Have to question whether he has the mentality of a truly world class player.
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Bet we wish we'd taken that rumoured £40m from PSG.
Looked lively when he came on and made a few nice runs but made a dogs dinner of a few crosses and the same for a through ball to Rooney who was in a great position. He'll need to work on his final product and that won't be done by sitting on the bench at Utd as much as he is so loaning him out is the only thing now and see what happens from there.
Rather he goes out on loan than having to play LWB.
Every time i see him, i think the same, he is not ready, he is extremely raw. He has a good potential and can become a good to very good player. But world class ? i don't think so.
Very poor performance today and I don't recalling him beating a player on 1 to 1 against stoke
Needs games, very rusty. There's not really a role for him in our system at the moment (3-5-2 or the diamond) but I don't mind him being off the radar this season to check expectations, my only worry is he will regress without gametime. He will be fine.
He was just back from illness and played in an unfamiliar position.Not sure what people expect.
Like I said in the previous post, it isn't necessarily about the here and now or based upon reactionary judgement. A lot of really good players have difficulties in the second seasons of first team football. When you're new to the scene people don't know what to expect of you and you can take them by surprise. But next time around, they inevitably figure you out. That in addition to the fact that Januzaj has hardly played first team football for a consistent period plays into his relatively weak form this season. When things aren't going well, sometimes it gets to a player's mind and they start doubting themselves as the confidence drains and the criticism snowballs to misappropriate levels, which is what I feel is happening with Adnan right now.
He has all the requisite technical qualities and the footballing intelligence to turn this around and makes good on his earlier promise in the reserves and from last seasons. That didn't disappear overnight. A lot of different factors have conspired against him this season, but I think he'll progress really well once that air of confidence returns about his play. Main worry for me is that it might not be at United if he keeps getting pegged in weird positions or if we can't guarantee him more playing time. Would be a pity because he'll just end up being an excellent player, but for some other club.
It's obvious he's not a winger or wing back. He relies heavily on dribbling out wide and right now it's not working for him possibly due to confidence. For the youth teams he was able to pick and choose his moments to run at defenders as he usually drifted all over the pitch. It feels like when his dribbling isn't working he feels he has no other options, but to cross.
Maybe he's just not comfortable having to keep the width. He's always liked to come towards the ball and drift everywhere. He can't do that under Gaal unless he's a #10.
Glad he got some minutes though. He needs these minutes no matter how frustrating he will be in order to develop.
Maybe he's just not comfortable having to keep the width. He's always liked to come towards the ball and drift everywhere. He can't do that under Gaal unless he's a #10.
Glad he got some minutes though. He needs these minutes no matter how frustrating he will be in order to develop.
I hope for a decent final ball, that's all.
You can tell he's had very few minutes of late. Wasn't great when he come on today.
Hopefully gets minutes against Yeovil. But not at wingback...
Why even raise the bar that high ? "Truly world class player" is something you'd never associate with him.
The poor lad. In terms of getting almost nothing right, that was one of the worst United cameos I've seen. In fairness, though, he's got no match sharpness, was playing soon after illness in a position not alone is he not used to, but which basically asks him to rely on his weaknesses in a side which offered little in terms of use of the ball or movement and the conditions made even the most confident player look a bit rubbish at times. That said, he'll have to take his chances a bit better when he gets them.
Very very rusty and off form, not the best game to bring him back in.
Getting ready for a pile of abuse because of a few poor crosses and that he didn't win us the game but I thought all things considering he did well.
Had a job to do, a tough one at that (he isn't a wingback, especially at Stoke) and I thought he did quite well and gave us some intent going forward.
Had a job to do, a tough one at that (he isn't a wingback, especially at Stoke) and I thought he did quite well and gave us some intent going forward.
Needs to leave the club on loan asap before we completley ruin this guy macheda style.
Nowhere near good enough for the first team but can't be restricted to 10 min sub appearances and reserve team action. He looks appauling out on the wing at the moment.
If we forget the 6 months he had under Moyes and look at his form this season not one person would believe we have a potential star playing for us here.
