I voted no. I just don't see anything special. He's a decent footballer and that's about it.
Is Mainoo the real deal?
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There is a lot to admire with this player.
Very good players seem to have that ability to make things look easy, he looks so composed when he has the ball and almost always finds the time to make the right pass.
We have had many midfielders recently that have never shown this ability.
I know he is young, but if we pair him with a technically decent combative midfielder then we may have finally solved our midfield issues.
Very good players seem to have that ability to make things look easy, he looks so composed when he has the ball and almost always finds the time to make the right pass.
We have had many midfielders recently that have never shown this ability.
I know he is young, but if we pair him with a technically decent combative midfielder then we may have finally solved our midfield issues.
I don't think football is the sport for you, if thats your view.
He isn't the real deal yet obviously. But he has the potential to become a top player.
Januzaj would be our best winger if he was still in the team.
The only aspect of his game that I think needs developing is his physicality. He still looks a bit like a boy in a man’s game. His positioning, composure, passing and football IQ all appear to be heading towards elite level. Sometimes when tracking back he does look like he’s running in treacle so I think he would perform best with a beast next to him like Onana (Everton) But Scholes wasn’t exactly the quickest CM and he turned out ok with players around him that had pace and power!
What are you basing that on? Do you believe he bought Mount for that amount of money without viewing him as a starter? I see nothing to suggest he was envisaging a Mainoo midfield.
Mount, when fit, also has this in his locker.
Considering Mount can play Bruno's position and on the lw. Also considering he started Mainoo and Casemiro in midfield in pre season every game before his injury...
Reportedly only reason we went for Amrabat is because of Mainoo injury in the summer
That Garnacho pass was something else
Said it before. Barca would have him as a starter.
Also it depends on the game. A midfield 3 of Case-Mainoo-Bruno against teams like Liverpool/Arsenal/City. Mount would come in against teams lower in league position, he'd get plenty of game time.
He really wouldn't. Januzaj was absolutely wank outside of his first 2 months
Looked very tidy. But being a top player player isn't about footballing ability, it's about mentality.
He's young, he'll drop some stinkers, he'll be marked out the game or bullied by thugs for a few matches on the bounce. It's how he reacts to those poor performances and develops his game. You can't predict that.
He's young, he'll drop some stinkers, he'll be marked out the game or bullied by thugs for a few matches on the bounce. It's how he reacts to those poor performances and develops his game. You can't predict that.
The thing with players like Macheda is that we get carried away with goals and don't necessarily consider their actual all round game. What I like about Mainoo so far is that he does the basics very well, to a standard that frankly is embarrassing some of our much more established and experienced players.
Basically, if you didn't know any better and you had to pick out who was the 18 year old making his first few starts, Mainoo would be far from your first pick
Kid just started and played at Anfield for the first time at 18 yrs of age in what like his third ever start???? ffs....the kid handled himself brilliantly
I voted yes but it’s very early to really tell, you can definitely see the potential there to be a great PL midfielder but he has so much dross around him you just pray it doesn’t hinder him.
The question posed by the poll is redundant, the answer is "yes".
The real question is "how will we ruin him?"
A) Hand him an 8YR deal worth £500K per week to ward off interest from City, ensuring he immediately downs tools and starts phoning it in.
B) Announce him as "the next Zidane" and stick him front and centre of every single PR and media campaign we do for the next decade, thus blowing up his ego to bursting point.
C) Consistently change his position.
Attempt to reinvent him as an AMC, as a ball playing CB, as an AMRC, then finally as a GK - all of which ends with him being terrible at everything.
D) Ban him from the squad and discard him for disciplinary reasons. Then change our minds and plan to reintegrate him. Then change our minds again and decide he's definitely banished. Or is he?
The real question is "how will we ruin him?"
A) Hand him an 8YR deal worth £500K per week to ward off interest from City, ensuring he immediately downs tools and starts phoning it in.
