You're clearly facing the wrong way then, or don't quite understand what it is you're there to see
Luis Nani | 2010/11 Performances
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You're clearly facing the wrong way then, or don't quite understand what it is you're there to see
They're clever in different ways. Believe it or not, him having quick feet, not needing much backlift to get a shot or cross off, a solid left foot, great bag of tricks and knows how to put his defender off his balance and knowing which spaces to cross in is quite the ensemble of skills for a winger.
Nonsense to suggest that Nani doesn't have the potential to be considered a world class winger.
now here's what happens when a guy who's never kicked a ball in his life thinks he knows what a "football brain" is...
So....you don't think that a winger who has got 3 goals and 6 assists for us, 2 months into the season, even when he is playing piss poor, is clever enough to play for us.
Fair enough, you're entitled to your opinion however foolish it sounds. Beats Rooney's 1 goal, 3 assists and piss poor freekicks any day though doesn't it.
This! It seems weird that that most Nani haters dont see anything wrong with Waynes piss poor form thats lasted for 5 months.
Oh please do, I'd absolutely love to hear you elaborate on the football brain.
No wonder your opinion on his performances are so far off the mark. Nani has been right up there alongside our best players this season. The fact that you still fail to recognise that shows there must be something wrong with you, not everyone else. You'll be amazed what you see when you're not inebriated.
Aye, drink dulls the senses and blurs the vision. Explains a lot that.
Needs to get his head up more and cut out the diving, then we'll have a proper player. The raw talent is most definitely there though
This mungy sounds like a real likeable chap.
This.
A lot of people are still talking about his potential but he has already shown himself to be a quality player. How many wingers have been better than him since January? 2010 is to Nani what 2006 was to Ronaldo. Remains to be seen how much more he will develop but even if he doesn't get better there's barely a handful of wingers in Europe performing at his level at the moment. He's been our best and most consistent performer this season and the only one even close is Berbatov. Nani and Berbatov, eh? Who'd have thunk it.
- He already is a success.
- So you must have great judgement then...
- Thought you said you aren't a WUM? You may not be a WUM, but you're certainly a prick
- Takes one to know one eh?
- For someone who doesn't have a footballing brain he sure does get alot of goals, assists and tends to get picked by the best managers in the game. Hold up, you're calling Nani stupid right?
- So this must be where we get our awful reputation from eh?
Summary: Mungy's been dropped on his head too many times. Love your charm though, you have a real way with words. Shame none of them are intelligent
I knew you was going to come on the Caf and blame this on 'alcohol', even though you strictly promised you wouldn't.
...So I decided to film you before the act to truly expose you
Basically as I see it Nani has all the tools to be one of the best footballers in the world but he needs to be more aware of where players are around him. Before last year he was playing at lets say 25% awareness - he set up a decent amount of goals but was mainly frustrating in the amount of chances that he could have set up but didn't.
From January to now he's been maybe 50% aware (again I'm not getting these numbers from anywhere, they're just to illustrate my point). He still regularly has frustrating moments where he should pass but instead opted to try and dribble it around a man or shoot, but they're more than forgiven by the amount of goals he's regularly scoring and assisting.
When his awareness of what's going on around him increases to 80%-90% ish (again not a stat, just a number to illustrate a point), like for example Scholes, Berba, or Giggs... well then we'll have one of the best players in the world on our hands. And possibly centrally too (I can't help but think that he's got a future in the centre and is played mainly as a winger at the moment to compensate for his shortcomings regarding awareness - so he only has to worry about one direction as it were). Although that last bit might just be me being fanciful.
You've not noticed people bemoaning our lack of cutting edge from frees and corners this season and last?
From January to now he's been maybe 50% aware (again I'm not getting these numbers from anywhere, they're just to illustrate my point). He still regularly has frustrating moments where he should pass but instead opted to try and dribble it around a man or shoot, but they're more than forgiven by the amount of goals he's regularly scoring and assisting.
When his awareness of what's going on around him increases to 80%-90% ish (again not a stat, just a number to illustrate a point), like for example Scholes, Berba, or Giggs... well then we'll have one of the best players in the world on our hands. And possibly centrally too (I can't help but think that he's got a future in the centre and is played mainly as a winger at the moment to compensate for his shortcomings regarding awareness - so he only has to worry about one direction as it were). Although that last bit might just be me being fanciful.
You've not noticed people bemoaning our lack of cutting edge from frees and corners this season and last?
The guys a WUM, and if he isn't then he's an absolute retard.
Great post, couldn't say it better.
Why don't you let someone who appreciates the game go instead of you as you clearly don't get football
Ahhh I see, you "go to every game" so you know more than any other? Well i'd say the "internet geeks" are the ones with the wealth of knowledge here.
