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2024-25 Performances

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5.5 Season Average Rating
Appearances
53
Goals
10
Assists
9
Yellow cards
4
Cant press
Cant pass
Cant cross
Cant shoot

And then add the lack of physicality and poor football IQ.

What do people see in him?
 
Getting into dangerous positions and earning fouls, the only two things he does consistently.
 
He just doesn’t have it. Same issue as Rashford, not enough technical skill or football IQ. Get rid
 
stepic said:
He just doesn’t have it. Same issue as Rashford, not enough technical skill or football IQ. Get rid
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There's nothing wrong with Rashfords technical skill or IQ. It's Rashfords work ethic and mentality that's lacking.
 
SuperiorXI said:
Let's be serious. He's miles better than Dan fecking James.
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He's better, but not by much. Both players do the exact same thing all the time. Running with their heads down like they're at a track meet. And when he gets hauled off rightfully he starts whining like a petulant child.
 
stepic said:
He just doesn’t have it. Same issue as Rashford, not enough technical skill or football IQ. Get rid
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Even current Rashford is miles clear. Garnacho isn't close to any version of Rashford in any aspect of football.
 
Moments like that break when instead of simple layoff to Zirkzee he played a bad pass to Bruno, show how bad of a footballer he actually is.
He might be good athlete and he might be somewhat talented, but his brain can't read the game if it's not "run straight at something".
 
That pass he played to Bruno summed him up.

Ankles it into the ground and gives him no chance of doing anything with it.

He really needs to focus on his final ball
 
Dannn411 said:
He's better, but not by much. Both players do the exact same thing all the time. Running with their heads down like they're at a track meet. And when he gets hauled off rightfully he starts whining like a petulant child.
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I disagree. He's enormously better than Dan James. As a player he is much more technically gifted and more dangerous than James ever was. It's a lazy criticism.
 
You can put this guy clean through onto an airplane hangar of a goalpost and I'd still be nervous he'd convert the chance.
 
Toshey said:
Moments like that break when instead of simple layoff to Zirkzee he played a bad pass to Bruno, show how bad of a footballer he actually is.
He might be good athlete and he might be somewhat talented, but his brain can't read the game if it's not "run straight at something".
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He's just a dumb player. Either he had to pass it earlier to Bruno, when the window close then Zirkzee who made a very good, was the easiest pass to attempt for sure.
Terrible terrible footballing IQ
 
SuperiorXI said:
I disagree. He's enormously better than Dan James. As a player he is much more technically gifted and more dangerous than James ever was. It's a lazy criticism.
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I disagree he is not way better than James.

James is faster and can cross.
 
SuperiorXI said:
I disagree. He's enormously better than Dan James. As a player he is much more technically gifted and more dangerous than James ever was. It's a lazy criticism.
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Technically gifted? :lol: :lol: What the feck are you watching? Do you have any idea what a technically gifted player is? Garnacho is little more than a marathon runner. Same as Dan James.
 
I can't help but laugh when I see some people labelling him as a "talent" when he is clearly not. See Doué? And I'm not even talking about the technical side but just the decision making, one of the worst I've ever seen. Him, Hojlund and Onana are so paintful to watch, it's incredible to see that at this level week in and week out.
 
His decision making is truly shocking. Time and time again he wastes great opportunities.
 
SuperiorXI said:
Do you think Dan James is more technically gifted than Garnacho?
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In fairness, the only area that Garnacho is gifted technically is his first touch, that's quite good. But he's poor at dribbling, shooting, passing, crossing, pretty much everything else that involves technique. I'd say they're both pretty poor in that aspect, with James at least having elite pace that Garnacho lacks.
 
Weirdly the pass that pissed me off was the one he didn't make first time to Dorgu on the overlap and just decided to dribble into the space Dorgu was already in. He can't be 10 in this system, because he has feck all awareness of what's around him.
 
In three key areas, we have three severe deficiencies.

Onana can't handle the ball and makes too many goalkeeping related mistakes.
Hojlund is a very ineffective striker who doesn't score goals and also doesn't impact play.
Garnacho is a winger who can't dribble and has poor decision making.

I'm content if we move all three on at this point. They're all upgradable. I'd put Garnacho behind both Onana and Hojlund in the "must replace" list, because I still hope we can get more out of him. But, he is very frustrating to watch.
 
The Hilton said:
In fairness, the only area that Garnacho is gifted technically is his first touch, that's quite good. But he's poor at dribbling, shooting, passing, crossing, pretty much everything else that involves technique. I'd say they're both pretty poor in that aspect, with James at least having elite pace that Garnacho lacks.
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Garnacho has been poor this season without a doubt. But I ask you, do you really think Dan James is as good if not better? That seems crazy to me.
 
Toshey said:
Moments like that break when instead of simple layoff to Zirkzee he played a bad pass to Bruno, show how bad of a footballer he actually is.
He might be good athlete and he might be somewhat talented, but his brain can't read the game if it's not "run straight at something".
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He consistently ignores that simple ball to the run outside him, poor Dorgu has been blanked so often by him after making lung bursting runs
 
SuperiorXI said:
Garnacho has been poor this season without a doubt. But I ask you, do you really think Dan James is as good if not better? That seems crazy to me.
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Probably not, although I don't think there's that much in it. Both are technically limited, Garnacho slightly less so, but James has significantly better physical characteristics, particularly his pace.

I'd much rather have James playing on the right as a wing back than Garnacho as a ten in this system, for sure.

Neither are anywhere near good enough though.
 
Garnacho's decision making is all over the place and its starting to be a significant worry.

Last season, I felt like he was much better on the right than on the left. Because being on the right forced him to think through his actions instead of just cutting inside and shooting.

However, nowadays, even on the right he's making bad choices. Its like whatever development he was forced into last season has been unwound. Hopefully its a phase...

...pretty long f'n phase now though.
 
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