KaKa Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Brummie's doing great. Villa are having a great season so far. With Benteke to return still. He'll get no prayers from me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stottie Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Interesting number-crunching on Falcao here from the Washington Post. He takes penalties, and if you subtract them, his record at Athletico was similar in open play to Soldado and Negredo in La Liga. I found the article after watching a fan highlight film of him at Monaco which showed a few penalties and not that many goals from open play, certainly not 55M worth anyway. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fancy-stats/wp/2014/09/02/here-is-why-manchester-united-is-taking-a-risk-with-falcao/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Interesting number-crunching on Falcao here from the Washington Post. He takes penalties, and if you subtract them, his record at Athletico was similar in open play to Soldado and Negredo in La Liga. I found the article after watching a fan highlight film of him at Monaco which showed a few penalties and not that many goals from open play, certainly not 55M worth anyway. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fancy-stats/wp/2014/09/02/here-is-why-manchester-united-is-taking-a-risk-with-falcao/ But didn't Soldado and Negredo take penalties for their teams too? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 #prayforbrummie Just look at that stupid face. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 #prayforbrummie Only a loan. That bit pleases me. In fact, it's nice to see we've finally realised you can TAKE loans rather than just give them. Sounds like his agent is an absolute bell end, though, judging bt the story in the Torygraph today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Interesting number-crunching on Falcao here from the Washington Post. He takes penalties, and if you subtract them, his record at Athletico was similar in open play to Soldado and Negredo in La Liga. I found the article after watching a fan highlight film of him at Monaco which showed a few penalties and not that many goals from open play, certainly not 55M worth anyway. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fancy-stats/wp/2014/09/02/here-is-why-manchester-united-is-taking-a-risk-with-falcao/ Numbers don't tell the whole story, though. Negredo and Soldado played in more creative teams than Falcao. Falcao's ability to turn pointless balls into the general direction of the goal is just preternatural. He got diamonds out of the mud in a team that's amazing at strangling games but struggles to create chances outside set pieces. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Interesting number-crunching on Falcao here from the Washington Post. He takes penalties, and if you subtract them, his record at Athletico was similar in open play to Soldado and Negredo in La Liga. I found the article after watching a fan highlight film of him at Monaco which showed a few penalties and not that many goals from open play, certainly not 55M worth anyway. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fancy-stats/wp/2014/09/02/here-is-why-manchester-united-is-taking-a-risk-with-falcao/ See the overhead he scored? Worth £55m. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Froggy man, who do you think will start upfront as Van Persie has said he's fit and doesn't need surgery! Will all three feature do you think, or is Rooney done? Have to fit one of your strikers, and need to make the right call. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Rooney will fill the Dirk Kuyt role. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Defensive wing-back in the 3-5-2? That'd be hilarious. He'd literally combust in a rage Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Froggy man, who do you think will start upfront as Van Persie has said he's fit and doesn't need surgery! Will all three feature do you think, or is Rooney done? Have to fit one of your strikers, and need to make the right call. Rooney is the first name on the team sheet. Van Persie is the one in trouble I'd imagine if Falcao hits his best form. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Defensive wing-back in the 3-5-2? That'd be hilarious. He'd literally combust in a rage Defensive wing back, centre mid, somewhere upfront. Wherever the fuck Van Gaal wants him to go. Mr Utility. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Defensive wing-back in the 3-5-2? That'd be hilarious. He'd literally combust in a rage Defensive wing back, centre mid, somewhere upfront. Wherever the f*** Van Gaal wants him to go. Mr Utility. I think I agree with you. Don't see Van Persie being the one in trouble. Think Falcao is the main man upfront going forward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Froggy man, who do you think will start upfront as Van Persie has said he's fit and doesn't need surgery! Will all three feature do you think, or is Rooney done? Have to fit one of your strikers, and need to make the right call. Rooney is the first name on the team sheet. Van Persie is the one in trouble I'd imagine if Falcao hits his best form. Do you think Falcao goes straight in like Di Maria did? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Rooney-Falcao strike me as the most balanced combo up top. Get the feeling Van Persie and Falcao would get on each other's way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Van Persie still isn't fit and it's pretty obvious too. I imagine Falcao will come straight in first game and be paired up top with Rooney. Blind Mata Di Maria Falcao Rooney That's my guess, but we've a few injuries at the minute as well. Blind may have to play in defence. Depends on the fitness of Shaw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 No Herrera? Herrera - Blind strike me as a potentially great midfield duo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 To be honest, 3-5-2 with your players just doesn't make sense: Rafael-Evans-Jones-Shaw Blind-Herrera Rooney-Mata-Di María Falcao Is the only way I can see you using your best players in the best possible positions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Cool ... guess we'll see. It's going to be interesting. Think I'll go with Falcao up top, as Rooney has done nothing so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 To be honest, 3-5-2 with your players just doesn't make sense: Rafael-Evans-Jones-Shaw Blind-Herrera Rooney-Mata-Di María Falcao Is the only way I can see you using your best players in the best possible positions. Gosh we'd have to listen to all the pundits crying about Rooney being out of position again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 To be honest, 3-5-2 with your players just doesn't make sense: Rafael-Evans-Jones-Shaw Blind-Herrera Rooney-Mata-Di María Falcao Is the only way I can see you using your best players in the best possible positions. Gosh we'd have to listen to all the pundits crying about Rooney being out of position again. Even moreso Manchester United not being in their "proper position". Ie Champions league spot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Evans-Jones-Rojo Blind Shaw Di Maria-Herrera RVP-Mata-Rooney Falcao [/shoehorn] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AyeDubbleYoo Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 RVP and Rooney will be suitably raging about that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Incidentally, one of our rags claims that ManU bid repeatedly for Adama, one of our prospects. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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