Nowhere near enough. Every time he tries to pass the ball he falls on his face apparently. What do we need goals for anyway?
Javier 'Chicarito' Hernandez: thank you and goodbye.
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Has Ten Hag been sacked yet? We're not sure and we hope not, but it's looking more likely as the days pass.
Who should replace him and why is it taking so long to make a decision?
But that would mean at least one goal in every game of football... and we can't be having that.
All goals are is giving the ball to the other team, pfft.
If he was doing that for us, he'd have been on Rooney wages...
That's on the basis that we never want to play anything other than 4-3-3 which isn't very flexible. Last season van Gaal played both one and two striker systems. Rooney can play behind the striker and Martial can also play as a wide forward so there was room for another striker in my opinion like Hernandez. If Wilson wasn't going to get minutes we could always have loaned him like we've ended up doing now.
Rooney got a run of games towards the end of the season in the CF position after RvP got injured and he looked poor in almost all of them. I can think of one game against Spurs at home where I could really say he was good there. In general that season he was average but it went under the radar somewhat because of the form of other players. It was actually left to others like Mata, Herrera, Fellani and Young to provide the goals and assists that got us over the line to fourth. The extent to which he's declined might be surprising, but he's been on a downward spiral for some years now. Ferguson realised it in 12/13 when he started dropping Rooney and I'm sure he would have been sold that summer if he hadn't retired.
The reason I put up those stats wasn't to say 'look how great his numbers are', it was because that poster was using 'only 9 goals' as though that was reason enough to get rid, when actually he was only behind van Persie that season on goals per minute. I did also say that they didn't tell the full story and that he had declined somewhat. The average number of minutes he was given for those league appearances was about 30 minutes, with I think 6 starts. The point is, we wouldn't be in a weaker position for keeping him and maybe we would have seen Rooney dropped quicker than he was. Maybe that's wishful thinking.
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He should have been kept on and looked after properly, he was not one of the players who needed clearing out, still relatively young, eager, loves the club, scores goals, on average salary, how many times this season have we been in a position where we needed a goal and you look at the bench and plan b is launch to Fellaini. You "assumed" that him moving on was making room for Wilson, then he gets little involvement and goes out on loan. You are assuming all the time with LVG decisions that there is some underlying masterplan behind them, but in the immediate term they are costing us dearly, moving on hernandez is one of a list of examples of that, thought he was going to be here this season and I was delighted with that, it is poxy now we are struggling for goals and he is one of the best around.
Hardly going to do it sitting on the bench.
Absolutely was the plan, even at the end he set it up on a silver platter for Moyes, including handing him a freaking excuse if the media complained(that it was too late and SAF's fault). Then Moyes turned it arse on end and gave him a contract extension.
Not really. Wilson had played about two first team games and Martial being so good so quickly was a massive stroke of luck. There was every chance that neither of them would really be able to contribute much at all, and Van Gaal gambled on Rooney staying fit all season and scoring 20-30 goals. That's a big gamble, especially given that there have been question marks over Rooney's ability for quite a while now.
I said it was a mistake settling him, and looks like most outsole agree now. Moves barely played him with the odd 10 or 15 minutes at the end of a game and hoped for hum to score. LVG played him for like half an hour and decided to sell him. That is no way to accurately assess a striker. In the tail end of his Madrid season, he was scoring and playing well. If he could do that in Madrid, he certainly could have had a positive impact now for us.
He came off the bench to score the winner in Champions League semi final. He has a long and distinguished record of scoring. Selling him was criminal. Would almost make ya think LVG is a Dipper.
Quarter final.
And didn't he start that game due to Benzema and I think Bale being out? Ancelotti erased him from like October-April.
Finished up in Madrid with a better minutes per goal ratio than Benzema too.
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17 goals in 14 games
Yeah, but the link up play though. His link up play wasn't United quality, right?
My little pea is lighting that league up right now. So bitter sweet to watch.
If we get a new manager, can we get him back please? That pass from Smalling would be a goal if Hernandez was playing.
There really are times when you feel like saying 'told you so'. But I'll resist... 
Just like Dzeko lit up that league.
Di Maria and Hernandez = 29 goals
Man United = 32 goals
Good decision to let them go. Too many goals for our liking. Plus they give the ball away far too much, therefore would have reduced our productivity.
Man United = 32 goals
Good decision to let them go. Too many goals for our liking. Plus they give the ball away far too much, therefore would have reduced our productivity.
Would you not want Dzeko upfront for the time being at United?
Zaha currently leading (or close) England in dribbles too.
Only goals or also assists? How many has ADM scored so far?
9 goals + 19 from Hernandez.
And with that he's 1 goal away for equalling his best ever season.
Wow. I'm sure AdM has got a good number of assists as well.
Selling him, Hernandez and RvP and replacing them only with Memphis and Martial (on the last day of the transfer window at that!) was a huge mistake. Many fans on here could see it. How LVG failed to see it is baffling, all the more he said last year that Rooney wasn't good enough as a striker. And then he sold the other strikers and ADM and made Rooney our main man in attack. Crazy.
di Maria = 9 Goals and 9 Assists.
Hernandez = 19 Goals and 1 Assist.
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not doing bad at all.
Yea but he slipped taking a penalty that one time, so we're better off without all them goal thingies.
It makes me despise van Gaal, what do you mean not good enough for us.
Yeah... well we went winless during December, so beat that.
Even though his 'shit build up play' has always been exaggerated it's probably ten times better now than Rooney's, nevermind the goals.
He'll be back in the prem next month
That fecking face by Giggs, man.
I am really glad for him.. Sad for us that he's gone. At least we have LVG..
Really liked him. Pity.
He's been linked with us recently but I'd be very surprised if there's any truth in us wanting him.