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Done.I'm hereby tipping Nani for a fine MOM performance against Spurs tonight. You can quote me on this.
Hope you're right mate. Nani is one of the most frustrating players in the Premier League. He can be utterly unstoppable one week as he was against City in the Shield and then be all too wasteful and predictable the next like against Brom. If he was only consistent I'm sure the title of this thread would seem redundant. People wouldn't be asking if Nani was the Premier League's best they'd be asking if he was the world's best.I'm hereby tipping Nani for a fine MOM performance against Spurs tonight. You can quote me on this.
Still think some posters were harsh on him vs. West Brom, most of the play went down Young's wing, probably because WBA left Young one on one often whereas they didn't do that with Nani.Hope you're right mate. Nani is one of the most frustrating players in the Premier League. He can be utterly unstoppable one week as he was against City in the Shield and then be all too wasteful and predictable the next like against Brom. If he was only consistent I'm sure the title of this thread would seem redundant. People wouldn't be asking if Nani was the Premier League's best they'd be asking if he was the world's best.
Brunt likely covered the most ground out of anyone with him constantly tracking Young, he wasn't one-on-one.Still think some posters were harsh on him vs. West Brom, most of the play went down Young's wing, probably because WBA left Young one on one often whereas they didn't do that with Nani.
Weird that cause Young was TOTALLY one on one for the first goal and the second too.Brunt likely covered the most ground out of anyone with him constantly tracking Young, he wasn't one-on-one.
feck me, I can't believe people still use that consistency bullshit after the last 18 months he's had (apart from after the Carragher injury).Hope you're right mate. Nani is one of the most frustrating players in the Premier League. He can be utterly unstoppable one week as he was against City in the Shield and then be all too wasteful and predictable the next like against Brom. If he was only consistent I'm sure the title of this thread would seem redundant. People wouldn't be asking if Nani was the Premier League's best they'd be asking if he was the world's best.
Come on cina, he MUST be very good in EVERY game to be "consistent". 7 out of 10 games is just not good enoughfeck me, I can't believe people still use that consistency bullshit after the last 18 months he's had (apart from after the Carragher injury).
Such nonsense.
It's up to the winger to create one on one situations.Weird that cause Young was TOTALLY one on one for the first goal and the second too.
Brunt was there on the 2nd, he was the "one".
But come on Pogue, you know full well that it can be difficult for a winger to engineer one on one situations if the opposition have clear tactics to prevent it.It's up to the winger to manufacture one on one situations by getting into intelligent positions and isolating the nearest defender.
If that "one" is a winger who's not a great tackler, so much the better. The fact that Brunt was the closest player for the second goal kind of backs up Brwned's point that Young had a defender and winger on his case for most of the game.
I didn't see any clear tactics to target Nani and allow Young extra space though. I just saw Nani having a poor game tbh.But come on Pogue, you know full well that it can be difficult for a winger to engineer one on one situations if the opposition have clear tactics to prevent it.
All I was saying about Young was that for the 2 big moments in the game he was left completely one on one, it doesn't matter who the "one" was.
I'd certainly go along with most of that, disagree that he had a "poor game" though, just that he didn't get into the game. United played so much down the left, there must have been a reason for that? For example, look how often Smalling got involved high up vs. City, something he didn't do at the Hawthorns.I didn't see any clear tactics to target Nani and allow Young extra space though. I just saw Nani having a poor game tbh.
It happens though. Nani's more like Giggs, while Young/Valencia are more like Beckham/Kanchelskis.
The former is a world beater on his game but always capable of throwing in the occasional absolute stinker. Being a bit flaky is the price of genius, if you will.
The latter players are less likely to stink the place out but also less likely to light it up and win games with moments of absolute brilliance.
Exactly, since he's been in the team after the Hull game in 2010 he's been our most consistent attacker.feck me, I can't believe people still use that consistency bullshit after the last 18 months he's had (apart from after the Carragher injury).
Such nonsense.
That can all be explained by Nani having a poor game.I'd certainly go along with most of that, disagree that he had a "poor game" though, just that he didn't get into the game. United played so much down the left, there must have been a reason for that? For example, look how often Smalling got involved high up vs. City, something he didn't do at the Hawthorns.
I know, it was more like 8 or 9 games out of 10, but dammit, that one game just makes him too inconsistent.Come on cina, he MUST be very good in EVERY game to be "consistent". 7 out of 10 games is just not good enough
Who the feck (attacking player) is good for 10 out of 10 games?
Nar, we went left from the first whistle, due to there being more room out there.That can all be explained by Nani having a poor game.
The CMs will tend to try and pick out the more effective winger on the day and the fullback on his flank will tend to look a lot more dangerous.
We did but in truth, Nani didn't do much at all when he had the ball. It was a poor game from him, regardless of how much he was on the ball.Nar, we went left from the first whistle, due to their being more room out there.
It baffles me, he is without doubt one of our most consistent performers these days.feck me, I can't believe people still use that consistency bullshit after the last 18 months he's had (apart from after the Carragher injury).
Such nonsense.
So you'll consider him consistent in January then?It's not consistent until he's done it at least two seasons straight in my opinion, Sharky.
I was just playing along with your joke, if that was unclear. I've been advocating the fact that Nani is our most important attacking player alongside Rooney and one of the best players in the league around here since the start of last season.So you'll consider him consistent in January then?
Who in the Premier League has been more consistent than Nani?Nani has too many poor games to be considered consistent, in my honest opinion. He is improving greatly though in that department. His stats will show he sets up a goal every second or third game or whatever, but he disappears for long periods in some games. Sometimes he is brilliant, sometimes he is crap. He is definitely leaning more towards the brilliant these days, to be fair.
Are you fecking kidding me? he was scoring and setting up goals in every single game last year. Did you even see his goals and assists record? He also should have had an assist or 2 last night with his brilliant crosses but Rooney missed a sister and nobody seemed to want to get on the end of the other crosses.Nani has too many poor games to be considered consistent, in my honest opinion. He is improving greatly though in that department. His stats will show he sets up a goal every second or third game or whatever, but he disappears for long periods in some games. Sometimes he is brilliant, sometimes he is crap. He is definitely leaning more towards the brilliant these days, to be fair.
Wasn't just you he's taken his game on again in that area. Nani has the potential to become one of the best players in the World if not the best. There are those who argue that Nani can never be better than Ronaldo and if you look at football in abstract maybe thats true. But football is practical not theoretical game e.g. Messi isn't as good at heading as Ronaldo but in practice does that make him less effective?Is it just me or did Nani win the ball back a shit load of times in midfield? He's great defensively as well as his attacking qualities.
His put a right shift in last night, spotted that too. Won the ball back a lot.Is it just me or did Nani win the ball back a shit load of times in midfield? He's great defensively as well as his attacking qualities.