Stretfordender
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He’s shite, proper shite
I will no longer comment on his performances as I do not expect much and the bar is very quite low for him. The best things for the club are to move both him and Sancho on, try and get some comp for Rashford and a dangerous left wing forward who can run at players, cause havoc but also pass and score. Apparently when scouting, the United scouts had put a 25-30m valuation on Antony (Neville saying this on TV now)
He isn't, no. But when you have a player in Amad who naturally wants to play 1-2s, has smart off the ball movement which helps with the interchanging plays, I think he could bring that out in Antony. Garnacho, too, if he drifted over to the left.
Elite might be too strong of an adjective but late 2017 to early 2018 Lingard would be objectively our best, most in-form player now alongside Garnacho and Mainoo.
Fixed it for you. How dare you haahaaRonaldo, Giggs, Beckham, Kanchelskis
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There have been many big money flops - some young like Dembele, Felix and even our very own Sancho but there was at least some rationale and hype behind the transfers.
More experienced flops like Coutinho and an older Hazard at least had a body of work that made such transfers understandable.
Antony pound for pound be the worst transfer in history. I don't think there was any evidence that he was worth or could be worth as much as we paid for him.
Dude, that would've been awesome. I completely agree. I've said it before but he would've been perfect as the 10 back when the MMM trio were on fire.Amad's perfect partner would be a fitter/younger Martial. Those two would link up beautifully as both have the brain and technique for it.
I've got a better right leg than him, and mine is currently stuck in a Pepsi can.Get em dusted off @Mr Pigeon
He was his fecking manager!I’d like to see the Antony YouTube video that bamboozled ETH.
But he is not good enough to be our attacking winger and we need to make good use of our 100m investment.... I think he works hard and good at progressive run or something. So it might still works, I don't know.I see a lot of people suggesting this. Antony works hard but I don't think he's good enough defensively to be, well, a defender! Plus he's not good at carrying the ball down the wings, crossing, or anything you'd want from a full/wing back, really.
At least with Young and Valencia they had attributes in which it made sense to convert them.
Get em dusted off @Mr Pigeon
He was his fecking manager!
I’d like to see the Antony YouTube video that bamboozled ETH.
He was his fecking manager!
A loan deal might be in order. Let's see what Amad does.Antony is a Leeds player. Why is he at Man United?
Antony is a Leeds player. Why is he at Man United?
Reminds me of Pepe, an astronomical failure of a transfer. There's no chance we manage to recoup even a third of the fee, think we should look to loan him.
Pepe was an atrocious transfer but Antony definitely trumps him. Pepe actually managed 16 goals and 5 assists in his second season. I would be stunned if Antony ended up at best with 5 goals/assists combined this season.
It says a lot about Ten Hag as a Manager and his football vision, This is why I think a different manager can get the best out of Sancho.He watched him every day for 2 years, and thought "yeah i have to have him no matter the price". And people want to still give ETH time
They've got a far better player in Dan JamesAntony is a Leeds player. Why is he at Man United?
Both were vastly superior wingers than Antony.Maybe we could turn him into attacking wing back or something. Its not the first time we did this with Young and Valencia.
He was. It's just that the defences in the dutch league are terrible, lots of space for subpar players. 99% of his goals and assists were cutting in and shooting or crossing in acres of space. Almost never dribbled on the outside or took a man on from a standing start.Bizarre player. Was he that bad at Ajax??? His dribbling is below par, no pace, no right foot, can’t cross, slows everything down. He only works hard defensively (in most games) but this is not even sufficient for bottom PL team.
Hazard despite being a massive failure at Madrid, has still had a better G+A ratio than Antony has had at United. Same with CoutinhoHe's the worst signing in history for anyone and yeah worse than Hazard and Coutinho because they at least showed their worth before their move.
I know it’s not what you want from Antony, but Pochettino has found some success convincing Mudryk to simplify his game (kill the fancy dribble attempts, etc) and use his raw physical skills to make some decent impacts as a sub; especially working hard to press. Antony is without a doubt physically gifted. I’m surprised there isn’t a niche job like that he could perform… test tired legs of an opposing team.