B) Announce him as "the next Zidane" and stick him front and centre of every single PR and media campaign we do for the next decade, thus blowing up his ego to bursting point.
C) Consistently change his position.
Attempt to reinvent him as an AMC, as a ball playing CB, as an AMRC, then finally as a GK - all of which ends with him being terrible at everything.
D) Ban him from the squad and discard him for disciplinary reasons. Then change our minds and plan to reintegrate him. Then change our minds again and decide he's definitely banished. Or is he?
Good prospect and exciting.
But I remember the new player bounce of the likes of Darron Gibson and Tom Cleverley so he needs time to show his consistency and also develop. But its us so he will be expected to carry midfield from
Now on in
But I remember the new player bounce of the likes of Darron Gibson and Tom Cleverley so he needs time to show his consistency and also develop. But its us so he will be expected to carry midfield from
Now on in
I can't believe anyone would even think otherwise.
To me there is still a long way to go but you can see in moments the quality he has. Unlike any of our midfielders he could take the ball under preasure, move away and find a pass. He just looks calm on the ball like he has all the time in the world. So here hoping he doesn’t get broken like many players before him at United and actually comes through and ends up in a great United team.
Too early to say yay or nay but he looks like he could very well be a top player. Excited to see him progress.
It’s not that mad when we have so many injuries in that area
He does? Sure hope you are right!
very comfortable with the ball, always seems to have time which is usually a sign of a very good player. Early days yet, but he looks a very good prospect. Not the quickest but in his role if he positions himself well he can negate that to a large extent.
Make sure you have the correct opinion people!
His composure and decision making is better than some of the starting cms we've had in past years. I'm not sure what to make of that. Is he really good or are some of more senior players really bad?
Looks like he's got something special about him, I'm sure he's taking everything he can from his current situation and playing in a disfunctional team will provide him with some valuable experience, sadly to really progress he needs to playing with better players soon.
He's the kind of 18-year-old midfielder you'd see starting for Barcelona out of nowhere, with the pundits praising La Masia every time he got on the ball.
Hopefully, he'll handle himself and the expectations of others well, and he'll become "the real deal". It's mostly in his hands to fulfil his potential.
The bigger hope is that he's not a one-off and that our Academy will start producing more players like him.
Hopefully, he'll handle himself and the expectations of others well, and he'll become "the real deal". It's mostly in his hands to fulfil his potential.
The bigger hope is that he's not a one-off and that our Academy will start producing more players like him.
No offence but they’re miles apart. I don’t recall any buzz on those two and I never thought they were anything bar bang average who’d be lucky to play their career at a low level PL club
I‘ve watched quite a few of Mainoos games over last two years and the last time I felt this excited/confident was Giggs. Arguably Mainoos performances are a bigger achievement given the pace and physicality of PL midfields… and he hasn’t got the back up/team mates Giggs had.
Nah, he’s right, especially about Cleverley.
Absolute top prospect - really like the look of him so far.
A few have mentioned a potential lack of pace - anyone got any clear examples of this?
Haven’t overly noticed it myself as I think he carries the ball really well - or maybe it’s just the sight of a centre mid dribbling with the ball which is making me fuzzy
A few have mentioned a potential lack of pace - anyone got any clear examples of this?
Haven’t overly noticed it myself as I think he carries the ball really well - or maybe it’s just the sight of a centre mid dribbling with the ball which is making me fuzzy
Think so but Il vote after year two.
He reminds me of a young Kanté
Technically gifted and has the right mentality. If I was to find a weakness with him it would be that he's a pushover. But he's still a kid and I'm sure Carrington has a bench press so he should be fine.
It's been a few games, let's not get too carried away or put him under an unduly amount of pressure.
Top Player and the evidence is everything around him seems to slow down when he is in control of the ball. He is ahead in his football brain.
he's a better footballer than Kante. Kante was better defensively. But Kobbie has time on his side, he could develop that