10
Season Average Rating
- Appearances
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- Goals
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- Assists
- 9
- Yellow cards
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Very poor performance from him but still managed to sneak a goal. Didn't see him pressing for the ball at all. Sulking all over. Think the whole squad needed a break. Not our best day out
What an awesome finish.
It's simple, he isn't a man, he is an android. When he flies into a challenge I genuinely fear for defenders
Good finish, but he's been poor these last two games.
Agreed. Looked absolutely spent.
Defo needs a week off now, Herrera too.
He looked like he was going to collapse after his chance at 2-0. And a minute later, made a lung-busting off the ball dash like it was nothing. Love the energizer bunny!Sorry for the off topic comment.
Ye, he's lost his touch. Although, direct free kicks seem of less value in the modern game. Think the top scorers in that category in 2016 were Messi, Payet and someone else and they only managed 3 goals each.
I thought he was good against boro but he is isolated a little these games.
Apparently he has missed like 36 games or so in his long career of 18 years due to injuries. Remarkable athlete and still one of the very best cf in the world.
Looked knackered until his goal, then looked like a kid who just got told he's going to Disneyland.
Fantastic, really? He should have had a goal, but besides that he didn't do much.
Today yes, but he was awesome vs Boro.
He needs a rest though, even younger players in their prime struggle with matches coming so close, so what do you expect from a 35 year old?
Can we get him off free kicks please? Mata's the guy who's scored fairly regularly from them, and Pogba's hit a few good ones for us. Zlatan seems to hit the wall on every bloody occasion.
That is crazy numbers. And he's still got fabulous hair at 35 also.
He's was poor again today but got gifted a goal by the linesman, kind of makes up for the goal that was taken off him against Boro.
It bothers me how quickly people are to come in here and say how poor he was.
I think you're very much in the minority on that one. Look in the post-game thread or in this thread or basically anywhere after the Boro match to see what people were saying about him after that game, lots of praise. And you say beside the goal he should have had he didn't do much but he set up the equaliser!
More goals than Ronaldo this season, at 4 years older and in a tougher league. On a free transfer as well!
Has he been subbed off yet in a game for us?
As if Mourinho has balls that big.
Quiet game but another goal on his tally, really could do with a rest though.
The man is majestic. Nothing more needs to be said.
To be honest i thought he was extremely lazy tonight, even his goal came from being slow to get back onside, but obviously has to be given the benefit of the doubt with the crazy amount of football he's played lately. Hopefully gets a rest in one of the next couple of cup games
I'm still amazed I always had rememberd him as a lazy genius of sorts but there were so many games this season already where he ran his socks of for 90 minutes that I really can't quite fathom how I managed to come to the conclusion that he is lazy on the pitch.
Nope. Subbed on 3 times though (Feyenoord away, Fenerbahce away, Northampton Town away).
Maybe I'm in the minority, I don't know. He won the header for Martial's goal, that's true. He also missed a sitter in the dying minutes. It wasn't a fantastic performance from him though and the praises being sung in the post-match threads are clearly clouded by us either winning or losing. For me that was an average performance at best, and he was worse today, but who the feck cares when he racks up goal after goal and we're winning.
I don't know but according to statistics he did the most sprints of all of our players today. Also seemed to be willing to go the extra mile when chasing the ball but yeah at times he looked a bit slow and most of the stuff he tried in the first half looked rather unlucky. Still, I really rate his workrate as one of the best in our squad atm.
35 years old and plays 90 minutes in every game, and today was the first time he looked a bit tired but he still scored so does it matter? Great chance to rest him in the next 2 before Liverpool now.
I think it says it all about the man's quality, that even having scored close to 20 goals slightly beyond the half way mark, we all think he could have had plenty more!
Terrific finish today, not his fault if it's marginally offside. Who else finishes like that?
He needs to rest for one of the next 2 cup games though, and am sure he will.
Most likely playing v Reading, and rested for the Hull first leg.
Certainly needs to be in peak condition v Pool
Terrific finish today, not his fault if it's marginally offside. Who else finishes like that?
He needs to rest for one of the next 2 cup games though, and am sure he will.
Most likely playing v Reading, and rested for the Hull first leg.
Certainly needs to be in peak condition v Pool
I'm sure I read somewhere that he "doesn't like" to be subbed.
Made me laugh. It's like he doesn't get subbed, because he won't like it.
Hope he gets rested on the weekend
I imagine we'll give him the Reading game off then play him against Hull so he's still sharp before the Liverpool game.
He needs a rest. His finish was very, very clinical and it shows how strong his mentality when he is still runs around and presses even in the 92nd minute while being knackered.
Watch and learn, Wayne.
Watch and learn, Wayne.
If by "still got fabulous hair" you mean "could still get some work on the side as 'scornful buccaneer' in some nautical swashbuckling epic" then you're spot on.
Great man, he needs a well deserved rest before the Liverpool match.
That was sort of why I asked. I wouldn't be surprised if that was the reason.He definitely needs a rest. Has looked leggy the past couple of matches, which is well within his right at 35.
Badly needs a rest, hopefully next 2 games we will not be needing his services. Well taken goal today. Offside or not a striker must finish the ball and worry about the ref later.
I'd let him and Carrick have a few days away on holiday, possibly the remainder of this week.
Yep, this would be my preference.
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