@Himannv
When I watched a lot of youth football - a year or more back, he wasn't really a factor, whereas someone like Hannibal consistently looked like prime Iniesta - I don't know about now.
@Adnan,
@top1whoisman any insight from you folks?
Forson has never been someone that I thought would make it at United. But with young kids his age it's hard to tell if he's someone that could develop into something that can be useful to the first team in the future.
What I remember from when he first arrived as a 16 year old, was his physicality, athleticism and ball striking which were all things that did standout for his age, and his position as a attacking midfielder enabled him to score goals and link up with his team mates. And with the way we're playing currently with the players we have, I can see why ten Hag would utilise the physically and athletically superior Forson due to how direct our play is with the injuries we've suffered in comparison to Amad who is technically a superior player imo but probably doesn't have the ball striking and the physical and athletic gifts of a Forson. And if you're playing a more direct game, then I can see why Forson seemed a better bet on the right side where he could cut onto his stronger left foot to shoot on goal.
But with the injuries to the likes of Shaw and Martinez, it severely weakens our build up capabilities, so I wouldn't really be too harsh on any of our attackers. The problem lies further behind and with the injuries already to key players like Shaw and Martinez, it's always going to be difficult to have possessional control. But on top of that we also lose our central focal point in Hojlund, which makes it even more difficult. And then when you have a midfield 3 of Mainoo, Casemiro and Bruno, it also gives the opponent the physical and athletic advantage which I've been speaking about for far too long. And then we have a backline which doesn't move forward with the rest of the team, which leaves a big space between themselves and the midfielders who have gone to apply the press, whilst the backline stays passive and doesn't move forward to close off the space between themselves and the midfielders. This problem isn't new with the backline and it requires upgrades both on the ball and also without the ball. The second goal is a classic example of Maguire's inability to defend the channel in a 1v1 situation against Adama Traore, which creates space for Fulham to score the winner. That second goal doesn't happen with a strong channel defender.
So we can be technically superior to the opponent on the ball, but that technical superiority will be drowned out by how the opposition are superior physically and athletically.