He was great playing for Birmingham centrally in the games I watched. He was tenacious in the tackle, he would go on driving runs and had a final pass.
I agree he has been pretty woeful today.
Manchester United vs Rayo Vallecano (Sun 31st July, 16:00 UK time) | Happy King (Bebe) Day
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I agree he has been pretty woeful today.
Ok half so far. Nothing that stands out except for Garnacho's performance.
Good so far have been:
Garnacho
Ronaldo
Varane
Bit meh:
Garner
Donny
Poor:
Chong
Good so far have been:
Garnacho
Ronaldo
Varane
Bit meh:
Garner
Donny
Poor:
Chong
Games are allowed to be played at the same time as other games. Changing it would be disrespectful to people who’d bought tickets and might have other commitments at different times. It’s unfortunate but that’s it.
I think most players are making this a quite easy selection for EtH for next week, I'd love to see:
De Gea
Dalot - Varane - Martinez - Malacia
Garner - Fred
Eriksen
Sancho - Ronaldo - Garancho
Though probably going to go with:
De Gea
AWB - Varane - Maguire - Shaw
McFred
Bruno
Sancho - Ronaldo - Rashford
De Gea
Dalot - Varane - Martinez - Malacia
Garner - Fred
Eriksen
Sancho - Ronaldo - Garancho
Though probably going to go with:
De Gea
AWB - Varane - Maguire - Shaw
McFred
Bruno
Sancho - Ronaldo - Rashford
Takeaways from the first half for me:
- Heaton may be fine if he's the no.2
- Martinez extremely composed on the ball
- Varane looks uncomfortable on the ball
- Laird could do with another loan
- Chong should be sold
- Garnacho should be given a chance ahead of the other young forwards
I think Ronaldo has been okay. The midfield have been okay but not controlled the game, though can't say they've been particularly bad or good as a collective or individually.
- Heaton may be fine if he's the no.2
- Martinez extremely composed on the ball
- Varane looks uncomfortable on the ball
- Laird could do with another loan
- Chong should be sold
- Garnacho should be given a chance ahead of the other young forwards
I think Ronaldo has been okay. The midfield have been okay but not controlled the game, though can't say they've been particularly bad or good as a collective or individually.
Garnacho will give Rashford a proper challenge for LW position, and I fancy his chances (not a fan of Rashford on the wing).
Best player in the first half
Pity you don't work for our development squads, could save us a lot of time wasted
whoever she is, she won't feck you.
Some nice play in tight spaces by Ronaldo Eriksen and VDB
Greenwell. Our new academy star. Came out of nowhere this summer and looks to be ready for the first team already.
Garner also gets too much hype for what he's showing. I'm not seeing much that convinces me he's going to make it here. Will turn out to be a decent player. At one of the very best clubs though? I doubt it.
Greenwood
Chong is a guy who Liverpool would've sold 3 years ago for 30m. Why the feck do we keep our duds forever?
Good call yeah
Unlike Elanga, he’s never shown anything in a United shirt to give us hope.
- Varane and Martinez look good.
- Laird is a bit shaky. Chong awful.
- Garnacho the best player on the pitch.
- With Ronaldo, we seem to be in a mid block, and not pressing that high.
- Eriksen is absolute class. VdB still not impressing, but couple of good touches. Garner has done well too.
- Laird is a bit shaky. Chong awful.
- Garnacho the best player on the pitch.
- With Ronaldo, we seem to be in a mid block, and not pressing that high.
- Eriksen is absolute class. VdB still not impressing, but couple of good touches. Garner has done well too.
All too easy for him
Tone down on the Garnacho hype guys. He's been ok in a really overall uninspiring performance.
He means Greensickinthehead
Mutv has been laughably bad today. Whoever was in charge of production must have been on a piss up last night.
He's in the bin.
He is 22 and has been at the club since 2016. Either the development squad is nonexistent or Chong is a lost cause.
Martial has had a great pre season? Rashford has been good too
At least Elanga gets fouled, goes down and wins a freekick. Chong runs like he has a bird nest on his head and can't see anything.
Garnacho been super impressive, looks like a real talent, I’d be having him on the bench for sure. Midfield has looked decent with Eriksen and Donny playing deeper and closer together, unfortunately it will be back to McFred v Brighton. Laird and Chong are miles off, don’t see either ever making the first team as regulars. Garner needs another loan but if we balls up this window will need to stay as cover.
We need to start scoring goals again soon mind. I worry for next week.
We need to start scoring goals again soon mind. I worry for next week.
Is Rayo’s right back just really shit?
It's hilarious.
Overall half decent performance. Bit scary though that some of these guys will start for us and the others are our squad options. We really lack a huge amount of depth in midfield and especially on the wings.
Kinda have a feeling he wrote "excuse me" for a different reason.
Chong is the same as Elanga, technically woeful and no end product.
Cant count on either of them, both destined for some 2nd tier European league
Cant count on either of them, both destined for some 2nd tier European league
Laird and Garner both not good enough to play for United. Martinez looks great on the ball, Varane looks god awful.
Good test from R.V, they are playing very intensely which will allow Ten Hag to see how the players react to this and fine tune his tactics and plans accordingly.
Enough watching Chong, time to watch the ladies play actual football.
Disjointed performance with a B-team of players who have had almost no preseason and haven't really played together. Pointless reading too much into individual performances based on this last 45 mins alone.
He was not the best player. He was in the spotlight that half and if he had shown quality we might have been 3-0 up. He looks to me like his heads down, maybe in a DvB “I know deep down I’m bot good enough” sort of way.
Shocking post.
Yeah I agree, but that's mostly down to Laird letting in a lot of crosses, which had to be cleared. Also our right side has been really bad, so I can understand the hoofing. Usually he is very calm on the ball.