The most surprising thing is how tough and aggressive he is. These are the kind of players we need!
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 19
- Goals
- 3
- Assists
- 5
- Yellow cards
- 1
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Jamie (@Vault Dweller) review both the Everton and Bodø/Glimt victories at Old Trafford. Listen to the guys discuss 2 wins and 7 goals in the last week, analyse of the Amorim formation, focus on Amad and how he is playing, and also take a look at Hojlund, Rashford & Zirkzee – who starts v Arsenal?
Thanks Sunderland and Mowbray for giving him a proper chance. feck knows what Rangers were thinking
Is he the Victor Moses of this set up ?
He looks just as good off ball as he does on it, his pressing is unbelievable.
He looks just as good off ball as he does on it, his pressing is unbelievable.
As good as he's been, I'm surprised he's joint 4th for assists in the PL with Bruno and Brentford's Damsgaard. In a lot less minutes than them (and those above) to boot.
I did not see a replay of the penalty shout right at the end of the game,
It looked like a decent claim from what I saw in real time.
It looked like a decent claim from what I saw in real time.
Much more talented than Moses.
His instinct for winning the ball in attacking positions is amazing. He won the ball off Harvey Elliot before his winning goal in the FA Cup game too.
Straws to clutch at regarding what?
When I stand at row Z and see clearly and wothout a doubt what five pitchside referees and a team of VAR refs together cannot, it’s hard to tell wether it is just one of those times, or if I don’t really know what I’m talking about.
It’s bloody cathartic shouting in the stands though. (Or maybe it’s not catharsis, but some quite different internal process?)
He has to. The alternative is to start Antony away at Emirates. I shudder just thinking about it.
Antony could be our current generation Park jisung.
Too early for POTY talk? He’s been excellent since Ruud took over, and is working hard for Ruben. Fair play and long may it continue.
It’s Maz so far for me. But that can obviously change going forward cause we are better offensively so in fully expect an attacking player to win POTY.
It's overplayed because perhaps you're not looking at the wider picture and your question is testament to that. In isolation, of course I wouldn't have played Amad or done anything to change the team because we won the cup. However, your 'stats' and question is a superficial framing of the 'Amad should have played more?' discussion.
Let me offer a different context and stat for you. Can you include all the minutes where the performances of other wide players and midfielders, like McTominay, Bruno, Eriksen, Antony, Rashford, Garnacho and Hojlund where they played sub-par and therefore could have been subbed or rotated out for another player? Considering how shit we were last season and we came 8th in the league, I'd think you find that the exercise you tried to do with the 'oh look he was only available for a small amount of other games of which he featured in half' should actually be 'Amad could have played potentially 1000's of minutes from December onwards when he returned from injury'. Now, would Amad have single handedly got us top 4 or made us play progressive and great football as a whole team? No, but that's not the point.
When you look at it like that, I don't think it's 'overplayed' at all. ETH for whatever reason just didn't play Amad enough and perhaps that's a good thing now because it lead to his downfall faster than if Amad was playing and playing well but not really uplifting the team beyond the bottom level we were showing week in week out. Case in point, Mainoo.
Hear hear mate. I still find it unbelievable some people can't hold ETH accountable for his treatment of certain players and odd methodology of rotation i.e there was no method apart from hoping individual brilliance somehow shines in very basic systems.
He’s very quickly become one of my favourite players in this team
- He’s always been my kind of talent who has genuinely technical quality rather than just pace and skill
- He has to work a bit on his killer instinct in front of goal but his it’s very obvious that he’s one of the few players on this team with a high football IQ.
- That intensity - any United player who shows that sort of quality off the ball, like Hojlund did mid week - goes up in my estimation.
As a club, that has been left way way behind when it comes to modern football, it’s a joy to see a player with a skillset so well suited to it.
- He’s always been my kind of talent who has genuinely technical quality rather than just pace and skill
- He has to work a bit on his killer instinct in front of goal but his it’s very obvious that he’s one of the few players on this team with a high football IQ.
