If he plays on the right then that means that Valencia won't be playing, so that's one advantage right away.
Adnan Januzaj | 2013/14 Performances
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If he plays on the right then that means that Valencia won't be playing, so that's one advantage right away.
Exactly. I reckon Adnan could cause more trouble in 10 minutes from that side than Valencia could in 90.
90 what? You didn't specify, so I assume you mean 90 back-to-back appearances, which is still correct.
Baffling decision from Moyes. We needed a spark and Januzaj could've provided it as he's proved he can do many times this season.
Adnan was surely gutted to miss out too. His first chance at the Champions league knock-out.
And just before he has two weeks off right? Absolutely baffling management!
For the life of me I can't understand this. If it was that important to give him a rest then surely Palace was the game to do that. Especially given Mata is cup-tied.
And what does playing Cleverly have to do with it? Is that quote for real or what?
Adnan was surely gutted to miss out too. His first chance at the Champions league knock-out.
And just before he has two weeks off right? Absolutely baffling management!
For the life of me I can't understand this. If it was that important to give him a rest then surely Palace was the game to do that. Especially given Mata is cup-tied.
And what does playing Cleverly have to do with it? Is that quote for real or what?
He suits the left better than Mata does, so I think he will stay on the left flank more possibly, granted they will all have license to roam.
Adnan on the right and Mata central would be ideal but then there's Rooney and Kagawa to think about.
It was interesting seeing peoples thoughts on him earlier in the season when they were saying he would eventually become an AM. Now that Mata has signed it makes it more unlikely that this will be the case as hopefully for you, Moyes/New manager IF you get one will realise that to get the best out of him individually and for the teams football would be to play him behind the striker. When watching Januzaj on the wing for you it made me think that he could be what i thought Kagawa would be. In a sort of 'Pienaar' role yet with more individual freedom because of his ability. He's probably your best crosser of the ball at the moment which makes it strange that given your tactic of crossing it, he's not been played at times, it's weird.
I still feel Januzaj's best position will be as a false No. 9 with license to roam, not on the wing where his skills will be wasted to a large degree, or as a No. 10 because I think he can become a massive goalscoring threat. So signing Mata wouldn't really affect him. His finishing is showing sign of improvement, he's deft at creating spaces for himself, makes good runs in the channels, has good awareness of potential weaknesses in the opposition, he's intelligent in the box, knows how to drop off the defensive line, has good link up play and knows where the goal is. In some respects he reminds me of a young Van Persie when he broke through at Feyenoord : start out wide, progress to No. 10 and then become the main man leading the attack after the departure of Henry. Unfortunately with the system we're employing right now he will get nowhere close to that because we're inevitably going to prefer a hulking buffoon with low footballing IQ and who plays with his back to the wall target man types. Didn't Warren Joyce or some-one say he'll end up as a No. 9 too ?
With his creativity and dribbling ability. I think he is more suited to the role of an attacking midfielder. Unless we transform into a Barcelona-esque compact attacking unit, play him as the false #9 and a lot of that will go to waste.
Him in the team rather than Young/Valencia makes the game so much more watchable. He has class. Those two are fecking dreadful to watch.
I think we should be playing the way we did against Palace for the rest of the season. Rooney and Mata were able to swap between right and central very easily while Adnan stayed wide left to offer the width option. Shinji swapping with any of them when needed. These are our most talented players, they are the ones who should be playing.
It's utterly amazing how we insist on playing footballers who aren't as good as the ones sitting on our bench. I honestly can't think of an example in any pro sports that I've seen which rivals it for sheer stupidity.
Yep.
Most (all) teams would find a system to suit the players they have, that gets the best out of them. We, on the other hand, try and fit players into a certain system, then if it doesn't work, we pick clearly inferior players just because they're more suited. Rather then just adjusting the system. Its madness.
RVP, Rooney, Januzaj, Mata, Kagawa...most managers would kill for that lot and be licking their lips at the sort of football they could get them playing. We have them all, and still manage to find a way to shoehorn dross like Young and Valenica into the team week in, week out. I think thats the most infuriating thing about it all, the players are there, the quality is there. It would be much easier to deal with if we didn't have those players at our disposal, and Young/Valenica were the best we had.
Moyes has obviously got the idea in his head that he needs to play Januzaj like...50% of the time, given that he's so young. Which is annoying give how shit we are at the moment but I suppose it's somewhat understandable.
Funny that he is messing up the one part he has got credit for most of the season. He has gone overboard in trying to manage his play time. The whole old enough, good enough concept seems to be lost. It's not like he has shown signs of fatigue and he isn't going to be playing in the summer, so why rest him.
It is almost like he is scared if something does happen then he'll get it in the neck.
A couple games after RVP/Rooney/Mata got back getting a break seemed reasonable but, now it's been baffling how little he is being played when he really should be a starter based on performances.
Looks jaded of late and having little impact on games. I think Kagawa should take his place for the next couple of fixtures.
I don't think he looks jaded. Why should he be tired he's hardly played but just hasn't been great in the last couple of games, even though he's still managed to create one or two big chances in his last two appearances.
I'd start Welbeck instead of Januzaj vs Liverpool but then bring him in again vs Olympiakos.
He's played more games then he should have this season, for obvious reasons. I too think that Kagawa will be brought in now, as the kid needs more rest. Still, he linked up well with Mata and put in a few good balls into the box. I do think that he needs to cut out some of the wasteful shots from his game though, but it's a good sign that he has the confidence to have a pop.
He looks better on the right. Doesn't seem to know how to cut in from the left.
