Not an 18 year old defender
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) are here to discuss Amad saving our blushes in a win against Southampton as well as our now annual loss at home to Brighton. They discuss Amorim's post-match comments, revisit how mid-table we may or may not be, and discuss some transfer news.
Wow
Good learning curve for him, he will need to bulk up a bit as he continues to grow. And not let attackers bully him. The same way De Ligt just steam rolled the winger that was causing Yoro a nightmare. He was immense when he switched to that side.
I think Amorim messed up by not protecting that side. Yoro's support was Amad who is tiny and is attacking focused.
Let's see how he bounces back from that rinsing.
Let's see how he bounces back from that rinsing.
Why the 'wow'? It was an astutely observed point.
Exactly - and you'll find established superstars having a bad game against a seemingly inferior opponent (remember Malacia vs Salah in the 2-1 United win in ETH's first season.) Anybody can have a bad game. What will be telling in the case of Yoro is how he responds to it (seems obvious but not everyone seems willing to take the wider view of things here.)
This. Chalk down this match as a valuable lesson for him.
Man Utd 1:3 Brighton
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Poor performance today. Very difficult for an inexperienced defender in an underperforming team utilising a less familiar system. Hopefully this does not hamper his development.
GO HOME ROGER
Well not really, but you know.
Well not really, but you know.
Yea wasn't good but not too worried. I think long term he could be a very good defender for us.
I'm hoping that this will be one of those magical "omg, he was shite at the beginning" stories before it eventually turns into one of the "arguably one of our best defender ever" endings.
A bit alarmed that he’s considered one of the best young centre backs in the world.
I thought he’d have those raw attributes, pace, ability, aggressiveness. I’m sure this is how people were describing him at Lille.
I’ve seen him play twice this week and he showed none of these things.
I’m absolutely not expecting a competent player at this stage. Too young, garbage team and he’s playing alongside poor centre backs. But the way he’s been getting skinned is very concerning.
I thought he’d have those raw attributes, pace, ability, aggressiveness. I’m sure this is how people were describing him at Lille.
I’ve seen him play twice this week and he showed none of these things.
I’m absolutely not expecting a competent player at this stage. Too young, garbage team and he’s playing alongside poor centre backs. But the way he’s been getting skinned is very concerning.
Should have kept Kambwala.
Get him out the team. I'm sure there's a top player to come but it'll do his development no good playing in such a disjointed team, especially when you have Evans and Martinez as options.
I honestly think that Mudryk coming into a Chelsea side who were all over the place destroyed his confidence. Obviously Mudryk could just be shite but a young player coming into a badly performing side is a recipe for bad things.
I honestly think that Mudryk coming into a Chelsea side who were all over the place destroyed his confidence. Obviously Mudryk could just be shite but a young player coming into a badly performing side is a recipe for bad things.
Don't disagree yeah. Can't be good for his confidence and I'm not sure he's learning much valuable at the moment
Sadly for him every single player who comes here looks terrible and will get hung out to dry by us.
this is a belter. if you know you know, now I can't unsee it
Agree. Mazraoui was also good at RCB so I thought it was odd Amorim didn't just keep him there and introduce Yoro slowly. Instead we just threw him into it and keep him there. It is to his detriment, no doubt, but we don't have the same room for manoeuvre now that we've run Maz into the ground.
Really not sure dropping £50m on a raw centreback (albeit one with potential) was the best use of our limited funds in hindsight.
I mean, he's 19. He shouldn't be starting regularly yet - that's young for any position nevermind centre back
Agree with @duffer get him out the team for now.
He was terrible. But he is young
Didnt think he was any worse than De Ligt, and considering he's a 19 year old player with 5 starts for us, I'd rather see it from him than de Ligt.
Was he any worse than other defenders?
It seems some posters are writing generic posts now.
It seems some posters are writing generic posts now.
I think they are all getting a bit hung out to dry at the moment, Yoro was no worse than anyone else. Whole setup seems to be highlighting more deficiencies than it gives positives in both defence and attack.
Is it safe to stop panicking about him being stolen away by Real Madrid for now?
Yoro got pulled out of position but that's a fault that a bit of coaching can correct quickly. He's still a brilliant young CB.
He is obviously a bigger talent than Kwambala for feck's sake.
Rough start from him but he's 19 and the system exposes him a little bit.