[Jacob]

Strange he made the squad over Amad.

Amad looks a lot better

Attitude and mentality seems to be high on the agenda for Ralf.

 

[GazTheLegend]

Was the first team even training? Saw the images from the first training session.. Didnt look like there were too many first team players in there..

Yeah, on Friday. It was mentioned that the reason the press conference was so early (9am) was that he wanted as many minutes in training as possible, so presumably Friday he had a chance to run the rule over what we've got.

 

[VanDeBank]

Strange he made the squad over Amad.

Amad looks a lot better

Elanga looks more ready to me. He's more direct. Amad is very raw, but I agree he has a higher ceiling (I wouldn't use the term "better").

 

[lenny_1248]

The real question is why Phil Jones in the squad? Considering Bailly is available.
Amad should have taken his place on the bench.

 

[MyOnlySolskjaer]

Must have really impressed if he managed to get on the pitch after one training session.

 

[Berbasbullet]

Hope he gets a game against Young Boys

 

[DWelbz19]

Hope he and Amad get some proper minutes against Young Boys

 

[JeffFromHK]

Looks quite nervous to me. Hope to see him (and like of amad, mata, lingard) against young boys

 

[the_cliff]

Think he had some decent touches when he came on, his pressing was intense as well, clever from Ralf to switch Greenwood with Sancho and Elanga with Rashford.

 

[Idxomer]

Not impressed.

 

[Van Piorsing]

Got energy to press constantly. Option to consider while our attackers in chaotic form.

 

[YouknowNani]

Not impressed.

He literally did nothing wrong. Looked sharp every time he got the ball.

 

[elmo]

Did more than Rashford did the whole game.

 

[Relevated]

- wasn't afraid to impose himself
- wasn't afraid to recieve the ball
- wasn't afraid to be on the ball
- didn't look out of place
- as strong and athletic as anyone on the pitch

 

[the_cliff]

- wasn't afraid to impose himself
- wasn't afraid to recieve the ball
- wasn't afraid to be on the ball
- didn't look out of place
- as strong and athletic as anyone on the pitch

Those are the main points for me, he always showed for the ball and wanted it, the sign of a good player. We have some first teamers that started and weren't asking for the ball as much.

 

[Poborsky's hair]

Looks quite nervous to me. Hope to see him (and like of amad, mata, lingard) against young boys

Looked the same for me and a bit leggy, EPL tempo is a different animal and I think he can cover the ground quicker usually. The important thing is he got some valuable minutes and the manager noticed him and he will surely get his chance, finally at the expense of not good enough players like Martial. If the Frenchman wasn't forced out with an injury, it's a great statement and who of balls of our new manager, instead of playing the same players based on some kind of merit, name or price tag.

Certainly hope we won't see Mata in one but last game to say farewell, he's a great professional but absolutely the opposite what we ever needed and especially what we need now. Young hungry players establishing themselves in a up-to-date system as quickly as possible..

 

[Stobzilla]

Looks quite nervous to me. Hope to see him (and like of amad, mata, lingard) against young boys

Ahh that old lazy youth player assessment.

Didn't look nervous in the slightest.

 

[Lentwood]

There's a big opportunity for him to get regular minutes because Martial looks likely to leave and Rashford won't fool Rangnick for long.

 

[Cloud7]

Looks quite nervous to me. Hope to see him (and like of amad, mata, lingard) against young boys

I hope we never see Mata in any game ever again. There’s nothing to gain from playing him over one of the youth players.

 

[Mockney]

He didn’t do a lot, but I loved that he came on. Exactly the kind left field youth sub you want from Man Utd. The easy sub was Lingard, and probably what Ole or Jose or Moyes would’ve done, but he went for it. The kind of thing we should’ve done in the Europa final rather than running everyone into the ground like a maniac.

looking promising that him and maybe Hannibal get minutes this year now.