No, just no. You can make an argument for starting welbeck ahead of rvp, but not on the wing. People always want to shoehorn welbeck into the side so out him on the wing where he invariable puts in a shit performance. He's not and will never be a winger.
I'd put in Kagawa for the Liverpool game, then start both adnan and shinji vs olympiacos. Put rvp in for one of the games, welbeck for the other.
I don't think he's jaded. He was taken out the team in a period of excellent individual form. Young players play best when they play every week. Infact, who doesn't? The more he plays the better he will get. I do agree, though, he wasn't his usual self today. That said, his cross to Rafa was excellent.
Players his age tend to get burned out mentally more than physically. Fergie mentioned it quite a few times hence he tended to ration out playing time for the youngsters even if they were obviously talented ie Ronaldo and Giggs when they were Adnans age.
Liverpool had the same issue with Sterling last year and he performed a lot better after Rodgers gave him a rest to refocus.
Wouldn't say it's because he's tired, he's just a little off form, maybe lacking in confidence after the penalty miss vs Sunderland, or maybe just isn't sticking out now that our play mostly goes through mata and not him like before, and we have mata, Rooney and rvp alongside him instead of welbeck, young and Valencia.
Yeah I understand that but it's no excuse this time. He's been taken out of action quite a bit since Rooney + RvP came back from injury and Mata arrived. I just think he isn't playing great at the moment. Nothing to do with mental fatigue in my opinion.
I don't really believe he's tired. The big difference with his first months when he impressed more is the quality of the players around him.
In normal conditions it should help him, but while he always was the player his teammates were looking for when we had all those injuries to key players and didn't have Mata, now he doesn't get the ball that often and has less chances to impress and create.
Today, he only received 25 passes, not even half of Rooney and Mata. He's less involved than when he broke through in the first team and when he was playing with the U21's. He still needs to develop that understanding with Rooney, Mata etc on when to get himself involved in the play. The shooting from outside the box shows confidence, but he should limit it to the good opportunities, choosing the combination instead of the shot will also help him get into the game more.
Still, he completed 3 of his attempted 4 crosses and played a decent game. In the long term he'll be a central player, but he's doing great on the wing too.
Playing half of the games as a starter and the others off the bench when needed (he's one of our best impact subs) shouldn't be too much for him.
In normal conditions it should help him, but while he always was the player his teammates were looking for when we had all those injuries to key players and didn't have Mata, now he doesn't get the ball that often and has less chances to impress and create.
Today, he only received 25 passes, not even half of Rooney and Mata. He's less involved than when he broke through in the first team and when he was playing with the U21's. He still needs to develop that understanding with Rooney, Mata etc on when to get himself involved in the play. The shooting from outside the box shows confidence, but he should limit it to the good opportunities, choosing the combination instead of the shot will also help him get into the game more.
Still, he completed 3 of his attempted 4 crosses and played a decent game. In the long term he'll be a central player, but he's doing great on the wing too.
Playing half of the games as a starter and the others off the bench when needed (he's one of our best impact subs) shouldn't be too much for him.
Never saw this footage from the blue stars cup last year where he got player of the tournament so thought Id post it
I was laughed at a bit when I said a few months ago that I think he could end up centre forward for us, but scrolling up I see at least one person agrees with me.
It has constantly been mentioned by the manager that he can play there too, and he has been put there for spells this season already, in important PL away games too such as Fulham away (second half) and Chelsea away where he was ahead of Welbeck.
I don't see him as the new Shearer, but certainly Messi-esque in terms of style.
It has constantly been mentioned by the manager that he can play there too, and he has been put there for spells this season already, in important PL away games too such as Fulham away (second half) and Chelsea away where he was ahead of Welbeck.
I don't see him as the new Shearer, but certainly Messi-esque in terms of style.
It seems to me Moyes has us setup with one winger having the freedom to cut inside and one closer to the line, giving us width, before Mata's arrival, our left winger would usually cut inside with Valencia hugging the line, since we've given Mata license to cut inside, often it's seemed as if our left winger instead has been told to play more in an authodox fashion, perhaps I'm overthinking it but I do think Januzaj is wasted far wide left as it seems he's beeing played the last 2 PL games.
For me he needs license to do and go where he wants, its stifling his talent wide left, then again, right now we can't give him the no.9, no.10 or even right side birth without moving our "Big 3".
For me he needs license to do and go where he wants, its stifling his talent wide left, then again, right now we can't give him the no.9, no.10 or even right side birth without moving our "Big 3".
He's cooled off the last couple games. I don't think its to do with his position (though it might help to have him more central), I think he's just an 18 year old suffering a bit of a dip, which is to be expected.
He's more likely to end up as a CM for me.
Wasn't Sterling absolutely dog shite for a period of time after first bursting onto the scene?
Do you see that as some sort of vindication for your bold prediction and further confirmation of your impressive foresight?
That was mean.
Neither mean nor funny if that was the aim.
If he bothered to read what he quoted the entire point of the post is in there. When point was initially made, nobody agreed, now I can see someone else making the same observation, hence my noting it.
Hasn't contributed much statistic wise since his two goals against Sunderland. General play has also been alot less exciting.
Maturity in decision making, his greatest plus according to the ''better than ronaldo at the same age'' keyboard gangbangers, has dropped to retardo almosto level.
But he will be back.
Maturity in decision making, his greatest plus according to the ''better than ronaldo at the same age'' keyboard gangbangers, has dropped to retardo almosto level.
But he will be back.
Sell him.
Saw some berk saying he was on his way to becoming the new Macheda...
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