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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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Plugsy said:
I don't think he was at fault for giving the ball away, he was trying to play a 1-2 with Fletcher and in the space between Young getting the ball and releasing it to pass to back, Fletcher f***** off.
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Are you kidding me? He should have carried that ball forward, which every intelligent player anticipated, including Fletcher - there was a 20m gap to run into; one flick into attack and he could have started a great attack. Instead he tried a flick backwards to a person willing to join what should have been an attack.

He was utterly abysmal today.
 
There aren't enough negative adjverbs to describe (or there are too many?...) his performance today. Truly dire.
 
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I am surprised that Fergie admitted in his book that he signed Young specifically to bridge the gap between us and Barcelona!?!? Surely he had enough of a look at Young to realise the insanity of this very notion. However, in general terms, I think that Fergie's belief levels in his players really lifted them to a higher level.
 
Moyes will be loved by every United fan if he'll successfully deal with Young's problems... unfortunately the player's reaching 30 years of age and from that point it's gonna be difficult especially for a winger to offer something substantial to this team.
 
The Moyes sympathizers take a big hit with Young being a fixture in the side.

It's getting really bad now.
 
Colin129 said:
What was he like last season, can anyone remember?

Wasn't he completely anonymous?
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Pretty much this, but more injured and without the screamers he has scored this season. Pretty much a worse version if you can imagine it. It's funny, because his start in the first season was so promising when he scored those two curling shots from outside the box against Arsenal, but just regressed ever since.
 
Can someone please take him this summer? Cant stand him anymore. He is literally the worst player we have right now in the squad. I really dont get why Zaha was not given a chance. At least he isnt a one trick pony like this fecker over here.
 
Should recall Lingard and give him the game time that Young is going to get rest of the season. There won't be a better time than this to give youngsters a chance in premier league.
 
Tooni said:
Should recall Lingard and give him the game time that Young is going to get rest of the season. There won't be a better time than this to give youngsters a chance in premier league.
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Seriously, have we got no youngsters at the club who we can play wide right other than Januzaj?
 
Ashley young judging on his performances in the last two years is one of those players, where i think we could take him off without replacing him and it would have little or no effect on the teams performance or outcome of the game.

He is probably the most underwhelming player i've seen while watching united in the last 25 years.
 
Livvie said:
He's not, or wasn't, struggling any more than other players, and not nearly as much as some.
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But that's not the point Livvie he needs protected for the long term and isn't hardened or as developed as much as the other players. I'm happy with Moyes playing the long game with him.
 
redevil2 said:
Where did you get the idea of him clearly struggling because of being over played??!! Youngsters do not rest so as to improve/maintain standard. They need to keep playing to get experience on the pitch
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You are wrong here redevil2 they need rested as much as they need playing or they can really suffer long term
 
Lawman said:
You are wrong here redevil2 they need rested as much as they need playing or they can really suffer long term
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I think you were wrong in assuming that Januzaj needs more rest than other 19 year old. lol
If you have coached young people before, you would know the balance that needs to keep. Although I myself don't have such experience coaching, I do have "authority" to give an opinion. :)

I am just hoping United has the coach who knows about how to keep the balance between playing and resting.
 
We paid £20 million for him when he had just a year left in his contract. That same summer Mata joined Chelsea for £23 million. Cazorla went to Arsenal for even less. I'm still haunted by his performances at Euro2012. I've never seen a player look so out of depth at an international tournament.
 
mic.m said:
We paid £20 million for him when he had just a year left in his contract. That same summer Mata joined Chelsea for £23 million. Cazorla went to Arsenal for even less. I'm still haunted by his performances at Euro2012. I've never seen a player look so out of depth at an international tournament.
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To be fair, we can't expect every player we signed is going to perform and excel. Mistake can be made but what's important is to control damage by not using them and getting rid of them. Hindsight is 20/20 but Moyes has the benfit of seeing him training and performing. What we fans saw on the pitch reveals how mediocre he is but Moyes seems to treasure him as much as he did to his signing Fellaini and it's painful to watch
 
redevil2 said:
I think you were wrong in assuming that Januzaj needs more rest than other 19 year old. lol
If you have coached young people before, you would know the balance that needs to keep. Although I myself don't have such experience coaching, I do have "authority" to give an opinion. :)

I am just hoping United has the coach who knows about how to keep the balance between playing and resting.
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And your authority being is what the same as the rest of us? Come on its common knowledge that young players need rested and nursed through parts of their early career. You just have to look at Owen or Pato to see what happens when you over play a youngster. Especially one with the build like AJ who as well as being tested mentally will be even more so tested physically than someone like Jones for example.
 
Revan said:
I wasn't at Caf back then (so can't prove anything) but it looked to me a bizarre signing back then. Never rated him at all.
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His thread was full of people who were unimpressed with our interest which unfortunately always attracts a number of hardmen who whipped out hard red stuff like ''Spoiled muppets, he has done amazing for Villa and the 18 million for someone who has one year left on his contract is just the usual United tax, no biggie. You would react differently if his name ended with -inho.''

So yes, I was correct once more. Vindicated but (conveniently) forgotten.
 
Thing is he was actually all right during his first few months here, then turned shit. We had the best wings in the league in 2011-12, then the worst in 2012-13 and proceeded to win the league. It's baffling.
 
All I'd like to know is...what's the name of the stuff SAF was smoking when he thought signing Young would bridge the gap between us at Barca at the time? :lol:

...Oh & where can I get my hands on some of that stuff? ;)
 
The decision to bring him on against Bayern Munich was understandable. If Moyes used Nani off the bench in our last couple of games to build up his sharpness, then it would be debatable (bringing Young on). His performance, however, was poor - not shockingly poor because it's not a shock that he's performing in this manner. He's not a mediocre player, but he plays like one. There is no confidence in taking players on, he looks weak and tentative. And when he does get into good positions to cross the ball, his delivery is poor...
 
Why did he come on last night? Buttner was injured right?
 
Now that Nani is fit again i think that should be the last we see of young this season, give Nani games to see if he is worth keeping while putting him in the shop window if we do decide to sell.
 
CapeTownRed said:
Worth keeping?! Good lord, he's the last winger we should be getting rid of!
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Im actually a big fan of Nani's, but he's had a bad run of injuries the last 2-3 years, if we give him a run of games and he stays fit and finds a bit of form great, having nani fit and back to his best would be a bonus.

If we play him and he gets injured again and misses more games, then as much as i like him as a player we need to start shipping out some of the sick notes in this squad.
 
I like how Young's megathread doesn't have the word "performance" in it. How fitting.
 
Sunny Jim said:
Nani has been declared fit 3-4 games a go. He hasn't played a single second since.
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Yeah which has disappointed me, villa would have been the perfect game to ease him back him back in.
 
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