- That intensity - any United player who shows that sort of quality off the ball, like Hojlund did mid week - goes up in my estimation.
As a club, that has been left way way behind when it comes to modern football, it’s a joy to see a player with a skillset so well suited to it.
he is a keeper
But Antony was better in training!!!
Or he basically had no clue about what he wanted to do/was doing.
Amad enjoyer is vindicated. You love to see that.
He can do a job there but much prefer him as an AM or RWB
This really proves why a manager should have no transfer power. It creates incentives to pick players based on saving face as it’s “your pick”.
It’s even worse when the transfer strategy is a hybrid where the manager could pick some and not all, as you then clinge on to the few ones you got permitted to sign instead of actually playing the best player.
He’s been the best player under Amorim so far, so yes.
He's shorter than average PL footballers but I think that's what makes him hard to bring down. When you have longer legs it's easier for people to trip you over.
His ability to just steal the ball so cleanly is uncanny.
He accelerates and closes distance so quick, just at the right time, the oppo doesn`t realize he is in danger. Just sticks his foot in and takes the ball, thank you! Incredible useful feat for an attacker
He accelerates and closes distance so quick, just at the right time, the oppo doesn`t realize he is in danger. Just sticks his foot in and takes the ball, thank you! Incredible useful feat for an attacker
You need the balance and anticipation to get it to work. Mata for example was a lovely player but was so easily pushed off the ball.
Currently our best player. With Maz a close second.
Another exceptional performance, fast becoming my favourite United player.
Thats a good shout too. Onana probably gets a mention also. Bodes well that it isn’t a foregone conclusion.
£80m on Antony looking more and more like one of the worst signings in history.
What a player, he has been our best player since Pre season, he scored most our goals and was not used.
Now, we are seing what he is about, he has adapted to a new position and is one of the best players in the team.
His pressing was immense, his dribbling and decision making too.
I hope we can sort his contract out ASAP.
Now, we are seing what he is about, he has adapted to a new position and is one of the best players in the team.
His pressing was immense, his dribbling and decision making too.
I hope we can sort his contract out ASAP.
I got so sick of watching all the other top clubs line up with attacking players who constantly nick the ball off defenders, while not one of ours seemed willing/able to do the same. Thank feck we’ve finally found our guy.
Where do we find a version of him that can play left wing back
We are basically playing the same formation they used when he was at Sunderland. I would like to see him in one of the attacking positions at some point.
Thank feck we've found one guy. We need 2 or 3 more.
He has been so good, on and off the ball.
I personally would like to see him closer to goal.
Would be torture seeing him playing the same role against a top side where we don’t see enough of the ball.
Would be torture seeing him playing the same role against a top side where we don’t see enough of the ball.
What an amazing player and to think we were loaning him off to Sunderland and Rangers only a couple of seasons ago.
Agreed. Just with him keep mentioning rotation then keeps our best player on the pitch for a full game
I was a fan of Ten Hag when he first joined, but it quickly became clear that he was out of his depth. The way he set us up and the fragility of our mentality under him were major concerns. However, what really worried me was when he started sidelining Amad in favor of underwhelming performances from players like Garnacho and Rashford. I feared we might lose this gem of a player because of Ten Hag, who, as most expected, was eventually going to get the sack.
I’m just glad Ruben has given Amad the chance he deserves, and he’s grabbed it with both hands.
We need players like him in the team aggressive, tricky, and a constant headache for opposition defenders. Rashford and Garnacho, in my opinion, don’t instill that same fear. I really hope Amad signs a long-term contract soon.
I’m just glad Ruben has given Amad the chance he deserves, and he’s grabbed it with both hands.
We need players like him in the team aggressive, tricky, and a constant headache for opposition defenders. Rashford and Garnacho, in my opinion, don’t instill that same fear. I really hope Amad signs a long-term contract soon.
Using Maz as the no10 when Bruno was unavailable was the worst in the way ETH treated Amad. Even if ETH doesn't rate Amad in that position(which is surprising), that was an opportunity to try our 'better' academy players. That's what pep, arteta and co. does very well.