The same issue with him as I had with Hernandez. He seems to be a poacher, before his injury he probably was more of an all round threat (I can't pretend to have seen enough of him before he came) so I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt until the end of the season. The way the modern game is going there is little room for poachers in starting line ups of teams that are fighting at the top. The man on top has to be more involved for me, like Costa, Benzema, van Persie when he first came and Suarez last year. He has to improve alot for me to sanction the buy, if anyone asks me in the summer that is.
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At least he hit the target. Though I feel sorry for him. He must get frustrated that the ball doesnt come to him quicker. So much slow plodding he must be wondering if rather than when the ball will come into the box now. Unless its with Valencia, then you know it will hit a defenders ankle.
He was always a poacher, but capable of placing one (not even with much pace) from outside the box before the defender or goalkeeper could set themselves.
He was more than a poacher, he could build play and take defenders on or score from ridiculous angles with such accuracy.
People going on and on about the odd bit of movement and touch here and there is so insulting to his previous talents.
A lot more tap ins than I and suppose others remember though (some exquisite chips to look out for too).
Someone said to me tonight that his first touch is so bad, it looks like he's been passed a rugby ball.
Like watching a different player.
As an aside, there was a lot of penalties in that video. If you factor that in, his record suddenly doesn't look quite as impressive.
He won't be at United next season imo. I think he'll be a huge hit at Real Madrid though.
I just don't think we can afford to spend 40m odd on a striker when we're struggling to create chances for our strikers anyway. The obvious thing to do is reinvest that 40m into wingers/midfield and give the other strikers we have better service.
I just don't think we can afford to spend 40m odd on a striker when we're struggling to create chances for our strikers anyway. The obvious thing to do is reinvest that 40m into wingers/midfield and give the other strikers we have better service.
Although I'm worried that the deal's already sealed, if it's not, I hope we don't buy him, just not worth it at the moment, it's half of the season in, he's spent half of the time on the operating table and hasn't impressed in the matches he's played. Nothing personal, like the guy myself but just no.
Our whole team is being neutralized, not just him. It is so easy to defend against us and that's the problem. That was a strong team and Cambridge dealt with us quite easily.
He wont get close to their first team in this kind of form.
Despertely want him to score at this stage - even just one goal to take a bit of pressure off him; a brace or even an hat-trick might be a game-changer for him confidence-wise but it's just not getting past that first goal in games nevermind any more.
Im not convinced by this ' he'll be a hit at any other team' thing either. His problems are more than just service and formation.
Nah, he's always in the right positions, he's been unlucky in front of goal at times but he's making the right runs and his movement is good. We just don't play the ball quick enough to him, Shearer had it nailed at half time. He'd get significantly better service at Real Madrid.
The way he's going it's inevitable he'll drop to the bench when Rooney and Mata return. RVP while not performing that well either still has an air of self belief in his own play which Falcao seriously is lacking. And by which stage with us not being in Europe the games will start to run out for him to justify the transfer fee.
I agree.
Lucky to get into Castilla at this rate.
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Lets chase off Rob! He knows nothing. I actually think Costa would struggle in our current team, we're seriously that crap. Our service is utterly awful Rob, I noticed a trend during the 2nd half where some of our players actually preferred sending the ball left than spreading it to Valencia who was in space on the right. It's depressing how awful our wingers are when during the 90's it was our biggest strength.
Shhh. All he needs is a goal and he'll be back to his best. A goal will magically fix his broken legs.
Replace the word 'unlucky' with the word 'shit' and you're closer to the mark.
And he wouldn't get into the team ahead of Benzema. They already turned him down this season, and I doubt they've seen anything to make them regret that decision. In fact, they're probably counting their blessings.
No chance they give up what Benzema provides for Falcao. They've got him doing donkey work while scoring and assisting 20 a year. Benzema is perfect for them.
Besides how does Falcao keep up with Ronaldo and Bale.
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Could see a Lazio or someone like that getting 12-15 goals out of him maybe.
That would be fine if the only issue was he was missing chances but it isn't. He just looks so slow compared to the physical, explosive forward he was before and his touch is so poor. I wouldn't claim to watch loads of foreign football barring La Liga but surely there's a young, dynamic striker who could add a lot more than spunking 40m on a 29 year old who looks past his best. Also, he wouldn't get anywhere near Real Madrid's team on current form, Benzema is streets ahead of him.
Carlos Bacca might do. Also Colombian of course.
We have RvP, Rooney and Falcao, all of whom have looked average as a striker this year. The service has been the worst I have seen in my time of watching football, and 3 supposed world class strikers have looked so out of place that it is just baffling to watch at times.
