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2015-16 Performances

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5.4 Season Average Rating
Appearances
45
Goals
7
Assists
5
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Awful performance today.

He's his own biggest critic, I'm sure he knows more than anyone that a performance of that calibre is not acceptable at United. I'm sure he'll improve.

Still think we overpaid a tad for him though.
 
I recall Giggs in his later days as an out and out winger how it was harder to run up and down the pitch not because of stamina but because of a lack of energy that came with age. Depay looks like that now. He can impress a little with a burst of pace, but after one of those runs, he goes missing for five minutes. He simply doesn't look fit. Out entire team lacks fitness, from the looks of things.
 
Lawman said:
Been underwhelming but he has youth in his defence so time should be afforded.
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Of course time should be afforded, and he may well turn out to be a world beater, but I just fail to see what attributes he brings to the game... he isn't very fast, quite sluggish for a winger actually, and doesn't shoot all that well either (for us). He is quite strong - I'll give him that, not that that is the most important attribute for a winger.

We would be much better off playing Young on the wing.
 
Memphis and Martial shouldn't have to start every week, it's going to take them a season or two to get used to the league and achieve some consistency. We shipped out so many attacking players and now we're overeliant on them and they're under so much pressure each week.
 
Not quite working for him at the moment, however at least he appears to be one of the few players that still has the guts to try things, even if most of the time it isn't coming off.
 
I'm not seeing enough glimpses of quality from him to suggest he's good enough. Inconsistency is one thing but he genuinely looks incapable of that brilliance we were promised.
 
Cina said:
I'm not seeing enough glimpses of quality from him to suggest he's good enough. Inconsistency is one thing but he genuinely looks incapable of that brilliance we were promised.
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he seems completely bemused if he gets tackled or fails to beat a man
 
Confidence is very low with this kid, he's trying things that arent coming off, and he's trying them half heartedly.

Things like that require a bit of swagger that comes after you've been scoring a few goals and your team has been performing as a whole.

Right now, hes gotta get back to basics, get those right and work from there.
 
People keep telling me his talent is obvious. I keep asking myself, am I blind? I can't see it.
 
Currently he's looking better in the centre of the pitch where he can move left or right and not be marked tightly, but as we have no other wingers it hasn't been possible. Either that or fellaini plays the cam position instead of having 2 strikers.
 
He hasnt been managed well given its his first season. We over played him in the first part of the season which killed his confidence and it hasnt come back since. We should have played him and Young swapping (given Young did well there in our 433 purple patch last season).

We continue to kill his confidence, he makes a mistake, and he gets subbed at half time. He showed glimpses early in the season when his movement was more free. He seems more restricted and less willing to take people on. Such a shame.
 
he doesnt look any better than Lingard and hes more winger than Jesse, saying this he was bad yes, but Mata/Fellaini/Carrick could as well be subbed off as well, Martial didnt have a good game either
 
21 year old Nani was a far better player than he'll ever be. He was just far more talented in basically every facet of football.
 
I think he has one of the worst heading ability in the league. In fact, I had that opinion before today's match.
 
When we signed him I really felt that he would become a star player for us, he has been a huge disappointment though. I thought that one of his strength's would be taking a man on and beating them but he doesn't seem very good at doing that. Hopefully he will settle and improve more. I would put him in the Oxlade Chamberlain quality bracket. Our attacking options compared to the other top teams in the league are way behind.
 
eggwithsideburns said:
When we signed him I really felt that he would become a star player for us, he has been a huge disappointment though. I thought that one of his strength's would be taking a man on and beating them but he doesn't seem very good at doing that. Hopefully he will settle and improve more. I would put him in the Oxlade Chamberlain quality bracket. Our attacking options compared to the other top teams in the league are way behind.
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We've seen far more from Ox in this league, although he's been here much longer. He's still young and he still has massive potential. I'm definitely in the 'give him time' camp.
 
He'll come good hopefully, but he's not that good, I mean, he's nothing special.
 
littlepeasoup said:
We've seen far more from Ox in this league, although he's been here much longer. He's still young and he still has massive potential. I'm definitely in the 'give him time' camp.
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That's true.

At least he is still young, and reading interviews from him he seems hungry to improve so that is a good thing.
 
Cina said:
I'm not seeing enough glimpses of quality from him to suggest he's good enough. Inconsistency is one thing but he genuinely looks incapable of that brilliance we were promised.
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Came in here to post something along these lines. When you consider the amount we paid for his supposed talent, I've just not even seen much glimpse of it. A talented but "raw" youngster - you can expect inconsistencies, but with Memphis were getting consistent shit.

