[RedOrange]

He will get a run of matches and the tone here will shift from complaining about him never starting to complaining about how shite he is.

 

[antohan]

My biggest concern about him is that he just doesn't seem capable of scoring goals.

When did he last score in a competitive match?

I don't expect goals from him bar the occasional one. He isn't aggressive in that pursuit. Unless he is on the ball in an attacking move, he tends to pace himself for a sideways option, rebound or turnover, he doesn't attack the box to be the finisher. Not sure that made a lot of sense without tge requisite arm-waving body language, but it is evident to me.

What he does really well is break lines, pull defenders out of their comfort zone and has a knack for byline cutback assists. Doing that alone, he may turn out a great foil for Hojlund.

He won't turn into a goalscoring inverted winger, that's just not him.

 

[pcaming]

He will get a run of matches and the tone here will shift from complaining about him never starting to complaining about how shite he is.

I have no issue with him failing, everyone else has, but he needs a fair chance and a decent run of games like others were given.

 

[Artorias]

I have no issue with him failing, everyone else has, but he needs a fair chance and a decent run of games like others were given.

That's fair. I believe that Pellistri will be a good player given a chance.
Like other poster said above, his style of play is not scoring a lot of goals, he create a lot of chances for the other players to score.

 

[DJ_21]

In regards to his scoring and assisting. Last season he only got a little over 60 minutes of total playtime for us in the premier league.
To compare Antony got 1800 minutes and only managed 4 goals and 2 assists. So its not like his right wing competition is scoring tons of goals.

The big difference between the 2 aswell is Pellestri is willing to take people on. Antony doesn’t do that as much, he’ll either pass it or lose it. Pellestri is a decent dribbler just needs to work on end product. Amad is a very good dribbler and I’d say he has better end product then both Pellestri and Antony. He just needs to stay fit and then he’ll get his chance.

 

[RuudTom83]

If he plays tonight it might be a big ask to start him this weekend. The South American players do a lot of travelling.

 

[CannibalSpectre]

I don't expect goals from him bar the occasional one. He isn't aggressive in that pursuit. Unless he is on the ball in an attacking move, he tends to pace himself for a sideways option, rebound or turnover, he doesn't attack the box to be the finisher. Not sure that made a lot of sense without tge requisite arm-waving body language, but it is evident to me. What he does really well is break lines, pull defenders out of their comfort zone and has a knack for byline cutback assists. Doing that alone, he may turn out a great foil for Hojlund. He won't turn into a goalscoring inverted winger, that's just not him.

He has a knack for getting to the byline but has nothing to show in terms of actual assists. Pellistri only has one assist in senior football since moving to Europe in 2019. I don't get the hype.

 

[antohan]

He has a knack for getting to the byline but has nothing to show in terms of actual assists. Pellistri only has one assist in senior football since moving to Europe in 2019. I don't get the hype.

Three in seven caps.

Since 2019 he's got feck all minutes for us and otherwise played at relegation fodder Alavés.

 

[Lyng]

He has a knack for getting to the byline but has nothing to show in terms of actual assists.

Well he actually gets to the byline and takes players on. Thats more than Antony and Sancho....

 

[OrcaFat]

I have no issue with him failing, everyone else has, but he needs a fair chance and a decent run of games like others were given.

He will get a run of games when he earns it. Nacho has had to fight for the minutes he’s played. He’s done well but even then he has very few starts to his name.

Pellistri has been exciting at times and showed enough to suggest he will get more minutes. We have to remember that every player is given quite complex responsibilities and the performance in all “the rules” is important to EtH.

 

[pcaming]

Well he actually gets to the byline and takes players on. Thats more than Antony and Sancho....

Exactly, Sancho and Antony are pathetic when faced with an opponent.

He will get a run of games when he earns it. Nacho has had to fight for the minutes he’s played. He’s done well but even then he has very few starts to his name.

Pellistri has been exciting at times and showed enough to suggest he will get more minutes. We have to remember that every player is given quite complex responsibilities and the performance in all “the rules” is important to EtH.

