We cant expect something of him, and if he doesnt play a good match we shouldnt be like , yeah LVG is right, he isnt good enough bla bla bla. This is his first start in first team football in months, his last start was under Moyes, he has played barely and it could be that he'll be played out of position today (striker).. The last time he started in more than 2 consecutive matches, it was back in January.
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Absolutely, you can't really hold him to it if he doesn't perform, as there are many redeeming factors obviously.
Nice to see him start still though, and hopefully he plays a blinder. He's shown us before he has the confidence and ability to come out of nowhere and deliver.
I just hope that he can keep his cool and that the pressure to perform doesn't cause him to overthink things just to impress. I think he'll be OK though, he rarely looks to affected. It's a good opportunity for him tonight, can't wait to watch him play again.
Great to see him start, hopefully he has a great game and manages to get a spot in the first 11 for futures games too.
Spot on, I think if anything people will be worried that it'll be LvG who thinks he's not good enough if he's poor, I doubt it though he oozes class.
It's his chance to take now. Let's hope he finds his passing boots and is less selfish as before
Takes Falcao and Rooney to be unavailable to get a start. Doesn't augur well for Januzaj to be in the first XI.
No excuses or drama now, LVG is playing him form the start...so lets stop worrying about Januzaj please,
Come on Adnan, lets see what you are made of.
Looks like LVG definatly see's Januzaj as a striker, not sure what I make of that tbh.
I hope that he will prove a point. And take his chance for good.
Lets hope he takes his chance, for his own confidence if nothing else. Di Maria and Januzaj flying down the wings with Rafael and Shaw overlapping though
Whats wrong with Falcao?
Long flight back from South America. Jetlag.
Really hope the lad does well and has a stormer.
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Van Gaal seems to prefer him in the striker role whenever he plays.
Seems to slow play down too much.
Said that of him last year and got criticised in the Januzaj love in.
Needs to do everything he does on the pitch at least 2 times faster.
He's been a bit meh so far. Was hoping he'd offer more for us.
100% Has the potential, but he seems to want to do everything himself. Needs to learn to word with Rafael and learn to pass the ball when he has an open man.
Either he's under clear instruction to keep things simple or he's completely lost his confidence to try things.
He's sluggish tonight,doesn't look like beating a player.
He must be absolutely sensational in training because this is yet another poor showing so far today. Decision making is just wrong, wrong, wrong. When we're 1-0 down to WBA and Falcao is on the bench, the need to give him time and learn these lessons is far outweighed by our need to win matches. His last moment of truly effective play in the first team was at the start of April vs Newcastle.
Sterling had a prolonged period of bad form in his development after his breakthrough but Adnan's is looking more like a Rooney style dip by the day!
There has to come a time when people on here start to realise what's in front of them not what stories and hopes they are fed. He's struggling to make the grade at this club and has been for 6 months now. It may be time for a loan spell to get him the confidence. Evans, Welbeck style.
Sterling had a prolonged period of bad form in his development after his breakthrough but Adnan's is looking more like a Rooney style dip by the day!
There has to come a time when people on here start to realise what's in front of them not what stories and hopes they are fed. He's struggling to make the grade at this club and has been for 6 months now. It may be time for a loan spell to get him the confidence. Evans, Welbeck style.
Just what I was thinking, playing so far within himself it's crazy.
He's just not a winger
Seems low on confidence, isn't taking men on like he used to. Nowhere near the worst today but can do a lot better.
It's his first start of the season. None of the team has played well
Didn't take his chance so far. Wouldn't be shocked if LvG subs him off. But that said, Mata and van Persie are poor today too and they had already more opportunities than Adnan and couldn't show us much.
He's been poor this season when given chances to impress
Yep.
Yeah, hopefully this is the problem. Was hoping he'd be able to impress though and put in a good performance. If he doesn't improve, he might struggle to get a lot more starts.
Needs to play on the left wing to get the best out of him. Clearly very awkward for him to create anything on the right flank when he is predominantly left footed.
Might be the wrong type of match to play him. The baggies are really defending deep especially now that they are a goal up. No chance for us to break at them and use Adnan's pace.
Might be the wrong type of match to play him. The baggies are really defending deep especially now that they are a goal up. No chance for us to break at them and use Adnan's pace.
The simple fact is, the experiment of giving him game time isn't worth the risk of not playing Falcao and putting this game to bed as quickly as we could. Then by all means chuck him on and give him time.
Tonight Januzaj looks a winger being shoehorned into a side of players who wanted to do things differently. He's often really far out on the touchline but that just leaves Van Persie with two on him. Not been good but its not all his fault. The system seems caught between some kind of weird 4-2-3-1 and a proper 4-3-3, in so far as we aren't actually playing outwide but both Januzaj and Di Maria are taking up really wide positions that just stretch us out.
He'll be fine. Just needs to find some match-sharpness and rhythm, must bear in mind this is his only first team involvement in over a month. Sitting on Belgium's bench didn't do him any favors either.
The side is completely unbalanced
If you're gonna play him, play him in his proper position
If you're gonna play him, play him in his proper position
Don't hate but I don't think he's all that. He needs to go out on loan.
Poor match, but still given some good passes and crosses, looks like what I said before the match were some wise words.
He's a good player, but ridiculously overrated by his fans in this thread which is inflating expectations of a kid who won't be able to live up to them.
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