Definitely could do with offloading him this summer, hopefully get 7 or 8 mil for him. Not good enough for us
Smashley Young
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thought he played well.
white text. he's fecking wank, pea-headed, close control lacking sack of shit.
white text. he's fecking wank, pea-headed, close control lacking sack of shit.
a couple of the u-16s are giving him stick on Twitter for that first half, he was that badHe seems short on confidence, like the other winger we have out there today. What was our greatest weapon last season seems to be our weakest link these days.
What is his purpose
He's not bad for a squad player but he starts way to many games for me (not just today I know he's got one eye on the Chelsea game). We also paid well over the top for him, almost 20m considering he only had 12 months left on his contract is far to much.
I like him. He's a good player who works hard even when playing poorly. He's not world class or anything, but worth a squad place.
Never rated him. Thought he may prove me wrong after his first couple of months but since then he's been average.
The last piece of play summed him up - good pace when he's forced to use it, far too hesitant when in a good position and not on the same wavelength as the rest of our attackers. Very frustrating player.
The thing that annoys me so much about him is that 9 times out of ten when he gets the ball he'll either move away from goal or turn back towards our goal. He just won't take a chance and do something himself, and cause of that you get situations where kagawa and rvp are having too move out to the flanks to give him a pass. Buttner might not be the best player but going forward he always shows a willingness to have a go and he usually gets in some great positions cause of it.
He's for squad depth, or atleast he should be for next season.
Not our clubs under 16s I hope.
Fine, the back-passes I'll give you.
yep, thankfully one of the lads has taken it down now though.
Having only watched the second half I thought he did reasonably well. Tidy in possession mostly, defended well. He could have done better with the pass at the end but he broke well and delivered the ball to Van Persie at least.
If the other attacking player on the other flank is playing well then Young's quite a good option in that you know he'll work hard, won't give the ball away easy and is capable of producing something now and again. But when the other guy isn't particularly creative or in good form and you need Young to actually shoulder some of the creative side I think his deficiencies show.
Absolutely awful performance
atleast he doesn't have delusions of grandeur then.
ours i hope. any links?no conviction.
Beyond woeful today.
He has absolutely no consistency about his game at all.
He has absolutely no consistency about his game at all.
He plays too much to be counted as a squad player as others have said, I think it's time to move him on. He might fetch 10 million from a club like West Ham and we get rid of his +100k contract.
Silly boys.
if i was one of the u16 lads and saw ash at carrington, i'd just point and laugh and ask for a few quid since he's doing feck all to earn his wedge.
ah forgot about west ham....perfect place to dump him. probably would be happy going back down south as well.
You would look like a dick in doing so.
I thought he was good today, some of these comments are absolutely laughable. He was a damn sight better than Valencia.
He was miles better than Valencia who did absolutely nothing today again. Tracked back well, helped out his fullback and at least offered a threat on his side
As I said when we signed him: he's an upgrade on Ji-Sung Park on the left wing, as a squad player. That's it.
And he does that job well.
He was fine today, and protected Buttner well.
And he does that job well.
He was fine today, and protected Buttner well.
Well he has still played better than Kagawa this season, who seems to be rated higher by most. Young has won quite a few matches for us actually.
What threat did he offer? Threatening to pass it out of play? He did that a few times tbf.
Terrible performance. The only decent moment came at the end and even then he delayed the pass.
Out of interest, is there a bigger diver in the league?
Are you his mum or something? He hasn't even scored this season and has only 3assists. Care to enlighten?
REALLY? He has zero goals and about three assists? How can that be quite a few matches?
He's misjudged that blow-job by at least ten yards
well okay, maybe not in terms of match winners this season compared to last but I still think his crossing ability and penetration on the wings has influenced a few matches for us this year
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edit: ^
In the last 18 months if the only thing you can say about a performance is "he was better than Valencia" then you know they've been shit.