Because at the end of the day, they're still humans and not machines.
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 41
- Goals
- 11
- Assists
- 5
- Yellow cards
- 4
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Because at the end of the day, they're still humans and not machines.
He was under a lot of pressure at the start of the game. All eyes on him, everyone eager for him to impress. He didn't go hiding, linked up really well with the forward players despite having feck all game time with them and was a constant threat. MOTM for me in the circumstances.
Yeah because rich successful sports people don't ever have confidence issues or mental meltdowns.
So you've seen feck all of him, we've seen feck all of him, the only person who hasn't seen feck all of him is our manager. Perhaps, just maybe, we need to trust the man who has the inside track here instead of assuming our evidence of 'a half of football' is sufficient to determine whether or not he was in a position to play at the level required up until now.
I don't think it was overly surprising given the circs. A fair few media outlets has him as MOTM including the clubs official website.
Hmm so it was a sympathy MOTM vote for his brave performance in the face of the adversity he's been facing lately. He was lively but MOTM? Pogba was involved in almost every attack United launched, he has a better case. So does Rooney who was also lively but also got a goal and an assist, and Mata. Mkhitaryan did well, but he didn't even test the keeper. He had a blocked shot, a side net shot, a great run into space resulting in a freekick which should've seen the offender red carded and a few other lively moments of linkup play. A solid 7/10 performance but the other players I mentioned did more overall. Even Lingard forced two good saves and scored a goal in his cameo. Im excited for Mkhitaryan though and I hope he gets minutes on Sunday
He made the overall attack faster, a bit more fluid. He had a good chance to score off of Pogba's cross and could have an assist with his pass to Ibra.
Miki was involved in pretty much everything as well. 3 key passes, some of the best individual moments of the match and some of the best team moments too. There were indeed other good candidates for motm, but he's there too.
MOTM for me.
Mata at 10 and him on the right, and we probably would've got top 4 this season. Blown it now though.
We're not even halfway through the season. A long way to go.
It will also get tricky for the top 4 as they'll get increasingly stretched by European campaigns.
The important thing about Mkhi is that we already know ALL of our cards - Ibra, Rooney, Lingard, Pogba, Mata, Herrera.. we know the best of these players and the worst of them. We're trying to get right how to play them together, and hoping that their forms will stabilize or hit a high in the coming months but by and far we already know what we could possibly have.
Mkhi is the wild card. We really don't know how he will perform and how he will affect the possibilities. We are guessing from his form and play at Dortmund but otherwise, he's still a virtual unknown at MUFC. And to me that's the most exciting part right now, especially after that performance with Feyenoord.
Chill out my man its too early to give up. Spurs were 6th this time last season before going on an amazing run about the same time United crashed in December. We all know Spurs ended up being title contenders
You cray cray.
Teams dropped 8 points in the last 4 games in previous title runs. There's over half a season left and things can change drastically. Just a good run of 5 wins could see the table change drastically with the way things are at the moment.
On the subject, Miki in form would be one of our best players and one of the best creative players in the league.
On the subject, Miki in form would be one of our best players and one of the best creative players in the league.
I'm surprised anyone thinks Mata or Pogba played better than Mkhitaryan. Both played well but Mkhitaryan run the show 2nd half. Rooney was also superb.
Haven't voted, but he would be my choice, despite a horrid patch from mins 20-45. To my eyes he was the player with the most initiative, and highest speed of both action and thought. His passes and movement put speed in our play, and apart from those minutes, he pulled of alot of things that challenged Feyenoords defensive game and to my mind was instrumental in why they gave more and more space away and became increasingly disjointed at he back. He created several chances. The goals came from Zlatan's and Rooney's involvements, but I think that's a bit incidental, looking at the last weeks. I think had Mikhi drawn a red card and gotten a deflected goal, more people would have MOTM-ed him without it necessarily having to do with a higher quality of performance.
A very good performance, on a day when many where good and none were brilliant.
