Would have said that before QPR but I think it actually turned out toe be RvP's best performance yet. Be a shame to drop him if he's on the cusp of hitting some form. Really tough team selection for Van Gaal this weekend.
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Any chance we could play this Samurai chap as a centre half?
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Just read the title but I thought that was already obvious, no? We're hardly gonna sign him or pay his full wages if his knee goes again. Even if its not for our benefit I hope he recovers fully, he's a quality player to watch no matter who he plays for, nice guy too mind.
He would need to play up front. He'd really cut through defences! (See what I did there?)
Looking forward to his performance. My expectation of him is so high that I believe he could provide competition for Costa and Aguero for the golden boot. In my opinion, the di maria and falcao duo can be more lethal than the fabregas and diego costa partnership. Hopefully, he becomes a constant in our starting eleven if he puts on a good performance.
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Two chances in two minutes, and people said he offers nothing more than goals! 
What a player
Feck meTwo chances in two minutes, and people said he offers nothing more than goals!
Who said that?
He offered RvP some goals!Two chances in two minutes, and people said he offers nothing more than goals!
Great assist.
His lay-offs and link up play are very good, once he gets a goal and half a dozen games under his belt he is gonna be huge for us.
Deserved a goal. Great technique.
Common falcao..
2 moments of quality (RVP goal and when he hit the bar) but he was pants apart from that.
He still needs a bit more match fitness me thinks. He needs to start the next home game. If he scores one, he will be fine. Too much expectation on his shoulder right now.
He was good in the buildup, was quite impressed. Lost too much aerial duels tho.
Rusty, hardly that surprising.
Great cross for RVP goals and unlucky with his attempt that hit the bar. The fitter he gets, the more influence he will have. Already seems to have a good understanding with the others up there.
All round game was poor. Moments of class as well, of course. Understandable.
Is his all round game better then that? Cos in all honesty, today he reminded me of just a better version of Hernandez.
He did have a lot of games like that at Atletico. That's why I felt Costa's season last year was better than Falcao's the year before, because he added more than goals.
He is no way near fully fit, probs at 65% of his best, but he still linked up well providing great touches and flicks. When is fully confident he is a menace, his movement is brilliant, i.e look at the first goal how he peeled off. If you think he can't offer much more than Hernandez then you haven't seen enough of him. 2 footed, brilliant in the air and can strike a mean ball. Not particularly fast or strong but his all round game is top notch..
I'd add another one, before he made the cross for RVP, there was a similar situation where he lost his marker and crossed it to RVP too.
Thought he was dropping deeper than RVP and getting more involved in the buildup play, which is weird. When you have a goal-machine like him, it would have make much more sense having him than RVP at the top picking up the end of chances. Good assist and was so close to scoring a beauty. Still think he and RVP were in opposite roles today though.
I think we need to see him up top with Rooney with Mata in behind. He offered more than Robin today i feel. Obviously still not 100% though, so i'd only try that when he is.
His work rate was good but i felt he was muscled off the ball too much and his hold up play was pretty bad. Still i dont think hes fully fit but still looked dangerous on the ball.
He played pretty well today in my opinion. That cross for the first was an absolute peach and a great effort for the one that hit the bar. Struggled to get involved a bit at times, we need to get him a proper goalscoring opportunity, not played him in once yet!
I liked what I saw, given he is clearly some way from being fully fit. A few moments of genuine class though very rusty at times. I guess we will have to be patient.
Cracking strike off the bar today. Linked up well in attack and had some decent moments. Obviously still a bit rusty but you sense there's a lot more to come.
And that chant, oh my God it's infectious...
And that chant, oh my God it's infectious...
WHat needs to be remembered is that was his longest game played since his ACL injury six months ago, so he is still aiming to get back to full fitness even though he has played six games this season. I gave him another couple of weeks at the very least to see him at full fitness, then we should be seeing some great results from him.
Was happy today from what I saw. I can see the danger lurking, but he needs a bit more time to get that execution done better.
Was happy today from what I saw. I can see the danger lurking, but he needs a bit more time to get that execution done better.
I actually thought he was taller. When he went up for a corner I was surprised how many players were head and shoulders above him.
I liked what I saw today. Bit more fitness and he will be a first team starter.
Why? He had a full pre-season with Monaco and played 3 games for them. I doubt he's that far behind fitness wise, if he was he wouldn't have started today.
He needs a lot more then a pre season after being out for like 7 months.
I was impressed by him. He was good with the ball outside the box and nearly scored a great goal. He got bullied off the ball a little bit but it was only his first start. I'd definitely start him over RVP if it came down to it.
Such a positive player & has an excellent all round game. Once he finds his feet I expect the goals to flow.
I thought he was pretty good all things considered
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Hernandez couldn't even dream of laying on such a composed assist.
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