Comments on: He’s 22-years-old now…

By: Vany

Vany — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:56:03 +0000

LUIS NANI ALMEIDA DA CUNHA one love.
he is the first best cape verdiaan player Ever!
i think his so much better then Cristiano Ronaldo!

By: ancha

ancha — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:01:36 +0000

have u seen ronaldo s cross against villareal ..which evans hit the side of the post …that match is the first match after his return from injury…dont tell me some one who can give those kind of crosses..when not completely fit and just returned from injury…

the thing is he doesnt cross that often..he does it rarely…

By: =)

=) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:53:31 +0000

Rooney is 23..

By: dickson

dickson — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:30:35 +0000

did you guys watch Park play the last two match?? He was effing brilliant!!! seriously. But i do agree that Nani has more flair and has the quality to turn a match around on his own. And i also agree that he is our best corner taker and crosser. For all of Ronaldo’s brilliance.. his cross is really just average for a winger.

By: asidfg

asidfg — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:57:16 +0000

park is only ahead on the lad in work rate, but does a winger need a high work rate ? the great ones were always lazy! seriously though, as an attacking asset park is frustrating to watch ,legs too short, easily bundled off the ball, nasty first touch. give nani a run the long term benefits will be great. he has the potential to be just( ok close to) as good as ronaldo. if he doesnt get games soon enough he may never realise his full potential.

By: suhayl

suhayl — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:55:32 +0000

jig and badger good points lads

By: badger

badger — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:34:10 +0000

Nani has to be one of the most frustrating players I’ve seen at United but I do feel that he needs a decent run of games to show his true potential and I would have him in the side over Park any day of the week.

Cant fault Parks enthusiasm but he has the worst first touch I have ever seen from a pro, Nani is definitely more of a threat when in form.

By: Hasan

Hasan — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:49:40 +0000

On the one hand there’s a general consensus that he should quit aping ronaldo and on the other we debate and directly compare whether he or Ronaldo crosses’ better. Ronaldo doesn’t take the corners for obvious reasons but that in no way suggests that Nani crosses better. Ronaldo creates more from his crosses and technically (read trajectary and speed) he is at least as good as Nani at it..besides Ronaldo does so equally efficiently with either foot and i can’t recall a single ‘proffesional’ footballer(again Nani..maybe..not sure) who does so let alone be good at it.
Having said so i too feel Nani ought to play more. He is extremely annoying at times, but i think its us who lack patience. He’s still young..well not so young anymore but young nonetheless and there ought to be plenty to improve, his repeated mistakes thus understandable. He came as a young lad to a team that already had a young two-footed winger..who too came from the same club..and that they even were from the same country..the comparision was seemingly done above.. So if (if) he does try and emulate Ronaldo there in nothing wrong in it. Ronaldo has achieved a level (footballing and otherwise) aspiring to which is understandable. How committed Ronaldo is to the club is well known so there is a good reason in having a replacement ready…i see nothing wrong if he turn out to be a Ronaldo clone.. But for that he needs to play more……then again all last season whenever he started i kept wishing that Park played instead..

By: Oooodz

Oooodz — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:31:52 +0000

I’m with THIS_IS_MANCHESTER i reckon Nani is a great crosser of the ball, its easy to think that he isn’t a good crosser though because of his tendency to shoot from anywhere. He was Sportings star player when we got him and even then the Youtube videos that I saw showed that he was pretty greedy.

By: Jig

Jig — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:59:51 +0000

Nani’s quality is extremely sporadic, I have watched games where he hit the first man on each of about 6/7 corners. Other games he’s skinned the opposition on the outside, made the line by the skin of his teeth and fired in scintillating balls.

When he first arrived I felt he was more of a team player than Ronaldo, he wanted to play through team-mates, cross balls into danger areas and combine with others with interplay on the edge of the box. Nowadays he seems to have developed a selfish streak similar to that of Ronaldo. He wants to take on the glory shot when he believes it’s on, It rarely is for him these days.

I’m worried about his progress but agree that he needs some game time. Having said that; time is a commodity we have little of at OT, when a player gets some minutes on the pitch he needs to impress and Nani hasn’t been doing that.

Using the Fletcher example: his attitude has always been correct, never say die and work like a maniac for the team. This has stood to him and Fergie has paid him back by supporting him and giving him plenty of opportunities.

I think Nani should look toward senior players like Scholes, Giggs, Neville and Ferdinand for advice and not to Ronaldo who is a a bit of a once off in fairness.