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He is beyond useless on right and we knew that. It's on Ole to play him on the right
 
UNITED 9 iPSWICH 0 said:
Agree, needs time and to be given a chance. I still think he has potential, shown by his start at United and the faith shown in him by Ryan Giggs. At worst he hopefully become a decent impact player or solid squad member.
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Why is that the worst he can be btw? I see a lot of people saying this but doesn't mean anything doesn't it? He can well end up being nowhere near fit to be a Manchester United player, and presently that's a very real possibility too.
 
amolbhatia50k said:
Why is that the worst he can be btw? I see a lot of people saying this but doesn't mean anything doesn't it? He can well end up being nowhere near fit to be a Manchester United player, and presently that's a very real possibility too.
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Palace at home is the sort of game you want a squad player coming in. He isn’t good enough for these sort of games, so what’s the point?
 
He is way out of his depth. I think it would be good for him to join another club as almost every performance he has put in since he joined has been verging on diabolical.

Playing him on the left isn't going to change anything, either; he is just not good enough. People point to his better performances on the left for Wales, but the opposition is dross. Bulgaria and Finland are, arguably, not even Championship level.

He may have some uses for a low level Premier League club, but that is it. If he stays here too long, it will destroy his confidence as he will never be good enough, and he probably knows it. Albeit, the huge wage and getting to play for Manchester United is not a bad trade off, but I think those positives can only last so long if you are nowhere near good enough.
 
How many more attempts does Ole need to realise that James isn't a right winger?

Ole has clearly seen it failed numerous times but I am struggling to understand why he persists with it? I would rather play Lingard or Mata there and why did we give Mata a new contract if he cannot be trusted??
 
Useless player, people saying he should play on the left. He shouldn't play at all, hope we dont see him again in the league, he should be sold or used only in minor cup games. Nothing player.
 
We should try him at RB. Maybe he'll do better
 
Plays with his eyes closed. Never seems to see the incredibly obvious passes.
 
I love the guy as he always gives 110% and seems a very nice, soft-hearted lad of the pitch. However, he just screams not Manchester United quality. People give it the big talk of hard work being the minimum requirement, but no, being fantastic at football while working hard should be the minimum requirement to play for Manchester United.
 
As Neville said on commentary he's not much use unless we are in a counter attacking system.
 
My greatest frustration with Dan James is that he plays within himself. So often he gets the ball and just goes backwards. He has all that pace but very rarely does he try to go on the outside of the fullback and put a ball in. I would forgive him so much more if he actually pushed it down the touchline and bolted after it. Even if he ended up getting tackled every single time it would at least show some ambition. What's the point in having all that speed if you don't trust yourself to challenge a fullback in a sprint? What we're asking for is not that he suddenly become Messi, Antonio Valenica c.2010 would be more than good enough. Plays frit. Scared to make a mistake. A Man Utd player can be many things but scared isn't one of them. Increasingly difficult to see him making it here if he keeps playing safety first football.
 
Not his fault, he is what he is and is being exposed by playing when he at this time in his career should be coming off the bench.
 
RonaldoVII said:
Poor mans Theo Walcott
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Walcott actually tried to use his pace against defenders. James may as well be as slow as Maguire because he doesn't actually run at anyone.
 
James getting slated as usual but hardly his fault that Ole keeps playing him on the right when he is clearly a left winger, certainly would offer a lot more than Rashford on the left right now. For all of the criticism today, Greenwood played for the second half was levels below what James offered simply as a fact that he is not a wide player at all and its like playing with 10 men when Mason is out there unless he is shooting.
 
I'd play him on the left, but he would't still be great. He is just not good enough for us
 
Picking him against a team that we expected to sit back was weird. He was unsurprisingly absolute dross.
 
I don't understand the thinking behind playing him. He's clearly not PL quality at the moment, nevermind United quality. What did Ole think was going to happen?
 
He should be on loan somewhere trying to get to grips with the Prem. The fact he comes in on the left and the right when any of our wide forwards are unable to start is the exact reason we are desperate for a RW.
 
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Walcott actually tried to use his pace against defenders. James may as well be as slow as Maguire because he doesn't actually run at anyone.
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Walcott can dribble, and beat weak defenders. James is just knock and run merchant. Against organized defense, James is clueless in what to do, where as Walcott at least could be tidy.

James may has his limited usefulness during the season, however, the status he has now is just wrong.
 
If Ole has not realised, James should be a non starter as RW in the PL.....how many more poor performances from him to proof that?
 
MyDevil said:
If Ole has not realised, James should be a non starter as RW in the PL.....how many more poor performances from him to proof that?
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I am almost at a belief, as fecking dumb as it sounds, he was trying to prove a point.
 
ReallyUSA said:
I'm losing hope. Maybe a RB he can become?
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He can't defend when opposition is running at him. Pressing, running at opposition is very different. Not very good at tackling. Keeping up with opposition speed in straight line, doesn't mean he is good at man marking. Someone like Valencia, could man mark, and nullify opposition attacking wide player for good. Even then Valencia transition to RB was not straight forward and even full of growth pain in other words.
 
He just doesn't look like he has the confidence to affect a game.his first instinct when he gets the ball is to play the ball inside or even backwards, take the fullback on for fecksake, did he even get to the byline yesterday? Maybe once?

He had a chance in the first half to square the ball to Rashford which would have given Rashford basically an open goal instead he tries a sidefoot shot through 3Palace players.

Just not good enough.
 
ReallyUSA said:
I am almost at a belief, as fecking dumb as it sounds, he was trying to prove a point.
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Said the yesterday myself. I'm at a complete loss with this James situation now, he's technically not got it at this level and we can all see it.

Neville and the rest of the media can see it, they've all commented on the drop off of quality, which in truth is a nice way of saying someone is shite and not up to it.

Surely we've got youth players with more technical ability than him.

I'd even be tempted to tuck VDB in a little from the right and start him ahead of James if Greenwood was unfit.

Or even Lingard, he must wonder how he's gone from the 2018 world cup team to behind Daniel James.
 
His biggest crime seems to be offering more than more established players like Lingard and Mata and gettting selected on merit.

I remember how selling Fellaini would magically solve all our problems on here too according to many
 
Gandalf said:
James getting slated as usual but hardly his fault that Ole keeps playing him on the right when he is clearly a left winger, certainly would offer a lot more than Rashford on the left right now. For all of the criticism today, Greenwood played for the second half was levels below what James offered simply as a fact that he is not a wide player at all and its like playing with 10 men when Mason is out there unless he is shooting.
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Posts like these are beyond ridiculous, did you play much as a kid? Being on the right side if you’re really best fitted on the left isn’t like a carpenter working as a lawyer one day, come on. If he’s not able to do much on the right, it might just be that he’s shit? So many excuses every week, no wonder why we’re not amongt the best.
 
Daniel James would not get minutes at any other top 4 side
 
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