Nacho has Rashford ahead of him, someone who scored 30 times. The players ahead of Pellestri do not form on anything near a consistent basis.

 

[Noir]

Again, we're dishing out long term contracts with players showing next to nothing.

Business, not a football club.

 

[AngeloHenriquez]

Again, we're dishing out long term contracts with players showing next to nothing.

Business, not a football club.

21 year old who plays for the Uruguayan NT - Seems humble and hard working and getting closer to the first team as he hasn't gone out and loan and is appearing more on the bench.

Looking at Garnachos contract (£50k) leads me to believe this will be less than that so I'd happy with around £40k with incentives and then if he is motivated and focused that should drive him.

 

[Noir]

Sure, love him and i hope he makes it.

But, he has a contract until 2025. Let him earn it. With our luck he'll be another one of non transferable overpaid deadwood.

 

[Idxomer]

Sure, love him and i hope he makes it.

But, he has a contract until 2025. Let him earn it. With our luck he'll be another one of non transferable overpaid deadwood.

Option for another year, so it's practically till 2026. I agree that there's no point giving him a new contract no one else would be giving him right now.

 

[jem]

Again, we're dishing out long term contracts with players showing next to nothing.

Business, not a football club.

How does giving Pellistri a long-term contract boost the business rather than the club bottom line?

 

[flameinthesun]

Agree with those who have concerns about renewing his contract. Apart from a few decent showings for his NT and a few sporadic decent showings for United he has shown nothing in performances or talent to suggest he has a long term future here. Yes his salary would probably be low but that shouldn't be the reason to renew. I do wish we were a bit braver as a club in getting rid of players.

 

[Big Ben Foster]

Stupid, unnecessary move if true. Will just make him more difficult to shift if he doesn't work out.

 

[pacifictheme]

Agree with those who have concerns about renewing his contract. Apart from a few decent showings for his NT and a few sporadic decent showings for United he has shown nothing in performances or talent to suggest he has a long term future here. Yes his salary would probably be low but that shouldn't be the reason to renew. I do wish we were a bit braver as a club in getting rid of players.

I agree. He's generally come on late in games when they have been stretched and has been able to run about a lot knowing he doesn't have to last 90 minutes. He's not been bad (other than that one horror show performance) but he's not set the world on fire and has shown no signs that he would be better or as good as Antony on the right, and he's not been an outstanding talent yet either.

 

[AltiUn]

People are being ridiculously harsh, he’s barely had a chance here.

 

[Drizzle]

People are being ridiculously harsh, he’s barely had a chance here.

But that's the point - why renew the contract now?

 

[OrcaFat]

Exactly, Sancho and Antony are pathetic when faced with an opponent.


Nacho has Rashford ahead of him, someone who scored 30 times. The players ahead of Pellestri do not form on anything near a consistent basis.

He’ll get more and more chances if he plays well enough each time. He’s good at getting to the byline and that’s worth something but his whole game has to be good enough. For now, I think it’s more likely that Rashford will be moved to the right and Nacho will come in on the left than we’ll see Pellistri starting.

 

[antohan]

People are being ridiculously harsh, he’s barely had a chance here.

In fairness, the only reason people question it is we have a terrible record of completely unnecessary renewals. Had this been 15 years ago everyone would be celebrating getting him tied up longer and trusting the manager with the call.

It's either that or bitching about X contract running down and us not doing enough. It ultimately has nothing to do with any one player, it's the club and how it is run.

 

[Escobar]

But that's the point - why renew the contract now?

So we have at least one winger

 

[antohan]

He’ll get more and more chances if he plays well enough each time. He’s good at getting to the byline and that’s worth something but his whole game has to be good enough. For now, I think it’s more likely that Rashford will be moved to the right and Nacho will come in on the left than we’ll see Pellistri starting.

If ETH regularly plays Rashford on the right and Garnacho left that's when I'm done with him. Nobody in their right mind can expect that to ever work.

 

[RedAlert27]

He will get a run of matches and the tone here will shift from complaining about him never starting to complaining about how shite he is.

As long as he gets a fair chance to prove his shiteness (or brilliance hopefully) is all anyone wants.

