[caisenma]

I hope that after the City and Chelsea games we have Top 4 fairly secured and in the remaining games we give some of the younger guys some games. I'd rather Januzaj, Wilson, Pereira, and McNair get some minutes before the season ends rather than Young, Falcao and Valencia.

Definitely agree on all counts.

 

[Zoo]

 

[Amar__]

I like his all around game but he is definitely lacking end product. I am lazy to check his stats but I am sure they are far worse than his game would suggest, which is weird because when we bought him I hated him because he was all about stats and his all around play was average at best.

 

[Sandikan]

thought he had a terrific game today.

he's done fantastically well to get himself back into the team and play so well he's keeping Di Maria out.

Cripes, at one stage, I heard the never satisfied sweary boozehound behind me shout "give it Young, he'll do something with it"

redemption

 

[Borys]

I like him on the left, but he should be passing to Blind and Fellaini far more often.

 

[Bwuk]

Awful final ball. He came off and Di Maria got an assist about 10 mins later.

Funny that.

 

[Eric'sCollar]

I got the feeling the old Ashley Young was creeping in at parts. Not a bad performance but very frustrating. I think Di Maria comes in for the City match.

 

[Brwned]

thought he had a terrific game today.

You must be joking? He was almost pointless. 10 crosses and not one of them hit their target, worst pass completion rate on the pitch and the only thing he did that had any impact on the game was playing a simple pass to Blind who showed him how to do his job properly. In that one moment Blind set up as many goals as Young has all season. 1 goal and 1 assist all season is atrocious. Even Carrick's contributed more than that for feck's sake...and he's played less minutes than Young!

I honestly can't believe how much praise he's received from fans, commentators and pundits alike. The commentator on NBC today said he thought he was our best player up until that point. Bizarre. I'm glad van Gaal didn't feel the same way.

 

[Walrus]

Did well, but the end product was lacking. I think he benefited from Villa sticking 1-2 men on Fellaini all the time, it created space with him to work with. Should definitely have done better with his final ball though.

 

[AttackingFlair]

Good run but then fails to pick anyone out. Even if the defender misses his clearance, the ball goes out of play. We have a player completely unmarked in the box.

 

[Kraftwerker]

You must be joking? He was almost pointless. 10 crosses and not one of them hit their target, worst pass completion rate on the pitch and the only thing he did that had any impact on the game was playing a simple pass to Blind who showed him how to do his job properly. In that one moment Blind set up as many goals as Young has all season. 1 goal and 1 assist all season is atrocious. Even Carrick's contributed more than that for feck's sake...and he's played less minutes than Young!

I honestly can't believe how much praise he's received from fans, commentators and pundits alike. The commentator on NBC today said he thought he was our best player up until that point. Bizarre. I'm glad van Gaal didn't feel the same way.

Totally agree. It was bizarre the praise he was getting.

This article from the Daily Mirror lavished praise on him and Fellaini http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/manchester-united-3-1-aston-villa-5458094

Both players who were subbed for being off colour, though Fellaini was competent compared to Young.

Almost like some outlets think they've been late to a praise party and are over-compensating now,

 

[Dominos]

Good run but then fails to pick anyone out. Even if the defender misses his clearance, the ball goes out of play. We have a player completely unmarked in the box.

You can see in the gif he had a player sliding in to challenge him as he was about to release the ball, he didn't have much choice but to put a very dangerous cross into the 6 yard box. He deserves credit for creating that chance we should have scored from.

Brwned's being very harsh but I do agree Di Maria should be starting, Young's form has been decent but overstated.

 

[ZDwyr]

I like him on the left, but he should be passing to Blind and Fellaini far more often.

I thought this too. I thought he was pretty good though, just lacked the end product. Will be interesting to see if he keeps his place.

 

[Sam]

He's a better left back then he is a winger.

 

[Sean_RedDevil]

I've said it today already in the "Carrick thread".....he must improve a lot his end product or he will/should/must lose his place to Di Maria.

 

[NinjaZombie]

The commentator said he was our best player when he got subbed out. I must have been watching a different game. He was decent, and had a lot of the ball but lacked end product.

Also, Herrera was brilliant. He was our best player.

 

[Ekeke]

You must be joking? He was almost pointless. 10 crosses and not one of them hit their target, worst pass completion rate on the pitch and the only thing he did that had any impact on the game was playing a simple pass to Blind who showed him how to do his job properly. In that one moment Blind set up as many goals as Young has all season. 1 goal and 1 assist all season is atrocious. Even Carrick's contributed more than that for feck's sake...and he's played less minutes than Young!

I honestly can't believe how much praise he's received from fans, commentators and pundits alike. The commentator on NBC today said he thought he was our best player up until that point. Bizarre. I'm glad van Gaal didn't feel the same way.

I agree completely, but I'm not at all surprised. Young flatters to deceive, almost doing something good but then coming just short when it really matters. People appreciate the workrate and effort and their eyes play tricks on them, thinking he succeeds more often than he really does.

He's obviously been good this season but as a winger he doesn't provide enough. I've liked him more as a leftback where his end product isnt critical, but when he gets it right its very helpful

 

[MDFC Manager]

No end product but he's taking on his man again, after about 18 months of not doing any of that.

