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2015-16 Performances

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5.7 Season Average Rating
Appearances
25
Clean sheets
11
Goals
1
Assists
3
Yellow cards
6
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Did fine, but not the level you want to see from United's main winger.

6/10...where's the new signing?
 
Cina said:
I thought he gave pretty much nothing today, though. His delivery was dire. There was a solid 5 minute patch where Bastian kept passing him the ball in lots of space and he either ran into Walker, kicked the ball at Walker or over/under hit his cross.

He's not good enough to be a Man Utd winger.
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Fully agree with that. Yes he passed the ball that lead to the goal but outside of that he was awful with the ball.
 
The thing about Young that I love is his drive and energy; it's a comforting link to the Fergie era. But he just doesn't have a consistent enough end product to justify holding down the position. I'm definitely glad to have him on the team, though.
 
Terrible to be honest. Didn't get past Walker once, and his crossing was hit and hope. If we do get Pedro I hope it's Young that makes way.
 
We really need to improve on him. He wasn't terrible or anything, but given Mata's lack of pace, he often becomes the guy we go to for creativity and delivery, and who we make space to pass the ball out to. And what he does with that space just isn't enough. It's decent, but this isn't the quality a top side needs.

Also, his default routine is sort of offset by the guys in the box being Rooney and Mata.
 
Cina said:
I thought he gave pretty much nothing today, though. His delivery was dire. There was a solid 5 minute patch where Bastian kept passing him the ball in lots of space and he either ran into Walker, kicked the ball at Walker or over/under hit his cross.

He's not good enough to be a Man Utd winger.
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That's not really how I saw it. Maybe we have different expectations from him but if he's running at a full back, making him make a tackle, winning the odd corner and putting something in the box then I'm not annoyed. Don't think he got much help from Shaw today either. His part in the goal was very easy to feck up in my opinion.

I don't want him starting week in week out, but I think there's a place for him here.
 
He seems unable to produce a decent quality cross with his left foot when running. Other than that he is okay.
 
Scrumpet said:
That's not really how I saw it. Maybe we have different expectations from him but if he's running at a full back, making him make a tackle, winning the odd corner and putting something in the box then I'm not annoyed. Don't think he got much help from Shaw today either. His part in the goal was very easy to feck up in my opinion.

I don't want him starting week in week out, but I think there's a place for him here.
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You are easily pleased mate.
 
Scrumpet said:
That's not really how I saw it. Maybe we have different expectations from him but if he's running at a full back, making him make a tackle, winning the odd corner and putting something in the box then I'm not annoyed. Don't think he got much help from Shaw today either. His part in the goal was very easy to feck up in my opinion.

I don't want him starting week in week out, but I think there's a place for him here.
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Well you have expectations from him, I have expectations from a Utd winger. Maybe that's harsh but when I see Young I do not see someone close to that level. I'm also pretty sure we're going to see him week in week out, barring massive signings, because LvG seems to love him to the extent that he's playing Memphis centrally instead.
 
It's like he's instantly dropped back to his old levels following the extension.
 
He gives 100% and that's something you can't fault, his quality on the ball however and the threat he offers on the attack, well that is. We need to improve the wings massively otherwise we better get used to these toothless attacking performances with an embarrassing one effort on goal.
 
he's got great stamina, good first move but his final ball was off today, still was quite creative and one of our best players, which is worrying..
 
Did well overall, but his glaring lack of end product will always be a problem for us. It just never looks threatening when he's on the ball.
 
He's pretty much replaced Welbeck as the grafter with little end product. Did well for the goal but he really should have done better with his shot as well.

He still had our only shot on goal though.
 
Hopefully he'll be on bench next week and Memphis will play out wide.
 
Scrumpet said:
That's not really how I saw it. Maybe we have different expectations from him but if he's running at a full back, making him make a tackle, winning the odd corner and putting something in the box then I'm not annoyed. Don't think he got much help from Shaw today either. His part in the goal was very easy to feck up in my opinion.

I don't want him starting week in week out, but I think there's a place for him here.
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good comment, exactly how I feel about him. He's solid option and squad player. People came here to slate him for no reason it's funny. The so called Ronaldo Memphis did feck all the whole game and was certainly worse than Young who although was quite average still belonged to one of our most creative players. The final product was not there though but at least he tried. We will see how memphis plays there or anyone else who comes new in the team.
 