 

[The Purley King]

Time to step up Facundo!!
Just please don’t be a kiddy fiddler or something like that……..

 

[CannibalSpectre]

Three in seven caps. Since 2019 he's got feck all minutes for us and otherwise played at relegation fodder Alavés.

I stand corrected over his international assists, and I notice 2 of them came in one match and the other was in a friendly. Perhaps he hasn't amassed a good amount of game time at United because he hasn't earned it.

Alaves may have been relagation fodder but Pellistri wasn't even among their few bright sparks and he didn't earn the trust of the manager to earn a good amount of playtime. Amad for instance still scored three good goals during his I'll advised loan spell at Rangers. He showed his quality in the face of adversity and bad conditions for his continued development

The crazy thing is the loan move and club was one of his and he's agent's choosing, and they elected to return for an even more disastrous second spell.

 

[Oranges038]

If he doesn't at least get a chance now with Antony out, he may as well just go home.

 

[FerociousCorgis]

i mean at this point he has to start. Not sure we even have other RW options right now. Garnacho and rashford arent RW. I mean maybe you put garnarcho out there but seems like that be a waste.

 

[Red Rash]

i mean at this point he has to start. Not sure we even have other RW options right now. Garnacho and rashford arent RW. I mean maybe you put garnarcho out there but seems like that be a waste.

I'd like to see Pellistri and Garnacho share that role. Rashford is terrible on the right but as far as I can remember Garnacho hasn't been tried there. Wouldn't be against seeing how he does as an inverted winger.

 

[UnrelatedPsuedo]

The fella was great in Love and Monsters though. Credit where it’s due.

 

[NotQuiteManc]

^^^
The maze running certainly helps with his sprint speed.

 

[Foolsgold21]

Seems to be the big thinking with fans which I don’t get personally. Am I being harsh to say I don’t think he’s the answer for the RW right now?

Good option against tired legs, but I’d rather see Mount there for the time being.

Would love to be hopelessly wrong.

 

[Castia]

He won’t get a better chance than this. Sancho, Antony and even Mount are out he must be in line for a start

 

[GoldanoGraham]

Cant see him starting just yet but impact sun with a decent amount of minutes would be great. Everytime I’ve seen him - he does something that none of our recent RW players do - that is get to the byline and cross….amazing would could happen if that happened.

His issue will always be how much ETH trusts him defensively - that’s why he loves Anthony so much - going forward I think he is liked.

I doubt that he would start against Brighton - whoever on that side needs to be tracking and sniffing out Mitoma as he’s a serious threat.

All in though - time to give young Facundo a decent chance.

 

[OrcaFat]

Cant see him starting just yet but impact sun with a decent amount of minutes would be great. Everytime I’ve seen him - he does something that none of our recent RW players do - that is get to the byline and cross….amazing would could happen if that happened.

His issue will always be how much ETH trusts him defensively - that’s why he loves Anthony so much - going forward I think he is liked.

I doubt that he would start against Brighton - whoever on that side needs to be tracking and sniffing out Mitoma as he’s a serious threat.

All in though - time to give young Facundo a decent chance.

Yeah this is exactly my read on the situation and I also would like to see him get some decent minutes (instead of 5-10 mins when the game is all but dead).

 

[C'est Moi Cantona]

He'll probably start with Bruno there on Saturday as we've got plently of midfielders available all of sudden, then Garnacho, and then it'll be Pellistri.

Tbf they'll probably all be pretty good to watch there.

 

[kaku06]

He needs to be given chances now and he needs to take them. The only thing I want from him is to play the ball quicker and not holding it for too long when there is a pass on. That’s my only criticism because he has this tendency to have the ball and trying to do too much with it.

 

[tomaldinho1]

Stupid, unnecessary move if true. Will just make him more difficult to shift if he doesn't work out.

Not at all. At this age players are better to be held on long term deals (it’s not like he’s on massive wages) because they actually hold value even when they’re not playing that much. He does look quite quick from a standing start which is one thing Sancho/Antony aren’t so interesting to see if he starts.