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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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He's obviously not going to sign for us now so I'm not sure why we even bring him on instead of Januzaj who could use the opportunity to show what he can offer us for next season. I guess it's just to keep Mendes happy because its clearly not a footballing decision.

It's going to take a brave club to buy Falcoa this summer.
 
Attila said:
He's obviously not going to sign for us now so I'm not sure why we even bring him on instead of Januzaj who could use the opportunity to show what he can offer us for next season. I guess it's just to keep Mendes happy because its clearly not a footballing decision.

It's going to take a brave club to buy Falcoa this summer.
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i completely forgot about Januzaj's existence
 
Ish84045 said:
I'm starting to think we're cursed signing South Americans :lol:

Forlan
Kleberson
Veron
Falcao
Anderson
Heinze (debatably a success until he tried to move to Pool :lol:)

AdM is struggling.

In fact, Possebon/Rafael/Fabio were cheap (youth) punts, so Valencia is the only "big" success (and he was EPL proven) signing I can think of. Unless I'm missing any?
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Tevez was good to excellent for us. I still feel he shouldn't have been dropped when we signed Berbatov. Tevez was our most inform player the start of that season and he got rewarded by being thrown onto the bench.
 
gormless said:
Tevez was good to excellent for us. I still feel he shouldn't have been dropped when we signed Berbatov. Tevez was our most inform player the start of that season and he got rewarded by being thrown onto the bench.
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I'm forgetting all our Argies!!!

Yeah, in hindsight it was the wrong move by us.
 
Man Utd 4:2 Man City
I thought he looked sharp and confident when he came on, as if he's feeling more settled or no longer feels the need to impress as he knows he's off anyway.
 
Still don't want him playing instead of the likes of Januzaj or Pereira.
 
Could've been slid in once by Di Maria and played a decent pull back.

Looked more assured in his touches today. It does look like he's playing with less pressure recently. Was decent v Liverpool as well.
 
Devil may care said:
I thought he looked sharp and confident when he came on, as if he's feeling more settled or no longer feels the need to impress as he knows he's off anyway.
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What did you see that makes you say that? Genuine question.

I saw him nudged off the ball like usual and was too slow to keep up with the counter attack twice in 10 minutes.

Other than the offside pass to (I think) Rooney I saw nothing of a positive contribution.
 
JUPITER said:
What did you see that makes you say that? Genuine question.

I saw him nudged off the ball like usual and was too slow to keep up with the counter attack twice in 10 minutes.

Other than the offside pass to (I think) Rooney I saw nothing of a positive contribution.
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Took the ball with a more confident touch than he has most of the season, made a good interchange with Herrera where he made a nice pull out run to the right and was played in, also had a decent turn and drive as well. I'm not suggesting anything miraculous, just that he looked less edgy and unsure of himself and more confident in his touch.
 
I think he has looked decent in his last few sub appearances.
 
His best performance for quite a while, didn't once see him trip over his own feet or anything.
 
He looked fresh and energetic, some very nice touches, plus he seem`d genuinely happy for each of our goals, I think we should sign him right away
 
I honestly cant see him even being in the squad against chelsea. Rvp will be ready by then and can take his place on the bench. Having both is redundant.

Today's appearance should have been given to Januzaj or perhaps even nobody as a backup for an injury ala Carrick.
 
Is he any better than Hernandez?
 
LVG has been an angel so far regarding Falcao's treatment.If I were the gaffer he would not be anywhere near the first team by now.
 
khoazany said:
LVG has been an angel so far regarding Falcao's treatment.If I were the gaffer he would not be anywhere near the first team by now.
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Rubbish, bullshit and bollocks has he. If you don't believe me just ask Maradona.
 
Interesting how many of you had the same opinions on Young and Felliani at the start of the season eh?
 
Wilson Litchmore said:
Interesting how many of you had the same opinions on Young and Felliani at the start of the season eh?
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If you don't play very well then you're going to get called out on that. Your point isn't really interesting at all. If Young was still hiding like he was the seasons prior then he'd be getting stick.

Falcao has been dreadful and it's baffling to still see criticism in regards to his handling. The raw fact of the matter is that he isn't good enough to play here, not on this season's evidence.

