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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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10
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I thought he isnt interested cause of Moyes. Now it seems he isnt interested in general.

Although he scored he should be dropped for West Ham.
 
Mali_Zeus said:
I thought he isnt interested cause of Moyes. Now it seems he isnt interested in general.

Although he scored he should be dropped for West Ham.
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Sure he's still interested, but he's just had a major dip in the form, quite a shocking one in fact, could be he will never get back to where he was 2 seasons go, which is sad.
 
He doesn't look sharp, at all, was at the QPR game, was bemused how he played the full 90 when others were being subbed, writing it off to perhaps LvG giving him the minutes to get him fit, yet was equally bemused today how he again was given the full 90 over some others.
 
Lucky goal, lethargic and disinterested. Wasted a few chances and slowed the play down too much. Not a good game for me. Got a feeling it's only going downhill from here, unfortunately.
 
He obviously looks much better alongside Falcao than he does alongside Rooney, but I don't think playing both him and Falcao is the best for the team. Probably one of his best games in a while, but still he wasn't great. If we can't drop Rooney or Falcao, we should drop him because Mata is better player at the moment.
 
It is a dip in form and thats just it. To me it is not a fitness issue. I dont think he looks disinterested either, more low in confidence. He hasnt produced in a long time now for us and he cant have any excuses. Needs to find his class soon.
 
Nanotron said:
It is a dip in form and thats just it. To me it is not a fitness issue. I dont think he looks disinterested either, more low in confidence. He hasnt produced in a long time now for us and he cant have any excuses. Needs to find his class soon.
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In agreement over the disinterested point, for me.. the last 2-3 games he played in the World Cup, he looked similarly sluggish despite being desperate to go further.
We all hope he can come around again, perhaps he'll never have another season like that of our last title win but he's surely capeable of giving us much, much more than at present.
 
Can't continue to perform at his current level and keep a place in the team. Especially not when we've got Falcao/Rooney. He should be dropped for the game vs West Ham.
 
Nanotron said:
It is a dip in form and thats just it. To me it is not a fitness issue. I dont think he looks disinterested either, more low in confidence. He hasnt produced in a long time now for us and he cant have any excuses. Needs to find his class soon.
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You can't ignore the fact that he's spent the majority of a year on the treatment table, played during a World Cup and now into another season and he's gotten older too.

It's not even remotely a stretch to suggest he's too slow now to be the RVP we know he used to be.
 
di Maria has put him in for about three sitters in the past two games and he's wasted all of them. This was a man who 9 times out of 10 would put away half-chances, let alone the easy ones he's been getting thus far. He must be dropped, we simply cannot afford to continue to play him, and Mata must play as the #10. Rooney and Falcao up-top, please.
 
He needs to sit vs WHU. Play Mata in his natural position and put Rooney up front w/Falcao.

Sort it Ferg...ohh wait.
 
matherto said:
You can't ignore the fact that he's spent the majority of a year on the treatment table, played during a World Cup and now into another season and he's gotten older too.

It's not even remotely a stretch to suggest he's too slow now to be the RVP we know he used to be.
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Good point but really and truly his best qualites shouldnt be affected that much by it.
 
I don't see how anyone can say he isn't looking sharp. He's the one striker who's been getting chances in every game. The bigger concern has been his link up play. It hasn't been close to the standard he's capable of.
 
acnumber9 said:
I don't see how anyone can say he isn't looking sharp. He's the one striker who's been getting chances in every game. The bigger concern has been his link up play. It hasn't been close to the standard he's capable of.
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Exactly but you are confused with the word sharpness here. Hes getting chances but he isnt putting them away. Soccer dictionary for lack of sharpness right there.
 
It is unbelievable that a professional football can have a complete lack of understanding of the offside rule. When we play a long pass towards him, I just put my head down knowing there isn't any point watching as the flag will be up and unfortunately I'm proved right most occasions.
 
Needs a holiday. Or something. A fresh RVP for the run in could be a huge lift.

Rooney has been better this season and all the rooney haters will agree.
 
RVP is too often off-side but I don't think he has been playing as bad as some say. I don't know when it will happen but I really would like to see Mata supplying RVP and Falcao. I do not remember seeing Rooney pass a single ball to RVP in the 2nd half despite the latter's off the ball movement.
 
