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Antony could go one of 2 ways, he could either turn out to be a Douglas Costa or an Angel Di Maria, hopefully the latter.
He's not intelligent enough, doesn't have a game that can adapt like Di Maria...rolling the ball under his feet, ridiculous 360 turns etc, which ETH told him to cut-out... when he has provided how many assists this season???
And he lacks humility and doesn't quite get the requirements and expectations of a Manchester United player. We have seen many like this in recent seasons, and we all know what happens to those players in the end...
No absolutely no, these are the kind of posts that are based entirely on fiction.Compare a 22 year old Di Maria to a 22 year old Antony, there's not massive differences in their game, Di Maria was very one dimensional, used to blow hot and cold, gave the ball away a lot. Even a couple seasons into his Madrid move they still won't convinced of him and went and got Bale.
Everyone's not a Messi where their the finished article at 21, or even Saka who is a world class winger at 21, some players develop into a World Class winger when they get to 25-26. Now Antony could become this, its about us having patience with him and giving him time to develop his game.
ETH never told him to cut it out, he said there must be a purpose to it. Lets look at the moment of when he did the turn in the Europa League, he does the turn, Casemiro makes a blind side run, he see's the run at the perfect time but overhits the pass. Now I'd have an issue if he does the turn and does not see or make the pass, but he does, and if the pass came off we'd be in behind and on goal.
Di Maria at 22 was not intelligent, tell me how many players at that age actually totally understand their position and the game, very few.
Humility? WTF is this? We had a captain who ended a mans career and you're talking about humility? In the early 2000's we were the dirtiest most hated team in the country, no one cares for humility, its all about winning.
1.He's not intelligent enough, doesn't have a game that can adapt like Di Maria...rolling the ball under his feet, ridiculous 360 turns etc, which ETH told him to cut-out... when he has provided how many assists this season???
No absolutely no, these are the kind of posts that are based entirely on fiction.
I watched di Maria when he was at Benfica and he was electrifying, pretty much was Giggs 2.0 at that point in time. Also watched him quite a lot at Madrid, especially his first season where he was incredible and arguably had the best delivery in the world at that point. The inconsistency came in the following seasons before Ancelotti arrived and revived him in the central position.
No absolutely no, these are the kind of posts that are based entirely on fiction.
I watched di Maria when he was at Benfica and he was electrifying, pretty much was Giggs 2.0 at that point in time. Also watched him quite a lot at Madrid, especially his first season where he was incredible and arguably had the best delivery in the world at that point. The inconsistency came in the following seasons before Ancelotti arrived and revived him in the central position.
Antony's peak wont even come close to Di Maria's level when he was 22/23. There absolutely is a massive difference in their games.
Keane didn't end Haalands career. Get your facts right newbie.
I'll just let the stats tell the story at the same age.I agree with you that Di Maria looked great when he was at Benfica and very much a Giggs 2.0, but Antony looked very good at Ajax too, when you put them compilation videos together it can make most footballers look great.
But he has always been inconsistent, he wasn't consistent one season, inconsistent the next, and consistent again, he always had games where he was up and down. Even when he came here he looked incredible against Leicester and weeks later he'd look absolutely awful.
To say Antony won't reach the level of Di Maria when he was 22/23 is a joke, the guy has had an incredible career, but the guy was blowing hot and cold back then just like Antony is now for us.
Okay almost ended his career, what it was is a leg breaker and the point remains that don't bring humility into an argument against a player when we were the dirtiest team around in the early 2000's and loved it.
I agree with you that Di Maria looked great when he was at Benfica and very much a Giggs 2.0, but Antony looked very good at Ajax too, when you put them compilation videos together it can make most footballers look great.
But he has always been inconsistent, he wasn't consistent one season, inconsistent the next, and consistent again, he always had games where he was up and down. Even when he came here he looked incredible against Leicester and weeks later he'd look absolutely awful.
To say Antony won't reach the level of Di Maria when he was 22/23 is a joke, the guy has had an incredible career, but the guy was blowing hot and cold back then just like Antony is now for us.
We weren't the dirtiest team around what the feck are you on about. We were the most hated because we were the most successful. Humility and bad tackles have no correlation. Scholes by all accounts is pretty humble but he had some horrific tackles because he was shit at tackling.
Early 2000's the only way we could compete with Arsenal was to kick them off the pitch, we were definitely a dirty team when we needed to be. Obviously when its Charlton at home there would be no need to get stuck in, but when it was time to put some challenges in we made sure we came out of them standing.
Baby face Solskjaer went knee high on Cole or Campbell back in them days, Silvestre head butted Ljungberg, and them 2 are not even the 'hard men' of the team.
You're a troll and not a good one. We kicked arsenal around a few times but to say that's the only way we could compete with them is hilarious. They were and are our bitches.
Just for comparison, how is Antony compared to Nani in his first and 2nd season, or when Nani truly became our first team regular?
