Robin van Persie

Floyd said:
Robin van Persie reminds you of Mark Hughes??

Jesus wept.
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Probably because they're both quite good at volleys.

I can't really see any other similarities though.
 
Sorry if I offend anyone but the name Robin for a man is quite homo
 
Very good player capable of moments of brilliance. Injuries has hindered him to be considered as one of the top strikers in the world imho.
 
Injuries have stopped him from reaching the top. When hes on form there relaly are shades of bergkamp. His free kicks i would rather watch then Ronaldos as well.
 
Jopub said:
Fantastic player but has not had now, for two seasons I'd say, a run where he was free of injury for more than four games

I think if Robin had a a half a season of injury free, ever present football he'd be amongst the top five strikers in world football. Its arguable that had he been fit for most of last season we'd have got even closer to the title

I have a feeling in my bones that his body will, in the end, fail him
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Nah, you're being ridiculous there. Rooney, Torres, Eto, Drogba, David Villa, and a few others are definitely on a upper tier of strikers. However, he is a very good player, but somehow the kind of player that nobody sympathised when injuries go against him. Says a lot about him really.
 
SittingBull said:
Nah, you're being ridiculous there. Rooney, Torres, Eto, Drogba, David Villa, and a few others are definitely on a upper tier of strikers. However, he is a very good player, but somehow the kind of player that nobody sympathised when injuries go against him. Says a lot about him really.
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A couple of years ago Fergie was asked if he could pick a player from another team who would it be, and he answered Van Persie.

Saw him in the league cup at OT and he spent a lot of the time lying on his back waving his arms about - ref had to tell him to get up and get on with it.
More Van Pussy than Van Persie, although he was pretty young, I admit.
 
SittingBull said:
Nah, you're being ridiculous there. Rooney, Torres, Eto, Drogba, David Villa, and a few others are definitely on a upper tier of strikers. However, he is a very good player, but somehow the kind of player that nobody sympathised when injuries go against him. Says a lot about him really.
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Yours is an opinion just like mine and this lad two years ago when Henry was leaving was on the threshold of being one of the worlds best strikers.

Big game player, can score against anybody, excellent close control and fantastic technique, powerful, aggressive and quick and a good instinct for the goal. That made him world class is my book

Without researching the statistics he has hardly played 5 games in succession since then and spent nearly all last season out.

Some of those above attributes have dropped off which given the circumstances is not surprising. Players need not only 'match fitness' but overall inner confidence which a proper consistant run in the side gives them and I dont mean 5 games I mean a season where they play 40 games out of 50.

If he gets that he'll be back no question about it.

Of the players you mention Rooney for starters is not even a striker par se although for me better than any of the others as a player, scorer and creater of goals.

Of the others Drogba and Torres are pure strikers and I'd certainly put van Persie amongst the rest no question

Nothing ridiculous about that
 
Bizarre stuff.

Clearly a quality, quality player, amongst the best in the division.
 
GusHiddink said:
Why not hand out infraction points?? You're good at that. Or is the subject matter not enough unless it is said by certain posters?
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How would you know whether I did?

Derail this thread to babble about your victimisation from 4 separate mods and you'll get more.

15 is a permanent ban, which I have been trying to warn you about for ages.
 
Fergie said last year that if he could get any player from Arsenal, it would be Van Persie. I would have to go with him. Although he is like Robben in the sense that he is injured for at least 2-3 months a season but would have great matches and still notch up more than goals and 10 assists a season.
 
Jopub said:
Yours is an opinion just like mine and this lad two years ago when Henry was leaving was on the threshold of being one of the worlds best strikers.
Big game player, can score against anybody, excellent close control and fantastic technique, powerful, aggressive and quick and a good instinct for the goal. That made him world class is my book

Without researching the statistics he has hardly played 5 games in succession since then and spent nearly all last season out.

Some of those above attributes have dropped off which given the circumstances is not surprising. Players need not only 'match fitness' but overall inner confidence which a proper consistant run in the side gives them and I dont mean 5 games I mean a season where they play 40 games out of 50.

If he gets that he'll be back no question about it.

Of the players you mention Rooney for starters is not even a striker par se although for me better than any of the others as a player, scorer and creater of goals.

Of the others Drogba and Torres are pure strikers and I'd certainly put van Persie amongst the rest no question

Nothing ridiculous about that
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Well, i have to admit that during that period when he started the season in such brilliant goalscoring form, i was on the impression that he would finish as the top scorer in the English Premier League. Sadly for the injuries.
 
If he could stay fit and played for a team like Utd of Chelsea he's be one of the worlds best

It's only because he's always injured and Arsenal are so up and down that he's underachieving. A fit RVP for Arsenal last season would of been interesting.....
 
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