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2014-15 Performances

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5.4 Season Average Rating
Appearances
29
Goals
4
Assists
5
Yellow cards
2
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Its mostly psychological with him. Hes not a player who drops deep to hunt for the ball, but thats what he is doing, mostly out of frustration i think. He is at his best off the defenders' shoulders and in the box, latching on to chances we should be creating. The first time we actually get him half a chance and he wins a penalty and would have scored.

I cant say its his fault its not working at this club but its getting too late to justify the transfer.
 
He was shite today, apart from the move where he won the penalty - that was top class.
 
I know I'm clutching at straws here, but I was really hoping he'd stay on after the first goal/sending off when Sunderland's defence would get more stretched. Barely got involved in the first half but aside from winning the penalty he had another excellent piece of approach play not long before.
 
First half he was awful. Second half was much better. I watched him closely today, I felt frustrated for him. He makes some great runs but never gets the ball, we insist on passing it back or sideways.

I really didn't get LVG's logic to sub him after the penalty though. Just didn't make any sense.
 
Complete waster, I swear to god if we sign him or have a deal in place to sign him I'm hunting down ed woodward.
 
I think he's worse at protecting the ball and holding it up than Hernandez. If we want to sign him, we might as well keep Hernandez at the club. Least he's younger and faster
 
PSingh said:
First half he was awful. Second half was much better. I watched him closely today, I felt frustrated for him. He makes some great runs but never gets the ball, we insist on passing it back or sideways.

I really didn't get LVG's logic to sub him after the penalty though. Just didn't make any sense.
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Seriously you should put this in the unpopular opinions.;)

He gets far too much stick, whereas other ineffective players get little criticism.

I watch him closely too, see the runs ...etc. You would think that he gets 10 or 20 chances a game and misses them, to get that level of criticism. The service is complete bollocks, yet he is the only one that instinctively chases in on shots from outside the box, or moves to the 6 yard line for crosses.
 
SalfordRed1960 said:
Seriously you should put this in the unpopular opinions.;)

He gets far too much stick, whereas other ineffective players get little criticism.

I watch him closely too, see the runs ...etc. You would think that he gets 10 or 20 chances a game and misses them, to get that level of criticism. The service is complete bollocks, yet he is the only one that instinctively chases in on shots from outside the box, or moves to the 6 yard line for crosses.
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Nah.....he's playing in a fantastic team, playing great football with bags of creativity and with wingers and players that have been creating loads of chances for him. If only he was like the other forwards at the club who were scoring loads of goals!!
 
I wouldn't be surprised if he went from being subbed off for being ineffective to being saved for Wednesday now RVP is injured because of that one bit of class. I think Fellaini was ready when the penalty was awarded but we waited for it to go in before he came on.
 
SalfordRed1960 said:
Seriously you should put this in the unpopular opinions.;)

He gets far too much stick, whereas other ineffective players get little criticism.

I watch him closely too, see the runs ...etc. You would think that he gets 10 or 20 chances a game and misses them, to get that level of criticism. The service is complete bollocks, yet he is the only one that instinctively chases in on shots from outside the box, or moves to the 6 yard line for crosses.
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The service isn't good but the he had one moment of quality and it led to goal, if he did that more often rather than constantly being pushed off the ball or mis controlling the ball he wouldn't be such a waste of space. That moment showed that if you are good enough you can make something out of nothing or very little.

He gets criticised because he is playing really badly, the service and performance of others are valid points but he just isn't and hasn't been good enough for someone who would cost and earns a fortune.
 
SalfordRed1960 said:
Seriously you should put this in the unpopular opinions.;)

He gets far too much stick, whereas other ineffective players get little criticism.

I watch him closely too, see the runs ...etc. You would think that he gets 10 or 20 chances a game and misses them, to get that level of criticism. The service is complete bollocks, yet he is the only one that instinctively chases in on shots from outside the box, or moves to the 6 yard line for crosses.
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The problem is, while his performances aren't horrible, it's not good enough to sign him, especially with the risk of his damaged knee attached to it.
 
Has anyone got any post-match quotes from Van Gaal on Falcao?
 
Sam said:
I'm just relieved that O'shea fouled him tbh, because lets be honest, he would inevitably have missed the chance after the good touch.
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Course he would.
 
