Robin van Persie | 2012-14 Performances

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He's so good, it's getting seriously ridiculous... This is almost a love poetry on the pitch.

Folks comparing him to Eric Cantona are closer to truth, with every match.

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Cantona was never as prolific though. His influence was definitely on the changing room attitudes and in big matches in particular.
 
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I will never understand some posters. Reading through the Ozil thread it's like we're the only team in the world that wouldn't want him.. because "we already have Kagawa"


Humans overestimate the value of things they already possess. We also focus on what we might lose-- some youngster's potential--rather than what we might gain, a good player.
 
Humans overestimate the value of things they already possess. We also focus on what we might lose-- some youngster's potential--rather than what we might gain, a good player.


Sometimes you look at the cow in your own field, and think it's better than other cows?
 
Sometimes you look at the cow in your own field, and think it's better than other cows?


We are affected by both. I will compare my car with my neighbours and be disappointed if he drives a better one; I will also overprice and overvalue my current car when I try to sell it to fund a nicer one.
 
His striking technique is so....polished? Clean? Perfect? It's damn pleasing on the eye that's for sure.
 
His striking technique is so....polished? Clean? Perfect? It's damn pleasing on the eye that's for sure.

I really hope he stays on after his playing days, ala Giggs, he would be a great coach for Welbeck, Henrequez and other youngsters
 
I always felt sorry to Ruud...he was bloody brilliant..just like RVP, just watch his goals. RVP is playing in a much much better team than Ruud ever did, and yet he still made such a mark as has been echoed on the Caf and elsewhere all the time. Compare the team Ruud played with to the one RVP is playing with..chalk and cheese. I'm not dissing RVP, but actually realising what a clever fecker he was when he made the choice to join us. His style of play and the players we have just so compliment him is so many ways..because he's such a team player...
 
I always felt sorry to Ruud...he was bloody brilliant..just like RVP, just watch his goals. RVP is playing in a much much better team than Ruud ever did, and yet he still made such a mark as has been echoed on the Caf and elsewhere all the time. Compare the team Ruud played with to the one RVP is playing with..chalk and cheese. I'm not dissing RVP, but actually realising what a clever fecker he was when he made the choice to join us. His style of play and the players we have just so compliment him is so many ways..because he's such a team player...

Completely agree with this. Ruud was my favorite player and I wish he had the chance to play in a great United team.
 
Two very good goals from him. With him on the pitch we always have a chance of getting goals regardless of how poor the team is playing at the time.
 
I always felt sorry to Ruud...he was bloody brilliant..just like RVP, just watch his goals. RVP is playing in a much much better team than Ruud ever did, and yet he still made such a mark as has been echoed on the Caf and elsewhere all the time. Compare the team Ruud played with to the one RVP is playing with..chalk and cheese. I'm not dissing RVP, but actually realising what a clever fecker he was when he made the choice to join us. His style of play and the players we have just so compliment him is so many ways..because he's such a team player...

Nah. We had Giggs, Keano, Scholes, and Beckham in midfield.
 
Nah. We had Giggs, Keano, Scholes, and Beckham in midfield.

An aging Keane who was well past his best. We also had the likes of Djemba-Djemba and Kleberson, a shite defence and no other good strikers.
 
Nah. We had Giggs, Keano, Scholes, and Beckham in midfield.


An aging Keane, a poor defense, Beckham wanting out. People hatin gGiggs. No way Ruud played in a great United team. That being said, I don't think this team is great either. Yet.
 
That being said, I don't think this team is great either. Yet.

Certainly no longer any question of it being a weak one, though. It's verging on greatness, for me. So many young players getting better every season, and it's really just a matter of the pieces all clicking at the right time (probably including that elusive top midfielder) and some European success. Both of which have as much to do with luck and timing as with anything we can actively seek to do.
 
An aging Keane who was well past his best. We also had the likes of Djemba-Djemba and Kleberson, a shite defence and no other good strikers.

An aging Keane, a poor defense, Beckham wanting out. People hatin gGiggs. No way Ruud played in a great United team. That being said, I don't think this team is great either. Yet.

In 2003, our squad was:

Barthez
Caroll

Blanc
Rio
Silvestre
G. Neville
P. Neville
W. Brown
O'Shea

Beckham
Scholes (29)
Keane (32)
Giggs (30)
Veron
Butt
Fortune

Ruud
Solksjaer
Forlan

How people can say that last year squad where RvP fluorish is much much much better than RvN had?
 
Cantona was never as prolific though. His influence was definitely on the changing room attitudes and in big matches in particular.

He was king of assist too, he used to play behind the striker (ie Andy Cole) and basically he carried our team at times.
 
Cantona was never as prolific though. His influence was definitely on the changing room attitudes and in big matches in particular.

Not as prolific, but he still ended his United career with something like 80 in 180, and in 95/96 it was a one man crusade to the title.

