Thought he was brilliant against Madrid. His touch has been well off so far today, but you can see his intentions when he gets the ball and I like that.
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my god it's like reading comments about a completely different game about a different player. he hasn't done anything to get any of the over the top praise, some good moves but lost the ball too apart not being really in the game, worse of our all midfielders in fact. Just stop overhyping new players to the club, you look like total tool
Not that good this game, but when all 11 players have been uninspiring, that's on the manager.
Lots of energy but quite a few loose touches. He looks handy though, I'm sure he'll find his feet.
Yeah be intresting to see how he plays when combined with Pogba. Could be an intresting duo backed up by a DM.
Piss off . His positioning and the ground he has covered has been brilliant. Whenever he has the ball he looks forward and already has a pass in mind. I don't overhype for the sake of it. For a team that can't keep the feckin ball, he does a lot of donkey work and that's impressive. When we have better ball players and someone to run behind you will see his qualities
Looked poor and sloppy on the ball today. Can't blame him though, everyone's looked shit today in our weird attack vs defence gameplan.
I can see his potential but in the game he's simply average at best. if you're praising him for something which he isn't you are a simply clown
He was poor tonight. Our midfield just gave the ball away cheaply far too often. Couldn't deal with their press at all. Herrera and Pereira were just as bad if not worse.
Individual Highlights for those that missed it.
Didn't get to catch the game. He looks good from this touches video yet everyone is saying he was bad???
I actually thought he was tidy on the ball, his first full game for us iirc and not fully sharp yet, he'll be a big hit this season imo.
I think it was more of a case of our overall play being poor. Fred looked good enough considering how poor we were tactically/ other performances.
I think he will be a good signing.
He actually looked quite good from that video to be honest. Maybe people are so miserable that they let their emotions decide how he played?
That's happened for quite a while on here now, the matchday threads are grim viewing if we've not won convincingly.
Indeed.
I'm just interested to see how he links up with Pogba. Will be the key to us having a good season.
Quality control
It was only going to be a matter of time before we make him look ordinary. Just like numerous signings in the post fergie era.
My God. Season hasn't even started. How about giving him a chance before going out with that stuff? He played like 2 games.....
I agree, I think he'll improve us getting the ball forward and recycling possession faster like Carrick did. Retaining possession around our defence for long spells hindered our game last season and allowed the opposition to get back settled in their positions.
Surely this is a WUM?
It was his first start playing for us, he didn't look ordinary at all and not everyone hits the ground running for a new club, I liked what I saw from him.
What an awfully pathetic and embarrassing post.
I'm hoping it was a joke but you can never be sure on the Caf these days.
Will surely help bring more control to our midfield with his energy and dynamism, but i hope he plays more forward passes to service our attacking players in high pressure games than just revert to switching the play and sideways or diagonal passing. He has the capability to do it, but let's see if he has the will or tactical instructions from mourinho to do it.
Yep, you can see what he's wanting to do but he's clearly still not back up to full sharpness.
Promising signs though.
He really does seem like an Anderson regen, albeit touch-wood without the injury and weight problems.
This is such a good shout. People have been doing that on here for years now.
I see people are already lining him up as the next stick to beat Jose with 
We can only judge him when he plays with a full team, but I am expecting good things from him.
The one thing that surprised me was how poor he looked playing on the left of a 3 as opposed to the right !
these highlight videos usually show only good pieces of play anyway and tend to miss on some bad parts, Fred got dispossesed quite too many times, doesnt mean he will not be a good addition, in fact I think he will be brilliant for us when the full team comes back but he was nowhere near as good as people think here. New signing syndrome
It's pre season but the signs are already there. Fred excelled in Shakhtar because they are an offensive team. Their movement is much much better than ours. Playing in such a negative way will take away Fred's best qualities. Not just based on one game because I think he's played very well for his first two games but over time there will be a limit to how well he does if we don't change our style.
Only because Bayern pressed us into non existence. Both Pereira / Herrera had the same troubles, so you can't slate Fred for that.these highlight videos usually show only good pieces of play anyway and tend to miss on some bad parts, Fred got dispossesed quite too many times, doesnt mean he will not be a good addition, in fact I think he will be brilliant for us when the full team comes back but he was nowhere near as good as people think here. New signing syndrome
They all tried their best but we just sat too deep as a team.
Sky sports website gave him man of the match! He was ok, nothing more.
He was the only player who had a shot at goal, therefore had to be man of the match. That’s despite the shot nearly going out for a throw-in.
We were without our other two main central midfielders yesterday and more or less (bar Sanchez) all our important attacking/creative talent (Pogba, Lukaku, Lingard and Martial). Both our attacking play in general, and the individual performances of those who played (such as Fred) should really be looked at in that context.
FFS it was his 2nd pre-season start for us.
ridiculous isn’t itIt's no less than a poster claiming he was gonna be much better than Herrera after his first game. I mean why do people focus on preseason whether it's to praise or criticize
? Preseason means feck allIt honestly is but I shouldn't be surprised, abdo is the biggest drama queen on the caf by a mile.
Agreed. It's all about fitness and settling in for new players. Performances mean very little.It's no less than a poster claiming he was gonna be much better than Herrera after his first game. I mean why do people focus on preseason whether it's to praise or criticize
OK but don't you think our style of football will limit him in the long term? Fred needs to be on the ball for things to happen because from what I've seen so far he's always looking for the decisive pass.
I think Fred is an excellent addition and will be a great long term signing. I hope his energy in the midfield will be what we need to turn our team into an attacking side, willing to press up the fields. Wishful thinking. But he's a good start.
We have the players to press high up the pitch but we just choose not to. Fred will be excellent alongside Pogba I feel. If Pereira also joins them as the 3rd midfielder, we can look forward to some intricate passing and movement among the three.
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