Radamel Falcao

[didierforever 7,349]

So the biggest flop in the league last season who had been hibernating in France the year before and who had an injury that has practically ended the careers of many footballers is "more competitive" and can "push Costa" more than Remy who was probably the best back up striker in Europe last season? And you're asking ME to be objective?!

Yes, it is completely normal to assume that someone who just had a beyond terrible season will more likely have a season closer to that one than the excellent season he had 3 years ago. I acknowledge that he could have a season similar to the one he had 3 years ago, but that is not as likely as having a bad season like the one he just had. THAT is a much better assumption than the baseless one that he will get to his top form automatically.

thats right, remy was the bestest back up striker in the whole of the universe. i mean he scored a whole of 7 goals and our manager trusted him so much that he chose a 37 year old DD before remy. i like remy, i want him to be here for the next season, but he is nowhere near costa or falcao.

hibernating in france? you mean in the team that went beyond us in CL last season, scoring 13 goals in 22 games? i mean i guess, rvp was awesome when he almost single handedly won united their 20th league title, so all assumptions mean that he will be even better next season, right? thank god, real life and our manager's mind does not work in such a linear fashion. he can actually see that form can be gained back and that the class is still there.

[lucio 5,418]

Apart from Petre, I have not seen one person saying he did alright. I cannot see how anyone think he done good. Guitterez, Falcao's strike partner was much better. Constantly linking up play and causing problems. As BBC put in the best words, he was a peripheral figure for majority of the game.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33085574

I looked at the goal player ratings . Said he workedhard to find space and get involved . but i didn't watch it so , nothing i can say

[chrismada9 1,948]

My fear and what is seeming increasingly likely is that Falcao is being brought to replace Remy which would be beyond terrible and risky business.

I honestly think you have a right to see that as an outright fear, as I feel exactly the same! I thought Remy last season fit the bill as a second striker to Costa. He literally scored every time he was either brought on as a sub, or played the entire game because of an injury to Costa.

Remy is guaranteed a goal when he comes on! To put it bluntly, he's our super-sub .. I look at Falcao, and all he is to me, is a player that won't fit in anywhere, will need some time to find his form (which will probably take up half the season), and someone who, despite the huge pay cut, still has a big wage to pay every week!

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thats right, remy was the bestest back up striker in the whole of the universe. i mean he scored a whole of 7 goals and our manager trusted him so much that he chose a 37 year old DD before remy. i like remy, i want him to be here for the next season, but he is nowhere near costa or falcao.

hibernating in france? you mean in the team that went beyond us in CL last season, scoring 13 goals in 22 games? i mean i guess, rvp was awesome when he almost single handedly won united their 20th league title, so all assumptions mean that he will be even better next season, right? thank god, real life and our manager's mind does not work in such a linear fashion. he can actually see that form can be gained back and that the class is still there.

Come of it. Do you really think Falcao would have had the same impact at us last season like Remy did in his limited appearances or vice-versa, Remy would have scored much more goals for United last season if he was playing. I would take Remy over Falcao 100%. He might of not been the level of Falcao of Atletico, but now that is just an absurd statement. Remy is a quality striker. You have seemed to downplay Remy's qualities because a 37 year old striker was played ahead of him. So does that mean KDB is worse than Oscar who you are not a big fan of because Mourinho chose him over KDB??

[WhatsTheMatic? 28]

That's a 12.8m pounds investment in just one year! To put that into perspective, last season Remy cost us about half of that (6-7m) and Didier cost us just 4-5m. Remy's transfer fee over his 4-year contract length is less than that loan fee!

Only Costa and Fabregas will cost us more on next season's books. Hazard about the same. That is INSANE!

Hazard is the highest paid player on our books though?

[Steve 10,227]

A signing I would of loved four seasons a go. Hopefully the lad can still produce when needed. Having serious knee problems myself I know how hard it is to come back from them after surgery...

[Unionjack 7,531]

OK Falcao didn't have his best game last night and he seemed to be gasping for air 1/2 way thru the 1st half but he wasn't used. None of his players got the ball to him. We have got lads that can do that.

I'm nervous about this too but the transfers not gone thru yet. His medical is supposedly after the Copa. TBH I would take injury prone Remy over him but Ive never felt that Mou had any love for him and I cant see him being round much longer.

I know these 2 will probably not be round neither next season but what did you guys think about the lack of love between Filipe and Cuadrado last night?

[CHOULO19 24,332]

thats right, remy was the bestest back up striker in the whole of the universe. i mean he scored a whole of 7 goals and our manager trusted him so much that he chose a 37 year old DD before remy. i like remy, i want him to be here for the next season, but he is nowhere near costa or falcao.

hibernating in france? you mean in the team that went beyond us in CL last season, scoring 13 goals in 22 games? i mean i guess, rvp was awesome when he almost single handedly won united their 20th league title, so all assumptions mean that he will be even better next season, right? thank god, real life and our manager's mind does not work in such a linear fashion. he can actually see that form can be gained back and that the class is still there.

Remy had the best minutes per goal ratio in the entire league last season with a goal every 99 minutes followed by Aguero with a every 100 minutes. Falcao had a goal every...wait for it...325 minutes. And that's without counting his FA cup and League Cup appearances where he failed to score anything.

Mate, you're clutching at straws here..

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

[didierforever 7,349]

Remy had the best minutes per goal ratio in the entire league last season with a goal every 99 minutes followed by Aguero with a every 100 minutes. Falcao had a goal every...wait for it...325 minutes. And that's without counting his FA cup and League Cup appearances where he failed to score anything.

