Think your should just set your password as Degea1, he can go on a massive goal drought
Robin van Persie | 2012-14 Performances
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Change it to 07Suarez... not only will he go on a drought, but there's the added bonus of the folks in I.T thinking you might be a potential racist...
Robin van Persie hasn’t had it easy from his Manchester United pals since Sunday.
The Holland international ended a 10-game goal drought on Sunday, when he converted a penalty to give the Reds a 2-0 win at Stoke City. And his relief at finding the back of the net was clear in his celebration, as he ran over to Sir Alex Ferguson and leapt into the arms of the United boss.
However, it appears as though his joy has given him a bit of stick over the past couple of days. *According to defender Patrice Evra, van Persie has been on the receiving end of a ribbing from his team-mates, who was as equally as surprised as their manager by his antics.
“Robin has had a lot of stick from us,” said the left fullback. “It was nice. I could see a lot of love and emotion. It is the first time we saw that. Robin can tell you, for two or three days we have been getting at him. It is good to see love like that on the pitch sometimes.”
The win at the Britannia Stadium edges United ever closer to a record-extending 20th league title. Ferguson’s men are now 15 points ahead of second-placed City, who have a game in hand, meaning the Reds would wrap upv the championship when they travel to Arsenal on 28 April.
Van Persie scored against his former club in the corresponding fixture at Old Trafford earlier this season, but refused to celebrate. And Gunners midfielder Jack Wilshere now plans to make sure the 29-year-old has no reason to celebrate when he makes his return to the Emirates Stadium.
“We’ve got some tough games coming up: Fulham away will be tough, and then Manchester United, and we obviously don’t want them winning the league at Emirates stadium, so we’ll be up for that,” the talented midfielder said on The Guardian website.
The Holland international ended a 10-game goal drought on Sunday, when he converted a penalty to give the Reds a 2-0 win at Stoke City. And his relief at finding the back of the net was clear in his celebration, as he ran over to Sir Alex Ferguson and leapt into the arms of the United boss.
However, it appears as though his joy has given him a bit of stick over the past couple of days. *According to defender Patrice Evra, van Persie has been on the receiving end of a ribbing from his team-mates, who was as equally as surprised as their manager by his antics.
“Robin has had a lot of stick from us,” said the left fullback. “It was nice. I could see a lot of love and emotion. It is the first time we saw that. Robin can tell you, for two or three days we have been getting at him. It is good to see love like that on the pitch sometimes.”
The win at the Britannia Stadium edges United ever closer to a record-extending 20th league title. Ferguson’s men are now 15 points ahead of second-placed City, who have a game in hand, meaning the Reds would wrap upv the championship when they travel to Arsenal on 28 April.
Van Persie scored against his former club in the corresponding fixture at Old Trafford earlier this season, but refused to celebrate. And Gunners midfielder Jack Wilshere now plans to make sure the 29-year-old has no reason to celebrate when he makes his return to the Emirates Stadium.
“We’ve got some tough games coming up: Fulham away will be tough, and then Manchester United, and we obviously don’t want them winning the league at Emirates stadium, so we’ll be up for that,” the talented midfielder said on The Guardian website.
Evra definitely has banter.
That Evra interview was on Talksport last night, it was funny hearing Evra laughing his ass off at Van Persie.
Watch him go on another goal less streak again then
Never have I seen a penalty be treated as though it was a 30 yard wonder goal by player and fans alike! 
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I do understand it however, and I am going to back him on BF to score tonight!
.I do understand it however, and I am going to back him on BF to score tonight!
Every penalty Lampard scores?
He will get a goal tonight.
Only the one in the CL final!
Never have I seen a penalty be treated as though it was a 30 yard wonder goal by player and fans alike!
I do understand it however, and I am going to back him on BF to score tonight!
Christ, you are in this thread allll the tiiiime Rob! RVP will be glad to know you're so concerned for his wellbeing.
I'm in every thread where opinions are so polarized to try and bring an outsiders viewpoint in! The worst are the Nani and DDG ones! But since his goal drought RVP has varied from in 'excellent form' with his build up play to the new Torres!
Well, that's fair enough. Chelsea would probably become the best team in the league just by virtue of having RVP instead of Torres, so understandable you're in here all the time to see what you could have won.
Well, that's fair enough. Chelsea would probably become the best team in the league just by virtue of having RVP instead of Torres, so understandable you're in here all the time to see what you could have won.
