Hofmann seems to be starting before him (in Bundesliga matches).
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Hofmann seems to be starting before him (in Bundesliga matches).
If I use Kagawa as baseline of premiership performance, then they aren't doing much.
It's all going as expected. He's getting his minutes in the EL where Dortmund are resting players but he's 5th in the picking order for the three positions he can play in the league.
So far one can't really say if this deal pays off for any of the parties involved.
So far one can't really say if this deal pays off for any of the parties involved.
Only on the bench today. Hofmann replaces Mkhitaryan, who didn't travel to Qabala because of the political problems between Azerbaijan and Armenia at the moment. No rotation otherwise. Auba, Reus and Kagawa all start.
Hope he can show Hofmann to the bench, if not then this loan will be very negative for him.
No it won't. Even if he doesn't displace Hofmann, he will still get games playing in a cohesive attacking unit that suits his style to the ground. Also, the experience he is getting from training with another team and another manager will improve him more then at United
Is the Dortmund game on BT Sport Extra?
Only had 15 mins to impress, but he did really well. Would have preferred him as an option coming off the bench for us though.
ugh, i miss januzaj when he was just "on" with us in his first year. granted these highlights were against lowly competition, we could really do with that nowadays. especially since LVG is complaining about his players "red lining" in terms of being exhausted from all the games.
granted LVG could also be utilising pereira a lot more too.
I don't miss him at all - he was pretty average for us for the last year. What I hope happens is that he finds his confidence and his game and comes back to us reborn.
What I suspect will happen is that it will be quite obvious that he is better suited to the German game and that he'll move to Dortmund permanently. We may get Reus out of it which would make it fine, but I doubt he will come to us and play in Van Gaal's system.
What I suspect will happen is that it will be quite obvious that he is better suited to the German game and that he'll move to Dortmund permanently. We may get Reus out of it which would make it fine, but I doubt he will come to us and play in Van Gaal's system.
Such a strange loan move. I was fine with loaning him out but not to go to somewhere where he is used off the bench. so strange.
I really hope he starts today.
I expect him to start today, but I think it's quite telling that he didn't start in one of the last 2 games despite Mkhitaryan missing both. In the EL Hofmann got to start and in the league Castro played for Mkhitaryan. Januzaj is still far away from being first choice back-up to the regular attackers in important games. Today against a lower league team in the cup, it's likely that Tuchel will rotate a bit more.
He isn't starting 
Him not starting with both Reus and Aubameyang rotated out, seems a bit telling - especially since it's a home game against a second division side. I don't really know what to make of it since when he eventually was allowed to played he always seemed pretty decent to me, with a couple of genuinely great moments even. It's also a bit odd that he's been getting less game time and not more in the past few weeks.
BVB are starting with more or less their starting 11, Hoffman and Januzaj are both on the bench, its not as if 1 attacker is being preferred to the other. Miki is back and Abu rested for Ramos is hardly something to worry about.
sad thing is i completely forgot about him over the last month or so...how many games in total has he played for BVB now? doesn't look good though when you ship a player out of loan and he doesn't play. Perhaps PSV or another dutch team would have been better for him, specially with him being Belgian the Dutch speaking would have helped him settle in rather than in a league where he doesn't speak the language
It was annoying at the time it happened, but with how little gametime he's receiving is just making it ridiculous. Such a pointless idea.
it did baffle me that is was to BVB. It's not like they're some middle of the league type team but one going for the title and CL. The whole idea for loans is to get experience in the first team and play regular competitive football. He could have been sitting on the bench for us and playing in the Carling cup tonight in that case.
Hofmann played a full game last week though. Januzaj hasn't in 4 weeks now. At the moment it looks as if Ramos is the back-up for Auba upfront, Castro and Hofmann first and second choice back-ups for Reus, Kagawa, Mhkitaryan.
A months ago it looked as if Januzaj was an impact sub who was rotated in the starting line-up for less important games. Since the international break, it looks as if he's way down the pecking order and gets a few rather meaningless minutes at the end of games that are already decided. It's certainly a worrying development.
I wish I could know what went on behind the scenes for this loan, absolutely shit stuff from the club once again with regards to loans especially at a time when our own squad is a couple of injuries away from being paper thin. I think my feeling was that the management don't think that he has a future at the club and this loan is just proving that right.
Januzaj's problem is currently two folded. The first one is Castro who has so far shown good and his by far best performances in the offensive midfield and given that his intrgration takes priority Adnan has even more competition as originally predicted. The second one might be even more worrying: According to people who are pretty close to the club Tuchel is appearantly not happy with Januzaj's training performances. Here it is not about effort but his lacking understanding of the tactical system. This would explain his lack of game time in the last few weeks.
Castro scores....
Januzaj is doomed
Unless he starts really ripping it up, Dortmund have little to no incentive to be patient with him.
Infact i said from the start of this loan, that he had less competition and more chances at game time at United.
If we had to loan him, surely there would have been tons of better clubs. Strangest one this.
Infact i said from the start of this loan, that he had less competition and more chances at game time at United.
If we had to loan him, surely there would have been tons of better clubs. Strangest one this.
He is coming on for Kagawa who scored a brace.
I can totally believe this. One of his major problems has always been his bad decision making at times. I thought that being away from the pressure of United he might have the chance to improve this. He really needs to knuckle down and get himself together and learn all he can.
Shame, SAF retired, maybe he would have been best in a system that doesn't require too much 'thinking'...? I dunno, but I'm hoping he recognises he needs to work very very hard to address any issue he has with his overall game.
Hope he does well...
Unfortunately for Januzaj Dortmund have taken the foot of the gas pedal now.
The problem in his case is that he normally needs a club which has patience with him until he actually can learn the system completely. As long as we don't have the perspective to keep him longer there is no reason for us to show said patience with him, as there are enough alternatives to him.
Done pretty well since coming on today, though game was over by then anyway.
7:1 everyone but Januzaj scoring now. This is worrying.
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How is that worrying? He had a good 30 minutes.
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That loan doesn't make any sense for me. If he doesn't start in a cup match at home against a second league team when is he actually supposed to get his minutes? It's not like he's starting in the EL. It seems he is 6th choice right now for the 3 positions he can play - that's basically the opposite you'd want for a young player who goes on loan.
Meanwhile Lingard, Pereira and Wilson are all starting in Uniteds Cup tie. I didn't get the idea behind that loan spell on transfer deadline day and I'm still not getting it.
Meanwhile Lingard, Pereira and Wilson are all starting in Uniteds Cup tie. I didn't get the idea behind that loan spell on transfer deadline day and I'm still not getting it.
Not to mention we could have done with him here, but I guess maybe he needed another environment for a bit
Maybe it's more about developing his personality a bit more? New environment, out of his comfort zone, still fighting for a place. Might be they felt he needed to mature a bit and thought this would help?
He's better than Memphis right now, imo.
Never understood this loan move and can see it being another wasted year in his career. He's found himself in a very similar place in the pecking order as he would have been here except Dortmund will be even less inclined to start him as they will give preference to their own players. He should have been kept as competition to Memphis. This loan move doesn't help anyone.
That's been alluded to a number of times. By Andy Mitten, amongst others.
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