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2016-17 Performances

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6.2 Season Average Rating
Appearances
41
Goals
11
Assists
5
Yellow cards
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Personally, I don't mind him trying some dribbles and losing the ball. And the same applies to Martial and Rashers. If the dribble works he's basically carved a good chance for the team.

He needs a bit of a better first touch though and to be more alert defensively. Martial has done brilliantly to help defend the left flank. Mkhi has switched off couple of times, on top of missing a golden chance.
 
What do you expect? He has been surrounded by like 3 players every time he has the ball with minimal support and supply from our midfielders?
 
M Bison said:
Its not been easy for him in fairness.
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His problem is that when he is good, he is very good. But when he is bad...he might just as well leave the pitch. And that is the kind of players that don't win you the league. He must improve when he has a bad day, or at least make sure those days are rear.

Now they happen too often
 
Anyone else notice this odd thing he does where he picks the ball up off the right runs inside and then turns around as if he wishes to pass to the right winger which is of course the position he has just vacated.
 
If he lets kolarov run off him one more time Mourino should take him off. thats a big weak spot for us and also lead to a goal in the reverse fixture. I hope mourino gets that message across to him.
 
Vito Corleone said:
What do you expect? He has been surrounded by like 3 players every time he has the ball with minimal support and supply from our midfielders?
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it's not even that... he is running around without the ball. If that is how the club sees his role, it's not too bad for his health at least. But it feels probably terrible for him, I am sure. MU is playing something very far from his game.
 
Was cynical when we signed him and apart from around a month in the middle of the season he hasn't dispelled that cynicism at all.

Players like him often end up at the likes of West Ham or Stoke. Moments of magic but not worth often playing with 10 men for the privilege.

Hope he pushes through his mental fragility and really contributes next season.
 
lysglimt said:
His problem is that when he is good, he is very good. But when he is bad...he might just as well leave the pitch. And that is the kind of players that don't win you the league. He must improve when he has a bad day, or at least make sure those days are rear.

Now they happen too often
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Our attackers are not getting the ball early and when they are getting it , they are surrounded by 3- 4 city players. He has lost ball couple of times but he is not getting space to operate. It is so clumsy in the middle.
 
In my opinion had a terrible half.
Seems to keep making the wrong decisions, rash clearances in defence and is too soft when trying to tackle/being tackled.
 
Find it difficult to criticise any of the front 3 in the first half. All isolated and forced to play 1 vs 2/3 at times. Work ethic is there from all three. All will come down to whether one of them can take the opportunity that they get.
 
DWelbz19 said:
Not really his games, these, it seems. Half tempted to get Lingard on soonish.
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Pretty sure I've heard that few times when we were playing teams that are defending against us too.
 
Amar__ said:
Pretty sure I've heard that few times when we were playing teams that are defending against us too.
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That was meant more at a playful joke on how poor his Manchester derby games have been -- not really a defence for his performance.
 
AndyJ1985 said:
He's wasted in a big game where we need him more than ever?
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He's wasted in a game where we aren't pushing forward enough to give our front men support. He's getting the ball surrounded by City players with no support. If we intend to stay this deep, it's better to get Lingard on, he has the pace.
 
He doesn't look a big game player .I think i read somewhere it was the same for him in Germany too
 
Emdad Ahmed said:
He is not being given the ball. That is not his fault.

But when he does get it in counterattacking phases, runs into 3 players and wastes an attack. That's his fault
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He is getting surrounded by 2-3 players and he does not have forward players to pass to except Rashford in attacking areas. The way we and City are set up today , this is very difficult to excel as an attacking midfielder. We are sitting back and only attacking with 1-2 players through the wings.
 
madRedDevil07 said:
He is getting surrounded by 2-3 players and he does not have forward players to pass to except Rashford in attacking areas. The way we and City are set up today , this is very difficult to excel as an attacking midfielder. We are sitting back and only attacking with 1-2 players through the wings.
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He isn't surrounded because there are City players in his immediate vicinity. But because he is playing slowly and making really poor decisions allowing those City players to come and nick the ball off him
 
His first touch annoys me for a supposed technician and his passing
 
For someone so apparently intelligent you'd think after the first time he'd given the ball away dribbling into players and losing the ball that he might learn his lesson.
 
don't understand the point of torturing him with such a game plan. He is not a destroyer, he is a creator. Or did Mou think he would still do a magic against all odds? It doesn't work like this, man.
 
I don't think any wingers could have excelled in today's type of game to be honest.
 
He didn't play well at all. But he is a positive player in nature, he always tried to get the ball going forward but with no options he just seemed to run until he lost possession.
 
sashiko said:
don't understand the point of torturing him with such a game plan. He is not a destroyer, he is a creator. Or did Mou think he would still do a magic against all odds? It doesn't work like this, man.
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Tbh, I have no idea what he's supposed to be based on what we've seen from him so far.
 
Said it in the match thread, this is not his type of game. He's a great counter attack player who need to get a lot of help from creative players.

This was not his type of match. Defenders had him figured out and he couldn't catch a break. He should have come on as a sub today. Young to start and then Mhiki.
 
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