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Luis Nani | 2012/13 Performances
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It was a poor Fulham side and his performance was satisfactory. Lets not get carried away
thought he, and rooney both, had good games. they both needed the time and got.
I don´t like Nani making a fuss whenever he get a kick but I haven´t seen that for a while and if you think he is not United-material then Valencia should play for FCUM
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Yes, lets not speak about the game and individual performances. Pretty pointless and all, since Fulham were poor.
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.
Looked a threat every time he got the ball, I find people whinging about his attitude in the match day thread quite confusing.
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
It's all part of the grind for players like him
Yep, and he tracked back all game too. Even made a few tackles and an interception.
hope I am wrong...honest.
He has amazing abilities. but can be terribly frustrating. More importantly I think he wants out.
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 definitely doesn't look like a player that wants out. He worked hard tonight and against West Ham.
I thought so too. He's much more dangerous than Valencia, also more exciting to watch.
He is the best winger we've got right now, but by United standards the others are quite average.
He's shown encouraging signs all game but his end product was mostly frustrating, it definitely improved as the game went on though.
Last season we apparently had the best set of wingers in the world.
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?
When they're on top form we do. At the moment they're a long way from that.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
What fecking diamond, are you serious? We played like 5 games in that formation this year, and most of those were unimportant games.
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.
I agree.
trying does not equal good.
but I am giving him the benefit of the doubt after coming from a long injury.
we'd be mad to sell Nani. This is what he does. He'll be in top form soon
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.
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.
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.
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.
Better in the second half, showed more urgency that he lacked in the first. His head seems elsewhere at the minute though.
Agree,played well in patches,but he as been away for awhile.
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.
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.
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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