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2014-15 Performances

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Drifter said:
Walk around with your fingers in your ears if you want. But the quotes have come from LVG.
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The fact that i could take the same quotes and just say, "LVG excited for Falcao return" can change the entire feel of the article.

Jamie Jackson is a troll journalist, he got found out big time during the summer transfer window and now I personally consider him a bit of joke.
 
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Well his wife says he's fit
 
One thing we can all agree on is he needs to start taking his chances. He should have had a couple more goals than he currently has, once he starts putting them away I'm sure he will be a permimant starter.
 
Don't see what the fuss is about LVG said he's not fit yet and is treating Falcao the same way our other injured players have been treated. All of a sudden it means it's all over for Falcao, get a grip.
 
2mufc0 said:
Don't see what the fuss is about LVG said he's not fit yet and is treating Falcao the same way our other injured players have been treated. All of a sudden it means it's all over for Falcao, get a grip.
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Di Maria will prob go straight into the team against Liverpool!
 
Getsme said:
One thing we can all agree on is he needs to start taking his chances. He should have had a couple more goals than he currently has, if he starts putting them away I'm sure he will be a permimant starter.
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Not sure it's quite the sure thing there in all honesty.
 
The Red Thinker said:
He can't even do 25 minutes on the pitch. He's unfit as LVG said in the papers yesterday. It'll be Christmas by the time we see him at full pelt.
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Yep.
And if you force a player who is unfit to play too much, he will just end up breaking (ie. getting re-injured). You have to increase the duration/intensity gradually.
He still has not recovered from his knee injury and it will take time.
You certainly wont see him at full power in December, given that he can only manage 20 minutes, today.

As a rough guide on recovery times:

In the past, the likes of Alan Shearer and Ruud Van Nistlerooy, also had ACL injuries. They did return, but generally it took a year for them to return to full power.
Roughly speaking:
7 months to recover from injury.
5 months to regain form/fitness.

Another point to remember is that LvG is taking advice from doctors/physios. He isn't making decisions on Falcao, by coin tosses or media reports.
LvG is an experienced manager so we have to trust that he is making informed decision.
The worst decision he can make is to "start" an injured player. This is asking for trouble and could end Falcao's career.
 
Still one of the players that fans are excited to see on the team sheet. Went to the game last week and there was an air of disappointment he wasn't brought on sooner.

The frustrating thing is when he has played, he has been involved and looked decent. However, I'm not sure I would be paying £42 mil for him, surely Monaco would struggle to get that off us or anyone else at the moment? Or even in the summer, it's a steep price in my opinion.

Maybe our plan was not to play him before Jan, ring up Monaco and say we will give you £25mil to get it done now, deal or no deal? He then proceeds to play every games, scoring 25 goals on the way to sealing us the title. ;)
 
SammyUnited_83 said:
Maybe our plan was not to play him before Jan, ring up Monaco and say we will give you £25mil to get it done now, deal or no deal? He then proceeds to play every games, scoring 25 goals on the way to sealing us the title.
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Just imagine if that's true, Falcao plus Valdes that would be machiavellian.
 
JPRouve said:
Just imagine if that's true, Falcao plus Valdes that would be machiavellian.
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I don't know the in's and out's of the potential deal, but say his 2nd half of the season was much of the same, then there is no way people would go near him for £42 mil.

Would Monaco entertain a lower offer in Jan from us, to get something in?!

All pure speculation of course, and I would much rather he has a cracking 2nd half of the season and we pay £42 mil for him, but Woody is the gambling man :)
 
SammyUnited_83 said:
I don't know the in's and out's of the potential deal, but say his 2nd half of the season was much of the same, then there is no way people would go near him for £42 mil.

Would Monaco entertain a lower offer in Jan from us, to get something in?!

All pure speculation of course, and I would much rather he has a cracking 2nd half of the season and we pay £42 mil for him, but Woody is the gambling man :)
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From what i understand even if he scores a shitload of goals, Monaco will accept less than 42m£, i think that they will take 20-30m€ without hesitation they need to get rid of his wage and they don't want any problem with the uefa.
 
sunama said:
Yep.
And if you force a player who is unfit to play too much, he will just end up breaking (ie. getting re-injured). You have to increase the duration/intensity gradually.
He still has not recovered from his knee injury and it will take time.
You certainly wont see him at full power in December, given that he can only manage 20 minutes, today.

As a rough guide on recovery times:

In the past, the likes of Alan Shearer and Ruud Van Nistlerooy, also had ACL injuries. They did return, but generally it took a year for them to return to full power.
Roughly speaking:
7 months to recover from injury.
5 months to regain form/fitness.

Another point to remember is that LvG is taking advice from doctors/physios. He isn't making decisions on Falcao, by coin tosses or media reports.
LvG is an experienced manager so we have to trust that he is making informed decision.
The worst decision he can make is to "start" an injured player. This is asking for trouble and could end Falcao's career.
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If that's the case (and I don't doubt you) then it kind of makes our loan deal look pointless and we are picking up the tab to get him fit. Wouldn't we have been better to see how he recovered with Monaco, arranging a deal for next season.

I love the guy and I am sure he will come good, but at the moment it all looks a little pointless and we are just throwing wages away.

Hopefully that will change in a month or so :)
 
JPRouve said:
From what i understand even if he scores a shitload of goals, Monaco will accept less than 42m£, i think that they will take 20-30m€ without hesitation they need to get rid of his wage and they don't want any problem with the uefa.
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That's pretty good news for us then, thought we had to pay £42 mil, (or had agreed to do so).

