That would explain our inability to score for over 200 minutes.
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Love me a player with flair but this guy need to pass the ball and stop going for that inside foot curler every oppurtunity he gets and look for his teammates instead. We got to many players thinking about me instead of us.
Yes, he could have played in teammates several times, but I was impressed with the straight ahead sprint, and cross with his right foot where Rashford was just not quite there.
Nah.
He's basically an arrogant Park Ji Sung with one good shot
Very hard working winger. Helps out defensively. Needs to do a lot more going forward and better decision making.
stick with him. He’s got it.
Noticed he used his right foot a couple of times today but his end product is just so poor.
Its just shocking the opportunities that are lost with his decision making and final ball or shot.
I saw some people compare him to Nani who would make some draft decisions at times but overall Nani had far better end product.
Did Nani have good decision making at the same age or at the same length of time at United though? Cause he definitely didn’t.
And I was a big fan of Nani btw. But give Anthony a chance to develop. There’s clear talent there, he works hard as…. Ten hag likes him and he’s very passionate, mahrez is one footed as you can possibly be and does well for that lot so there’s no reason Anthony can’t be a great player for us. Give him a chance.
And I was a big fan of Nani btw. But give Anthony a chance to develop. There’s clear talent there, he works hard as…. Ten hag likes him and he’s very passionate, mahrez is one footed as you can possibly be and does well for that lot so there’s no reason Anthony can’t be a great player for us. Give him a chance.
Him and Nani are completely different players. Nani was closer to Ronaldo, he could shoot, cross, dribble, beat players with ease. So there was an obvious ceiling to look forward to. Antony has shown none of these things even at his best.
Literally the only thing they had in common was that both were inconsistent and frustrating.
Antony (and Rashford) just hate passing once they are close to goal.
Both will shoot 9 out of 10 times. It makes for some great individual goals, but I think for the attack to improve as a whole, they need to pass more.
Both will shoot 9 out of 10 times. It makes for some great individual goals, but I think for the attack to improve as a whole, they need to pass more.
I agree with this.
With a better striker in next season it will become more of a problem than it is now.
I can kinda see the comparison but to me Nani just had shown more at a similar stage whether it was his shooting or creating. You knew he had it. With Antony you are just hoping it develops
This is a cut and paste job from every game.
It’s not totally just their fault. Sometimes the understanding between the players are not there. They need to talk. Communicate. Shout. Be in their line of sight. Raise hand or whatever. Given them a rollicking if they still don’t pass.
That player is good enough to start for the 2008 team so it should be more than good enough in 2023
Nani got himself 14 assists in his first season at United. Antony currently has 2. There is no comparison between the two. Nani was so far and away the better player that it’s not even close. And he himself was frustrating as hell at times.
I thought that bit where he should've played Bruno with a reverse pass was frustrating, but overall he did decently.
I agree that he should pass more. But I do think he’s coming along nicely over the past few weeks in particular. His ability to bring the ball under control and have time on the ball to pick the next option seems so basic but it’s crucial as he doesn’t give cheap turnovers. His off the ball work is obviously top class for an attacker.
That assist for Dalot should be his blue print. Once he understands how he can hurt teams through this passing he won’t feel the pressure to shoot so dribble every single time even when he hasn’t the beating of the defender / shooting boots on
That assist for Dalot should be his blue print. Once he understands how he can hurt teams through this passing he won’t feel the pressure to shoot so dribble every single time even when he hasn’t the beating of the defender / shooting boots on
There was a chance earlier when he was running in on goal and, miraculously, looked for the pass instead of cutting back to shoot. And that was the wrong decision. He still has to work on choosing the right option but I'd consider it a step forward that he's actually looking to pass more often now, even if it needs work. He'll sort it out.
Ye plus Nani was both footed and unpredictable. He had a rocket of a shot outside the area.
I do think there's promise with this guy. The main thing he needs to improve on is decision-making, which is something you definitely can coach. If he learns to be a bit less selfish and look to play in his teammates a bit more, we'll have a really great player on our hands.
Nani also played with world class players in one of the best teams in the world, whereas Antony play with Weghorst as our main striker. I do agree he needs to improve his decision making, but you have to take into consideration the quality of our players now compared to back then.
I don't get the negativity about him. I think he's arrogant and selfish but that doesn't mean you can't be successful in this sport. I get that he's all about cutting in and curling it in with his left foot, which is completely fine really. What he needs is more accuracy with the shot and making sure he puts it away 9 out of 10 times.
Thought he was pretty good today bar a few decision making blips. As EtH said, Robben was a pretty successful one trick pony but he mastered his skills of cutting inside at 25/26 years old when he was at Bayern, lets hope it happens for Antony as well.
We'd be scoring 29 goals every match if he scored 9 out of 10
Biggest thing for me is he actually looks quite quick now whereas he looked like he was running in treacle up to and straight after the world cup. His acceleration from standing looks really good.
He had a bad injury in the summer before joining us and and has had a few little injuries for us up until recently so I don't know if that explains it but he definitely looks a lot quicker, fitter and stronger recently.
Needs to sort his final actions out though if he's going to be top class, he's not awful but he's not exactly great either. There's room for improvement definitely but I think he can do it, maybe next season?
He had a bad injury in the summer before joining us and and has had a few little injuries for us up until recently so I don't know if that explains it but he definitely looks a lot quicker, fitter and stronger recently.
Needs to sort his final actions out though if he's going to be top class, he's not awful but he's not exactly great either. There's room for improvement definitely but I think he can do it, maybe next season?
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You can add Garnacho to that too - all three are really markedly "receiving-end" type of attackers, very direct. Sancho is really our only one who's more of a "supply-end" forward.
Good post. He's definitely looking quicker
You need great physicality to hit a rocket after cutting in and dribbling past a few defenders. This is what makes Ronaldo and Bale so unstoppable at their prime. Antony just doesn't have that and I doubt he can improve in this area. He loses all his balance cutting in and hence his shots are either weak or well wide because of his wrong body shape. It's not like he loves the curl attempt, it's the best he could do reaching the ball.
Its not just his body shape. He has an odd shooting technique which can be improved, thats with and without any pressure
Park Ji Sung is slightly faster but basically this!
Rashford as you say has the left locked down. Rashford similarly cuts back on to his right. It worked well for robben as well. Likewise Mahrez, Salah etc
it’s not the action that needs to change. It’s the execution to be improved
In some ways, he reminds of Vinicius of last season.
You could see the talent was there, but with zero brains and always making the wrong choice.
Hopefully he can have the same trajectory and start being more decisive on the pitch
You could see the talent was there, but with zero brains and always making the wrong choice.
Hopefully he can have the same trajectory and start being more decisive on the pitch
Nani was also far better dribbler, passer and creator. They aren't even in the same discussion Nani is far above.
Robben also was able to take on the whole team in a dribble. You'd be lucky to see Anthony go by one defender.
Look at who you are replying to.
I would actually compare him to an immature Di Maria. He has the workrate, he isn't the fastest but he is fast enough, he has a good shot but not the best and he has the creativity but doesn't lean enough on it. The issue is that his game isn't mature, he should focus on two things create chances for his teammates and support his fullback because he could be elite at both, similarly to Di Maria.
He has the right attitude and that's why I have very high hopes for him considering his age.
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