[Parma Dewol]

That same trick. Shift the ball a yard to the right then try to belt it into the box and hope for the best. Gah, so frustrating!

Thought he put in plenty of effort on the right flank, but end product has totally deserted him.

 

[El Zoido]

Honestly would Bebe have been any worse?

I assume he won't get in the side once Rafa is fit again.

 

[Raoul]

I think it is absolutely criminal that we got 80 million for Ronaldo, and spent that on Valencia and Obertan (I think I'm missing someone else.) Valencia would have been a decent squad buy; nowhere near good enough to be a regular starter.

Its not his fault. We bought him and he happily came here. Not sure what our financial situation was at the time or whether it was at the peak of Fergie's "no value in the market" mantra, but we should've been a bit more ambitious after Ronnie left.

 

[Raees]

I remember feeling guilty when someone wished injury upon him and got bollocked for it.

 

[Señor]

I'm beginning to hate the little twat. He's been woeful for two years now.

 

[NoLogo]

Hard to believe this was just two years ago.
Gone from Manchester Uniteds best player to one of the worst players in the entire league.
Absolutely shocking!

Sad but true. All it took was one lengthy injury to turn him into complete shit it seems. Just shocking stuff from him today again.

 

[TheReligion]

I thought he offered more going forward today that most.

 

[Ekeke]

Ashley Young made 5 dribbles down the left.

Valencia made 5 tackles but beat a man 0 times.

That about sums up Antonio Valencia.

 

[RedStarUnited]

Atleast he wanted the ball and managed to control it without falling over.

Van Persie, Mata and Rooney were horrendous and worse than Valencia.

They get it in congested parts of the pitch. Valencia is great at being found with the ball, but when he has it, he is awful.

He should be part of the clear out.

 

[Patchbeard]

What's almost as frustrating as Valencia himself is most commentators still remarking how good he is at beating his man and getting a cross in.

 

[saivet]

I can take a wing back/full back that's defensively sound but not great going forward or fantastic going forward but average defensively. He is bad at both. All he has is pace and strength. He's in the wrong sport.

 

[Wowi]

He must be the easiest player to mark as a defender these days. Show him onto the left foot, wait for him to do a few spins, stand your ground and wait to get twatted by the ball.

Even when he actually gets past his man he doesn't cross for anyone in particular, but just puts it into the box. Not our only poor player today by any means, but unlike most of the others he's not even trying to do anything meaningful.

 

[Mersault]

The guy must be pure magic on the training field to still get matches constantly.

That applies to a lot more of the players. They must all look world class in training.

 

[RDCR07]

The definition of either the word clueless or one-dimensional is Antonio Valencia. No creativity. No change in direction. No effort to beat a man. No accuracy on the crosses he does get in. Not United quality for 24 months now.

 

[The Black Pearl]

Defensively he nearly cost us by playing a stupid pass in the first half. Attacking wise he won a few corners by walloping a few hit and hope crosses but wasted twice as many as well. Over all it was yet another poor performance from him.

 

[rooney1905]

We need to move to a back four and shift him to RB until Rafael is fit. This would hopefully eliminate some of the uneasy play that we have with three at the back and it would put Valencia in a position where he his one decent aspect of his game can be utilized; his defensive energy.

 

[ThanksBoss26]

I'm not sure if this is too strong and just in the aftermath of the game, but I find his play completely cowardly at times. In a formation that needs width and when we're chasing the win, he cuts back inside laying nothing balls back to Evans wide, forty yards from goal, instead of having the courage to try and beat his man and make something happen. Happens time and time again.

Van Gaal can't sort out all the deficiencies in this squad in one window of course, but I'd be amazed if Valencia is still here in a year's time.

I hope Rafael is back for the QPR game.

 

[Cheesy]

The definition of either the word clueless or one-dimensional is Antonio Valencia. No creativity. No change in direction. No effort to beat a man. No accuracy on the crosses he does get in. Not United quality for 24 months now.

He was always one-dimensional, but it worked when he was able to use that dimension effectively to deliver for us. Since his crossing and accuracy went to shit, he's been useless and seems to keep on getting worse now.

 

[Wednesday at Stoke]

As harsh as the criticism in this thread is he was our 2nd best player today and it wasn't even close after that. Only him and Di Maria showed up for the game.

 

[kouroux]

He was always one-dimensional, but it worked when he was able to use that dimension effectively to deliver for us. Since his crossing and accuracy went to shit, he's been useless and seems to keep on getting worse now.

It makes no fecking sense whatsoever how his crossing has went to shit. One of the mysteries of the century.

 

[senorgregster]

I just want to scream at him. Take on your fecking man. Whenever he does it often leads to a chance. What on earth changed in his mind 2 years ago?

 

[Sammyjunn]

As harsh as the criticism in this thread is he was our 2nd best player today and it wasn't even close after that. Only him and Di Maria showed up for the game.

Jones? Rooney was also better.

 

[shaggy]

He must be the easiest player to mark as a defender these days. Show him onto the left foot, wait for him to do a few spins, stand your ground and wait to get twatted by the ball.

