Luis Nani | 2011/12 Performances
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Hmm, for some reason I thought Nani played in that and was excellent. Which means my numbers must be out somehow for Nani. I was certain he had a great Charity Shield, then three fairly quiet matches followed by now having three great matches. But if he didn't start in the CL or the CC then I've got one too many matches there.Benfica actually(subs don't count!)
What a performance.
Against the best defence other than ours in the league.
Against the best defence other than ours in the league.
After watching the video, I have a question for the laws of the game gurus. Supposedly there really isn't a last man ruling as such but, the rule is for stopping a clear goal scoring opportunity - that being a red card. When Nani was brought down, he would have had a clear goal scoring opportunity, Terry was on the other side and no way would he have close down Nani by the time he got his shot off, so shouldn't Bosingwa have been sent off?
I thought he should have been
You are probably right about Terry, but tbf to the ref all he would have probably noticed was that a foul had been committed and that there was a covering defender somewhere close by.
It would probably be asking a bit much to expect him to spot the penalty as well as the exact whereabouts of other players too.
With the benefit of replay you are right though, strictly speaking once the foul was acknowledged, it's hard to argue Bosingwa didn't deny a clear goalscoring opportunity to Nani, so he should have gone for me.
Yes.
Class act.
Any thoughts on Ashley Young's start to his United career?
He's been brilliant so far imo. Knew he'd be good and add to our 1st team because he's better on the left than anything we had, but still did not see him make such a huge impact. Plays as if he's been here all along.
A Very productive player. be it assists or goals. Puts in some wonderful crosses from FKs which we lacked earlier. Him on the left and nani on the right is cheating
Like Varun says, Young looks like he's been with us for years, it's amazing the way he's just dropped into the side and settled immediately. He looks like he's stepped his game up which is to be expected to a degree but some of his performances have been fantastic. The Arsenal game in particular was great, let's hope he bangs a few more of them long range goals in, they were
Not sure why it's here but, he's been very good. Maybe faded in the last few games but he never seems to lose the ball, works really hard and most importantly can play well on the left hand side. Great signing, most expected him to fit in well here but not THAT well that quickly.
Thing is, Young and Nani have rarely been excellent in games at the same time, one has outshone the other and that seems to be because there's an emphasis on getting the ball out to one more than the other from the players, depending on which one is ripping their man to shreds more. It's fecking awesome.
Best winger in the world, sorry I meant second. Almost forgot about Gareth
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Just starting to realise his potential according to ESPN.
The stats on Nanis 1st 100 games vs Ronaldos 1st 100 are interesting.
Best winger in the world, sorry I meant second. Almost forgot about Gareth
I still consider Ronaldo a winger. That's where he's at on the line-up sheet.
Nani just has that attitude of being a world beater imo. It's just that class of never knowing what he's going to do, the talent of changing a game in a few seconds.
Think he's determined to make a CL Final start this year
Think he's determined to make a CL Final start this year
Ronaldo can't beat players these days, he's a bulky forward.
Nobody laughs about Nani now, what a seriously good player he is and he produces big match performances against big teams. City, Arsenal and Chelsea this season already. He has his frustrating moments but I am happy to live with that for what we get in return. He seems very well grounded too, very serious about his career.
What a cross for Giggs. I can't believe we wasted that chance.
He was a class above everybody else on the field today. We just needed to give him the ball more and give him more options.
Magical player. The goal was breathtakingly good and the cross for the Giggs chance was brilliant. Oh Giggsy
He's in red hot form. His efforts should have given us the win today but for bad luck on Giggsy's chance.
He is world class. Also loved how he taunted the Stoke fans at one point.
Thought it was interesting that he still needed that mini-bollocking from Sir Alex to just get the ball in the box, and then he does and he plays it inch perfect to Giggsy. Still likes to fanny about from time to time. Was a huge threat all the same, expect him to give Iceland a battering and be in full flight in time for the game at Anfield.
I thought he was mostly really good today but as the game got tighter he seemed to want to do too much on his own. Then again, he's been top class of late so perhaps he deserves that bit of freedom.
He's astoundingly good. But as each game goes by, and Nani starts finding his best form, it irritates me more and more that we didn't play him against Barca. I don't think there's a team in the world that can deal with this guy for 90 mins. Our best player.
Our best player is Rooney and Nani wasn't in great form for the lead up to the CL Final.
Agreed. He's a devastating player on form but he lost his place for a good reason.
He was our only attacking player that turned up yesterday, easily our best outfield player.
Why does this always come up when he has a good game? how does him having a good game now mean we should have picked him in a match last season when he was clearly off form and valencia having a good spell?
This, he didn't see so much of the ball in the 2nd half and also switching wings with Young didn't really work out that well.
He's right, I think it's rediculous we didn't play Young against them as well.
I really hope he doesn't freeze at Anfield and score a screamer
Should've got him on the ball more. Our most dangerous player by far.
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