I thought he was more involved (but still poor). He was too slow with the ball a lot of the time, but at least he was getting it more. I don't think he should be starting though. Not until he finds form.
 
He doesn't have what it takes physically this season. Compare him with Costa, who may not be as good technically but is a much better striker currently.
 
When he took the ball yesterday he too often looked to be caught flat footed, then took the ball backwards and held onto it too long.

Ideally you want to see your forwards take a touch and move it on quickly. Particularly with team mates like Falcao, Rooney, Di Maria. Rvp looks down on confidence to me.
 
He is the weak link in our forwards at the moment and I don't like that it is Mata who has been benched instead of him. He is wasting chances, slowing down our play and getting caught offside numerous times. He needs a spell on the bench and needs to show that he deserves to start, at the moment he hasn't done that at all.
 
Falcao was better today. Should be benched until he shows improvement. If Falcao starts knocking them in it could be just the motivational boost he needs to get his game together. Can't blame the delivery forever.
 
Give him all the rest you want and he still won't be that much better in terms of fitness. He is who he is, LVG recently that RVP was good fitness wise but we saw his performance yesterday. It's time to really accept that RVP won't be better than this.
 
I understand that LVG is trying to play him into form. Its going to be a long season and I think RVP will come good. He had a couple of chances yesterday but faded as the match went on. To me that's a sign his fitness and sharpness isn't at the ideal level. The only way to rectify this is to give him match time.

Im encouraged by the fact that he has opened his account and will only get better provided he stays injury free!
 
Its quite normal for players who have had a big world cup to experience a dip in form the next season. That isnt an excuse - there are plenty who played as much football in Brazil doing better than he is now - but it is at least an explanation. He will get better.
 
He was OK today I thought, getting better and I was really happy for him that he scored even if the deflection meant it was slightly lucky. I think he's still a class player.
 
DWelbz19 said:
di Maria has put him in for about three sitters in the past two games and he's wasted all of them. This was a man who 9 times out of 10 would put away half-chances, let alone the easy ones he's been getting thus far. He must be dropped, we simply cannot afford to continue to play him, and Mata must play as the #10. Rooney and Falcao up-top, please.
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Nah, the Burnley one was a top top save. QPR should have been a goal and today was 50/50 for me. Top form RVP puts it away though.
 
Adebesi said:
Its quite normal for players who have had a big world cup to experience a dip in form the next season. That isnt an excuse - there are plenty who played as much football in Brazil doing better than he is now - but it is at least an explanation. He will get better.
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He was poor throughout most of the world and poor for almost the entirety of last season.

Hopefully you're right but there's a trend here that goes beyond your standard post-WC dip.
 
After the group stage of the WC he really was not very good. I think I heard he had an injury or some sort of issue though.
 
Eric'sCollar said:
It is unbelievable that a professional football can have a complete lack of understanding of the offside rule. When we play a long pass towards him, I just put my head down knowing there isn't any point watching as the flag will be up and unfortunately I'm proved right most occasions.
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This is so frustrating. I thought after selling Hernandez, this is something we wouldn't have to worry about but he's been almost as bad. He was offside pretty much whenever he got the ball in those last 15 mins or so.

markhrad said:
RVP is too often off-side but I don't think he has been playing as bad as some say. I don't know when it will happen but I really would like to see Mata supplying RVP and Falcao. I do not remember seeing Rooney pass a single ball to RVP in the 2nd half despite the latter's off the ball movement.
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ADM finds RvP and his runs every match and the latter manages to miss it every time. I'd rather have Rooney up top with Mata behind him. He and Falcao both are more likely to score from their chances than RvP currently is.
 
Surely he will be dropped on Saturday, I can't see how LvG can justify playing him from the start again.
 
Eric'sCollar said:
It is unbelievable that a professional football can have a complete lack of understanding of the offside rule. When we play a long pass towards him, I just put my head down knowing there isn't any point watching as the flag will be up and unfortunately I'm proved right most occasions.
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Ruud was the exact same.
 
His swagger seems to have gone a bit. I thought he'd kick on again this season but it hasn't happened yet for whatever reason. He just doesn't look arsed.
 
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