Overall a better performance and a nice goal
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- Assists
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Form temporary, class permanent etc.
Vintage Van Persie
Assist and a Goal
Well done Robin!
Well done Robin!
Someone needs to make a side by side comparison with the Swansea goal from last season. Both sublime strikes.
Bit slow and sloppy early on but improved in the second half with that header which required a great save albeit from 0.0001mm offside and then a fantastic goal.
That goal 
By the time you try and think what he's going to do, the ball in the top corner. Love it
By the time you try and think what he's going to do, the ball in the top corner. Love itI think he was not very good today but the goal was brilliant. Lost the ball countless times and was mostly invisible
Thats the type of goal he can produce. Out of nothing, bang.
Not the best performance but that goal was class.
Average overall but spectacular finish. It's the sort of power he's been missing in his finishes all season.
Started off a bit shit, turned it around. Lets hope he stays on form going forward.
Got a lot more involved in the game. And though clearly not at his best yet, it was a huge step up from his recent performances. Now it would be a lot harder for me to whine if he starts the next game.
Swansea 2013:
He looked very strong in the second half. Destroyed Dawson with his movement and power.
Good performance and really needed that goal. Hope he keeps it up.
Terrible first half hour, was clearly trying too hard and felt under some pressure but towards the end of the half and before he came off was much better. Amazing finish, not many players can do that.
To be fair, he was lucky to've stayed on long enough to get the goal.
Hopefully that won't mean he's bought himself another month of automatic starts regardless of form.
Hopefully that won't mean he's bought himself another month of automatic starts regardless of form.
Loved his goal, but other than that he was poor again.
We will look back on this thread like we do on the Rooney thread, when people were glad to see him suspended. His form will recover sooner or later and he'll start banging them in (like he did today) on a regular basis again.
Good movement and with Carrick back in the team we finally have someone looking for those longer balls Van Persie likes in behind. He was close a few times and scored a great goal
Slow and sloppy start, but improved as the game went on. Great finish for the goal.
I disagree. Our midfield was great today and Hull were shocking from front to back and yet still he looked poor for most of the game - lost the ball a lot, tackled regularly and easily, caught offside regularly, was through on goal and tapped it at the keeper with his right.
It was a goal against a poor side who'd accepted defeat, and the goal was the anomaly, not his performance.
I think at the highest level RvP is done as a world class forward - this 'slump in form' has gone on for over a year for goodness' sake!
I'd like to see him eased out of the starting line up and moved on in the summer. His wages are too high to have him as a 'super-sub'.
It was a great strike but I remain of the view his overall game has deteriorated and the Rooney/Mata/Herrera trio could have used a much more mobile and quick #9 to play off. Maybe he will be happy to become the new Teddy, but for me we should be moving towards giving Falcao a genuine run as the #9.
That goal better have given him a kick up the arse (like the penalty he scored against Stoke after a 10 game streak of 0 goals). He really needs to work on staying onside too.
That flying header though, he's clearly capable of some fantastic goals but his all round play needs serious improvement.
That flying header though
, he's clearly capable of some fantastic goals but his all round play needs serious improvement.Yep, he got better as the game went on, looked to have a bit of pace back when he ran in behind and away from defenders a couple of times too. Hopefully the goal and assist sorts his confidence out.
I said to friends during the game that he was trying too hard to do something with the ball. He's definitely over thinking his game. The moment he started keeping things simple his performance improved greatly.
Glad he got a goal. As much as he's been really off the pace and I'm not sure he'll find his best form, it's always a positive that he still does get goals every so often. At least managing to offer something to us.
what a beauty! Class is permanent indeed. Also, I thought he had a good game overall, was positively involved in attacks, and teed up Wayne nicely for his goal. I've never minded waiting for RVP to catch form, it's the least he deserves. People must not forget that an inform RVP is simple an unstoppable beast, an all-rounded striker with a killer instinct but who also regularly creates for others and can dribble with the best of them.Wasn't great but what a finish and definitely a clear improvement on last week. Done more than enough to start on Tuesday.
Awesome goal, to be fair to the guy. Well in.
The reason I don't think he's "past it" is because his first touch has also suffered. That doesn't have much to do with your physicality; it's more of a mental thing and this goal I'm pretty sure will get him past that.
Not sure if we're ever going to see a return to the RvP of two years ago, but he's shown why he's worth keeping. I think the key now is finding out how to utilise him best within the squad - once we find a proper solution I think he'll be a real asset, but I don't think that solution should be a guaranteed starter. But with Van Gaal likely to use him as one for the foreseeable future, he has plenty of opportunities to prove me wrong.
The power he can generate is incredible. Surely must be one of the most powerful strikers of the ball in the world.
Thought he was very good today, one of his best performances of the season.
Anyone notice how deep he was playing at the beginning of the match? He was playing more as a CF or even CAM while Rooney was up top with Di Maria as a left forward almost. It's hard to explain but he was coming extremely deep and his movement was exceptional today, moreso than all the other games this season. His touch was off and heavy in the first half, but was soon involved with a lot of our attacks.
He was unlucky to miss his glorious World Cup 2.0 header but ended with an assist and a goal. Great game by him, I don't care what others say. And until Falcao can show me otherwise, I have RVP as my first striker every day of the week.
Anyone notice how deep he was playing at the beginning of the match? He was playing more as a CF or even CAM while Rooney was up top with Di Maria as a left forward almost. It's hard to explain but he was coming extremely deep and his movement was exceptional today, moreso than all the other games this season. His touch was off and heavy in the first half, but was soon involved with a lot of our attacks.
He was unlucky to miss his glorious World Cup 2.0 header but ended with an assist and a goal. Great game by him, I don't care what others say. And until Falcao can show me otherwise, I have RVP as my first striker every day of the week.
Hopefully the goal doesn't mask his performance, which was pretty average again. It was a beautiful goal though, which should gives him confidence. Onwards and upwards from here Robin!
So happy he got that. It's been hanging over him and affecting his whole game. At least he was a lot more involved today. He still needs to sharpen up his ball retention. Too often he's losing it easily or not beating players with the ball skills we know he has. But it's a step in the right direction.
Before the goal it was the worst performance he's had this season. Hopefully he'll take confidence from and kickstart his season.
start van persie next game then?
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