Nani made a shock return to the starting line-up after suffering a horrible challenge from Jamie Carragher, where the Liverpool player made no attempt for the ball and cut Nani to the bone with his studs.
Given his pace and skilful feet, rough challenges are often the tactic of defenders given the job to mark him, but after such an assault from Carragher, Nani is understandably having some confidence issues.
“My leg is okay. It’s not 100 per cent but it’s okay to play,” he said. “Of course, my confidence is not the same. The players always like to tackle me. I have to be careful and that’s why maybe my football was not the best. But it’s great to be back. Now I’m just thinking about the next games. I will be much better.”
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Not good…
Fucking Carragher.
Happy is back before ahead of expected time
luckily we have tony back, and looks like he was never injured,straight into action and provide more option on right wing berth. next: Ji ,ando,rio and hopefully, hargo!!!!!
happy that youre back nani. but even when youre in great confident, i will stick pick valencia over you
there is something about nani that makes me think he plays for personal glory. its almost always i not we with him. compare that with chicharito. another thing against wigan when berba teed up rooney would nani have done that??
@gora.
agreed with you mate. if he step up to be more to a passer than a shooter, he’ll be amazing. im happy everytime he scores because he helped the team, but i dont feel the cheers i dont know why.
Singh..are you the same WUM Singh?
Personaly i cheer as loud as anyone when he scores. Love his goals, they are almost always important, and he scores crackers aswell! And the fact he has gone on and proved me to be so wrong to put the “on sale” label on early last season just makes it even better.
he will come good – no doubt. at least he said on twitter that the rumors in the press were untruthful
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@catotraa
theres no doubt about his goal tally and assist this season to make him a good player for us. he scores splendid goal, esp his long shot. but for me, i was happy because man utd got the lead but i dont cheer for him. i dont know why. i’ve watched how united greats played starting from robson era and i dont like how he played. maybe its just me. to compare him with valencia, i’d rate valencia more. his mentality, his skill, his composure, his calmness. look at how he pass to giggs for chica 2nd goal. it takes brain more than skill to do that. we need a brainy player.
People!!!…. NANI DOES NOT HAVE a Twitter account.
i can see his form dipping quite a lot now that Tony V is back dominating the right wing, I just wish Tony would be more dimensional and perhaps swap with nani and go on the left a bit, but that won’t happen and i think Nani will just be left to struggle it out on the left from here on in.
@fullard
but nani is originally on the left. he played on the left a few times for us this season and he looks ok. i prefer him on the left than right. on the left he seems more to a passer player which is good. tony v should be on the right. he’s great there.
some fans just cant be pleased, the guy is scoring, we need someone going for the shot outside of the box, we dont do that often enough.
keep it up nani, big player
and his utd, so always support him
carragher = typical kopshite bin dipper.
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redarmy, is not that we are not pleased. it is just that he should have step up just a little bit and gain more creativity. over and over again i shall say, he’d done a good job for us against munchen in CL. he just need to get back to that form, and he’ll be great. compare him with our big legend on the wing like Ronaldo and Beckhy and you’ll see he’s not yet up to their standard. he needs to imporove a bit. thats just my thought, though.
@ Dakota
Nope.Not on RoM at least. I mostly just read and rarely post. This is only my 4th post in quite a few months.
If Nani wants his little tummy rubbed and pat on the head then that is not going to happen. Fucking awful cut (and challenge) but he needs to look at Tony V as a role model. Things have happened far worse to others – we all remember David Busst @ OT – that still makes me cringe.
Nani, pick yourself up – dust yourself down and get on with it – we have a league to win
‘@ManUtd64……whats up mate!!!! Guess who???
@musca & redarmy7
I’m not at all doubting his ability on the left, i can’t think of anything better than having tony v on the right playing like he is and nani on the left playing like he has been all season.
my point really was that if nani’s confidence is down and he’s no longer needed as the main provider, coupled with the fact he prefers the play on the right anyway, then his form may well dip.
but like i said i’d give my right leg to see some of them runs and long shots we saw at the beginning of his career.
