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Luis Nani | 2011/12 Performances
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Nani has cut down and diving and play-acting quite a bit.
Nani is still as productive as ever and I hope he has fully recovered from his injury.
He is not inconsistent at all. He just shoots too much when he should be playing in his teamates. This is the only thing he needs to improve on.
He plays like Ronaldo does but is not as good a goal scorer.
In a way I kind of like Nani's selfishness as we can be guilty of trying to walk the ball in the net. But seeing Nani blast over the bar when Rooney is wide open can be infuriating.
I will take the good with the bad as with Nani there is definately way more 'good'.
He will get even better too which is scary.
Nani is still as productive as ever and I hope he has fully recovered from his injury.
He is not inconsistent at all. He just shoots too much when he should be playing in his teamates. This is the only thing he needs to improve on.
He plays like Ronaldo does but is not as good a goal scorer.
In a way I kind of like Nani's selfishness as we can be guilty of trying to walk the ball in the net. But seeing Nani blast over the bar when Rooney is wide open can be infuriating.
I will take the good with the bad as with Nani there is definately way more 'good'.
He will get even better too which is scary.
Nani put together a good two-thirds of a season in 10/11 and then tailed off. This time, he started the season fairly brightly before dipping during the middle period. There has been the odd sign of late that he is awaking from his slumber. Hopefully, he can put in a really strong finish to the season and we'll be looking back at a strong season. Now is when it really matters tbh.
He's had infuriating moments, he always will, but he still has a very useful knack of creating chances/scoring goals. See hitting the bar vs Ajax and his assist for Scholes against Norwich.
As for the comparison with our other wingers, I think he compliments Valencia's directness well. Those two are head and shoulders our best two wide players.
He's had infuriating moments, he always will, but he still has a very useful knack of creating chances/scoring goals. See hitting the bar vs Ajax and his assist for Scholes against Norwich.
As for the comparison with our other wingers, I think he compliments Valencia's directness well. Those two are head and shoulders our best two wide players.
If you like playing devil's advocate.
I've got no issue with you arguing your point about Nani. I tried to make it clear all along that it was only my personal preference in Valencia. If any one post made in the last few pages was pointless, it was Hectic coming in and claiming that this preference was 'mental'.It's still saying he's not as good as Valencia, whatever way you look at it. I'll argue that any day of the week if someone brings it in here, especially if I've nothing to do at work, which happened to be today.
Anyway I think that discussion has probably been exhausted. On to the next one.
For you, at least.
How was it pointless? It's how I see the view that Nani isn't the best winger at this club. It might not provide the basis for a big discussion, but it isn't pointless, just my opinion.
Very good game for Portugal, it's a great news before the Tottenham game.
Nani is the best winger at the club and currently joint best in the league with bale. Valencia has done very well recently but for me if both players are on their A game nani has a lot more going for him. And crucially when both are off their A game nani is much more of a threat than Valencia who only really has one weapon at his disposal. Having said that Valencia is a good shout for third best.
Ok, at least he didn't get injured.
Some good control skills in the 1st half against wooden Poles.
Nani has just confirmed on portuguese TV that he's in talks to extend his contract with Manchester United
Nani has just confirmed on portuguese TV that he's in talks to extend his contract with Manchester United
Delighted to hear that.
Him and Ronnie are main driving force of Portugal, from quite a time, now.
He is better player for Portugal than Ronaldo is. His problem is that he is too selfish playing for them. Tonight he looked like he can do anything with the ball, but he never wanted to pass it, so he ruined two great chances because of selfishness. However, that's not only his problem, their whole team is egoistic, starting with Ronaldo, but Nani is better dribler these days than Ronaldo is so it's little bit more expressed when he is doing it.
Plus, Ronaldo is the captain.
Plus, Ronaldo is the captain.
The amount of times they could have squared the ball to another team mate but decided not to was shocking, they are not egoistic. I think you are saying this due to the fact that your beloved players rival plays for them hence you said 'starting with ronaldo'. Nani has no problem passing the ball for portugal in my opinion but can occasionaly be a victim of selfishness.
I said Ronaldo because he is their captain and "best" player. They are playing nice football, but they are selfish, and selfishness comes with big ego. As for Nani, he is selfish just in friendlies for portugal, as far as I noticed he is great team player in important games.
edit: btw, I am Ronaldo hater.
Nani has just confirmed on portuguese TV that he's in talks to extend his contract with Manchester United
That's because they're pretty much the only two players in that team with a brain. It's incredible how stupid the vast majority of their players are.
Nani's chance
Funny thing is that Szczęsny thinks he's a selfish player.
"It was obvious that Nani wouldn't pass the ball, he's such player. It doesn't matter if five players are running or just Nani, I knew he would shoot."
11 assists so far this season, 21 in 2010-11.
Funny thing is that Szczęsny thinks he's a selfish player.
"It was obvious that Nani wouldn't pass the ball, he's such player. It doesn't matter if five players are running or just Nani, I knew he would shoot."
11 assists so far this season, 21 in 2010-11.
Maybe it's a Portugal thing because for us he's not actually a selfish player anymore. No more than other players with that sort of dribbling ability. Nothing like what Ronaldo used to be.
I don't think Szczęsny said about Nani playing for Portugal.
So Szczęsny stopped using Twitter and decided to just spout his crap during interviews instead? Sensible.
STFU Szczesny.
Say what? Antonio is a better player than Gareth Messi
He had every right to shoot there for me. He could've squared it, true but he could have and probably should've scored.
Based on what? I think they're on par at the moment with Bale's age meaning he'd end up the better player unless his progress stalls for whatever reason.
Based on how good they've been for the last 2 seasons, obviously. I never said Bale isn't potentially better.
Anyway, off topic.
Valencia didnt play enough last season because of his ankle injury so am not sure how you're comparing them based on last season. This year, he's been in good form, yes but so has bale.
Anyways, a matter of how choice i guess, nothing there in it for me. Both very similar players..
He's not hit the form of last season (or even the early form of this season) since his injury. I think we need him back to his best as he's capable of taking our whole attacking play up a notch.
He's coming back from injury and needs more games. He will step up as we hit Sqeaky bum time.
He was decent but didnt see much of the ball. With Rafael behind him I think he might be better.
He usually has a relatively poorer second half of the season so its not a huge surprise. He's come out recently and said it himself that he's working hard to get his form going.
I think him and Rafa have a much better understanding than Jones and him which might have something to do with it.
I have hope he'll step it up, whatever people say about Nani is that he performs brilliantly in big games.
He wasn't poor when had the ball, but he didn't see much of it. Great movemant for second goal.
Exactly.
Bit of useless information, but I believe Nani is 10th on the All-Time assist table since the Premier League's inception. Higher than Paul Scholes and David Beckham and just one assist away from matching Ronaldo.
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11th on there (could be because it hasn't been updated since yesterday). Some surprising names on there. No shock about who's top.
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