I’d like to try out him and Garnacho on the right or him or Antony or just him or Dalot. Mazraoui isn’t working as a wingback.
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 31
- Goals
- 9
- Assists
- 7
- Yellow cards
- 2
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) are here to discuss Amad saving our blushes in a win against Southampton as well as our now annual loss at home to Brighton. They discuss Amorim's post-match comments, revisit how mid-table we may or may not be, and discuss some transfer news.
I feel for him when he plays in the right-CAM. If he was playing in a 4 2 3 1 or a 4 3 3, when on the right he would have a RB potentially overlapping, a CM as an option, a 10/8 as an option and a CF. In this formation he's lucky if Mazraoui can even make it up to him and only has a CM to pass to or the CF if they are close. So he has less options than if he was a winger in a 4 2 3 1 or 4 3 3.
He's effectively playing with a defensive fullback behind him...in a 3 4 3...we are shooting ourselves in the foot tactically.
He's effectively playing with a defensive fullback behind him...in a 3 4 3...we are shooting ourselves in the foot tactically.
He had Dalot behind him for about 5-10mins of the match late in the second half and then Dalot went to LWB as Antony was brought on to play ahead of Amad 
Has to do all the attacking and defending on his channel.
Has to do all the attacking and defending on his channel.
He was poor, but of course I'll get agendered again.
Still was one of the better performers, but that's slight praise.
Still was one of the better performers, but that's slight praise.
No, he wasn`t.
You think he played well?
Agreed. It was pretty much his press that brought about our penalty. 7/10 performance from Amad today and the only real hope we had. As usual.
The guy needs help. He looked knackered both physically and mentally, knowing deep down that if he doesn't score / assist, then chances are no one will. We need a left sided 10 urgently.
It wasn`t an excellent performance - and I don`t think he could have done a lot better under the circumstances - but he was not poor. A (slightly) above average performance would be a fair rating
What is well in a game like todays? He was our most dangerous attacker, created a few good chances and his pressing played a major part in our penalty goal. He also had a moment where he defended very well against Mitoma on a break. He lost the ball a few times and didnt go past his defender every single time but no attacker in the world does that.
It wasnt a performance that will be spoken off in years to come but overall i thought he did well in a game where the opponent was better than us. Calling his game poor seems a bit harsh.
What do you think of his performances generally this season, in comparison to his teammates?
He was our only threat going forward - looked dangerous every time he had the ball. So sorry he had to play with those..
At a time it felt like all eyes where on him to try and manifest something out of thin air to save our assess and the Brighton thugs rightly shut him down.
I'll personally rate him an 8 .
At a time it felt like all eyes where on him to try and manifest something out of thin air to save our assess and the Brighton thugs rightly shut him down.
I'll personally rate him an 8 .
You posted this in September. If that was your judgement and standard for Amad then fair enough but how do you feel about Garnacho now?
I absolutely do not believe you have an agenda. I genuinely do not. I mean looking at your replies in this thread alone, it definitely does not indicate that. It would be ludicrous to assume that of course.
The plan should be to isolate him 1v1 as much as possible like Arsenal do with Saka. I dont think we give him the ball enough in dangerous positions.
He wasn't
I don’t either. Like Ferguson said to the squad when Van Persie joined, a similar message needs to be said to our team.
Why is his pressing so good and causes so many turn overs? His timing is impeccable. Is it so hard to train that others in the team can't do it?
I think he's better as a wing back than as a #10
First of all, he actually presses with intent so that helps, but I also think he can be deceptively quick over short distances and he knows when to accelerate to catch players out. He is also just really good at getting a foot to the ball and getting himself between the ball and the opposition.