Yes, I think it'll be typical Redcafe and when he scores some great goals people will get too excited and think he'll improve for sure and be as good as Lampard, like with Gibson and Nick Powell. Even Scholes said Ander could be our next goalscoring midfielder after his first season at United. Thats one side of things.
Then theres the other side of things where players get underrated when they make some mistakes, like I think he's being underrated if you think hes the same level as Cleverley. I think his good performances will be better and his off days might be worse.
And to be clear, when I was younger I did the same thing. I probably made a post or two suggesting Gibson or Powell will certainly improve and get more and more goals for us each season. But for a couple of years now I've understood that that theres no divine right for young players to improve each season like they might do in computer games. So many examples of young players who burst on the scene and thats actually their high point and they struggle to repeat it. Or an injury. Or something else happens and they lose themselves along the way.
Anyway the point is, Ronaldo would describe Andreas' trajectory as "polemic". When he does what he is capable of doing he'll look like a great player and people will get carried away with that. And when he has a run of games where he isnt smashing in a great freekick or longshot he'll probably be described as a championship player by some. So the general view on him is going to be up and down with people reacting too much to 1 or 2 performances where hes great or terrible.
I think if he carries on after this recent performance and does well in the next couple of weeks he might stay. But if he doesnt follow up his great goal and the assist, I maintain he'll be a good player for another club. I expect he'll have extra credit with Solskjaer because Ole knows what he can do from the reserves. Obviously its not going to translate 1:1 with the premier league, but if you're scoring screamers from 25 yards right in the top corner in the reserves then you're capable of it in the first team too. Its just about Pereira getting himself into the kind of position he did at the weekend and backing himself like he did. He hasnt really done that in his other matches this season, partly because Mourinho was playing him as a DM and nullifying the most outstanding thing he can do. Strike the ball at the goal.
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