Luis Nani | 2013/14 Performances
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I've decided that people who want Nani to leave United are actually mentally retarded.
He's like a better version of Pienaar. Moyes should love him.
The quotes seem very positive from Nani's side indeed. Now get that fecking contract signed Nani!
It'll be refreshing to have nani in top form. Feels like a very long time since I've seen him at his best.
Good to hear those quotes. Seems as if he's committed to the club.
We'd have to pay a good 30-40m to get a player of Nani's ability going by the current prices. A fit and in form Nani would rival Rooney and RVP as one of our best attacking players. I desperately want to see the trio Rooney/Nani/Kagawa behind RVP.
Agreed. If you asked top European defenders who the most dangerous players in our team are, they'd pretty much all say RVP, Rooney and Nani. Amazing to think that some caftards want us to get rid of two of those three.
Dragovic (Austrian defender who played for Basel when we went out against them) said Nani was the most difficult player to play against in his whole carreer.
I remember the Basel game (away). Nani was our best player by a million miles in that one, tore their LB a new one in that game. Pity Rooney was shite or we'd have gone through
So we should hang on to players because of their technical ability and the fact the may strike fear into out opponents? Nani has failed to produce any long term form for two seasons and Rooney has twice asked to leave but we should continue to pay their outrageous wages so we can scare our opponents!
Well that's not true, the season before last his record was as good as Valencia's who won the player of the season award for us. He wasn't great the whole season being stronger in the first half of the season than the second but that was also the same of Valencia, who was quite quiet in the first half of the season and great in the second half. Most players aren't great over a whole season, what's important is that they still produce and work hard for the team, and Nani has shown he can do that, for some reason only he is seemingly held to this weird standard off having to be great in every game.
Nani isn't helped by having to play a high amount of his games on the left.
He can still be good there, but on the right can be outstanding.
If Valencia and Nani both get back to their top level Moyes will have a nice decision there
He can still be good there, but on the right can be outstanding.
If Valencia and Nani both get back to their top level Moyes will have a nice decision there
Myth alert.
What myth?
That he's better on the right side.
Well that's the truth.
No it isn't. It was bandied about three seasons ago, an Nani's played numerous great matches on his left.
His best ever performance for us was as a left winger vs Bayern in the CL.
His best ever performance for us was as a left winger vs Bayern in the CL.
Cracking video, nice to see a comp that doesn't have god awful music, pointless video effects and actually includes clips of commentary where possible, and for that, I appluad you IhabX7. Also a great reminder of how good nani can be, all too easily forgotten. Really hope he's part of the set up this season.
Yep, it's a myth for sure.
Not really, no. Nani's best ever season for the club was as a right winger where he was consistently brilliant and was our player of the season. A fit and in form Nani would still be very dangerous on the left but not as consistent or as good as he's on the right.
nani is better on the right. he is actually a decent crosser of the ball with his right foot and during the 2010 to 2011 period he was scoring quite load of goals with his left while cutting in from the right wing.
Obertan could look good with a five minute highlight video!
I hate this idea that because Nani CAN be good on the left its a "myth" that he's better on the right. Rooney CAN play well in midfield but that doesn't make him a midfielder. Nani is far better on the right and when he was properly given the chance of down the right he made the position his own. That isn't to say he should never play on the left because he CAN be good there as well.
Obertan never won player of the year for us
And that videos doesn't do full justice to his form that season. There are some cracking assists missing from it
And that videos doesn't do full justice to his form that season. There are some cracking assists missing from it
Nani is capable of being equally outstanding on either side but he's generally better on the right in my opinion. He's also said that he prefers to play on the right.
That season he was PPOTY he was mainly used on the right also.
That season he was PPOTY he was mainly used on the right also.
One season. It's people just making shit up like that which is why so many on here underrate him. The season before last he was excellent - he and Valencia were the two best wingers in the league.
I mention how other top professionals see him to demonstrate how the people who actually know what they're talking about rate him. It's not so we can 'scare' them. It's so we can beat them.
Agreed. He's slightly better on the right, but being played on the left certainly shouldn't ever be regarded as a reason for poor form. He's had great games there too.