 

[Yorkeontop]

I still prefer to start him over Angel for now, and I think Louis does too.

 

[arthurka]

I still prefer to start him over Angel for now, and I think Louis does too.

He just links up so well with Blind.. And for me he brings balance to the force..

 

[psychdelicblues]

I hope that after the City and Chelsea games we have Top 4 fairly secured and in the remaining games we give some of the younger guys some games. I'd rather Januzaj, Wilson, Pereira, and McNair get some minutes before the season ends rather than Young, Falcao and Valencia.

Definitely agree on all counts.

A 2nd place finish will probably still be up for grabs, which means no need to prequalify for the CL and no disruption to preseason,. I wouldn't want the season to peter out with a Van Gaal giving game to players who are not an integral part of the settled first team because he is 'happy' with top 4, United are not Arsenal. . It wouldn't set the right tone for next season either. If 2nd place is secure and Chelsea are out of sight, then I'd be happy to give them players game time.

 

[Mark_GrumpyLion]

Very stable player, but lacks end product sadly. Can't believe he only has one goal and one assist this season.

 

[Sam]

His end product for a winger is completely shocking. Just not good enough to be a starter for a club like United. Great versatile squad player to have, but that should be it..

Played very well at left back for most of the season, but he's just not good enough on the wing. His early season form is 'letting him off' for want of a better phrase. If he was putting these performances in at the start of the season, on the wing, he'd be getting destroyed on here.

 

[MelvinYeo]

His crosses would be superb if our players could predict where he puts them. He always puts them in a dangerous area but there is always no one on the end of them. And it goes harmlessly out of play or the defender at the near post clears it. RVP if he could get back to his best could benefit from his crosses as I think his movement in the box is by far the best among our strikers.

 

[Sandikan]

You must be joking? He was almost pointless. 10 crosses and not one of them hit their target, worst pass completion rate on the pitch and the only thing he did that had any impact on the game was playing a simple pass to Blind who showed him how to do his job properly. In that one moment Blind set up as many goals as Young has all season. 1 goal and 1 assist all season is atrocious. Even Carrick's contributed more than that for feck's sake...and he's played less minutes than Young!

I honestly can't believe how much praise he's received from fans, commentators and pundits alike. The commentator on NBC today said he thought he was our best player up until that point. Bizarre. I'm glad van Gaal didn't feel the same way.

I think it's just you! He absolutely roasted their right back, and most of our attacks came down his side.
He's keeping a £60m player out too.

Some people just get caught up on who they dislike.

Fellaini and Young have really shown a few fans up this year.

 

[Sandikan]

His end product for a winger is completely shocking. Just not good enough to be a starter for a club like United. Great versatile squad player to have, but that should be it..

Played very well at left back for most of the season, but he's just not good enough on the wing. His early season form is 'letting him off' for want of a better phrase. If he was putting these performances in at the start of the season, on the wing, he'd be getting destroyed on here.

What? He's played pretty well these last few games. That's why he's keeping Di Maria out.

 

[NotoriousISSY]

You can sugarcoat it as much as you like, he needs to add more finishing touches to his improvements - his output is poor.

 

[Successful]

Looked like our most active player vs villa. Had some terrible 5 minutes before being subbed with that madness pass outside the box that could easily have been an accident.

His footwork and will to get stuck in is on a high level at the moment.

 

[m1y2]

You can see in the gif he had a player sliding in to challenge him as he was about to release the ball, he didn't have much choice but to put a very dangerous cross into the 6 yard box. He deserves credit for creating that chance we should have scored from.

Brwned's being very harsh but I do agree Di Maria should be starting, Young's form has been decent but overstated.

completely agree but we should understand Young does a good job tracking back and doesn't lose head trying things all the time from nonsense positions, that's why young plays especially when there is Blind who lacks so much pace but is intelligent to have a good combination with the winger, so I guess Van Gaal sees good balance there now. If dimaria improves he will surely be starter and he seemed more cautious yesterday, so I guess it's a matter of time but for city game I'd say it's 50/50

 

[Eugenius]

Awful final ball. He came off and Di Maria got an assist about 10 mins later.

Funny that.

Mainly because Rooney decided to salvage Di Maria's cross by scoring a wonder goal though.

With Blind at LB, I'd much rather have Young in the team for his work rate. Di Maria loses the ball a lot, and Blind's not got the pace to stop a counter attack on his side. Nor does Di Maria do much defending in general.

 

[Brwned]

I think it's just you! He absolutely roasted their right back, and most of our attacks came down his side.
He's keeping a £60m player out too.

Some people just get caught up on who they dislike.

Fellaini and Young have really shown a few fans up this year.

Did Young's roasting of Hutton contribute anything decisive in the game? Standards for Young are just very low. He's played well in some games but yesterday he just fired in aimless crosses, dribbled and got nowhere and passed back.

