Luis Nani | 2012/13 Performances

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RedDevilCanuck said:
I'm his biggest supporter on here and we was horrible today.

Valencia was arguable worse. What's happened to them? I think with both players it is a fitness issue so hopefully they come back fresh next year. There is no international competition - good opportunity for a physical and emotional rest.
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That is a bunch of BS - Valencia was a rightback and did nothing wrong in defense.
 
He goes from great to poor so quickly too. Guess he was coming back from Injury today so there's some excuse.
 
Cantona07 said:
He has being at the club for six years now. He has not reached the standards we had expected. At a club like United, players progress but sadly in Nani's case, very limited progress.

Very very frustrating footballer.
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Strange post. He was fantastic for 18 months and hasnt got his form back after injuries
 
Ekeke said:
Strange post. He was fantastic for 18 months and hasnt got his form back after injuries
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Yup was great from that Hull game up to Carragher's hatchet job on him and then for the start of last season he was good until injury too. Give him a new contract and some games and he can get back at that level IMO. I think he's off, I'd prefer him to stay but I won't lose any sleep over it.
 
I'm just going to be that dick and say that I still think he's out of here. Doesn't seem to play from the heart as he used to in my opinion. I understand some might say "How do you know he doesn't?" - it just seems as if he's not passionate about playing for us anymore. I could very well be wrong. Signing that contract will prove me wrong.

Still, he's had more off days than good days for us in my opinion, which could be debatable I guess. A unique player for us, but I think he's off.
 
He was really good for us for sustained periods, though there have been periods where he has been really patchy. I don't know that today has much to do with him supposedly being off so much as he's always a bit hit and miss when he's lacking games. Not really a game to judge him, IMO. Unlike Anderson, for example, we know that when he gets a sustained run in the side he usually players pretty well pretty consistently.
 
He was hilariously awful today, yet somehow whatever was going on down our left hand side managed to be much, much worse. It was like anyone who moved out there became instantly paralyzed and instilled with the footballing ability of Boris Johnson.
 
Iv waited a few hours to post my feelings on his performance today because I didn't want to sound so knee-jerk but that performance from Nani had to be one of the worst iv ever seen from a Manchester United player. Iv seen players have bad games and barely touch the ball for 90 minutes, iv seen players miss 5-6 chances in and iv also seen a few dodgy keeper performances over the years but Nani today was completely fecking terrible.
 
Goals conceded vs Chelsea with Nani on the pitch - 0
Goals conceded vs Chelsea with Nani off the pitch - 3

See, BPITW :)
 
Cina said:
Goals conceded vs Chelsea with Nani on the pitch - 0
Goals conceded vs Chelsea with Nani off the pitch - 3

See, BPITW :)
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League cup ? :wenger:

And Nani was on the Pitch today when they scored, no ? :p
 
Castia said:
Iv waited a few hours to post my feelings on his performance today because I didn't want to sound so knee-jerk but that performance from Nani had to be one of the worst iv ever seen from a Manchester United player. Iv seen players have bad games and barely touch the ball for 90 minutes, iv seen players miss 5-6 chances in and iv also seen a few dodgy keeper performances over the years but Nani today was completely fecking terrible.
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Have you watched Valencia this season? Have you seen Rooney against Swansea? Have you watched Rafael against Madrid in first leg? Have you watched Young against Sunderland? Have you watched Chicharito against Newcastle earlier this season(yes, where he scored)? Have you watched Giggs against Tottenham, Cluj?

Nani today was nothing worse than any of those, and he was really poor today.
 
Amar__ said:
Have you watched Valencia this season? Have you seen Rooney against Swansea? Have you watched Rafael against Madrid in first leg? Have you watched Young against Sunderland? Have you watched Chicharito against Newcastle earlier this season(yes, where he scored)? Have you watched Giggs against Tottenham, Cluj?

Nani today was nothing worse than any of those, and he was really poor today.
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Yeah iv watched every one of those games and Nani topped the lot. He gave the ball away almost every single time he touched it, I cant remember ever thinking after 25 minutes that i want a player subbed off for being so poor. The commentators were almost taking the piss at one stage because he'd fecked up so many times, like I said iv seen some poor performances but Nani's today was on another level.
 
The commentators are retarded though. 5 minutes in and they said Nani hadn't gotten into the game despite him ghosting past Ramires on the centre circle two minutes earlier in what was (I think) one of two dribbles in those first five minutes from any player. 15 minutes in and they'd said he hadn't passed to a team-mate once despite linking up really well with Smalling/Jones to set Valencia free down the wing. It's like he was invisible half the time and they bizarrely enjoyed his poor form.
 
Worst I've seen him play since 2009 I think.
 
Castia said:
Yeah iv watched every one of those games and Nani topped the lot. He gave the ball away almost every single time he touched it, I cant remember ever thinking after 25 minutes that i want a player subbed off for being so poor. The commentators were almost taking the piss at one stage because he'd fecked up so many times, like I said iv seen some poor performances but Nani's today was on another level.
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I am not sure you watched those games, or that you remember them well. Rooney against Swansea was probably two times worst than Nani today.
 