It's actually mind boggling to me imho.
 
eggwithsideburns said:
When we signed him I really felt that he would become a star player for us, he has been a huge disappointment though. I thought that one of his strength's would be taking a man on and beating them but he doesn't seem very good at doing that. Hopefully he will settle and improve more. I would put him in the Oxlade Chamberlain quality bracket. Our attacking options compared to the other top teams in the league are way behind.
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Ox is a crock, but he's a fantastic player.
 
eggwithsideburns said:
When we signed him I really felt that he would become a star player for us, he has been a huge disappointment though. I thought that one of his strength's would be taking a man on and beating them but he doesn't seem very good at doing that. Hopefully he will settle and improve more. I would put him in the Oxlade Chamberlain quality bracket. Our attacking options compared to the other top teams in the league are way behind.
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Harsh on Oxlade-Chamberlain.
 
I still can't get over that header - what was he thinking?! :lol:

I would honestly give Pereira the nod ahead of him for Chelsea until he picks up some sort of form.
 
He's a nothing player in all honesty.

What's 1 thing he's good at?

And he's shown nothing to suggest he could improve and become a key player for us. He's not that talented.

Nani at a similar age was a far far better player than Memphis is and I don't think Memphis will ever approach Nani's level.
 
He's a young Hulk isn't he.

Got the flat track bully in him i.e. Eredivisie, Club Brugge.
Very "big". Almost too big to be a winger.
Good shot power.

Generally fairly shit but will pull up a vine moment here and there
 
Adam-Utd said:
Currently he's looking better in the centre of the pitch where he can move left or right and not be marked tightly, but as we have no other wingers it hasn't been possible. Either that or fellaini plays the cam position instead of having 2 strikers.
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I said this before. Because mata plays so inwards even without the ball the defence is ultimately lop sided towards memphis's and martial's side. Having an actual winger forward like depay on the right hugging the touchline would spread the defence out with spaces to execute.
 
Boycott said:
He's a young Hulk isn't he.

Got the flat track bully in him i.e. Eredivisie, Club Brugge.
Very "big". Almost too big to be a winger.
Good shot power.

Generally fairly shit but will pull up a vine moment here and there
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Yep, being saying that for while.

Add to the list:
Looks crap basically every time you watch him.
Supposedly good at free kicks.
 
He is struggling with confidence massively and today won't help. He seems to run down too many blind alleys and doesn't have the quick feet or dribbling ability to get out of it.

I'm not 100% sure what you can do with him at the minute as I doubt the situation would be helped by moving him to the other wing or playing him central. He just needs a good run of games where he plays well, but he can't seem to get into a rhythm at the moment. At the start of the season, up until the Newcastle game, he was showing glimpses of brilliance albeit very inconsistent but now it's just mainly mediorce performances.
 
Today his defensive intervention was ridiculous there is no hidding from it. But I find amazing to see football fans being so harsh on a young player, who joined a mismanaged side where almost all the players have lost every ounce of confidence. Also it was a defensive action from an attacking player, he panicked but at least he was near the ball unlike the two other absolute imbeciles who pretend to be defenders.
 
Boycott said:
He's a young Hulk isn't he.

Got the flat track bully in him i.e. Eredivisie, Club Brugge.
Very "big". Almost too big to be a winger.
Good shot power.

Generally fairly shit but will pull up a vine moment here and there
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Hulk has had a decent career. Better than 1 in 2 in 4 of the last 5 seasons. Portugal and Russia aren't great leagues, but not awful either.

I think it's often forgotten how few consistent goal scoring wingers are out there. If Memphis can grab 10 in the league and a few assists from good crosses he'll be a useful starter here.

Looks awful at the moment, but he's not this sluggish normally, and under the next manager he'll be encourage to make runs in behind more (which he does very, very well for a winger) and get on the end of things.
 
Boycott said:
He's a young Hulk isn't he.

Got the flat track bully in him i.e. Eredivisie, Club Brugge.
Very "big". Almost too big to be a winger.
Good shot power.

Generally fairly shit but will pull up a vine moment here and there
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Atm he can only dream of having the carreer Hulk has had. It just pisses me off. Di Maria were given way less chances. Nani were given way less chances. Those 2 had more talent in their little toes than Memphis has though. Some things really are strange.
 
He's a scorer, not a creator.

Put a rampaging full back behind him who can make run and create, a creative mobile midfield and we'll see his potential. He's no good dribbling pass people to set up others.
 
Seems a lot on here are being rash too quickly on his potential. If you saw Hazard on this season alone, would you make the call that he is 100% shit and has never been/will be good? No. His track record at PSV and a couple of games here (Brugge obviously comes to mind as the only real quality game) shows that he has great ability when he has confidence and belief in himself. The whole team is shot, and for someone at 21 years old to play like he does will really be killing him inside, and it takes not only himself, but both team confidence to come back up and a manager to get you back to good form.

He has been unbelievably shit this season, but I am far from writing him off, and I still think he is going to come good here. But the first step he can make towards that is either by learning to beat a man with a ball or start doing fecking one-twos!
 
InfiniteBoredom said:
He's a scorer, not a creator.

Put a rampaging full back behind him who can make run and create, a creative mobile midfield and we'll see his potential. He's no good dribbling pass people to set up others.
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Did a lot to create the first goal today.:nervous:
 
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