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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
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I wanted us to let him go.

My reasoning? It seemed we persisted with him when he was playing poor and it got frustrating when I saw him on the team sheet, and also if he was to be used as a substitute. It got to the point where he'd only be useful shooting from range and it sometimes going in or diving and winning us a penalty.

Now? Well. This is exactly what he needed to do to save his United career. It's early days but his adaptability looks to be a major asset for him. I now want to keep him and want to see what he can do over the coming season. I didn't think he'd be a capable wing back to be honest, without seeing it for myself I wouldn't think it would work (he's not really played at full back or anything previously and seemed to be up the pitch and not getting back an awful lot as a winger vs Valencia for example).
 
I have never understood this transfer and for me his signing (of course along with some other stuff like no midfield improvement, the way we lost the title to City, football getting worse, ...) was a hint for me that SAF wasn't God-like anymore! Still great, but not as impressive as before.

Young never ever made any sense: Average, overpriced, high wages, we didn't even need a winger back then, at least not one who wasn't world class, and we always have enough English players so it wasn't even like we needed to fill any quota.

But if LvG can make him perform in his system for more than just some pre-season games, then I will take everything back and even turn into a RAWK-like poster claiming SAF always knew Young would be brilliant 3 years after signing him!
 
Young is not as talented a player you would hope for playing in an attacking position for Manchester United, but he is a hard working lad and genuinely appears to love playing for the club. Also the fact he is English helps. I've never understood the Young hatred personally, as he's nothing more than a squad player. Delighted with his pre-season performance, probably first choice wing-back going into the season now.
 
I am genuinely surprised with his performances. Pleased with it too. He was always the best crosser of the ball compared to our other wingers. Shit at corners still and I don't understand why that is the case.

Seems to thrive playing in a system where he knows what to do. I still don't think he is at the level we should hope for but I at least won't cringe to see him on the team sheet for a while.
 
KiD MoYeS said:
Young is not as talented a player you would hope for playing in an attacking position for Manchester United, but he is a hard working lad and genuinely appears to love playing for the club. Also the fact he is English helps. I've never understood the Young hatred personally, as he's nothing more than a squad player. Delighted with his pre-season performance, probably first choice wing-back going into the season now.
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Probably doesn't help that he dived constantly and is rumored to be on high wages. Although, in general, the entire squad bar de Gea played poorly last season, his performances along with those of Valencia, Fellaini, and Cleverley were truly woeful. Good to see him turn it around this preseason and let's hope he can carry his form into the games that matter.
 
Damien said:
I agree. Van Gaal is just what he needed. Confidence sky high, the twitter abuse he gets seems to have finally relented and he never complained once about the abuse, whereas a lot would have, or would have at least shut down their twitter accounts. I remember when Shaw signed, Young tweeted him congratulations and talked about seeing him and he got abuse for that saying he wouldn't be at the club. From the start of the tour his attitude has been top notch, he's always been involved with the MUTV post match stuff right off the pitch, and clearly he is enjoying himself now. Long may it continue.
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Could never see the fun in abusing somebody on the internet. I mean his mother probably reads his twitter feed. It's a pretty low thing to do. Fair play to the bloke for hanging on in there and hopefully he can turn his career around here given the confidence he has got from LVG.
 
Man of Leisure said:
Probably doesn't help that he dived constantly and is rumored to be on high wages. Although, in general, the entire squad bar de Gea played poorly last season, his performances along with those of Valencia, Fellaini, and Cleverley were truly woeful. Good to see him turn it around this preseason and let's hope he can carry his form into the games that matter.
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The diving is definitely an issue, the wages don't bother me as it's his signing on fee being paid in weekly installments, this is another strange reasoning to dislike him.
 
His crossing so far has been out of this world.. Should of scored 4-5 from his crosses alone this tour.
 
Man Utd 2:1 Valencia
One month ago every United fan wanted him gone, looking in the matchday thread now everyone has him in their starting lineup for tomorrows game. It is really nice to see how he has taken his chance under the new manager and if he can avoid being injured all the time I can see him being one of the better players for us in the coming season. It really shows how fast things can change in football and that we as fans should be more careful in judging players and spewing our hate about them.
 
I always liked Young when he played for Villa and was happy when he joined United but he has never really looked anything more than a squad player. He has scored some lovely goals, most of them top drawer, and he has had some decent performances, but it's all been patchy and inconsistent and mirrored by games where he is truly awful or goes missing. And of course add to that some of his diving is truly embarrassing. However I think (and hope) this may be HIS season.

If anyone watches Soccer AM then you will know when they have the "Team-mates" section, and especially when it's an England player, Ashley Young has been mentioned as the most skilful player a few times. He's extremely versatile and has shown he can play LWB where he was (imo) our best player overall throughout the tour, I think he is definitely first choice for LWB in the current United squad and formation. He can cover for RWB where I think he might start tomorrow against Swansea. And he can play either wing, as a 10 or up front as he often did when playing for Villa. On a whole, considering his age, nationality and versatility it would be silly to even consider selling him.

