I feel your pain.
Now please provide the several occasions of bad decision making.
Luis Nani | 2011/12 Performances
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I feel your pain.
Now please provide the several occasions of bad decision making.
Agree completely with your assessment of this change in his style. It's a good change given we as a team have started relying more on our intricate link up play. At the same time, if he can combine it with his usual explosiveness he'll be something else.
I thought he was poor yesterday. The decision making around when to cross or take the man on was poor. It stymied our attacking options.
Can't believe there isn't a MJ inspired song for Nani yet
Hey buddy, I'd recommend actually watching the match, it helps.
So how exactly did he played yesterday?
Didn't watched the match, some contradiction opinions here. He looked good on the MoTD Highlights btw.
Didn't watched the match, some contradiction opinions here. He looked good on the MoTD Highlights btw.
He's on the up. Put in some nice crosses. Was consistent in his passing. Lost the balls a few times early in the game. I'm sure he was happy with his performance.
For me, he had a great first 20 minutes, our biggest attacking threat, stunning cross for the goal and some excellent link up play around the box. After that Norwich took control and he saw much less of the ball and because of that he couldn't get a hold of things as well. A few poor touches here and there. Admittedly I was so immersed in the Spurs-Arse game that I didn't pay a lot of attention to our 2nd half, but he was average in it.
Overall he was by no means "poor" and there was nothing wrong with his decisions.
First 20mins, we were all over norwich and they struggled to deal with us. Nani was our biggest outlet then and norwich couldnt handle him. he was linking up beautifully with welbeck and hernandez.
After that we stopped playing and he saw very little of the ball.
Once we conceded, we stepped up again and he was instrumental in that making penetrative runs towards the end and linking up with the strikers and with jones bombing forward.
Had a very good game imo whenever he got the ball. Wasnt wasteful, was direct and a consistent threat. how anybody could class his performance yesterday as poor is beyond me.
He was actually great in the last 10 minutes as well when we needed some inspiration. He put in one lovely cross that was cleared by a defender very close to the keeper. He also played a very good pass to Giggs which lead to Welbeck's headed chance.
Overall, very good performance from Nani. In addition to those moments in the last 10 he barely gave the ball away (as provided by the stats above somewhere) and created the first goal and generally linked up very well with Welbeck.
Overall, very good performance from Nani. In addition to those moments in the last 10 he barely gave the ball away (as provided by the stats above somewhere) and created the first goal and generally linked up very well with Welbeck.
I've somehow got a reputation of being persistently harsh on Nani and I thought he did very well against Norwich, especially in the opening and closing stages. Brilliant assist and some really creative, incisive short passing.
So if that's how I saw the game he must have been fecking fantastic!
So if that's how I saw the game he must have been fecking fantastic!
No, apparently he made the wrong decision everytime he got into attacking areas and was frustrating in general
Was only half-watching the game on the laptop but I thought he looked very good too. Loving the burgeoning understanding between Nani and Welbeck, it's sure to guarantee us some magical goals at some point down the line. Providing we don't swap him for Sneijder, of course.
Nothing to do with him being double/triple teamed up then?
Too bad thats what Alec has in mind.
Don't know if that's serious or not.
But Nani is worth more than a swap for Sneider. And he doesn't ask for crazy wages. Yet.
But Nani is worth more than a swap for Sneider. And he doesn't ask for crazy wages. Yet.
Brwned is 100% serious. He hates Nani and would rim Sneijder if given the chance. Sickening really.
Didn't Jones cross for Scholesy's goal, and Young for Giggsy's? Where'd you get a Nani assist from?
It was nani that crossed for scholesy's goal
Tbf, they're the spitting image of each other
Ah, ok... My bad.
I like the fact that we have so many capable crossers. Rafael, Giggs, Valencia, Nani, Young, Rooney. We lacked that for a while prior to our naughties resurgence.
I like the fact that we have so many capable crossers. Rafael, Giggs, Valencia, Nani, Young, Rooney. We lacked that for a while prior to our naughties resurgence.
I don't think its being too harsh on Nani to say that his use of the ball at times is the biggest reason that he isn't a genuine world class player.
There still aren't many players that I'd swap him with though.
There still aren't many players that I'd swap him with though.
He is a genuine world class player though. He's one of the 3/4 most important players for the biggest club in England and one of the top teams in Europe. He's World Class.
He isn't. World Class should mean, if Earth picked a squad to play Mars tomorrow, who would be in it. Nani wouldn't.
Only the most blinkered fans can blame Nani while still praising Ashley "I'm-a-hardman" Young.
Who would be left back in that team?
So there are 11 world class players out there? When did they come to this definition? It's a new one on me.
More than 11 players in a squad.
Thats the worst definition i've come across.
Here's a list of some of the strikers.
Messi Ronaldo Rooney RVP Aguero Villa Eto'o
Only 1 or at the max 2 World class among them? Really?
One could do the same for midfielders and come up with this list
Xavi Iniesta Fabregas Busquets Alonso Schweinsteiger Yaya Toure
Same questions. Arent all of these World class players?
PS- I hate the term because everybody just mends it to suit their opinion but yours is a real strange one.
My mistake, who picks the squad for the game against Mars then? Is he the person who decides who is World Class and who isn't? God, that's a lot of responsibility on his shoulders.
Its a strange definition of world-class, sure. Its banded around too often these days though. Seems as good a way as any of defining it.
the question is, If God is the creator of everything (which includes mars AND earth) why would he make the two planets play against each other? Everything about this is weird.
I'd say it seems a pretty shit way to define World Class, in truth, but i'll play along.
So, who would be in the squad then, if Nani isn't in it? I assume it would be a 25 man "World Squad", with 4 wingers? Which 4 are better than Nani?
Maybe this is where the future of football lies. While mere mortals like ourselves are wondering if there will ever be a European Super League, God, in conjunction with his agent on Earth, Bilbo, is planning an Inter-Planetary Super League.
Christ knows. I can't say I've given it much though to be honest.
To get back on track though, its his distribution of the ball that would be stopping Nani from getting into the esteemed Earth squad.
It wasn't obvious at first that you'd posted without thinking it through. Glad you've pointed it out now though.
Who would ref the game though? We'd need someone from Jupiter to ref in order to remain impartial
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