You can become a great winger without being selfish. It's very easy. All nani has to do is keep being our best player and attempting to make the right choice, when a choice is available. The Real madrid comment was more for nohlman's purposes than anyone else's but I still think Nani was taking shots on at times when he should have been passing.
Merry you need to understand a balance, we have to many unselfish players who play it safe and apart from Nani we have no real out of the box threats or anyone willing to win the game on their own. We can afford Nani to take chances and score more. His goal rate is improving and he soon will be a 20 goal scoring winger who assists 20 as well. He is developing well and I am happy with the way he plays. He is the only Utd player which gets you on the edge of your seat as he is so unpredictable. With Valencia you know 3 things he will do, shift and pace the full back and then cross. Our league rests on Nani shoulders and he has the confidence to take this on and win it for us. He scores against big and small teams and never shys a way in big games. He is always a threat even on his bad days.
I agree that he is our best player but when he hit form in the 2nd half of last season, he was complimenting his teammates and it worked out well. It clicked and we picked up more points than anyone else in that period. This season, we have still picked up more points than anyone else but Nani has gradually moved away from the great wing play that he was showing last year to becoming an egomaniac. He is not the same guy who shone brightly at the end of last season because that guy played for the team. Individualism is great, when the time is right. The time is not right when you have a promising attack and Nani decides to smash it over the bar imo.
I like the fact that Nani is more direct these days, it shows that he now has the confidence to be his own player and take on the role of a big game performer, also Rooney was terrible AGAIN today and he needed a wonder goal to stay on the pitch, there is no justifiaction (IMO) for leaving Berba on the bench for these big games when he's eclipsed Rooney in just about every aspect for the past 6-8 months.
No but I believe that he could set up a lot more goals than Ronnie did. Nani's a cracking winger but he's developing an attitude that will hurt him.
UNITED SINCE 63 This common hatred for Nani needs to go, what he has done in the last 15 months is nothing short of special. I don't care what he does and how it compares to Ronaldo. Right now he is assisting and scoring at a gamely rate, so what more do you want? 13 assists and 9 goals in 22 games with 21 starts to me is very good stats. And yes that is half of what RONALDO has done. Nani reminds me of Figo not Ronaldo, like Figo he developed a bit later, ronaldo performed from 20 plus, nani is getting better at 23 plus and will be at his best when he is around 28.
The justification is in the results. I don't think i will ever take to berba, that;s just me but if I had a choice between Berba and Rooney to lead the line, I will always choose Rooney. Berba frustrates me immensely. The fact that he gets caught offside as soon as he sets foot on a football pitch doesn't help but I still don't think he's a regular matchwinner. Tbh, our only regular matchwinner right now is Chicharito imo but I'm happy with the policy of phasing hi in.
Ferguson has clearly told Nani to score more. Therefore, he is shooting more and being a bit more greedy. He is still setting up team mates hence why he is the leading assister. He could and should set up more but he is playing well so I can't complain overall about his game. I just hope we can hold onto him during his peak.
Rooney clearly looks dreadful and Hernandez in his first season and Dimi is not trusted in big games so why don't we put Nani upfront when Valencia returns in big games because he likes to shoot and has a better first touch and shot than wayne. Giggs/Park Nani Valencia front 3
I think Nani was up front at times today. In the last 15 minutes of that first half, Rooney noticibly moved to the left (and actually probably had his best spell of the game) and Nani was the front man. He didn't do himself any harm by scoring that goal! I still don't think Rooney should be playing on the left though!
Yea, I really so badly even though I am no fan of Wayne, I want him to get his form together because we need him in europe in a 451.
People have already written us off in the CL but that competition is not like a league format. Luck and chance always plays a massive role in that tournament. We have a chance and I am always confident about us in the CL as we some how up our tempo.
I would trust Rooney over Berba any day of the week, I really would. He hasn't had a great season but he always gives his all and can produce brilliance, even if it has been infrequent this season. With Berba, there tends to be an offside within 2 seconds of his appearance but if it's at Old Trafford against an inadequate defence, he will fill his boots. Otherwise, we are left with sulky Bulgarian. If you think I'm being harsh, look at how many games he's scored in this season. Great scoring season but more trhan a little misleading.
I dno merry, dimi is better than wayne hands down this season. Wayne today had a very poor touch and did nothing except a special goal which he wont do every week. I have not seen the Wayne of old and maybe that is gone. If so we must sell him and replace him. We need him to gain his spark and touch back.
He hasn't been good but as I said, I'm no fan of Berba and his multiple goal salvos don't make up for the fact that he fails to score in more games than he scores. Problem is, right now we have no one who betters that ratio. Could cost us the league.
It won't cost us the league, the 2 chelsea clashes are nothing to fear as they are probably the weakest team in the top 4. We have a great chance but wayne needs to find his form though 3 goals in his last 2 games aint bad
If this win against City cant spur us on then nothing will. If Waynes wonder goal cant wake him up then he should leave. Its now or never for him because he needs to step up now. One player who has really disappointed me is Fletcher. He is trying too hard to be something he is not, he needs to step backwards and just do what he is best at.
Player for player, Chelsea are not the weakest in the top 4! However, I'm glad to see them so far back. Roman desperately tried to buy one last league title before Financial Fair Play and they fell at the 1st hurdle. They can no longer buy their way out of trouble. Sidetracked there but Chelsea are always a threat. They are champions and have consistently been our main challengers for a reason . The fact that we probably won't meet them til May will likely raise a few eyebrows (Carlo's not least) but that's what happens when you call a game off for no reason.