Even when he actually gets past his man he doesn't cross for anyone in particular, but just puts it into the box. Not our only poor player today by any means, but unlike most of the others he's not even trying to do anything meaningful.

That's literally all what he does. And it's been happening week in week out for over 2 years now. Who knows, maybe he's actually playing brilliantly as Fergie, Moyes and LvG all seem to love him.

 

[Nighteyes]

As harsh as the criticism in this thread is he was our 2nd best player today and it wasn't even close after that. Only him and Di Maria showed up for the game.

2nd best?

Not a chance. He wouldn't start for Wigan in this form. Can't wait for Rafael to be back or for us to sign another RB. Get rid of this clown

 

[shaggy]

2nd best?

Not a chance. He wouldn't start for Wigan in this form. Can't wait for Rafael to be back or for us to sign another RB. Get rid of this clown

If he was in the championship not one prem team would look at buying him.

 

[Amethyst]

Even in the 2 years he's been out of form he's sometimes played OK at RB or when he's got Rafael with him. Now he's playing WB he's double teamed which makes him useless mostly. Still think he's actually alright defensively but it's basically law of averages if he puts a good ball in now.

 

[Wednesday at Stoke]

Jones? Rooney was also better.

Jones looked like a suicide waiting to happen all game long and Rooney was extremely poor. Its either him or Fletcher.

 

[Wednesday at Stoke]

2nd best?

Not a chance. He wouldn't start for Wigan in this form. Can't wait for Rafael to be back or for us to sign another RB. Get rid of this clown

Him being 2nd best is rather an indictment on the rest of the team than a commendation for him.

 

[Sammyjunn]

He can injure a lot of defenders with his crosses/shots.

 

[Nighteyes]

If he was in the championship not one prem team would look at buying him.

He wouldn't look out of place in league 1.

 

[Sammyjunn]

Jones looked like a suicide waiting to happen all game long and Rooney was extremely poor. Its either him or Fletcher.

They were still better than Tony. That you named Fletcher is also shocking. Without Jones Blackett/Evans would have fecked everything. He was the one keeping the defense together a bit.

 

[Massive Spanner]

I thought he offered more going forward today that most.

More as in, we got the ball to him a shitload more than any other forward player and he did nothing with it other than smack the defender as hard as he could, or .. ?

It was his fecking job to make more happen and get the ball to our other forward players and he never did, not once.

He was awful, I wish the club would get rid, it boggles the mind how he's still here, quite frankly.

 

[JonDahl]

Really confused as to how people would rather keep Valencia than Young. Both are shite but feck me, he offers absolutely nothing. When the best defence is "he's decent defensively", you know he's shit. We're Manchester United. We don't buy wingers because they can fecking defend.

 

[LonelyFire]

Absolutely fecking awful again. He should be nowhere near the team

 

[Raees]

He wouldn't look out of place in league 1.

Why bash League 1. I doubt he'd get into any Sunday League side. He'd get hooked off asap.

 

[Wednesday at Stoke]

They were still better than Tony. That you named Fletcher is also shocking. Without Jones Blackett/Evans would have fecked everything. He was the one keeping the defense together a bit.

I don't think I can pick anyone out of that defense to have had a decent game. Even Blackett played so many 5-10 yard passes short that a team with a slightly better quality would have killed us from the left flank.

 

[Ainu]

As harsh as the criticism in this thread is he was our 2nd best player today and it wasn't even close after that. Only him and Di Maria showed up for the game.

Jesus wept, he was among the worst offenders out there today. He constantly received the ball in acres of space and then proceeded to do the square root of feck all with it. Other players looked equally ineffective because they received the ball in congested areas, so there are at least some mitigating circumstances for them. But to receive the ball in so much space as he did, and so frequently, and to do so little with it, is beyond criminal.

 

[Eugenius]

I honestly cannot remember anyone playing this badly over such a long period of time for us and still start in 90% of matches. He genuinely is one of the biggest problems we have. The wingbacks are supposed to be the ones in the formation finding space yet he hasn't got the bollocks, the brains or the ability to do anything with it.

 

[TheReligion]

More as in, we got the ball to him a shitload more than any other forward player and he did nothing with it other than smack the defender as hard as he could, or .. ?

It was his fecking job to make more happen and get the ball to our other forward players and he never did, not once.

He was awful, I wish the club would get rid, it boggles the mind how he's still here, quite frankly.

Who else offered anything more though going forward?

Di Maria looks the part but only Valencia got on the ball and tried to do something even if it wasn't that good by means of end product

 

[Sammyjunn]

Jesus wept, he was among the worst offenders out there today. He constantly received the ball in acres of space and then proceeded to do the square root of feck all with it. Other players looked equally ineffective because they received the ball in congested areas, so there are at least some mitigating circumstances for them. But to receive the ball in so much space as he did, and so frequently, and to do so little with it, is beyond criminal.

Still better than just shooting/crossing balls against the opponents knee's/legs.