Ok that's the James I know and don't like. 
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- Goals
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- Assists
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- Yellow cards
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Does Leeds not fancy a cheeky bid this summer?
The guy works very hard, clearly has great pace and has had great moments in 2021, but when gets hard hes the last person we need on the ball when going forward. Havent been convinced since his signing but with lack of options we are left with relying on him more to start than we should
The guy works very hard, clearly has great pace and has had great moments in 2021, but when gets hard hes the last person we need on the ball when going forward. Havent been convinced since his signing but with lack of options we are left with relying on him more to start than we should
Main contribution tonight was missing an open goal. He's a trier and a likeable kid but is that enough if we're going to win trophies? Tonight suggests not.
Blew his chance today. He better hurry up showing some goods on the pitch, especially with Amad slowly knocking on first 11's door.
What was his pass completed stats for this game like? I highly doubt he has even completed more than 6-7 passes. It's painful to watch him play. Didn't add anything and missed an open goal which would have been a great advantage to win the tie.
Shocking miss
Was starting to get my hopes up for him again, but that was brutal.
And that miss...
And that miss...
Hope Leeds still are interested in him for that Raphinha swap
He has done well lately with his enormous work capacity and press play. But when we need something extra, he’s not our man.
Average player living his dream. Even in those games he sort of hit form, it's absolutely minimum to expect from him, problem is he's simply not good enough player for us and I understand the gamble we took but he quite clearly should be shipped on in few years and replaced by better players, if he played for Brighton, he still wouldn't look better than Robbie Brady. Noone can have a squad full of superstars but we should be doing better with the next recruitment.
I don’t rate him unfortunately. We definitely need to invest in a RW this summer. Without question.
The miss can happen to anyone, but outside running a lot and tracking back he offers nothing. His only attacking quality is pace. Too average for a team like us.
Dan James completed 19 out of 30 passes according to WhoScored. 63% pass completion. 2 dribbles. Dispossessed once. 2 shots. 1 successful tackle.
Poor first half and awful miss in the 2nd half.
Purple patch of scoring is over I guess.
I'd back him 9 times out 10 to miss that chance to be fair.
Put one decent cross in but this wasn't the type of game that suits him, he lacks the guile when the defence is packed.
We’d of been better playing him upfront with Greenwood and knocking it in behind.
He starts too deep out on the left. He needs to get himself higher up the park.
He starts too deep out on the left. He needs to get himself higher up the park.
For the first thirty of so minutes, he barely got a pass right. It is time I stopped expecting regular decent games from a player, who like many other in this team, are only capable of stringing one of two performances together at best.
Least of our problems, if our best paid forwards were doing their job he wouldn't be starting games.
Bad miss perhaps, but I can't recall the last time I saw Martial even get in a position to miss.
I suspect his detractors are the same geniuses who thought that gettting rid of Fellaini would solve all our problems.
Bad miss perhaps, but I can't recall the last time I saw Martial even get in a position to miss.
I suspect his detractors are the same geniuses who thought that gettting rid of Fellaini would solve all our problems.
We've got our Lingard replacement.
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Its strange for a fast player to have such little confidence and ability to dribble at a defender and use that pace and instead be far more comfortable turning back towards his own goal and looking for a pass to a teammate. But thats where James is at the moment. He wants to pass to someone in a good position rather than drive into space and make things happen
He does a job to compliment the better players we expect the goals from. When he is one of the better players we have on the pitch we have problems.
It's actually a big problem when we need quality in tight games and we have James not getting us through due to his limitations. This has become the difference between united and rivals like Chelsea, Liverpool and City who have much better options. James wouldn't get a sniff in those sides. I doubt Rodgers or Arteta would even have time for him either. We can and should do better in my opinion.
He has a nice shot don't do that bud.
He offers nothing other than pace. I remember him blitzing past opponents in his highlights and initially when he joined the club, but these days he is struggling to do that. Somehow he played worse in LW than RW.
Should let him go if we get a decent offer. If we sign another striker/RW, and considering Amad, don't think we'd need him. Such a shame, he looked a proper player in those first few matches for us, cutting inside and curling shots.
Should let him go if we get a decent offer. If we sign another striker/RW, and considering Amad, don't think we'd need him. Such a shame, he looked a proper player in those first few matches for us, cutting inside and curling shots.
No left foot and kinda thrashed at the chance. If he had more composure he could have (maybe) even taken a touch
I was being half serious, i wasn't shocked when he missed.
Is it? With that logic Usain Bolt should be confident beating any PL defender out there. There's more to it than simply pace and that's what James lacks the most: Proper technique.
Exactly. He runs, and thinks, in straight lines. No subtlety or finesse in his play. That said he has shown signs that he has expanded his repertoire a little, and his positional sense seems good. Has all the hallmarks of the kind of player that coaches like (because he follows their orders and tries hard) but supporters despair of (because he's not very good).
Will always been a decent squad player at best who plays in the cup games and comes off the bench later in games for added pace.
There's players with worse technique than James who beat players more regularly with kick and run tactics
Apart from your bias there is little to confirm what any other club would think of him. As unfashionable as he is to some he's scored 3 league goals in 640 minutes vs Martial's 4 in 1488 (whoscored). Goals win games, reputations don't.
That he plays so many games in spite of being such a limited player speaks volumes about the real problem at United which is paying underperforming players huge wages.
If you want to talk about players that no other team would take then let's talk about Juan Mata. Available on a free and nobody wanted him, end result we gave him two more years he didn't deserve. If James was available on a free I suspect there would plenty of interest.
They don't play on that level though
Bang average. Gets far too much credit for putting on just about acceptable displays.
I don't think his acceleration is that special. Plus he's built like an insect.
He's honestly nowhere near good enough.
But he doesn’t really “do a job” for a club that’s second in the table and striving for more. His quality screams low table PL winger. Could run fast on the break all day for a team like Norwhich that’s trying to scrap a goal, but for a side like ours that looks to impose our will, he’s laughably out of place.
That's my point though, at best he should be there to do a job similar to the way Park used to. We were never relying on Park to be one of our big threats, he was doing the dirty work for Rooney and Ronaldo to thrive.
Thankfully, he got over his blip of scoring goals. We need more players that have no impact on the game.
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