Are you on about the 10/11 season, where he got 10 goals and 14/15 assists? I know his had injuries and moved down the pecking order but he's hardly flourished in the chances he's had since! It's wrong I guess as none of our wingers have really been at their best for a while yet Nani seems to be the one getting stick. If he does stay let's hope Zaha's arrival will give a him a good kick up the arse as well as Young and Valencia!
Both Fergie and Nani have said that he prefers playing on the right. He's put absolutely top class performances in on both sides, but I definitely prefer him on the right too.
Tbh when Nani is confident there's not a big difference whether he plays on the left or right. But when he is not on the top of his game playing on the left doesn't help him.
He was almost as good as Valencia was the folliwing season but didn't end the season well. And despite not playing a whole lot he was probably our best winger last season as well (granted that's not much of an achievement)
Fair point and to be honest I noticed SAF would seem to favour him in big games (CL games and top four fixtures) supposedly because on his day he's the most dangerous of our wingers, I guess the criticism is form related and Young and Valencia have their own detractors probably due to the fact that United have always had and used dazzling, eye-catching wingers!
Do read this a lot on here but I don't think it's true. Nani started looking excellent, but his impressive stats that season paper over the cracks of a frustrating, injury hit year. He notched up a decent rate of appearances but never really got into the flow of things properly, with a 2 month injury not really helping things. Valencia was far and away the better player that year, in my opinion.
That's obviously not to say he was poor or that he didn't have a pretty good season. That Everton display was immense for example, and the Charity Shield/Chelsea games were great too. Get that player back and we needn't worry about our winger situation.
It's refreshing to read some promising news regarding Nani.
If he can get back to his old form then he's a guaranteed starter for us. If he could push on even further from his previous form then he'd be one of very the best players in the world.
If he can get back to his old form then he's a guaranteed starter for us. If he could push on even further from his previous form then he'd be one of very the best players in the world.
Yeah but we both know obertan is gash. That video reminds me of what I already know based on watching nani a lot.
Yeah....but that's not Obertan, it's Nani. Unless you've never watched Nani before, five minutes worth of good footage on YouTube really shouldn't surprise you.
Which is kind of why I said it. A five minute video isn't enough but my point being videos, especially highlight videos, do not do players justice however it seems like some time ago that we'd expcect a decent cross or attempt on goal from Nani and he hasn't reached the heights of that season which is why fans have lost faith in him. We all know what he is capable of (as seen in said video) but he isn't producing it now!
I remember watching a Obertan video when he first signed for United and thinking we won't miss Ronaldo with this kid joining. Lesson learned!
A five minute video of Obertan skills and goals can be deceptive because we know now from having watched him for a period of years, he's not very good. A five minute video of Nani performing well isn't deceptive because again we have seen that he can go through seasons playing at that level, something Obertan could never do. Hell, he couldn't take a great performance into the next match forget about a seasons worth. I see it as a pointless comparison because with Obertan we know he isn't capable of being a great winger, Nani on the other hand can be one of the best in the world. Youtube videos don't dictate your expectations of a player, as in I don't watch a youtube video of Nani's goals and assists and then expect him to score or assist in each game because of it, but they can be used to re-affirm and remind us of some of the great games and moments we have seen from him, especially after the back of last season where he was barely involved. You watching a video of Obertan before he played for United, and then watching a video of Nani playing for United after being here for a matter of years and contributing to success isn't really comparable.
Well he had one poor season just gone where he missed a lot of games through injury, still his production per game was as good as Valencia/Young, although that isn't saying much, but end of the day he really didn't play enough last season. Also I do question if you really thought Obertan could replace Ronaldo.
The previous two seasons I'd be surprised if there were many other players, playing in his position and with the same freedom he has that had better returns than him. Something like 45 goals and assists over those season in the league alone. He didn't play great over all those games, I accept that but I don't see why that matters when he was still clearly producing. RVP didn't play great in all our games this season gone but he produced over the season and that's what matters. I don't get why playing great is such a big thing about Nani specifically. If he wasn't playing well and wasn't producing then that would be a problem, but generally with the exception of this season gone, he's played well, with a fair amount of great games, particularly in the the prior two seasons before this one, and he's had some frustrating games, but overall he's produced an excellent return. Before that he was still setting too the league but again he produced well, as others have pointed out he had a better return over his first 100 games than Ronaldo did. So really with the exception of this season, a season where all our wingers under performed, he's either been playing as expected, and then he had a very good two seasons overall.
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