo. On the other hand,i think portugal boasts of the best wingers in europe right now,aguably. good workdone lol.

Matty C.:

hmm read the message before your last post, that man proved me correct.. sorry cos nani never came off the bench when he first arrived and was never injured

I was having a think about it myself, he's been here 4 years, which would equal 25 starts each season - seemed a lot to me. So... looked it up, and it is appearences as opposed to starts. OP has his facts slight wrong!

 

Moyesy:

MarcRed:

Matty C.:

well if thats true then fair enough but according to this website then nani has played 162 times for united in ALL competitions.... i dont think he has made a 100 starts in the premier league and id like someone to prove me wrong if i am indeed wrong

You're right, Nani's made 78 Premier League starts and 22 sub appearances.  So by the same logic, Ronny's 100th Premier League game (start and sub) came against Arsenal on 17/9/06, near the start of the 06/07 season when he properly made a name for himself.  Born February 85, that'd make Ronaldo 21 and a few months when he played his 100th Premier League game.  Nani's 25 in November.

Really? That is interesting. Im sure Sky Sports were reporting it was Nani's 100th start and comparing it to Ronaldo in his first 100 starts.

http://www.stretfordend.co.uk/playermenu/nani.html

http://www.stretfordend.co.uk/playermenu/ronaldo.html

Must admit I thought Nani had started far more games than he has.

hmm read the message before your last post, that man proved me correct.. sorry cos nani never came off the bench when he first arrived and was never injured

MarcRed:

Matty C.:

well if thats true then fair enough but according to this website then nani has played 162 times for united in ALL competitions.... i dont think he has made a 100 starts in the premier league and id like someone to prove me wrong if i am indeed wrong

You're right, Nani's made 78 Premier League starts and 22 sub appearances.  So by the same logic, Ronny's 100th Premier League game (start and sub) came against Arsenal on 17/9/06, near the start of the 06/07 season when he properly made a name for himself.  Born February 85, that'd make Ronaldo 21 and a few months when he played his 100th Premier League game.  Nani's 25 in November.

Really? That is interesting. Im sure Sky Sports were reporting it was Nani's 100th start and comparing it to Ronaldo in his first 100 starts.

Matty C.:

well if thats true then fair enough but according to this website then nani has played 162 times for united in ALL competitions.... i dont think he has made a 100 starts in the premier league and id like someone to prove me wrong if i am indeed wrong

It was Nani's 100th start in the Premier League on Sunday, that was confirmed by a few media sources on Sunday (inc Sky Sports), thats where i believe the OP got his stats from.

Have to bare in mind, Ronaldo was only 18 when he arrived here, the 1st couple of seasons he was coming off the bench quite a lot.

Matty C.:

well if thats true then fair enough but according to this website then nani has played 162 times for united in ALL competitions.... i dont think he has made a 100 starts in the premier league and id like someone to prove me wrong if i am indeed wrong

You're right, Nani's made 78 Premier League starts and 22 sub appearances.  So by the same logic, Ronny's 100th Premier League game (start and sub) came against Arsenal on 17/9/06, near the start of the 06/07 season when he properly made a name for himself.  Born February 85, that'd make Ronaldo 21 and a few months when he played his 100th Premier League game.  Nani's 25 in November.

well if thats true then fair enough but according to this website then nani has played 162 times for united in ALL competitions.... i dont think he has made a 100 starts in the premier league and id like someone to prove me wrong if i am indeed wrong

Matty C.:

i doubt ronaldo was 23years old and 6months when he made his 100th premier league appearence, when you cant get the 'facts' right, the rest of the thread is a farce

Its 100 Premier League starts, rather than appearances. Without looking into those facts, it sounds about right i reckon.

i doubt ronaldo was 23years old and 6months when he made his 100th premier league appearence, when you cant get the 'facts' right, the rest of the thread is a farce

It was funny the other day when Nani tracked back, and hassled a player, and in the end the player went down under Nanis tackle, and then he was berating the player for rolling round on the floor lol Want to see more of that from him.

I really like Nani, I think hes come on leaps and bounds the last 18 months and he is a player I look forward to seeing on the team sheet every week. The competition (when Valencia is fit) between Nani, Valencia and Young can only be a good thing and should add value to all 3 of them.

Any team would miss Ronaldos input and goals but it was time for him to move on, and in doing so has left Nani to work out his own input and value to the team instead of being relentlessly expected to emulate Ronaldo. I think the product we now have in Nani is a superb, quick, skillful winger and along with his golas and assists that is all I would ever ask of him. The quicker we stop comparing him with Ronaldo the better.

MiguelManUtd:

Kevie-SA:

I expected more details tbh

I'm open to suggestions.

OK How about a break down of their first four seasons. Appearances made season per season, goals scored and assists made.

If you want you can also throw in passes made, % passes completed and Shots at goals, shots on target. If you really really want you can also add number of goals scored from free-kicks and penalties, number of interceptions made and maybe amount of match winning goals scored