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2015-16 Performances

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Pogue Mahone said:
That's been alluded to a number of times. By Andy Mitten, amongst others.
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Which still does not explain why United would send him to us of all places. Fighting for a place is nice and all but it should at least be a fight where he does have a realistic shot. The chance that he would outperform one of our starters to such an extend that he would overcome the massive gulf in internal standing was nearly nonexistent from the start. It is also not like that we played the same offensive every game either. We have been very careful with our key players especially Reus and rested them often. Januzaj was still not close to the starting formation. A loan move in itself was certainly not the worst move but the destination was highly risky and now we have the expected outcome, although even I thought he would get more minutes than he did.

Given that nothing is more important for such a young player than consistent game time, this move so far only helped Dortmund and nobody else.
 
Januzaj if around to play against Middlesbro, would have opened up their defence from the wing.
Januzaj, Martial and Lingard would have better chance than Depay and Rooney.
Both Rooney and Depay were quite static and did not find spaces when United had possession of the ball.
 
Apparently he's only played 139 minutes in 5 appearances for Dortmund... Should never have gone out on loan, at least not somewhere that has better wing options then united does.
Any hope his loan gets cut short in January?
 
bosnian_red said:
Apparently he's only played 139 minutes in 5 appearances for Dortmund... Should never have gone out on loan, at least not somewhere that has better wing options then united does.
Any hope his loan gets cut short in January?
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That's only his 5 sub appearances in the league. He started twice in EL games and was subbed on in a cup game. Overall it's still not a lot though. Out of 6 starts this season, 4 were still for United.
 
What I'll never understand is that he was one of our most featured players at start of the season then all of a sudden he goes on a loan. And we don't bring any winger after that.
 
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Amar__ said:
What I'll never understand is that he was one of our most deatured players at start of the season then all of a sudden he goes on a loan. And we don't bring any winger after that.
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To be fair, he popped up at the right time. A time where the spirits were low to say the least, the results were underwhelming and there he was, the young prospect scoring goals and bringing that much needed positivity in a time of doom and gloom.
 
LazyRed-Ninja said:
To be fair, he popped up at the right time. A time where the spirits were low to say the least, the results were underwhelming and there he was, the young prospect scoring goals and bringing that much needed positivity in a time of doom and gloom.
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I mean this season.
 
Can either party terminate the loan? There is absolutely no reason for him to stay beyond January if he'll not feature.
 
Bastian said:
Can either party terminate the loan? There is absolutely no reason for him to stay beyond January if he'll not feature.
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By themselves? Nope. If all parties agree on it, then I don´t see a reason why it should not be possible, though. For that to happen one of our initial permanent solutions (e.g. Yarmolenko) would have to become available, though. Unless we sign someone new there is no chance we agree on terminating it. The boy costs us nearly nothing and as squad player for desperate times (two or more longtime injuries in the offense) he is sitll good enough. It is also not like Tuchel denies him minutes on purpose right now, though. He is simply nowehere near the level of the starters and even the first rotation option (Castro) at the moment.
 
Amar__ said:
What I'll never understand is that he was one of our most featured players at start of the season then all of a sudden he goes on a loan. And we don't bring any winger after that.
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Just reckon LvG wasn't sure so gave him a go, he didn't perform up to standard so a loan was the best bet, people can say what they want about LvG but he is certainly brave with the youngsters, and gives them a fair chance.

I think it's a simialr situation with Lingard right now, if he take his chance then he'll stay and play, if he doesn't then he'll likely be sold or loaned again.
 
Lingard's done ok but Januzaj is a better player and a bigger prospect. It's a bit fecked seeing Lingard getting games for us while Januzaj is sitting on Dortmunds bench
 
SteveW said:
Lingard's done ok but Januzaj is a better player and a bigger prospect. It's a bit fecked seeing Lingard getting games for us while Januzaj is sitting on Dortmunds bench
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Lingard fits the system better and his decision making is far better *usually*. It's that simple.
 
SteveW said:
Lingard's done ok but Januzaj is a better player and a bigger prospect. It's a bit fecked seeing Lingard getting games for us while Januzaj is sitting on Dortmunds bench
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Bigger prospect but if he doesn't fit the tactical plans then talent can only get you so far. And if you'd watched Lingard at youth level you'd probably think he has better decision making than Januzaj, and rightfully so.
 
SteveW said:
Lingard's done ok but Januzaj is a better player and a bigger prospect. It's a bit fecked seeing Lingard getting games for us while Januzaj is sitting on Dortmunds bench
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I don't think it's that simple. Januzaj showed so much more at 18 than Lingard that it's easy to say he's a better player and a bigger prospect. But it's far from uncommon for players to develop on different trajectories, and frankly Januzaj has gone backwards in recent times (to the point where he can't get a game for Dortmund), while Lingard has gradually progressed into potentially (not played nearly enough to judge yet) a quality player.

I think there's a fair case to say that right now Lingard may be the better player, and any assumptions we've had that Januzaj "just will" become the better player are actually based on very flimsy evidence.
 
Joemo said:
Bigger prospect but if he doesn't fit the tactical plans then talent can only get you so far. And if you'd watched Lingard at youth level you'd probably think he has better decision making than Januzaj, and rightfully so.
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I've watched Lingard since he was 15/16. I know his game inside out. I've always like him as a player and felt he could make it in the PL when most doubted him due to his size. Januzaj has much more to offer though.
 
