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2015-16 Performances

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5.4 Season Average Rating
Appearances
45
Goals
7
Assists
5
Yellow cards
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Great to have some arrogance back in the team. We've missed that.
 
Brwned said:
Great to have some arrogance back in the team. We've missed that.
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Agreed. Before people call him a Ronaldo clone, he is a very unique player in his own right.. he has a great 'feel' for the game, natural flair. His runs looked very dangerous, such a shame his movement was not rewarded.
 
A lot of his runs should have been picked out in that first half but was pretty good overall I thought. He'll be a star for us IMO.
 
His playing style is very similar to Alexis Sanchez, isn't it?
 
Both Depay and Pereira seem to have that insane self belief that makes you think - United player.
 
Thought in the first half some of his passes were abit sloppy apart from some lovely flicks that he made. Second half tho he was much improved and nearly provided a moment of magic with that turn inside the box but didn't quite catch the shot. I think it just makes a nice change to see a player with such pace and unpredictability that we have lacked for a number of years now. I would still like to see him play of the wing as well but another good performance form young tonight shoes that it's not going to be easy to force himself onto they wing.
 
I thought his movement and desire to get on the ball was good. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to hold the ball up in the middle (maybe he should be deployed out wide) and was not accurate in many of his passes. To be fair, as others have stated, I thought he was off a few times in the first half but we weren't able to see the play and make the pass.
 
Van Gaal mentioned that Barca 'couldn't cope' with Rooney and Depay. Might be seeing more of Depay in #10 this season.
 
I like him as a 10. Gaals comments certainly suggest he's there to stay. He compensates for a lack of pace through the middle. But he did give the ball away now and again. And at times, thought he should have been a bit more selfish but he opted to find Rooney, which I think might be what gaal picked up on in regards "thinking too much" about they interaction together.
 
Walters_19_MuFc said:
I can only imagine it's because he does a lot more running off the ball than Mata and gives us that drive through middle, which can be dangerous on the counter.
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Most likely this. He's also more of a goal threat and Van Gaal likes his #10's to be always those decisive players, who score and assist a lot.
 
Also Mata drifts in quite a bit so its not that much of a problem.

Its good to have pace and quality for a counter attack. He will only get better especially his linkup with Rooney which you see signs of.
 
When Rooney gets his touch up to speed, I can see the two of them being excellent together this year.
At his best, Rooney is excellent at putting others through and Memphis has the pace and movement to get into excellent positions.

The two of them should be spending 2 hours a day watching videos of Rooney and Ronaldo from 2008.
 
Loved his little backheels to kick start counter attacks. It's nice to see that United can still counter attack!
 
Raw said:
Loved his little backheels to kick start counter attacks. It's nice to see that United can still counter attack!
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Little flicks like those are vital to quick counter attacks and something we've missed... Like pretty much all our great counter attacking goals with Rooney and Ronaldo had those little flicks to start the moves off.
 
He's brilliant. And I think @bosnian_red is spot on. He adds alot of energy, drive and pace through the middle and Mata comes inside anyway to link up like David Silva for city
 
I think he is quite impressive. Seems in a very 'friendly' zone though, same with Rooney. Hopefully he really comes good in competitive games.
 
Individual highlights for those who care

Edit; The video was shite, will find a better one
 
Such an exciting player, I don't think he'll be eased in as many keep suggesting, I reckon LvG is counting on him hitting the ground running. I'd still rather see him on the left than as a #10 though.
 
He just has 'it'. Whatever 'it' actually is.

But he definitely has it.
 
Sam said:
He just has 'it'. Whatever 'it' actually is.

But he definitely has it.
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The mixture of physical, technical and mental ability. The latter in particular has impressed me in his press conferences. He's cool, calm, collected and poised to become great. He's easily my favorite signing of the summer and one of my favorites in a United jersey this year.
 
Devil may care said:
Such an exciting player, I don't think he'll be eased in as many keep suggesting, I reckon LvG is counting on him hitting the ground running. I'd still rather see him on the left than as a #10 though.
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Agree, he'll definitely be a starter from the off. Not sure why he'd need to be eased in anyway. He's a very confident player, has bags of ability, and is physically clearly ready. Also he's not just some promising youngster, but he's also developed and mature enough to be first choice.
 
bosnian_red said:
Agree, he'll definitely be a starter from the off. Not sure why he'd need to be eased in anyway. He's a very confident player, has bags of ability, and is physically clearly ready. Also he's not just some promising youngster, but he's also developed and mature enough to be first choice.
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If anything I think he'd suffer more from being held back, he's so confident and as you say physically he's ready, absolutely tailor made for the PL, we need to unleash him from the get go and see if he can continue on his scoring path from last season.
 
Devil may care said:
If anything I think he'd suffer more from being held back, he's so confident and as you say physically he's ready, absolutely tailor made for the PL, we need to unleash him from the get go and see if he can continue on his scoring path from last season.
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Agree, there's no need at all to hold him back. It doesn't make any sense to either as he's clearly ready. He also offers so many qualities that we lack throughout the rest of the time, and because of that I feel like he'll always be in the team basically.
 
Depay looks a different player for us than he does for Holland so far. The Depay at United looks more conservative, and tidy whereas the Depay I saw at Holland looks much more explosive who takes more risk. It is still early times, but hopefully it will not be long to see this Depay on a consistent basis for United.



Maybe it is his positioning that is currently holding him back.
 
He's doing alright through the middle, good movement etc, but I think him and Mata need to switch, Mata needs to be in that central role with Depay out wide, will free him up to run at players and showcase his dribbling and can cut inside etc.

Would thrive out wide for us from watching him.
 
Think he could help us more out wide breaking forward with more space but liked the chance he created for himself. Turned the defender well, just a pity he couldn't loft it
 
I don't love his performances in the number ten position yet.
 
Amadaeus said:
Depay looks a different player for us than he does for Holland so far. The Depay at United looks more conservative, and tidy whereas the Depay I saw at Holland looks much more explosive who takes more risk. It is still early times, but hopefully it will not be long to see this Depay on a consistent basis for United.

Maybe it is his positioning that is currently holding him back.
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Maybe sticking him in the middle, will teach him to make decisions and when to play the ball. The one criticism iv'e read of him is that his decision making is very erratic. Sticking him in the middle, gives him a lot less freedom than on the wings.
 
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