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2015-16 Performances

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1
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Bit of Janu Jazz from the little master Januzaj.

Thought he was poor though, really don't think either Memphis or Janu have covered themselves in glory at the 10 spot. He still for me looks like he needs to go back to the Moyes season and re-discover his ability to carry the ball. What made him excellent was his no fear attitude and his ability to just get it and go, no questions asked. I feel in this 10 role he's a bit stunted, he found it hard to link up play and be in the right areas all the time. Fell over a bit.

Get him out wide on the ball for matter and give him freedom to get the ball and j-.... Oh shit, Van Gaal's coming shhh boys..... No mate, possession football ay... Yep..
 
United again! said:
He still for me looks like he needs to go back to the Moyes season and re-discover his ability to carry the ball. What made him excellent was his no fear attitude and his ability to just get it and go, no questions asked...
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Agreed.

But i think that's down to Van Gaal vs Moyes.

Moyes would have given him the freedom and told him to run at players.

Van Gaal HATES wasted possession and under him is probably more instructed whenever he receives the ball to look for a pass etc... probably sideways.
 
Moment of brilliance, but what was reassuring was Van Gaal picked up that he lost the ball quite easily a fair few times.

I'm sure there'll be a few possession v pressure training exercises to work on that.
 
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But i think that's down to Van Gaal vs Moyes.
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I think his own personal attitude as well. He's clearly into himself and his ability, you can tell. Van Gaal doesn't rate that and the basic path to selection is about demonstrating that you can do what the manager says without doing the things he doesn't like, while Moyes had this young guy with clear ability on the ball and he had no pressure on him (being unknown helped a lot as well). He looks like he's trying to learn and trying to play the way Van Gaal wants but I see it more as a put this kid on downhill rails and watch him fly, at the moment LVG has put him at the bottom a hill and he's scrambling around trying to look the part while looking for some way to get up on those rails.

You are correct, complete role reversal.
 
The positives:
- the goal
- his movement off the ball and his decent passing

The negatives:
- him losing the ball to easily when he has it and not fighting back right away, his defensive mentality has to improve as well


With that being said, van Gaal has to get his head out of his ass too. With players such as Januzaj and Depay, you can't be furious with them losing the ball. They live off of taking risks amongst other things. He's just putting unnecessary limitations on their games.
 
His vision and first touch are very good. He's just too eager to keep it even when under pressure, his dribbling and footwork aren't that special and he is nowhere near strong enough for the Prem yet, so he loses the ball a lot.

Brilliant run and move for the goal.

I really do think he'll be a great player for us, but I still wouldn't mind him going on loan, if we do sign Pedro. Newcastle started Obertan this week, so there are certainly spots out there for him to play while working on his game and body.
 
Americano said:
Could we drop Rooney and play him up top?
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If we were going purely on what we've seen so far in the first 2 games, I'd have Herrera as the 10 and Januzaj (or even Young, who might be clueless up there but will work hard and has more pace than Rooney and did set up the Walker own goal while temporarily playing as a 9) up top.
 
Wade3 said:
With that being said, van Gaal has to get his head out of his ass too. With players such as Januzaj and Depay, you can't be furious with them losing the ball. They live off of taking risks amongst other things. He's just putting unnecessary limitations on their games.
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Thats the issue, is he and out and out attacker with flair or an all round player? LVG seems to think that he should be doing more, and maybe he should, but I think by making him concentrate on other aspects makes him loose the flair. Ronaldo was never a great defender and lost the ball many times. Losing the ball should not be a crime when trying something positive. During the Villa game when he lost the ball it was when he was playing sideways or back.
 
Took the goal well but was bullied pretty easily. The game should help him get some confidence and match 'rhythm' back.
 
Missed the game, but watching that clip above, other than the goal he was a bit rubbish. Basically every time he got the ball he was bullied off it an gave it away. He simply isn't strong enough to play in a congested middle right now. Why I prefer if we play him wider, which gives him more time and space on the ball.
 
