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2017-18 Performances

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5.3 Season Average Rating
Appearances
22
Goals
2
Assists
7
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Starting to lose a bit of faith. He has all the ability but is terribly inconsistent a la Nani.
 
It's a tough game to really judge him but this kind of performance is very typical of Mkhitaryan.
 
He looks so much better centrally. Everything good he's done today has been in central positions. Looks a bit lost out wide
 
Giant Midget said:
Starting to lose a bit of faith. He has all the ability but is terribly inconsistent a la Nani.
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Nani was mostly good in big games and scored awful lot of important goals and assists. He is the opposite.
 
Not sure how to even rate him. Sometimes he is very frustrating but all of a sudden he creates goal scoring chance.

His nutmegs are awesome though.
 
He was up against it tonight in fairness. We haven't played through the middle so it's lead to him often being isolated. He will be much more influential in the league against any other midfield that isn't the world's best.
 
He is simply not good enough to be a starter for a team that aspires to win big games and trophies. It's pretty simple, he is lost on the pitch most of the time.
 
Amar__ said:
He is simply not good enough to be a starter for a team that aspires to win big games and trophies. It's pretty simple, he is lost on the pitch most of the time.
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And yet he created Rashford's chance. He was better in the second half.
 
All the haters are here? Now, go to Lukaku and Rashford threads. Could have been 3:2 win.
 
Once he moves into the centre he makes sense.
 
DanNistelrooy said:
He looks so much better centrally. Everything good he's done today has been in central positions. Looks a bit lost out wide
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He is not a winger. Our game is too static for it to work if he plays as a winger. In our setup it just doesnt work if he is on the wing, he needs to play centrally or not at all
 
He's just so erratic. So weak on 50-50s.

Personally don't like him as a player, and think he'll be off next season.
 
Plays well for a bit and then disappears. He has done this throughout last season as well. I can understand if it's a one off otherwise he can be an impact sub at best. Let's see how he does.
 
For 70 mins, he played the same match he did the first time we came across City last season. Which was very poor.

Then he moved into the axis, and was much better.

Does not excuse the lack of consistency though.
 
I honestly just don't like him. Maybe he's just frustrating, but I just get annoyed at him
 
Not a big game player. It's very obvious from the last season I don't remember him playing any good against any top class team.

In these games he should be subbed for Mata.
 
Giant Midget said:
Starting to lose a bit of faith. He has all the ability but is terribly inconsistent a la Nani.
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Have to take offence at that. Nani could be spectacular, a player whose inconsistency is terribly exaggerated. A scorer of important goals, his numbers stand up against most PL wingers. We really missed out in not showing more faith in him at times and by not allowing him to make the right side his own because imo it was the sporadic starts and being used on the left which impacted his game.
 
sammsky1 said:
rubbish. Wouldnt care if we sold him.
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Should never have bought him in the first place. Wrong age. Dortmund's style of play is so different to ours.

Mkhitaryan going missing should be no surprise by now.
 
kundalini said:
Should never have bought him in the first place. Wrong age. Dortmund's style of play is so different to ours.

Mkhitaryan going missing should be no surprise by now.
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yeah, I also felt that way at the time.

I think he will also flop this year, but luckily, Mata and Lingard will compensate, and he'll be sold next summer for not very much.
 
Mixed bag. One brilliant moment when he played in Rash but seems to be lacking mentality wise.

Not really the best day for him to thrive in fairness, in a negative approach against a dominant, quality side. He's a creative player and we didn't feed him the ball.
 
marjen said:
Mixed bag. One brilliant moment when he played in Rash but seems to be lacking mentality wise.

Not really the best day for him to thrive in fairness, in a negative approach against a dominant, quality side. He's a creative player and we didn't feed him the ball.
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As the creative player who should be the one who creates the chances not the opposite.
 
el3mel said:
As the creative player who should be the one who creates the chances not the opposite.
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A number 10 can never play well if you're getting absolutely schooled in possession. He played the best pass of the night when he finally got the ball in a decent attacking position.
 
haven't really seen anything from him to get excited about since we signed him in all honesty. Not going to judge him against Madrid, but he is just another who seems a bit average imo.
 
Still ill said:
What's the opposite? He can't create if he doesn't have access to the ball.
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Really ? the problem with Mikhi isn't him having no access to the ball. The problem is he fecked every chance he got the ball in his leg when the other team is pressing. This problem is clear from the last season.
 
Play him central or not at all. We are a flexible side that can play with or without a #10, when we play it, he'd excellent, out wide and he struggles.
 
marjen said:
A number 10 can never play well if you're getting absolutely schooled in possession. He played the best pass of the night when he finally got the ball in a decent attacking position.
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The number 10 player is the one supposed to carry the team forward, take the ball and create the chance, not to lose possession all the time and then complains he didn't get enough balls.

That's a really new excuse for me to hear.
 
el3mel said:
The number 10 player is the one supposed to carry the team forward, take the ball and create the chance, not to lose possession all the time and then complains he didn't get enough balls.

That's a really new excuse for me to hear.
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You're being pedantic. He did create the chance that should've leveled the match. Aside from that he didn't have a great night - and he didn't have best of working conditions. You can't expect him to fetch the ball from our CB's, dribble their entire team and score by himself.
 
marjen said:
You're being pedantic. He did create the chance that should've leveled the match. Aside from that he didn't have a great night - and he didn't have best of working conditions. You can't expect him to fetch the ball from our CB's, dribble their entire team and score by himself.
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Created one chance only isn't enough really. You just said he didn't have a great night so what are you complaining on ?

I didn't the say he should beat 10 players to score but he should be the one who drive the team forward if we're counter attacking. He failed to do his job and was erratic in all his balls. Simple as that.
 
Arguing about his best position... I think that totally misses the point.

There have been loads of debates like this for years on the Caf. Any time some player plays well in the middle, that must be his best position. At least until he plays badly there only to later perform a bit better out wide. Then the consensus switches. And on it goes ad infinitum.

Mkhitaryan's problems lie deeper. He's very talented, don't get me wrong. He's a got a brilliant eye for a pass, great pace and a very good touch. But there are certain things that let him down, like his poor positional play, his lack of physicality and his passing accuracy (which is good but not always good enough). There'll be certain games where he's up against a fullback who can deal with him and he's terrible. The next game, his opposing fullback might lack pace and Mkhitaryan looks brilliant. Then he'll play in the middle against a team with a good DM and seem crap. The next game, the opposition have massive gaps between the lines and Mkhitaryan uses his talents to exploit them. All the while, I don't think I've ever seen him alter his game.

It's not inconsistency that's his issue, imo. It's the fact his weaknesses and strengths are so marked. I'd love to be proven wrong on this, but I simply don't believe his all round game is good enough for a team aspiring to be at the top level.
 
Play him at 10 or sell him. Same goes for Mata.

Both superb players in the hole but average on the flanks because they are up against this new breed of wing back who are usually faster, stronger and/or bigger than them.
 
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