With TonyV and Nani on the wings and both playing in good form and having Rooney + Chicarito up front i can see us having an attack / Counter attack presence some thing like we did in 2008. The pace of all those 4 players, with players like the twins / Evra bolting up the pitch to help with be a scary prospect for defenders to face.
Wonder if Fabio can be moulded to play in another role, like JOS. Cant see him breaking into 1st choice LB position over Evra any time soon, RB has been made his own by Rafael, so wondering if Fabio can be moulded to be a DM with the ability to play LB, RB, RW, LW and DM
Also a player like Ashley Young if he come in would be another good attacking option in a 4-3-3. Young, Nani, Tony V can all interchange between themselves and cause no end of of headaches for defences.
It seems as soon as Tony V comes back, the knives come out for Nani again. Fuck off you lot he’s been our best player this season. And people question his willing to set up others for goals? Seriously? Look at the assists table. When you have a venomous shot like he does then sometimes you need to take the risk – more often than others it pays off.
It will be back to normal on Saturday.
spot on bigphil2003. he is one of star performer for united this season so far. yes he do hv some selfish in him, but he do contribute a lot to our attacking moves during last 2 seasons…
@bigphil2003
best player for this season? i doubt that, im sorry. he’s a quality player, but the best may go to Vidic, or even Smalling. they have been our firm brick this season, the reason why we managed to save most of the game. and i dont understand why people worship nani too much? i mean he’s a good player, he deserved the credit, but you’re all are being too Nani-sided until you can’t see that we have a better player in Valencia.
the assist table has shown that Nani provides the most assist this season. in spain, Xavi and Iniesta dont provide assist as high as Nani did, but they both are still credit as the best player in the world. Fabregas is so highly rated but he didnt score and assist as much as Nani. why? because theyre creative. thats what we need in Nani. he got it, he’s just not using it.
@pawaka21
last season he’s been magnificent, hands up on that, i totally agree. but not as magnificent as this season mate
I heard City want to sign Nani lol.
opps its me again. venomous shot, i have to deny that again, im sorry
most of his shot, especially the long shot go wide from the post.
Smalling better than Nani this season lol.
@willierednut
man utd sign anybody we could and turn them into whats Nani today.
city want to sign everybody they could and turn them into whats Santa Cruz and Adebayor today.
musca
still, IMO he do contribute lot to our attacking line up this season.yes he do hv some bad games, but who doesnt??apart from chicharito who had saved our ass lots of time this season, i think nani do deserved some credits on his performance this season. there always room for improvement though from him
yup agreed with you. he’s been contributing a lot. thats what ive been saying all this while. i never said he’s not a good player. i never said he dont do much assists. i never said he stood still and not catching for the ball. im just simply said that he needs to be more creative, like Valencia i guess. im just comparing him and Valencia in the first place, saying Tony V is better than Nani. yup, room of improvement and hopefully he will
musca
spot on mate. with him and tony V coming back, and park ji sung not far behind, we are come to full force of our attacking lineup. pity, our backline now in serious perils. but nevermind, we still hv wes, smalling and in coming jonny to cover…
I’m with Phil on this one.
Some fickle Idiots on here are never happy..
I sometimes actually wonder is some of our fans know how to give praise?
pawaka21
as well as our midielder. if our highly rated youth midfielder like pogba or tunnicliffe is not playing in the first team next season, i think we need to get a playmaker CAM. i heard Sahin was good and likes to get forward, never watched him play anyway though
bigphil
if you read my posts you’ll see i’m far from ‘getting the knives out’ for Nani, I’m just merely pointing out that pretty much every good thing he’s done this season has been from playing in his (self-confessed) preferred position on the right.
I think Nani brings more to the table than Tony V, but Tony V is so effective at what he does that Nani’s probably gonna have to stay on the left now weather he likes it or not, something that i don’t think he will like.
marchintosea
i give nani a praise man. i said he was a good player. im just saying he needs to improve a bit and gets more creative. i never asked him to be sold like most of you guys blindly asking berbatov or gibson to be sold. so giving a thought making me one of the fickles idiot now dude?
