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2014-15 Performances

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5.4 Season Average Rating
Appearances
29
Goals
4
Assists
5
Yellow cards
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gooDevil said:
It's over, close all the Falcao threads.
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So many having no faith in LVG, and so many having no faith in Falcao.

Pretty confident he will come good. If we continue as we are now with 1 up front I think he would fit in. Both him and RVP have performed poorly because of us not gelling as a team. To be fair Rooney has been pretty poor as well.

I know I am in the minority, but I don't think he is a Torres.
 
SalfordRed1960 said:
So many having no faith in LVG, and so many having no faith in Falcao.

Pretty confident he will come good. If we continue as we are now with 1 up front I think he would fit in. Both him and RVP have performed poorly because of us not gelling as a team. To be fair Rooney has been pretty poor as well.

I know I am in the minority, but I don't think he is a Torres.
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So many things wrong with this comment.
 
SalfordRed1960 said:
So many having no faith in LVG, and so many having no faith in Falcao.

Pretty confident he will come good. If we continue as we are now with 1 up front I think he would fit in. Both him and RVP have performed poorly because of us not gelling as a team. To be fair Rooney has been pretty poor as well.

I know I am in the minority, but I don't think he is a Torres.
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An equivalent argument to this, in terms of mentalness would be "I think Newcastle are a good team and now they've got a new manager I can see them getting Top 4".
 
Amir said:
He'll struggle to get much time on the pitch with one striker, which won't be him.
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We are pretty close to having our 4 most creative players in midfield, so there will be lots of opportunities hopefully for the striker. I am sure the order of attack will be Rooney > RVP > Falcao. So Yes he may not get many opportunities, but what is to say if he did get a chance he would be poor given a good supply.
To me he gets far too much criticism when we as a team have created very few chances. RVP and Rooney have also struggled up top. People protect Rooney because of his work rate upfront. However, how long did it take him to have a shot on target in 2015.
 
SalfordRed1960 said:
So many having no faith in LVG, and so many having no faith in Falcao.

Pretty confident he will come good. If we continue as we are now with 1 up front I think he would fit in. Both him and RVP have performed poorly because of us not gelling as a team. To be fair Rooney has been pretty poor as well.

I know I am in the minority, but I don't think he is a Torres.
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He absolutely might come good, but I don't see him getting any meaningful time here this season.

He won't want to risk potentially sitting on our bench next season, he'll want a starting job to repair his reputation.

And we won't want to pay what he costs at this point.
 
SalfordRed1960 said:
To me he gets far too much criticism when we as a team have created very few chances. RVP and Rooney have also struggled up top. People protect Rooney because of his work rate upfront. However, how long did it take him to have a shot on target in 2015.
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I tend to agree there. United just hasn't been a good team for a striker this season (or last season). Let alone one recovering from an injury and settling in. It's still difficult to judge Falcao and whether he really is 'done' like some people believe. But with so few matches remaining, he's unlikely to really 'come good' this season.
 
While he might "come good" next year, is it worth the risk of giving him a long term contract on a 1 million a month contract at his age? god no. He won't have "sell on value", he arguably isn't even the best striker anymore in the team so he cannot justify his wages.

It makes no business sense, and the sense of optimism is only fueled by his past performances. Some people never recover fully to their past glories from injury, and unfortunately Falcao is 1 of those.

He needs to have the team built around him with legs with cut backs from the byline, that is something he won't get in LVG's team.

Unfortunately he is just in the wrong form, at the wrong club at the wrong time.
 
While I understand many feel he may come good again even when I take away the low goals I'm still not thrilled with his link up play. He rarely seems to have the ball under control and he's often getting knocked over which in past leagues he probably got fouls for. I can forego the goals if you are producing in other areas but he's not. At this rate he is like Danny Welbeck but with 1/3 the pace and stamina. That's just not good enough for our standard.
 
Adam-Utd said:
While he might "come good" next year, is it worth the risk of giving him a long term contract on a 1 million a month contract at his age? god no. He won't have "sell on value", he arguably isn't even the best striker anymore in the team so he cannot justify his wages.
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Indeed. As I've said before, if we're going to take a risk, why not take a risk on a young striker who's scoring tonnes of goals in the world somewhere? There's always someone in Portugal or France or Italy that's ripping up trees in any given season. For the salary & transfer fee we'd be spending on Falcao we could buy almost any young talent in the world.
 
bishblaize said:
Indeed. As I've said before, if we're going to take a risk, why not take a risk on a young striker who's scoring tonnes of goals in the world somewhere? There's always someone in Portugal or France or Italy that's ripping up trees in any given season. For the salary & transfer fee we'd be spending on Falcao we could buy almost any young talent in the world.
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Yep, lump it all on Dybala or Lacazette or Vietto. This is our problem recently, buying people who've been there and done it with no further ambition.
 
He needs a lot of games and patience to find his best form again. He wont get that at United so I think it's more beneficial if he moves on
 


Why couldn't he do this against West Ham...?
 
I'm only happy 'gainst Bahrain
I'm only happy when it's not complicated
And though I know you don't appreciate it
I'm only happy 'gainst Bahrain
You know I love it when the goalie's bad
I'd probably like to play against your dad
I'm only happy 'gainst Bahrain

Pour your misery down
Pour your misery down on me
Pour your misery down
Pour your misery down on me
 
Regardless of opposition that 1st goal is still a great finish.
 
I'd think he feels a lot less pressure there too. He gets to play the full match and he's probably a lot more comfortable with less to prove.
 
On the 1st goal he has far too many time and space. The 2nd one is lucky and dodgy as feck. In the right setup and a team build around him, he can score lot of goals again. Unfortunately, i dont see him playing well for us with the tactics we employ.
 
The Colombia team is set up perfectly for him. So was Monaco's. So was Atletico's.

If we didn't have Rooney and Van Persie, if Di Maria played wide and Mata played behind Falcao, we'd see the best of Falcao. As it happens he's playing a game that he only does to a so-so level.
 
Nice to see him scoring, and that first was a good first time finish even if he had loads of space. The second one he slips and mishit it though so it's a bit lucky. It's something I've noticed this season though, his overall shooting just seems so much worse. He mishits them really often, they're generally pretty weak and so the keeper saves them easily. Nothing like how he was before his injury when he strikes the ball.
 
Looks like I could cause those Bahrain center backs some problems and I'm recovering from a long term injury and can barely run.
 
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