Lot of hype surrounding Valencia but for me he's a limited footballer very boring/bland to watch crosses the ball for crossing sake and he's not really skillful/technical. He's very physical. People go on about his crossing but when you have got 4/5 players in the box any decent cross is a good one.
Man Utd are great at getting players inside the box Kudos to Fergie Valencua suits Man Utd's style of play don't think he would flourish elsewhere
Walcott is younger, more dangerous links up play better with others and comes inside more.
He's a better passer, better finisher and more technical player than Valencia IMO
Walcott > Valencia
posted on 25/4/12
So now you're basically saying you've never watched Valencia. He'd do what Barca should have and actually got round the full back. They didn't use the wings at all, it was ridiculous. The one time they did use the right wing properly they scored, it was offside but at least Alves tried.
If you don't think a player that gets to the byline as often as Valencia does would have helped it might be you that's lacking insight. Both Sanchez and Cuenca were poor imitations of wingers last night.
He did well to play passes in and around the box? Barca had the ball on the edge of the Chelsea box for 45 minutes second half, yet managed about 4 shots. Why didn't this amazing 30+ million pound player shoot? He gets a great chance to score and closes his eyes when he headed it. I'd take Valencia every time over that.
posted on 18/5/13
Oh look what I stumbled across here.
Some absolutely pathetic comments on here.
Glad to see I was proven right on the Valencia point. An average player at best.
This is the best of the lot though:
"It's exactly the same. There are more talented strikers than Van Persie. Ibrahimovic, Balotelli, Robinho, Berbatov, Neymar all better with the ball (not even counting Messi and Ronaldo.) There are countless strikers better in the air and there are countless strikers that are quicker but they're not as effective as Van Persie has been this season"
And now the very same guys think he's the best in the world.
Oh how things change quickly.
posted on 18/5/13
"Valencia the best winger in the world! " Hahaha
posted on 18/5/13
Christ are you really still wound up after a year? WOUND UP
posted on 18/5/13
Hardly wound up. Just cringing at these comments by these people.
Yours was the cream of the crop though.
posted on 18/5/13
What's cringeworthy is going back through a year of comments to defend a player that has flopped massively at Barca.
seething for a whole year, not wound up at all
posted on 18/5/13
Huh? What are you on about?
posted on 18/5/13
Ah Sanchez? Not here to defend him.
Just came across this thread and shook my head in disbelief at the nonsense posted on here.
Respect for showing up though even though you embarrassed yourself on here.
posted on 18/5/13
You don't need to look back a whole year to find me embarrassing myself.
Still at least I never claimed Cazorla was the best player in the Premier League. Now that was a ridiculous claim
posted on 18/5/13
Come on now Thunder. He's at the very least up there.