@ fullard
spot on. 100% agreed
marchintothesea
fickle idiots? i’m voicing an opinion on an open forum mate. I’m not bad mouthing Nani at all. get a fucking clue mate and open your mind to some intelligent dialect instead of brushing over what someones wrote and saying the first thing that pops into your head.
musca
i honestly prefer SAF promotes tunnicliffe,pogba and morrison into first team and help the team, rather than spend multi millions on a player. not because i had no confidence in new players coming in, but IMO the youth and rsrves player in united had been taught impressively on what it means by being a united player, and they certainly have a tough united mentality (as in recent youth FA Cup) and they know how to do things “united’s way”. if a wonderkid/promising players aged 19/20 in spain or wherever around the world is as good as pogba,or morrison or tunnicliffe, my vote is surely on our own youth trio..
im agreed with fullard. marchintosea we’re voicing our opinion. if you think Nani is good, then he’s good. we’re all have our opinion here. thats why this is called forum, for us to give out our opinion. you stupid dumb fuck. is this insulting to you now?
bigphil – Ha. Spot on mate. It beggars belief it really fucking does.
musca – No mate they are fukcing over rated thats why,. Every man and his dog is bumming those cunts. Fabregas? The big game bottler? Seenm him at OT a few times and he has NEVER done anything.
musca,
you just seemed to argue every point that was made by Phil.
arguing who has been the best player is just nitpicking and I guess it’s just down to personal preferance but he has clearly been one of the stand out players.
Tony V is brilliant and it’s great to have him back but comparing players is pointless because they don’t play with the same style.
Some of your later posts have been more positive but the earlier ones were just trashing someone who has helped immensley in getting us where we are this season.
pawaka21
lets hope so. i prefer SAF to promote our youth too than spending on another player, like last time most of the fans wanting Ribery, Sneidjer and even Iniesta coming in. they’re undoubtedly good players, but our youth will be wasted if these guys came in. we’ve been dying for another scholes before the time running out
musca –
i’m glad you agree with me but there’s no need to get into name calling and stuff like that. nobody needs to be labelled anything here, that goes to everyone.
I’m not liking this “anti-nani” category that I seem to have been placed in.
pawaka21-
couldn’t agree with you more, watching the youth cup game against liverpool and tunnicliffe looks exactly like what we’re missing. Pogba has lots of potential but i think he needs to put on a bit of weight if he’s to last in a proper league game.
@Fullard – yeah mate my post wasn’t aimed at you – you make a good point that Nani will now have to play more on the left, but at times this season he’s done well there – and he’s been switching between right, left and central in the middle of games a lot more this season. Even last night Tony V was moving into central positions and seemed more willing to move the ball onto his left foot. In an ideal world they should both be able to manage either side and switch around mid game the way that Nani/Giggs do or the way Nani/Ronaldo used to.
@musca – Yes I expect a lot of people will say Vidic has been our best player this season, a view they’re entitled to. But to say Smalling (a player who has done better than we could have hoped) has had a better season than Nani is ludicrous! It’s obvious you have some kind of grudge against Nani (hence you don’t feel the cheers when he scores) so it’s hard to take your opinion on him too seriously.
You say “Fabregas is so highly rated but he didnt score and assist as much as Nani. why? ” Possibly the reason he hasn’t scored and assisted as much is because by his standards he’s having a pretty average season? Anyway, I wasn’t saying that Nani’s stats are what make him so great to our team, it’s his overall contribution – I was just using the stats to disprove the theory that Nani is selfish and can’t set up goals – he can. In some situations though you need a selfish streak and there’s nothing wrong with that – it’s what got Ronaldo 42 goals one season.
For the record I love Valencia as a player and am so glad he’s back but it’s coincided in a lot of people slagging off Nani which is ridiculous given his form.
im not trashing anybody dude. because my point is all the same, he made good pass, he made good goals, hes a good player, no doubt about that. im just saying he needs to be more creative. and his shot is not venormous, thats what i see.
