Jayde Riviere

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Young and very talented defender arriving from Canada. She got injured during the Olympics and is just getting back to full fitness, a signing for the future who hopefully can strengthen the squad now.



 
I only hope that United can keep her around for the long run and allow her to realise her full potential. Other elite Canadian talents spent a lot of time or are still with their one European club (Ashley Lawrence, Jessie Fleming, Kadeisha Buchanan).
 
Skinner:

"Jayde Riviere should be training for the week. She was training with the team [in] the last part of the week and looked excellent so hopefully she will be in contention for the weekend."

"I first got a glimpse of her when England played Canada in the Arnold Clark Cup last year and she played against Lauren Hemp and didn't really give her much change," said Skinner.

"She was really aggressive with the ball and it was that personality that really attracted me."

"When you see people move and it's effortless, for me and the nature of the team, that's how I want to build [my squad].When it's effortless, you can rotate quicker and get into positions quicker. I've seen that this week when she's come back into training.

"She's fearless with the ball, moves effortlessly, wants to progress, wants to defend one v one with aggressive actions. She's good with the ball and without the ball. So she'll be really exciting, really the type of player that Manchester United want. I think you're going to see a lot of good things with Jayde."
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Really happy to have someone pushing the current full-backs even further.
 
Ruled out of today’s Olympics opener due to an ankle injury sustained in the preparation match against Nigeria.
 
top1whoisman said:
Ruled out of today’s Olympics opener due to an ankle injury sustained in the preparation match against Nigeria.
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What a shame - she has had such back luck with injuries.

Hopefully this time it's something minor and she's just out as a precaution and we'll see her back in action soon.
 
She's missed the two following fixtures as well. :(

On a positive note, she's received some excellent video coaching on Mayra Ramírez, Sandy Baltimore, Kenza Dali, Jorelyn Carabalí, CJ Bott etc.
 
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Same fate as Miyazawa, although Riviere wasn’t able to participate in the competition at all. Well, apart from a fan perspective.
 
Yes, please. She has some room for improvement at both ends of the pitch but you can see the potential.

 
JR:
“I feel the honour of being a Manchester United player every time I step on the pitch, so I’m thrilled that this journey is going to continue.

“Winning the FA Cup last season gave us all a taste of success and I’ll continue to give everything I have to achieve more moments like that for our fans.”
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Matt Johnson, interim head of women’s football:
“Jayde is a talented young player who is ambitious and determined with the potential to be world class.

“She has already achieved a lot at a relatively young age, but we know there is more to come, and we are delighted that she will continue her development at Manchester United.”
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This is somewhat off-topic, but speaking of Canada.... I'm curious to hear people's thoughts about Casey Stoney being named manager of the Canadian national team. I assume this is of interest to at least some fans of MU women, no?

I thought about starting a thread about this, but evidently my "newbie" status doesn't allow me to do so. If someone else thinks the question is worth a thread of its own, please start one.
 
Brilliant news. I think it was AmarilloMike who said Riviere made him forget we had lost Ona Battle. I'm with him on that.
 
Lobster11 said:
This is somewhat off-topic, but speaking of Canada.... I'm curious to hear people's thoughts about Casey Stoney being named manager of the Canadian national team. I assume this is of interest to at least some fans of MU women, no?

I thought about starting a thread about this, but evidently my "newbie" status doesn't allow me to do so. If someone else thinks the question is worth a thread of its own, please start one.
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It's an interesting point, @Lobster11. Let jojojo decide if its worth its own thread, but possibly not.

It's a great move for Stoney and I am pleased for her. Didn't Canada have an English female manager before?

Hayes v Stoney v Wiegman v Tomé ... interesting.
 
Demon Barber said:
Brilliant news. I think it was AmarilloMike who said Riviere made him forget we had lost Ona Battle. I'm with him on that.
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I did indeed, though with the qualifier of "almost"... Ona is generational, akin to Gerard Pique for the men way back when (brilliant but always heading back to Barca eventually), except Ona did the brilliance with us whereas Gerard couldn't get in with Rio and Vidic ahead of him.

Jayde quietly grew into her role and whilst she is not the assist merchant that Ona was, she has electric pace in both directions, a mean tackle and a more than decent cross on her. If there is a problem at right back it's who fills in when Jayde's out (particularly with Blundell on maternity leave).

Very refreshing indeed to see one of our most consistent performers signed on to a long term deal. A three year extension on someone aged 23 means we have Jayde here for potentially her prime years which is excellent news indeed. Phallon next for the long term deal please!
 
Demon Barber said:
It's an interesting point, @Lobster11. Let jojojo decide if its worth its own thread, but possibly not.

It's a great move for Stoney and I am pleased for her. Didn't Canada have an English female manager before?

Hayes v Stoney v Wiegman v Tomé ... interesting.
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@jojojo , I'm up for a Stoney debate! Maybe it is relevant, given there were some shouts for her to return now we've fixed the training ground (kinda, maybe, sorta)
 
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