Yeah. Lets Owen his ass. He'll be crocked by 25...
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Yeah. Lets Owen his ass. He'll be crocked by 25...
You can play them young and guide them the right way. Rooney has been playing since 16! Ronaldo and Messi have been playing since their teens. You can't compare Owen's era with the current one, players are starting to get involved at much younger ages.
I think we should sign him. He's probably got 3 years at a top level left in him and like central defenders, top strikers are hard (and expensive) to get because there are so few of them.
More importantly, it's a matter of principle. We're doing right by the player with regards to his injury. If he were at Monaco, he'd probably of played 80 minutes this past weekend. I'd hate for us to pay someone big wages and be patient with their injury, only for some other club to reap the benefits next year.
More importantly, it's a matter of principle. We're doing right by the player with regards to his injury. If he were at Monaco, he'd probably of played 80 minutes this past weekend. I'd hate for us to pay someone big wages and be patient with their injury, only for some other club to reap the benefits next year.
I dont think we should sign him , he cant get fit, when he is close he gets another injury, there is no doubt he is a class player when fit, trouble is he never is, at the end of the season I hope LVG says thans for your time , but no thanks.
Yup, doesn't make sense. May be at 15m, surely not at 44m.
Looking like another Owen Hargreaves type signing. Thank goodness it's only a loan,
Is only fit to play for 20minutes, something's not right here. I'm starting to think Falcao was a Woodward signing and not LVG, hope I'm wrong.
Wouldn't surprise me. Always thought it was a bit weird that having moaned about a lack of balance in the squad, he went out and signed another striker.
The injury he had here had nothing to do with his knee, we've had a terrible injury record with everyone this season so it's unfair to assume he's injury prone just yet. The only way to judge falcao is to see him starting games again and see where'e he's at after given a full chance to prove himself in terms of form and fitness.
That was my original concern, however, I didn’t want to believe it as we had just signed a player who for me is one off, if not the best forward in World football. Something’s not right though, I just hope that he can turn it on and show the World he can cut it in the Premiership, he is a fantastic player who will help us to the next level if he's given the chance.
How much did we pay for this loan and wages again? It was such a last minute odd deal in the first place. For him to be worth what we paid he will need to be fit for all the 2nd half of the season and bang in 15 goals
It's not down to injury, as LVG it's down to match fitness. He did his ACL, was out for 8 months, barely had a pre-season at Monaco and played a few games before he joined us. He's had a few games with us, and got injured again. So of course the guys not match fit.
Yeah, sure since he's game back and played some full games since his knee injury. How ever you need a lot playing time to reach the fitness levels to play a high standard of football for 90 minutes, especially after that amount of time out.
People looking for things that arent there talking about this as not a LVG signing - you dont turn down a player like that when presented with the opportunity. LVG may not have planned it but he certainly wasnt going to walk away when he was given the chance.
As for the injury, as many have pointed out, this is not the knee. Every other player who has been injured has followed the same route - played for the U21s before starting a game for the 1st team. As LVG has pointed out, he couldnt do that with Falcao due to injuries to Rooney and Wilson.
Nothing to see here.
As for the injury, as many have pointed out, this is not the knee. Every other player who has been injured has followed the same route - played for the U21s before starting a game for the 1st team. As LVG has pointed out, he couldnt do that with Falcao due to injuries to Rooney and Wilson.
Nothing to see here.
The past month or so Van Gaal has struck me as being very cautious regarding injuries and rushing players back. I think given the number of injuries we've had and the busy period coming up he doesn't want to be rushing anyone back too soon.
I've been considering it since his return from but still there is always hope.
This.
I can't understand how Van Gaal giving an explanation of why Falcao hasn't played yet, saying he needs to go through the same process as anyone who comes back from injury and get some minutes under his belt, has mutated into Van Gaal questions Falcao's future. Odd.
We would be absolutely mad to sign a nearly 29 year old who can play for few minutes per game for 40m+
People losing their shit over another worthless Jamie Jackson article. Job well done for him then
Why do you all want to definitely judge the situation , right now?
Just wait the end of the season, the informations will be more accurate.
