Radamel Falcao image 9

Radamel Falcao Colombia flag

2014-15 Performances

View full 2014-15 profile

5.4 Season Average Rating
Appearances
29
Goals
4
Assists
5
Yellow cards
2
Status
Not open for further replies.
Vintage Falcao header today. I thought his all-around play was great. Holds the ball up well and makes smart, quick lay-offs.

Really needs more quality service, which he barely had today. Glad he played the full 90.

I love his passion on the celebration. Hope he can continue to make a real impact for the team.
 
Sam said:
If he's a striker that will only thrive with good service then he's never going to be worth £43 million or whatever ridiculous figure it is.

Benteke had feck all service and looked miles more threatening today.
Click to expand...

I also hate this sentiment it used to come up a lot with Mata too, and RVP last season.

The service was not world class by any means but it wasnt terrible either and one of Falcaos strengths has always been scoring from anywhere and everywhere and often by himself. He can still do a job this season mind.
 
Took his chance excellently. Looked dangerous upfront and even had some semblance of a partnership with RVP.

Unbelievable decision by LVG to pull off RVP instead of Mata. Especially as RVP has been in such good form.
 
Average performance, decent goal. I still think once everyone(di Maria and Herrera mainly) catch up with their form, and we move Rooney forward, there will be no place for him. Van Persie is better striker for me, Rooney is undroppable, or in better form than Falcao anyway.
 
Seeing him score again was the biggest positive today. He looks fit enough to me. He's got plenty of body strength and his all round game is pretty decent. It's just a shame the football we're playing at the moment isn't creating enough chances for strikers to feed off. You can see him making runs and clever movements in the box, but the ball keeps getting passed sideways instead.

That 90 mins will have done him a lot of good and we should see him getting more action from now on.
 
I only saw the second half and he played well, laid the ball off nicely and scored a good header. His movement was also really good and he's always in and around when the ball is in the box. Getting 90 minutes under his belt will have done him the world of good.
 
Glad he scored and got valuable minutes under his belt. Pleased with his performance.

Let's hope this time he can push on.
 
Great header today. A striker that is a predator aerially brings a different, much-needed dimension to our attacking play.
 
DevilRed said:
Took his chance excellently. Looked dangerous upfront and even had some semblance of a partnership with RVP.

Unbelievable decision by LVG to pull off RVP instead of Mata. Especially as RVP has been in such good form.
Click to expand...

Maybe was resting him ahead of the next few games?
 
RVP going off while mata stayed on cost us the points. I think we would have got a winner with RVP staying on. Then again hindsight is great.
 
Thought he did quite well today, I was also very pleased that he completed 90 minutes!
 
Very pleased with him today took his goal well and his movement is phenomenal. Glad he played 90 mins today it will do him well.

He didn't get the service which he requires, there was one break we had where Rooney could have slotted him through but chose to pass to RVP on the wing which he looked disappointed with.

I hope he shows the world that his still 1 of the best #9's on the planet.
 
He was solid today but I still don't wanna sign him. We're gonna spend a boatload of cash on a 28 year old striker who had a massive knee injury and has constantly battled injury problems so far this season.
 
He was okay, he scored. Puts him in contention for the next matches obviously

Needs about 4 of those a match to be worth us signing him
 
Love reading the posts before and after a goal. Unbelievable the way the mood swings :lol:
 
He just doesn't look like he has enough about him to be a £43 million player. You think of the top strikers in the world right now, Aguaro, Suarez, RVP, Benzema, Ibrahimovic..all players that just have that something 'special' about them. They don't 'just' score goals. I haven't seen that in Falcao yet at United.

The common line seems to be 'he needs service' or something to that sentiment, well for me, a £43 million player should be able to shine even without amazing service. He should be able to stand out as being something special. And that means a lot more then having 'good movement' and 'decent hold up play'.
 
He looked decent today, so glad he started over Wilson.

So much passion when he scored, reminded me of Ruud.

Needs to start again on boxing day, leave Wilson on the bench.
 
Glad he scored but don't see him and RVP working well together, think we should rotate them over next three games and then pick whoever is in better form from then onwards.

He is an out and out goalscorer so he needs service but he isn't going to get that with the lineup we had today tend I think he would be much more effective if he wasn't playing with RVP.
 
Ekeke said:
If he scores 4 headers like that per game from now till the end of the season he'll probably be worth £45 million or whatever in spite of his injuries, yes
Click to expand...
If he finishes the season with 86 goals in 38 games that'll be some feat, certainly. :wenger:
 
Sam said:
He just doesn't look like he has enough about him to be a £43 million player. You think of the top strikers in the world right now, Aguaro, Suarez, RVP, Benzema, Ibrahimovic..all players that just have that something 'special' about them. They don't 'just' score goals. I haven't seen that in Falcao yet at United.

The common line seems to be 'he needs service' or something to that sentiment, well for me, a £43 million player should be able to shine even without amazing service. He should be able to stand out as being something special. And that means a lot more then having 'good movement' and 'decent hold up play'.
Click to expand...
He can create goals on his own, the "needs service" argument is meaningless. He's only started twice (?) for us and scored both times. A player who scores when he starts is worth big money. This is a player who scored a hat trick against Chelsea not that long ago.
 
Rykker_4united said:
He can create goals on his own, the "needs service" argument is meaningless. He's only started twice (?) for us and scored both times. A player who scores when he starts is worth big money. This is a player who scored a hat trick against Chelsea not that long ago.
Click to expand...

Well thats not true. He started vs Leicester and West Ham and didn't score in either.

Him scorning a hat trick two years ago has no relevance to him being worth £43 million right now. Hernandez had (has) a great record himself vs Chelsea, and also tends to score goals when he starts. Doesn't make him worth £43 million. You need a lot more to your game to be worth that kind of money imo.
 
Chuffed he scored. I really do want him to succeed here so I hope he stays fit and scores regularly. Two goals in two starts is not bad.

How many goals do people think he has to get for us to buy him?
 
Sam said:
Well thats not true. He started vs Leicester and West Ham and didn't score in either.

Him scorning a hat trick two years ago has no relevance to him being worth £43 million right now. Hernandez had (has) a great record himself vs Chelsea, and also tends to score goals when he starts. Doesn't make him worth £43 million. You need a lot more to your game to be worth that kind of money imo.
Click to expand...
I think you need to look at Falcao's body of work to see that he is capable of being, and has been at points, the best striker in the game.
 
Rykker_4united said:
I think you need to look at Falcao's body of work to see that he is capable of being, and has been at points, the best striker in the game.
Click to expand...

So people keep saying. But what Falcao did or didn't do two years ago matters not a jot. Its about what he does right now for United.
 
He was decent, despite having pretty poor service all game. Reckon he'd have scored that one on one that RVP missed.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.