One more thing musca, you can deny Nani’s venomous shot all you want, but he’s scored enough long range efforts in his time to convince me. The only other people in the team with a good long range shot are Rooney, Gibson and Scholes – two of whom seem less willing to use it than they used to and one who hardly plays.
nani does have a potentially venomous shot, lately his left foot shots are better than his right,and who can forget his goals against middlesborough and tottenham i think it was? His shots from free-kicks are still nothing to get excited about but he’s definitely earned his right to shoot from outside the box.
@fullard – im sorry man, i was a bit emo. i dont like people calling other people with such names. i thought we’re man utd fans, we’re like brothers
@bigphill, cheers. thats a good point there. i have to agree. and nani’s been awesome, i agree to that too. and using Smalling as a comparison might sound overreacting, im sorry for that. but my point is just that, Nani needs to be more creative. and he needs to improve in certain areas. have a grudge against Nani? thats sounds harsh so i have to deny that. but mayyyyyyyyyyybe i dont like him too much, given how he plays today is not contrary to how he used to be last season.
oh and one more thing. please dont let the shadow of Ronaldo gets on Nani. firstly, we obviously dont need another Ronaldo. secondly, we cant say Nani can because Ronaldo did the same. Ronaldo has a different style of play, he’s selfish by nature. Nani, i dont know why, i feel like him mimicking Ronaldo too much? correct me if im wrong
bigphill, he did score from a long shot a numerous time. but why taking a long shot while he can pass? secondly, he didnt have the ‘thing’ to do a long shot in my opinion, because of his shot are going wide away. and just so you know, Valencia is also used to be known as a long shot taker. but we didnt see him doing that in OT oftenly because he always find someone to pass the ball to. but back to my original point, he needs to be creative, like Valencia for instance. thats all
Nani is doing just fine. If you want more, then get behind the lad, instead of bashing him. You can’t compare him to Xavi and Fabregas. Nani is a winger, the other two are CM. He’s better this season, so I don’t get the argument, he was better last season.
Be more creative? He’s created more this season! We’ve got a potential world class player on our hands. He’s only gonna get better, with SAF watching over him.
yeah sorry musca but i don’t really see where your getting this lack of creativity view from.
and he’s definitely better this season, he only really started becoming dangerous towards the end of last season and he’s been consistent throughout the whole of this one.
@willie
not as creative as tony v, thats what i see. and nani’s not as best as last season, thats what im seeing too. i might not liked him too much, but ive never been negative on him. im still looking forward seeing him play. im not anti-nani either. im not anti anybody. he’s only gonna get better, thats what im looking for. and again, my original post is about comparing nani and tony v. and then everybody started to defend nani given its assist and long shot and all. im just simply saying i’d pick valencia over nani for the right wing.
fullard
lack of creativity and vision actually. i mean in every game, you can predict his movement.
Nani has matured into an intelligent and aware young man.
“My leg is okay. It’s not 100 per cent but it’s okay to play,” he said. “Of course, my confidence is not the same. The players always like to tackle me. I have to be careful and that’s why maybe my football was not the best. But it’s great to be back. Now I’m just thinking about the next games. I will be much better.”
Nani’s caution was apparent, yet so was his bravery, and his desire.
As far as judging and comparing the values and contributions of each player is concerned, to throw names in to a hat and off-handedly select one is pointless. Whether Vidic, Van der Sar, Hernandez, Nani or any other player, has contributed most is completely irrelevant. What is relevant, is that Nani is the most penetrative player in the premiership, bar none.
Also, he has an amazing assist rate, and scores many great goals.
musca – Still don’t get ya, sorry. He’s very creative. He’s not perfect, no player is IMO.
FFS talk about unappreciated. Take a look at some of these comments you’d think Nani wasn’t responsible for assisting most of our goals this Season. Bunch of ungrateful so and so’s… if Nani was playing exactly how he is now for Spurs these same ****s would all be moaning “United don’t spend enough on top players look at Nani at Tottenham” You Fucking Idiots.
He can dominate on the left and right wing, he can score with both feet, he’s a tidy finisher of the ball, he gets back to defend, and he has loads of pace. What more do you lot what from a player who has only just become an important regular in the first team? People bang on about his decision making, but the entire team has been short of 100% for the last two Seasons for various reasons. The Club is in transition and Nani is still developing and growing as a player within the team.
