I'm surprised he started today after the Newcastle game for obvious reasons, but I don't think he was particularly bad all things considered - at least he's working hard when things aren't going for him in front of goal rather than sulking like some strikers do. His attitude seems very positive and gives me the belief that he will eventually hit form.
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Hyish lyegshh ar gawn.
Are you not afraid that being that one grey and sketchy footnote, that billy nobody movie extra, that one insignificant gray dot in a gray mass of mongatellos making sleazy 5th grade throw away comments, will be the breathtaking highlight of your life?
Look at the RvP thread for exanple. Not even DDG was safe from stupid condemning conclusions on his overall quality as a keeper during the early stages of this season.
Do you want to be that one in a thousand colorless mass of wool and mehhh or do you want to lead.
Shut up Kevin.
Player recovering match fitness after major surgery plays poorly in the second game in less than 48 hours. No surprise; shows LvG thought Wilson would add nothing.
falcao was a beast in spain already.
I disagree, his finishing wasn’t the best but his off the ball play was very good. Both he and RVP opened up so much space in the first half, its blossoming into what could be a deadly partnership.
Indeed. He played well until the ball got to his feet.
I think both of our front men did exactly what you'd want them to do apart from putting it in the net. They were getting into good positions and opening up Tottenham's back four frequently in the first 60 minutes. It was just a lot of very poor finishes unfortunately. It's frustrating.
Preety much this.
I don't think his legs have gone. Typical rusty performance you expect of someone that has played very little football. There was bursts here and there, I think he just needs a consistent run of games tbh.
I think there might be a future for me as a United striker...
He works hard but still can't cope with the physicality of the premier league, he loses most challenges easily, not for the lack of trying though.
He can't control the ball properly. Hopefully it's just because of the lack of confidence/playing time.
It sometimes looks like he's forgotten how to actually run, he seems to spend half falling over or on the brink of falling over. He should, hopefully, improve as he plays more games but unless his touch improves massively and he starts scoring at a Costa-esque rate then we should go nowhere near paying £43 million and 300 grand a week for him.
Felt he worked hard throughout the game, and you can see he wants to make an impression. He was everywhere. Didn't watch him much in Spain, but is his ball control normally so careless? Maybe it's a lack of match fitness, but he's been back for quite a while now.
Yeah he's definitely not worth that money imo. I'd like to see another season on loan though if he does pick up in form.. I'd rather use him and discard him as harsh as it sounds.
Looks so clumsy sometimes.
No denying his quality when on form, but no way should we pay him £250k a week for performances like that, those are games we actually need players like him to turn up.
No denying his quality when on form, but no way should we pay him £250k a week for performances like that, those are games we actually need players like him to turn up.
A dark haired Forlan some say
A lot of snap judgements.
He clearly is not for enough to play 180mins + in days yet, but he made some good runs and on another day would have had 1/2 goals.
He clearly is not for enough to play 180mins + in days yet, but he made some good runs and on another day would have had 1/2 goals.
I think you are on to something here. Probably more right than I am. Maybe this is just who he is days.
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Not ideal for someone making a living playing football.
Looked knackered today.
I only saw second half but he was pretty anonymous I thought. Wasn't the only one to have a disappointing game. Played well against Newcastle but he has to bring more to the table than he's done so far.
Another 90 mins under his belt.
Not a promising partnership between RvP and Falcao. I don't recall a single pass between the two today...only 3 against Newcastle and one of them could hardly be called a pass with intent.
There was intended irony in my comment.
In my opinion we played too many long balls to him and he didn't seem to win any of them! Its unfair to judge him too harshly with lack of service in the second half but should have done better with that chance when through on goal
If he is going to justify the huge price tag he can't afford too many more games like that, I still think he is going to need at least another 4 or 5 games to get back to full fitness, you can't fault his commitment or attitude though but he looked very rusty whenever he was on the ball and was shattered in the second half.
Yeah, he's only going to get fitter and more confident from this. Bit of patience wouldn't go amiss, because he will start scoring.
I like the guy, he works incredibly hard for the team, and is clearly desperate to succeed here, but frankly his finishing has been woeful for us. He scufs and snatches at chances just as much as Welbeck did. Looks nowhere near a £43 million striker right now. He's also desperately slow.
I do feel for him though as he seems like a genuinely nice guy.
I do feel for him though as he seems like a genuinely nice guy.
We've not seen the best of him so far. Hopefully he can avoid any further injuries and get up to speed, because when he is up to speed, his record proves he's a slightly better finisher than Danny Welbeck (no disrespect to Welbeck intended).
I'd love to see Falcao up front on his own against Yeovil next Sunday. Once Di Maria returns then he should be in the team instead of Falcao but Falcao could still turn out to be lethal when he gets his match fitness up to speed
Well he certainly doesn't justify a massive fee yet. Maybe he'll get better.
To be fair to him, he'll have felt the brevity of the 42 hour gap between games more than most. Without a decent base of fitness, recovery will be a bit harder. He's looked so heavy-legged this season. Would be great to see him playing with a spring in his step.
Without a doubt. Today you saw just how rusty he was. When Mata played him in he tried to take a shot on his left when it was begging for him on his right, a match fit Falcao would be putting that away. Hes also a step off his team mates which doesnt help but i'm sure it'll all come together sooner rather than later.
Also its funny but today i thought he was very "Welbeck" like, lots of effort but very little reward. Quite a upgrade when you think this was probably his worst game for us!
He got into great positions in the first half but his footwork is so slow at the moment, it takes him an age to get the ball out of his feet. He's probablt trying too hard as well, he wasn't getting much service in the second half meaning he had to drop deep which made him look even more knackered.
We had to put up with over a month of RVP putting in really dismal performances (worse than Falcao today) before he came back into form and was capable of playing the full 90, and Falcao is coming back from injury as well, people just need to be patient with him instead of expecting the moon on a stick just because of his wages.
We've got QPR and Leicester coming up soon, both sides who will give us chances (hope I haven't jinxed it saying that). Bag a few in those, and he'll be flying going into the early Spring, ready for the run in.
If there was an option to send him back in Jan and we could get a really good striker (two very big ifs, I know) then it wouldn't really bother me, tbh. As far as I can see we're basically paying a shitload of money to rehab a player that can't be a million miles away from being past his best, just for the chance to massively overpay for him.
He's obviously a game lad who is very talented but he's clearly injury prone and he leaves our attack looking very one paced. Had we bought him after Porto or even Atletico then it would have been a good move. Thus far I haven't seen a single reason to buy him.
He's obviously a game lad who is very talented but he's clearly injury prone and he leaves our attack looking very one paced. Had we bought him after Porto or even Atletico then it would have been a good move. Thus far I haven't seen a single reason to buy him.
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