The most surprising thing I find about Falcao and this strange move to Old Trafford has been how much I haven't cared about it all in the first place. I wasn't excited when he signed, I haven't had this burning desire to see him succeed like I've had with the other new recruits and I've been completely ambivalent to his time spent on the bench. Now that's not necessarily his fault, but as far as Falcao goes I just don't give much of a feck.
 
Kag said:
If you don't play very well then you're going to get called out on that. Your point isn't really interesting at all. If Young was still hiding like he was the seasons prior then he'd be getting stick.

Falcao has been dreadful and it's baffling to still see criticism in regards to his handling. The raw fact of the matter is that he isn't good enough to play here, not on this season's evidence.

The most surprising thing I find about Falcao and this strange move to Old Trafford has been how much I haven't cared about it all in the first place. I wasn't excited when he signed, I haven't had this burning desire to see him succeed like I've had with the other new recruits and I've been completely ambivalent to his time spent on the bench. Now that's not necessarily his fault, but as far as Falcao goes I just don't give much of a feck.
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Not bothered whether it's interesting or not. Young and Felliani are here not cause the fans were patient but because the manager (whether luck or judgement) worked out how to use them. Whether you or others give a feck or not, like I said, a bit of patience and we might have a player that can contribute in the league and Europe.
 
Wilson Litchmore said:
Interesting how many of you had the same opinions on Young and Felliani at the start of the season eh?
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He is 29 and will cost £40m. His best days in my opinion are behind him. Why not sign a younger striker with pace, which we lack.
 
I don't know what he will cost but it won't be £40 million anymore, there is no team that will pay that.
 
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Not bothered whether it's interesting or not. Young and Felliani are here not cause the fans were patient but because the manager (whether luck or judgement) worked out how to use them. Whether you or others give a feck or not, like I said, a bit of patience and we might have a player that can contribute in the league and Europe.
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And that patience will cost the club over £40 million. For that money I want a forward that will win us the league next season and ensure that we challenge for the Champions League, not somebody that may or may not score a few more goals against Southampton or Hull.

He's done here.
 
The team needs competition as there will be a lull amongst certain players that are performing right now. However Falcao for the value we would have to pay for him isn't worth that. As others have pointed out we need a striker with pace who can stretch a defence.
 
Kag said:
And that patience will cost the club over £40 million. For that money I want a forward that will win us the league next season and ensure that we challenge for the Champions League, not somebody that may or may not score a few more goals against Southampton or Hull.

He's done here.
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The point I'm making is look back at the posts about Young and Felliani, things can change and I question without those two players form, we wouldn't be in the position we're in. Im not bothered whether we keep him or we don't, just some fans have little to no patience anymore, and the crystal for another forward, well who's to say they won't hit the ground running either? It's like we've learnt nothing from the Young, Felliani and even Mata experience, and those players weren't cheap either.
 
He actually looked like a reasonable footballer when he came on yesterday... didn't even get easily barged off the ball or anything.

I'd say "more of the same please" or something to that effect... but he's not our player, so I really don't care.
 
He is a good player, and I think as a sole striker he could do well for us. There's two factors we need to think of when thinking of Falcao.

1. His best performances, and his most productive output comes when he is a sole striker with genuine width. For the first 2/3rds of the season, we played extremely narrow and with 2 up top. This won't get the best out of him.

2. He is/was coming back from an ACL injury, playing in, physically, the most demanding league. The PL isn't a walk in the park, and it's been a graveyard for some top European strikers (Shevchenko, Crespo, Soldado). Or maybe it's just a graveyard for strikers whose names end with an o.

Now, if, (and it's a big if), we were to play to Falcao's strength, I do think he'd be able to put up similar figures he put up for Porto, and Atleti.

Should we? I don't think so - and I don't think he'd want to stay in this league following this season either.
 
Honestly would rather sign Benteke for the money they want. Faster, stronger more suitable to the premier league.
 
Falcao has missed a few chances you would expect him to score. However, at the start of the season he was a victim of a very nervous United. He's not played well of late but I think he's probably genuinely gutted. He's in an awkward position. I think he did well when he came on. I think he would do well in this team at this tempo. He's been a bit unlucky. I still remember his debut when he had a great effort which hit the bar I think. Sums up his time here sadly.
 
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