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2024-25 Performances


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Appearances
42
Goals
8
Assists
7
Yellow cards
1
Posting a picture of himself is now a silly post?
I don't use social media yet alone post pictures of myself, but pretty sure just posting a cool image of him looking sultry in the rain isn't silly?


His brother posted a fire emoji once Ipswich equalised
 


Glad his self awareness is getting better, he knows he stunk up the place when he was on

Is this the post that people are referring to?

I don't see what is wrong with that at all.
 

Former Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag says modern footballers find it tough to deal with criticism and that his generation had "much thicker skin".

The 55-year-old, sacked in October after a poor start to the season, clashed with several high-profile players during his tenure at Old Trafford.

Cristiano Ronaldo said he did not respect Ten Hag, leading to his exit from the club in November 2022, a few months into the Dutchman's reign.
The following year Jadon Sancho, now on loan at Chelsea, said he was being made a "scapegoat" as he responded on social media after Ten Hag said he had dropped the England winger because of his training performances.
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Ten Hag disciplined Marcus Rashford when the forward, currently on loan at Aston Villa, missed training after reportedly being spotted in nightspots in Northern Ireland.
The former United boss told SEG Stories, a media outlet attached to his management agency: "This generation usually find it difficult to deal with criticism. Criticism really gets to them.
"The generation that I grew up in had much thicker skin. You could be much more direct with that generation. I was approached much more directly. If I would do that with my current group of players, I would demotivate them."
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Ten Hag, who was replaced in the Old Trafford hot seat by Ruben Amorim, oversaw the development of young players such as Alejandro Garnacho and Kobbie Mainoo.
He said young players require "different words and a different approach".
"(Former United boss Alex) Ferguson also belonged to the previous generation. With that generation, you could be much more direct in your communication and approach," he said.
"With this generation, you have to convey your message in a more tactful way to get the same effect. You have to show the player more love. Our generation found that much more difficult to do than this generation."
Ten Hag, who previously managed Ajax, won the League Cup and FA Cup during his spell at Old Trafford but they finished eighth in the Premier League last season -- their lowest top-flight finish for decades.
Despite his struggles, he said he had enjoyed his stint with the club and felt appreciated by the fans.
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United have struggled badly under Amorim and are currently 15th in the Premier League ahead of Wednesday's home match against relegation-threatened Ipswich.
The club this week announced they expect to make up to 200 fresh job cuts as part of a "transformation plan" to improve financial sustainability.
 
When you’re a good player no one cares. It would be like Hojlund adopting the Zlatan personality in interviews, ridiculous to act like a star before being even close to being one.
Form wise, he's way above Hojlund at the moment and though I wouldn't call him a star, he's definitely one of your more threatening players.

He didn't argue with anyone, push anyone away, kick anything or show any real kind of tantrum etc, he just walked down the tunnel, probably very frustrated. I don't see it as a big deal at all.
 
Folks say he might be a world beater in 3/4 years time and even if true, we cannot carry him until then. When he starts a game he is usually ineffective and suits the impact role better. He is indisciplined as on the night, Dorgu ended up moving inside to accommodate Garnacho going wide, as he can’t play the 10 role.
If we can get 50/60 mill in the summer, then I hope Utd take it.
 
People are over reacting like always here. Good thing that he was pissed. I would be worried if he was not.
 
Read Ten Hag's latest comments about modern footballers if you want to understand a player like Garnacho.
This isn't a modern issue, people have and always will be petulant wankers in the right circumstance. ETH is just projecting to the "youth of today" due to his colossal failure at the club.
 
A picture on social media isn't anything to be upset about, unless you're into over analysing everything or are 12 years old!
The manager didn't seem overly concerned, that's all the matters really.
Don't you think Amorim would rather be talking about something else though? The team really doesn't need to provide ammunition for journalists.
 
