maybe his game does not suit the premier league or maybe hes just bobbins
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Do you have anything to qualify that opinion? Or shall we just take your word for it as a football guru?
I disagree with you.
I don't paint myself as a football guru, but nor do I view you as one
Possibly because he has a wand of a left foot.
Lone striker playing against a 5 man defence....yeah he was awful. Smh
He wasn't that bad today, thought it was an decent/OK performance, almost got the equaliser too. Hardly gave the ball away, mostly held it up ok and passed it on well. Unfortunate with the foul that led to the goal too
Considering how little footy his played he did well, they have a solid defence to so you have to take that into consideration.
Disappointed he didn't put his chance away but you could argue it was because of lack of game time, brilliant run though!
Disappointed he didn't put his chance away but you could argue it was because of lack of game time, brilliant run though!
Was never, ever gonna score that chance. Old Falcao probably would've though.
1 thing I have never really noticed, but he looked REALLY small today, even body wise, he looked almost skinny?. Has he lost a lot of muscle mass since his hayday.
I disagree with you.
I don't paint myself as a football guru, but nor do I view you as one
Excellent stuff. This is what discussion forum's are all about, really. Arrogantly dismissing other people's opinions, ignoring any relevant counter-points (e.g. very pertinent Rooney video) and then side-stepping the discussion entirely to protect a bizarre agenda. You gotta love it.
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?
And you've take the crap out of context. Please show a clip when we are pressing, I clearly remember two city defenders on Rooney at a stage. Chelsea had no such fear, they had one person on Falcao, sometimes. They mostly allowed him to roam around on his own and he got chances in the second half but they still didn't feel enough to have someone on him constantly.
In the role and game today, thought he did well up top, couldnt imagine any of our strikers out of form burying that shot.
@Annihilate Now!
Very unfair, he was running at pace with a man on and still got a shot away from quite a narrow angle, would have beat the keeper if it was 3 inches inside. RVP as a lot claim, would NOT have buried it, they compare against an in form RVP, an in form Falcao is capable of scoring it too. Considering his past form against Cahill and Terry, thought he did well, seems to link up with Di Maria better than anyone too IMO
@Annihilate Now!
Very unfair, he was running at pace with a man on and still got a shot away from quite a narrow angle, would have beat the keeper if it was 3 inches inside. RVP as a lot claim, would NOT have buried it, they compare against an in form RVP, an in form Falcao is capable of scoring it too. Considering his past form against Cahill and Terry, thought he did well, seems to link up with Di Maria better than anyone too IMO
Ive knocked at that particular door without ever an answer
We are pressing. Valencia wins the ball back and squeezes the midfield along with Mata and Fellaini, and it's left to Rooney to press the defenders. He does that but doesn't exert too much energy and consequently Kompany, Demichelis and Zabaleta are able to pass it around the back to start a move which ultimately ends in a goal. If Falcao did that he'd be slaughtered, we'd see a dozen replays and Gary Neville would analyse it to the nth degree to show how Falcao simply isn't doing enough as a striker.
If you wanted me to I could show you Falcao pressing the ball better, or withstanding pressure from two defenders and laying it off, or show Rooney losing the ball feebly just inside his own half. All of these things happened. It's just what people remember that shapes their opinion overall. Naturally agendas and emotional attachment to players play a very big role in this.
I'm not sure about his lack of runs being the problem. Fact is, we don't create enough chances. We didn't when RVP was up top. Not when Rooney was up top and not today. That suggests the problem is with our creative players not strikers. Young's final ball is erratic at best, Mata doesn't create much or anything. More of a goalscorer not a creator. Di Maria has been shite for a while. Our LB's have been our most creative players of late.
Did ok today.
Can't believe some of the comments here.
How people are suggesting he played well, or was no worse than Rooney last week is beyond me.
We had 70% possession and he touched the ball 32 times.
Of that paltry 32, he had 3 shots. 0 of those 3 were on target.
Of the other 29 touches, he directly gave possession away 10 times, either by failure to control it, or with a misplaced pass.
Of the remaining 19 touches, I recall at least 2 bad passes (and I'd have to look back again for more) which did find a red shirt, but led to immediate pressure and loss of the ball.
He made 0 dribbles. Won 0 free kicks. Created no real chances for anyone else and didn't hold the ball well.
Hell Drogba is 108 years old and was pants, but at least he ran at us a bit, held the ball up and won a couple of free kicks.
How people are suggesting he played well, or was no worse than Rooney last week is beyond me.
We had 70% possession and he touched the ball 32 times.