Its ok next season we'll have Rooney and Falcao lining up for Jose in the EPL
The DDG thread is hardly polarized now kieoftheworld got banned. It's pretty unanimous that he's an excellent keeper with the potential to be one of the best in the world.
He finally scored from open play too. Hopefully at least he can go on and win the golden boot.
offside for his goal but classy finish and is back on the goal trail. good timing
I was disappointed with his position for the volley that was saved by Jaaskelainen, where he was offside, he was in that offside position for the whole of that action which could've been avoided by him easily. Apart from that he was very good tonight, and good finish for his goal despite being offside (I thought he was going to sky it at first! 
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)Played poor today, but got the crucial goal and as said before strikers are going to be judged on goals, so by default has was more useful today than other times when he might have been in the build up play but hasn't scored. Glad I backed him! He does like getting the equalizer from 2-1 vs West ham doesn't he.
almost backed him for last goalscorer aswell, shame I didn't. Signs of him coming out of his poorish (by his high standards) form and the goals will boost him. Perhaps a crescendo of form just in time for the Emirates
Still looks like he isn't clicking with the team just yet, noticed quite a few misunderstandings between him and some others.
He needs service and good passes. And not just blind crosses
Might still get top scorer, which would be nice.
Baffling logic. A striker scores a winning goal and that automatically makes it a better performance than any other he doesn't score in? Don't agree at all.
The PL top scorer prize is more than reachable for him.
Its baffling that him scoring a goal makes it a more useful performance than one where he doesn't create or score in?
Unless you're being pedantic and imagining he gets 10 assists in a 10-0 or something, I'm being realistic here. I would rather my strikers were scoring goals than being good in the build up play, thats what RVP does best anyway.
A striker can still not score or assist and play a lot better and be better for the team than one he does score in. Van Persie was a lot better for instance in the Madrid game away than he was today, would you not agree?
Depends on how you class playing better, I used the term useful by the way. He got in better positions had better chances and made better runs in the Madrid game but he didn't score meaning in the end it wasn't that useful. Tonight as I said he was poor but more useful because he got the equaliser.
Which would you sooner have? a 2-1 loss but played excellent or 2-2 and playing poor?
Fair enough if you want to use such terminology. I would much rather have a player playing better than more 'useful'. Rooney's had a 'useful' season if you look at his stats but he's still been piss poor compared to his previous ones (and been fairly rubbish in his general play).
So you agree you would sooner have lost 2-1 today and RVP play like he did against Madrid than him play as he did but it end 2-2?
Flawed arguement in that an increased all round performance by RVP may well have resulted in superior chances to support players.
Well thats not really what my argument was I was arguing about the outcomes not the possible outcomes before the match. Thats why I said RVP was more useful today than he has been during most of the goal drought.
Its like the winning whilst playing poor argument for a whole team. Most would agree they prefer to win ugly than draw masterfully.
Anyway i'm dragging it on too long, RVP is scoring goals, thats all that matters to you!
I would quite happily trade RvP's goal today for the better performance against Madrid which may well have meant we won the game.
I wonder what's the largest number of PL matches a player has scored in during a season. Top scorers usually get multiple braces and so on, but RVP really spreads them out, with tonight being the 19th match he's scored in.
I thought his general play was poor today but he wasn't alone in that so no need to single him out. Glad he got a goal from open play. If he's anything like Rooney he will go on a goalscoring run after the drought.
I get the feeling that at Arsenal they accepted that he was their go-to guy so almost instinctively looked for him in and around the box, I don't feel that we do that nor do I see any inclination that we will. I don't necessarily see it as a problem because we're sharing the goals around the team very well but I feel we could get more out of him if we played him in when he's begging for the ball.
I get the feeling that at Arsenal they accepted that he was their go-to guy so almost instinctively looked for him in and around the box, I don't feel that we do that nor do I see any inclination that we will. I don't necessarily see it as a problem because we're sharing the goals around the team very well but I feel we could get more out of him if we played him in when he's begging for the ball.
The chant that our fans sing for him, "Ohhhhh Robin Van Perrrrsie" just sounds so good when watching the game on TV. Its so clear as well.
Hope he gets the golden boot
I thought he played well tonight, sometimes isolated but made some very intelligent runs. He looked offside but took the chance really well. The keeper made an excellent save from the header to deny him once again. Looks like he is back on the goal trail. So watch out Villa.
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