BESIDES – IF HE’S GOT THE MOST ASSISTS IN THE LEAGUE HIS DECISION MAKING CAN’T BE THAT FUCKING BAD AYE?
As recently as August some people still wanted him sold, but thats all changed. This is the first season he’s had where he’s actually felt Valued and he obviously loves the Club. Nani is only on 60K odd a week and there is a long line of Clubs who would HAPPILY pay him 100K+ to leave Manchester. Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, City Spurs would all snap him up straight to their first teams. Are you Blind? Do you not see his contribution? Nani is a class player in a rough league playing for a team with a currently shot midfield on low pay. He would run rings around teams in Serie A and be paid much more for doing so and be better protected by the Refs. He’s a better player than Silva and Suraez and how much are they on? We should be grateful we have Nani because there isn’t a team anywhere that wouldn’t welcome a player like him. End of Rant.
Player of the Season for us is Javier Van Der Nanic:)
ahh statistic again? mateee??? im not saying he’s a good player. im saying he’s a great player. he’s penetrating, he’s scoring, he’s assisting, yes i can see that. im just talking about creativity as i compare him to tony V. do you got it people?
Paul Parker – 100% spot on. Some want perfection.
woww to many cursers in here aye brother? giving out opinion and you get fuck straight to the face. niceeeee. you and me, we’re both different people. we see game differently. we might liked different players. i might like giggs and you might not like him. i might not like chica but you might like him. and one of us has got the right to voice out their opinion. this is a forum, you’re fucking bastard curser.
tony valencia wasnt perfect. how come i come to liked him? well, let me see, because he’s not selfish, because he’s more creative. am i getting overreacting now? oh yes i am. because my original post is about choosing valencia over nani and now so many people underestimate what i meant.
Very funny united.george!
Player of the year: Javier Van Der Nanic!
Or, you’re confusing your own argument. He’s not creative enough, or you just don’t like him. Or, you prefer Valencia? What is It?
my point is i prefer Valencia more than Nani because Valencia is more creative. im saying that Valencia shud start on the right. and nani cud play on the left, if he dont want to, he can be on the bench. thats it. and im not anti-nani, i dont really liked him, thats true, but ive never been negative on him.
and the next second all call comes pouring talking about statistics and assists.
I don’t see why, Nani couldn’t switch to the left. He’s comfortable on either wing IMO. I’m looking forward to seeing them both in the same team again.
and then im starting to talk about Xavi Iniesta and Fabreshit when some guys given me the statistic of how many assist nani has made this season. my intention of talking about Xavi and the gang is to show that statistic shows assist and goals, but not vision and creativity.
people judge creativity and vision when they see the game. you might have different views. im seeing the game and im just giving my views.
willie
okay mate. then the case is over. nani can play on the left. valencia on the right since valencia is more effective there. and nani plays better on the left. why? because on the left he’s seldomly get the chance for his long shot.
Musca, get the hint and shut up. Leave them players be. Nani is not creative, he’s predictable, what next?
redrider, i thought a forum is for us to give out our opinion, ideas and how we feel? who are you to asked me to shut up? you like nani then go like him, i aint condemning you. like i say, statistics dont show the vision, touch and creativity. im just saying what i feel true. i can predict his movement. if you cant, then its your problem and shut up.
Then you need to play in the premier league my man… Why waste time in this forum?
so are you telling me that you’re suggesting those who condemned gibson should play in premier league? those who condemned rooney shud play in premier league and show the fans who’s better? is that is?
secondly, giving opinion is a waste of time? thanks dude, heard that first time. its good, is it from you?
Willierednut. Your right mate it is seeking perfection to bang on about Nani’s decision making. What people are actually saying is, Nani would have twice as many assists and goals this season if he didn’t make mistakes. But if he didn’t make mistakes he wouldn’t be fucking human! The man is running full pelt with dogs on his arse FFS. Our depleted team has left him the obvious outlet for the ball so he’s got less time to make decisions and more pressure to get it right. With Tony back and looking seriously Dangerous Nani will find himself in more space with more time than ever before. This is what we’ve all been waiting for! Those two are the best wingers in the League.