I would personally start him tonight, LvG can always take him off, then sub him on 60 mins.
 
At this rate he'll be lucky to get 1 chance in that half hour. Changing our striker is hardly going to turn this game around based on that first half performance.
 
No minutes for him last night. I assume he won't be starting for Liverpool than, considering it is such a massive game
 
With Rooney fit, Van Persie firing and Wilson a real threat from the bench, I hope he gets 60-90 for the reserves ASAP.

When's their next game?
 
I wouldn't be surprised if his loan is terminated before the season ends. Van Gaal only uses players match fit. Falcao's own injuries, and injuries amongst others have caused too many changes for him to come in. Falcao was never a priority. Unless we sort out our main issues at the back then trying to shoe horn another striker in is the least of our problems.
 
I don't really expect him to feature against Liverpool. If anything, Wilson will be given a chance ahead of him.

@Pexbo according to the U21 fixtures calendar, they play City away on Sunday. Which is a shame, as he'll probably be on the first team bench. After that, they next play on 9 January. So I expect him to probably start in the FA Cup 3rd round fixture at the very earliest.
 
Don't worry lads, it's all set up for hi to come on for the final 20 mins against Liverpool and score an injury time winner :)
 
Pity he didnt get any action against Southampton, Ive been hoping for his game time to be gradually ramped up in each game until he is fully fit, he'll probably end up with 10-15 mins max now against Liverpool.
 
I think his wife might create a Kaka'/Pellegrini situation if he spends much more time on the bench.
 
He is increasingly looking like a waste of money, isn't he? But hey, its not my money. I don't know how we can justify taking him on permanently if his situation remains the same.
 
NinjaZombie said:
He is increasingly looking like a waste of money, isn't he? But hey, its not my money. I don't know how we can justify taking him on permanently if his situation remains the same.
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Clearly we won't take him on if the situation doesn't change. Van Gaal has said as much. To paraphrase "when a player like Falcao becomes availiable you take him on. For us there is no risk though because it's a loan". That in itself suggests that if it doesn't work out we won't buy him.

The risk was letting Welbeck go but Van Gaal didn't see Welbeck as competition to Falcao, it was to Wilson.
 
Have had the feeling for a few weeks that he will make his mark in this Liverpool match, still feel that now, if he plays, against their defence, he is bound to punish them.
 
Eric'sCollar said:
Have had the feeling for a few weeks that he will make his mark in this Liverpool match, still feel that now, if he plays, against their defence, he is bound to punish them.
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I have a feeling it will be too tight for his usual cameo.
 
I had a vivid dream about him last night.

I was back at my old University and he had climbed on top of a building and was threatening to throw himself off. I climbed a tree to talk him out of it but he jumped before I could get near him. I was trying to call 999 but kept getting put on hold while he hobbled around the place, with one of his legs horribly broken and twisted, lashing out at anyone who tried to help him.

It was really intense. The fecker is obviously taking up more of my subconscious than I thought.
 
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Pogue Mahone said:
I had a vivid dream about him last night.

I was back at my old University and he had climbed on top of a building and was threatening to throw himself off. I climbed a tree to talk him out of if but he jumped before I could get near him. I was trying to call 999 but kept getting put on hold while he hobbled around the place, with one of his legs horribly broken and twisted, lashing out at anyone who tried to help him.

It was really intense. The fecker is obviously taking up more of my subconscious than I thought.
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Strange dream, bit off topic but last night I had a dream 2pac was down in an orchard with Callum Best, running from the police because they were shouting abuse at a fat woman and Callum robbed a bottle of cheap CK aftershave for his brother. :confused:
 
Pogue Mahone said:
I had a vivid dream about him last night.

I was back at my old University and he had climbed on top of a building and was threatening to throw himself off. I climbed a tree to talk him out of if but he jumped before I could get near him. I was trying to call 999 but kept getting put on hold while he hobbled around the place, with one of his legs horribly broken and twisted, lashing out at anyone who tried to help him.

It was really intense. The fecker is obviously taking up more of my subconscious than I thought.
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:lol: I can imagine El Tigre lashing out at people.

My girlfriend woke me up last night sleep talking, sitting up in bed saying I was trying to "get around the fence" so I can get out and get my stuff. I was feeling the wall and running my hand across the headboard trying to work out how to get out and I got really aggressive when my girlfriend asked what the feck I was doing and tried to talk me out of leaving the room which is fortunate as I sleep naked and we've only been living in this lodge for less than a week. Someone from one of the 16 other rooms might have had a surprise, the CCTV in the hallway would have had an eyeful at least.

Bit weird though, never done anything like that before!
 
I really don't understand the situation with him. How he is not match fit after 3 weeks being injury free? I just don't understand it.

He is one of the best strikers in the world and if you have striker of his quality you have to play him week in week out when he is ready. Strikers of his ability usually play through the little injuries like Costa is doing this season, or Rooney against Bayern couple of years ago, even Cisse played for Newcastle 3-4 week ago and he was still clearly injuried.

How he will get match fit if he isn't playing? I just don't understand it. RVP is a good example how we played him this season even if it was obviously that he can't play 90 minutes so he could improve his match fitness. He did and i don't know why we are not doing the same with Falcao.
 
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