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Good to see him playing so well, it's not just goals/assists, it's his general play and how good his passing, weight on passes is. He makes it so easier for the player receiving the pass.
He is developing well, hopefully he will be part of first team squad next season.
What I am happiest with is that Mowbray has given him a pretty big responsibility in the team. He's 20 only and yet... And he seems to embrace that responsibility.
Its nice to see the steady progression in his play, body language and attitude through his first full season. Like he scores and then quickly picks up the ball from the back of the net and then wants to rush back to the centre. A sense of ownership whilst playing at Sunderland.
Yeah, good to see him making full use of the opportunities.
He looks player like David Silva, very elegant on the ball and plays right passes with right weight on it. Player who can dribble, create chances and also retains possession well will be great addition to the team, in the few games he played for us his work rate was very good too.
If we get that starter CM signed this coming summer, next season Eriksen can be Bruno cover. And we can try with midfield 3 too. Naturally, you would expect Garnacho to progress and have more playing time, so Amad may just replace Pellistri and Elanga which doesn't have much game time because Sancho is still expected to rotate on both wings. He's too expensive and still very young to be forever benched.Think it would be stupid to do that considering how underwhelming our attackers have been this year outside of Rashford and a bit of Garnacho. Along with the fact that we have 0 Bruno cover.
Difficult to say really on most of these lads you listed.
But I am fully confident in saying that Amad is better than Aaronson at Leeds. Miles better, in fact.
Wasn't watching too closely but he's so dangerous in the box. His build up play, technique, movement etc all very impressive.Seems like he had another really good game.
62 passes, 6 key passes and 4 dribbles.
I think he’ll be backup to Antony next year.. certainly capable. He’s always had the technical ability but it seems like he understands the dirty side of the game a lot more now. RW sorted for next season!
I’m happy for Amad
Unluckily for him, the United attack is stocked with young/expensive options, so he is going to have to be amazing when he does get a chance.
He’s better than the majority of them though, and I don’t think ETH is the type of manager to just play players because of their price tag (Sancho a great example of this earlier in the year).
I think you can easily say that Amad’s passing, both vision and execution, is miles ahead of Antony’s regardless of the division they play in. The former is special while the latter is surprisingly poor about it (especially the vision part).Antony and Amad play in two different divisions so it's difficult and maybe a bit stupid to compare them, but I'm doing it anyway, sort of, I'm comparing their passing ability. Amad looks a lot better there, the weight of his passes are almost always spot on whereas I feel Antony messes up quite a few key passes, like for the Rashford chance on Saturday.
I guess we get to compare them up close next season though as they're battling it out for our right wing spot.
One thing is for sure though, it's very aesthetically pleasing watching Amad play football.
He seems to be doing just fine in the Championship - where you arguably need size and physicality more, so there's thatDont think hes an out and out winger though. Looks like a number 10 to me. Very tricky little player, loves a 1-2. Size and physicality may count against him in the Prem.
We can only hope to compete by narrowing the gap to single digits next season. The next after is when I think we can go head to head with City.
When you have the right team combo you win the league look at Arsenal. You don’t need 3 years of rebuilding and slowly chasing up the ladder.
Tbf, that's much easier to do when you're not the one that has sanctioned the price tag and it doesn't reflect badly on you too.
Would he bench Antony if Amad is playing better than him? I don't know but we might get to find out next year
When you have the right team combo you win the league look at Arsenal. You don’t need 3 years of rebuilding and slowly chasing up the ladder.
It isn't that simple, if Amad becomes a started and Antony plays second fiddle then it will bring massive media attention to both Antony and ETH (who was the one pushing for this move). This aspect will be taken under consideration, it's natural.Yes I think so, or ETH isn’t the guy here. Every top manager has never taken price tags into account when picking lineups, if Erik starts doing so he won’t be here long term.
Hang on... Didn't arsenal take 3 years themselves?
Having to build the right combo is obviously the answer. But it's easier said than done otherwise most people would have done it by now
Antony didn't look that impressive in Eredivisie, Depay looked impressive only if people thought he's getting so much space to run into as that was mainly what he did. Sancho fair enough, he never reached his Bundesliga level but he also doesn't seem to enjoy physicality of the league so that's where Amad has an advantage.Amad does look like an insanely gifted player. Really excited to see him here and of course he could be great for us
but just to be negative and keep expectations in check let’s not forgot how good players like Sancho, Anthony or Depay looked in their respective leagues. Amad is playing at a level of opposition lower than them right now.
The step up to being a Premier league player is something else but he is 100% worthy of getting that shot
“[Amad is a] wonderful talent.
"We know that it took him a week or so after the international break to get back up to speed.
"He's just a good footballer who picks the right pass, who makes the right decisions, who gets the weight of the ball right. For this club and this team we have to give experience to some young footballers to get them used to playing in the Championship."
“I haven’t shown my best for them [United] yet, but I hope next season I can return and prove my talent.
“My dream is to play regular football at Manchester United."
It isn't that simple, if Amad becomes a started and Antony plays second fiddle then it will bring massive media attention to both Antony and ETH (who was the one pushing for this move). This aspect will be taken under consideration, it's natural.
That said, I don't see how this will be an issue. Antony missed a few games due to injury, on other times he was subbed for Bruno - there's plenty of playing time on RW to be splitted between Antony and Amad. Especially that it doesn't seem like Erik fancies Sancho there, and probably for a good reason.
Sancho is the one who should be concerned about playing time next season.
