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2014-15 Performances

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5.4 Season Average Rating
Appearances
29
Goals
10
Assists
3
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bosnian_red said:
Just don't think he's as good as he once was. Injuries took their toll. You can't use the not looking fit excuse forever.
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We should probably wait until he's played for more than 60 minutes before we say we're using an excuse forever.
 
acnumber9 said:
We should probably wait until he's played for more than 60 minutes before we say we're using an excuse forever.
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Yeah but I'm saying people used it all last season and in the world cup where he had 1 good performance. He just hasn't looked the same since we won the title, and he gave 110% that season to make sure he won the premier league, which was his ultimate goal. Is he lacking that motivation now that he had that year to bring the extra quality out of him? It's a possibility I think.
 
bosnian_red said:
Yeah but I'm saying people used it all last season and in the world cup where he had 1 good performance. He just hasn't looked the same since we won the title, and he gave 110% that season to make sure he won the premier league, which was his ultimate goal. Is he lacking that motivation now that he had that year to bring the extra quality out of him? It's a possibility I think.
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He's lacking a run of games. If he gets it and is still playing poorly then fair enough. I'd be surprised if that was the case though.
 
People saw van Gaal coming and Moyes leaving, and many predicted (on the thread) that he'd score 25 goals plus. I just think we've seen the best of him. We'll still see moments of magic and he'll still win us games on his own occasionally, because he's gifted.

But I don't expect the van Persie of two years ago, personally - for a number of reasons. Not even with van Gaal here.
 
FromTheBench said:
This formation doesn't suit him fully.
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Agree. Too slow and ponderous. It's to cautious which limits his service, and with Mata dropping so deep due to our poor CMs there is nothing.

He looked very isolated and poor in the WC too bar the opening game.
 
It was his first game since the break. So he has an excuse. Just hope he finds top form soon and gets some good balls
 
Really poor decision from van Gaal to select him IMO. Clearly isn't anywhere near full fitness even if he is past his best and he shouldn't have started ahead of Welbeck and Januzaj.
 
I am not worried about him, his technique is just too good to keep him down for long. In the WC neither Sneijder nor Robben passed him the ball enough despite his numerous runs. Just provide RVP with the ball around the box and he will score.
 
I'm a little bit worried about him. He has the excuse of it being his first game back so I am willing to give him a chance. He just seemed disinterested and sooo slow a few times.
 
Yes he's looked really rusty. Him and Rooney haven't linked up at all. His only good moment was when he controlled Di Maria's pass and Heaton pulled off a great save.
 
He looked sharp at the beggining but turned into crap soon. Welbeck should be on at half time.
 
His touch and control after that Di Maria pass were brilliant, excellent finish too.

Aside from that he didn't look sharp. Still he and Di Maria were the only ones looking dangerious and Robin actually managed to get a few attempts on target. Which is more than a fully fit Mata and Rooney managed in 70 minutes of play.
 
Henrik Larsson said:
His touch and control after that Di Maria pass were brilliant, excellent finish too.

Aside from that he didn't look sharp. Still he and Di Maria were the only ones looking dangerious and Robin actually managed to get a few attempts on target. Which is more than a fully fit Mata and Rooney managed in 70 minutes of play.
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Agreed
 
This current Van Persie of the World Cup/start of this season is almost unrecognisable from the one I remember during his first season here (I fortunately missed most of last season due to living in an unfriendly timezone). Doesn't seem to get involved with link up play much at all, makes runs too early to compensate for being much slower and very indecisive when he finally gets the ball. Would much rather Welbeck got a run in the team ahead of either Van Persie or Rooney, and seeing as Rooney's the captain it would have to be for Van Persie.
 
He looked dangerous to me. I was actually upset when he came off, I thought he was our only real goal threat.
 
Henrik Larsson said:
His touch and control after that Di Maria pass were brilliant, excellent finish too.

Aside from that he didn't look sharp. Still he and Di Maria were the only ones looking dangerious and Robin actually managed to get a few attempts on target. Which is more than a fully fit Mata and Rooney managed in 70 minutes of play.
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True. He was okay today.
 
markhrad said:
He looked dangerous to me. I was actually upset when he came off, I thought he was our only real goal threat.
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He looked good compared to Rooney. He did admittedly have one or two half decent chances. He is just sooo static for the majority though; and lazy. He has been offside a lot lately in completely un-necessary situations.
 
Looks out of ideas like all our players. His touch escaped him at times but wasn't really given much to work with today. I don't think he's fully fit, I think Welbeck needs a run or even Wilson. Fresh ideas needed.
 
He looks so slow and cumbersome. He has no burst that he had before. Maybe it'll come as he gets fitter.
 
Watching City vs Stoke, Aguero is soo much better than both of our supposed Worldclass Strikers(Rooney and RVp). He has soo much pace and power which allows him to go past opponents, and his touch is soo assured compared to these two. I would gladly trade him with any of these two.
 
Fahad Jawaid said:
Watching City vs Stoke, Aguero is soo much better than both of our supposed Worldclass Strikers(Rooney and RVp). He has soo much pace and power which allows him to go past opponents, and his touch is soo assured compared to these two. I would gladly trade him with any of these two.
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Saw this as well. Not surprising. His fee was re-paid when we won the league in his first season. Hope Robin can get back to close to that level again.
 
Hellboy said:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/man-uniteds-robin-van-persie-4136086

Knee operation delayed last season according to the mirror.
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Yes, it's the #2 most clicked article in a top 5 where this little piece of brilliant journalism is #1:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/manchester-united-winger-adnan-januzaj-4136000

FWIW I don't really see why we would be playing him now if he has to have surgery, with Adnan, Welbeck, Chicha, Di Maria all being able to play. You'd say if it is necessary to have surgery immediately, he would've gotten it already after the World Cup.

RVP went to see an orthopaedic surgeon in Holland to recover, same dude also fixed Zlatan and all, conveniently also reported in the http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/manchester-uniteds-robin-van-persie-3272341

Pretty sure they know what they are/were doing, but it's just a better story to imply that LvG is caught in an 'ironic situation' or something.
 
He appears to be in terrible form at the moment, but then you see him controlling the long pass from Di Maria yesterday and was only denied a goal by a good save. Then you realise it is only fine margins and a goal and 1:0 win yesterday would have fans saying he is back!
 
RuudTom83 said:
He appears to be in terrible form at the moment, but then you see him controlling the long pass from Di Maria yesterday and was only denied a goal by a good save. Then you realise it is only fine margins and a goal and 1:0 win yesterday would have fans saying he is back!
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I always say this to my Dad. In football there are such fine margins between woefulness and brilliance.

I personally think we need RvP to be our centre forward with Rooney and Mata just in behind, making supporting runs in beyond at times. I just think the two striker thing isn't working.
 
Firstouch20 said:
This is shocking if true. Why wasn't he operated on during pre season?

Physically he just never looked right since returning from injury. Looks weaker and slower. Struggles to hold up the ball, movement is limited.
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There are usually multiple ways of handling the same problem all with different costs in terms of initial time out and benefits in terms of recovery. At RvP's age it gets even more delicate a balance because recovery times after surgery tend to be longer.

In other words, if it is true that surgery was advised (and The Mirror didn't discover that information in this morning's random rumour generator) I bet another doctor recommended a more conservative approach and a third one said to start off with rest and rehab, and go to surgery only if it doesn't work.
 
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