Folks say he might be a world beater in 3/4 years time and even if true, we cannot carry him until then. When he starts a game he is usually ineffective and suits the impact role better. He is indisciplined as on the night, Dorgu ended up moving inside to accommodate Garnacho going wide, as he can’t play the 10 role.
If we can get 50/60 mill in the summer, then I hope Utd take it.

In a normal world, that's exactly the role a 20-year old should have at Manchester United for the most part.
 
He does seem to be a bit petulant doesn’t he :lol:

If he’s like this now when he’s still a relative nobody, he’ll reach Ronaldo levels of petulance when he properly develops without reaching Ronaldo levels of output so you put up with it :lol:
 
Of course it’s silly. His team just won a match against extreme adversity and that is what he chooses to post? Come on.
Really??

United just won a game and all fans can do is pick apart a meaningless social media post?
 
Don't you think Amorim would rather be talking about something else though? The team really doesn't need to provide ammunition for journalists.
Course he would, hence the reason he mentioned the press trying to equate it to the Rashford situation.

He knows it's little and nothing, so was happy to move on.
 
Really??

United just won a game and all fans can do is pick apart a meaningless social media post?

I reckon fans are well capable of doing more than worry about a social media post. I know I am. This is a thread to discuss Garnacho though. And the combination of sulking off down the tunnel and making that post is a) worthy of discussion and b) says nothing positive about his mentality.
 
I reckon fans are well capable of doing more than worry about a social media post. I know I am. This is a thread to discuss Garnacho though. And the combination of sulking off down the tunnel and making that post is a) worthy of discussion and b) says nothing positive about his mentality.
The post online is meaningless and there is literally nothing to read into it.

The walking down the tunnel wasn't a great look, but he acknowledged Amorim whilst walking off and signalled to the bench he was going straight in.

Again, little and nothing but fans love the drama, as do the media.
 
Supporters don’t need to react to every little thing…you are all part of the problem and it just adds to the circus.

Ask yourself, do you genuinely care what photo the United players choose to upload after a game.

United went down to 10 men, Garnacho wasn’t happy when he came off. The end.
 
Aguero, Ozil, Tevez, Rooney, Mane etc the list of players who've had a hissy fit at being taken off is huge and all he did is walk down the tunnel, I remember Aguero having a pitchside argument with Pep!

They're disappointed, embarrassed and pissed off, surely you want someone who cares rather than someone who doesn't. It's not as if he does it every time, he's human and was massively frustrated as were most United fans at that moment, he and Dorgu were linking up well, the team was playing better than it has done for while and then it all changed for him.

At the moment he is one of your most threatening players and he's still learning, the kid is a great player and has the potential to be even better. I don't understand why some of you want him gone. It's the same with Bruno, you're a better team with them on the pitch by a mile.

You've listed players that are far and beyond the talent and ability of Garnacho so you can afford them a hissy fit because they were all world class players. Secondly, he's got previous in terms of having an attitude problem which has been called out by the manager and has been publicly visible due to his and his family on social media.

He should just knuckle down and play. He's talented but still has a long way to go to be a great player.
 
I said at the time, I would have kept him on for the pace on the counter. But it proved the right decision in the end.

But his reaction here, very childish and selfish. Your team just fought a good 3 points a man down on a tough night, and he want to make it about himself?

I hope some of them players give him a proper bollocking today in training.

I suppose though, he watched his hero CR7 act the same way when he was throwing his toys out the pram at Utd, he prob thinks this is the acceptable behaviour. Hopefully Amorim reminds him today its nowhere near acceptable.
 
This isn't a modern issue, people have and always will be petulant wankers in the right circumstance. ETH is just projecting to the "youth of today" due to his colossal failure at the club.

He is right though. Obviously there are petulant wankers like you said, but I too have noticed that a lot of the younger generation now have serious entitlement complex.
 