Sir A1ex said:
I don't think it's that simple. Januzaj showed so much more at 18 than Lingard that it's easy to say he's a better player and a bigger prospect. But it's far from uncommon for players to develop on different trajectories, and frankly Januzaj has gone backwards in recent times (to the point where he can't get a game for Dortmund), while Lingard has gradually progressed into potentially (not played nearly enough to judge yet) a quality player.

I think there's a fair case to say that right now Lingard may be the better player, and any assumptions we've had that Januzaj "just will" become the better player are actually based on very flimsy evidence.
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Based on a couple of decent performances under little pressure? I like Lingard and have I've always rated him a bit higher than most people but I don't see him as a long term prospect at United. It will become apparent when people get a larger sample of games to judge him by. He will be a good player but not a great one. Januzaj on the other hand has the talent to become a brilliant player if given the correct guidance.
 
Sammyjunn said:
Januzaj has showed nothing for 1.5 year now, he"s got his chances but hasnt taken them. The more 'talented' players dont mecessarily turn out to be the 'better' player.
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We don´t see them on the training grounds, but based on game time I don´t consider less than 1.000 minutes in all senior competitions in the last season as much of a chance. He had two small runs of fixtures but was otherwise frozen out of the team. That is not even a slight against LvG or United as top teams don´t have much time and opportunities to develop talents themselves. That is why the loan system exists. A loan deal in itself definitively had merits in Januzaj´s case, but the destination was poorly chosen, as you normally send your youngsters in less competitive teams to get game time, not ones which are actually stronger in the relevant positions.
 
Sphaero said:
We don´t see them on the training grounds, but based on game time I don´t consider less than 1.000 minutes in all senior competitions in the last season as much of a chance. He had two small runs of fixtures but was otherwise frozen out of the team. That is not even a slight against LvG or United as top teams don´t have much time and opportunities to develop talents themselves. That is why the loan system exists. A loan deal in itself definitively had merits in Januzaj´s case, but the destination was poorly chosen, as you normally send your youngsters in less competitive teams to get game time, not ones which are actually stronger in the relevant positions.
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He was genuinely awful when given a run, he just didnt take his chances. Ofcoursenif the manager gives you 2 chances and you play just under the standard, your minutes will be limited, he has a goal to achieve as well. Januzaj is always fun to watch and all, but his end product is just non-existent, 0 goals and 1 assist under LVG.Bar the friendlies at Dortmund I dint think he has taken part of the high productivity from other players like Reus, Aubameyang, Miki but even Hoffmann, Castro are doing better tgan him as well. He's a gifted kid, but I dont understand all the talk about LvG not given him chances, or him getting the chances other playing has getting.
 
He actually has done quite well when he featured for Dortmund.You simply couldn't do too much with the limited time he had.People are just lack of patience again.Januzaj is an immense talent who is taking time to learn how to use it properly in top flight football.What he already had are those you can't teach.
 
I think the Dortmund experience will teach him what it takes to break into a top team. Till now he had only been competing at United and there could have been a thought in his mind that maybe he is good but not getting the chances because the Manager likes other players better or has a different style to what he brings.

If he has a good personality, he will learn from this experience and then try to impress in training and all the substitute chances he gets to put pressure on the starting 11.
 
We should think about bringing him back when the winter break starts in Germany unless BVB are unfortunate enough to suffer a couple of long term injuries in attack. All this "building character in a different country" shit is nonsense. The guy is not English, he came from Belgium at a young age and made it to the Manchester United first team, and did well too, he has plenty of character.

If we don't think that he is good enough to start with us, then send him to a smaller team where he can get starts, not to a team that use him as a squad filler.
 
Lingard and Januzaj have different styles. Lingard has better movement and a change of pace which has given our attack something different, regardless of what adnan would have offered had he stayed.

Pereira and Januzaj are more in competition with each other than lingard. Personally I'd love to see all 3 along with Marcial in the same line up in the future.
 
He's starting today in a very strong team. Only few of the regular starters are rested:

BVB: Weidenfeller, Piszczek, Bender, Hummels, Schmelzer, Weigl, Castro, Mkhitaryan, Januzaj, Reus, Aubameyang

It's definitely a big chance for him to impress.

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just saw that it changed in the warm-up to the game and Januzaj is out, Ginter is in. No idea what happened.
 
Insanity said:
We should think about bringing him back when the winter break starts in Germany unless BVB are unfortunate enough to suffer a couple of long term injuries in attack. All this "building character in a different country" shit is nonsense. The guy is not English, he came from Belgium at a young age and made it to the Manchester United first team, and did well too, he has plenty of character.

If we don't think that he is good enough to start with us, then send him to a smaller team where he can get starts, not to a team that use him as a squad filler.
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Ideally the club where the player wants to go on loan is chosen by the player and his agent rather than the club. I doubt United chose Dortmund and told him to go there. We probably told him to get some experience by going on loan and it was probably him who chose Dortmund. Only thing that makes sense.
 
Balu said:
He's starting today in a very strong team. Only few of the regular starters are rested:

BVB: Weidenfeller, Piszczek, Bender, Hummels, Schmelzer, Weigl, Castro, Mkhitaryan, Januzaj, Reus, Aubameyang

It's definitely a big chance for him to impress.

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Januzaj in for Reus during half time, he's got a point to prove during next 45 minutes.
 
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