Although his finishing seems to desert him at times, its fair to say this is how hes been playing since his final season at Shakhtar, four years ago. Hes a nightmare for the opposition.
In my opinion his slow starts at Dortmund and United are due to the coach not understanding the calibre of player at their disposal, or unwilling (at first) to make him the creative general of the team.
Lucescu moved him from a holding midfield role to the central creative role in a 4-2-3-1 and it was a revelation.
I said in an earlier post that Jose should build this team around Mkhi instead of trying to slot him into an unsuitable position. I'm sure Jose knows this too. He might be a prick but hes certainly not stupid. That's why I believe there's been a falling out early on and hes told the media whatever he can to temporarily stall Mkhi's career as a punishment.
The only people that believe the coach's version of why he's been excluded are those that haven't actually seen him play, week to week.
In my opinion his slow starts at Dortmund and United are due to the coach not understanding the calibre of player at their disposal, or unwilling (at first) to make him the creative general of the team.
Lucescu moved him from a holding midfield role to the central creative role in a 4-2-3-1 and it was a revelation.
I said in an earlier post that Jose should build this team around Mkhi instead of trying to slot him into an unsuitable position. I'm sure Jose knows this too. He might be a prick but hes certainly not stupid. That's why I believe there's been a falling out early on and hes told the media whatever he can to temporarily stall Mkhi's career as a punishment.
The only people that believe the coach's version of why he's been excluded are those that haven't actually seen him play, week to week.
Well Seria A is just a little better than fecking Czech league, so yeah he can tear it up there, premier league is just completely different animal, only bundesliga and la liga can match them in some aspects like intensity, technical ability, tactics but overall EPL is by far the toughest league to play in, so no wonder so many players fail there..
Well, end of first half vs end of match would describe the change of opinion. He was awful for the last 15 minutes of the first half when I switched on, but looked tidy enough in the second.
That pass around the corner to Rooney, then the little 1-2 with him is EXACTLY what we've missed for a long time. If you can interchange the ball and move forward that quickly it's impossible to stop.
He broke down their defense multiple times, I can't wait for tomorrow's game I hope he starts.
That can be a great alternative to open up teams who part the bus. We saw a very fluid attacking formation and that surely is the way forward
I think the issue was that Mkhitaryan wasn't giving 100% in his earlier appearances. The spell on the sidelines was a gentle reminder that his place is far from guaranteed. As long as he remembers that lesson, he'll be fine for us.
Actually, Liverpool and Chelsea are not in Europe and Arsenal is pretty much a guarantee for top 4. I reckon United will overtake Spurs but City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal will be hard.
Delighted he looks to be on the right track. Hopefully should be like a new signing that we bought in November.
You give up so easily?
My friend, in life you must always fight. Only if you fight to the end will you get anywhere.
As much as I rate Mkhi, there's no way we'll build the team around him. You've got to be a Messi, Neymar, Ronaldo etc sort of quality to have such a big club build the entire team around you. He'll be one of the parts of the machine and will have to deliver in that role as there will be plenty of competition.
We don't really need a team built around any 1 person, we just need a good team and good players everywhere.
We were built around Rooney for years and looked awful without him at times, we can't rely on that 1 person again.
We were built around Rooney for years and looked awful without him at times, we can't rely on that 1 person again.
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Plus the fact that we're barely 12 games in to the season with everything worth winning still up for grabs, including the league title. It only takes a few wins on the trot and United will be right back in it again.
Miki will be like a new signing if he manages to turn it on. His link up play was like a breathe of fresh air the other night, just what we have been missing all season long. He also strikes me as a player with the ability to just make things happen in and around the box.
I hope he gets a start and that he can build on his good performance from thursday.
Got mentioned by Jose in comments about Martial. That's a good sign.
Much better in the second half and looked to be getting to grips with what it takes to be a United player. He and Martial both have that ability to create danger any time they have the ball in the attacking third.
Well.. He is a new signing
Hopefully he starts today. Martial and Rashford should not be starting ahead of him today.
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