 

[Jeppers7]

Really good to see him get minutes. I thought he did well and looks to have a good attitude

 

[Dobba]

Hopefully gets a start against Young Boys.

 

[lex talionis]

Great to see the cameo for Elanga. Absent brain and heart transplants, I can’t see Martial having a future under Ralf.

 

[Bebestation]

Hopefully we can see if Martial is running around like Elanga in the young boys game - if not that he can take his spot.

 

[Red00012]

Elanga on the left
Diallo on the right Wednesday night

 

[Stobzilla]

Elanga on the left
Diallo on the right Wednesday night

Yep, Martial and Greenwood up front, VDB in the midfield partnering ... someone ...

 

[Remember the geese]

Not impressed.

Why not? He was absolutely fine. Kept possession well for the most part.

 

[city-puma]

He will get many minutes from now on. Mark my words.

 

[kundalini]

He didn’t do a lot, but I loved that he came on. Exactly the kind left field youth sub you want from Man Utd. The easy sub was Lingard, and probably what Ole or Jose or Moyes would’ve done, but he went for it. The kind of thing we should’ve done in the Europa final rather than running everyone into the ground like a maniac.

looking promising that him and maybe Hannibal get minutes this year now.

Lingard was injured in training so wasn't on the bench. The choices were Elanga, Mata or using Donny in a different role, given Mason had already come on.

I wasn't impressed by his performance. In the circumstances, a sensible substitution to make but I hoped Elanga would offer more.

I'd like to see him either start midweek or get plenty of mins as a sub.

 

[Mockney]

Lingard was injured in training so wasn't on the bench. The choices were Elanga, Mata or using Donny in a different role, given Mason had already come on.

I wasn't impressed by his performance.

Fair play. Didn’t know that

 

[WR10]

Pressing monster unlocked

 

[TheReligion]

Not impressed.

You never are really... I'm starting to wonder

 

[Ted Lasso]

Must have really impressed if he managed to get on the pitch after one training session.

I heard "Anthony" on the loudspeaker and expected Martial. Was very pleasantly surprised to see Elanga and thought exactly the same. Fact that it's only been a week and he's impressed Ragnick is a really good sign. Very excited to see him progress under the new manager.

 

[FujiVice]

Putting Elanga on when we needed a goal tells me this Ralfy chap isnt like everyone else. Ole would have never done that. Fergie and even Van Gaal used to do that shit. The lad has nothing to lose, go and give us something. Nice cameo as well.

 

[MyOnlySolskjaer]

Putting Elanga on when we needed a goal tells me this Ralfy chap isnt like everyone else. Ole would have never done that. Fergie and even Van Gaal used to do that shit. The lad has nothing to lose, go and give us something. Nice cameo as well.

It's good but I realised that Martial, Lingard and Cavani are injured. With Greenwood already on it was either him or Mata.

 

[Dion]

I think it's more likely it was to send a message to the rest of the squad that because his training performance was that good.

If you know the boss is going to give you a shot for a good training performance then everyone ups their game.

 

[SAF is the GOAT]

I think it's more likely it was to send a message to the rest of the squad that because his training performance was that good.

If you know the boss is going to give you a shot for a good training performance then everyone ups their game.

Honestly I don't think he's gonna even looked at because of all our injured players

 

[Adnan]

Rangnick throwing on a talenred teenager whilst chases a game is pretty normal for him, and It was great to see.

 

[Red_toad]

Rangnick throwing on a talenred teenager whilst chases a game is pretty normal for him, and It was great to see.

We weren’t chasing anything, we were pretty much secure and it looked like a comfortable victory. Elanga was just fresh legs and he ran a lot, which is what the boss wanted.

 

[AngeloHenriquez]

Rangnick throwing on a talenred teenager whilst chases a game is pretty normal for him, and It was great to see.

This was one of my favorite things, these players are hungry and we constantly relied on too many older players or players with no future here (Mata, Pogba, Lingard, Matic etc)