Could Hojlund be pushed out wide? He's the only healthy left-footed attacker remaining in the squad.
Who is your preferred option for the RW spot?
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He did well in the Championship, and times, made it look too easy. Therefore, his next step is to prove himself in the EPL. The only way to do that is for him to be given a chance.
Time for pellestri to shine? We’ve literally no RW. Greenwood gone, Antony suspended….
I wouldn’t want that because then we’ll still have the same problems we’ve had for over a year. No proper ST. He caused Arsenal a lot of trouble when he came on. To be fair though his game is based on drifting out wide aswell.
No! Hope not anyway. He's a striker, and he should play there. That being said, he does naturally drift into those right forward positions, which is why I think having someone like Bruno/Mount there would compensate for their lack of attacking penetration down the wide areas, instead allowing them more license to drift inside.
Did he even get a proper chance at Rangers? Every time I checked their line up he was on the bench. Although he scored on his debut and then was benched all the time.
I hope we give Pellistri a shot there. But I have a feeling it'll be Mount/Bruno.
Being given a chance isn't being given the starting jersey straight away.
A literal tap in from two yards at Ross County. Given the publicity about him he should've been able to walk through most teams there but he was on their bench for a reason.
Big games:
Hojlund
Rashford ___ Mount ____ Bruno
Casemiro ____ Amrabat
Hojlund
Rashford ___ Mount ____ Bruno
Casemiro ____ Amrabat
Hardly 'straight away'! Not sure if you're up to date, but this discussion is only taking place due to Greenwood and now Antony potentially not playing for United again. Therefore, we are discussing who should step in. Who would you choose?
Isn't this precisely why teams have talented young players in the squad? To fill in as and when necessary and prove their value? It's not uncommon for them to be brought in out of necessity. See Rashford. Besides, I doubt he'd automatically be the assumed starter. Bruno has played on the right wing countless times, and Mount can also play there. Absolutely no reason why he shouldn't be given a shot given the circumstances, though. Trusting the youth is a part of what makes this club unlike many others. I feel like people weirdly forget that on here.
ten Hag tends to play that anyway.
The transfer season is closed. Short of playing players who’ve failed continuously in that position (Sancho) or playing players out of position (Bruno, Garnacho and Rashford) and making them drop in their performance, there’s really not much option we have left before it comes to either Pellistri/Amad.
Besides, Garnacho was far less proven when we gave him a run of games in our most stacked attacking position. Amad surely deserves a chance now that we literally have no other first team player whose preferred position is on the right.
What’s the point of our academy if we don’t give the youngsters a chance when there’s a hole in the squad for them in their preferred position. If we follow your logic of only giving players who have proven themselves a chance, we’ll never have seen the majority of our greatest players who came through the academy.
It would be interesting to se something like this:
Rashford
Garnacho - Bruno - Højlund
Casemiro - Amrabat
Rashford
Garnacho - Bruno - Højlund
Casemiro - Amrabat
Specifying the last 18 months is a strange time frame. For the first 12 months of that AWB barely played through a combination of terrible form and injury. It was only in the second half of last season that he got back into the team and played fairly well.
As I said, there's been a call for him all summer over twitter. I'm fully aware of the circumstances I'd undoubtedly give the place to Pellistri and tell him it was his to lose.
ETA - In fact, as I came out of here and had a quick, general look at Twitter, he's trending again. It would appear he has a big fan base outside the UK.
Yeah, that makes sense. I'm not a fan of seeing Bruno there but we don't have a lot of options now.
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I'm a simple man, just not someone who beats up women will do me just fine. 
Ruling out Mount and Diallo for now, I'd go with
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Rashford--Eriksen---Bruno
-------Casemiro-Amrabat
Sub Pellistri on for Eriksen when his legs are gone ~60mins in, swap Bruno back to CAM. Sorted.
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Rashford--Eriksen---Bruno
-------Casemiro-Amrabat
Sub Pellistri on for Eriksen when his legs are gone ~60mins in, swap Bruno back to CAM. Sorted.
The clamour I saw in the summer was for him to be kept in the squad rather than loaned again so he could get some minutes for the first team and show whether he could make the step up or not. I didn’t see anyone arguing for him to just magically become a starter. Obviously circumstances have changed massively since then and now it’ll be up to him and Pellestri to convince Ten Hag they are capable of filling in for Anthony.
At least in the short term though, I think it’s more likely Ten Hag rejigs things to make a starting 11 with more senior players.
Yet he shined in the Championship and English football which is a lot more competitive than the Scottish league…
That may work. A lot of creativity up there and the midfield 2 will be solid. Would have to use Rashford and Hojlund for their pace on the counter.
still a lack of natural width down that right - whose the one v one artist down that side?
I would like to see him get minutes - I mean at least 30 mins. If he does okay maybe start him and see if he can deal with the steep learning curve.
Most likely option would be Rashford starting there for the time being and Nacho starting LW, imo.
I don't believe that at all. AWB's problems stem from the fact he offers very little in build up. His passing is erratic and his crossing is poor. He can carry the ball well due to his agility and unconventional dribbling style, but that's about it. Defensively he's great, but a majority of the time he's a net negative for the team. I don't believe any of our top 4 rivals would pick him over their own options.
Sure, he'd probably be criticised for this less with a RW with better output, but then I also think Antony has helped AWB with his off the ball workrate and always trying to be available for a pass. I can't see someone like Greenwood doing that, and he'd also be terrible at pressing from the front anyway.