I take your point though.
 
ruud scored 80 goals in 100 appearances in his first two seasons. and that was with keane, scholes, beckham, giggs, veron and butt in midfield.

it was the next 3 seasons where the quality of our midfield worsen with beckham left to join real, veron while never look comfortable in the premiership left for chelsea, butt joined newcastle, keane was beginning to lose it, and giggs wasn't actually at his best back then.

we still have scholes, keane and giggs, but it was obvious back then we were in a transitional period where we brought in an 18 year old ronaldo, and on occasions we had djemba-djemba, kleberson, liam miller and even alan smith in our midfield.not exactly and great team. and of course the defense were not as strong as we are right now.

rvp is playing with a much better team now than ruud circa 2004 to early 2006. but my god he is such a classy finisher these days. the great thing is that he has never rely on his pace, he is much more of a technical player with brilliant footballing brain. he is definitely getting better with age.
 
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The artist father of United star Robin van Persie is to exhibit his artworks in Manchester – inspired by the crowds of fans who cheer on his son.
Bob Van Persie is an acclaimed artist in his native Holland, but will showcase an exhibition of his works in the UK for the first time here in Manchester next month.
His works are inspired by the many crowds and terraces he has experienced throughout his life as a fan of the beautiful game and as the father of a superstar footballer.
And one of his most recent works pays testament to that – with a sea of paper dolls wearing United red. Perhaps not one likely to be snapped up by a City fan, he exclusively told the M.E.N.
He said: “That one big piece with flashlights in that has very little blue – that’s more one for the Manchester United people, I think!
“In a stadium, when there is a corner being taken, the people behind the corner start flashing their cameras because they know the camera is on them. That’s what moment I have made in that work.”

Bob, whose art career has spanned 40 years, uses newspapers and magazines collected from around the world to make up the collages of paper figures in his artworks.
Using previously unwanted materials, he recycles them to create the faceless people gathered in a scene, such as the pulsating stands of a football stadium.
And so it’s fitting that, as a prelude to his major show, the National Football Museum in Cathedral Gardens is currently hanging several pieces of his work in their galleries.
Bob says: “The perception of a roaring crowd is like a breeze through cornfields. It sends shivers down my spine.
“If you arrive in a stadium early and see the stands fill up, it’s like a painting being born. Every time it’s different, everything is possible. You don’t see faces – just shapes and colours.
“They’re all individuals, but by being together they create something new. That’s what fascinates me.”
The exhibition will launch with a private view on September 12, and is then open free to the public until October 5 at the Richard Goodall Gallery on High Street in the Northern Quarter.
And it’s certainly something of a coup for gallery owner Richard.
He says: “Bob’s work is truly original. The passion that Bob displays when creating his unique pieces is inspiring and we are honoured to be presenting his first UK exhibition.”
There’s no word as yet on whether Reds striker Robin, who lived with his father from the age of 5 after his parents split up, is due to attend the preview.
 
Without service, the world's best chefs would just be family cooks.
 
Like a lot of last season, was living off scraps. Could have been played in,I think a couple of times, but did not receive the pass.
Even a giant Swansea, did he really have a lot to work off? Both his goals were great hits of individual brilliance, we need to be creating more for him.
 
Yep, three goals this season, and how many clear chances on plate he had in last three games? Probably none.
 
I thought RvP was our best player tonight, held the ball up well, kept possession and showed a few bits of class. But in terms as service in the box he had little to live off.
 
I thought RvP was our best player tonight, held the ball up well, kept possession and showed a few bits of class. But in terms as service in the box he had little to live off.

What a strange interpretation. He was good, but Rooney was better. And RVP was guilty a few times of overplaying when he should have just looked for goal.

Let's not create this myth that he's an infallible player with a shit team behind him. That's the sort of nonsense that RAWK and Bluemoon come up with. I'd say Rooney, Cleverley and Vidic were all better than him today, and the MoTM thread agrees with me. RVP was also good, because for the most part the whole team was good.

Today was a generally strong performance from us against a very good team. We didn't quite have enough in front of goal but we dominated the game and looked the more likely to get a win. Let's not have the caf's protracted post-match spiral sour it into something negative when it was broadly positive.
 
I thought RvP was our best player tonight, held the ball up well, kept possession and showed a few bits of class. But in terms as service in the box he had little to live off.

He was okay when he got the ball, but he didn't see enough of it to suggest he was our best player. Rooney, Cleverley, Vidic were all better.
 
Was visibility frustrated with Rooney at times. There was at least 2 times where Rooney could have played him in but opted for a strike on goal himself.
 
It was a very good strike so I have no pb with Rooney not giving it to him then.

I don't like to see shooting discouraged but when the options are a strike from 25 yards or a relatively simple pass into the box then it really should be the pass. But yes, was a good strike.
 
What a strange interpretation. He was good, but Rooney was better. And RVP was guilty a few times of overplaying when he should have just looked for goal.

Let's not create this myth that he's an infallible player with a shit team behind him. That's the sort of nonsense that RAWK and Bluemoon come up with. I'd say Rooney, Cleverley and Vidic were all better than him today, and the MoTM thread agrees with me. RVP was also good, because for the most part the whole team was good.

Today was a generally strong performance from us against a very good team. We didn't quite have enough in front of goal but we dominated the game and looked the more likely to get a win. Let's not have the caf's protracted post-match spiral sour it into something negative when it was broadly positive.
Thank God there's some sense in here. The levels of love there are for RvP, which are justified to a certain extent, are just going to lead some posters to go along the lines: when he has a quiet game without doing much wrong = he was the best player on the pitch; when he has a really good game = he was the best player on the pitch, in which case it is justified. But to even suggest he was our best player last night is frankly ridiculous.
 
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