Really needs a game or two break. Looks exhausted.
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- Appearances
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Hah! Bless you all.
Because Young can't do what Depay did for the third goal. Young is a more mature player, but we're a less productive side for his inclusion.
It'll click for Memphis. He does a lot of good things and knows where the net is. A league goal will do him the world of good.
Yeah, that one against Liverpool. Other than that, Young has been poor as well
Feel sorry for him as the combination of Carrick/Schneiderlin sat too deep and couldn't affect the game in a positive way, then you have Rooney playing as a "10" who continues to stink the place out.
3 goals, 3 assists, 9 games. Not bad. Was decent today, people are talking shite.
He's a bit all over the place at the moment. Struggling to bring it all together.
Still showed great quality helping set up Mata's goal with the shot off the post.
LvG is showing a lot of faith in him and I think that will continue.
Still showed great quality helping set up Mata's goal with the shot off the post.
LvG is showing a lot of faith in him and I think that will continue.
He has been showing glimpse of talent here and there, but his overall play isn't quite there yet. Needs more time though he will come good.
Puts in some excellent crosses and plays some really clever passes into the striker. You just need to give youngsters time to develop properly and not expect everything all at once. That very rarely happens. Ronaldo was inconsistent as hell for a few years before becoming world class. Young is solid, but he can't do some of the things Memphis does.
Also, people criticizing him so much is weird as hell. 21 year old moving to the premier league, already has 3 goals and 3 assists in all comps in 9 games for an attack that isn't the most functioning if truth be told. It's not even like his all around game is terrible. It's just inconsistent, some moments of class, some sloppy moments. As you would expect from a promising young player.
Those calling Young to be starting... How many goals and assists did he have all season last year? 2 goals and 6 assists in the league all season? There's no comparing their productivity.
Those calling Young to be starting... How many goals and assists did he have all season last year? 2 goals and 6 assists in the league all season? There's no comparing their productivity.
Young hasn't done anything to deserve being dropped, and Depay has hardly set the world alight, but LvG is right to persist with Depay. I've already seen enough to convince me he's going to be a special player and his involvement in Mata's goal is exactly why you persist with inconsistent but promising youngsters. It's the same reason why I was against Fergie rotating between Lindegaard and De Gea during De Gea's rough start. The signs were there for De Gea and they're there now for Depay. It'll click at some point, but until then we just have to be patient.
Words fail me.
He hasn't been good in the EPL yet, but there's obviously plenty of time. His performances in Europe are encouraging and he's still showing flashes of how brilliant he can be. The turn for our third was great.
Not brilliant, but definitely an improvement over his performance against Liverpool. Had some moments where he looked fairly dangerous.
Has not shown much in the league, that's the problem. He seems lost at times, I would say calling him "inconsistent" is very polite.
Not that I'm worried or anything, kind of expected that. He will come good but IMO he shouldn't be ahead of Young just because he has the potential. Young is making us play better as a team and I don't think anybody would question that.
Not that I'm worried or anything, kind of expected that. He will come good but IMO he shouldn't be ahead of Young just because he has the potential. Young is making us play better as a team and I don't think anybody would question that.
Awful again, should never be starting over Young
Where do you find those stats?
Awful is a bit of an exaggeration. He wasn't brilliant, but showed some decent stuff here and there. Certainly offered more than someone like Rooney.
He "looks bad more than" Young because his movement is far better than Young's and he finds himself in more dangereous but also more difficult positions than Young throughout the game
He is getting into good positions all the time and you have to give him credit for that. Young is nowhere near as good with his movement as he is, but of course the problem is that Depay almost always messes everything up when he is close to opposition box, probably because he is still young and quite inexperienced in the PL. Saying that, I don't think he is playing well at all, but I still think he is better option than Young for the reason I wrote above.
Young is really far from efficient player, he can dribble all he wants and put cross after cross, if we can't score from that it doesn't mean a lot.
Btw, he should be working on his heading too, that's third or fourth free header since start of the season where he didn't even test the keeper.
He is getting into good positions all the time and you have to give him credit for that. Young is nowhere near as good with his movement as he is, but of course the problem is that Depay almost always messes everything up when he is close to opposition box, probably because he is still young and quite inexperienced in the PL. Saying that, I don't think he is playing well at all, but I still think he is better option than Young for the reason I wrote above.
