The chance he created was great, I'll agree with you on that, but I'm not going to agree with you that he couldn't do anymore because he should have scored IMO.
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I really feel sorry for the lad but it's just not working with him at our club. Would have been a great game for him today if he had scored with that shot in the second half but it's just not really going right for him atm.
Well yeah, old Falcao probably would have. He was better today than in his last games for us but it was a difficult game for any centre forward when you see very little of the ball.
Falcao's pressing today was so lazy, slow and had absolutely no intent. It was shocking. I'm really surprised how many people aren't noting this.
He has no presence between the opposition CBs - he's no bother to deal with.
Anyone who thinks Falcao's performance today was comparable to Rooney's against City must be deluded.
He has no presence between the opposition CBs - he's no bother to deal with.
Anyone who thinks Falcao's performance today was comparable to Rooney's against City must be deluded.
Against the meanest defence in the league no less.
We've written loads of players off here that have come back to prove us wrong, but to me Falcao needs a new club and a new start.
I'm not being critical here of his whole performance. I agree the ball didn't come his way that much in the game and I'm not here slating him saying he played shite blah, blah, blah. I just feel he should have buried that chance, so he could have done more.
He had one chance that he should have buried, but there's no way Rooney would have made that run in the first place.
Let's just not sign this guy under any circumstances.
Exactly, he has very little match fitness.
I like the guy but he doesn't deserve to stay based on what we've seen so far unless the fee wages are more reasonable than the extraordinary figures we see quoted all the time.
I'd like to see him with a nice run in the team up top on his own.
Made some decent runs and tried hard enough I felt, got into a couple of good goal scoring positions but it wasn't to be. The big issue is that he doesn't press and harass the CB's the way Rooney has been doing in that role.
Copy and paste? Pressing? Pressing who? We had the ball for 75% of the game and passed it to the wings/backwards 9 times out of 10. He put in a shift, like Rooney did last week. Saw barely any of the ball and wasted a good chance he created with a decent turn after getting about 5 touches the whole second half. No it's not good enough for us but acting as if he was a total disaster is just clear bias.
Can't fault him for effort.
He didn't do too badly I thought. The two times that he did get good service, he has a shot blocked and a shot hitting the post.
Still not worth buying though.
Still not worth buying though.
He's done at United. There might still be a quality player in there somewhere but we can't afford to give him enough games to find his form again.
Hope he can do well somewhere else, good luck to him.
Hope he can do well somewhere else, good luck to him.
Amazed he wasn't subbed. I was convinced di Maria was going to come on for him, push Rooney up top, with di Maria in the midfield 3.
Some of the criticism in the matchday forum was OTT but that should be his last start here. He just doesn't have any standout qualities at this level.
It's amazing that his pressing was so ineffective and yet we recovered possession over and over and over again. So either it wasn't quite as bad as you think or it wasn't necessary because we dominated regardless. I reckon you'd be amazed at how similar their performances were if someone actually bothered to do a side-by-side comparison.
The way he put Courtois on the floor was world class, very unlucky with that chance.
No, you're both wrong. The amount of times that Terry, Cahill or Courtois had completely unpressured possession while he ambled around in front of them was shocking.
He looked unfit and uninterested in pressing or winning the ball back at all.
And before you wade in bleating about me being biased against him, please note, I don't think he 'should've buried that 1 on 1', or pulled a miracle out of nowhere like lots of the 'anti-Falcao' posters are saying. Not at all.
His performance today and Rooney's against City were very different and a side by side comparison would show this.
Certainly comparable to Rooney vs City -- a couple of differences:
Falcao lost the ball a little less, Rooney pressed a little better. Was fouled for their goal. The chance off the post was tough but not impossible.
Falcao lost the ball a little less, Rooney pressed a little better. Was fouled for their goal. The chance off the post was tough but not impossible.
Thought he was okay, didn't do much right or wrong. Looks more like a 10m signing for a 40m one.
He's strong and puts himself about but was never going to cause much hassle in the very cramped chelsea peno box
He's strong and puts himself about but was never going to cause much hassle in the very cramped chelsea peno box
Some really shite posts in this thread. Did as good a job as you can expect given the circumstances. Would have no issues with him starting again next week.
He reminds me of RVN and Inzaghi in their prime, with less pace and none of their finishing style.
Did as good a job as you'd expect based on what we have seen this year. He tried and there were a couple of nice touches but he certainly did not look like someone you would break the bank for.
LOL.
I'll try for £150k/week.
And I'll score the same number of goals as Falcao. Zero.
Surely a piss take?
The list of things the man cannot do includes:
Control a ball.
Receive a ball with back to goal, hold off a defender and give a pass away (this one is key as this is what he attempts to do 97.8% of the time).
Win any type of physical challenge.
Run effective lines.
Create chances.
Score chances.
Maintain a presence up front.
Get on the end of crosses.
Close or press defenders and keepers.
He is not premier league quality anymore.
I'm not convinced he's even championship quality. Obviously he was, but no longer.
There are strikers playing for teams at the bottom of this league, and top of the one below, who with the dominance of the rest of our side today, would have earned us at least a point. He was awful, and not for the first, second, third or fifth time this season.
Do you have anything to qualify that opinion? Or shall we just take your word for it as a football guru?
A bit like this, you mean?
I'm not going to judge him based on what we might have to sign him for.
I thought he did a very good job. Couldn't have done anything more given he had zero service from our wide players.
He's had plenty of dogshite games but this was not one of them. Anyone having a go at for this performance clearly has an agenda.
He was actually better then what I expected (which was totally rock bottom levels of shitness) - at times his touch and pass was fine and his darts in close areas were good. The problem for me was that, in general, again his runs are really poor. He spends a lot of time hiding behind opposition players, not really doing anything to make the space for himself... which completely removes him as an outlet for periods of the game.
He also should have scored his chance - big game like this that's as good a chance as you're going to get.
Some absolute made up rubbish in here. People seeing what they want to see. He's hardly at his sparkling best and I'd definitely play Rooney ahead of him, but to pretend he did his job today any worse than Rooney last week is just wrong. The difference is you're playing against a side set up to defend. There was literally no chance of us catching them in transition today, because as soon as they lose the ball it's all hands on cocks
Don't think he was bad today. Bit laboured on the ball, I'll give you that. Made a couple of good runs at the end, and was unlucky his shot came off the bar, from a very difficult position.
Certainly wasn't as bad as some are making him out to be. Rooney had what, 35 touches against City? Similar performance. Looked sharper than before but having said that, would not sign him for 40mn. I'd have him for 10mn though, just can't shake this feeling off that he's just one goal away from returning to the Falcao of the old. Silly romanticism.
He wasn’t bad today. He just doesn’t offer enough to start for us, and sometimes it feels like it’s too hard for him in this league.
It’s really easy to understand why most top teams don’t play classic no9.
It’s really easy to understand why most top teams don’t play classic no9.
How did he hit the post.. 
I wouldn't class that as unlucky - I mean it was the outside of the post, so really not that close to going in (in post terms at least)... it was a very good chance, and the position wasn't that difficult. It was a decent effort but in a game like this you want a bit better than decent.
This!
He looked tired at a point before half time. He doesn't create space, Chelsea were actively not even marking him much and in the second half when he got the ball he couldn't put it away. I've seen much better from him in previous games but this game he was real tosh to be honest.
I understand what you are saying (he had a tough job today if we take this match in isolation) but, as a loanee with an extravagantly priced buy option that is exercisable soon, he is unfortunately playing a succession of trials and he did not pass today.
Yeah, I suppose that's what separates the good enough from the great. You just feel RvP would've buried it.
Agreed.
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