I also love how you just completely dismissed the fact Nani has directly contributed to over half of our goals this season sighting the reason being "lack of a football brain." Utterley moronic.
Top Red.
player of the year so far for me
he's been fantastic
he's been fantastic
I agree.
He still does have times when he frustrates but then name me a player of his ilk that doesnt?
If he didnt take the odd risk or gamble then he would have half of the assists or goals that he does.
The special thing about Nani is that he is a potential m atch winner. When it's not going well you just know he has the ability to pull something out of the bag and win us the game.
Like Ronaldo though, he's the sort of player that I expect to move on in his mid to late 20s.
Mongy
According to Fantasy Football Morrison and Brunt was better than Nani yesterday. Please explain how this is possible.
Because Fantasy Football is shit and people should stop playing it and talking about it?
Nuff said
You mean for United? Possibly.
I think player of the year in the league has been Nasri so far though.
Do you mean centrally as CMF or more as a support striker? Either way this is the only part i disagree with in your otherwise spot on post. Nanis attributes are better used on the wing, he has the ability to play central but it would be how we used to use Ronaldo, on the wing he has that freedom to come inside which is as deadly as his ability to get crosses in. Sticking him upfront would lose a good outlet of getting crosses in
I don't mean as a central midfielder like a Carrick/Scholes/Fletch, or as a big striker up top like Ronaldo did, I meant as in when we need an advanced midfielder when we play 4231 in big games (with him being the centre of the three). I don't want to say "free role" but basically that purely attacking midfielder that the caf seems to want us to sign every year.
Again, I'm almost definitely being fanciful but I feel that where he might end up if he keeps coming on as much as he has in the last year (albeit not permanently, only when the formation called for it).
(and I'm not at all advocating that we should be playing him there now)
Do you have a link to that stat, Allforone?
I have only been able to count 25 Goals+Assists in his last 28 games.
But that's a combination of Premierleague.com and ESPN, and ESPN doesn't count all the assists (Rebounded shots, penalties etc.), which might explain it.
Here's what I've got (Including his games for Portugal):
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[B][U]Date Opponent Result G A[/U][/B]
Oct 16 H- WBA D 2 - 2 1 1
Oct-12 A- Iceland W 1 - 3 0 0
Oct-8 H- Denmark W 3 - 1 2 1
Oct 2 A- Sunderland D 0 - 0 0 0
sep-29 A- Valencia W 0 - 1 0 0
sep-26 A- Bolton D 2 - 2 1 1
sep-19 H- Liverpool W 3 - 2 0 1
sep-11 A- Everton D 3 - 3 0 2
sep-07 A- Norway L 1 - 0 0 0
sep-03 H- Cyprus D 4 - 4 0 1
aug-28 H- West Ham W 3 - 0 1 1
May 24 H- Cape Verde D 0 - 0 0 0
aug-22 A- Fulham D 2 - 2 0 1
aug-16 H- Newcastle W 3 - 0 0 0
jun-01 H- Cameroon W 3 - 1 1 1
May-9 H- Stoke City W 4 - 0 0 0
May-2 A- Sunderland W 0 - 1 1 0
apr-24 H- Spurs W 3 - 1 1 1
apr-17 A- Man City W 0 - 1 0 0
apr-11 A- Blackburn D 0 - 0 0 0
apr-07 H- Bayern W 3 - 2 2 0
apr-03 H- Chelsea L 1 - 2 0 1
mar-30 A- Bayern L 2 - 1 0 1
mar-27 A- Bolton W 0 - 4 0 2
mar-21 H- Liverpool W 2 - 1 0 0
mar-14 H- Fulham W 3 - 0 0 1
[U]mar-10 H- AC Milan W 4 - 0 0 1[/U]
10 17I read yesterday somewhere that it was 28 in his last 28 league games, but I didn't check it or anything.
I read the same but it was his last 28 games I believe, including cup and international.
Also Top just reading through those stats I've spotted an error - he crossed the freekick in for Rooney to score from against Bayern away (which the stats you've found have him listed as 0 and 0)
Damn ESPN. Then we just need 2 more assists. Probably in the CL games or the games for Portugal.
EDIT: Just spotted one myself. He assisted Ronaldo in their win against Denmark. ESPN is rubbish.
EDIT: Just spotted one myself. He assisted Ronaldo in their win against Denmark. ESPN is rubbish.
I've also got him down as having an assist against Stoke (I wrote down a list of teams he assisted against last season for a post I was making a while ago) but I don't know for which of the goals it was.
He's under contract. We can refuse to sell, just like other clubs refuse to sell.
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