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Liverpool have fizzled out due to not being able to challenge us, so his goals (like any other player at the end of the day of course) have helped us get to that position.
This is exactly how i feel. I would be over the moon if we extended his loan til January.
I agree with this 100%. Im not quite sure what magic, some fans believe occurs during pre-season.
Obviously it's important but I think Falcao would have shown some improvement by now from the beginning of the season if he was ever going to be the anything like the same player. Look at Luis Suarez this year, started pretty slowly at Barcelona having had no pre-season because of that ban (and had an injury before the World Cup albeit nowhere near as bad as Falcao's) but in the last few months he's been incredible for them.
Utd fans are an extremely forgiving bunch, the only Utd player I think absolutely everybody had given up on in the end was Anderson.
Don't think too many tears will be shed when Tom Cleverley packs his bags in the summer. And yeah, there's no way we should have Falcao still hanging around next year, it's disappointing it's not worked out but let's move on.
I am not sure we know how LVG wants to play. His system was based on the players available to him. He obviously likes skilled players because he bought both Falcao and Di Maria. He met Mata here and the Herrera deal was at an advanced stage when LVG came on board. Maybe LVG's system will be different after he has made major changes, some of which may include central and attacking midfielders.
I think we do - towards the end of the season he stuck to the same formation that he has played with for most of his career. It is basically a 4-3-3 and it seems he wants his one striker to play a lot with the back to goal and often come deep to get involved in the build up - that does not suit Falcao, and is the also the reason Chicharito was sent out immediately.
It may help keep you at the top level longer into the season, less injuries perhaps but no way does a pre season make you better than your top level already is. Just look at carrick, no pre season and came back like a house on fire. Over the Christmas period falcao showed he doesn't have the legs for the premier league, and I don't think he will ever get his old ability back. If he does I will be absolutely delighted, but we've seen it too often before. Knee injuries just don't recover you the same player.
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Of what? that he's fecking useless?
Liverpool.
That he's cut his hair?
He's going to rob a board game shop.
Maybe Valencia is saying his goodbyes?
Yeah, one of his better games for us so far. Can't remember him falling over even once.
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Shame it didn't work out. Gutted he wasn't the player we were expecting.