Orton said:
He gives 100% and that's something you can't fault, his quality on the ball however and the threat he offers on the attack, well that is. We need to improve the wings massively otherwise we better get used to these toothless attacking performances with an embarrassing one effort on goal.
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If youre playing professional football, you should be giving 100%. Thats below the minimum requirement, it's so obvious it should be assumed and not said. I can promise you id give 100% to play for United as well, but absolutely nobody and nothing would benefit from it outside of me.
 
psychdelicblues said:
Apart from the goal.
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Yes. Did you watch the countless times he tried to dribble past Walker and lost it? Or his crossing going nowhere.

We need to sign Pedro up soon. As hard working but a better end product.
 
Most of his best games last season were of a defensive nature in the 3-5-2, his workrate is very good, but creatively he's barely average and Walker out-muscled him all game with him lacking the guile to outwit him when push and run failed.
 
Bojan11 said:
Yes. Did you watch the countless times he tried to dribble past Walker and lost it? Or his crossing going nowhere.

We need to sign Pedro up soon. As hard working but a better end product.
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I agree.....but he did play a large part in the goal. I presume Pedro will be a United player next week and Young will revert to being a decent squad player.
 
Young, unfortunately, is a very predictable player and he almost never manages to find someone in the box.
 
Young showed today why he should not be more than a squad option if we are serious about competing for trophies. He had numerous one-on-one with Walker and each time he lost the ball. Final delivery was pretty poor as well. Hope we have signed up Pedro in time for the next match.
 
Cina said:
Well you have expectations from him, I have expectations from a Utd winger. Maybe that's harsh but when I see Young I do not see someone close to that level. I'm also pretty sure we're going to see him week in week out, barring massive signings, because LvG seems to love him to the extent that he's playing Memphis centrally instead.
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I think Memphis playing centrally is more to do with LVG not trusting Mata there and strangely not even Herera. Young would presumably get dropped once we have Pedro signed up, but then I thought the same when we bought Di Maria.
 
Made Kyle Walker look like Gary Neville today. Walker gobbled up his every twist and turn.

Standard Young today. Positive, energetic and seemingly dangerous, but at the end of all things the reality is that he didn't really do a great deal at all.

He gets so much of the ball and he should be doing a lot, lot better.
 
Devil may care said:
Most of his best games last season were of a defensive nature in the 3-5-2, his workrate is very good, but creatively he's barely average and Walker out-muscled him all game with him lacking the guile to outwit him when push and run failed.
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Wrong. He was awesome against City on the left wing. Easily his best performance.
 
adamwest said:
Wrong. He was awesome against City on the left wing. Easily his best performance.
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I said most of his best games, not all of them, and there was a reason the whole Ashely Lahm thing started, and that was because of his work at wingback defensively.
 
I don't think he should be starting for us, and I reckon Pedro will displace him.

He gets so much space, the only of our players today to find himself in good space, and he consistently wastes it.

Fair play to him for finding the space but we need better. Pedro will find that space and use it.
 
Every single match the same thing happens

United will get a dangerous attack going.. The ball will get spread wide to someone in miles of space.. I'm on the edge of my seat.. This looks dangerous.. I realize it's Ashley Young.. I sit back knowing he will mess it up.. He does.

People say he had a great season last season but I disagree. He wasted far too many chances and looks to be the same again.
 
Should be used as a squad player. First choice means we have a very limited attacking threat from his side of the pitch.
 
LawCharltonBest said:
Every single match the same thing happens

United will get a dangerous attack going.. The ball will get spread wide to someone in miles of space.. I'm on the edge of my seat.. This looks dangerous.. I realize it's Ashley Young.. I sit back knowing he will mess it up.. He does.

People say he had a great season last season but I disagree. He wasted far too many chances and looks to be the same again.
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To be fair to him, he played some good stuff last season. But yeah he's top the quality of winger we need as first choice.
 
Thought Young was one of our best players today. At least he makes things happen - was involved in our three best chances.

Complain about something else today.
 
0/6 successful crosses.

No idea why he lumps it so high when we have Rooney and Mata in the box.
 
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