125 games is patience my friend. We have kept players for far too long post Ferguson and seen their value plummet. We can’t afford to keep doing this when it’s clear his ceiling isn’t very high.
At 21 a player must be showing improvements in his game if he is going to be a top player.
Bellingham is 21, Palmer is 22, Yamal is 17. These guys are light years ahead of him as were Saka and Foden at his age.
Unfortunately Garnacho has had more than enough chances to showcase what he’s got and sadly he’s actually just not that good. His pace is decent but not exceptional, he’s not a very good dribbler, his finishing is appalling, he’s lazy, he still, after so many games can’t pick his head up at the right time… I understand players need time but this narrative that he’s ‘only 21’ so that’s a reason to keep him needs to stop. He won’t just wake up one day with bags of natural ability. If that was the case me, you or anybody else on here could too.
Do you remember others who made it to highest level at the age of 21 ?
 
He is right though. Obviously there are petulant wankers like you said, but I too have noticed that a lot of the younger generation now have serious entitlement complex.
Do you really believe that if you cut and paste the modern age of social media etc you wouldn't get the same type of stuff ten, twenty or thirty years ago? Take off the nostalgic glasses - previous generations were largely the same, in some isolated cases even worse.
 
Eh? The whole point of selling him would be to bring much needed funds in so we can bring more quality in.

Can our current recruitment team find more quality for £60 million than Garnacho offers? I should hope so, otherwise we really are fecked.
Answers on a postage stamp as to who is available and is better than Garnacho for £60 million assuming that’s we got for him. The important part, being better.
 
Form wise, he's way above Hojlund at the moment and though I wouldn't call him a star, he's definitely one of your more threatening players.

He didn't argue with anyone, push anyone away, kick anything or show any real kind of tantrum etc, he just walked down the tunnel, probably very frustrated. I don't see it as a big deal at all.
Very surface level in my opinion. The whole attack is faltering and its a team game - Hojlund has been poor but no more so than Garnacho (he's actually scored a goal for one). You need to think of it not as 'look he's busy, he's getting shots off, he's a danger' because the reality is, so far, he's been almost no threat to anyone, even missing open goals. If a player has 26 shots with 0 goals (since Amorim) and isn't passing + is getting tackled/losing the ball at an extremely high rate, you have to think of the wider team issues.
 
Answers on a postage stamp as to who is available and is better than Garnacho for £60 million assuming that’s we got for him. The important part, being better.
£60m would buy you a lot of players in that position - Cunha for one is £62m release.
 
£60m would buy you a lot of players in that position - Cunha for one is £62m release.
Yes, decent player but he plays for Wolves. Cunha for Garnacho being an instant upgrade, I’m not convinced. Cunha could be a world beater or could equally crumble being a starter at a “big” club.
 
Yes, decent player but he plays for Wolves. Cunha for Garnacho being an instant upgrade, I’m not convinced. Cunha could be a world beater or could equally crumble being a starter at a “big” club.
He’s literally better in about everything? I get there’s an unknown quality to moving to the pressure cooker we’re in right now but there’s a real gap in ability there.
 
He’s literally better in about everything? I get there’s an unknown quality to moving to the pressure cooker we’re in right now but there’s a real gap in ability there.
He's 5 years older than Garnacho and playing with no pressure. It would be a huge risk to essentially swap the two players. Garnacho has genuine world class potential, who knows how good he could be when he is 25.
 
He's 5 years older than Garnacho and playing with no pressure. It would be a huge risk to essentially swap the two players. Garnacho has genuine world class potential, who knows how good he could be when he is 25.
Yeah I am just saying £60m can clearly buy you someone 'better' right now.
 
He's 5 years older than Garnacho and playing with no pressure. It would be a huge risk to essentially swap the two players. Garnacho has genuine world class potential, who knows how good he could be when he is 25.

World class potential? Based on what?
 
He's 5 years older than Garnacho and playing with no pressure. It would be a huge risk to essentially swap the two players. Garnacho has genuine world class potential, who knows how good he could be when he is 25.
No he doesn't have it. He doesn't have world class football brains, attitude and consistency for that matter. Genuine world class potential in this area of the pitch would be executing a lot more chances that come his way.