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5.8 Season Average Rating
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The fact that he decided to play every ball backwards until he got switched with Rashford to his favorite left wing and started taking people on. Oh man.

He turned to the benched and started asking when will you switch me and Marcus around minute 30. I hope Amorim takes him out the game the next time he does some halfass effort like that. We can not continue to defend moves like that, no matter how old the player. It's just a no.

He was so, so bad today. His left foot is nowhere near the level he think he is.
 
He's frustrating at times but it's the fault of the club that we're relying so much on him. I find it hard to be too harsh on a 20 year old with the efforts that the senior players around him are putting in.
 
saik said:
There's nothing comical about it. Rashford has been a bit more measured this season trying to take on a creative role even if it doesn't suit him at the expense of Garnacho just because Garnacho is our new star boy who we are indulging too much. Garnacho has literally been our biggest problem in attack this season. People look at the number of shots he takes and automatically assume he's our best attacker and how he makes stuff happen but then conveniently ignore how many good chances he's actually wasting and how many times he can put other players into better situations to score and then actively ignores them. Give Rashford the amount of chances we gave Garnacho this season and he'll actually end up scoring, at the bare minimum, half of them. That's how terrible Garnacho's been so far. Here's a highlight reel from today's game :



You can look for his highlights from any PL game this season and they won't be any different. He's basically costed us the Palace game, West Ham game and now the Chelsea game with his misses and selfishness. Even a midtable PL attacker would do a lot better with the chances he's had this season.
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So you're saying our only forward who is higher
saik said:
There's nothing comical about it. Rashford has been a bit more measured this season trying to take on a creative role even if it doesn't suit him at the expense of Garnacho just because Garnacho is our new star boy who we are indulging too much. Garnacho has literally been our biggest problem in attack this season. People look at the number of shots he takes and automatically assume he's our best attacker and how he makes stuff happen but then conveniently ignore how many good chances he's actually wasting and how many times he can put other players into better situations to score and then actively ignores them. Give Rashford the amount of chances we gave Garnacho this season and he'll actually end up scoring, at the bare minimum, half of them. That's how terrible Garnacho's been so far. Here's a highlight reel from today's game :



You can look for his highlights from any PL game this season and they won't be any different. He's basically costed us the Palace game, West Ham game and now the Chelsea game with his misses and selfishness. Even a midtable PL attacker would do a lot better with the chances he's had this season.
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You all do know that we ONLY have 1 FORWARD who's xG is higher than 50th percentile. His name is Alejandro Garnacho and he's 85th percentile. For those that don't comprehend what this means is he's our best scoring threat. He's 2X more likely to score a game vs. Rashford. And he's only 20 years old.
 
Really needs coaching and direction. Has a lot of potential. But decision making and execution has been worrying in recent games.

Hope Amorim can improve players like Garnacho. Because he has the talent to be part of a title winning squad.
 
Footyislife said:
So you're saying our only forward who is higher

You all do know that we ONLY have 1 FORWARD who's xG is higher than 50th percentile. His name is Alejandro Garnacho and he's 85th percentile. For those that don't comprehend what this means is he's our best scoring threat. He's 2X more likely to score a game vs. Rashford. And he's only 20 years old.
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I do hope you're understanding what you are saying. Highest xG in a team which scored a combined 9 goals in the league from 10 games means his finishing has been utterly pathetic. Also it proves that he's selfish and barely looks to create anything for his teammates because he racks up xG from meaningless shots from stupid angles when a pass would be a better option.
 
Lad plays thinking he is prime CR7 but is actually one of the most braindead and unintelligent footballer as they can be. I'm sorry, I know he is young and all but no coach is able to change that. Will move him on if the right offer comes.
 