Delighted for him.

He did tire as the game went on and he admitted to lacking match fitness after the game which isn't surprising. But he looked bright in that first half and the combination of him in the middle and depay on the left looked interesting to me.

At the end of the day I think his potential as a number 10 is huge. His close control is of the level you need in that position. It's just a case of being patient with him and him learning to adapt to dealing with tought premier league defenders. I hope we see a lot more of him as a number 10.
 
Also, quality work for the goal. He and memphis showed glimpses of their skill. More of that please.
 
Great composure for the goal.

Other than that it was a bit of a shit performance from him. We look disjointed in attack.

A couple of promising moments though and I thought it was a shrewd decision by LVG to play him.
 
Except for the goal and a couple more flashes here and there he wasn't that good. But he lacks match fitness, I hope LVG doesn't drop him and allows him to build on the confidence he surely got from this goal.
 
His decision making still needs serious addressing pronto. Some of those dribbles to nowhere and ball dwelling moments when opportunities for good possession or to release Memphis was on.

He scored and even I can't fault him for that but I'd prefer to see Herrera as the 10 in this phase of the season under these tactics.
 
amolbhatia50k said:
At the end of the day I think his potential as a number 10 is huge. His close control is of the level you need in that position. It's just a case of being patient with him and him learning to adapt to dealing with tought premier league defenders. I hope we see a lot more of him as a number 10.
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Agreed with that. He needs to work on his awareness though. Most of the time he seems to lose possession because he's not aware of what is around him, who can provide him with quick passes and good 1-2 to unlock. But his control is brilliant.
Another issue is he tries too hard to beat players with his pace (which isn't great), this leads to him losing out to pacy players. With better awareness he could also improve on that.
 
Bullied at times.Thought he played well and took his opportunity with composure.
 
Well taken goal but thought he was disappointing on the ball. Lost possession way too much and not strong enough on the ball. When he receives the ball in his mind he should know what to do. Look at tiger or Mata for instance when receiving the ball. They have a picture in their head and execute it so well. Bit more of that please
 
dustfingers said:
Agreed with that. He needs to work on his awareness though. Most of the time he seems to lose possession because he's not aware of what is around him, who can provide him with quick passes and good 1-2 to unlock. But his control is brilliant.
Another issue is he tries too hard to beat players with his pace (which isn't great), this leads to him losing out to pacy players. With better awareness he could also improve on that.
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I'm confident many of those things will come. Kid needs to play now and become a real part of the team. And I still feel he's good enough to do that here this season to a decent extent. One thing he does have either way is to produce pieces of skill to change games. And we can use that presently.
 
amolbhatia50k said:
I'm confident many of those things will come. Kid needs to play now and become a real part of the team. And I still feel he's good enough to do that here this season to a decent extent. One thing he does have either way is to produce pieces of skill to change games. And we can use that presently.
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Hope so. I am very confident awareness of any player gets better with experience and he's going to get much better as he matures. For now, he's a hit and miss though. He scored a good goal but lost the ball loads of time and played very few passes that you'd expect of a number 10 to make our attack look fluid.
 
If we're not gunna bring in Pedro (still think we will) then I want to see us try out Januzaj on the right hand side, Louis loves inverted wingers and we'd get to see Mata in the hole as well.
 
First start in 6 months. 20 years old. Playing away in a defensive tumescent system and takes a goal well. I'll take it. Yes he gave away the ball but LVG's butchering of him after the game was ridiculous.

It might be worth pointing out that Januzaj has scored in his two most recent appearances while nobody else has in between.
 
Riz said:
If we're not gunna bring in Pedro (still think we will) then I want to see us try out Januzaj on the right hand side, Louis loves inverted wingers and we'd get to see Mata in the hole as well.
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But then where does Memphis fit in?
 
It was a good goal. He has class but lacks confidence. Still very young.
 
Good goal from him, apart that was a bit surprised that he was pushed away form the ball easily, his hold up play is usually quite good.. anyway glad to see him back:-)
 
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