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2015-16 Performances

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5.4 Season Average Rating
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45
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7
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togg said:
Haven't bothered to read everything, but for goodness sake, this guy has a raw talent, but has only played in the Dutch league. He will learn so much this season about what it takes to play in the EPL. It's not going to happen this season, perhaps marginally better next season, but he has the raw talent to make it work.
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There's no denying he has raw talent and the sky is the ceiling. But that doesn't take away from the fact that he's been terrible in all four league games so far and one of the contributing factors to our attack being so woeful in general. People say at least he tries something but I saw somewhere he has completed 3 successful take on's in 4 league games? That's not acceptable for our starting winger and it's all well if he's trying but if nothing is coming off then it's still a problem. He's supposedly the only one in our attacking 4 capable of taking on players but he's not doing that successfully whatsoever right now, neither doing much else. This problem should be addressed before the window shuts or we're going to see similar performances all season until he starts performing as he did against Brugge but why are we relying on all of our magic to stem from a 21 year old who is yet to adjust to the league and with no positive sign he is going to do that any time soon?

The real issue at hand is that he should be eased in rather than being thrown straight into the deep end. I'd say he's gotten progressively worse in each game as well, which is an indicator to his declining confidence. We should really not be relying on him as we are and it's only doing damage to his development. I'm not saying he's overrated, just that he's not delivering so far and putting all the pressure on him to be our main creative and attacking outlet is hurting both our performances and his psyche. Neither he or Rooney are playing anywhere near the standard that is required of a Manchester United starter. At least with him, we can bring someone in to start ahead of him where as with Rooney this isn't the case due to his untouchable status.
 
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He needs a rest, I'm not sure what LVG is doing. For a manager who stresses the importance of fitness so much, I'm not sure why LVG has been oblivious to this.
 
Sir A1ex said:
Picking your post purely as en example, but this sounds all too like the Nani haters. If he's treated the same way, I can see a similarly frustrating 6 years or so. Just give the guy a chance, and judge him by standards that are appropriate to how he plays.
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You missed off some of my post but it was hardly comparable to being a 'hater' of Nani or Memphis. Either way Nani was talented but wildly inconsistent, which is the reason for the frustrating 6 years. To claim it's somehow the fault of people on a forum or even the match going fans (who didn't ever target him when I was there) is a massive leap.

Memphis seems a hugely confident/egotistical person...if it doesn't work out it'll because he often plays like he did today, i.e. very poor. Nobody is writing him off as far as I know, they're just commenting on a player who had a bad game.
 
The problem is too many people here thought he is going to be the next Ronaldo that's unrealistically high hopes for a young lad like him. He will need his time to find his footing in this league and show what he is really capable of.
 
He's definitely got ridiculous potential, but I wouldn't say he's completely ready to start for a club like United. He's making mistakes and losing the ball in situations that he probably wouldn't have done in the Dutch league. I'm happy for him to keep on starting as long as Louis manages him a lot better and doesn't expect him to be our main threat.
 
NoLogo said:
The problem is too many people here thought he is going to be the next Ronaldo that's unrealistically high hopes for a young lad like him. He will need his time to find his footing in this league and show what he is really capable of.
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Exactly, and maybe he will, maybe he won't....but for goodness sake we have to give him a chance. Ferguson would, that is for sure. And you're right, the expectation is too high. To be honest, scoring a couple of goals the other week has probably heaped too much expectation as well.
 
LennonNL said:
He's definitely got ridiculous potential, but I wouldn't say he's completely ready to start for a club like United. He's making mistakes and losing the ball in situations that he probably wouldn't have done in the Dutch league. I'm happy for him to keep on starting as long as Louis manages him a lot better and doesn't expect him to be our main threat.
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well...he'll only lean by playing in the league. I'm sure LVG knows this...but with these sorts of players, you need to give them game time and experience of a new league.
 
NoLogo said:
The problem is too many people here thought he is going to be the next Ronaldo that's unrealistically high hopes for a young lad like him. He will need his time to find his footing in this league and show what he is really capable of.
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Plenty said he will be erratic in his first season and at shouldn't pin all our hopes on him. Well low and behold, a young player moving to a massive club is erratic. Who would have thought it?
 
He's the only player, bar Shaw, that can go past players for us.

Just think about that for a second.
 
Obviouly not the finished product yet. That's his biggest problem. United need the finished product and the fans expect him to be that. Can't expect that from a 21 year old in his first season here. He has every tool to make it here.
 
Wouldn't be too worried. The talent is there. He has the platform. No great pressure from his price tag. He will be fine.
 
It definitely isn't helping him that uniteds attack as a whole is so flat always, and that van Gaal isn't really one to encourage creativity. Huge potential though, but of course he will be inconsistent. Find me a winger making the step up to a big league and instantly becoming world class. Even neymar at Barca was inconsistent in his first season.
 
Great signing. I would rather he grew into the PL than do a ADM and fade after a few good games.
 
His reluctance to track back is annoying the shit out of me at times.

Whether it's him being lazy or our stupid tactics, it's annoying.
 
Said it before the first Brugge game, we rely on him a lot, when in reality he hasn't done enough in his career yet to be a guaranteed starter.

We should of bought someone like Pedro who could of helped ease Memphis in. If Memphis isn't doing it out on the left, we don't exactly have a top class replacement for him and it hurts us.
 
Seems to get frustrated easily and a lot of the time it's his own fault. His decision making at times, is atrocious. However, he's young and still learning. Hope we don't overplay him.
 
Not having a great game here for Holland, seems to be identical to his United performances in the league thus far. Good moments but losing the ball easily at times to.
 
JoaquinJoaquin said:
Not having a great game here for Holland, seems to be identical to his United performances in the league thus far. Good moments but losing the ball easily at times to.
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He's been having a pretty good game I though, been the Dutch's main creative outlay and probably should have had a couple of assists from his crosses with better finishing
 
vodrake said:
He's been having a pretty good game I though, been the Dutch's main creative outlay and probably should have had a couple of assists from his crosses with better finishing
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He has had some good moments don't get me wrong, but very frustrating ones to. Hasn't really had the beating of the fullback and has lost the ball a fair bit.
 
JoaquinJoaquin said:
He has had some good moments don't get me wrong, but very frustrating ones to. Hasn't really had the beating of the fullback and has lost the ball a fair bit.
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He's been the best dutch player by a distance really. Hasn't been amazing, but he's giving his all, going past plenty of players, putting in dangerous crosses and nice passes into RvP. The only one from the dutch who can hold their head high after that game really.
 
Adisa said:
Seems to get frustrated easily and a lot of the time it's his own fault. His decision making at times, is atrocious. However, he's young and still learning. Hope we don't overplay him.
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We have zero depth. Worried we'll run him into the ground.
 
Some lovely crosses from Memphis against Turkey today. Shame his teammates could do feck all with them.

 
He should stop complaining so much IMO, use that anger to produce some magic instead.
 
Zoo said:
Some lovely crosses from Memphis against Turkey today. Shame his teammates could do feck all with them.

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I watched first half so saw those two crosses from first half. He is really good with crossing. These 4 crosses could have easily yielded 2-3 goals on another day and with some better finishing. His cross for Fellaini's goal against Brugge was class too.
 
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