The Ronaldo Mentality + Additional Points

The world of football now knows that, after last night's late goals, Ronaldo is the all time top scorer for an international team. Don't get me wrong I will always have Messi as the GOAT but what impressed me last night (and hopefully will impress for United) is the 'snatch and grab' element of his double. Portugal were 1-0 down with 4 minutes left and Ronaldo scored in minute '89 and then injury time. Never say die or what?!

I have spoken a lot these last few days about the new winning mentality that Ronaldo can bring and it is like he was listening to me with a display like that yesterday evening. Too many times last year we'd be late on in a game either losing or drawing and we couldn't find that special formula to get an extra goal. In fairness to Ole, perhaps the squad wasn't complete enough and he's solved that issue now but I see Ronaldo being a key component in changing a 0-0 or a 1-1 into a 1-0 and 2-1.

The last thing I want to speak about is how key our new trident of signings will be in us winning the title. I've already spoken about Ronaldo in terms of his mentality, but I want to talk about how they will effect us in terms of ground gained. Last year we missed out on the league by 12 points, (a misleading margin in my opinion because the FA screwed our fixtures in May) but that really isn't all that much when you have Ronaldo, Varane and now Sancho.

Taking into account his age, I will still be brave enough to say that a fit Ronaldo is worth 8 points on his own. Say what you want about him but he's still the business and still scores the biggest of goals. Now onto Varane who is another absolute winning warrior of a defender. Without him against Wolves we'd probably have lost, so I will say a fully fit Varane is worth 5 points on his own. Then onto Sancho who is one of the most exciting players in world football. His flair, goals and assists (even at his age) would be worth another 5 points to me.

Going off of last season if we had the trio they would've given us an additional 18 points, leaving us at 92 for the season. Now I know people will argue that 92 points won't be enough anymore to win the title against City, but they have still let a top class goalscorer leave and not replaced him. Not to mention they've signed another midfielder they didn't really need and nobody else. I also hear the argument that Liverpool have VVD back but the issue with them is that their forwards, except one, are in decline.

I would say 92 points this year will be enough to win it for us.