Mate, you're clutching at straws here..

costa had an awesome minutes/goal ratio until he lost his purple patch and then had a lean patch. its easier to score 7 goals in 700 minutes than 20 goals in 2000 minutes.

again, remy was very good, and should be with us next season, but just having costa and remy for the whole season with bamford would have been stupid. how many times did remy/DD start and we looked like we had no bite.

clutching at straws.. our manager thinks almost the same thing. well, i guess i am clutching at straws...

[didierforever 7,349]

Come of it. Do you really think Falcao would have had the same impact at us last season like Remy did in his limited appearances or vice-versa, Remy would have scored much more goals for United last season if he was playing. I would take Remy over Falcao 100%. He might of not been the level of Falcao of Atletico, but now that is just an absurd statement. Remy is a quality striker. You have seemed to downplay Remy's qualities because a 37 year old striker was played ahead of him. So does that mean KDB is worse than Oscar who you are not a big fan of because Mourinho chose him over KDB??

how was kdb for us? downright shit!!! i ll judge him by that and not by some midlevel bundesliga team.

oscar is getting another year (apparently), lets see where that ends up. but i can definitely see why jose did what he did with falcao. if costa is injured, i wont want remy to lead our line in a CL semi final against bayern/rm/barca. one poor season of falcao does not equate him to becoming a torres. people need to come of the torres generalization.

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costa had an awesome minutes/goal ratio until he lost his purple patch and then had a lean patch. its easier to score 7 goals in 700 minutes than 20 goals in 2000 minutes.

again, remy was very good, and should be with us next season, but just having costa and remy for the whole season with bamford would have been stupid. how many times did remy/DD start and we looked like we had no bite.

clutching at straws.. our manager thinks almost the same thing. well, i guess i am clutching at straws...

Maybe it is the fact that Mourinho wants Remy to stay however Remy has told him he wants to play regular football and in that case that is why Falcao may have been brought in?

[didierforever 7,349]

Pipe down.

RVP has been injured for a long periods of the season and he is old.

You are not bringing anyone's hope up because what you're saying is almost baseless. Even yesterday he got subbed off because he was almost non-existent.

If Remy's gone, unless we get a better striker than Falcao, we won't retain the PL I almost guarantee. Unless Costa's hamstring becomes steel.

I said I'll give him a chance, but I still believe the Falcao of last season and yesterday will be in Chelsea.

Seriously you pissed me off AGAIN saying Falcao's better than Remy. Fuck off, what have you been watching last season.

@choulo, so all this fuck off and shit is fine cos he is agreeing with you?

should i reply in kind to this SOB!!

[Stats 7,053]

how was kdb for us? downright shit!!! i ll judge him by that and not by some midlevel bundesliga team.

oscar is getting another year (apparently), lets see where that ends up. but i can definitely see why jose did what he did with falcao. if costa is injured, i wont want remy to lead our line in a CL semi final against bayern/rm/barca. one poor season of falcao does not equate him to becoming a torres. people need to come of the torres generalization.

Remy has scored goals wherever he has played though. Could he do it at the big clubs? Yes, like he proved last season.

[didierforever 7,349]

Maybe it is the fact that Mourinho wants Remy to stay however Remy has told him he wants to play regular football and in that case that is why Falcao may have been brought in?

so falcao's already helping the club? i am fine with that.

and since we are using awesome theories, i think by december falcao will reach his ATM form, kick ass and score 20+ goals, shitting on all the haters.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Hazard is the highest paid player on our books though?

In terms of wages alone, yes. But if you add the amortized fee, Costa and Cesc cost more. Falcao at 170k/wk would be pretty close.

Costa was bought for 32m with a wage of 185k/wk on a five year contract. His annual wage is then 185k x 52weeks = 9.6m. The fee amortized over 5 years is 6.4m/yr. His total annual cost is 16 million pounds.

Cesc was bought in for 28.5m (with addons) on 156K/wk for 5 years. 156K x 53weeks = 8.11m. Add to that 28.5 over 5 years = 5.7m per year. Total annual cost = 13.81 millions.

Hazard was bought for 32m, He signed a new 5.5 year contract in Feb with 16m of the original 32m remaining. So the amortization cost is 2.91m per year. His wages are reportedly 200k/wk x 52 weeks = 10.4m. Total annual cost is 13.31 million pounds.

Falcao's loan fee is 4m. His wages supposedly 170K/wk x 52 weeks = 8.84m. Total annual cost is 12.84 million pounds.

Next most expensive player on our books would be Willian with an annual cost of 10.82 million pounds.

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so falcao's already helping the club? i am fine with that.

and since we are using awesome theories, i think by december falcao will reach his ATM form, kick ass and score 20+ goals, shitting on all the haters.

You said to Choulo that our manager thinks the same too. So I replied and said that is not the case. It was like last season with Lukaku. When Drogba was brought in, it was obvious Lukaku was leaving. I just think I have seen enough from Falcao last season to think he will not be a hit at us. I hope I am proved wrong though but I will be very annoyed to lose Remy who offers something much different and will be a miss.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

costa had an awesome minutes/goal ratio until he lost his purple patch and then had a lean patch. its easier to score 7 goals in 700 minutes than 20 goals in 2000 minutes.

again, remy was very good, and should be with us next season, but just having costa and remy for the whole season with bamford would have been stupid. how many times did remy/DD start and we looked like we had no bite.

clutching at straws.. our manager thinks almost the same thing. well, i guess i am clutching at straws...

If it's so easy, why isn't anyone even close to him and Aguero? If I'm not mistake the third best ratio is Costa with a goal every 115 minutes IIRC.

"Our manager thinks so" has got to be the laziest most illogical and cowardly excuse anyone can come up with.