Luis Nani | 2012/13 Performances

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Some people seem to have an agenda against Nani, thought he had a good game considering he's just back from a lengthy lay off,

Looked a threat every time he got the ball, I find people whinging about his attitude in the match day thread quite confusing.
 
Has any player ever split the Caf as much as Nani?

I can see the benefits of a fit and on form Nani, on his day he can be unplayable, it's the "on his day" bit I struggle with though, I'm not talking about today cos as we all know he's just working his way back, I'm talking about his overall time at our club, and with that in mind the "on his day" times have been too few for me.

Well he was consistently brilliant from the start of 2010 to about March 2011, and then from august 2011 to whenever he got injured (December 2011?). That's like 2 years where he was consistently one of our best players, and since then he's had loads of injuries and hasn't really been able to get a run of form going (partially because Valencia was brilliant in the second half of last season). Now that the positions on the wings are there for the taking I really have hope that Nani will step up and go back to his brilliant best, because for those 2 years he was probably in the top 3 wingers in the world.
 
Games like this are necessary for him to get back to his best.I thought he was decent, had many good moments and sometimes bad moments.
It's all part of the grind for players like him
 
Some people seem to have an agenda against Nani, thought he had a good game considering he's just back from a lengthy lay off,

Looked a threat every time he got the ball, I find people whinging about his attitude in the match day thread quite confusing.

Yep, and he tracked back all game too. Even made a few tackles and an interception.
 
I may be slightly biased, but after watching that game, would anyone really pick one of our other wingers ahead of him, I mean fecking hell, at least he does something when he gets the ball, and that's after barely playing for two months.
 
Well he was consistently brilliant from the start of 2010 to about March 2011, and then from august 2011 to whenever he got injured (December 2011?). That's like 2 years where he was consistently one of our best players, and since then he's had loads of injuries and hasn't really been able to get a run of form going (partially because Valencia was brilliant in the second half of last season). Now that the positions on the wings are there for the taking I really have hope that Nani will step up and go back to his brilliant best, because for those 2 years he was probably in the top 3 wingers in the world.

you know we signed him in 2007?

I said overall in his career with us.
 
hope I am wrong...honest.

He has amazing abilities. but can be terribly frustrating. More importantly I think he wants out.
He definitely doesn't look like a player that wants out. He worked hard tonight and against West Ham.
 
I may be slightly biased, but after watching that game, would anyone really pick one of our other wingers ahead of him, I mean fecking hell, at least he does something when he gets the ball, and that's after barely playing for two months.

He is the best winger we've got right now, but by United standards the others are quite average.
 
you know we signed him in 2007?

I said overall in his career with us.

Yeah but come on, he was 18/19 when he signed him, hardly fair to judge a player on their consistency when they're that age, is it?
 
I don't think you understand football.

Based on what? This argument about Nani is a fecking joke! I think the player is great and I love him playing for United, however, if he plays bad, I am not going to don my tinted specs and start making excuses for him.

He got the ball loads today and did SFA with it. Near the end, he pulled off a great move on the left where he knocked it passed the full back and used his pace to get around him. Outside of that, he was largely wasteful and disappointing with the ball. Why is it that when somebody like Carrick plays bad he is lambasted but when Nani plays bad he is 'tired', or 'rusty' or some sort of bullshit?

Nani is a class player who is continuously inconsistent. He was not good today..it's as simple as that
 
Last season we apparently had the best set of wingers in the world.

We did. Valencia has played at like 20% his normal level this season and Nani has barely played at all, that's how things change. Young was never that good to begin with, he's decent but not world class and wouldn't play for most top European clubs.
 
Would you lot start him against Real Madrid? Could create something out of nothing but he tends to give the ball away in trying that -- a counter attack could decide the tie.

Easily, on form he is our best winger by a mile and he usually plays well against spanish teams from memory. Plus his speed and ability on the break would be invaluable for us. Also think he'd be well up for a game against them.
 
Easily, on form he is our best winger by a mile and he usually plays well against spanish teams from memory. Plus his speed and ability on the break would be invaluable for us. Also think he'd be well up for a game against them.

I'd have to disagree. I think he would be a liability against Madrid at this moment. We need to stack the midfield and match their three with three of our own. Diamond all the way against the Spaniards IMO
 
Based on what? This argument about Nani is a fecking joke! I think the player is great and I love him playing for United, however, if he plays bad, I am not going to don my tinted specs and start making excuses for him.

He got the ball loads today and did SFA with it. Near the end, he pulled off a great move on the left where he knocked it passed the full back and used his pace to get around him. Outside of that, he was largely wasteful and disappointing with the ball. Why is it that when somebody like Carrick plays bad he is lambasted but when Nani plays bad he is 'tired', or 'rusty' or some sort of bullshit?

Nani is a class player who is continuously inconsistent. He was not good today..it's as simple as that

he was awful in the first half...improved in the second.

almost always made the worst decision.

I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt....I hope he signs a new contract...because at his best he is some player.
 
Good game overall, let's hope Fergie will now play him every week. Poor end product though, but some of the mowemants from the rest of the team were shit tbf when he had the ball, for example after that cross on back post at the end of first half, Hernandez and Rooney were marking eachother and they had at least five fulham defenders around them and they just stood there for five seconds not even trying to get rid off it. Still, that's not an excuse, but he will improve.

