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2014-15 Performances

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5.4 Season Average Rating
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29
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4
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Pogue Mahone said:
We scored four goals against City. Never looked like scoring against Chelsea. Going out on a limb here but I suspect the identity of our most advanced player may be relevant in trying to understand the discrepancy in outcomes.

Something else you might want to think about is how the hell Falcao managed to touch the ball less than Rooney in a game where we completed almost 200 more passes than we did against City?
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How many games have Chelsea lost at home compared to City or anyone else for that matter? Yep we've done brill against Chelsea previously when Falcao wasn't here, haven't we?
 
Orton said:
Nobody looked for him until later in the game. I'm not even saying he played well because he didn't, but most of our play was in defence and down the wings which amounted to nothing. City came at us and played an open game. They paid the price for it. Just hope we have our other players fit for next week. Goodison has been tough recently.
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It has and Everton seem to have turned the corner. Hard to know which one of our injured players we missed most but I definitely hope we're not forced to play Falcao up top again. He's playing like a shell of the player he once was. If Rooney is needed in midfield again (where he did a reasonable job) then I'd drop Falcao for Van Persie.
 
Pogue Mahone said:
It has and Everton seem to have turned the corner. Hard to know which one of our injured players we missed most but I definitely hope we're not forced to play Falcao up top again. He's playing like a shell of the player he once was. If Rooney is needed in midfield again (where he did a reasonable job) then I'd drop Falcao for Van Persie.
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I think most people would say in order to find your form, you need a run of games. I think SAF said Rooney needed to play regularly. The only player I know in the history of watching the prem, that can not play 3-4 games but come in and play like he's played every week is Ole.....
 
When Falcao doesn't play - 'If we provided that type of service to Falcao he'd be amazing'
When Falcao plays - 'It wasn't his fault, the service was crap'

Rather then blaming the service, could the problem not just be, you know, Falcao? How are you supposed to provide service to a striker who can't hold up the ball without falling over/being muscled off it, and who you can't play the ball in behind too as he simply doesn't have the pace to get onto it?

Someone mentioned earlier that the midfielders looked reluctant to play it into Falcao a lot of the time (hence the 'lack of service') but can you blame them? Unless the pass is 100% perfect, he doesn't have a chance. Thats why Rooney (even a Rooney playing badly) is better, because he still has the physicality and enough pace to keep defenders occupied and not have to rely on perfect service.
 
nah..we're not signing him...I mean how much would he cost? We could get better without a past injury for that. I like him as a person, I think he is genunine...but he will never hack it in the Premier League, it's too fast for him. Also...it's not as though he had four seasons as a considered great player...what was it one? - perhaps at a stretch two?
 
Wilson Litchmore said:
I think most people would say in order to find your form, you need a run of games. I think SAF said Rooney needed to play regularly. The only player I know in the history of watching the prem, that can not play 3-4 games but come in and play like he's played every week is Ole.....
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Well he's not going to get a run of games if he plays as poorly as he did yesterday. That's the Catch 22 that every player at a top team has to deal with. Some cope, many don't.

I do feel a bit sorry for him because he's got the added pressure of trying to convince the manager to make his loan deal permanent. But he's being touted to us as an elite player, who will cost elite wages and an elite fee. The harsh reality is that we've seen nothing on the pitch that's come close to justifying that kind of outlay. CL qualification is hugely important for us and there's no way we can risk allowing someone who's been so poor try and play his way into form. He'll have to do that at a different club.
 
Wilson Litchmore said:
All said and done, LVG is the type of manager that plans constantly for the future. He's also not a manager for sentiment. There is nobody left at the club that you'd consider shouldn't be here within reason give or take Johnny Evans. Does anyone think LVG would play him if he doesn't think he'd be here next season? Why would he? He could have kept Tom and Danny for a year for cover if it was just a numbers game for the squad. Despite what Danny wanted, could still have kept him and let's be honest, his sale had nothing to do with Wilsons development cause I thought he'd play much more than he has.

Does anyone think if he didn't think he was good enough, would have played him yesterday against the best team in the country? Strange way of saying I don't rate you, but your starting against Chelsea?

LVG has already said it takes players at least a season to settle......
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You are ignoring the fact that he only started because Rooney had to play in midfield and RVP isn't fit, if blind, carrick or RVP were available falcao would have been sat on the bench.
 
FlawlessThaw said:
Well LVG isn't some nostradamus genius. Just because he picked a player doesn't mean the player will automatically play well.
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Never made any reference to how he played. I thought he did ok. So do we trust LVG assessment or not, or maybe we only agree with it when it agrees with ours? If he picked me to play upfront against the best team in Prem, I'd think he rates me. It's funny cause despite what others thought last year, Young and Felliani ft his season feel the same.
 
Wilson Litchmore said:
Never made any reference to how he played. I thought he did ok. So do we trust LVG assessment or not, or maybe we only agree with it when it agrees with ours? If he picked me to play upfront against the best team in Prem, I'd think he rates me. It's funny cause despite what others thought last year, Young and Felliani ft his season feel the same.
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I personally didn't have any issues with Falcao starting as we didn't have much option once Rooney was going to play in midfield. It doesn't mean we shouldn't call a spade a spade and say Falcao was largely ineffective and has been whenever he has been on the pitch this season.
 
Pogue Mahone said:
He didn't exactly have many options. I'd say he's quite good at assessing players, though. Which is why he'll drop Falcao for the Everton game. Wait and see.
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Big call though playing him against Chelsea if he didn't? I think if Carrick is fit, he'll be dropped but that's also because Rooney is the best forward at the club.
 
