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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 5
- Goals
- 1
- Assists
- 0
- Yellow cards
- 0
Wow, he's improved so much!
Training his one move 
He's BACK
Get a chartered plane to Brazil and bring him back now.
Looks like his social media team is shite too
Wonder how he will be under Amorim.
Amorim doesnt play wide wingers but very centrally based inverted wingers.
The need for Antony to dribble (which is his weakest attribute in the PL) will be heavily reduced because his starting position will be much more narrow under Amorim than with Ten Hag.
All he has to concentrate on is passing, shooting & pressing from a more central position which in theory should make his game easier as he will be trying to take on the CB's more so than the fullbacks (which will be the wingbacks job).
Amorim doesnt play wide wingers but very centrally based inverted wingers.
The need for Antony to dribble (which is his weakest attribute in the PL) will be heavily reduced because his starting position will be much more narrow under Amorim than with Ten Hag.
All he has to concentrate on is passing, shooting & pressing from a more central position which in theory should make his game easier as he will be trying to take on the CB's more so than the fullbacks (which will be the wingbacks job).
Wait, what you’d play him as attacking midfielder? I doubt he’ll ever get the chance there
He’s already put him in training as a wingback. Small sample size but that’s more likely where he’d play.
I can see him being useful over there as he has a good work rate and likes to get struck in. Also, I suspect given our CB injury record, Dalot/Maz are going to be starting at RCB a lot.
He also appears to be very fond of Amad, so in a bizarre dreamworld maybe an Antony/Amad RWB/RAM inverted combo somehow works, they become the new Evra & Park, and everyone suddenly loves Antony.
I can’t see him making it as a wing back on either side, he’s still going to have the same issues and given he has not looked impressed when asked to play as a full back I doubt he’d even want to play there.
He has to go on loan in January in hope that he can do well enough to be loaned out on better terms next season. Selling him is just unrealistic in January given the PSR loss it would involve and same is true in the summer still.
He has to go on loan in January in hope that he can do well enough to be loaned out on better terms next season. Selling him is just unrealistic in January given the PSR loss it would involve and same is true in the summer still.
" Don't fear the man that's practiced a thousand moves once, fear the man who's practiced one move a thousand times"Training his one move
He was right wingback in yesterday's training
Mainly because we dont have RWB in training.. both away on internationals. Also Amorim likes for one of the wing backs to be able to cut in... Anotny can do that.
I will be honest.. if he impresses in next few days before the rest join on Thursday.. I can see him starting.
Interesting the training videos showed him at RWB rather than left
Amorim likes to have an inverted wing back.
PR!!!!
He's the most one footed player I have ever seen which I didn't think was possible after Valencia and Shaw.
Valencia will never be beaten in these stakes. Antony definitely could take 2nd place though. However if he's to play RWB he surely needs a bit of variety and to use his right foot more than once in awhile.
Makes no sense to play him RWB as you want that overlap and delivery and you will need a good right foot from that position, I'm hoping he tried it in training and Amorim realises straight away that he's not the guy for that role and if anything LWB suits better
Supposedly Amorim likes one inverted wing back
One of the "wing backs" is Inverted and cuts in with the "wrong foot".
Quenda is left footed playing on the right. He has made two crosses so far this season. Really dont think «overlapping and crossing» is the way Amorim make use of his RWB.
I understand that Antony is not the most likeable fellow in the world. And he has been frustrating at times. Maybe even often. But I really hope the new staff get through to him and help him get out his potential. I was very sceptical when we signed him, but I do think he has a few qualities that is very underrated.
And after several years of Rashford, Martial, Greenwood and Sancho I really appreciate his intensity and aggression.
But then isn’t the right sided attacker quite narrow too? Who holds the width on that side? Or is the intention to have one side of the field intentionally narrow and one stretched?
I’ve not kept up with the deep dive on Amorim’s tactics.
The right sided attacker is narrow. But the RWB is wide. Regardless of being left footed.
He will definitely be given a chance at RWB. Whether he takes it or not is yet to be seen. I think people are writing him off too early; he should be given a chance in a new system, under a new manager, and see how he performs. If he's as poor as he has been since signing his time is surely up.
He has litterally scored and assisted for us with his weaker foot despite being part of a so-called disfunctional team including a crucial goal that stopped us being knocked out of the FA Cup by Liverpool.
That right-footed goal surprised everyone, including Van Dijk who glitched out as the shot went past him
I can't recall him ever getting an assist with his weak foot though.All reports seem to be that we are looking to offload in January , either on loan or a cut price sale. It seems there is an acceptance within the club that this was
just a signing that has not and will not work out.
just a signing that has not and will not work out.
Yeh and Valencia scored and assisted with his weaker foot ocassionally. He was still incredibly one footed
He definitely has some very useful qualities, which almost everyone seems to have forgotten about. Which is, I guess, fair enough seeing as his cameos have been very very poor, going back quite a while.
When he’s playing well he does things that all of our other attacking players (apart from, arguably, Amad) don’t. On the ball, he almost never gives it away cheaply and is able to carry the ball up the pitch from deep, while consistently finding a team mate at the end of his run. Off the ball, he works very hard is extremely solid defensively. These are good - and unusual - attributes to have in our squad. But ultimately he needs to add end product or he’s done here.
I could easily see him being used as a RWB with the skills he has. I know we hate on players but it is up to the manager to use players strengths.
The way Amorim plays, it should give Antony a chance.
1. The long switch to RWB - when the ball is switched, I can trust Antony to bring the ball down and under control.
2. 1 v 1 - He will be left 1 v 1 with a defender and he is good at these, he may not have the explosion but he can take on a man.
3. Cut in - He loves to cut in and the way Amorim wants his forwards, direct, a wing back cutting in and playing a ball inbehind to the forwards.
4. Pressing - He actually knows how to press and works hard.
Agree. But regarding that last part, end product is less of a concern if he is a wing back.
That right-footed goal surprised everyone, including Van Dijk who glitched out as the shot went past him
Im not going to defend antony much, but I think he's scored 3 right footed goals for us. Possibly 4.
I agree with this, I thought his first season was overall promising enough and he had a great cup final too against newcastle. Last season was undoubtedly poor but he seemed to be getting some confidence near season end. Make or break with him under amorim this year of course.
Valencia was a very strange player. So one footed as you say but on the very very odd occasion he used the left it was nearly always a beauty of a cross or he's absolutely twatted a shot towards the top corner.
Which of those is he good at?
Surely not?! He's only scored 11 non-penalty goals in his United career.
Off the top of my head, he scored 3 very similar goals where cut inside on his left foot from outside the box vs Man City, Barca and Betis. 2 very similar goals vs Arsenal and Everton were he finessed it with his left foot.
Anyone else care to fill in the blanks? I'd be stunned if he scored more than 2 right footed goals for us.
From memory Liverpool, Newport and a sliding tap in away at i can't remember who but i think Dalot also scored that day