Amar__ said:
I am not sure you watched those games, or that you remember them well. Rooney against Swansea was probably two times worst than Nani today.
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Mate I watched em and while Rooney was poor he wasn't at the level Nani was today, nowhere near. In the first 20 minutes alone he made Rooney's performance look Messi-esque. If you disagree that's fine but in my book Nani was terrible, the first 20 minutes was arguably the worst iv ever seen from a United player. He was that bad.
 
He was poor today, but he always looked to get on the ball. I liked that, he didn't let it effect his confidence. Still reckon the next few games are the last we'll see of him in a United shirt.
 
Sylar said:
Agreed. If it happens once in a while I can understand, but if it keeps happening, no matter the player, they should be a fined a weeks wages. Theres no excuse.
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A weeks wages becomes pocket change for an established pro. If his set pieces keep belting against the first man, then the entire squad should get to belt balls against the offender the next day in training.

I'm not sure why Nani takes set pieces when Rooney and RvP aren't on the pitch. Do we really have no better alternative? Has he ever taken a good free kick? I remember him scoring one against Wigan, but I also remember thinking it was a terrible free kick and had no idea how it went in.
 
As bad as he was today, he's infinitely better then Young or Valencia. He's so much better its actually laughable.

The thought of losing Nani and keeping the other two makes me very sad.
 
Not a great game from him, but he wasn't as bad as some people are making out. He had a horrible start to the game, but improved towards the end of that half and was decent in the second half without being good or bad. At least when he got on the ball in the second half he still gives that feeling that he can pull out a piece of magic which is always a worry for the other team.
 
What I don't understand is he has seemingly gone from being one of the key players in the team (from the middle of 09-10 to middle of 11-12). I think even last season he was not too bad, despite the flak he received, and really it's been since City away last year the 'demise' really has begun.

It's different from something like the Torres situation as he has been shite for almost 3 years, Valencia who has been shite for the entire season. And while Nani has been inconsistent this season, he has still showed flashes of brilliance during the limited time he has played.
 
Dargonk said:
Not a great game from him, but he wasn't as bad as some people are making out. He had a horrible start to the game, but improved towards the end of that half and was decent in the second half without being good or bad. At least when he got on the ball in the second half he still gives that feeling that he can pull out a piece of magic which is always a worry for the other team.
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Finally a balanced view.
 
Having an opinion that aligns with yours is not having a balanced view. He "gives that feeling that he can pull out a bit of magic"? Ask Rob if he got that feeling about Nani in this game. I certainly didn't. He had 3 shots and they were all off target, he completed less than 65% of his passes (compared to an average of 80% for the season), he rarely beat his man and his set pieces weren't good. There's absolutely no reason to shine a positive light on that in any way. He's better than that. He's not usually great coming back from injury but this took it to a whole 'nother level - it was just a one-off, no need to defend it.
 
Yeah, he really was rubbish, mindbogglingly so. There's just no point in defending the performance really, I'm sure the injury played a part but it can't have had that much an affect because it's the worst I've seen him play in years.

Just need to accept it and move on, I just hope SAF does the same and doesn't do his obligatory dropping him for a month because of it.
 
Castia said:
Iv waited a few hours to post my feelings on his performance today because I didn't want to sound so knee-jerk but that performance from Nani had to be one of the worst iv ever seen from a Manchester United player.
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Why do people constantly come out with such hyperbolic shit on this forum? Do they think it somehow makes their opinion seem more interesting or impressive? It's like half the caf are desperate to make the tabloid journalists who lurk the forum feel at home.

I mean, let's be generous and say you've been watching Manchester United for at least five years. In those five years you'll have had at least 3,000 individual performances to judge from, and yet you honesty believe that was 'one of the worst iv ever seen'. Jesus, get a hold of yourself man.
 
Cina said:
I really don't see what the rest of the team have to do with it?
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Because I get a bit fed up with the constant Nani bashing that goes on here.

Although, tbf a lot of posters spend a lot of time bashing a lot of our players.

I wonder how many 'poor' performances from Carrick it would take to change everyone's views? No more than 2, I would say.

I'm supporting my team, I even want Young to do well.
 
I'm fed up with the bashing too and I expressed that here at half time, still, there's nothing wrong with saying he played crap, he did. It's the senseless gimps who, because of that first 45 minutes started going "sell him" and "he's shite" that I've the issues with, but at this stage there's no point debating with them because they clearly just have an irrational hatred for the lad that can't be quelled.

he was the worst on the pitch yesterday so naturally he's going to get more stick over his performance than anyone else.
 
To be fair though sure Nani didnt have his best game, but the quality was pretty low throughout. Both teams were giving the ball away with silly passes, and Mata hardly turned up apart from that 1 pass for the goal.

For somebody battling for a new contract it sure isnt the form you would expect, but perhaps his fate is already decided.

Its a shame though as when on form he really is a class act.
 
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