The PL really is the worst league any ageing player, who's just suffered a serious injury, could come to. It just magnifies any weaknesses in a players physicality.
He needs to head over to Italy.
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The PL really is the worst league any ageing player, who's just suffered a serious injury, could come to. It just magnifies any weaknesses in a players physicality.
He needs to head over to Italy.
Barely even created a chance. Until we start creating chances for the frontmen - and not just floaters into the box or diagonal passes for the forwards to chase towards the corner flag - our strikers can hardly be blamed. This patient build up shite just needs to go. Go for the throat. Possession is meaningless if we're gonna do nothing with it.
Back to goal, takes 5 touches to control the ball and by that time he's already somewhere near the halfway line. It's sad but he's really starting on reputation now.
He was so so today, thought he took his chance ok though, was just a good save by the keeper.
However when he got the ball to feet, he looked quite uncomfortable with his first touch and so got bullied a bit.
Service to him was piss poor, wide men not getting the ball in early enough and Valencia just completely ignoring him at one point.
However when he got the ball to feet, he looked quite uncomfortable with his first touch and so got bullied a bit.
Service to him was piss poor, wide men not getting the ball in early enough and Valencia just completely ignoring him at one point.
Not sure if he is even good enough as a backup striker let alone leading the line every match. Certainly nowhere near good enough to justify the massive fee being demanded. I don't give a damn about past highlight reels.
Is every keeper he plays against making world class saves or is he not making them work enough?
Not at all, I like to read your posts generally but just seems to be everytime I come into the thread I see another negative comment from you that's all
I usually don't bother about what we pay for players but if we pay the 40 something million for Falcao that was reported some serious questions should be raised about the management of the club.
40 million? You're having a laugh.
Loved his touch for that, top class.
I pity him, the service to our forwards is awful. I pity any striker that has to rely on Valencia for a source of crossing.
Thought he was pretty good. Made numerous good runs but none of our midfielders is capable of a good pass behind the defense.
Quality forward playing in a joke of a team/system.
@ItsEssexRob has been spot on about Falcao all season long, its just some don't like what they're reading.
He's a game lad and no one can question his work rate or heart but there's precious little quality at the moment. Everything looks a struggle.
Not at all, I like to read your posts generally but just seems to be everytime I come into the thread I see another negative comment from you that's all
Like I say its not a vendetta against him, you have to skip to somewhere in the early part of this thread and the Vidal thread for some reason at the closing of the transfer window. Lots of things were said, disagreements were had, which is probably why I am active in here more than would be normal.
I would give him credit when it is due, like I said I used to love him and wanted him for us, pre Monaco.
If he does leave and goes to a functioning team it wouldn't surprise me if he starts scoring bag loads again, and in a way I hope that does happen just to prove the point against people who have an agenda because of his price tag. Funny how Rvp isn't getting any stick after his miss, while only last week people were saying how he would bury his chances unlike Falcao.
The way we play he's useless. Not only his fault. Watch him play for the scousers and he'll bang them in regularly. It's just so easy to defend against our slow attacks, if that's what we call our laboured attempts to creat a chance.
Agreed. He seems very rushed and busy on the ball too.... not at all relaxed and comfortable. Really does look like a man who is auditioning for a part deep down he knows he isn't up to.
I don't think we'll sign him permanently but he hasn't been as bad as being made out in this thread. Could have scored tonight had the goalie not played like a god.
But RVP looked dangerous in his brief cameo. Falcao had the whole game and was poor.
Much less frightening when you realise he's slow, weak and can barely hit the ball with any power any more. Movement's the only thing he has left; though you'd think that alone would get him into double figures with any kind of service from the wingers.
How many saves?! Like a god is a little over the you.
There's no way we will be signing him on a permanent deal.
He made 4-5 extraordinary game changing saves. The one v Falcao, two v RVP that he can take credit for, and the one on Di Maria's rebound were all amazing. And thats not mentioning the several clearances he made. I thought he was MotM
This is the truth of it. And it echos what I've been saying about him for a long while.
Italy is the place for Falcao, the PL is so clearly too fast for him. And then you take into account his injuries, and the physicality of the PL also becomes a problem.
This is why he looks slow and weak every game. It's nothing to do with service.
Italy would be more forgiving on his lack of speed and I'm sure he could enjoy 2 years at a top team there.
We should let him go. He's no United player.
You must have watched a different game.
I do feel sorry for him, but he's done as a top level player. Poor fecker. He looks like he knows it too, deep down.
Cue us spunking £40 million on him in the Summer.
Cue us spunking £40 million on him in the Summer.
We won't sign him and we'll get a new Striker with pace. Then Mendes will be pissed and he will screw us and take De Gea to Madrid...
It's not an agenda and it's not about the price he just hasn't been good enough since he came here, even if the price was ten million at the moment he isn't worth it. Maybe he can improve but he looks finished at the moment and like it or not he is on trial here. It's irrelevant what he did in the past, it's about the here and now and he just isn't up to it.
He needs to go to italy, the slower pace and but more time on the ball will suit him.
Commenting on his performance today is almost meaningless (irony alert), but Cambridge defended with 9 men pretty much the whole match and our striker got no service at all.
Moaning about our strikers today is like complaining about shit bullets fired from a toy gun
Moaning about our strikers today is like complaining about shit bullets fired from a toy gun
The keeper made a top class save, what do you mean not working him enough?
You drunk?
Wasn't as bad as some here make it out to be, had an average game.
TBH whilst I don't think he was that bad (he did nearly score with the only decent ball he got). His overrall game was very poor, his first touch was heavy and he took an age to get the ball under control when the ball came into feet. Don't think he even tried to take the ball on the turn once, he didn't have the greatest game tbh.
He wasn't bad, but with each passing game it feels more and more like he's not going to be here after the summer.
I thought it bounced in
I was taking the piss about Falcao's shocking first touch before the shot
It's so hard for him in our 'system'. He was miles more dangerous than Wilson, active but gets so little service I don't even know how to judge him.
His one clear chance he did well, got it away from the defender, snap shot and it was saved. Other than that he was left trying to head the ball against players 6 inches taller than him.
His one clear chance he did well, got it away from the defender, snap shot and it was saved. Other than that he was left trying to head the ball against players 6 inches taller than him.
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