Radamel Falcao

[iseah100 5,612]

Imagine a player's touch not being there in a pre-season match after having next to no time training with his side because of partaking in an international tournament over the summer? Incredulous.

Hat trick in pre season or he's shit.

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

Imagine a player's touch not being there in a pre-season match after having next to no time training with his side because of partaking in an international tournament over the summer? Incredulous.

Yep but it is not like he has been off form for just a couple of weeks, it is over a year now. Do we really think it will suddenly improve significantly next week against Swansea?

All that different from his MU career so far is that his hair is different.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Yep but it is not like he has been off form for just a couple of weeks, it is over a year now. Do we really think it will suddenly improve significantly next week against Swansea?

All that different from his MU career so far is that his hair is different.

I genuinely think it will. He had a lot going against him at United. He joined on deadline day, so didn't get a pre-season with his side. Secondly, he was being constantly rotated with van Persie and Rooney and Welbeck, and simply didn't get a consistent run of games to prove himself. It didn't help that van Gaal was changing systems every game as well. I accept he was very poor for United, but I believe we are a side that would suit his abundant qualities more so than United. I don't expect him to thrash in 40 goals next season, but he's certainly an upgrade on Drogba as a second/third-choice forward. Mourinho has confidence in him (clearly - otherwise he wouldn't have negotiated the deal) and I trust his judgement. I think he'll surprise many people because fans such as yourself are already writing him off before a single competitive football is kicked.

[Parky 739]

Give him at least another few games before ripping him apart. Lets wait and see..

[iseah100 5,612]

Better than Remy today.

[Special Juan 27,424]

Better than Remy today.

I was better than Remy today. Not going to have a pop at Loic because I still say he's a top player and really like him, but he was very poor today and leading that line is never easy.

[yuvala 2,167]

I like his movement

[OneMoSalah 8,776]

Some of his movement since coming here has been promising to say the least. I think he will score goals this year, just need the guys who create to start creating for him because he is pretty much a poacher, he relies on through passes and crosses aimed for him more than anything.

[Blue Armour 4,278]

Speaking of movement, I've said this since Torres' time here, but we still seem pretty poor at releasing the ball to the striker into space, each time he makes the run. I've noticed that with both Falcao and Costa. Too often the pass comes to them late (or in some cases not even made), by which time the opposition defender has had time to react and re-adjust his position to either intercept or put the striker off the ball. Players like Falcao will rely a lot on that quick, well timed pass. The only time that happened in this game was with that long ball over the top from Fabregas.

[OneMoSalah 8,776]

Speaking of movement, I've said this since Torres' time here, but we still seem pretty poor at releasing the ball to the striker into space, each time he makes the run. I've noticed that with both Falcao and Costa. Too often the pass comes to them late (or in some cases not even made), by which time the opposition defender has had time to react and re-adjust his position to either intercept or put the striker off the ball. Players like Falcao will rely a lot on that quick, well timed pass. The only time that happened in this game was with that long ball over the top from Fabregas.

Think with Torres maybe could be argued for but style was changed to suit him. Benitez seemed to have the team play a lot more towards him too but yeah with Falcao, Remy and Costa I agree. Still times when Hazard although not as often as Oscar and Willian hold on to it for too long, when they could look and slip these guys in.

[termninja 5,290]

He was awesome for me actually. You can not give him much stick because Falcao is a player who needs chances, and we were completely outclassed by Arsenal defense today, especially 1st half. I can't remember recently seeing a player with the kind of movement Falcao has, brilliant stuff. I definitely feel more relaxed now with him around when Costa is not fit.

He looks awesome in our shirt.

[Jase 43,479]

Some of his movement since coming here has been promising to say the least. I think he will score goals this year, just need the guys who create to start creating for him because he is pretty much a poacher, he relies on through passes and crosses aimed for him more than anything.

People said the same about Torres. They praised him for all the little things and visualised how things will improve with the creative players around him but in the end, he was hopeless and a complete disaster.

[OneMoSalah 8,776]

We said the same about Torres. We praised him for all the little things and visualised how things will improve with the creative players around him but in the end, he was a complete disaster.

Torres came to us having his knee cartilage removed to play the 2010 WC, when he was already physically on the wane as well.

More hope for Falcao than Torres. He is less a risk than Torres was in my eyes although we could of got another player in because last season he was ordinary. Still his movement is top notch, he gets on the end of things like at Atletico and Porto regularly and he will stick them in.

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

People said the same about Torres. They praised him for all the little things and visualised how things will improve with the creative players around him but in the end, he was hopeless and a complete disaster.

Just to add to that, United fans praised his movement and look were it got them

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

Torres came to us having his knee cartilage removed to play the 2010 WC, when he was already physically on the wane as well.

More hope for Falcao than Torres. He is less a risk than Torres was in my eyes although we could of got another player in because last season he was ordinary. Still his movement is top notch, he gets on the end of things like at Atletico and Porto regularly and he will stick them in.

i remember the good old Torres days when we clutched onto straws

[termninja 5,290]

People said the same about Torres. They praised him for all the little things and visualised how things will improve with the creative players around him but in the end, he was hopeless and a complete disaster.

There is a buzz around Falcao I see that I've rarely seen with Torres when he was here. For example, when Zouma made the cross that Oscar headed, Falcao throw himself with his head towards the ground in an instant, not caring about defenders legs or anything. It's a little detail, but it shows you Radamel lives for goals, no matter from which position. I've never seen Torres do anything similar for all his painful games here.

And compare that kind of a split second decision to Torres and how he used to run away from goal all the time.

How many times how you seen Falcao on wing against Arsenal? Not once, he was running and running at defenders non stop. Had we sent at least 3 decent crosses, he could've easily scored.

[Jase 43,479]

Torres came to us having his knee cartilage removed to play the 2010 WC, when he was already physically on the wane as well.

More hope for Falcao than Torres. He is less a risk than Torres was in my eyes although we could of got another player in because last season he was ordinary. Still his movement is top notch, he gets on the end of things like at Atletico and Porto regularly and he will stick them in.

Falcao's movement means f*ck all if he doesn't put it to good use.

There is a buzz around Falcao I see that I've rarely seen with Torres when he was here. For example, when Zouma made the cross that Oscar headed, Falcao throw himself with his head towards the ground in an instant, not caring about defenders legs or anything. It's a little detail, but it shows you Radamel lives for goals, no matter from where.

Compare that to Torres and how he used to run away from goal.

How many times how you seen Falcao on wing against Arsenal? Not once, he was running and running at defenders non stop.

Maybe but how many times did we see Torres have encouraging matches, where he looked lively etc, before going completely rubbish in the following games?

[iseah100 5,612]

What do these guys put in their hair to make it look so good.