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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
17 G+A this season. He has exceeded last years tally of 15 in lesser games and minutes. There is improvement - maybe not as visible as team has been languishing.
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He's definitely been better on the right and there's bags of potential but statwise he hasn't had a great season. Like people have said he's clearly working hard so he'll only get better with that attitude.
 
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He's definitely been better on the right and there's bags of potential but statwise he hasn't had a great season. Like people have said he's clearly working hard so he'll only get better with that attitude.

What centile is he on for 19/20 year olds? The main thing we want to see in any footballer that young is improvement, year on year. So if that’s happening then it’s all good.
 
What centile is he on for 19/20 year olds? The main thing we want to see in any footballer that young is improvement, year on year. So if that’s happening then it’s all good.
Agreed but I was responding to a post that was painting a picture of a good stat season
 
I'm a fan of his so I can be bias but its kinda funny how both EtH and Amorim use him on the opposite side to force him to be less greedy.

You would normally setup to suit the players favourite side, but with Garnacho when he is on the LW he tends to be more selfish and go hunting for goal far more than he does on the RW.

Glad he (and Rasmus) got a goal tonight.

At some stage I would like to see him used as a wingback just for an experiment.


Ten Hag played him on the right because he had no other options not because of some effort to make him less greedy. We went into the season with Sancho and Antony as RW options. He froze out Sancho and finally realized Antony wasn't good enough for the Premier League. It should be noted we still had Diallo but Erik just didn't rate him for some reason.
 
If something fails he doesn't go into his shell,he will try again and again. Whether it's in attack or now with him tracking back to help when the wing back is higher. Lovely to see.

Happy he got his goal to break the funk in front of goal
 
Do you not think that it could be a club culture thing too? We are perhaps seeing it with Mainoo and the reported contract demands. I think egos and player power had been allowed to grow unchecked. We were giving youngsters too much too soon.

I think, the fact that he has turned around and applied himself is admirable, especially when you consider what others have done when faced with the same challenge.
You're likely right. And I definitely think of him as an example when folk say Rashford and Sancho were unfairly blamed by Ten Hag or Amorim for stuff.
 
If something fails he doesn't go into his shell,he will try again and again. Whether it's in attack or now with him tracking back to help when the wing back is higher. Lovely to see.

Happy he got his goal to break the funk in front of goal

When you look at wingers at Manutd, its mentality which is the difference. Whilst Garnacho is still very young, look at his seniors in Rashford and Sancho who are probably more talented but dont have the mentality.

I like his mentality, he will keep trying and not give up, which is why the fans still behind him.
 
You've got to give him his due, ever since he got dropped along with Rashford he's just got his head down, got on with it.

I think he's a real asset to have on the pitch, he's constantly running at the oppo defenders and although his output can be understandably patchy for a man of his age, he's still a constant threat.

I think he's a shown a lot of character and quality recently, I admittedly had a lot of doubts about his ability but he's come into his own recently and I really applaud him for that.
 
If something fails he doesn't go into his shell,he will try again and again. Whether it's in attack or now with him tracking back to help when the wing back is higher. Lovely to see.

Happy he got his goal to break the funk in front of goal
It’s one of his best qualities and why I’d much rather have him than the likes of Rashford or Sancho.
 
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He's definitely been better on the right and there's bags of potential but statwise he hasn't had a great season. Like people have said he's clearly working hard so he'll only get better with that attitude.

I’m curious how many other wingers in the premier league have 17 GA across all competitions? On the basis of the figures you are quoting, it should be over half of them. Can you find 10?
 
Two seasons in a row now that he's struggled in the first half of the season, then burst into life as soon as we've moved him over to the right. Obviously it's only a few games so far this time, but hopefully it continues.

To be fair though, for the first month or two of this season ETH was using him on both sides, and he was poor on both (and actually was probably slightly worse on the right). So it's not as simple as right = good, but the trend definitely seems to be that he's better on that side.
 
Am I daft thinking he is primarily right footed ? Playing him on the left basically limits him to cutting inside and trying to finesse it.

At least on the right he is more of a team player ?
 
