He was not involved in that much of the goals scored. In fact he scored a lot, but he assist less this season.
No players are bigger than the club. If he leave, I am sure we will come out with a good replacement. We have done that with Yorke, Cole, RVN and now, should Ronaldo leave, I am sure SAF will get a proven striker again.

I would like to see goal scoring burden shared among players, jz like how they cope when RVN departed to Real Madrid. Everyone score goals and this is what they need to do in order to win games. I agree that Man Utd is a little dependent on Ronaldo in scoring goals, but lets not forget this season, Manchester United do not have an out-to-out striker like Santa, RVN, Torres (we have one in Saha, but he is out due to injury). Hence, Ronaldo was given more freedom to push to the centre due to his build, aerial ability and pace, with Rooney or Tevez dropping a little back to wing. And if you have notice, Rooney spend most of the time playing on wing during the second half of the season. Hence, this explains, why he is able to score so much yet his role should be a winger. But I cannot deny that, this lad seriously have an eye on the goal.

Should Manchester United get a new striker this season, I am pretty sure that Ronaldo's roaming freedom will be limited back to the wings with Rooney and Tevez playing the forward role, supporting the striker. And, its time to end the domination of Ronaldo in terms of goal scored, which I hope Rooney, Tevez and the new striker will take over that role and scores more often.

Afterall, its SAF promise to develop Rooney to a fearsome forward again this season.

This post has been edited by Akane: Jun 19 2008, 06:25 PM

Lol. His free role was important to the team, because of his finishing ability and his aerial ability up front. Heck, I dont like to see sacrificing Rooney to the flanks, but the piority is to win the game for the team. Thats why SAF tends to play Ronaldo upfront a little, and roam to the centre with Rooney dropping to the flanks. And Ronaldo used his free role well. His positioning is awesome and his skill to get past defender makes him so lethal.

I dont like the idea of winger scoring all the goals, especially a winger that does not declare his loyalty towards the club. Next season, its time to develop Rooney - Tevez partnership again. With a new striker, I think the goal scoring burden should be given back to the striker department again. Rooney - Tevez partnership was awesome during the early of the season, and if any of you guyz remember, Rooney went on a goal scoring spree before he was injured.