Players seem to think twice before playing the ball into his feet.
That's not a good sign.
That's not a good sign.
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
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- Goals
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- Assists
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- Yellow cards
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He wasn't poor today. The problem was our midfield and defence and their complete inability to retain possession. Falcao was never going to shine in a game like that.
Got in the way of the Palace defenders for our second goal and created a chance for Herrera. Exceeded (the admittedly low) expectations.
Got in the way of the Palace defenders for our second goal and created a chance for Herrera. Exceeded (the admittedly low) expectations.
People keep saying this about Wilson. Remember, he has hardly covered himself in glory either when he has played. It's the ol caf 'when they don't play the reputation increases' with Wilson. Still not convinced he will even make it here in all honesty.
Some of the comments in here.
I thought he was very good today. Didn't get played in for some superb runs - Ashley Young's pull back to Mata in particular. Was sharp and lively, showed strength and great movement.
Completed 12 of 13 passes - 92.3%
Recovered the ball - 1
Aerial duels - 1 of 2
Take ons - 1
Clearances - 1
Headed clearances - 1
Foul suffered - 1
Would have loved to have seen him offered the same volley chance Rooney claimed a penalty for or the ghost header Rooney missed. Note I'm not criticising Rooney here, just on this form, Falcao looked sharp and I'd have liked to have seen what he could have done in similar situations in that 2nd half.
I thought he was very good today. Didn't get played in for some superb runs - Ashley Young's pull back to Mata in particular. Was sharp and lively, showed strength and great movement.
Completed 12 of 13 passes - 92.3%
Recovered the ball - 1
Aerial duels - 1 of 2
Take ons - 1
Clearances - 1
Headed clearances - 1
Foul suffered - 1
Would have loved to have seen him offered the same volley chance Rooney claimed a penalty for or the ghost header Rooney missed. Note I'm not criticising Rooney here, just on this form, Falcao looked sharp and I'd have liked to have seen what he could have done in similar situations in that 2nd half.
can't decide if we ever had a bigger star player flop, he's awfull why don't we rather play in ten man ffs?
I actually believe in that in the past few games, he hasnt been bad.
However, we do not want a player who is "not bad". We are looking for a striker of such quality that when they take to the pitch, defenders panic.
Right now, Fellaini makes defenders panic. In some instances, 2 players mark him.
By contrast, Falcao is easy to defend against and requires no special attention.
We already have 2 aging strikers (Rooney, RVP). Lets not buy another.
For us to even consider buying him now, he needs to score at least 10 goals in the remaining 2 games...which would be difficult for Ronaldo, let alone Radamel "4 goal a season" Falcao.
We want a striker - ie. someone who can put the ball at the back of the net.
Falcao has done this 4 times, in half a season.
A striker who can only score 4 goals in half a season, is not good enough to play for Leicester, let alone Man Utd.
However, we do not want a player who is "not bad". We are looking for a striker of such quality that when they take to the pitch, defenders panic.
Right now, Fellaini makes defenders panic. In some instances, 2 players mark him.
By contrast, Falcao is easy to defend against and requires no special attention.
We already have 2 aging strikers (Rooney, RVP). Lets not buy another.
For us to even consider buying him now, he needs to score at least 10 goals in the remaining 2 games...which would be difficult for Ronaldo, let alone Radamel "4 goal a season" Falcao.
If we want someone who can draw fouls and pass the ball, there are better midfielders out there.
We want a striker - ie. someone who can put the ball at the back of the net.
Falcao has done this 4 times, in half a season.
A striker who can only score 4 goals in half a season, is not good enough to play for Leicester, let alone Man Utd.
His shove into the Palace defender's back basically got us CL football again. Hero.
Well, give him as many chances as Falcao and then rate them both.
Atleast there is upside with Wilson also with the game was going he would have been useful going in behind them as they were pushing high.
And also Falcao has been ordinary throughout for us. Even in U21 games.
I thought he was sharp today. Didn't really get much service but none of our strikers really do in this team
and the funny thing is he's not much worse than Rooney..
Wilson could at least get around the pitch, chase defenders down, and because he's young would play with little fear,
I've no clue what Falcao offers us, his mobility is poor, his strength holding up the ball is poor, I swear to god I've never seen someone just.. fall over more times for us than he's done in his cameo's this season.
Would loved to have a Benteke type to bring on today, strength and mobility to occupy defenders/hold up play when we were under pressure.
Well thats one way to put pushing a defender
maybe he tries to look as shit as possible to lower his transfer fee to bang 30 next season in dry shirt..
Ah yes, that 1 under 21 game.
Disagree. He was a lot stronger on the ball today and made some promising runs. If he was given a decent chance today, I am confident he would have scored. Looks like a very likeable guy as well and at least he is willing to work.
It wasn't anywhere near as bad as the push against him he was crucified for against Chelsea. Delaney goes over like a sack of shit.
Would have scored if Young had trusted hi/spotted him. Played decent and worked his ass off.
World class assist for Fellainis goal. Didn't see it until the replays much later on. Brilliant.
World class assist for Fellainis goal. Didn't see it until the replays much later on. Brilliant.
Mendes. It's not about de gea but an even bigger deal.
(Those of you that have been around long enough know not to question my sources.)
(Those of you that have been around long enough know not to question my sources.)
That's the scary thing. Shows how overrated Rooney actually is.
He was better than Rooney today when we actually attacked he was involved and set up Herrera who was denied by a good save. Certainly wasn't pointless.
Sure, wasnt the worst foul ever but we had luck on our side this time. Another time the foul gets called
I think that was probably one of the most accomplished striking performances we've seen this year and definitely Falcao's best in 2015. Nothing spectacular by any means but if he'd played like that for most of the season I'd have considered him a relatively successful signing.
Similar performance to what is Rooney putting every week since the Tottenham game. Only difference is that one is called Silent Dominator and the other is called shit.
Looks like a player who wants to stay here, actually. Of course that doesn't mean anything since Van Gaal has instructed him to play in a way that helps the team. But it was nice to see he wasn't playing for Falcao, passing it to players who were in a better position.
Some of his build up play in the final third on a couple of occasions was good.
Ronaldo is coming home!
Difference is Rooney can take the ball forward, take it wide, play it cross field or play it forward. Or even burst beyond the high line off a long ball.
Falcao just comes deep and passes it 5 yards backwards or to the nearest man. When we were under the cosh and not many around him it meant the ball kept coming back into the pressure zone of a congested midfield. Not his fault but there was no outlet except Young.
This thread is comedy gold.
So are you implying he isn't?
Will soon become our all time biggest goal scorer etc.
And that is great. He is a very good player but he gets heralded as one of the Worlds best strikers when he is absolutely nowhere near.
Some good runs and worked hard but it's impossible to judge our strikers when we don't create a single chance for them.
When he's on top form (yeah i know), he's up there with any striker. Before last season, he had more goals and assists in the Prem for the prior 4 years, than any other player in the league.
I trust you man.
Funny, I could have sworn he came on at half time but I didn't see him for the rest of the game, so I assume I must have been mistaken...
He did enough today for this thread not to be bumped to be fair. Thought his play with Herrera was good.
No, think you need specsavers mate
He has tended to come on and put in a tidy performance or cameo the past couple of months but people will rush into here to shit on his performance regardless. As usual some nice runs and decent built up play today, very unlucky that Young didn't pick out his run at the near post.
After he moved into midfield, where he proved he wasn't scared to shoot at the slightest chance of an opening.
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