Nice to have someone who can win duels against opponents and collect second balls.
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 19
- Goals
- 0
- Assists
- 1
- Yellow cards
- 3
I don’t agree.
We can't wrap him in cotton wool! He should be fit and ready to play. It's the perfect opportunity to bed him into the team. 60 mins on Tuesday, and he'll be ready to start vs Palace
He needs match sharpness and to get used to the system, Barnsley is the perfect game. Could easily get injured against Palace.
Or you could look at it like a week to train with team, recover him the illness he had in week. Fit and firing to go in the prem. if we was playing better opposition a might feel difference but we don’t need to stretch our squad for Barnsley.
We don't need him to beat them but as I say it's a perfect game to get him up to speed before hopefully starting a tricky premier league game away to Palace. He's got a great fitness/injury record, so just needs to get the minutes into him now
He’s joined United though, good injury records mean nothing
Solid cameo. Will surely get more minutes vs Barnsley (or even start).
Loved how he was giving directions on the pitch already.
Won some tackles and every pass was successful
True. But I think we need Ugarte to get some more minutes under his belt against Barnsley. Play him for like 60mins or somethingHe’s joined United though, good injury records mean nothing
Ugarte needs minutes
Expert pointer.
Yes, he's played a grand total of 20ish minutes for us so far, should be getting a rest now.
Better than Anderson and Lukaku?Expert pointer.
The system
He’s going to get ALOT though, that’s my thinking. He will be so needed in prem and Europa which imo are the priority this year.
I’m referring to the national team minutes and the fact we have so many games coming up. Barnsley isn’t a priority
Barnsley isn't, but getting Ugarte up to speed should be a priority. It's a perfect match to let him start and play for an hour or so.
Fair
Solid and not the sort who hides or shirk from responsibility during the build up.
I reckon the two are linked. He kept cajoling them to move up... so he had more freedom to press further up
System or non system, he still needs to get used to it.The system
Nice lil cameo.
More to come for sure, EtH will surely have him start games sooner rather than later.
More to come for sure, EtH will surely have him start games sooner rather than later.
He had 2 or 3 really nice cushioned lay offs from dropping balls that just quickly and tidily moved the ball on. Good cameo to build on.
Excited to see more of him, should start right away
Martinez called him ‘el pulpo’. Is that an existing nickname? Kinda fitting
I thought it was a very good game for him to come on and get his first minutes. He looked very solid in possession, won the ball back several times and even managed to flatten Lallana who run into him.
The PL universe couldn't handle him and Lisandro on the same turf together, would have been too much aggression, thus Licha had to go off
Good cameo. Won the ball back a couple of times and did alright with his passing. Looking forward to seeing more of him.
Pray for Rodri
I could be wrong but I think he won every 50/50 he went into. He’s a beast. Telling you guys he’s going to become one of our best players. He’s going to be a fan favourite.
I hope he shaves his head to look ultra mean like when Keane did it. Proper snarly
Once he gets "minutes" and is integrated into the team, I'd be curious to see how he partners with Casemiro. Casa legs have gone so him as holding is just not what we want in the Premier League. But casa driving forward into the box, passing (when in the oppositions half), extra steel when necessary and covered by Ugarte, it could be a great combo. As much talent Mainoo has, I'd like to see him drop to the bench a bit, we cannot rely on a youngster entirely, it's not fair on him, even if he is good enough. Hopefully Ugarte helps us rotate a bit more freely.
Looks a bit lightweight to me
My man!
Send him to Scotland on loan to bulk up?