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2014-15 Performances

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5.4 Season Average Rating
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29
Goals
10
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3
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Our centre forwards are getting the worst service to them in years. Long balls knock downs and crosses from 40 yards out. If we make chances for this guy he will take more than most.
 
Feeding on scraps - but are clearly unfit and not at his game. Should have buried the first half chance. And isn't really getting around the pitch. Looked knackered in the second half.
 
We shouldn't write him off just yet, once we get better service to him and Rooney I'm sure we will see the goals coming in.
 
When the team isn't playing well, he's not the best player to have on the pitch. He thrives on good support, and right now he's not getting it. He was slipped in one or twice by Di Maria and Rooney yesterday - but he just doesn't look as if he can take the game by the scruff of the neck and pull something out of the bag at the moment.

I hope we drop him for the next game. The second Rooney is playing dodgy then, he can come in for Rooney. We saw moments of clicking yesterday between them, but on the whole I just can't see them doing it.
 
PSingh said:
We shouldn't write him off just yet, once we get better service to him and Rooney I'm sure we will see the goals coming in.
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it is all connected. Attackers clearly lack some sort of service but they need to provide movement to show they are availible. If they cant run and press the opposition then I am afraid they should be benched. They often gave the ball away too. If welbecks on the pitch he can make chances out of nothing. Often put defenders under pressure and wins the ball in final third which means we are capable to set a quick counter. Unlike when we sit back because players up front are too lazy and uncommited to win the ball so we go to attack opposition from deep thus often opposition defense is set and we have no world class players to break their defense. I dont care if it is van Persie Mata, Rooney or Januzaj, play some hungry players who wants to win who will not be jogging all match with no desire. Bench rooney and Persie.. Mata got injured so I assume it is sorted..
 
Out of all the papers claims on United over this entire summer, I hope the talk of him potentially needing a knee operation is gash.
 
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m1y2 said:
it is all connected. Attackers clearly lack some sort of service but they need to provide movement to show they are availible. If they cant run and press the opposition then I am afraid they should be benched. They often gave the ball away too. If welbecks on the pitch he can make chances out of nothing. Often put defenders under pressure and wins the ball in final third which means we are capable to set a quick counter. Unlike when we sit back because players up front are too lazy and uncommited to win the ball so we go to attack opposition from deep thus often opposition defense is set and we have no world class players to break their defense. I dont care if it is van Persie Mata, Rooney or Januzaj, play some hungry players who wants to win who will not be jogging all match with no desire. Bench rooney and Persie.. Mata got injured so I assume it is sorted..
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Agreed the movement needs to be better. But I disagree about the pressing. I think they have been instructed to let the opposition have the ball in their half, whilst we get in a compact shape in theory it should allow us to stay solid but it isn't really working yet.

The two strikers split and defend out wide whilst Mata comes into the middle and defends centrally.

I think it's unfair to judge the strikers when we haven't had our first choice midfield play one game yet.
 
Amadaeus said:
Blessing in disguise if it is true. With him out, Welbeck or Januzaj would add the pace and dynamic movement needed to our attack...but, then again our system does not look to be working in the bpl.
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Careful. The last time some ppl on here claimed that - after he had just saved us from total embarrassement with a hattrick against Olympiacos - our season turned from bad to worse!
 
united_99 said:
Careful. The last time some ppl on here claimed that - after he had just saved us from total embarrassement with a hattrick against Olympiacos - our season turned from bad to worse!
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We have Di Maria now and the extra pace and work ethic upfront will only be beneficial and complement a natural finisher in Rooney and a playmaker in Mata. I doubt I would have to be concerned about that. In fact, i am willing to put a wager that we will perform better.
 
Amadaeus said:
We have Di Maria now and the extra pace and work ethic upfront will only be beneficial and complement a natural finisher in Rooney and a playmaker in Mata. I doubt I would have to be concerned about that. In fact, i am willing to put a wager that we will perform better.
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Time will tell. It's not like Rooney or Mata are in the form of their life right now.
 
united_99 said:
Time will tell. It's not like Rooney or Mata are in the form of their life right now.
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Rooney and Mata will look better with runners, players who can draw defenders by their movement and players who are willing to work hard upfront. Characteristic van Persie does not have. Although, Van Persie will also look better if played with such players, so it is not a case of doubting his quality, but finding the right balance in our first eleven.
 
Amadaeus said:
Rooney and Mata will look better with runners, players who can draw defenders by their movement and players who are willing to work hard upfront. Characteristic van Persie does not have. Although, Van Persie will also look better if played with such players, so it is not a case of doubting his quality, but finding the right balance in our first eleven.
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Precisely.
 
Amadaeus said:
Blessing in disguise if it is true. With him out, Welbeck or Januzaj would add the pace and dynamic movement needed to our attack...but, then again our system does not look to be working in the bpl.
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But then again if van Persie got fit after a run of games then we'd have one of the best strikers in the world up top...
 
iBoss said:
If he needs a knee op, please Van Gaal, keep Welbeck and play him up front. If he fails with RVP out then fair enough, do what you want with him in January/next summer. I know he is capable.
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We better not lose 2 strikers to loan and one more to injury.

if we keep Welbeck then I am fine.
 
As much as it'd suck to lose him for a knee op, could be a blessing in disguise if we could revert to 4-3-3 with Rooney upfront and Di Maria, Adnan on the wings. It'd buy Van Gaal some time to make an inevitably tough decision between Rooney, RvP and Mata.
 
where are people getting all this knee op stuff from out of interest, haven't seen it anywhere.
 
If he needed knee ligament surgery, he didn't look like he did in the WC, also if it was the case, do you not think he would have had it done straight after the WC, particularly as LVG was going to be the new manager of Manchester United.
 
mattsville said:
If he needed knee ligament surgery, he didn't look like he did in the WC, also if it was the case, do you not think he would have had it done straight after the WC, particularly as LVG was going to be the new manager of Manchester United.
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He faded pretty badly in the WC after the group stages I thought. He still didn't look 100%.
 
If it's true that RvP needs an operation from the pre World cup injury, then heads need to roll. Why did they delay the operation until later, when he could have had it after the World cup or his holiday and be on the mend right now.
 
So what date is the operation?

Fairly obvious now.
 
The falcao deal makes me feel that the rumors about rvp needing an operation are true.
 
As great as his first season was, it was always likely to end this way. Well, apart from the bit where we replace him with Falcao.
 
united_99 said:
Careful. The last time some ppl on here claimed that - after he had just saved us from total embarrassement with a hattrick against Olympiacos - our season turned from bad to worse!
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He had a really good game there. It wasn't a one man show though, I guess most people are just seeing that we need a shake up, I think Falcao will provide that. Whether or not we need to see a striker injured for Falcao to really get his shot and compete for the starting positions I don't know. I would definitely like to see what could happen with him leading the line with Rooney behind though. With RVP out he should see a run of games, no rotation.
 
So what's the deal with him? For various reasons I cant see Wayne being dropped so it means RvP is on the bench or really out for a long time
 
Escobar said:
So what's the deal with him? For various reasons I cant see Wayne being dropped so it means RvP is on the bench or really out for a long time
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He's not looked fit for a while imo. Didn't look very fit through the World Cup so needing surgery wouldn't be a surprise. For us to jump on Falcao like this means imo that it's a true.
 
RedSky said:
He's not looked fit for a while imo. Didn't look very fit through the World Cup so needing surgery wouldn't be a surprise. For us to jump on Falcao like this means imo that it's a true.
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Most likely and would explain his below par performances recently
 
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