Just wait the end of the season, the informations will be more accurate.
If LVG did say that he's chatting shit and I hope Falcao leaves, when Falcao came I was very happy because I know the talent he has, if Van Gaal thinks he can waste a player like Falcao on the bench then he really has lost it. His whole treatment of Falcao has been odd. Even when Rooney got sent off and it was Van Persie (who I love) that was playing underpar it was Falcao that was brought off even though he playing much better. Even Diego Costa who sounds like he is more injured than Falcao is getting managed properly to play a considerable amount of minutes.
RVP is obviously getting special treatment under LVG, his not played well at all and like someone above has said when Rooney got sent off LVG opted to take Falcao off when he was playing better then RVP.
Falcao needs to start games and if he looks tied replace him, not bring him on in the last 15 mins for a run around when the games already decided!
When Falcao gets fit and match ready he is the best striker in the PL and maybe the world, LVG needs to handle the situation and make sure the media understands what his trying to say as idiots like Jamie 'biased' Jackson will snatch at the chance to take things the wrong way!
Falcao needs to start games and if he looks tied replace him, not bring him on in the last 15 mins for a run around when the games already decided!
When Falcao gets fit and match ready he is the best striker in the PL and maybe the world, LVG needs to handle the situation and make sure the media understands what his trying to say as idiots like Jamie 'biased' Jackson will snatch at the chance to take things the wrong way!
Kind of agree. RvP gets played even though he's in poor form which would also be against LVG's philosophy.
But how else would a player like RVP get back in form? I'm not saying Van Gaal's right, but remember Fergie's last season? RVP went on like a 7-game dry streak, scored a penalty against Stoke(?) and then was on fire for the rest of the season. Maybe Van Gaal knows what he's doing.
Its not Falcao's form that is the issue - its fitness. I get the point about RVP but his lack of form has sweet FA to do with Falcao's lack of fitness.
Why are people getting so upset about this?
Agree - it was a good answer by Van Gaal and a very sound explaination about what's helping with Falcao. Naturally, the journalists need a bit of juicy goss for the papers, so taken out of context, it sounds like LVG isn't happy with Falcao.
Nothing to see here folks, just the usual hyperbole by the papers. (SHOCK, HORROR)
it was a Jamie Jackson article? and people are still believing it..... Oh redcafe
This reminds me of last season.
Last season it was the idiots having a moan about Rooney being a Moyes favourite and how it adversely effected Kagawa. This time it's Van Gaal favouring RVP while Falcao rots on the bench. Falcao has show nothing that merits starting ahead of RVP.
Well the same can be said about Falcao. RvP got plenty of chances to get back in form and it's only fair to give someone else a chance
No games, no fitness. Playing the odd 15 mins wont help him either
Walk around with your fingers in your ears if you want. But the quotes have come from LVG.
Falcao to start tonight, will score 5 in 30 minutes, and then on to the bench. Job done
He can't even do 25 minutes on the pitch. He's unfit as LVG said in the papers yesterday. It'll be Christmas by the time we see him at full pelt.
Falcao's been injured for the past month or so. If we rush him back now, he'll probably get injured for another month or two and there's a whole lot of games in the next month.
LVG knows what he's doing, we just have to believe.
I don't think its favouritism tbh. When RVP came back into the team after the WC he also had to sit out until he was deemed fit enough to play/start games. I'm not worried about Falcao as long as he doesn't pick up another injury he will start to get games.
He's a big name and shit, but he needs to suck it up and play for the reserves until his fitness it's up to standard. Why didn't he play for the reserves when Herrera did?
He is used to being the star player maybe and always playing as long as he can move, but he is not the star here and we also have a lot of very good players that are fighting for his position.
He is used to being the star player maybe and always playing as long as he can move, but he is not the star here and we also have a lot of very good players that are fighting for his position.
According to Van Gaal, it's Rooney's injury who prevented Falcao from playing for the reserve. And before that he wasn't fit enough.
Indeed, I don't really think there is an issue. When hes fit enough he will get games, and from what I have seen when hes fit and start playing we'll be laughing. Hopefully he won't pick up another injury.
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