There is defending your player and there is falsehood.ETH never told him to cut it out, he said there must be a purpose to it. Lets look at the moment of when he did the turn in the Europa League, he does the turn, Casemiro makes a blind side run, he see's the run at the perfect time but overhits the pass. Now I'd have an issue if he does the turn and does not see or make the pass, but he does, and if the pass came off we'd be in behind and on goal.
Di Maria at 22 was not intelligent, tell me how many players at that age actually totally understand their position and the game, very few.
Humility? WTF is this? We had a captain who ended a mans career and you're talking about humility? In the early 2000's we were the dirtiest most hated team in the country, no one cares for humility, its all about winning.
Agreed. Nani could be incredibly frustrating and make you want to rip your hair out at times. After his first season it was a lot more often before he finally figured it out.He's worse. Nani had undeniable talent, but lacked decision making. Nani from the off could roast any full back he came up against, but lacked the decision making to be consistently effective. He fixed that later on.
Antony actually just doesn't have the sort of ability to actually trouble anyone. I don't think he lacks decision making (apart from the stupidly high volume of shots he attempts), but he just lacks any legitimate threat to the opposition's defence.
ETH never told him to cut it out, he said there must be a purpose to it. Lets look at the moment of when he did the turn in the Europa League, he does the turn, Casemiro makes a blind side run, he see's the run at the perfect time but overhits the pass. Now I'd have an issue if he does the turn and does not see or make the pass, but he does, and if the pass came off we'd be in behind and on goal.
Di Maria at 22 was not intelligent, tell me how many players at that age actually totally understand their position and the game, very few.
Humility? WTF is this? We had a captain who ended a mans career and you're talking about humility? In the early 2000's we were the dirtiest most hated team in the country, no one cares for humility, its all about winning.
Agreed. Nani could be incredibly frustrating and make you want to rip your hair out at times. After his first season it was a lot more often before he finally figured it out.
What separates him from Antony though is when it did click you could see what made him special. His performance at OT when we beat Arsenal 4-0 in the FA Cup was majestic. Antony is just a steady dose of average, I can't remember a single standout game from him where I thought he showed top class ability throughout. Even Memphis had his performance against the Danish side where he looked like Neymar, Antony hasn't had a special game here yet.
Said this to a colleague today. Seven months in and I’m waiting for that game from him where he shows this supposed potential. Even against Charlton, he looked just good. Still couldn’t get past anyone.Agreed. Nani could be incredibly frustrating and make you want to rip your hair out at times. After his first season it was a lot more often before he finally figured it out.
What separates him from Antony though is when it did click you could see what made him special. His performance at OT when we beat Arsenal 4-0 in the FA Cup was majestic. Antony is just a steady dose of average, I can't remember a single standout game from him where I thought he showed top class ability throughout. Even Memphis had his performance against the Danish side where he looked like Neymar, Antony hasn't had a special game here yet.
Just for comparison, how is Antony compared to Nani in his first and 2nd season, or when Nani truly became our first team regular?
He suffered from being held in comparison to as the next Ronaldo, very few players manage to compare. Even Rooney and Benzema, two of the greats, struggled.Nani had periods where he was immense, people forget that. He just never totally pushed on.
Views on Gakpo are skewed due to one battering of us. He has been bang average as well.Gakpo is miles better so far
Antony is all fur coat and no knickers
No comparison to be honest.Just for comparison, how is Antony compared to Nani in his first and 2nd season, or when Nani truly became our first team regular?
Maybe he’s not repaying that trust in training.All I have to say it is such a shame that Garnacho plays on the left.
I’m also wondering why you give Sancho months off and when he returns you still don’t seem to trust him.
Just for comparison, how is Antony compared to Nani in his first and 2nd season, or when Nani truly became our first team regular?
True that Gakpo is also bang average, but at least he is more all-rounded and versatile which make him a solid squad option (unlike Antony who can only play on the right which forces Bruno to the left). He is only half the price so expectation is lower. He knows his limitation and he won't do those meaningless showboats. Both Gakpo and Antony are young and new to PL, but I'll certainly put my money on Gakpo in terms of improvement in the future.Views on Gakpo are skewed due to one battering of us. He has been bang average as well.
Let’s see how it goes. I’m not sure Gakpo is that well rounded. He’s just physically more immediately suited to the league. Antony’s work rate is a lot better based one what ive seen.True that Gakpo is also bang average, but at least he is more all-rounded and versatile which make him a solid squad option (unlike Antony who can only play on the right which forces Bruno to the left). He is only half the price so expectation is lower. He knows his limitation and he won't do those meaningless showboats. Both Gakpo and Antony are young and new to PL, but I'll certainly put my money on Gakpo in terms of improvement in the future.
He's not anywhere NEAR either of those players. Douglas costa could beat multiple men with his speed and dribbling. Just lacked end product and could often be Jekyll and Hyde with his form like most wingers. But there was no doubt that he was a proper winger. Antony cannot even beat one man. Its an insult to even call him a winger at this point when he does absolutely nothing that one would expect from an actual winger.Antony could go one of 2 ways, he could either turn out to be a Douglas Costa or an Angel Di Maria, hopefully the latter.
Views on Gakpo are skewed due to one battering of us. He has been bang average as well.
