That’s a better performance than i thought when i was watching him and the game live
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Yup, magic left foot.
Took the words out of my mouth.That’s a better performance than i thought when i was watching him and the game live
He didn't get a lot of touches because of the position he played.That’s a better performance than i thought when i was watching him and the game live
A special young player. Just has the extra quality and belief.
Yeah, cracking low blocks has been an achillies heel for a long time now, we have pace in attack but the craft and guile has been lacking and that goes from midfield right through to the front 4, the balance is just clearly off.
He actually got the most touches among our forwards.
Today was the first time I was truly impressed by Amad. He showed great awareness for his teammates, played some lovely passes and didn't seem to be flustered by the physicality of the Wolves defenders. Unlike against Leicester he didn't fade. He was in the game for the whole time he was on the pitch. Genuinely promising.
growing in confidence. has been used sparingly, hoping this shows that that is paying off and that he can start contributing naturally before too much longer.
We still need to bring in Sancho but I like the look of this kid.
We've found a gem it seems but there's still plenty of room for Sancho. If you look at our current attackers, who will definitely be here in 3 years? Only Rashford and Greenwood unless Martial gets his shit together. Add Sancho to that this summer, then in 1-2 seasons Amad will hopefully be ready to become a crucial player for us. Those 4 would be phenomenal and if we're aiming for depth like City have, we'll still need 1-2 good players up front.
Now this is real talent! Excellent decision making. Knows when to pass and when to dribble.
Much rather a striker than Sancho, this guy is way too talented to miss out on game time.
The weight on a few of his passes was ridiculously good. He has a real chance.
He's still too lightweight and needs to hit the gym but he's obviously a special talent.
I have to ask the question as to why it's rarely pointed out that when Amad plays, he does so in second string sides. How is that not a factor in determining relative performance?
For example. Fernandes, our best player, would likely perform somewhat worse playing with our 2nd string than with our 1st. If that's the case for an outstanding experienced professional then why are we not accounting for an 18 year old not getting his minutes in the best team possible? Is it not inevitable that pairing the inexperienced with the inexperienced is courting disjointed performances?
So before we make our "he's not ready" or "needs this" analyses, lets see how he gets on playing in a side with AWB, Shaw, Rashford, Cavani, Fernandes, Pogba before we make unfair comparisons with the likes of Daniel James who routinely is the beneficiary of playing in better sides than Amad.
For example. Fernandes, our best player, would likely perform somewhat worse playing with our 2nd string than with our 1st. If that's the case for an outstanding experienced professional then why are we not accounting for an 18 year old not getting his minutes in the best team possible? Is it not inevitable that pairing the inexperienced with the inexperienced is courting disjointed performances?
So before we make our "he's not ready" or "needs this" analyses, lets see how he gets on playing in a side with AWB, Shaw, Rashford, Cavani, Fernandes, Pogba before we make unfair comparisons with the likes of Daniel James who routinely is the beneficiary of playing in better sides than Amad.
Do we though ?
Rashford / Greenwood / Amad / Pogba / James / Pellestri / Mejbri / Bruno can all play across the positions . Granted he’s decent but I’d rather develop what we have ( and sign Kane ) !
Not every footballer needs to be stacked to be strong, you need to know how to use your body and Amad does.
Messi is an excellent example, Depay at United is a terrible example.
Daniel James isn’t good enough, pogba is a midfielder. Rashford is very poor on the right, Bruno is our number 10. The rest are too inexperienced to feature regularly for now. Only Greenwood and amad are options there. I prefer if Amad went on loan though. Pellistri might be an option once he is back, I’m not sure how he is getting on. All I know is we’ve needed a right winger since Nani & Sancho fits the bill. City have 2 world class players for each position; when you can improve your first 11, you simply do.
Whoever gets him on loan next season, IF he goes on loan(and it'll be England), will have a West Ham Lingard level of talent on their hands after a few games. He'd easily be a starter at Everton for example but would be terrific for a team such as Brighton.
First time I've really properly watched him live during a game, but he looks like a very good prospect. His touch is great, and he just seems to glide on the ball. Really look forward to seeing more of this guy, and seeing how he develops for us.
Greenwood is being phased into the 9 role.
If we get the happy headache of Sancho being genuinely pushed by Diallo on the right wing, great! Sancho's supposed to be even better on the left.
Diallo played as a false 9 today.
The great thing about these signings as that they're flexible and give us strength in depth. We can shuffle the attacking line up to rotate or compensate for injuries, and still be a genuine threat.
pretty much zero chance of him going on loan surely?
Ole will want him here and pushing for starts
He's definitely not "not ready" for this level as some had said was the case. As a squad player he's fine. Will frustrate and need patience, but can definitely play his part.
Not If we signed Sancho in Summer, his game time would be even more limited. A loan would works for both.
If we sell Lingard and loan Diallo to West Han this summer, may increase our chance of getting Rice for a more affordable fee?
He is very elusive with the ball but, one thing I noticed today is he doesn't position his body on the turn when receiving the ball for him to have the option to go forward quickly and so first instinct was to go backwards. At least that is what it looked like watching live.
Be interesting to see when he gets chances to take on players one on one out wide what he does.
Be interesting to see when he gets chances to take on players one on one out wide what he does.
We need to play Diallo ourselves, not to loan him out.
Assume Sancho is coming this sumner, there no chance we would play Diallo ahead of Sancho or Greenwood. He will be a bit part player for us next season, featuring in league cups or as 15 mins sub in those easy games where we are leading comfortably. So it’s best to loan out him to have more playing time.
He played that like a mini martial, very similar play style IMO.
Thought he did very well, especially up against a man mountain like Willy Boly.
Would like to see him with Rashford and Greenwood.
Thought he did very well, especially up against a man mountain like Willy Boly.
Would like to see him with Rashford and Greenwood.
I see him as a more athletic Mata. Good in tight spaces, great at picking out passes and can shoot himself.
Martial is no mug in tight spaces either. I'd say the quick spins with some pacey quick touch dribbling looks a lot more Martial like than Mata IMO.
Mata doesn't really dribble, he just plays a quick pass and runs into position.
It's clear though Amad is comfortable across the whole front line which is handy.
If he played for Dortmund this season he would have got 20 g+a
What? Say you yeah? He was the standout player on the pitch yesterday.
He plays more like a Mata than Nani.
Fully agree with this, can't really understand why no one is factoring it in to their analyses
It was quite Martial like, I'm hoping we get to see the 2 of them play together more because I feel they'd have great chemistry together.
Can defo see the Nani comparisons in his body shape on the ball.
Was a pleasing performance all round, think he looks a real talent who will be a good player in the squad as of next season.
Was a pleasing performance all round, think he looks a real talent who will be a good player in the squad as of next season.
Why are the 3 options 2 youngsters, 1 probably a striker anyway or the most expensive right winger in the world?
Theres a million options that would be good to have who are more mature in their development and more ready to play every week and could compete with Amad for example
The ideal solution would be to sign sancho and loan Amad to Dortmund. A win-win situation for both sides.
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