He had an okayish 2nd season, which is bound to happen as he was 18-19 at that time. During his third season, he was definitely showing signs of significant improvement as a winger/forward when the incident almost derailed his career. His personal issues aside, you cannot simply compare his talents with that of Garnacho, who, though a good talent on his own accord, is yet to show the level that Greenwood did show at the same age.
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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.
I feel you. It's simply difficult to fathom how a guy who was on the course of becoming a world class player could do something so horrible to jeopardize everything he had built up till now.
There's no way we're seeing much of that tbh. They'll work a swap deal into it
He showed it in his first season and was then half the player after that. He was a better forward at 19-20 than Garnacho was but he's a worse forward than Garnacho is now. And just like Sancho, Greenwood may never get back to the same form he showed as a youngster.
That's just simply not true.
I'm saying we had that chance this summer when he was free and missed it. He's just singed for another club now. We would have to pay a lot of money to get him and he also might not want to leave a club he has just signed with.
He won well today but to say he's on fire is a bit of a stretch.
How do people manage to assess this? I'm genuinely interested how anyone could say with such certainty that Greenwood has a higher ceiling. And I mean in the real world, not the world of Football Manager stats where potential can be given a star rating.
I'll do my best not to reference you know what but, personally, I think the potential of a hard working, skillful kid is much greater than someone who might - in future - get into trouble for another you know what incident and has shown his type of character already.
Romano is fecking shameless.
Classy "journalism".
Let’s not get carried away. Hes now going to have to prove himself all over again after missing 2 years of his development. He may never play international football again or possibly not play for a big team again due to his reputation
Just looking at the fundamentals to their game gives you the answer straight away. Greenwood’s general footballing IQ and intelligence is a level above. Apart from being selfish in front of goal at times, his general play and build up is superior. Garnacho often runs into a blind alley or has a poor first touch or some useless dribble that conceded posession. You hardly get that with greenwood. This can be improved with hard work and experience over time like you alluded to though, to close the gap.
However, beyond that Greenwood has a much better & crisper first touch, more refined & superior dribbling technique, far far better shooting ability and technique once again. Everything he does with the ball is/was just better than Garnacho is currently capable of and it’s seemingly pretty effortless to him.
Still struggling to be non violent I see
What’s with the Romano hate for literally posting a quote? It’s not like he ended it with ‘it’s a damn shame he’s been exiled if you ask me’
Agree with all that, he's a phenomenal player and the way he strikes a ball in particular is exceptional. He'll score a hat-full in France, he's a level above despite missing 2 years of football, Mbappe scored 27 in 29 last season and i can see Greenwood surpassing that.
Well it's not a transfer quote so does feel like hes endorsing it
He reports on loads of football related things, not solely transfers as far as I’m aware
I think he’s mainly happy for himself in fairness, the better the player does, the better his prospects as manager.
Does it mean that he's a morally bankrupt person, accepting anything for his career good?
Mason was (is?) absolutely among the best young English forwards.
Fletcher was played on the wings because there's less pressure than CM. Besides not having a good RW at the time, I suspect that was part of the reason Mason was played there.
Fletcher was played on the wings because there's less pressure than CM. Besides not having a good RW at the time, I suspect that was part of the reason Mason was played there.
He’s a brilliant footballing talent. He’s gonna score bucket loads in Ligue 1.
He’s a heck of a footballer and I predict he’ll score 25+ league goals this season in France. And there’ll always be a “what could have been” mind set for me as he was/is a generational talent. But he badly let himself down and a global entity like United rightly couldn’t be associated with it. I’ll watch on from afar with interest how he gets on.
Over-rated. Pops up every now and then with a good finish but doesn’t score enough nor does he offer much else in the way of assists or work rate. Think he would’ve been another Rashford for us if he wasn’t a Cnut, talented at times but not consistent.
25+ in L1 would be crazy good. Excluding Mbappé only Ben Yedder (once) Cavani (x2) and Lacazette (x3) did hit 25 or more in the last 9 seasons.
Not saying he can't do it but maybe more 15G+10A ?
Objective or any sensibe comment is generally not acceptable, must be on either side of the extreme to be allowed, like politics.
I’d gladly take Greenwood and would take a half decent performance of his ability than look at Rashford for another season.
If he gets his head down and just plays football, he’s in their class. Big numbers I know but it wouldn’t shock me.
By the way, have a look at Rashford at 27. It’s a short career!
Because De Zerbi should be managing Utd apparently and he can do no wrong. The love in with him is almost as bad as Poch and now one is then managing a shit team in a farmers league and the other is manager of fecking ‘Merica
Quality control
So a player performance thread is now a “eulogy” . I suggest join another forum where you can discuss non footballing matters . Plenty of them around I’m sure.
Well this thread will be fun again.
He's posting what his manager said?
Hope he kicks on big time so that he gets a big big money move to a big club.
That way we can make money with the sell on clause we inserted.
That way we can make money with the sell on clause we inserted.
Why the feck have we still got a thread on this horrible cnut?
Because otherwise the shite will inevitably start leaking from the pipes in the other threads.
Then delete them, this is just pandering to the......I don't know what to call them tbh.
I heard that Greenwood can drink water from the Seine without puking. What's up with that?