FlawlessThaw said:
I personally didn't have any issues with Falcao starting as we didn't have much option once Rooney was going to play in midfield. It doesn't mean we shouldn't call a spade a spade and say Falcao was largely ineffective and has been whenever he has been on the pitch this season.
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I'm not saying he's not been. I'm just saying like ADM, it's takes a season to find your feet in this league. Honestly, based on this seasons performances, who pay 60m for ADM? ADM has played more games too....
 
Wilson Litchmore said:
I'm not saying he's not been. I'm just saying like ADM, it's takes a season to find your feet in this league. Honestly, based on this seasons performances, who pay 60m for ADM? ADM has played more games too....
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ADM looks like a quality player, just badly out of form.

Falcao looks like a complete busted flush.
 
Had we kept Frazier Campbell, we'd be no worse off. Falcao's been less than mediocre all season, I can't believe people are still debating that fact. It's been a pricey gamble that has not paid off. There's no chance we are keeping him.
 
Pogue Mahone said:
Not sure what your point is. Did you think Falcao played well? I thought he was shit.
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He wasn't shit he was ok, no more no less.
And playing Man City at home can not be compared to playing Chelsea away, totally different.
Had Rooney scored with his chance the game would have changed, as long as it was 0-0 Chelsea s game plan remained.
We didn't create much at all, not sure that was down to Falcao.
 
He's the worst striker we've had at this club in recent years, Owen, Chicha, Berba, Welbz, Roo, Rvp, have all been better, even Wilson has scored an equal amount of goals. He might be a good player but it hasnt worked out for him here, would be a disgrace if we'd sign him and every time he plays for us is ridiculous, as he offers nothing. Oke he may have been better than Diouf.
 
Wilson Litchmore said:
ADM.....60m worth?
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Nobody's saying he's been worth that money, but he's produced far more than Falcao, despite struggling with the transition to the Premier League. Had we aquired his services on the same terms as Falcao, there would be similar questions being asked, but I think more would be willing to take a chance on him staying around. Falcao's done next to nothing for us.
 
Unless we get a bargain new deal then he's got to be sent packing. Some world class strikers can't cut it in the premier league, see Shevchenko, and some world class strikers are never the same after bad injuries, see Torres. The signs are that Falcao fits into one or both of these. You've got to have massive balls, and a massive wallet to take the gamble on him coming good next year at the currently agreed terms of the deal.
 
Sammyjunn said:
He's the worst striker we've had at this club in recent years, Owen, Chicha, Berba, Welbz, Roo, Rvp, have all been better, even Wilson has scored an equal amount of goals. He might be a good player but it hasnt worked out for him here, would be a disgrace if we'd sign him and every time he plays for us is ridiculous, as he offers nothing. Oke he may have been better than Diouf.
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Diouf was a beast! Better than Manucho though.
 
Regardless of any price cut, it's only be a 'bargain' if he actually started to look like a footballer again. He makes the free transfer of Michael Owen - another star striker ravaged by injury and signed at almost exactly the same age - look like one of Fergie's masterstrokes.
 
Wilson Litchmore said:
ADM.....60m worth?
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Di Maria has at least had a few games where he's looked like a world class player. And that's from someone who thinks he's been a crushing disappointment and will probably go down as a terrible waste of money. Bad and all as he's been, you can see why we signed him.

Falcao hasn't even given a glimmer of hope. He's just looked so... ordinary. If you'd never seen him play football before this season you'd wonder how the hell he ended up at Manchester United.
 
decorativeed said:
Nobody's saying he's been worth that money, but he's produced far more than Falcao, despite struggling with the transition to the Premier League. Had we aquired his services on the same terms as Falcao, there would be similar questions being asked, but I think more would be willing to take a chance on him staying around. Falcao's done next to nothing for us.
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So your sayin' if it was a loan deal, we'd be saying he shouldn't stay but because we've bought him, we don't have a lot of choice....?
 
The worst part is how fecking predictable he is. Every time you think maybe this is the match he has a blinder, but it's the same old crap. I think he's scored one goal for us vs Villa, where it wasn't a scrappy tap-in. Honestly, you wouldn't tell the difference between him and Rickie Lambert.
 
Americano said:
How do we explain why he is still getting minutes?
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I think that Wilson has also been out injured during RVP's time on the side lines.

I don't think we'll see very much more of him now that Van Persie is fit.
 
Pogue Mahone said:
Di Maria has at least had a few games where he's looked like a world class player. And that's from someone who thinks he's been a crushing disappointment and will probably go down as a terrible waste of money. Bad and all as he's been, you can see why we signed him.

Falcao hasn't even given a glimmer of hope. He's just looked so... ordinary. If you'd never seen him play football before this season you'd wonder how the hell he ended up at Manchester United.
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I'd agree to some degree. He's looked completely off the pace but in fairness over the years we've seen this before and be proven right as many times as proven wrong. If we listened to the media, DDG, Felliani, Mata and Young shouldn't have been here. Go back further Ronaldo was a one trick pony!!!
 
togg said:
nah..we're not signing him...I mean how much would he cost? We could get better without a past injury for that. I like him as a person, I think he is genunine...but he will never hack it in the Premier League, it's too fast for him. Also...it's not as though he had four seasons as a considered great player...what was it one? - perhaps at a stretch two?
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Actually it was 4, at least. That's if we're talking only since he's played in Europe, and discounting his Monaco spell which in spite of injuries still saw him score 13 in 22 games. His tally for Porto and Atletico from 2009-2013 went 34, 38, 36 and 34 respectively.

In my opinion injuries have caught up with him, and the nature of the PL hasn't helped.
 
Does anyone know Falcao's living arrangement? If he bought a house as opposed to leasing or renting, we might have a hint to his future here.
 
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