Yeah that was the point i ran out of patience with carrick tbh.
I agree, I remember thinking , hold on.. is that not a foul but it happened so fast and there was barely any celebration. No shame in going out to a goal like Robben's though. Hopefully Van Gaal can reverse the result next year if we play them.
He's been our best player basically. Very good in the Champions League and excellent in the portuguese cup in our away win at Porto. He's not only producing with goals and assists, he's our biggest attacking threat and has a very positive effect on the team. He takes alot of pressure off his teammates and opens up space because he is always closely marked with 2 even 3 players sometimes. What i like in Nani is that he isn't affraid to take the ball and take on opponents. He's always trying to create something. Of course in his position sometimes his decision making is poor but the positives from his actions clearly outweigh that. Will be sad when he leaves.
How's he getting on anyway?
I'd still like him back for next season.
Don't think Carrick played again for the rest of the season. I would have sold him as well, that was a massive error
He was a bit crap in the first leg too wasn't he?
I always liked this about him too and felt he got more flack than he deserved from united supporters for it.
Dare you stoke the wrath of the Nanbois, ha ha . . . but seriously, the guy is obviously past it and I´m glad he´s gone, but he played some great football for United and it should be recognized
Sounds promising.
What?
Someone hasn't been following their European football clearly.
Perfect encapsulation of Nani as a player, and his public persona in general. Although every player craves that to some degree, a lot of them don't need the extra personal touch and can brush criticism off. He really is someone who plays at his best when the management, team-mates and maybe even the supporters consistently put their trust in him. Which didn't pan out at times these past couple of years, some of it through his own lack of performance to be fair.
He was excellent on the second half of 2010-2011 season. And then very good on 11-12.
Well he's more suited for the CF role than Di Maria. He's actually a very good finisher. Still not ideal though.
We tried him in that position 3-5-2 in pre season and he looked awful, that was the final nail for him unfortunately.
So do I, haven't seen much of him this season , but he's back to his old form of a couple of years ago and free from injury then would love to have him back
That's a bit disingenuous, isn't it? Another way to put it: he had two poor seasons after turning good, and then he went on loan and impressed massively. Basically your first sentence only really applies after his disappointing 12/13 season.
Aye, it's not as if it's Anderson we're talking about in this case. Nani has actually had successful periods of form and good seasons while with us, and was once a very key player within the team.
Aye, I thought I remembered us using him in that role alright. I certainly remember him having a poor pre-season generally, looked like a player who would be happy to have a fresh start somewhere new.
Second half of 2009-10 he was excellent, that was the season of the 3-2 against Bayern.
He has impressed in the Champions League as well, 4 goals and 2 assists in 5 games. He's a very good player without a doubt but a fresh start was good for him and frankly he shouldn't come back. The moment he tries something adventurous or misplaces a pass the fans will be on his back again, I think it's best for all parties if he just moves on.
Valencia and Young are our back up fullbacks.
They can play as wingbacks and Nani can't. Nani would have had to either play up front or just behind the two forwards, neither position would really suit him tbh and we have better for both. He probably would have been in the same boat as Januzaj if he had have stayed.
Nani being loaned out was a good thing IMO, as he said, he needed the change to get his confidence back, he was kind of homesick and he needed to go somewhere where everyone believed in him. He said he had the option to stay or go out on loan like everyone who wasn't seen as a starter, and he decided to go on loan.
He was good for us until we lost faith in him. Not playing him in big games when we needed more defensive solidity seemed to really knock his confidence. Thats his own problem, but i still think theres a good player in there and hes showing it at Sporting.
Because nobody in their right mind would have taken either after last season.
