that was a miss. didn't even need a save. left foot maybe - WC strikers score them.
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I like him, wish it would work out for him but there's just no way we should pay the money for him. It kind of summed it up for me when he had that great chance and I just had no confidence he'd score, I knew he'd miss. Even despite his work rate and decent build up play, he's looked real bad in front of goal and I've no idea if it's a confidence thing or if it's something else but it doesn't look like it's going to get any better. Be amazed if we sign him permanent, better off looking somewhere else. It's a shame.
He had 4 shots today. 0 were on target
It's incredibly disappointing to see him like this. You could forgive the sloppy touches here and there if he was more clinical in front of goal. He would have finished that comfortably on his left during his prime.
That miss was his Welbeck vs Neuer moment. fecked it up.
Looks like fecking Bambi whenever he has the ball.
Utterly useless.
Utterly useless.
He's done, signing him permanently will be a huge mistake. I do admire his endeavour unlike Van Persie who is almost undroppable in Van Gaal's eyes.
That's right, and with the massive fee and wages that we'll have to spare when we pull out of the Falcao deal who's to say whether or not we'll come in with a HUGE offer for Kane?
Why pay 40m for Falcao when you could get Kane for the same!
Decent strikers keep it on target too.
Best deal we did this summer was to take him on a loan. His market value must have gone down to 15m euro by now - top!
I hope this donkey isn't playing for us come next season.
We have become a worse team trying to shoe-horn this big name player in to our team who is simply not good enough anymore.
He has had plenty of chances to show what he can do.
We have become a worse team trying to shoe-horn this big name player in to our team who is simply not good enough anymore.
He has had plenty of chances to show what he can do.
Going into detail here but why the hell did he try to hit it with his left? Easy dink over Adrian with the right no?
Really sad to see him like this. I have been supportive for the whole season but he is getting worse and worse. Its hard to be critical of him because he's a very likeable player. He tries hard, he obviously cares about the team, and he's a good team player. But his touch, speed, control, and finishing is just not there at all. He's getting the chances, both to be in the starting XI and to score goals, and he isn't taking them. Really, really sad.
No matter the foot used, from that distance and where the ball is positioned, if you don't hit the target then something is wrong.
Yea agree. His overall play was pretty poor too.
It's so strange how he just looks shot. I could understand maybe if his injury had impeded him physically (lost a yard or two of pace etc) but when he gets the ball his legs begin to resemble that moment when spaghetti begins to soften up in boiling water.
I think you should send him back to Monaco, then sign Lacazette.
I thought he was better than RVP today (other than his shit finishing). Put himself about and used his strength well, won a bunch of shoulder-to-shoulders against their defenders. Not sure why he's getting such a slating to be honest, guess people are just pissed off with that awful miss towards the end.
So, where are the 'its everyone eles's fault' brigade?
We leased this guy to do what today he failed to do in spectacular fashion, which is to score goals. He works hard but all he's doing is holding Wilson back from proper game time to develop him while putting in poor performances. I hope we're rid when the season ends.
some think that because he's been so sh1t that wilson's getting the nod off the bench. wonder if he would have if united kept one of chich/welz
We've had a good long test drive of this expensive car and it's missing the top couple of gears. Time to take it back to the lot and start looking elsewhere.
It seems like loan players typically struggle for minutes, we've been very generous with playing time for Falcao and I think it's becoming detrimental to the club.
It seems like loan players typically struggle for minutes, we've been very generous with playing time for Falcao and I think it's becoming detrimental to the club.
Said it before, will say it again - Falcao has come to the wrong league at this point in his career! PL is simply too fast, too physical and too rambunctious for him.
Should move to Italy.
Should move to Italy.
Looking forward to hear what @VanGaalEra thinks now, after being told by him Falcao is still amazing...
Definitely the wrong place to come after an injury like that.
His hold up play was very good. He looked to be the only one up for the physical challenge, and he was using his body really well. He kept opponents much bigger than him off the ball. The chance he missed was tough, but he's set himself to score with the wrong foot, so it looked like a howler.
Still, he's starting to remind me of Torres at Chelsea. He's working hard, and doing a lot of stuff right, except for the finish. He's a good team player and I really like his tenacity and desire. He had more of it than most of our players today. But he needs to score, and be scoring regularly.
Nah, he was truly shocking - well before that miss, which was the only good thing he actually did today (as it required some sort of movement).
His first touch is horrible, when he dribbles he runs straight into trouble and loses the ball, and if he decided to not dribble he passes it 20 yards back. He doesn't use the ball in any form of intelligent manner. RVP - and I'm not saying he was good - actually tried to use the ball in a smart manner, and its obvious that his touch hasn't yet deserted him. RVP looked to get people in today, as well himself... Falcao just looked lost.
I hope he picks up a knock and doesn't play for us again.
Can't feel sorry for someone producing such a shite level but taking £300,000 a week.
Sadly, he's been a waste of space.
Can't feel sorry for someone producing such a shite level but taking £300,000 a week.
Sadly, he's been a waste of space.
He must be the slowest striker in the PL? He's so slow, sometimes I expect him to start going backwards.
Definitely, he needs to be somewhere less physical and where that half a yard he's lost won't be so apparent.
If Mendes cares at all about the lad he'll get him off to Italy. It's that or the MLS for Falcao I reckon.
Good, it wasn't just me then!
Know what you mean, but at least he has scored four goals in 12 starts. Nowhere near as many as you'd hope, but thank God he's not having a proper goal drought like Torres did IIRC.
And then after a year of rebuilding himself physically and most importantly confidence wise, he would have performed much better.
Must have been watching a different match, I thought he looked more up for it than most of our team. His technique was a bit shit, but he got stuck in, wouldn't say he looked lost at all.
it was his right foot , that's how bad he hit it
Sadly I'm leaning to the other side now. Lets buy a younger, pacier forward. Its a modern way nowadays.
Not worth the money, maybe he'll suddenly flourish in the next team but that's a risk I suppose.
He looks like a old school slow CF and he isnt even scoring.
Not worth the money, maybe he'll suddenly flourish in the next team but that's a risk I suppose.
He looks like a old school slow CF and he isnt even scoring.
holy moleyIf we keep playing him like a guaranteed first choice, I fear we will waste money on this deal.
He does battle well, and he's got good body strength and knows how to use it. But considering he's known as a world class finisher - that this is basically his game - he needs to be scoring the type of chances he got today. It's not beyond the bounds of possibility that if we keep playing him, he'll go on a mad run of goals, but I want to see it soon.
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Fully agree. Serious campaign going on here.
His service was poor today unless he made the chance himself too.
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