Really like him. Hope he can sustain it - feel like we've had so many signings recently shine for a season here and there then fade dramatically
25
Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 22
- Goals
- 0
- Assists
- 1
- Yellow cards
- 5
I do think he was just trying to clear it. Pretty lucky
Utter dynamo. Ugarte's made of uncompromising steel. Hunts for the ball, wins it, keeps it ticking. He had a brief issue adapting to speed of the league but he is performing at optimum speed now.
I think if you get more quality like him into that central midfield.. basically players with his edge and drive then united will improve
Small dent in his performance and something he could improve on: His positioning was off for the Gakpo goal. He wanted to hunt for the ball. Sometimes, it is best to sit and read the game. Same goes for De ligt in that situation. Diving in should be a last resort (learn from Yoro) Beyond that, he was superb. Keep it going
I think if you get more quality like him into that central midfield.. basically players with his edge and drive then united will improve
Small dent in his performance and something he could improve on: His positioning was off for the Gakpo goal. He wanted to hunt for the ball. Sometimes, it is best to sit and read the game. Same goes for De ligt in that situation. Diving in should be a last resort (learn from Yoro) Beyond that, he was superb. Keep it going
Definitely on the keep list. He seems to have the needed attitude and he has the legs needed to play in this league but we will need more than him and Mainoo for our defensive midfield.
Fantastic performance and seems to constantly win the ball back. Also very tidy with the ball at his feet. It feels like he has that little bit of extra energy and aggressiveness that a lot of out team lacks.
I think the main reason we are seeing much better performances from him recently other than getting used to the league is because he is the one player who has played in Amorim's system before and knows the expectations.
I think the main reason we are seeing much better performances from him recently other than getting used to the league is because he is the one player who has played in Amorim's system before and knows the expectations.
Our transfer department finally got something right … twice (Him and Mazraoui).
His energy and anticipation are vital, he adds a lot of steel to the midfield, and to the team, without him we're easily bullied.
Not at all. He completes close to 90% of his passes every game.
No worries, as far as I remember his last "injury" was getting Covid.
I'd agree. Looked like a scuffed clearance that found a man. Immense performance though, my MOTM.
Quality player
My favourite player at the moment. He was absolutely relentless today and exactly the type of player we need in that position. I don't think we can afford to leave him out of the team going forward.
Mad to think that he is only 23 and Kobbie is only 19. Amorim has got a huge opportunity here to really cement our centre midfield for the best part of the next decade. I don't recall any other United manager having such a promising opportunity. We've tended to buy players too late into their career too often. Matic, Schweinsteiger, Casemiro being the obvious ones.
I'm hoping some of Ugarte's physicality will rub off on Kobbie. He's got the other aspect of his game, but not the physical and mobile side of things. They're the parts he needs to develop, which just so happen to be the bits Ugarte does well.
I'm hoping some of Ugarte's physicality will rub off on Kobbie. He's got the other aspect of his game, but not the physical and mobile side of things. They're the parts he needs to develop, which just so happen to be the bits Ugarte does well.
Karl Anka from TOTD. He branded him as a limited player who can only pass to a teammate a few yards away. And then it became gospel.
Isn' he the one who also said that Zirkzee would be great for us, and has technical ability to match Ronaldinho?
Nah, if there's a "progressive pass" he goes for relatively often that is it: out to the flank and into space for the attacking fullback to run onto. I mentioned it all the way back in August but nobody would listen because neanderthal destroyer on PSG bench yadda yadda.
Also, it would be insane to "clear it" right across 2-3 onrushing Liverpool players going for the break.
Superb. Really important performance from him today. Looking like a great acquisition, so far.
That pass at the end made my fecking jaw drop, and it was definitely intentional. If that was any other midfielder, it’s going back to Onana.
Hopefully Yoro too
That’s why I called him the Uruguayan Kante… what a performance today. Looks a different player in this system compared to Enrique using him as a CDM/6/DLP.
@JPRouve changed your mind ?
Did very well and he is so much better on the ball than I thought
It's like he has 4 sets of lungs. Immense today.
Signing of the summer for me
Decent 
Seriously, he was great today. Had my doubt about him but in the last few games since Amorim’s arrival he’s shown better passing range than I thought he had and he’s moved well with the ball, along with his excellent ability to recover possession.
Long may it continue!
Seriously, he was great today. Had my doubt about him but in the last few games since Amorim’s arrival he’s shown better passing range than I thought he had and he’s moved well with the ball, along with his excellent ability to recover possession.
Long may it continue!
Class, with a hard nosed mentality to go along with it. Exactly what this team needs more of.
This has become such a lazy trope. You can really tell who watches us regularly and who doesn’t by this exact claim.
The technique was that of a rushed clearance for sure.
I'd argue it definitely wasn't intentional and he scuffed a clearance. He proper swung at it and if he connected properly it would have gone for a GK/throw in.
Manuel was massive today, both on and off the ball. He's no Roy Keane or Michael Carrick, but he showed a few flashes of both United legends against an outstanding Liverpool side who really couldn't cope with him.
A fair few YT "analysts" got this in their head as well.
I agree, that was never a clearance. He had every opportunity to knock it back to the keeper of he wanted to play it safe.
Are you saying I don't watch him regularly? Is this a trope or the reason he didn't get into the PSG team. A simple question, how often do you see him pass through the lines?
I think Ugarte was solid today, but people are getting carried away. Like Mainoo, he was a mixed bag. Some moments of real quality, yet also poor at times.
Good:
35/40 passes completed (88%)
5/5 long balls completed
3/4 tackles won
3 fouls drawn
Bad:
0/3 dribbles completed
7/16 ground duels won
Dribbled past - 4 times
Good:
35/40 passes completed (88%)
5/5 long balls completed
3/4 tackles won
3 fouls drawn
Bad:
0/3 dribbles completed
7/16 ground duels won
Dribbled past - 4 times
he’s french. he changes his mind more often than he changes his underpants.
That’s not his game. That doesn’t make him average on the ball. He switches the ball well and most importantly he doesn’t waste the ball, he plays it simple and finds players who are capable of progressing it and he’s actually very press resistant.
That’s not average on the ball at all, manager kill to have someone with those qualities let alone coupled with his abilities off the ball.
I thought all of that was a bit premature. There was a poster in the transfer thread in the summer and he said he'd watched him in a youth game before moving to Europe and reminded him of FDJ at the time. You can see that his technical level is very high the more you watch of him but he's also amongst the best ball winners in Europe so people wrongly seem to think he's a farmer on the ball.
Fast becoming the first name on the teamsheet to be fair.
Grande el Charrua, it was a very difficult match agaisnt a great mid, yet both parts exchange punches and played great.
Missed the game so watched it back there knowing the final score. That's as monstrous a centre midfield performance I've seen from a Manchester United player in many a year. So good at breaking up play and so calm under pressure.
Mainoo alongside him was also superb, think they could be an excellent midfield pairing for us long term. Just need a way to not have to play Eriksen or Casemiro again if we need to rotate.
Mainoo alongside him was also superb, think they could be an excellent midfield pairing for us long term. Just need a way to not have to play Eriksen or Casemiro again if we need to rotate.