Absolutely horrendous performance, but I still think he will start again, the team needs his pace and directness.
 
saik said:
I do hope you're understanding what you are saying. Highest xG in a team which scored a combined 9 goals in the league from 10 games means his finishing has been utterly pathetic. Also it proves that he's selfish and barely looks to create anything for his teammates because he racks up xG from meaningless shots from stupid angles when a pass would be a better option.
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Yep. This is the problem. Garnacho is getting too many chances. Those should be falling to Hojlund or Rashford. Somehow we're not creating chances for them though.
 
roseguy64 said:
Yep. This is the problem. Garnacho is getting too many chances. Those should be falling to Hojlund or Rashford. Somehow we're not creating chances for them though.
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One of the reasons is Garnacho not trying to pass it to them and instead going for a shot at goal.
When he took that shot with his left foot yesterday after the Hojlund cross, he could have actually rolled it to Rashford who was in a far better position, exactly like the Liverpool player had done for Salah for their equalizer against Arsenal.
 
AndyMUFC said:
He's frustrating at times but it's the fault of the club that we're relying so much on him. I find it hard to be too harsh on a 20 year old with the efforts that the senior players around him are putting in.
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I don’t understand this notion at all. There are several clubs who are very reliant on young players at the moment. Barça with Yamal, Bayern with Musiala, Leverkusen with Wirtz, PSG with Barcola, and many others. And a lot of them are much better than their senior colleagues. Do you see those players act the way Garnacho does?
 
I still remember when our fans used to enjoy an unpolished, high potential, highly courageous 20 year old

Times have changed
 
He still has a lot of areas to improve if he's to reach the next level. Needs to be much more clinical, much less selfish and improve his decision making. Curious to see how Amorim will use and develop him.
 
Big fan of Garnacho but really needs to get a bollocking or two to understand that sometimes releasing the ball earlier is the better play then milking it with the dribbles
 
Footyislife said:
So you're saying our only forward who is higher

You all do know that we ONLY have 1 FORWARD who's xG is higher than 50th percentile. His name is Alejandro Garnacho and he's 85th percentile. For those that don't comprehend what this means is he's our best scoring threat. He's 2X more likely to score a game vs. Rashford. And he's only 20 years old.
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Your xG would be higher than everyone else too if all you do is shoot 15 time a game, only time i see him pass is when he feels he has no way of beating his man and 9 times out of 10 its a back pass, he is a primadonna in the making, doesn't want to track back or cross or do anything that can't result in his name appearing on the score sheet. He is everything that is wrong this club since fergie left, his style of play is predicated on doing what is best for him not for the team.
 
Jericho said:
I wouldn't say the reactions are knee jerk, he's been very poor for awhile.

It's clear to see what he's bad at, but it's not very clear what he's good. He's "tenacious" but what use is that when he doesn't have the quality to do anything with it. IMO he's just a downgrade on Rashford, who himself has his own problems.
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Yeah, but we're talking about a few games for a young player, so I think we should not go overboard.
 
roseguy64 said:
Yep. This is the problem. Garnacho is getting too many chances. Those should be falling to Hojlund or Rashford. Somehow we're not creating chances for them though.
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Aren't we now at the point where we have to admit that Garnacho is just very good at getting into shooting positions but very bad at finishing, whilst Hojlund is dreadful at getting into shooting positions but excellent with the few chances he gets. We need to train Hojlund to move better, make better runs and be more situationally aware, we can't keep saying we don't create chances for him as if he has no blame in the situation.
 
He'll learn though. I think sometimes we forget just how young he is. Post early about reminiscing when he was a 20 year old with promise - he only just turned 20 a couple of weeks before this season.

These are mistakes he'll iron out. You can't have 18-22 year old in the first team unless you're prepared for them to make mistakes. Every mistake is an investment. If he's still making the same mistakes in a couple of years then it's an issue. Right now? He's developing and learning. This season so far he's better than 1 in 3.

I'm optimistic about the player he'll be in a couple of years
 
Nothing points more to United's extreme decline than him reaching an undroppable status based on nothing but vibes.
 
Another player in desperate need of a strong coach. Has raw ability but his decision making borders on abysmal.

Does he understand his role in the team? I don't to be fair, and I am sure most of us on here don't either.

Players are at their best when they understand what they're supposed to be trying to achieve.

I'd be telling Garnacho to hit the byline at every opportunity, at least until we have a left-footed fullback capable of overlapping.

It was interesting though, that the one time Mazraoui did get beyond him, into a really good position, Garnacho completely ignored him and cut inside into a wall of bodies.
 