As for people doubting Nani’s shooting ability, im flabbergasted. GOOGLE NANI GOALS FFS. The opposition fear his finishing ability in a Red Shirt. Inside or outside the box, head, left or right foot, the Winger is class and there is no excuse for ignorance.
StScholesof Salford @ 12:01: “With TonyV and Nani on the wings and both playing in good form and having Rooney + Chicarito up front i can see us having an attack / Counter attack presence some thing like we did in 2008.”
I could not agree more with this assessment. And, let’s not forget that not one of them is yet in his prime – 28 is supposed to be a striker’s best age.
What SAF has finally crafted is a way to get the best out of WayneBoy – playing a “deep-lying attacking midfielder”. For those who remember, this is the way that PaulScholes evolved from being a short striker to the GingerNinja, one of the best attacking midfielders in the world, before becoming a SatNav who can pass the ball diagonally sixty yards and hit the bull’s-eye nine-times-out-of-ten.
To me – and it’s just my own personal opinion – there has always been something “unconvincing” about the way UTD play with DimitarBerbatov on the field. Sure, he’s got silky skills and his ball-control is exquisite but he’s not on the same wave-length as the firewagon style that UTD fans like me have loved to see from TheLads. Others have written that this is kinda like the Veron business all over again – a great player who was something of a square peg in a round hole. Comparisons are always unfair BUT Dimmy does suffer when his game is compared with Chicharito, who is much more attuned to the firewagon style of attack.
I do wonder, though, whether a solution to this personnel/playing time log-jam might be to hasten WayneBoy’s evolution and play him alongside someone like MichaelCarrick in the “2″ of a 4-2-3-1 so that Dimmy could be in the middle of the “3″, in between and maybe even behind Nani/Valencia. This would, of course, preclude signing anyone for the midfield in the off-season – apart from a replacement for Edwin and that would bring huge cries of dismay from those who doubt SAF’s claim that there is “no value” in the transfer market !
Ouch…dont be a prick. U knock the scouse bastard next time and everything is ok
ha ha ha. What have I missed here, its all got messy! I don’t like Nani, he is too creative but doesn’t create enough. I like Valencia but he doesn’t score and cant play left. But Nani is selfish and I dont like him. What the fuck??
Paul Parker – Great post mate.
united.george – Ha. nice one.
King Eric – A some what confusing argument, from musca lol.
I think musca is missing a few points in making his creativity issue. In my opinion Nani is much more creative than Tony V. For the simple reason of being able to use both feet with ease and danger. Whilst I agree Valuencia made a great pass to Giggs against Marseille, this was because he had turned inside and couldn’t use his left foot, and so turned back again finding Giggs. I see him do this reguarly and he has never seemed confident with his left. Nani on the ohter hand can play left wing and right wing well because he can cut in and be dangerous from both sides.
Not sure what the argument was and we certainly can’t argue with the number of goals and assists from Nani this season
good day everybody.
oh whats so confusing? who said that i liked valencia and he cant play on the left? who said nani is too creative but he doesnt create enough? i said that? hmm i wonder where
im just simply saying tony v is more creative that nani. im simply saying tony v is a better person than nani. if you guys got a different view, then live with it. because im living based on what i saw, tony v has got a better touch than nani.
and dont ask me to google anything about his assist or goals tally, because im seeing his making the assist and scoring goals. and like i say, statistics doesnt show anything about creativity, vision and touch. rooney is a center forward, he banged lots of goals before, he’s known as a prolific goalscorer, but even rooney knows how to make pass even in a box. whilst nani, he often shoot from distance than making passes, eventho rooney/berba/chica is in a better position. and the problem is, he made that long shot attempt so many times on the pitch. now thats unselfish and that’s not good, the effect is, we’re losing to wolverhampton, and we only got a draw against Aston Villa (in the early jan i think).
again, im bringing up iniesta and xavi in this. both are CM, different position from nani, i know that. but they dont make as many goals and assist as nani this season, their name is not the first on the BBVA statistics, but still, they are known as the best player in the world? why is that? because statistics doesnt show anything about creativity and vision.