[Longshanks]

He's not mobile enough to really cause PL defences any problems, he does link the play nicely and has a good technique and his counter pressing is quite effective but he's not quick enough to be a goal threat.

He was useful when he dropped deep and became a no10 target man, sort of fellani style and the helped us to get some control in the game, but it was very noticeable how Rashford in the no9 position was pulling the leeds CBs into places they didn't want to be and making space for us to play.

 

[Litch]

Genius moving him to 10, with players running off him....

 

[sincher]

Too limited for me. With Martial out I would rather play Garnacho and Rashy in the middle. Yes some attacks would break down that might not otherwise, but there would be more of a threat.

Useful to have as bench option when we need someone to hold the ball up.

 

[Red & White]

He’s clearly trying and you want him to do well. Just seems to lack a bit of quality at times. He definitely looked better towards the end of the game when he came short in the number 10 position.

 

[red woppit]

Seems he was unlucky not to score today, it appears as though Maguire never got a touch on the ball, so came off a Leeds player. Did VAR check it?

 

[Guapa]

Doing a job for the team and manager at the moment when bodies are thin on the ground which is what he was brought in to do.Keep it going son.

 

[Sylar]

My bet is you don't play football. If you do you'd know it's simply because he's poor at feeling/judging the trajectory of the ball. Same reason why he's pretty bad at scoring headers despite his height. Tbh he reminds me a bit of Lukaku that donkey when it comes to this.

You would lose that bet

What an arrogant post. Of course I know what happened, I still found it funny

G.t.f.o here with this shit

 

[NLunited]

Did his usual good hold up play and laying off the ball for his team mates. Needs to be played in the feet more.

Team player.

 

[eire-red]

I think it's clear that he can't lead the line on his own. Played much better when he had Rashford playing off him and thought he linked play well.

 

[Chairman Steve]

He’s playing a lot more than even he probably thought he would play. Martial’s body has the durability of a wet tissue these days.

 

[Idxomer]

I'm still convinced his disallowed goal came off a leeds player and should have stood but he was decent overall today.

It did come off the Leeds player's hand, that's what I saw anyway. They didn't seem bothered to do forensics on that decision.

 

[horsechoker]

Winedine Wegdane.

Wine her
Dine her
69 her

 

[NLunited]

I can‘t wait for him to score against Barcelona.

 

[NZT-One]

He's not mobile enough to really cause PL defences any problems, he does link the play nicely and has a good technique and his counter pressing is quite effective but he's not quick enough to be a goal threat.

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My feeling as well. He really lacks any sort of goal threat, his work off the ball seems to be fine and he has a good pass on him as well but as long as he doesn't unlock his scoring boots or at least gets at the end of some balls (which I'll happily give to him - the service he gets is shocking) then I wouldn't go through with more than the loan.

 

[roonster09]

He had poor game as CF, his lack of pace and agility killed our moves but once he moved to 10 position he was good. He was the link man for every attack and he showed what he is capable of. He is good on the ball, keeps it well when pressed and also offers physicality, also his passing is smooth and attackers barely break stride to receive it.

Rashford as a CF and Weghorst as 10 worked well vs Leeds. Credit to EtH was trying that. I lost it when we subbed out Sancho and kept Weghorst on, glad it worked out really well

 

[Annihilate Now!]

I thought he was pretty good in that number 10 role. Seemed to really suit him.

He was also massive in our own box all game.

 

[criticalanalysis]

Fellani-esque in the 10 role without the heading.

 

[croadyman]

I think it's clear that he can't lead the line on his own. Played much better when he had Rashford playing off him and thought he linked play well.

Yeah definitely

 

[fallengt]

Clearly a limited player but you can see he's doing his best.
People need to calm down, he's a stopgap striker.

 

[croadyman]

Clearly a limited player but you can see he's doing his best.
People need to calm down, he's a stopgap striker.

Yeah I only ever expected the odd assist like today along with few goals here and there

 

[Sgreddevil]

He came and did the job of what we expected for a stopgap solution. Seems like he may be a better fit for a 10 or false 9 position which can unleash our power and speed in Rashy and Garnacho for counters. I don't think is fair to expect him to be a world class game changer star player though a few more goals from him would be nice. More importantly he worked as a team and did the basics of what CR has failed to do. That should suffice for this season until we find a permanent solution for next season.

 

[croadyman]

He came and did the job of what we expected for a stopgap solution. Seems like he may be a better fit for a 10 or false 9 position which can unleash our power and speed in Rashy and Garnacho for counters. I don't think is fair to expect him to be a world class game changer star player though a few more goals from him would be nice. More importantly he worked as a team and did the basics of what CR has failed to do. That should suffice for this season until we find a permanent solution for next season.

Yeah couldn't agree more

 

[tenpoless]

Can anyone demonstrate with FACTS and LOGIC that he had a bad game?

Because I thought he was decent

Facts: He's big
Logic: Fellaini is also big and abused. Therefore we should do the same to WW

 

[RedRonaldo]

Actually his current goalscoring stats here (1 goals in 8 games) is matching the expectation of him previously scoring 2 goals in 20 games for Burnley.

His strength isn’t goalscoring I believe, rather as holding up front man who helps our wing forward, and keep pressing up front.