Nowhere near good enough for the first team but can't be restricted to 10 min sub appearances and reserve team action. He looks appauling out on the wing at the moment.
If we forget the 6 months he had under Moyes and look at his form this season not one person would believe we have a potential star playing for us here.
I also think he did OK. Not good crossing, but we did become more dangerous when we finally attacked them.
One way or another he needs minutes, because that was a perfect example of how you can suffer from no game time. The same could be seen with Herrera.
Di Maria has played like this a few times, but when people had a go at him it was because he was either back from injury or playing out of position.
Yep, I think he did decent as well, not sure where this abysmal worst cameo of all time stuff is from. Looked rusty as you'd expect but still made some moves down the wings. Won us a few corners and I think put in a decent ball or 2 which would look a lot better if we actually had someone in the box to attack it, but that is another discussion.
Only an idiot would have believed that so what was the point bringing it up?
Took him a while to settle and as he did we came into things more at the end but not enough time to snatch it. Don't think he suits a wing back role.
Was decent enough. No worse then anyone else. He had that one poor cross when given the space and lost the ball a few times, but also put in a few decent balls. Only an idiot would write him off.
Too many pussies play for this club, even the manager exhibits these traits, at times. Januzaj isn't one of these guys. He tries to make a difference, which is all I can ask.
He 100% needs a loan, he needs regular games to build back his confidence, he has so little at the moment
A shadow of the player Moyes clearly believed in and relied upon
A shadow of the player Moyes clearly believed in and relied upon
You know when you see a young attacking player come on, you usually get a sense of excitement that they might do something ridiculously good/crazy? I never get that with him, it's always a bit meh tbh. More often than not I think he makes the 'technically correct' decision with his movement/passing, but there's no real flair that you saw in someone like a Rooney, Ronaldo or even Nani.
Jesus christ people, he came on as a sub after barely playing all season.
The hate is a bit much, no one really played that well today.
I agree he probably needs a loan if he's barely going to play but settle down.
The hate is a bit much, no one really played that well today.
I agree he probably needs a loan if he's barely going to play but settle down.
Aye, I thought he was half-decent when he came on, certainly relative to the rest of our attack.
I'm a big fan but he was fairly poor, chose the wrong option a number of times, I was surprised actually that he came on when we didn't have a grip of the game, he needs game time that we can't afford him at present.
It must be really uncomfortable for him to just wait on the wing all the time when he's always done the opposite. Furthermore he has to stay out wide with no freedom to go inside must double that feeling.
He's going to have to work hard and figure it out, but fans need to show patience. He's only 19. One underwhelming half season for a player his age shouldn't force him out of the club.
He's going to have to work hard and figure it out, but fans need to show patience. He's only 19. One underwhelming half season for a player his age shouldn't force him out of the club.
I'm still trying to figure out if that was a shot or a cross from the left wing when he had acres of space to run into and several men in the box.
If it was a shot he should be made an example of.
If it was a shot he should be made an example of.
I think it was a cross, he just didn't execute it right.
He was the only one who tried something towards the end, even winning a corner. Can't believe the ratings (4) he's got and the brickbats here!
Precisely
Not judging him today anyway, but I think in general when you come back off injury in a role you don't know how to play it will be hard for any player to make an impact.
Not precisely. Illness and lack of game time is fair enough but the position he played in didn't have much affect imo. He tracked back and was wide, received the ball wide like he was used too. Had some poor crosses and touched, a couple of decent crosses as well. Was a bit timid about taking players on.
He wasn't worse than many other players in our team. Did more than Shaw up front with the two crosses that connected.
I agree with you, and I admire that fire.
But he can't do it all by himself. He has to learn to work with his teammates, to elevate his own game. The book is out on how to defend him, isolate him (or let him isolate himself) and force him to square up and you've stopped him. If he gets by, then he'll do something useless with the ball, either give it away or take a low percentage shot. It's like he's trying to win every game by himself every time he touches the ball. If he could focus on fundamental passing and movement the opportunities to score and assist would start to open up.
The kid can play but we've got to figure out how to use what he can do and coach him better.
He is not my favourite players by any means but getting on his after today game is stupid.
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