He may turn out good you never know.
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Seems like a top top talent, i think he will do well for us. Can he only play left wing or is he decent in any other positions? Just curious if he could play striker if needed?
oh come on you know thats not what was meant
He and his family got robbed at gunpoint? Could mos def fcuk someone up mentally. If reports are true.
He wasn't robbed at gunpoint, the burglars didn't even get into his house.
From the vid of tonight's game I like that he shewed plenty of variety.
It’s funny that I’m a little bit skeptical about him in general, and yesterday when I looked through this thread I saw a lot of people saying he was having a superb game, yet when I turned on (around 65’) for 20 mins he lost the ball 3 times in relatively easy situations, and made a couple of sideways/backwards passes. It seems my timing is bad
Where the heck have you got that info from?
ADM and his family didn't even see the burglars.
I've fallen asleep after 5 minutes, I've missed everything 
Good to hear he did well.
He's only played on the left wing. Playing on the right means he can't cut inside and shoot (his best attribute) and he's never played as striker. I don't think van Gaal plans on using him anywhere else, but when shit hits the fan with injuries he's got the physique to play as striker, but I don't think he'll become a striker within a few years though.
Good to hear he did well.
He's only played on the left wing. Playing on the right means he can't cut inside and shoot (his best attribute) and he's never played as striker. I don't think van Gaal plans on using him anywhere else, but when shit hits the fan with injuries he's got the physique to play as striker, but I don't think he'll become a striker within a few years though.
It’s funny that I’m a little bit skeptical about him in general, and yesterday when I looked through this thread I saw a lot of people saying he was having a superb game, yet when I turned on (around 65’) for 20 mins he lost the ball 3 times in relatively easy situations, and made a couple of sideways/backwards passes. It seems my timing is bad
As if sideways/backwards passes were unusual in football.
That's a typical Ashley Young performance. Some wasteful crosses, some excellent ones.
Yeah... Keep pushing that lazy and completely inaccurate assertion.
Is there any attacking player in world football with a 100% cross completion?
Seems like a good performance. Very skilful player, just needs a bit of fine tuning regarding decision making and cooperating with his teammates (quite a few times he did a nice pass but the receiver had already moved).
Exciting player, really happy we've got him. There's no better place for a player like this to improve than United, especially with Memphis under Van Gaal!
It's neither lazy nor inaccurate. That video has pretty much been the average level of an Ashley Young performance this season when he's played on the wing. Except he'd probably beat his man a lot more often than Depay did. I rate Young highly so I'm not criticizing Depay. Not unless you're one of those who think he's next Ronaldo or Nani.
Probably not. The only difference is those dangerous crosses that Young makes that don't quite result in an assist is often an excuse to bash him, call him wasteful and shit and one of the reason why United have been so shit etc....Depay on the other hand gets compared to Ronaldo for doing what Young has been doing on a weekly basis.
Probably not. The only difference is those dangerous crosses that Young makes that don't quite result in an assist is often an excuse to bash him, call him wasteful and shit and one of the reason why United have been so shit etc....Depay on the other hand gets compared to Ronaldo for doing what Young has been doing on a weekly basis.
I rate Young and am very happy that he's been offered a new contract (I think) and I agree with you to a certain extent but Memphis has youth and room for improvement on his side and with the right development we have a potential 'world star' in our hands. Young is very industrious and a very good winger but I think his development has reached the limit and what you see is what you get...no more than that.
Have seen very little of Depay, would it be fair to say he's quite a similar player to Nani? i'm hoping he has a similar impact to the aforementioned in 2010-12 who used to score or assist nearly every game.
Hardly unthinkable that.
Young isn't anywhere near as big of a threat as Depay is, if Young put in the kind of performances that Depay did last night on a weekly no one would dispute his place in the side. This was a good performance from Depay, if it was Young it would've been considered an awesome performance by his standards.
I can agree with that.
Nonsense.
He's put in better performances than this and against better teams than USA.
When?
Man City for a start.
That's not weekly.
Well from the video, he's a hybrid of the best parts of Ronaldo and Neymar.
Exactly, in that game one he pretty much doubled his goal/assist stat for the entire season.
I'm well aware of that.
That was an example of a better Young performance in response to bullshit like this:
Could have also mentioned the Arsenal game if I wanted to.
Only one word was important in that quote and it was 'weekly'.
Young has been putting up very good performances on a weekly basis since he's played on the wing and in a better league at that.
Better than last night performance?
Last night he had 1 assist + a couple of dangerous crosses and a few wasted crosses and shots. Never beat his man out wide either which Young does a lot these days. So, yeah, he's had plenty of performances better than that. In recent weeks alone, Arsenal, City and Palace have been better than this.
It hasn't yet. See how he does next season.
And the chance for Huntelaar 1 vs 1, pass to Wijnaldum which put him in a dangerous position in the final third..It was more threatening than Young, as it was more diverse.
It really wasn't but whatever....
It was, the standards for Young have been so low in the past, that every match with 2 decent crosses is seen as brilliant. Young himself has no goalscoring threar, while Depay brought that far more in this match. He had 3 crosses which could have been goals, 1 should be assists, and a key pass to Wijnaldum which split their defence open in the final third. This isnt the weekly Young performance.
Dunno about better (which is impossible to prove anyway) but Young's definitely produced performances at least as good this season as Depay produced last night. With a lot more defensive graft.
That's neither here nor there, though. It was a very good performance from Depay. If he can keep that up he'll be a great addition to our squad. I'm sure he was signed on the assumption he can and will play even better though.
That's neither here nor there, though. It was a very good performance from Depay. If he can keep that up he'll be a great addition to our squad. I'm sure he was signed on the assumption he can and will play even better though.
That sounds suspiciously like something posted in the Ashley Young thread. Except in that thread it's a reason to ridicule Young.
He had 1 asssist, some decent balls in, some really wasteful moments, a chance where he should have had a shot at goal when he has 1v1 with the keeper only for him try something elaborate and give the ball away, never beat his man out wide. Depay looks more of a goal threat but other than that he appears to be at the same level as young and it remains to be seen whether he can replicate his goal threat in a much better league when the team isn't built around him.
If Young had a better end product we wouldn't be discussing but he doesn't, last night Depay had a performance that Young can match but he produced something, which means that Depay had a better perfomance than what Young does when he is in form.
Young put in good balls, but often they dont really actually come on someones head. Although Huntelaar is a far better header of the ball than Rooney is, that's Huntelaar biggest asset. Not saying Depay is better, but Young isnt brilliant week in and out. And I actually think this was one of Deoay's better matches this season, all threat came from him.
One thing is certain, he won't get so much freedom to attack in van Gaal team. Young biggest asset is that he works very good with his teammates and is very good tactically. IMO as long as Depay won't learn to do the same he won't be a starter.
Whether he gets the same amount of goals as this season remains to be seen, I personally doubt that.
Whether he gets the same amount of goals as this season remains to be seen, I personally doubt that.
Wingers from van Gaal not getting freedom to attack? That's nonsense, that's the position with the most freedom.
Memphis started as a pure goalscorer, but the reason he earned his transfer is that in the last 2 years he became increasingly good at his overall contribution. I have no doubt he can link up with Shaw like he does brilliantly with Willems (who was injured, that's why Blind was lb).
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