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2014-15 Performances

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6.3 Season Average Rating
Appearances
29
Clean sheets
9
Goals
2
Assists
6
Yellow cards
5
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I love how definite LvG is about players and how he's keen to avoid playing players outside of their natural skillset.
 
You have to believe in the players while they're here.

Ashley Young might very well regain his Villa form under Van Gaal. Nobody knows. Some players play way better under different managers, tactics and formations.

He's looking like one of our best players so far in pre season. He's making the runs and shooting more. That's what we want to see. Young has been riddled with injuries since he came here.

He's never really got a consistent run of games to my knowledge. Therefore he's missed those chances to catch a break for himself an develop some good form. I'd give him till January at the least to see what he can do.... But if West Ham or someone came in with a 7m-12m bid for him, I'd probably say sell him.
 
Eriksen said:
There are a bazillion fullbacks who are smaller than Young.
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What's height got to do with it? Young has one of the slightest frames you will see on a footballer. A player like Lahm would knock him through to next week, irrespective of height.
 
Looks like Young's going through his annual 'couple of games of decent form to tidy him over for the next 6 months full of injuries and crap performances'

Come January, he'll put in another couple of decent performances, and the cycle begins over again.
 
Sam said:
Looks like Young's going through his annual 'couple of games of decent form to tidy him over for the next 6 months full of injuries and crap performances'

Come January, he'll put in another couple of decent performances, and the cycle begins over again.
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True, sadly. The 'good squad player' line will be trotted out also, of course. He's anything but.
 
LVG clearly seems impressed so far. At the end of the day Young probably has more ability than Kuyt yet the Dutch love Kuyt because of his commitment to the side, running ability to play wherever the manager wants....maybe Young will be that player under LVG. He's fit enough to play wing back, I havent seen him defensively be that great but he does track back.

I thought he would be shipped off. But with LVG's latest comments maybe not. Everyone has new opportunities under a new manager maybe he'll take his.
 
Brightonian said:
Yep, fair enough to be honest. I still really don't rate him at all as a player, and I'd rather we didn't have to play him. But he is at least very obviously giving it his all. Nani looks like he couldn't care less.
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I want young gone, reality for us all? we cannot sign many players at all, and there is the saying you are given the hand you are dealt with. In van gaal's case he will have to get the best out of what we have got, it is going to make it more difficult to rebuild the squad with another wasted transfer summer, making next year even harder to rebuild has we may need a few more next year, has we still need 3 defenders 2 midfielders and so on
 
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Young does work incredibly hard, but for our only player on the left of the pitch to be a right footer, and Ashley Young at that?

Surely we need a player there who is going to stay out wide and hug the touchline to provide the space inside for others? Ok, Young can stay wide but once given the ball his only option is to bring it inside, especially since he'll have no fullback to overlap anymore to keep the play wide.

I'm sure it's just a one-off thing while Shaw is working on his fitness.. I hope anyway. Can't see us going into next season with Young as our cover for LWB/LB.
 
Kag said:
What's height got to do with it? Young has one of the slightest frames you will see on a footballer. A player like Lahm would knock him through to next week, irrespective of height.
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I swear he doesn't. Didn't he put on a bit of weight recently? I remember him coming off the subs bench and looking bigger.

Oh, and ever heard of a guy named Jordi Alba?
 
feck. I'm now resigned to the fact that Young will be with us for another year. Good thing he won't have to cross as much or cut inside as much this season at wingback.
 
I want him gone purely for the ridiculous £130,000 a week he earns.
 
He has won and told us: "eat your heart out, I'm stayingggg"

 
Ashley Young is a winger, but he is another type who can play wing-back and he did very well against Roma. He can play left and right side, but we shall see. He can do the job. He believes me and he is now performing well."
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Seems like Young will only play as a wingback under Van Gaal. He's not good enough to occupy one of the attacking places, especially in a 3-5-2 where he'd have to play as a striker. If we switch to 4-3-3 Van Gaal will probably buy another wide attacker so no place for Young again.
 
I think he will thrive under LVG's discipline of knowing exactly what's expected of him, strange to think that in this system, he's a wing back or a striker, I'd have him more of a Striker than a wing back, but LVG said he's more of a wing back didn't he?
 
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He's probably saved his United career with a few decent games as a wingback. Ashley Kuyt it is.

Meanwhile Nani has probably done the opposite with a few games where he didnt work hard enough.
 
Ekeke said:
He's probably saved his United career with a few decent games as a wingback. Ashley Kuyt it is.

Meanwhile Nani has probably done the opposite with a few games where he didnt work hard enough.
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Ashley Kuyt! Love it.

Yeah, I was actually surprised by how well he did the defensive part of the wing back stuff today. No rash challenges, no panicking under pressure. Its easy to say he usually helps out his full back, but as Van Gaal was telling the press yesterday wing back is a specialist role. Young's been set a challenge by Van Gaal and he's risen to it. Fair play to him. If he can sort out his crossing a bit and get his old thunderb-d shooting going again he'll be a proper asset this season.
 
He was alright today, but himself and Valencia are so amazingly shit at crossing it amazes that they were actually considered wingers.
 
He's done surprisingly good at left wing back today, was shit scared that we'd get ripped to shreds but hey, Inter decided to be dicks and park it so, yea, good game from him.
 
He takes a extra touch everytime and slows the play down. He was alright but don't see him as a Wingback option regularly at all tbh.
 
I thought he got more involved offensively as a RWB, him and Valencia don't really look the answer though.
 
young's performance reminded me of LVG's likeness for workhorses in the team. Young is definitely one of them
 
Yeah he was good.
Wing Back might be the perfect position for him.

Have to agree with the crossing being crap though.
Dont know what happened on that front, all of our players have been terrible at it for a good while now.

I remember when valencia was awesome at crossing, its weird.
 
I'll take back all the negative things I said about Young if he carries this form on to next season and help us win a silverware.
 
Surely even his biggest critics can't be opposed to him as an attacking wing-back?
 
Been our best player during pre-season. Someone needs to make that Vince McMahon gif with all of his goals.
 
Brilliant performances from him throughout the pre season. Who would have thought he would be the one van Gaal gets back to life?
 
Deserves to stay at this rate. The system is working for him and he's showing some really good pre season form. He's looking like our best option from the wings at this moment. Who saw that coming?
 
Ashley Kuyt is playing very well. His attacking style translates very well to the wingback role where you expect a little less out of your wideman than a winger.

Defensively he still hasnt been tested
 
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