I know he can be more discipled on the ball because I see him do it for Argentina. He’s mindful enough to cut out the loose touches and lazy play.

At United the dysfunction has paid off bigly for him. And fair play to him, he’s taken enough of his chances to not sink with the other turds.

My word of caution to Garnacho is this.

At the peak of our dysfunction under Moyes, Adnan Januzaj was given free rein to express himself. The fans lapped it up. It hurt his development IMO.

He needs to get serious about getting better with the basics.
 
Very poor game from Garnacho, his decision making is so poor. Someone needs to get hold of him and say, if you are not careful enough, you will be playing for a mid/lower division team in no time.

So so selfish on the ball, so many instances the ball was there to be played and he opts the wrong option.
 
Idxomer said:
Nothing points more to United's extreme decline than him reaching an undroppable status based on nothing but vibes.
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Correct. Irritates me how someone like him already reaching a status where he can be lazy and petulant yet people would still defend him.
 
Berbaclass said:
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That was great to see, but the thing is Casemiro makes so many simple mistakes, too.

Like, when Keane did this, he did it after making the right move pretty much every time he had the ball so the talent couldn't think "you're one to talk".
 
Yagami said:
That was great to see, but the thing is Casemiro makes so many simple mistakes, too.

Like, when Keane did this, he did it after making the right move pretty much every time he had the ball so the talent couldn't think "you're one to talk".
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The team doesn’t do enough of this though. Challenging each other for mediocrity and raising each other’s standards.

Also Casemiro can absolutely give it to Garnacho all he’s won in the game.
 
Kostov said:
I think we overrate his actual talent.
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He’s way overrated amongst united fans. Decent to good in some things but doesn’t stand out at all in anything. Players like him come and go without ever reaching a world class level.
 
kaku06 said:
He’s way overrated amongst united fans. Decent to good in some things but doesn’t stand out at all in anything. Players like him come and go without ever reaching a world class level.
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Yeah I mean he’s not even a Nani level talent who wasn’t even world class either and had much more about him than Garnacho.
 
Slevs said:
Big fan of Garnacho but really needs to get a bollocking or two to understand that sometimes releasing the ball earlier is the better play then milking it with the dribbles
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Love his attitude but his decision making ie pass or shoot he 99% goes for a shot. It will roll like a ball on long grass , no power or pace to it.
 
Berbaclass said:
The team doesn’t do enough of this though. Challenging each other for mediocrity and raising each other’s standards.
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No arguments there. As I said, I liked this from Casemiro, but it's not just about shouting at the kids making silly mistakes. The best leaders lead by playing brilliantly themselves, too. Keane wasn't a good leader because he wasn't afraid to say what he thought. It was because he was putting 9/10 performances nearly every week. Casemiro has been as poor as everyone else since the league cup win.
 
saik said:
Also, before anyone brings up "Ronaldo at 19/20 years old" comparisons, please don't. He has nothing over a 19-year old Ronaldo.

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We had standards back then and a clear set up. And the greatest club manager in the English game.
 
Berbaclass said:
Yeah I mean he’s not even a Nani level talent who wasn’t even world class either and had much more about him than Garnacho.
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What was Nani up to at Garnacho's age? Genuine question, not having a go. From memory he wasn't playing at this sort of level (eg PL) yet.
 
Berbaclass said:
Yeah I mean he’s not even a Nani level talent who wasn’t even world class either and had much more about him than Garnacho.
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Correct. He isn’t close to Nani in terms of talent and potential but he behaves like he’s Ronaldo reincarnated.
 
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Yagami said:
That was great to see, but the thing is Casemiro makes so many simple mistakes, too.

Like, when Keane did this, he did it after making the right move pretty much every time he had the ball so the talent couldn't think "you're one to talk".
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Same thing with Fernandes too, who is probably the only other senior player who whinges when others make a mistake.
 
roseguy64 said:
Yep. This is the problem. Garnacho is getting too many chances. Those should be falling to Hojlund or Rashford. Somehow we're not creating chances for them though.
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He's getting chances because his off the ball offensive movement is actually really good, certainly better than Hojlund and Rashford.
It's his decision making on the ball which is poor.
 
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