I agree that sancho specifically may not be necessary, especially given his potential fee. However, rashford and martial have had batches of bad form and are not always reliable as of yet. Adding another winger would allow us to not be so reliant on the flanks on rashford and greenwood, which is risky given their age.
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No fans in the stands might have helped him a lot. He probably just thinks these are the U18s and is scoring at the same rate.
Truthfully, I think he's exposing how bad in comparison rashford and martial were on the flanks. Thankfully they've matured this season. His awareness, press resistance and composure on the turn are things we barely saw from either of them.
Agreed. I know hyperbole gets thrown around willy nilly about young players, but hes class already and will only get better.
The power and accuracy he has with both feet is frankly absurd. All his goals since the break has been NSFW
Which is required for a modern striker. Actually for any GOAT striker in the past also. For instance, Denis Law had an excellent playmaking too.
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His two-footedness is just incredible for his age.
And yes. Jose wouldn't know how to bring the best of this kid.
To be fair to Rashford and Martial they did look really good under Lvg, they started looking like average talents under Jose.
To an extent, but just look at how much control Greenwood has on the ball and the way he can get out of tight situations. We literally haven't had that on the flanks since Nani.
Martial for years wasn't willing to swap flanks. Rashford always needed space to operate in game or he was anonymous (previously). Even this season, when passes got to them with their back to goal, it was always ok for them to.lose possession because they had limited support but I've seen Greenwood turn defenders on his own and get out of those tight spots. It's what I see from other top team's wingers but not ours. Now we at least know that Martial is a striker and rashford.has expanded his game and is a bit better with his awareness on the ball.
Rashford was nailed on as "the face" of Manchester United for years to come.
But now, I'm not so sure. Greenwood could easily surpass him in a few years.
But now, I'm not so sure. Greenwood could easily surpass him in a few years.
Already did
Need a few more seasons of good delivery, mate. Unless if he bangs in 30 goals next season.
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That guy.... Love him to bits.
Vs Bournemouth a former Norwegian NT coach was co commentator and he said his shooting technique was among the best hes seen. Something about both feet being like whips
Meh, didn't score with his head yet. Average. Don't want
In all seriousness after Chicharito and Vidic gone, we are terrible at heading. Martial and Pogba are OK. Mason is average at best. Rashford and Maguire are terrible.
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The kid is incredible I just fecking knew that he will score. He is that good, absolute golden talent this boy and he is ours. Give the kid a proper shirt number now, absolutely love him.
Let me know what you find.
He arguably has been. Certainly had the highest peak, although he also had a couple of periods where he wasn't playing very well. He hasn't been all that good since the lockdown ended.
Actually, that's harsh. Rashford's shooting and dribbling haven't been as good, but since the return he's actually improved his passing and vision quite a lot. Instead of being the one scoring the goals, most of his important involvement has been getting the assist or setting up the attacking movement. It's actually quite impressive as if he can combine that with the dribbling and scoring that he was showing earlier in the season it's going to allow him to rise to the next level. Overall though he's probably been the 'worst' of the front three at the moment.
He's brilliant but he will surely have a run of bad games at some point or another. It's table stakes with any teenager, no matter how good. We need Sancho simply because we need depth with quality. Especially over an entire season with 50+ games
His xG should be treated with a little caution. If he continues outperforming it like he is now then he'll be approaching Messi levels of unplayability. Teams can't defend against those low probability goals. We have seen him score goals like this in the youth level on a consistent basis but I think it's best to remain a little sceptical at this point.
This, one thousand times this!
Can i be a member of Martial FC AND Greenwood FC at the same time? Is that by the rules?
This, this! Remember that first shot he had last night after a run through the middle when his shot ended in Reinas hands, i was honestly a bit surprised.
I mean it was on the counter, defenders and midfielders are busy to get back to the line.
Not much you can do anyway, because once he got that space, left or right who fecking knows man, I pity those defenders.
Anyone got goosebumps when the commentator panned at him on the bench and said " Mason Greenwood the phenomenon."
Yeah son, go and take R9 nickname, no pressure.
Yeah son, go and take R9 nickname, no pressure.
Only if you vow to hate Rashford with passion as their sworn nemesis.
Feck that, our shirt numbers carry a curse. Leave him at 26.
Unsure that it should actually be an issue.
I'll go with Evra's view here and say let the guy develop where he is - a lot of the world's best and most influential players - Ronaldo, Messi, Hazard (of old), Salah, etc. have spent their best years as wide forwards (even Thierry drifted in from the left most times), so I'd say the same about Greenwood, he'll be dangerous either way, and right now at least the team seems perfectly balanced where he is.
On a great path, but let's not forget Rashford had a very similar start, looked like he couldn't miss. Most young players have a tough second season after the breakout year. Shouldn't expect him to carry on this form forever and allow him to develop.
Greenwood is different gravy, Rashford was a bright prospect.
I think like we all agreed here, Greenwood is elite level talent. No offense to Rashy though, big fan of the guy.
He is one goal short(16 goals so far) of equalling the record set by Georges Best, Brian Kidd, Wayne Rooney as most goals scored by "teenagers" for Manchester United...
It’s got to the stage at the moment where I couldn’t believe Reina saved that shot he had low down to his left. On second viewing he scuffed it a bit and it wasn’t in the corner. Then on third viewing Reina barely got there. He’s just impossible to anticipate, not saying he will continue scoring at this rate, but it’s so exciting.
Not so sure about that. Just because average players might no score the goal doesn't mean an excellent talent wouldn't.
thinking back to all the goals he's scored there isn't many that I think "shouldn't have scored that", he just makes them look normal due to his accuracy and power he hits it with.
He will no doubt end up having a bad patch but his base level is usually extremely high. I know reserve football isn't the same but he was genuinely dangerous in pretty much 9/10 matches he played.
I see no reason with the way he plays right now why he can't keep up a consistently high level.
I notice you support Chelsea mate, so just asking, do you watch all our games? If not, I'd strongly advise you not to go by what pundits say - as they'll naturally be pro English.
If you do, unsure how you figure so certainly that Rashford has been the best - he's been great though and is a big reason we have much to fight for now, however, Martial has been just as good and is just as much a reason. Incidentally, they've both struggled with the other out. Each seems happier and more likely to score with the other on the pitch (makes sense when you consider who their team mates were).
Prior to now, Greenwood was mostly played as an impact sub, even though in all honesty before he filled out during the break, as much as he always had a goal in him, he didn't impact the flow of games as much as the other two. Now though, he's a completely different kettle of fish. He's just deadly with an inevitability of destruction about him that is uncommon, not just in our team, but in football period. In his case though, I would be wary of overplaying him while he's still growing, for the protection of his longer term career.
Difficult to say who's been the best over the season. I'll actually feel sorry for any of the 3 that starts getting rotated more than the rest if Sancho does come in.
The bigger question is while fans firmly believe the right thing would be to bring Sancho in either way, would ED release the funds now?
Do Xg take into consideration whether player shoots with weaker foot?
Do we need Sancho?
Can 100million be better spent elsewhere?
Can 100million be better spent elsewhere?
Yes and no.
Kagawa and manucho were 26, not exactly world beaters for us (although I loved kagawa).
Feck it, give him 7
Yes.
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