 

[KiD MoYeS]

I definitely agree that we hold Young to a lower standard, he's a hard working winger with good dribbling and a great delivery, but he still ins't the level you'd hope for anything other than a squad player at Manchester United. I like Young and I'd keep him, but he hasn't the ability to be a consistent starter in an attacking position for us, in my opinion. I don't think anyone is really suggesting he's great anyway. Good on him for this season though.

 

[BAMSOLA]

We need to look at replacing Young in the summer with a more technically gifted LW with similar work-rate however he has won the right to start against City on both the strength of his last couple of performances which have been decent to very good and by virtue of the fact that he is a reliable presence where as the Arsenal game should have given many a clue that Di Maria might not be in the most positive frame of mind at the moment so there is no telling how he will perform in a game of the magnitude of City at home.

It would seem to me to be much more sound to put less pressure on him at this point by giving him a super sub role till the end of the season baring a disastrous performance by Young in which case Di Maria should be given his starting spot.

I'm very keen that we don't change the team dynamic from now till the end of the season unless performances dictate that we have to.

 

[Rowem]

A 2nd place finish will probably still be up for grabs, which means no need to prequalify for the CL and no disruption to preseason,. I wouldn't want the season to peter out with a Van Gaal giving game to players who are not an integral part of the settled first team because he is 'happy' with top 4, United are not Arsenal. . It wouldn't set the right tone for next season either. If 2nd place is secure and Chelsea are out of sight, then I'd be happy to give them players game time.

Of course, however I think that our youngsters like Januzaj, Wilson and McNair would actually do better at the moment than Falcao, Valencia and Young, plus obviously the long term benefit. There is something to play for in 99% of games, and in the other 1% of games young players gain little because the result isn't very important. Part of managing at the top level involves bringing through young players - LVG has revealed it's even part of the brief. We simply need to give these kids games.

 

[ravelston]

We need to look at replacing Young in the summer with a more technically gifted LW with similar work-rate however he has won the right to start against City on both the strength of his last couple of performances which have been decent to very good and by virtue of the fact that he is a reliable presence where as the Arsenal game should have given many a clue that Di Maria might not be in the most positive frame of mind at the moment so there is no telling how he will perform in a game of the magnitude of City at home.

It would seem to me to be much more sound to put less pressure on him at this point by giving him a super sub role till the end of the season baring a disastrous performance by Young in which case Di Maria should be given his starting spot.

I'm very keen that we don't change the team dynamic from now till the end of the season unless performances dictate that we have to.

We already have that player (in fact, we have two of them) and, if he can learn to play within a possession oriented framework, I'm sure he will be an automatic starter in the future. However, as you say, until that moment arrives, Young has earned his starting spot.

 

[ravelston]

A 2nd place finish will probably still be up for grabs, which means no need to prequalify for the CL and no disruption to preseason,. I wouldn't want the season to peter out with a Van Gaal giving game to players who are not an integral part of the settled first team because he is 'happy' with top 4, United are not Arsenal. . It wouldn't set the right tone for next season either. If 2nd place is secure and Chelsea are out of sight, then I'd be happy to give them players game time.

The difference between 2nd and 4th is not insubstantial in financial terms, both from the PL money and from the increased share in the CL pool money.

 

[Attila]

His end product is terrible. Would much rather see Di Maria start against City. I'm glad Young has done a half decent job this season as it might allow us to get some money for him this summer. He's just not the calibre of player that we should have in our squad going further. Not sure why Ferguson ever bought him for £17m or whatever it was.

 

[carlosp]

The problem with Di Maria is that he doesn't defend. Young does. When Blind goes forward, he knows Young will fall into his position and defend if needed. Much like when Evra was around.

When Young came off, Blind stopped going forward and played in a defensive mode. Di Maria does have pace and bringing him on late certainly helps against tired defenders.

I would prefer Young starting over Di Maria as this allows Blind to assist and attack where as if Di Maria started, I doubt we would see the same.

Glad LvG sees it this way too.

 

[BAMSOLA]

We already have that player (in fact, we have two of them) and, if he can learn to play within a possession oriented framework, I'm sure he will be an automatic starter in the future. However, as you say, until that moment arrives, Young has earned his starting spot.

Perhaps, but as far as Di Maria is concerned that is still to be seen consistently and right now I've not seen him add the type of defensive stability and possession orientated reliability that Young is currently adding or the work rate, I also have a theory that he may be better suited to a slightly modified version of the position that Fellaini currently occupies in the side but , but that's for another time. I 'd still bank on us adding a young LW to the squad this summer.

The problem with Di Maria is that he doesn't defend. Young does. When Blind goes forward, he knows Young will fall into his position and defend if needed. Much like when Evra was around.

When Young came off, Blind stopped going forward and played in a defensive mode. Di Maria does have pace and bringing him on late certainly helps against tired defenders.

I would prefer Young starting over Di Maria as this allows Blind to assist and attack where as if Di Maria started, I doubt we would see the same.

Glad LvG sees it this way too.

And this is what i am getting at, the relationship and balance between young and whatever LB we play behind him is always gonna be good, Its still to be seen whether Di Maria can strike the same balance long term but I've not seen him do so yet.

 

[carlosp]

I understand that we are interested in Depay. Not sure how good he plays though as I haven't seen him play.