Radamel Falcao

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Radamel Falcao vs Walsall (Away) 23/09/2015 Capital One Cup HD

For me he was pretty good last night. Maybe Falcao would have needed to make a goal to increase his self-confidence.

Last year Falcao looked like an oxidized player with Manchester United. But for me he is recovering his movements on the field with us.

What he needs now is to make one, two or three goals in the upcoming matches to regain the self-confidence in front of goal to start being the player he was before.

I think Falcao is going in the right direction. Step by step.

[TheIceMan 596]

He is so shit Cuz! Amazing what an injury can do to ya!

[lionsden 4,689]

It gets harder and harder justifying his position in the pecking order above remy with each passing day.

I said it at the time that it was a ridiculous decision to bring him here on loan in the first place and that going with Bamford or another young, promising striker, would serve us better and I still totally stand by that.

Admittedtly I thought he would only be our third choice striker but Mourinho making him an automatic 2nd choice striker caught me off guard a little and makes it feel even worse.

[Tomo 21,751]

It gets harder and harder justifying his position in the pecking order above remy with each passing day.

I said it at the time that it was a ridiculous decision to bring him here on loan in the first place and that going with Bamford or another young, promising striker, would serve us better and I still totally stand by that.

Admittedtly I thought he would only be our third choice striker but Mourinho making him an automatic 2nd choice striker caught me off guard a little and makes it feel even worse.

I think Remy will get the nod more from the off, so far we have only really seen both off the bench and Falcao has got preffered I'm guessing because of his chemistry with Costa.

I think it will be a similar situation last season with Remy/Drogba, where Drogba was preffered off the bench more often to give us the chance to go more direct and Remy was more often than not chosen to start when Diego was injured/rested and it was a straight choice between those two.

[Barbara 15,149]

Radamel Falcao vs Walsall (Away) 23/09/2015 Capital One Cup HD

For me he was pretty good last night. Maybe Falcao would have needed to make a goal to increase his self-confidence.

Last year Falcao looked like an oxidized player with Manchester United. But for me he is recovering his movements on the field with us.

What he needs now is to make one, two or three goals in the upcoming matches to regain the self-confidence in front of goal to start being the player he was before.

I think Falcao is going in the right direction. Step by step.

honestly, I disagree.

He looks the same as last year when we look at the root of the problem: a player without any confidence.

His movement is very good, his link-up too, but his touch, passing, and especially his finishing show how much he lost confidence.

The solution is easy: getting the confidence back and he'll be a great player that could make the difference for us - especially given the amount of time Costa is probably going to spend in the sidelines. The thing about confidence though is although it's only mental, it's also very difficult and tricky to find out what could trigger it.

But if there's one man I believe can help a player regain confidence, is Mourinho. So praying for the best, but not overly exciting about the odds of it happening.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

The #9 is cursed.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

he is currently averaging a goal or assist every 72 minutes so far this season

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honestly, I disagree.

He looks the same as last year when we look at the root of the problem: a player without any confidence.

His movement is very good, his link-up too, but his touch, passing, and especially his finishing show how much he lost confidence.

The solution is easy: getting the confidence back and he'll be a great player that could make the difference for us - especially given the amount of time Costa is probably going to spend in the sidelines. The thing about confidence though is although it's only mental, it's also very difficult and tricky to find out what could trigger it.

But if there's one man I believe can help a player regain confidence, is Mourinho. So praying for the best, but not overly exciting about the odds of it happening.

Hi Barbara!

I agree in what you say about his confidence. Falcao I need to make two or three goals in the next matches to regain the confidence in himself. His problem is metal, Falcao wanted to be in the World Cup 2014 when it was practically impossible after such a major knee injury in January. After that Van Gaal ended with his confidence leaving him demoralized.

But Jose is different with this type of player. With Falcao he could give back his confidence. When Falcao scored a goal against Crystal Palace that was great, but sadly we lost that game. If Falcao would make two or three with in the next games and we won the matches that would be perfect for his confidence and to see again one of the best N.9 in the world.

I still have confidence in Radamel...

[the wes 7,212]

The #9 is cursed.

big time Sutton Torres all wear the number 9 shirt only Hasselbaink did a good job wearing the number 9 shirt

[termninja 5,290]

What I find funny is that this was Falcao's first full game for us, and this thread is full of posts like he played 30 already. [emoji12]

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

That moment when he misses from 5 yards out...even though it was offside. The guy's top level career is over.

[Henrique 9,133]

That moment when he misses from 5 yards out...even though it was offside. The guy's top level career is over.

Falcao needs another situation to recover his form. He should be playing for a mid table team in any european league. For example, right now he only started a single game for us against Walsall. All the other appeareces came in the 2nd half when the team was playing with a weird formation, so his chances are slim.

[MefiX19 1,092]

Falcao needs another situation to recover his form. He should be playing for a mid table team in any european league. For example, right now he only started a single game for us against Walsall. All the other appeareces came in the 2nd half when the team was playing with a weird formation, so his chances are slim.

You need to play alot to finish chance like that? Ofc no, even I could finish that, and i'm very, VERY bad finisher.

[kdot 58]

Torresian.

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

Shit signing glad his only on loan