We need a new RB, somebody who is comfortable in every third of the pitch, like Shaw is.
Just as long as they can kiss and make up, then Sancho, obviously.
Honestly think pellistri is heavily overrated by most people. He got pace and can cross but thats about it. He cant pass, has a none existant weak foot, rarely scores and also has no variance in his dribbling beyond sprinting to the outside.
If Anthony and sancho are struggling, I think pellistri will struggle too within 3 months. Basically it will be like his games for Uruguay... begin hot, get cold when he is found out and then become non existent
I personally rate Amad ahead of him purely because he has more weapons to his game. I also think sancho on the RW looks better than sancho on the LW. Time will tell but I think it will come down to Amad and sancho for the RW.
If Anthony and sancho are struggling, I think pellistri will struggle too within 3 months. Basically it will be like his games for Uruguay... begin hot, get cold when he is found out and then become non existent
I personally rate Amad ahead of him purely because he has more weapons to his game. I also think sancho on the RW looks better than sancho on the LW. Time will tell but I think it will come down to Amad and sancho for the RW.
Be in the slammer mate.
I wonder if Garnacho can fit in at RW as like a traditional winger. I don’t think Rashford will be played there as he always looks awful. Rashford likes to cut in on his favoured foot where as Garnacho can take people on and then cross the ball. I’ve also seen Garnacho use his left foot when playing on the LW, he’s crossed it a few times using his weak foot. It’s ashame Amad got injured as I think this season would have been his breakthrough season and he’d of now had the chance to play with Antony’s future being unsure.
I think Mount for the low block teams and Garnacho for the teams with a high line.
Sancho is a dead man walking. Lazy player with an attitude and history of poor performances. If Pellistri is like you say then surely he should get a chance because it sounds like he'd perform for a while at least. Also players can grow as footballers so I wouldn't count him out yet.
Diallo is still injured so for the next games it's between Pellistri or some first team player like Garnacho/Rashford/Bruno playing out of position.
Amazing how highly Amad is rated, he should stay out of the first team forever they’ll build him a statue.
I don’t really like Rashford at RW either but let’s assume Rashford will be in the team, then EtH has to decide who else to play up front. Assuming he’s fit, Hojlund must be favourite. Then you have one more place with Martial, Nacho and Pellistri the options plus Eriksen and Bruno as two others who can fill in.
I don’t think EtH will want to take Bruno’s legs and productivity out of the centre. Eriksen hasn’t really played RW for us but I think he could do it; even so, midfield will be weakened if we take him out of there.
Martial rarely plays RW but I would say that if he is selected, he prefers LW and Rash does a better job at RW. Nacho must have a good chance to get the nod but, once again, which is stronger - Nacho RW and Rash LW or the other way round?
Not just big games - most games
If the front 3 is Rashford, Hojlund and Garnacho then that’s a front 3 that can rotate during the game. Hojlund can drift out to the right depending if Rashford is having any lucky against the opposition FB on that side and Rashford goes central or Rashford and Garnacho can rotate, we’ve seen it before when we’ve had games and both wingers have switched a lot during games. I don’t think Eriksen as played on the wing since his spurs days. Don’t think his legs will allow him to help defend on that side so AWB will be defending on his own. However if we have a midfield 2 of Casa and Amrabat then one of them could help the FB defend on that side.
Ye I think having 2 solid DM will bring the best out of Mount. Just not sure if Bruno will be effective on the right.
Understandable considering he's done well with the chances he's gotten. Who knows whether he'll replicate his form from the Championship. If we don't try him though, we'll never know (obviously rubbish timing considering he's injured)
Rashford needs to stay left
I actually dont buy the laziness jabs thrown at sancho...he works hard...harder than rashford at least. He tracks back better...forget about the recent clips where he looks unfit, whenever he was fit, he was doing the defensive side very well. He just needs a run of games. Same thing with Amad.
I also think all of this may actually work out well for us. Anthony is and was a serious detriment to us when attacking. This forced timeout forces ten hag to give other players who need a run of games a chance.
I think that by the time Anthony makes a come back, he will have a huge battle on his hands for that spot. I strongly think that by then, people wont want to go back to his slow us down and never beat a man kind of football. Either way change is coming to the RW by force...either sancho/amad step up or we have to back into the market.
Sancho could have had yet another chance to shoe his way into the team but with that statement, he shouldn't even be considered.
It's going to change depending on the game I reckon. I think Pellestri deserves a run given he's our only true right winger but I see Ten Hag opting for Garnacho in games where teams play a high line and then either Bruno/Mount for other games where we dominate possession.
Think United desperately lack natural width on the right side however. Antony always cuts inside. Bruno cuts inside. Mount will cut inside. Pellestri is the only player who can hold the width. With Hojlund coming in, getting crosses into the box, low or high, it could be an option. Even with Garnacho too, can't remember but didn't Ten Hag already play Garnacho on the RW?
It's going to change depending on the game I reckon. I think Pellestri deserves a run given he's our only true right winger but I see Ten Hag opting for Garnacho in games where teams play a high line and then either Bruno/Mount for other games where we dominate possession.
Think United desperately lack natural width on the right side however. Antony always cuts inside. Bruno cuts inside. Mount will cut inside. Pellestri is the only player who can hold the width. With Hojlund coming in, getting crosses into the box, low or high, it could be an option. Even with Garnacho too, can't remember but didn't Ten Hag already play Garnacho on the RW?