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2018-19 Performances


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4.9 Season Average Rating
Appearances
41
Clean sheets
6
Goals
3
Assists
4
Yellow cards
14
Red cards
1
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We need to upgrade him if we want to counter when intercepting balls, he always clearance balls for Lecister City to invite unnecessary pressure.
 
My least favorite thing is watching him take forever to take a throw in and then after quite an ordeal making a decision in who to throw to, throw it away, surrendering possession.

Happens every time.
Same. It's infuriating, and he has always done this.
 
Young had a solid game today! He defended stoutly and provided an outlet in attack down the right flank. His delivery was no worse than any other flank player today.

However he is an easy for the bully boys.

Ok maybe I'm wrong. Please educate me by telling us more about this attacking prowess?
 
Second best on the pitch? No wonder that was according to a site with the word fantasy in it, any defense of the stinker he had today is just further proof of how far standards have been lowered.
 
Please @GifLord when he missed simple pass with 3 players waiting on the left.
1st half . So so poor
 
Bar the occasional good cross every 5 games and Liverpool game last season, I think he's been terrible both defensively and offensively for over a year now.

We badly need to offload him because as far as "anti-football" goes, he's always been the poster boy of it in the last few years and not Fellaini.
 
Needs to be replaced. IMO He makes everyone panic for some reason (not that others are calm).
 
Ok maybe I'm wrong. Please educate me by telling us more about this attacking prowess?

He provided an attacking option on the right flank and defensively he was solid and did not make any significant mistakes. He was no worse than Shaw but he continues to get flack from fans every game.
 
Been "hating" him, Valencia and Fellaini for years, but give him some credit. It was a very average performance, true, but he is the best in this position right now. Get rid of him, yes. But be patient till he leaves us because sometimes his performances are good and he is consistently average.
 
He provided an attacking option on the right flank and defensively he was solid and did not make any significant mistakes. He was no worse than Shaw but he continues to get flack from fans every game.

Ah provided an 'option'

That really puts those who think he was dreadful in their place
 
That over-hit through-ball to Lingard yards away, which resulted instead in a Leicester goal kick, is about as atypical of a Young final ball as you could possibly find.
 
Sad thing is that he still provides significantly more going forward than Valencia and Darmian do. At least he makes runs and moves into the right positions, and he normally plays better balls forward (although that aspect has been off the last few games).
 
"Provided an option or outlet"

Is about as generic and vague a compliment as you can possibly find. Almost every single FB in the league provides an option or an outlet. Matter of fact, full-back's by design are there to provide an option or an outlet for a congested midfield. How is this an accomplishment?

A compliment would be, "he pushed up wide and high and provided an attacking threat by pushing the opposition full-back backwards", and not, "he was there, in that space on the field, when the others needed him."

Such low expectations.
 
He provided an attacking option on the right flank and defensively he was solid and did not make any significant mistakes. He was no worse than Shaw but he continues to get flack from fans every game.

This is the moment you dropped the ball..
 
Just like Fellaini expectations of Young have been lowered so when he does poorly it's seen as a good performance.

Fellaini going a game without a mistake costing us a goal was considered a good performance. Now Ashley Young doing something as basic as providing us an option (as a fecking full back lol) is now seen as him having a good game.
 
Hes clearly the biggest weakness in this team. Frankly I cannot believe that after that performance he has people defending him still, he literally cant complete 5 yard passes and thats a massive reason why we surrender possession so cheaply. Honestly RB has to be one of the first positions we look at in the summer because we are lacking severe quality.
 
Our FB positions are terrible really for a big club. We're gonna have to limp to the finish line with what we have though.
 
He was terrible. He was our worst player today . They just went past him whenever they wanted.
I don't care about his crossing too much. He is a defender and he couldn't defend for his life today.
 
The problem is how much of the ball comes to him and thus requires at least a competent cross. It makes no sense why his crossing especially in so much space, is terrible. He either under hits it badly or over hits it to a point it needs to be rescued from going for a throw.
 
Time we found a better alternative. Even simple things like taking throw ins is a chore for him.

He's part of the reason why our midfield is always suspect because the RCM always has to cover for him more than what could be deemed acceptable
 
For a winger playing fullback, his quality going forward has been nothing short of shocking. Valencia isn't much worse.
 
Amazed at some of the replies in this thread. Was at the game and thought he had a decent game.

He had a lot to do today on the right side and didn’t get much cover from jesse.
 
For me, he should be replaced by Ricardo Pereira. We would benefit massively from that on the right side.
 
He provided an attacking option on the right flank and defensively he was solid and did not make any significant mistakes. He was no worse than Shaw but he continues to get flack from fans every game.
No way. Shaw wasn't surrendering possession everytime he got on the ball. Young is just wasteful in general and seem to panic even when there is really no need to.

His insistence to always play a ball that would likely end up at the feet of opponents put us under constant pressure. He also get caught in no man's land a bit too much.
 
"Provided an option or outlet"

Is about as generic and vague a compliment as you can possibly find. Almost every single FB in the league provides an option or an outlet. Matter of fact, full-back's by design are there to provide an option or an outlet for a congested midfield. How is this an accomplishment?

A compliment would be, "he pushed up wide and high and provided an attacking threat by pushing the opposition full-back backwards", and not, "he was there, in that space on the field, when the others needed him."

Such low expectations.

How many goals are scored when the full back is not where he is supposed to be when others need him. If memory serves me correctly that is how we scored against Arsenal by exploiting Kolasinac's propensity to venture up the filed with no defensive cover.

Ashley Young at 33 has done a hell of a job for us playing both full back and wingback positions in a dysfunctional team with little fluidity and has won the confidence of both Jose and now Ole. He is not world class but he is far from being a shite player.
 
Young had a solid game today! He defended stoutly and provided an outlet in attack down the right flank. His delivery was no worse than any other flank player today.

However he is an easy for the bully boys.
He didn't defend stoutly, he was torn to shreds, every attack of theirs came down his side.

That was another bad performance, he needs benching.
 
Anyone who thought he had a good game today needs to get their head checked. Constantly out of possession, gave the ball away on multiple occasions. He’s shocking. Definitely weak link.
 
Actually thought he was decent today. One of our better players but then again, it was a scrappy game that suited him.
 
Ashley Young plays because we have no one there to play except a kid. Our right side has been shite for several years now, new attacker on that side at a minimum.
 
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