Of that paltry 32, he had 3 shots. 0 of those 3 were on target.
Of the other 29 touches, he directly gave possession away 10 times, either by failure to control it, or with a misplaced pass.
Of the remaining 19 touches, I recall at least 2 bad passes (and I'd have to look back again for more) which did find a red shirt, but led to immediate pressure and loss of the ball.
He made 0 dribbles. Won 0 free kicks. Created no real chances for anyone else and didn't hold the ball well.
Hell Drogba is 108 years old and was pants, but at least he ran at us a bit, held the ball up and won a couple of free kicks.
To be fair and honest, Brwned, your reply to me was rude and dismissive - a green smiley, a nasty comment and a 40 second clip that has no context to what we're talking about. This is your usual approach whenever we engage, fair enough, but I've not been arrogant toward you - I just don't agree with your opinion here.
What is there to side-step? Rooney spent the entire City game pressing and pinning his CBs and was praised at length by Nev and Carra on MNF for it with footage highlighting his effectiveness.
You might not agree with me, or them, but objectively speaking, they know way more about football than you - even if I don't!
I've been honest about my opinions on Falcao today, it isn't agenda posting just because I don't think we should sign him.
And yet we saw plenty of the same from Falcao today. Yet Rooney, when we were attacking against City almost always had a player on him or drew players with him leaving space for others.
Falcao did nothing of the sort and Chelsea even felt strong enough to allow him alone with no one on him during a lot of the game.
1) That Rooney shot at the beginning of the game, watch Falcao. There's a defender on him as he runs ahead of Rooney while the ball is coming through on the left. The defender actually allows Falcao to run on into open space and stops because he becomes aware that Rooney is a more dangerous threat.
2) Falcao's first shot at goal. Chelsea aren't marking him at all and allow him to roam around till he gets the ball and shots/slips and the ball goes wide.
3) Falcao's second shot. Again, Falcao runs around without someone marking him. He isn't a threat to them and he gets the ball and only then does a Chelsea defender start closing him down before he takes a show and misses. He should have scored this one in my opinion.
I didn't watch the rest of the game once Shaw was replaced. Knew we wouldn't score.
To me this was a very bad performance. And if you look at the quality this man is supposed to have - it's fecking awful. What do we expect of the mega stars of this world? A guy like this is suppose to cause constant danger. I mean, when you have a guy like Etoó, Ronaldinho, Kaka, Pirlo, Messi, Müller, Ribery, Robben etc, all of whom are mega stars, you expect them to raise the roof whenever they are in contact with the ball. Falcao is not even an average attacker in the PL. It's so awful it makes me want to puke that we actually gave him a start today. I think we would have been better off with having one more body in midfield and let Rooney play a free role between midfield and attack.
It's about time we stop dreaming about this gentleman. No need to be rude or anything, just let him have a rest and return quietly to Monaco. There will always be a new club for him. To let him play is nothing but a waste of time - for everyone involved. Thanks for your time and devotion. I'm not complaning about your attitude, it's just that you're not good enough for this club right now. I wish you all the best Falcao.
It's about time we stop dreaming about this gentleman. No need to be rude or anything, just let him have a rest and return quietly to Monaco. There will always be a new club for him. To let him play is nothing but a waste of time - for everyone involved. Thanks for your time and devotion. I'm not complaning about your attitude, it's just that you're not good enough for this club right now. I wish you all the best Falcao.
Liverpool are apparently interested in buying him.
That's the only good news.
That's the only good news.
I'd describe it as quite simply laughing off you being rude and dismissive, personally. You're the one that told us we were wrong. Simple as that.
What Neville did was throw three (?) clips together to paint a narrative that his audience wanted to hear. Firstly it was showing something that the cameras couldn't see - even something he couldn't see, the great Gary Neville - so it must be some really key insight, it's real added value stuff, the kind of analysis that only a premium sports broadcaster like Sky and their #1 pundit could give you. Secondly it was a positive story that went against the grain about England's #1 player, Manchester United's captain, and therefore a player that the British audience are always interested to hear about.
You could throw three clips together to paint an entirely different story, a story that Rooney's touch, his hold-up play and his all-round contribution was simply not up to scratch. It's the kind of story that a lot of people would've agreed with and would've posted on here and used as evidence of his drop on form over the past few weeks, so it would've engaged the audience, but it wouldn't have had that added value factor. That's all there was to it, IMO. I could throw together those three clips now to paint a very different story but you would just dismiss it, you see.