During yesterday's match, he seemed to be the only one actually sprinting to close down opponents, he seems to have developed a decent work ethic, and does make things happen when attacking. His biggest problem to me is that his ego does get the better of him sometimes, and he elects to shoot instead of picking out a player in a goalscoring position. Hojlund has been better placed on a number of occasions when Garnacho has taken a shot, and then gets stick for not being in the box, but he does make those runs.
It could be a very interesting future for United, with Garnacho, Hojlund, Amad, Kirkzee, Obi, Heaven, Amass, Mainoo, Collyer, and a host of very promising academy players coming through.
 
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He's definitely been better on the right and there's bags of potential but statwise he hasn't had a great season. Like people have said he's clearly working hard so he'll only get better with that attitude.

It's worth pointing out only 5 of them have come in the league. 6 of his goal involvements (over a third) have been in the league cup, 8 in total have been against Barnsley or Leicester. Adding his goal against Southampton, that means over half of his goal involvements this season have been against relegation teams or lower (Barnsley are in League One), and that's before including the likes of Bodo/Glimt or FCSB in the Europa League.

Last season he hit 11 G+A in the league, so he isn't half way to matching that yet. He hit 15 overall, and only 2 were against relegated teams. To me that's more impressive than this season, even if the overall number is higher.
 
Am I daft thinking he is primarily right footed ? Playing him on the left basically limits him to cutting inside and trying to finesse it.

At least on the right he is more of a team player ?
Yes, he is right-footed, and it significantly impacts his efficiency. Garnacho often appears selfish on the left because he becomes isolated; passing lanes are cut off, leaving him primarily with the option to shoot with his right foot. Settling the ball takes time, and since his main strength is his pace, this diminishes his effectiveness
However, he scored with his left foot yesterday (cancelled). Training to shoot with the weaker foot is more manageable because it often involves static positions. Hopefully, he develops his left foot further, enhancing his shooting ability. If he does, we’d have an amazing right winger.
 
When you look at wingers at Manutd, its mentality which is the difference. Whilst Garnacho is still very young, look at his seniors in Rashford and Sancho who are probably more talented but dont have the mentality.

I like his mentality, he will keep trying and not give up, which is why the fans still behind him.
It’s one of his best qualities and why I’d much rather have him than the likes of Rashford or Sancho.
So when Rashford broke through, he had that quality of not giving up, and keep on going even if things failed.
I think that injury or playing through injury completely fcked up (back injury?)
But he looked like a broken version of himself where he would rather just slow things down, stand and try some sort of killer pass rather than take people on with pace.

Back to Garnacho I think hes got more to him which makes it trickier to defend against him. Hopefully he continues to keep working on his finishing because he does get into great positions and lots of one on ones, he just isnt clinical. At one on one, you would be confident with wide people like Kanchelskis, ronaldo, nani. With garnacho I havent been.

Am I daft thinking he is primarily right footed ? Playing him on the left basically limits him to cutting inside and trying to finesse it.

At least on the right he is more of a team player ?
I miss the old school mentality before inverted wingers. Have a right footed right winger, or a left footed left winger who could use the width to deliver for the strikers
Im assuming they prefer to be called inside forwards or whatever the term is now. Im getting also in this formation hes kinda a 10 but roams out wide. I think on the right he can still cut in but it opens up so much more. Maybe inverted width will work once we get both wing backs sorted who will bomb up and down.
 
So when Rashford broke through, he had that quality of not giving up, and keep on going even if things failed.
I think that injury or playing through injury completely fcked up (back injury?)
But he looked like a broken version of himself where he would rather just slow things down, stand and try some sort of killer pass rather than take people on with pace.

Back to Garnacho I think hes got more to him which makes it trickier to defend against him. Hopefully he continues to keep working on his finishing because he does get into great positions and lots of one on ones, he just isnt clinical. At one on one, you would be confident with wide people like Kanchelskis, ronaldo, nani. With garnacho I havent been.


I miss the old school mentality before inverted wingers. Have a right footed right winger, or a left footed left winger who could use the width to deliver for the strikers
Im assuming they prefer to be called inside forwards or whatever the term is now. Im getting also in this formation hes kinda a 10 but roams out wide. I think on the right he can still cut in but it opens up so much more. Maybe inverted width will work once we get both wing backs sorted who will bomb up and down.
I think a failure to sustain effort level has been Rashford's issue with United (a suspicion that's bolstered when hearing about his exploits with Villa - I haven't watched anything other than Villa highlights, so depending on the word of others in this regard.)
 