It's lovely to see him playing so well, as it is for the likes of Fletcher and Smalling and Evans etc. But it's a real joy to see him skilfully marauding down the wings and recently, putting beautiful crosses in or him cutting inside to shoot and scoring more. Now i'm not saying he will be our player of the season or top scorer or anything like that, I just hope he can consistently continue to show what he did on tour. The talent is obviously there, and as mentioned before, he has a great attitude, one that seems to have spread throughout the entire team. This could be a great year for Ashley Young, and that may mean a great year for United too. :D
 
Man Utd 1:2 Swansea
He's been the best of a bad lot there in that first half. Cleaning up from a Jones defensive mistakes at the back, whipping in decent crosses from both the left and right hand sides two of which Rooney could have probably done a better job finishing off too. Hard to fault him really.
 
Needs to run up that flank more OR pass it forward. Hell, he isn't even passing it sideways. Can't remember any passes to Herrera/Fletcher.
 
I can't believe a bird shat in Young's mouth.

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Wasn't to bad at wing back, though looked out of place at full back and I think he lack of experience their contributed in conceding the second goal
 
I think that was a bit of a reality check for anyone like me, who gained a bit of confidence in him during pre-season. He's not in his favoured position but still doesn't offer anywhere near enough going forward - far too one dimensional for a team that's going to come up against 10 men behind the ball quite often. Such a pity Shaw is out as I think a left-footed player is necessary on the overlap.
 
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Barely got forward from LWB. And he isn't a LB so hard to judge him in the 2nd half.
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We are back into making him the scapegoat! He was one of our best players today.

•His through pass to Rooney that Rooney failed miserably to control in the early parts of the game.

•His cross from the right channel that Rooney headed timidly

•Another cross from the right channel that found Hernandez but the referee spotted an infringement.

•I remember at least 2 vital interceptions, one in the first half when Swansea broke in their first attack.

He played very well considering the circumstances he found himself having to move from the right to the left. We lost today cos our creative players were piss poor.
 
I'm not saying he is shite but I'm saying that we need a player who can get past the defender, cross more effectively and create space for himself and his teammates. Someone of di Maria's or Cuadrado's calibre. I don't know how but Nani seems to have forgotten about 2010/11. He was phenomenal for the first half of that season, before getting injured at Anfield.
 
To be honest I would have preferred to see him played down the right flank, that's where he was best in pre-season and the one or times today he did look like he might do something was on that right hand side.

There seemed to be a general reluctance from him to run with the ball when he had it and a few yards open ahead of him. Obviously this was curtailed in the second half a little bit, but he had up until the formation change, enough time on the ball to try and make an impact.

Young is a super frustrating player, he'll give you glimpses of class, but then go missing for game and games and games. Best I can say about him is that he was an average player in an average team today, no more, no less.
 
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He tried his best but like fletcher and the team in general it was a reality check today and a clearer indication of his real progress. At fault for the goal but he was playing out of position, would probably do better as the right sided wing back in fairness to him but he is still a squad player at best
 
He took over Valencia's mantle of get ball, turn back, make 5 yard pass and repeat. Showed zero adventure and was extremely tentative with the ball. His crossing has improved significantly from last season though. Was at fault for the second goal with his faulty positioning and hopefully is utilized as a left back sparingly from now on. Not particularly his fault though. He tries his best but it is not enough and his lack of experience at the left back position means he will not get the positioning and the concentration aspects of defending right away. Valencia also had the same problem last season and looked extremely suspect defensively. Can you guys imagine him playing against some of the league's finer wide players like Sanchez, Walcott, Hazard, Sterling etc? Specialist full backs struggle with them and these guys would seriously tear Young a new one.

Using a 29 year old winger as a left full back is a stop-gap solution anyway but why do we need to do that??? Its not like we are in the middle of the season, we are in the transfer market and we have money to burn, so get the feck out there and get a specialist full back as a back-up for Shaw for christ sake... I would rather see Reece James out there than Young. Heck even Buttner would have been a better option...
 
Not blaming him for anything but he was back to the old Ashley Young today. His first instinct is to play the ball back (usually to Blackett). Him and Januzaj are like night and day.
 
Only somewhat disappointed, as his form in pre-season was great but stepping it up for a real match is another thing.

Still, I thought we would at least see a semblance of his improvement which never really came. I guess it's never good to have hope, or something like that.
 
Harsh to blame him much but I reckon Shaw will own that LWB position pretty soon.
 
He's no Wing back. We shouldn't play him there
 
kouroux said:
I hate it when he passes it back when he has much better passing options available and he doesn't go for them.
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He's been like this for ages. I don't know how it's been acceptable for so long for a player to just keep shifting it to his right and them passing it back.
 
amolbhatia100 said:
He's been like this for ages. I don't know how it's been acceptable for so long for a player to just keep shifting it to his right and them passing it back.
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You could understand him being insecure about his passing or him being under pressure but I swear there were times where he'd kill any momentum by passing it back, it's like a default mode he's on. You would think that him being right footed and playing on the left would make it easier to find passing options through the middle instead of going back all the time.
 
he's got very little confidence in his left foot which is a bit of a problem when your playing on the left. stick him on the right and we'll see what he can produce
 
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