Football really isn't rocket science. You don't need to have played the game at the highest level to understand it (ask Sacchi), and you don't need to have been involved at the top level to recognise whether someone has played well.
If he was available on a free transfer (but still £200K p/w wages), would anyone want him? I don't think I would if I was a United fan.
Well put.
Nope. Would rather have Ings on a free to be honest.
He's useless so no.
Well said. Rooney was getting slaughtered on here until Neville pulled a few clips together, now he's amazing (again) and everyone is satisfied with his role in recent games.
Bull, I hadn't even seen GN's broadcast until two days ago and I had seen Rooney pulling players with him all over the place including having two mark him. Did GN ever say that Rooney was marked by two players at times? No! Yet I picked it up watching the game, just as everyone else had.
Don't need GN to explain things when it's clear to see, well to some of us anyway.
Falcao though was pants. I also don't need GN to tell me that. I saw it.
I wouldn't pursue it myself, no.
Unlucky not to score today though.
He was better today than he has been for a while. Still certainly not good enough, but he wasn't terrible.
Think we're just gonna have to agree to disagree.
I felt Rooney's performance against City was a world apart from Falcao's today - constant, insistent pressing that pinned back the CBs and created space for the midfield to exploit.
Falcao's pressing and hassling today was non-existant to the point that he became a non-entity for Terry, Cahill and Courtois.
I agree with you that you don't need to've played at a high level to understand the game, but Neville and Carragher are the best pundits (on the PL) I'm sure you'll agree, and what you're saying about Neville's 'pro-Rooney' agenda is basically a conspiracy theory that I don't buy into.
You do have a great knowledge of European and World football, far beyond mine, but on this I disagree with you and I think you're in the wrong to suggest Falcao's performance today was comparable with Rooney's against City.
Before the Chelsea match people were saying this guy is going to score. Some were saying he'd score a hat-trick.
I retorted that there is greater chance of me winning the lottery than him scoring a hat-trick in the EPL.
I am highly critical of Falcao, but in today's game, he didnt play badly, just average. Certainly not good enough to be one of the highest paid footballers in the World.
I've said this before though, playing with him in your team is like playing with 10 men. I'd rather see Smalling up front than Falcao - he is barely able to out-muscle teenagers, let alone grown men and unfortunately for him, the EPL is arguably the most physical of all leagues, so EPL just doesnt suit him.
The other thing is that for his own sake (and his career), he needs to stop playing for Man Utd because with every game, he just confirms that he no longer possesses the ability which allowed him to score super-goals.
If I were him, I'd return back to Monaco immediately and plot the next career move.
And with regards Liverpool buying him - I felt Rodgers deserved a slap on the head for buying Balotelli. If he buys Falcao, he deserves to be sectioned.
I retorted that there is greater chance of me winning the lottery than him scoring a hat-trick in the EPL.
I am highly critical of Falcao, but in today's game, he didnt play badly, just average. Certainly not good enough to be one of the highest paid footballers in the World.
I've said this before though, playing with him in your team is like playing with 10 men. I'd rather see Smalling up front than Falcao - he is barely able to out-muscle teenagers, let alone grown men and unfortunately for him, the EPL is arguably the most physical of all leagues, so EPL just doesnt suit him.
The other thing is that for his own sake (and his career), he needs to stop playing for Man Utd because with every game, he just confirms that he no longer possesses the ability which allowed him to score super-goals.
If I were him, I'd return back to Monaco immediately and plot the next career move.
And with regards Liverpool buying him - I felt Rodgers deserved a slap on the head for buying Balotelli. If he buys Falcao, he deserves to be sectioned.
Well then I would disagree.
Just thought that if (fit) Sturridge were there instead of him, our score would be better.
Again his shot wasn't unlucky, he should have hit the target (and scored really).
He did ok and was unlucky not to score today. I just think the physicality of the Premier League does not suit his game.
Agreed.
Regarding the second shot, there was a rather huge gap Courtois left open and he should really have scored.
His first shot was unlucky(with the slip).
He did ok but we didnt play anything like we have the last few games and thats not his fault. The crosses werent coming in for him at all and thats down to us missing players.
Thought he should have done better with his chance though. He did the keeper but didnt hit the target (outside of post).
The block by Cahill was great movement though, just a shame it was really good defending by Cahill.
Thought he should have done better with his chance though. He did the keeper but didnt hit the target (outside of post).
The block by Cahill was great movement though, just a shame it was really good defending by Cahill.
Just wait for Gary Neville's analysis on his performance.
We'll all be willing to chip in for his wage.
We'll all be willing to chip in for his wage.
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