People say this all the time about players who are out of form though. Then suddenly said player regains some match sharpness and they look back to their best. I don't expect him to go over to Madrid and score 30 goals, but he is not as bad as this season suggests. He's just playing for a very mediocre attacking team who struggles to create chances in every game they play in. It wasn't long ago that half the forum thought RvP was finished and then he regained a bit of form and looked good again.
I don't envy any striker that has the service that the players produced tonight. It's not a one off either. We've struggled to create chances all season and that isn't down to our strikers not being good enough. He has been disappointing at United, but I think United have been very disappointing all season, so that's hardly a good indicator that said player is finished.
He makes some quality runs in behind plenty of times in games but our players would rather go for the safe pass, I feel sorry for him, any striker would struggle with the type of service he gets
I'm not going to argue that United aren't playing like shit, we obviously are but for how long can we call this just form for Falcao? He wasn't as great as expected at Monaco (in a weaker league) and then suffered a terrible injury. Like all United fans I want him to be good for us but these comments about how he'd thrive in other teams are pointless, we're crap and he hardly merits a place in our side. The likes of Costa and Aguero would not be as impressive as they have been if they played for United but at least they'd be sharp in front, they'd worry defenders and they'd hold onto the ball a lot better. He's never had the quality of technique that Van Persie (who as it happens is clearly a shadow of the player he once was) has to rely upon as his physical capabilities have lessened.
quite good work with the ball, but not enough in this system he would benefit much more from being played as a lone striker in 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 which is not happening until we buys some wingers defenders and midfielders in the summer for hundreds of millions pounds.
Would swap him for RVP who is definitely becoming average striker and shouldn't start a game for us.
On top of that I don't think that Welbeck would do any worse than any of our strikers as they really struggle to take their chances this year.. but I get it this story is over..
Would swap him for RVP who is definitely becoming average striker and shouldn't start a game for us.
On top of that I don't think that Welbeck would do any worse than any of our strikers as they really struggle to take their chances this year.. but I get it this story is over..
Agreed. There is currently no service at all at the moment because we are too busy pissing about with it at the back. Falcao isn't the problem.
He also lacks mobility, is slow and has a really unreliable first touch, he does lack service but he has also not been good enough and even though I agree the service isn't good enough there are other players who would not be struggling as much because their all round game is better.
Hardly regained his form, he simply had two games and now he continues in his super poor form. I don't even think it is " a form" it is just his current standard which is lower and lower season after season. Of course people will start to believe that he is coming to his best when he scores a goal or two because we really hope for that to happen and are trying to be optimists but he it is clear that he is becoming not top club material at least not for a starter. He is one dimensional striker who needs support, can't beat a player, cant stretch the play or press the defenders. On the other hand I agree with you that he is like Falcao little unfortunate that we are playing current system in which both are not effective yet it was the reason why we went for this system because we have "world class strikers" - it is funny. But everyone knew it will not work. Hopefully we will not stick to this nonsense and use this extra player from attack in midfield where we definitely need him. And maybe the the strieker will get more support and even striker like RVP can look more effective like he can still do some job for us.. Right now I can't see an effective role for either of our no9s but I would take Falcao over RVP any day.. he at least looks like he tries and looks younger in his movement..
Its so frustrating but people would rather say hes rubbish, fair enough he should have banged a few against QPR and Spurs but other than that nobody is lifting their head up and looking what he is doing, RVP has the same problems at times but is better at dropping deeper, hes a quality player but only certain players can do it all themselves
The amount of time tonight I seen us pick up the ball in the second half and seen him hanging on the shoulder looking for a threw ball and we played it out to Valencia or Blind, Im happy that he is trying and isnt doing a Berbatov and hiding
Thats true but I dont think his game is dropping deep with back to goal, its playing off the shoulder and arriving late into the box, he got one quality pass all game today which he nearly put away, same against Yeovil too, other than that it was high balls and terrible crosses, Mata and di Maria seem to be the only players who understand the type of balls he wants, I used to be a striker and recieve rubbish over the top balls that were a nightmare to control let alone finish, so I know how frustrating it can be
Give him ammunition and he will get us goals! Service to our forwards is abysmal
This is a great point. We have 3 strikers that 18 out of 20 teams in this league would love and we can't make it work? Do you look at the strikers or the team? Would Aguero or Costa score the same number of goals in this United team. We are so slow, it's painful to watch and easy to defend against.
Yep.
Not a chance in hell. When Rooney scored his 34 goals that season, he was getting service from the likes of a fantastic Valencia and other suppliers. You cut out that sort of play and delivery, and you're left with little.
And people are still calling him unlucky
Poor unlukcy Falcao. How dare a 'keeper try to save any of his shots!
He's not good enough. Plain and simple.
Poor unlukcy Falcao. How dare a 'keeper try to save any of his shots!He's not good enough. Plain and simple.
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