I’m curious how many other wingers in the premier league have 17 GA across all competitions? On the basis of the figures you are quoting, it should be over half of them. Can you find 10?
You are including the charity shield, and 6 from Barnsley+ Leicester's second team.

Outside of this he has 10 from 41 games.
 
I think it's because he's been around for a few seasons now but it's crazy to think he's 20 years old,

Cole Palmer is 3 years older just for perspective,

In terms of similar ages, there aren't many players in Europe who can put up the stats he has done this season. Lamine Yamal is a freak of nature, so I won't even try to compare them both, as he clearly is a lot better.
 
17 G+A this season. He has exceeded last years tally of 15 in lesser games and minutes. There is improvement - maybe not as visible as team has been languishing.
Those are decent numbers given how many big chances he missed so far (especially early in the season). Also had that goal disallowed at Brighton which was really unfortunate.

Agree with others that he looks better on right side (something that we started noticing last season I believe) but it's why I'm bit worried - what happens when Amad is back? I'd love it if we keep him as I think Garnacho could become really good player in few seasons when/if he improves on some parts of his game but can still see the club selling him unfortunately.

I think it's because he's been around for a few seasons now but it's crazy to think he's 20 years old,

Cole Palmer is 3 years older just for perspective,

In terms of similar ages, there aren't many players in Europe who can put up the stats he has done this season. Lamine Yamal is a freak of nature, so I won't even try to compare them both, as he clearly is a lot better.
Yeah he's still just 20 years old but already has 131 appearances for our first team. Phil Jones had 229 in 12 years, Shaw 278 over these 11 years.

To me he's good enough for his age and as you say comparing him or most of other young players with Yamal or Mbappe back when he was 18-19 is wrong as those represent exceptional talents.
 
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So when Rashford broke through, he had that quality of not giving up, and keep on going even if things failed.
I think that injury or playing through injury completely fcked up (back injury?)
But he looked like a broken version of himself where he would rather just slow things down, stand and try some sort of killer pass rather than take people on with pace.

Back to Garnacho I think hes got more to him which makes it trickier to defend against him. Hopefully he continues to keep working on his finishing because he does get into great positions and lots of one on ones, he just isnt clinical. At one on one, you would be confident with wide people like Kanchelskis, ronaldo, nani. With garnacho I havent been.


I miss the old school mentality before inverted wingers. Have a right footed right winger, or a left footed left winger who could use the width to deliver for the strikers
Im assuming they prefer to be called inside forwards or whatever the term is now. Im getting also in this formation hes kinda a 10 but roams out wide. I think on the right he can still cut in but it opens up so much more. Maybe inverted width will work once we get both wing backs sorted who will bomb up and down.
Same footed wingers died with the decline of 2 striker formations tbh, because the wingers were asked to play higher up the pitch on the channels instead of hugging the touchline delivering crosses constantly.
 
Garnacho isn't playing in the right to make his position as a RW permanently.

It's more about playing him on the right so he has to adapt his game to find passes more and his game more varied.

I'm pretty sure once that is done he will be slowly moved back to LW if he is able to have an improved better rounded playstyle.

I don't think we should only have 1 good player for every one position & I believe every player should be looked as a squad player even Bruno Fernandes, constantly being able to be dropped or subbed for the benefit of the team.
 
Too weak and frustrating. If we get a good offer we should sell
 
showing just zero development as a player. Same shit, different week. Anything over 50 million and i would sell if we have faith in the new group being able to bring in players effectively.
 
Unbelievably bad. As much as I had no time for Rashford, I'd much rather have him than this selfish waster.
 
Cash in as soon as a decent bid comes in.

Ego of ronaldo, current ability of Obertan
 
He wants the personality and prestige of being a top level footballer without the performances or stats to back it up. I thought he was very poor again today. We are suffering because we do not have an alternative to him.
 
No idea why Amorim played him on the left in the 2nd half. He was much better at RW.
 
Can’t be overstated how much damage he does to our attacking play