It's unfair to say Ronaldo is not performing this year, if your comparing his performance compared to last year, of course it can't be compared, but lets just review on how he did this season shall we? He is the top scorer in the league now, the same as last year, and his not good enough? Some players drop their steam since last year, eg. Fernando Torres. Ronaldo missing to many times? If you recall... Ronaldo was injured to pre-season, took 1 month to come back after injury, and he tops the goal scoring charts. I think he is the only one of the players from the team that is always on the team sheet, and he rarely gets injured, unlike Torres and Gerrard. I admit Gerrard is influential, but Liverpool depends on him to much.