I was a bit surprised that Van Gaal bought him and put him straight away in the first team, he's still very raw palyer who in a top team like ours shouldn't be automatic starter. I'd go for young after half time, him having played like this this place would have gone crazy
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Thank feck.
To be fair to him he's the only player on the pitch who isn't playing insipid football, he's trying something different? It's just not working right now, although he created our only real chance of the half.
Idiots on BeIN seem genuinely confused that he's come off.
Harsh, but was frustrating.
youngs just done more in 20 seconds than depay did in 45 minutes
What a goal.
Wrong thread?
Memphis has been extremely frustrating for us. We know what he's capable of but it's just not happening!
He doesn't play for Spurs, mate.Wrong thread?
Memphis has been extremely frustrating for us. We know what he's capable of but it's just not happening!
Yup! I don't care though haha!Wrong thread?
Memphis has been extremely frustrating for us. We know what he's capable of but it's just not happening!
Bollocks, got him confused with Dembele.He doesn't play for Spurs, mate.
Understandable.
He's still doesn't really know what he's trying to do when on the ball. He needs a go to move I believe and work it from there.
Young should be playing ahead of him, this is not just based on today but the whole of last season where he was one of out best players. It was unfair to drop him this year imo.
Depay will come good but he's not ready to be starting every game yet.
Depay will come good but he's not ready to be starting every game yet.
His decision making is atrocious but what vexes me is his tracking back. Almost none.
A fecking 19 year old had to show him how it's done.
Harsh, Martial came in fresh as a sub though.
You know Memphis is only 21 himself right
Young did much better than him. He played it too slow and hardly took his man on. Let's see if he keeps his place for the next game
Poor today.
Early days though. It's to be expected.
Early days though. It's to be expected.
Several times in the first half I saw him holding/rubbing his hip, did he pick up a knock?
tired
Not a good day for him today, was it? Awful first half aside, Young came on for him, and made an immediate impact, leading to our first goal. Then Martial scores his debut goal cutting in from the left side, showing more in his debut than Memphis has in all his EPL games so far. I think Young deserves to start next game on the left. Maybe a bit of rest would do Memphis a lot of good.
Has to do more in the way of taking on his man and running with the ball. To be effective he also has to be comfortable using his left foot. It's so obvious what he's going to do for defenders when he keeps cutting inside onto that right foot every time.
He still needs time to get used to the big step up in quality and someone needs to point out to him that he need a little variation in his play because right now he is just too predictable.
He was always gonna have games like this in his first season here, we knew this.
No he wasn't.
I think we expected frustrating performances, him trying too much, overcomplicating things, being inconsistent but flashes and glimpses of his ability.
Right now we're not even getting that, we're getting a player who's not trying anything, not beating his man, not showing why he was bought here. He looks like a deer in headlights.
He needs an arm around his shoulder and to be taken out of the firing line for a couple of games imo.
Agreed. We aren't talking about a completely raw, young player here. This is a player who was one of the best in the Dutch league last season, and an established member of the Dutch national side. He has had a hard time adjusting to the pace and physicality of the league, and how quickly defenders close down on him. But even when he does manage to get the ball in space, and with time to make the decision, he often makes the wrong decision or fails to pull off whatever he is trying to do.
Hate to bash such a young player but he was the worst player on the pitch today, very wasteful.
Hope he learns from this and works even harder, he can't afford to drop the head this early in his career.
Hope he learns from this and works even harder, he can't afford to drop the head this early in his career.
Ouch! Apparently a case of the attacker making the defender look good, Clyne and Gomez were ripped apart after HT!
I'm not going to critisise Memphis at this stage
But young came on and made a huge difference.
Has struggled in the Prem so far. Hopefully adapts sooner than later.
Such an odd thing to say.
Get a grip.
Pretty much all of our attacking hopes this season are going to be on a 21 & 19 year old. Both need a seasons grace and both are going to be inconsistant from time to time until they are settled and matured.
Ideally it should be Rooney taking the pressure off them, but instead he probably burdens them more and they'll have to carry a fat 200k per week 29 year old passenger most weeks.
It is a lot of pressure on two kids. Give them time.
Pretty much all of our attacking hopes this season are going to be on a 21 & 19 year old. Both need a seasons grace and both are going to be inconsistant from time to time until they are settled and matured.
Ideally it should be Rooney taking the pressure off them, but instead he probably burdens them more and they'll have to carry a fat 200k per week 29 year old passenger most weeks.
It is a lot of pressure on two kids. Give them time.
Indeed. TBH I've only seen 2 games this season- Swansea and today- and he's been really poor in both, and that's coloured my judgement- especially given the hype and the #7.
You go into most threads and somehow find a way to slag Rooney off even if the discussion isn't about him. Relax dude.
Meh, an off day in a high pressure game. Not much point reading too much into it.
"What's 5x7?"
"Rooney is shit"
Quite simply should not be a starter at this stage. We are to blame for this not him! He's looked short so far in the premier league but it will come!
No, that's just you being shit at math.
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