Originally Posted by
redstarfk
Not quite. From his Wilkipedia page , Ronaldo made 40 appearances in his first season with Manyoo , 2003-04 , with 29 of them being league games. So even from that stat alone it's clear that he was left out in about a quarter of the league games.
But more than that , in about half of his league appearances he didn't play the full 90 minutes. In the games when he didn't start but came on as a sub he was typically brought on about midway through the second half , and often when he had been on from the start he was subbed round about the 70-80th minute
Seems to me that Fergie did use him quite sparingly that season
But , still what does he know , eh ?