We should try him and Martial up front, he seems much more comfortable there.
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His movement made a difference even if he was still sketchy on the ball. Has a decent eye for a pass as well.
Very good development he's taking so far.
He's better than Rooney, so why not?
Looks like LvG might have been on to something playing him through the middle in pre-season. I'd rather persevere with him there than have Rooney on the pitch. At least with Memphis, he's making mistakes due to inexperience, with the end-goal that he will improve as a footballer. With Rooney, you're just hoping he's going to get back to a passable standard, even though he's been gradually declining since 2012.
Definitely looks a lot better up there as part of a striking duo, where he can drift wide, come deep or play up top. On the wing he looked a bit useless, so I'd definitely try to play him with Martial (and the two seem to have a decent understanding with each other).
I thought he did well when he came on, looks to enjoy the free central role.
Looks more comfortable central and near the goal. I'd like to see this tested out more and see if it develops.
Bit shit. Still miles better then Rooney.
Play him up top with Martial until we get an actual striker.
His movement is better than the others. He has a goal scoring instinct.
His movement is better than the others. He has a goal scoring instinct.
I'll keep saying it. He'll be very, very good and the future here is something akin to the the lop-sided 4-4-2 Madrid often played with Isco and James as the tucked in wingers:
Memphis---Martial-------
--------AM-----------RAM
---------CM-----CM------
Memphis---Martial-------
--------AM-----------RAM
---------CM-----CM------
Thought he was pretty decent. We looked better when he was on IMO and I would like him to start ahead of Rooney (but that obviously won't happen).
Put him up front and give him a good few games to get into it. He'll be ten times better than Rooney.... My gran would be on a par with Wazza though.
As far as impact subs go, he did quite well. As expected LVG would criticise him for not taking the chance and he did indeed does have to improve his touch which lets him down a bit too often, but he gives us more pace, goal threat and drive than Rooney. The cross to Mata was nicely worked, as was the little back heel/flick to the left back which but him in behind the defence. Also, unlike some of our players he has a bit of "spark" to his game.
Hopefully we see more of this extra eager mentality to his game than the low on confidence somber one we were seeing a few weeks back.
Hopefully we see more of this extra eager mentality to his game than the low on confidence somber one we were seeing a few weeks back.
That was class.
Yep. When people can't see what he's good at, I'd suggest one of those things is innovative pieces of play like that which not all players do/can do, and of course goals, strength, pace etc.
Even if he has 10-15 truly horrible matches in a row, I'm ready to be patient with him because despite the mistakes, there is a great player waiting to develop.
As long as he has the mentality he's had in the last two games. There's been a buzz about him that he looks all the better for. Also, I think early on in the season he and martial seemed to be developing a nice understanding. That's something we should be looking to build on given they look to be the future of our attack.
I believe he should play upfront with Martial on the left.
Memphis has to develop a second move to beat a defender.
Dropping the left shoulder then going right to set up the right-footed shot from distance is his only move and every defender knows it.
Dropping the left shoulder then going right to set up the right-footed shot from distance is his only move and every defender knows it.
2 problems he had till he was dropped
- Bad form/understanding of league/technical flaws
- Lack of hunger/ Not trying hard to overcome any flaws.
We could wait for the 1st thing, not for 2nd.
After comeback, he seems to have got rid of the 2nd part to a good extent. Maybe those talks with Giggs helped him.
The 2nd part is greatly exaggerated though. I think it's him just being very frustrated with himself with things not working out right away, and then during games he loses confidence and it just spirals like that. Also he may have been adjusting to his body gaining quite a bit of mass too quickly (unnecessarily as well I might add).
The reasons might be many. But overall he looked like giving up rather than fighting it out to the plain eye. Anyways, he looks a touch better on that front in teh 2 matches. Hoping to see him rise in both confidence and the game.
He's a young player and he probably didn't realize how much of a step up was needed from him.
Yes, then if the drop has made him try harder, then good for him and us. Hope he comes good finally.
I'd do the same. He can also switch positions with Martial
Doesn't playing both him and Martial up front mean we'd be going in with this dread 3 man defence formation though? Because I don't envisage either of them as a number 10.
Or are we going 4-4-2 on the league?
Or are we going 4-4-2 on the league?
Me too. Martial has had more impressive games on the wing than as a striker.
Martial' hold up play when the ball is played to feet is quality though even though we haven't used it much of late. Memphis simply doesn't shield defenders off with that ease, which makes this combination slightly flawed.
It's actually one of Memphis major strengths from what I've seen from him so far. And it better is. The guy is an ox
Tbh when I wrote it, I was only focusing on Martial and not really Depay. However Depay has a more developed goalscoring instinct at the moment than Martial so it's not a bad idea, he can develop the rest of his game.
Compared to martial? No chance. Up til the last few weeks where we've stopped playing those passes Martial had the biggest premier league defenders comfortably at bay with back to goal. Memphis is strong, but not got the same strength/quality in shielding the ball and holding defenders of yet. He also lets defenders get a foot in more easily.
Possibly. However, that could come to the fore even if we use Martial holding the ball up and Memphis making runs inside from left. It's worth a go for sure, as I'd fancy martial to skin his man out wide any day. But it'd a trade off.
Even if he is off form and his touch is off his movement alone causes problems for defenses, we looked better when he came on against Leicester and we looked poorer when he went off th3 game before.
Honestly don't know how this guy deserved any play. He didn't hustle at all, lost the ball frequently, and made multiple low IQ dribbles. We looked better when Rooney was on the pitch instead of him.
May I just remind those who like to moan at Memphis that at this time in their Utd career, Memphis has a much better end product than a certain lanky bad hair Portuguese?
That could be true, but the guy has got to show more energy when he comes off the bench. Despite his efforts Rooney still looked slow and for a guy with pace to be coming off the bench, he should be hustling his ass off especially in such a crucial game like that.
The fans love a trier.
I too hope Memphis will improve, because a) he can and b) at the moment, he's not quite the standard of Man Utd first XI attacker yet. But the criticisms aimed at him from some of our fans have been bloody excessive, even downright absurd. When Ronaldo got here, we had a primed RvN leading the line. Now we have a certain 300k per week Sunday League player.
"Fans love a trier" That is true, but honestly you would be a huge liar to say that hustling your ass off in the last moments of the game and using your natural talents wont positively impact the game more than lazy lackluster player that only kicks gears when your play is improving.
He clearly can improve, but his lack of will can limit that.
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