Agree but it's not the fact the strikers aren't making runs which is solely the problem. The problems are much more entrenched than that. Falcao has been a disappointment but bar Blind and DDG, the rest have generally been consistently very poor all season
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Agree but it's not the fact the strikers aren't making runs which is solely the problem. The problems are much more entrenched than that. Falcao has been a disappointment but bar Blind and DDG, the rest have generally been consistently very poor all season
Potential is a gamble but falcao is an even bigger one because he is in the latter stages of his career and hasn't even come close to showing he has recovered from his last injury. I would rather have someone who is on the way up rather than someone who hasn't had a good game for two years. RVP is on a downward spiral but so is falcao signing him as a replacement would be a terrible decision.
Exactly and how many of our attacks break down because he can't control the ball or gets bullied by the centre half. Of course the service to him could be better but when you look around the league there are a number of strikers who would be able to creat things for themselves and make more of the service.
Surprised he didn't get on the pitch today. Fans were chanting his name, but it seems his United career will be short lived.
Another baffling sub from LVG to bring on Carrick ahead of him when we needed a goal. If we hadn't scored, I could've seen that being a far bigger talking point.
Need a goal and we pick a holding midfielder leading to a tactical change instead of him.
He would've added nothing.
Everyone bitching for Falcao to be broughf on at the end. You feckers were baying for his blood at the weekend.
Can you see into alternate universes?
Delighted he didn't show at any point to be honest... I don't think he'd have added anything.
Given his recent form I don'tdon't see what the point in bringing him on would be.
He can see into everything Falcao has done for United so far, which is nothing. It would be likier that his touch would have been shit, they got the ball and then scored from the counter than him nicking in a goal.
van Gaal continues this pattern of starting Falcao one week and then him getting 0 minutes the next.
Safe to say Falcao is officially toast at this club now.
So people now moan cause we wasnt subbed on.
O tempora o mores.
O tempora o mores.
People can laugh all they want but not bringing him on was ridiculous really. You need a goal you dont take your most dangerous player off for someone even more wasteful after 55 minutes then wait till the 80th to bring on Mata. Shocking subs again. All rosy now though because of a fluke goal at the end.
I'm not so much commenting on his potential usefulness, as the logic of having a striker (any striker) on the bench and not bringing them on when goalless after 89 minutes. Let alone at the expense of a holding midfielder. Just seemed bizarre.
LVG is seemingly a bit crap at making subs, no arguments from me there... but I've no problem with Falcao not coming on. It's not like he screams "I'm going to score the winner" at the moment.
True but I think Falcao is more likely to get us or create us a goal than Carrick.
No, but why have him on the bench then? Is bringing on Carrick going to prove anything? He's a striker who comes to life in the box (well used to) and I'm sure he still has some of that scoring instinct left.
We draw 0-0 then this is obviously a bigger talking point, yet people will ignore it.
We didn't need an extra striker on the pitch,we needed a creative midfield
Don't know - probably just in case Rooney got injured.
As for the striker instinct... I'm not so sure!
In the 87th minute bringing on Carrick instead of a striker was us chasing the game?
This. LvG got all decisions right tonight.
who would you have taken off?
Carrick came on for Rojo because he was in danger of getting sent off. He just switched Blind to LB and Carrick to midfield.
Bringing Falcao on would have meant a whole change in formation.
Bringing Falcao on would have meant a whole change in formation.
He is also more likely to come on and every time the ball goes near him either mis control it or be bundled off the ball by the defender.
For a start keeping Di Maria on, bringing Fellaini off for Mata or Falcao then do what a team who needs to win does. Bring off a defensive player for an attacking one. Especially when the opposition is so useless.
For 7 minutes. I suppose all the years Fergie brought on attacking players when we need a win are forgotten about. Amazing what a lucky win does for some people.
He fecked it up by taking Di Maria off, so there was really nothing he could have done at that point
If RVP is out for a while then we could do with Falcao as an option. I hope he plays versus Arsenal and shows us something good.
Bringing on Falcao would have achieved nothing at all. He's been wank all season and needs a tap in to score which he wasn't going to get with our service. That said, the Carrick sub made no sense.
A penny for his thoughts tonight. The first half saw so many opportunities in what was a frantic and pretty careless match from both teams defensively. He, and many watching, would have fancied him to have got at least 1 goal from the first half alone.
Then as the second half ticked its way to a conclusion, the signs of him not appearing or even warming up looked damning.
I still hope he can be given a(nother) chance with a team built around a style the compliments him and to serve up chances like we saw in the first half but if you were shaking a magic 8 ball it would read "Don't count on it".
Then as the second half ticked its way to a conclusion, the signs of him not appearing or even warming up looked damning.
I still hope he can be given a(nother) chance with a team built around a style the compliments him and to serve up chances like we saw in the first half but if you were shaking a magic 8 ball it would read "Don't count on it".
Forgotten Everton? Villa and Stoke? He has won us points with his goals, the first one mentioned being 3 very valuable ones coming off the bench.
However, looking at your posts in this thread after every game, it is clear that whatever Falcao does from now till the end of the season, be it good or bad, you will still point to his bad times. If you believe putting Carrick on for Rojo when we are looking for the win is a better move than trying to bring on more attacking players, then so be it.
Forgotten all the other matches? Where he just squandered goalscoring chances or lost the ball every time it came near him, he's done far more bad than good. Just awful.
He brought Carrick on instead because he needed to move Blind to LB as Rojo was one tackle away from getting a second yellow.
Also his surprisingly brilliant first touch I'd say won us the tie on saturday, considering y'know it drew a red card and gave us a penalty. Lets forget that though.
Lol, it baffles me how people are trying to glorify his past performances and act like we have forgotten how "brilliant" he was, one good turn against sunderland in a game where he was terrible and fans are trying to justify his performances again
Right decision to leave him out, should have been dropped a long time ago. Also, the right decision to not bring him on. Would he have tracked down those defenders like Rooney did for the goal? Doubt it.
Does that one good touch weigh more than all the other atrocious ones I wonder? He has done so many things wrongly in the past months, just a handful of good actions, jt's very optimostic to think that Falcao would change the game positively. Vs Sunderland apart from the pen, he did nothing good/special.
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