Young is really far from efficient player, he can dribble all he wants and put cross after cross, if we can't score from that it doesn't mean a lot.
Btw, he should be working on his heading too, that's third or fourth free header since start of the season where he didn't even test the keeper.
2 goals v Brugge, 1 goal v PSV
2 assists v Brugge, 1 assist (if it counted) against Southampton
Unfortunately the majority of his productivity came in 1 game against a poor Brugge side at home
Says it right here on the caf next to his name
2 goals v Brugge, 1 goal v PSV
2 assists v Brugge, 1 assist (if it counted) against Southampton
Unfortunately the majority of his productivity came in 1 game against a poor Brugge side at home
It counts.
I think he's done okay so far. However, he could definitely do with a little rest - I'd like to see Young start ahead of him on wednesday.
He needs to be managed well, but it might be down to a lack of options on the wings as to why he is playing a lot of football at the moment..Rest or a Goal would be a blessing for him.
Is he competing with Rooney for worst performance award?
No, because Rooney has done absolutely nothing in his league games. Depay has been sloppy but he created a goal for us, was very unlucky not to score today.
He wasn't actually bad. Not great but just lacking a bit of cutting edge right now. Lovely play for the third goal though.
No because he had a decent game with a few moments of class and a few bad moments. Created the 3rd goal basically though. On the other hand, Rooney, Carrick, and our defence were all very poor.
He's obviously got a lot of potential, but I do think he should be made to work a little harder for his place in the side. He's been great in Europe, not so much in the league.
Was shite for most the game today but I'm not worried about his future, he's only 21.
He hasn't been great in the league but at the same time I'm happy with him and feel he will only get better. You feel even though at times he can be hit and miss that he can do something brilliant, which he can.
Kid needs some rest. Can't keep on running him to the ground.
I have to say I'm struggling to take to Memphis so far. He plays with a arrogance and confidence that his performances, thus far, haven't really warranted. That does irk me somewhat. He also seems incredibly lazy, or just slow? Maybe both. He's shown some fantastic moments of ability, which have been great, but his overall performances have been poor. In all honesty I have been quite underwhelmed.
I'm also quite worried with his lack of dribbling ability. He just seems incapable of beating a defender, and he's not particularity fast is he? At least not on the ball anyway. His running off the ball is a lot quicker.
I'm also quite worried with his lack of dribbling ability. He just seems incapable of beating a defender, and he's not particularity fast is he? At least not on the ball anyway. His running off the ball is a lot quicker.
He isn't playing particularly well but he's still creating. There's always a moment in a game where he does something no one else is capable of doing and that's encouraging. He'll find a bit of consistency in the next few games.
I thought he and Martial were the outfield players that had the most influence in our victory today. That much needed pace we've been longing for.
His dribbling and ball control isn't quite as consistent as it could be, but I hope that will come with experience.
He's a player you are happy to pay money to watch. We're lucky to have him playing in our shirt.
His dribbling and ball control isn't quite as consistent as it could be, but I hope that will come with experience.
He's a player you are happy to pay money to watch. We're lucky to have him playing in our shirt.
Needs someone on the right side creating to take some of the pressure of him. Obviously talented but still short in terms of a title winning winger as he is just now, but will improve in time.
Someone like...Juan Mata, who's been getting goals and assists this season?
It's probably not what you're referring to but even though it isn't working for him at times offensively he's not neglecting his defensive duties. I Think he's shown great discipline for us in that regard.
I can understand some people being underwhelmed with him so far but in reality it was very likely that he'd struggle initially. I Think he's shown particularly in the games in europe and against Newcastle that he's very capable of beating a man, but his ability is not unconditional and he struggles a bit when he isn't allowed space which Southampton were very effective in closing during their best periods of the game.
Still he seems to keep creating chances in pretty much every game but he makes seemingly silly errors, particularly often adhering to miscontrolling the ball, at decisive moments. I Think that maybe he's just a bit to hotheaded at times which might be due to the pressure on himself and indeed our entire offense at the moment.
Memphis has 1 goal more and the same number of assists...
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