 

[InfiniteBoredom]

Actually his current goalscoring stats here (1 goals in 8 games) is matching the expectation of him previously scoring 2 goals in 20 games for Burnley.

His strength isn’t goalscoring I believe, rather as holding up front man who helps our wing forward, and keep pressing up front.

He’s been roughly a 1 in 2 striker when not playing in the PL.

The league is just too fast for him, no real shame in that.

 

[bringbackbebe]

He did a fine job yesterday in hold up play. Not sure where the criticism is coming from, given Sancho/Rashford/Bruno all lost the ball quite easily.

 

[RedRonaldo]

He’s been roughly a 1 in 2 striker when not playing in the PL.

The league is just too fast for him, no real shame in that.

Yes but 1 in 2 in farmers league is rather meaningless here as he is playing in PL now. Sancho used to have 20 goals 20 assist a season in BL but he can’t even get anywhere near half the number in PL.

 

[crossy1686]

He did a fine job yesterday in hold up play. Not sure where the criticism is coming from, given Sancho/Rashford/Bruno all lost the ball quite easily.

It's weird, I think it's because he's on loan from Burnley. If he would be on loan from Barcelona people would be talking about his 'world class' hold up play. There's also this notion in football to be extreme and be binary as possible, so he's either completely shit or great.

He's not brilliant but he's doing a job when we desperately need someone to do a job, he hasn't let us down yet. He creates a lot of space in behind for the likes of Rashford to run into, he pulls defenders out of position and unsettles them quite a lot. What I did enjoy about the Leeds game is that the CB's got used to marking him so Ten Hag asked him to drop deeper and let Rashford run at them, they had no answer to that.

 

[Drainy]

Did well yesterday. It's obvious that he wasn't intended to be played as much as he has done but can't be helped with Martial's injury problems.

 

[ROFLUTION]

I think he's quite anonymous. He probably does a certain job with running a lot, but I'm not sure that is enough for a striker at Manchester United. That should probably be the bare minimum - he should be getting on the end of more chances and I don't think he uses his physique enough in aerial duels. Often loses these, and we'd be way better off if he went 100% into those - yesterday was a very physical match where presence was needed.

It's mentioned as if he pulls defence away so Rashford gets more space, but that's also the bare minimum a striker should be able to do. Not even sure he does this a lot neither, it more just seems that we accredit Wout to the succes Rashford probably would have had without Weghorst anyways.

 

[ROFLUTION]

Facts: He's big
Logic: Fellaini is also big and abused. Therefore we should do the same to WW

Fellaini got on the end of more chances and got stuck in more. Was actually quite decent for that type of football, but sadly made us play that hoof-ball type of football (because he was good at it).

 

[mctrials23]

Hes just a limted footballer when it comes to the top level of football. We got him on a cheap transfer to plug a gaping hole in our squad and hes doing pretty much as expected. Nice at times, poor at times but is unlikely to be here past the summer. Always puts in a good shift and very little to dislike about the bloke.

 

[superdry]

No we shouldn't. He's 30, and he didn't prove himself as player for this level. Why would you change your team dynamic to build around him, when he's not guaranteed goal, if you build to play to his strength.

The point in bringing him is for rotation when the game is dusted, or meaningless games, but there is almost no point in starting him while shoehorn our current most prolific scorer into his worst position, which hindering the team.

Ok let’s not improve our crossing the ball for accuracy and lift because it constitutes changing the system!

 

[next_number_seven]

I think he's limited but to be fair he was involved in both goals yesterday.
I think ETH wants him to drag central defenders out of position for Rashford and Garnacho to run in to

 

[ti vu]

Ok let’s not improve our crossing the ball for accuracy and lift because it constitutes changing the system!

Nothing to do with crossing accuracy.

It's about positioning, movement upfront during the first build up phase. No run in behind, so until the tactic change came, crossing chance was limited.

The one who doing the dragging defenders are Rashford when he's moving up top. Leeds didn't send someone to mark Weghorst when deployed in support position. lt's the space when Leeds defense line was forced to backpedal.

Did you even watch the game? The crossing is fairly good for the last two games when it's for Weghorst to attack. Your view on why that is?

 

[Denis79]

Limited player that moves like he's 2.15 and 130 kg's, rather see Rashford at No9 and Garnacho on the left. I'm not saying he's bad or anything but he isn't good either if we're honest. PL doesn't fit him I think.

 

[BrilliantOrange]

I think everyone agrees he is not the quality United should be aiming for, but I can hardly imagine - given his workrate and link-up play and the lack of alternatives - anyone is unhappy he is here..

 

[Denis79]

I think everyone agrees he is not the quality United should be aiming for, but I can hardly imagine - given his workrate and link-up play and the lack of alternatives - anyone is unhappy he is here..

This is it, we have little options. Weghorst has no business playing in a top PL team otherwise. We really need to buy a proper No9 that stays fit.

 

[Red Indian Chief Torn Rubber]

His lack of pace hurts in the striker role. I think he'd be suited to playing as a 10.

 

[DrRodo]

If it works for the system, ETH will keep using him, just like he did yesterday. It may not be nice though and we all may like a better flashier player. But eth knows better and he may be around this season and maybe some more. Fine with me