He was very shy, but he did the basic stuff good, decent so far.
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Good performance so far. He's an absolute beast as well.
He has been average since we have bought him. His only goal was by a mistake from pre-season, whereas his highlights are mostly by good flicks and nice touches. Nevertheless, it is still early on and it will take some time for him to settle.
Not a good performance. Early days though.
I certainly wouldn't call it a bad one either.
Good performance I thought. Strong on the ball.
I would describe his Utd performances so far as having 'glimpses' of what is still to come. He had a couple of lovely runs and flicks today that were almost right but not quite there yet. I'm convinced that with more game time as the team settles down he will be a fantastic player for us this season.
Really wish LVG would play him on the left wing where he thrives. He was decent in the middle but it's not the same.
Looked good in first half but was very anonymous in the second all in all a descent debut for him.
He's also learning a new position. Don't know why we don't interchange during the match. Must be a LVG thing,
I thought that was a decent performance from him. Nothing overall spectacular, but showed lots of promise and you know he is going to be a cracking player for us this season.
Every single good thing he did was when his starting position was out on the flank.
Along with playing players out of position.
Okay performance. Doesn't really look like much of a number 10. Also, he looked a lot slower than I expected. People were saying he is rapid.
Looks quite confined and restricted in the middle. I know the logic behind it he's obviously got goalscoring instincts, but we lack a driven, penetrative and arrogant player on the wings.
So many times today we were waiting for someone to burst and it was usually Darmian or Shaw.
So many times today we were waiting for someone to burst and it was usually Darmian or Shaw.
No the mistake your making is that he doesn't have rapid acceleration however, once he gets up to speed he's rapid indeed.
A little bit poor from him. Mishit the passes, didn't have close control and didn't look threatening at all. Bit early though, EPL is a big step-up for him. Glad he's mentally ready.
Its part of his stupid philosophy , if you hear him, he said he buys and chooses players who can play in more than one position, hence his penchant of playing players out of position all the time
Pretty stupid if you ask me, fair enough if your squad is injury depleted, you make a player fill up that role, but if theres no injuries, whats the point of not playing a player in his best position
He has a fantastic acceleration, but isn't a speedster over long distance. Not slow by any means but he isn't as rapid as many wingers are.
He's showing promise right now but it can all go to waste if we keep fecking around with his position. Why aren't we just playing him on the wing? Someone educate me with what he brings centrally that he can't on the wing because I don't see it.
Quite average today.
In that case, he needs to start out wide. If we have to make use of his pace from the middle he needs great acceleration given he's not your usual technical, playmaking number 10.
We lost any bit of attacking impetus when he came off... But he was quiet. Class when he got the ball, but didn't get on it too much. We only ever look like creating when he gets the ball though.
Him and Mata switching positions will be the topic of the season and so far rightfully so.
Replace Young with Depay and it opens up all sorts of other options for us in the middle since we have 700 players who can comfortably play there.
He was more eager to receive the ball than Rooney or Mata. He actually looked pissed off when he was substituted 
Well from watching him play he doesn't have those small players acceleration like hazard or sterling, he has longer burners like bale or Sanchez
Looks like he built too much muscle to be quick off his feet.
Not a huge fan of him in that position. I don't think he did well. Ultimately he should be tried out on the wing I think.
Yeh totally agree that's what we should be doing
Looked good when he came out wide, less so in the middle of the park.
For the future providing we sign Pedro, would love to see this.
Darmian----Smalling---Rojo----Shaw
-----------Carrick-------
------Herrera-----Schneiderlin
Pedro------------------Depay
----------Rooney---------
Or this if LVG persists with the current formation.
Darmian-------Smalling----Rojo----Shaw
--------Schweinsteiger-----
----Herrera-----------------
Pedro--------Mata--------Depay
------------Rooney
Darmian----Smalling---Rojo----Shaw
-----------Carrick-------
------Herrera-----Schneiderlin
Pedro------------------Depay
----------Rooney---------
Or this if LVG persists with the current formation.
Darmian-------Smalling----Rojo----Shaw
--------Schweinsteiger-----
----Herrera-----------------
Pedro--------Mata--------Depay
------------Rooney
His hold up play was great. He looks like a huge presence.
His pace is wasted in the middle though as he never has space to run at. All the times Young had Walker one on one and couldn't get past him, Memphis could have rinsed him if he was on the left.
His pace is wasted in the middle though as he never has space to run at. All the times Young had Walker one on one and couldn't get past him, Memphis could have rinsed him if he was on the left.
It's definately his acceleration which he's great at, not his topspeed. He's been caught up many times over long distance at PSV, never in short bursts when he can get a pass/shot off. His topspeed isn't bad at all, but he's no Bale/Navas. Not sure why @TrustInJanuzai thinks otherwise.
Hope he gets an increase of a will to pass the ball more often. It'll come. Still quite excited about him.
Yep that's our best team in my opinion
That doesn't make much sense. Have you seen the physiques of 100m runners?
That's what it looked for me. He doesn't look very nimble and swift in his initial burst. Or maybe it's more to do with the position which stifles him and forces him to play like a number 9.
In which case he not quick then because I would class players with quick acceleration as hazard, sterling even Messi, from what I've seen of him he has nowhere near that sharp speed and instead look like he takes longer strides to get going.
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