Can't believe he didn't look up when he robbed Harper.
Danny Welbeck | 2011-14 Performances
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A couple of goals and his swagger will be back. Build up play has generally been superb. He is either snatching at, or rushing chances at the moment.
Yea its a bit blind saying that hes guaranteed to come good if given time. It happens more often than not that players dont live up to the hype.
Welbeck needs to show improvement just as everyone else, we cant just expect him to suddenly become excellent unless its as a result of gradual improvement. As it is right now he doesnt seem to have added much to his game since last season. Still the same problems with decision making and finishing.
Really needs to work on his composure and decision making front of goal. He's not creative enough a forward to be so wasteful.
Welbeck is guaranteed to come good, all the tools are there. Thought he did a great shift when he was put out on the left, it will all come together.
Thing about Danny is he is a scorer of some great goals, but not scrappy goals that a striker is meant to eat up. The ones were he doesn't have the time to get his foot around the ball, get the technique right.
Or maybe he's a Striker and he needs a goal?
Maybe he's young and still unpredictable.
some people... Give the fecking kid a chance. Moan about everyone crushing young players when they don't perform then get on a players back and dig the knife in.
some people... Give the fecking kid a chance. Moan about everyone crushing young players when they don't perform then get on a players back and dig the knife in.He was crouched and off balance.
Welbeck had a rather mixed game I thought. His movement off the ball and build up play was good as usual and he pressed newcastles defenders and keeper very well the whole game.
Yet his shoot was horrible today and to be honest despite all his good work never really looked like he was going to score. Seems to be lacking a bit of confidence in front of goal right now. Hopefully he can get a goal soon and build from there.
Yet his shoot was horrible today and to be honest despite all his good work never really looked like he was going to score. Seems to be lacking a bit of confidence in front of goal right now. Hopefully he can get a goal soon and build from there.
Awful yesterday. 3/10 at best. He must have some dodgy pictures of Fergie to keep getting picked, and they must be really bad to get 90 minutes when Hernandez is sat there bursting to get on
It's not his fault he's being used out of position all the time. I know SAF likes giving his youngsters chances but in that formation he really shouldn't be in the team if RVP and Rooney are on the pitch too.
As usual though, a youngster is totally overhyped on the Caf and as soon as they have a bad patch they're 'not good enough' and 'might not make it'.
As usual though, a youngster is totally overhyped on the Caf and as soon as they have a bad patch they're 'not good enough' and 'might not make it'.
I didn't think he was great yesterday, even discounting the fact he should have had a brace. The most concerning part is I think he has stagnated since his development at the start of last season. Time is clearly still on his side but players at his age with his raw abilities in addition to the game time he is getting and the players he is playing with... you'd expect steady progress.
Grow up.
Young players development is never steady. Its notoriously unsteady. Rough patches are inevitable.
That location is hilarious in how wrong it is.
So is yours though Nick...
... or something.
... or something.
The problem he will have is that he isn't going to be afforded unlimited time to reach his potential, given the wealth of attacking options we have; and rightfully so. As I said he still has bags of time but I'd start to worry if he has another 12 months of little development, not because this would mean he may never reach his potential, but because it will mean he will start getting less and less chances to do so.
Aside from his finishing, I thought he did a good job yesterday. Defended from the front with bags of energy and held the ball up well. Can't fault the lad's effort but of course he needs to work on his composure in front of goal.
Ahh, was so annoying when that shot from Evans' backheel didn't go in. That would've been a quality goal!
I feel Danny's biggest problem is in his head at the moment. He is one hell of a talent and someone needs to remind him that he is one of very few strikers who actually came through the academy and broke into the first team squad. If he can just play his natural game and not be a nervous wreck then the goals will come.
Is composure new word for "poor finishing"?
His all-round game was pretty good. The goals will come. He's got something special about him...
He needs some confidence in front of goal. He is a very technically gifted player, and we've seen him curl in beauties a lot of times. He needs to be more composed when the chances fall for him. Looks like being without a goal plays on his mind a bit.
Although Hernandez is the better finisher, Welbeck is still the better of the two when it comes to build-up play. Against Newcastle yesterday, Hernandez was not needed because we weren't going to apply much pressure against Newcastle away from home. Instead, it was going to be about quick counters, something Welbeck is good at (passing it past), whereas Hernandez isn't (needs time to control the ball then pass it, wasting valuable seconds).
If we were applying the pressure and had Newcastle camped into their own box, then fair enough, Hernandez would have been perfect in the sense that he could have grabbed a goal, but they weren't, so he would have been ineffective.
This, its rather simple really. He's getting himself in positions to score and thats the main thing.
Not too worried about him at this moment. Too early to say he has stagnated on the basis of 4-5 matches.
Get RVN back to work with him on finishing...
He's a lot of stick doesn't he from fans?
From another forum I post on and this is what some notoriously negative nonsense talker is saying about him.
I mean how do you respond to that?
From another forum I post on and this is what some notoriously negative nonsense talker is saying about him.
I mean how do you respond to that?
With chloroform.
He really needs to work on his finishing.
Composure more than anything I think, which I'm sure will come with age and maturity.
TBH I wish it could come sooner. He'd be such a weapon.
Don't we all? We just have to patient with him. Going through a bit of slump in form at the moment too, which isn't helping.
Yes his lack of composure in front of goal was frustrating yesterday, but overall he a had a good game and played a key part in the success of the system we used.
His relentless pressing high up the pitch was a big reason for our impressive start to the game. He continued with it throughout the match leaving the Newcastle back four with no time on the ball to play out from the back.
There is a good reason he played the ninety yesterday and will most likely again be in the starting eleven in two weeks time, even if players like Young or Nani are available. That is the fact that he has assets that suit the way we are trying to play which we don't have when he isn't on the field. The way he played yesterday made us a better team despite having plenty of room for improvement which will come.
His relentless pressing high up the pitch was a big reason for our impressive start to the game. He continued with it throughout the match leaving the Newcastle back four with no time on the ball to play out from the back.
There is a good reason he played the ninety yesterday and will most likely again be in the starting eleven in two weeks time, even if players like Young or Nani are available. That is the fact that he has assets that suit the way we are trying to play which we don't have when he isn't on the field. The way he played yesterday made us a better team despite having plenty of room for improvement which will come.
He seems to be always almost about to fall in the box when he has the ball or gets wayward.
He has had some quality finishes in the past so I do agree that it's more so a mental thing and that as he matures it will continue to improve.
His missing goals isn't about form though. His finishing is just plain erratic for a forward. VS Newcastle he did everything but score.
I know the goal was only against San Marino, however hopefully it acts as a confidence booster for him. Really needed a goal.
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