Wade3 said:
The problem is, while his performances aren't horrible, it's not good enough to sign him, especially with the risk of his damaged knee attached to it.
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Agree. I just think to put him down when the other players are just playing side to side is too much.

As an example, I thought Rooney was rubbish today, yet got 2 goals, and so gets no criticism. The second goal was a typical example of an opportunist goal where the striker is in an ideal position. Falcao is in the positions nearly every attack, yet the ball is not be put in to that space. That doesn't mean I think he is exceptional, just I think the criticism is unfair.
 
Ixion said:
Has anyone got any post-match quotes from Van Gaal on Falcao?
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I only heard one comment, he said "Falcao played well for the penalty."

He did say just before that, when the interviewer was asking about specific players, that he does not like talking about individuals. He mentioned that certain players have gained a bit of confidence based on today's performance. Young did well. He said Adnan had been given chances before, but today he got an assist so it will do good for his confidence. Reading between the lines, Adnan has not performed too well before in his eyes, which is reflect by many comments on here.
 
I just don't think he deals very well with how little time he has in the Premier League. When he receives the ball he's hassled, when he's getting a chance on goal he's hassled, and it's something he isn't used to. When he's had quite a long injury lay off last season this probably wasn't the challenge he needed to get back to form.
 
Poor again for the most part. However, I do think he should've been kept on. At the the end of the day LvG is going to use 2 strikers and it's best we try to get him going somehow because we're going to actually need him for the time being.
 
He is having the Torres syndrome, he is the same player, he has the same qualities but he totally lost his confidence.
 
Kinda like the what if Carragher hadn't blocked Torres's shot from going in on his debut, against Liverpool of all teams, what if Green hadn't saved Falcao's shot from the rebound on debut.

He started off energetic and lively who just needed a run of games and he'll be set but as the season has gone on he's looking like a ghost out there.
 
Sam said:
From what we've seen of his finishing so far, I think there's a very good chance he would have done, yes. He snatches at everything.
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I'd expect Shola Ameobi to finish on his favoured foot in the 6 yard box.

What you said initially was another example, in a long line of negativity, towards Falcao from you. Clearly you're not a fan and obviously we're all entitled to our opinions. You just seem to look forward to Falcao making mistakes so you can come in here and take the pi$$.

Forget everything else, any player putting on our shirt and giving everything he has for our club has my support.
He looks a shadow of himself and it doesn't look good and I don't think we'll sign him.
But any chance of him reaching the level he was at before will be celebrated by me. Even if that's not at this club. As long as it isn't a direct rival of course. He was one of my favourite strikers to watch at Atletico and Porto.
 
PSingh said:
First half he was awful. Second half was much better. I watched him closely today, I felt frustrated for him. He makes some great runs but never gets the ball, we insist on passing it back or sideways.

I really didn't get LVG's logic to sub him after the penalty though. Just didn't make any sense.
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Sorry, but I spent a lot of the first half watching him... And his movement is either gash or completely non existence.
 
Every striker who isn't scoring gets the phrase "his movement is great" or "he's holding the ball up well". I've heard it so often for Welbeck, Hernandez, Macheda from United, Welbeck at Arsenal, Torres, Soldado, Anelka so and so forth.

It's the go-to line to have some optimism. And it's rubbish.
 
Bubz27 said:
I'd expect Shola Ameobi to finish on his favoured foot in the 6 yard box.

What you said initially was another example, in a long line of negativity, towards Falcao from you. Clearly you're not a fan and obviously we're all entitled to our opinions. You just seem to look forward to Falcao making mistakes so you can come in here and take the pi$$.

Forget everything else, any player putting on our shirt and giving everything he has for our club has my support.
He looks a shadow of himself and it doesn't look good and I don't think we'll sign him.
But any chance of him reaching the level he was at before will be celebrated by me. Even if that's not at this club. As long as it isn't a direct rival of course. He was one of my favourite strikers to watch at Atletico and Porto.
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I've been negative towards Falcao because he's been rubbish.

I'd love nothing more for him to get his Athletico form back too, but its just not going to happen. You only have to watch him to see that (for whatever reasons) he's past it.
 
Shearer was spot on with his analysis on MOTD. He just doesn't (or can't imo) run in behind defenders. That in itself has ruined his whole game. He's just not a striker that can play with his back to goal.
 
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