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That performance is reminiscent of his time in 2011/12 really. Put him back on the right wing and Mata in the #10 against Everton if Rooney is injured maybe?
Would like to see this especially after that game he had for Ecuador, his confidence will be running high.
His final ball is pretty poor as usual in most of those clips, in truth the space Mata gets him while playing on the right should see him be able to give pretty much the same outlet from RB as RW.
There were 6 clips of his passing/crossing ability and in just 1 of them did he play a poor pass.
There are 3 crosses that don't get to an Ecuador player.
If a pass doesn't get to a teammate doesn't mean it's s bad pass. Also in some of the clips he does well to get into the position and is surrounded by the opposition players and manages to pull a decent pass out of the bag, even if it didn't hit a teammate.
Two of them are just poor crosses and the other he hits the first man as he is so often prone to doing. I just don't see anything in the video that looks any different to what he does for us at RB, he's always been powerful and fast with the size to simply barge through.
Please god no. We've already gone back to Ashley Young on the left wing, if we go back to Valencia on the right wing we'd be where we were a few seasons ago
One of the poor crosses you elude two is when he is surrounded by the other teams players yet he still like I said gets the ball in a decent position. The other poor cross was poor I admit. The one where he hit the player I don't see anything wrong with as the player was closing him down and Ecuador still got a corner.
Ok, rather than go around and round we'll just accept that we didn't take the same away from the vid, at any rate I don't see LvG using him as a winger, he likes his wide players to be inverted and his fullbacks to provide the crosses, so essentially Valencia will be tasked with what he's doing in the vid but from RB.
I hope the club has sports psychologists working double time on him. It's so obvious his main hindrance is mental. The overly cautious, inhibited player we've got used to at United couldn't be more different to the bloke in that video.
A Valencia in form is not the worst thing in the world. Doubt he will play RW though.
So fast, so strong. His crossing needs some work, but I wouldnt mind that. Goodison park will be an extra physical encounter, and he gives us some of that.
Yeah I agree.
I would hope the club already has those people.
As for Valencia, I don't understand what is broken but it has been far too long and don't see that getting fixed. For an international player who has been playing for one of the biggest clubs in the world for a long time, his lack of improvement to use his left leg is criminal. Especially for such a limited player who does not possess great dribbling ability.
Personally I would prefer the club to invest time and money on a player that isn't the wrong side of 30 and who has been a mess for the last 2+ years.
Yep. On the Ecuador team, he is seen as the leader in the eyes of his teammates, the fans, the press, etc. because he plays for Man United. He plays with purpose and responsibility.
Clip of Antonio Valencia vs. Argentina 
The lad's not good enough, he's past it. Not Utd quality, his best days are behind him. Thanks for the memories, ship him out.
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.Considering his performance for his national team, he certainly doesn't look past it. People talk about him having lost pace, but look at that last run in the video above and I doubt Ronaldo would keep up. He is pretty good when he just dares to run at players; 99% of them have no or little chance of keeping up with him, the rest he outmuscles. He plays within himself at United.
The above reel just highlights bad cross after bad cross.... if you throw enough muck at a wall some of it will stick. Law of averages means one cross is bound to be met at some stage.
Playing within himself? Why? This makes no sense, play to your potential, or go. Having watched him time and time again perform under par, I would prefer the latter!
The above also highlighted an assist that only a handful other players would manage simply due to his place. At two other instances he created chances that could and probably should have resulted in goals. The first cross was atrocious, but then again, how many other players would be able to bully two or three players and then run past them with such ease to create the chance? Pretty much nobody in our squad.
Playing within himself at United means that he looks too apprehensive, too afraid to take risks and losing the ball. What he should do is play as a winger and lose the ball on occasion, knowing that he has a midfield and defense that will bail him out. Not having a go at the team or the manager here, but the player himself - he looks too timid at times playing for United. That player in the video showed none of that. I can forgive a couple of bad crosses if he just gets himself into positions; as you said, some of it will stick, which is a helluva lot better than nought.
I cant, people forget how often this happens with him in a United shirt. He is simply an awful passer, crosser.
No I would say the amount of crosses he's played that are bad have been over exaggerated.
Calling him bad passer is really silly. He's a conservative passer but very very rarely misplaces a pass. Which will be one of the reasons all our recent managers (including Fergie) have tended to start him whenever he's available.
Our slow buildup hasn't helped him over the last few seasons. From a standing start he is clueless without confidence.
He's useful in some games though. Last year against city the way he outmuscled Aguero on a run to the byline was impressive.
I think he will start against Everton. It will be a physical encounter so expect him and Fellaini.
He's useful in some games though. Last year against city the way he outmuscled Aguero on a run to the byline was impressive.
I think he will start against Everton. It will be a physical encounter so expect him and Fellaini.
Like when is the last time you saw this in a United shirt?
last time I can remember was this
Hope he has a good game today. I'm a big fan of his. He get's far to much stick, he does have bad games, but so does everyone. His bad bits get highlighted far more than anyone else in the team and nobody really remembers what he does well, which is quite a lot.
Whoscored rated him as our 7th best player last season (7.23). Same as Ashley Young who some said had a brilliant season last year.
Whoscored rated him as our 7th best player last season (7.23). Same as Ashley Young who some said had a brilliant season last year.
Moscow 1:1 Man Utd
One day he'll put in a decent cross, we are creating so much space down the right, needs to find a man.
He's not very good in playing football
He's a predictable, uninventive player. He crosses by percentage and never looks for a man. I would honestly love to see his lifetime stats for crosses that hit the first defender, the number must be astronomical.
Opposition leave a lot of space for him, there's bigger chance they will win the ball and counter us than him delivering a decent cross.
He has the entire flank for his own, while the other areas are over-crowded.
He has the entire flank for his own, while the other areas are over-crowded.
Never seen a player do so little with so much space. Infuriating
Jones getting slack for not getting to the penalty rebound first, Valencia hadn't even moved after the save.
No one mentioning Valencia saved Jones twice in the space of about 5 seconds.
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