Good to have him back, he already looks better than Valencia. I hope both him and Valencia will raise their form in next few games.
 
he was awful in the first half...improved in the second.

almost always made the worst decision.

I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt....I hope he signs a new contract...because at his best he is some player.

I hope he signs up too. AT his best, he is a dream to have. This was not my point though...he was not good today. I need to stress the 'today' part because this is what I am referring to.
 
I'd have to disagree. I think he would be a liability against Madrid at this moment. We need to stack the midfield and match their three with three of our own. Diamond all the way against the Spaniards IMO

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What fecking diamond, are you serious? We played like 5 games in that formation this year, and most of those were unimportant games.
 
you know we signed him in 2007?

I said overall in his career with us.

We signed him as a young promising winger, and he was decent but inconsistent for a few years, and then he was easily world class for two years. He's always been a very productive player, despite many people being frustrated by his decision making over the years. Like all wingers, he goes through patches of good and bad form and not many wingers are very consistent with their delivery. Especially players like Nani who try many different things, unlike a player like Bale or Valencia, who basically always do the same thing over and over.

Overall he's been a very good player for us, maybe not what some expected though. I am honestly a little disappointed that he didn't kick on from his great form early last season, but he did have a lot of injuries since then and not many chances to get a good run in the side.
 
Why is it that when somebody like Carrick plays bad he is lambasted but when Nani plays bad he is 'tired', or 'rusty' or some sort of bullshit?

Are you kidding me? Aside from Carrick, Nani cops more criticism on this forum than any other United player. Anyway, just because he didn't set up 5 goals, doesn't mean he was shit. Nani was great today.
 
I'm afraid I watched the same game as Gaeilge. Although Nani had a good couple of touches, I don't think he really did anything of any note. I do remember a couple of times where he tried to shoot instead of passing it, and I have to say it annoyed me as I didn't at the time think there was a shot on.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not coming on here bashing Nani, as I actually like him and would like nothing more for him to sign a new contract. I just feel he wasn't up to anything like his best, and by his standards, he certainly didn't play well IMO.
 
We signed him as a young promising winger, and he was decent but inconsistent for a few years, and then he was easily world class for two years. He's always been a very productive player, despite many people being frustrated by his decision making over the years. Like all wingers, he goes through patches of good and bad form and not many wingers are very consistent with their delivery. Especially players like Nani who try many different things, unlike a player like Bale or Valencia, who basically always do the same thing over and over.

Overall he's been a very good player for us, maybe not what some expected though. I am honestly a little disappointed that he didn't kick on from his great form early last season, but he did have a lot of injuries since then and not many chances to get a good run in the side.

Perhaps the problem is that some peoples expectations are too high?

He had that 'Ronaldo' tag for a while before he became his own player. Perhaps people thought that he'd become as good as him? which to be fair, is highly unrealistic, despite the talent that Nani has always had.
 
I may be slightly biased, but after watching that game, would anyone really pick one of our other wingers ahead of him, I mean fecking hell, at least he does something when he gets the ball, and that's after barely playing for two months.

No, at the moment, no. Unless you go for safety first, then Young and Valencia are consistent at defending, regardless of their attacking form. Seeing that such games are few and far between, Nani's currently our best winger.
 
I'd have to disagree. I think he would be a liability against Madrid at this moment. We need to stack the midfield and match their three with three of our own. Diamond all the way against the Spaniards IMO

I'd have a 4-3-3, Nani RVP and Rooney as the front 3 interchanging, and Carrick, Cleverley and Anderson in midfield. Going to stack the midfield and try to grind out a result would be suicide IMO because this United team is not one that can do that. We have to go there with a positive attitude, because their defence is fragile especially with some of the injuries they have.
 
We signed him as a young promising winger, and he was decent but inconsistent for a few years, and then he was easily world class for two years. He's always been a very productive player, despite many people being frustrated by his decision making over the years. Like all wingers, he goes through patches of good and bad form and not many wingers are very consistent with their delivery. Especially players like Nani who try many different things, unlike a player like Bale or Valencia, who basically always do the same thing over and over.

Overall he's been a very good player for us, maybe not what some expected though. I am honestly a little disappointed that he didn't kick on from his great form early last season, but he did have a lot of injuries since then and not many chances to get a good run in the side.



just going by the comments since my original post, we've had him for 6 seasons, two were a learning curve,two were brilliant and two were a bit hampered by injury and loss of form.

so to sum up, a third of his time with us has been brilliant, I'm not complaining though, don't get me wrong, he's a great player, I just disagree that overall he's been a very good player for us.
 
I'm afraid I watched the same game as Gaeilge. Although Nani had a good couple of touches, I don't think he really did anything of any note. I do remember a couple of times where he tried to shoot instead of passing it, and I have to say it annoyed me as I didn't at the time think there was a shot on.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not coming on here bashing Nani, as I actually like him and would like nothing more for him to sign a new contract. I just feel he wasn't up to anything like his best, and by his standards, he certainly didn't play well IMO.

that's how I saw it too.

it may be him coming back from injury or his mind is elsewhere...:(

hope not.
 
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