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2014-15 Performances

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5.7 Season Average Rating
Appearances
32
Goals
4
Assists
13
Yellow cards
3
Red cards
1
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Rado_N said:
Careful mate, you'll hurt your knee.
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Wahey! I'm not the only one saying it. He's been terrible. We got sold a dud. Pogue's been saying that for months, among many other people, I've just finally realised that they're right.
 
He was absolute pish today, likewise for our other star attackers. Hates the 50/50's which is a really bad sign in this league. Very disappointing.
 
NK86 said:
Not just back away. He was twiddling his thumbs so many times after he lost the ball. No vigor, no fight. Falcao may be poor but he is giving his absolute all. Di Maria seems to be cruising through.
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He doesn't want to be here. Didn't his PSG deal fall through because of FFP? We were his backup choice and it shows.
 
lem8sh said:
If we can get our money back I'll put him on my back and carry him to Paris.
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LOL. If I were personally funding this purchase, I'd demand a refund.
I mean, if I bought the most expensive TV in the country, I'd expect that TV to be the absolute best...no ifs or buts.
Anything less and I'd return for a full refund.

I only hope we dont end up buying Falcao for £40M+. That guys is worth £10M max (to the right team), but not good enough for Man Utd.
 
Very poor today, we massively overpaid for him, if he does genuinely want to go to psg and they gave us our money back it wouldn't be the worst deal.
 
Amadaeus said:
I believe people forgot how good he was early this season. He at least has the capability to be the world's best, but he is being held back because of our management team.
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How exactly did they hold him back today? He got on the ball plenty, and messed up quite regularly. How is that a fault of management?
 
Ish84045 said:
No courage or desire.
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Sums it up for me, you saw him jump out of tackles a number of times today.

I think hes one of those players where if the team is playing well hes on it but when things are going against hes hardly going to rise to the occasion. I also wonder how much he likes it over here in England
 
Cowardly performance. Pussied out of so many challenges against players no bigger than him. Did well running with the ball and bringing it forward with pace, but his pass, cross or shot were always poor. Really didn't offer much off the ball. Just seemed to walk around. Disappointing.
 
Count Orduck said:
He doesn't want to be here. Didn't his PSG deal fall through because of FFP? We were his backup choice and it shows.
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He is getting his wages paid by us and not PSG. He better get his head out of his arse and start earning the massive salary he is picking up. I don't care if we were his 2nd or 200th choice. He is a professional footballer and there is absolutely no reason or justification for that kind of performance especially when he is supposed to be our marquee player.
 
I wouldn't mind that he's not looking worth the money if he actually looked like he cared. In my book its unacceptable to be jumping out of challenges like that when we're struggling in a game.
 
Not been impressed by him. As others have stated his lack of desire to go in for 50/50's is really worrying. I wish he would have been subbed instead of Januzaj, even though Adnan didn't have a great game either.
 
Count Orduck said:
Wahey! I'm not the only one saying it. He's been terrible. We got sold a dud. Pogue's been saying that for months, among many other people, I've just finally realised that they're right.
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Calling him a terrible footballer is a massive, massive overreaction.

He's definitely not playing like he should be, though.
 
Some players play the season of their life when they're after a bumper deal and have something to prove. Maybe that's being harsh on him. Maybe it's not the case at all, but he wouldn't be the first...
 
dirkey said:
How exactly did they hold him back today? He got on the ball plenty, and messed up quite regularly. How is that a fault of management?
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Playing him as a striker, surrounding him with static players, having a brand of football that is undynamic and unimaginative, and lastly playing a striker in a role, that probably would have suited Di Maria more. I might be forgetting some others, but this is just the top of my head. These factors effects players performances.
 
we call out LVG for jones taking corners - this guy is sh!t at it.
 
He was shit today but it's like he's realised that the rest of our team is shit and slow, and the only directness has to come from him and so, is trying way to hard to create something (he has to btw, until we start playing Herrera).
 
When you look at the edge and aggression Sanchez and Coutinho play with it's disappointed to see him basically looking soft and scared of a challenge.
 
Amadaeus said:
I believe people forgot how good he was early this season. He at least has the capability to be the world's best, but he is being held back because of our management team.
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Exactly though today he looked like he didn't fancy it.
 
His heart clearly isn't in Manchester. If we can get the same money as we paid, I'd snap their hand off.
 
First 30 mins I actually thought he was playing quite well, picked the ball up from deep and was beating players, played a couple of good passes but then it all turned to shit really. Poor performance from him today and I said a while back he reminds me of Ozil from last season, I just don't get the impression he wants to be here. I remember one moment in the second half where he pulled out of a tackle from a West Ham player when the ball was right next to him and it was easier for him to get than for the West Ham player. It's just like he hasn't really got into the team first mindset, like he's gone from being a small fish in a big pond to a big fish in a small pond and so he's trying to prove he's our star player. Also, his corners are shit.
 
I don't think he's got a clue what position he's supposed to be playing, in fact I could say that about 70% of the team.
 
Well I warned people before we bought him that 60M is a lot of money for a player who had played only one consistent great season so far and otherwise had always been a woefully inconsistent player but no one wanted to hear it. I'm afraid he has regressed again and now we have spent 60M on a 1-world-class-performance-in-10-games-player.

I hope he can still prove me wrong but I'm afraid he is going to be our Özil.
 
Where is that player at Real that nicked the ball off people, pressed and did the hard work? At least if he did that we'd be better off. Off it since Chelsea at home.

I wouldn't pay 30m for him right now.
 
He gives the ball away a lot, but he does try to make things happen. He's been mostly poor lately but I dont think effort has been an issue,
 
He wasn't good but some of you are just hard to deal with sometimes. Bunch of drama queens who are spoilt and have ridiculously OTT expectations.
 
Maybe we should stop cramming the middle with players which makes it easier for opponents to shut down ADM.

Maybe we should play ADM on the left wing where his crossing and pace can be put to better use.

Sadly I doubt we will see this happen.
 
I am getting so sick of reading posts along the lines of 'ADM must really wish he was in Paris/Madrid now.' I'd honestly be happy for him to be in either of those players if it meant spending that money on a player who actually performs consistently at a top level (which is really what you'd expect when spending that kind of money.) The excuses about being played out of position only go so far.

At some point, after seeing yet another long shot float harmlessly wide/high, yet another corner kicked directly to the opposition, yet another free kick wasted, and yet another dribble lost, you begin to realize that the player must man up and repay the significant trust the team has put in him (and earn the high wages he is being paid.)

I'm not going to play amateur psychologist and claim to know where his head is (although I have my suspicions, as I'm sure others do,) but I think it's fair enough to expect a telling/game-changing influence on a regular basis. Apart from his first few games, ADM hasn't offered this at all.

I've always felt it's a bit pointless to mention the exact amount we paid, as I reckon there is a bit of a markup for a team like United (particularly when the team is desperate for an injection of world class quality.) However, for a premium price, whether it's 40 million or 59.7 m, I think we could have our pick of world class quality players, players who can be difference makers on a regular basis (with perhaps Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar, Bale and Suaez being among the few untouchables.) To this point, ADM hasn't been that player.
 
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