Deja vu
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- Appearances
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- Goals
- 17
- Assists
- 4
- Yellow cards
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
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I've pinned my hopes on Rashford but if Greenwood wants to break it, he's more than welcomed to.
It's strange seeing United have not one, but two Academy players who are actually good goalscorers. Who was the last one we produced? Mark Hughes? Nice to see, after all the false dawns of David Healy, Alex Notman, Will Keane and James Wilson.
Always wants the ball, always shows for the ball. We’ve spent years watching players afraid of their own shadow and here’s this kid who’s just completely fearless, great to see.
If Sancho comes then he will have to fight it out with Rashford and Martial cause this kid ain't going now
The shining light right now along with Martial for me, Mason is as deadly in front of goal as it gets, pure natural, and he's got a good all round game as well.
To be fair, it looked like for the bulk of the first half he was told to drift inside.
Exactly. He needs to get in front of the goal as much as possible and not wander too much outside of the box. I don't know what coaching staff turning him into but we don't need another rashford on the right. We need another RVP. Hence I said earlier, given his talent and more importantly given his strength he is wasted on the right. I hope this is a minor bump till we get Sancho, and then Greenwood will be free to do what he can best.
Because if he moves to middle, our right back offers nothing in terms of attacking play and the whole right side would be free.
That's what I said. I hope this is temporary arrangement till we get a RW.
Yeah almost all his goals are very important goals, I meant this goal might be the most important in the context of top 4 race. Now instead of win, we can qualify for CL with just a draw.
Anyways if Greenwood scores again vs Leicester, then I might come up with 'this is the most important goal he has scored' again.
What a player though, easy to stat pad when your team is winning, his goals are always so important.
| Opponent | Final Score | Greenwood's goal |
| Astana | 1-0 | Winning goal |
| Partizam | 3-0 | First goal |
| AZ | 4-0 | Second and fourth goal |
| LASK | 5-0 | 5th goal |
| Sheffield United | 3-3 | Equlizer goal to make it 2-2 |
| Everton | 1-1 | Equalizer goal |
| Newcastle | 4-1 | Second goal to give 2-1 lead |
| Norwich | 4-0 | Fourth goal |
| Watford | 3-0 | Third goal |
| Brighton | 3-0 | First goal |
| Bournemouth | 5-2 | First goal - Equalizer Second goal - To extend lead from 3-2 to 4-2 |
| Villa | 3-0 | Second goal |
| West Ham | 1-1 | Equalizer goal |
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We'd have secured Top 4 by now if this kid had been played more often this season. Would like to see him stay wider at times to give himself a bit more space to attack but that's nitpicking.
It must be instructions to come inside and get involved centrally to take on a shot.
Cuz for me he can do more than just that. He can do a lot more of the work that led to the chance for Ighalo. I want him to take on the full backs more cuz he can obviously go either side.
This kid is fire, frightening when you think he is just 18.
Exactly. You want to see him in 1v1s and running at people and then when he gets into the box his finishing and decision-making are already pretty good. He's way more than just a fox in the box.
Greenwood isn't the type of player who is just going to dribble past players like Sancho. He'll do it occasionally, and he'll do it on the break to bring the ball up, but that's different from even say Rashford.
Nice skill to setup the Ighalo's chance. Iirc it was the first time he tried to do it in the match and it worked out really well.
He should do it more as the opponent's fullback tent to try to prevent him from cutting inside. It won't be a problem since he's two-footed.
He should do it more as the opponent's fullback tent to try to prevent him from cutting inside. It won't be a problem since he's two-footed.
Agreed.
I'd go with Gatling
Btw it seems he didn't got the usual recent kicking last match. Is it him getting used to it or the hammers were a bit nice?
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This is true. The more times he gets the ball in that position the worse it will become for the defenders trying to guess which way he is going. We just need to get him one on one as many times as possible per game.
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Another super finish for his goal after a nice combination with Martial, shot from near the edge of the area saved early on and a chance blocked after Williams' cross was deflected to him. Good play to create Ighalo's shot towards the end. Conceded a stupid foul near the edge of our box in the first half.
In the PL this season:
- 10 goals
- 10 shots saved
- 10 attempts off-target
- 7 shots blocked
- 1 hit post
Shot locations:
- 12 shots from outside the area (4 goals - xG 0.44)
- 24 attempts from within the penalty area but not in 6 yard box (5 goals - xG 2.22)
- 2 shots from within the 6 yard box (1 goal - xG 0.69)
Shot types:
- 25 left foot (8 goals - xG 2.18)
- 10 right foot (2 goals - xG 1.01)
- 3 headers (xG 0.16)
In the PL this season:
- 10 goals
- 10 shots saved
- 10 attempts off-target
- 7 shots blocked
- 1 hit post
Shot locations:
- 12 shots from outside the area (4 goals - xG 0.44)
- 24 attempts from within the penalty area but not in 6 yard box (5 goals - xG 2.22)
- 2 shots from within the 6 yard box (1 goal - xG 0.69)
Shot types:
- 25 left foot (8 goals - xG 2.18)
- 10 right foot (2 goals - xG 1.01)
- 3 headers (xG 0.16)
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He has very good chance of beating this record too.
Let's calm down a bit. We have had too many one-season wonders in the past.
Januzaj sprung to mind. Even a more mature player like Michu used to be hyped up pretty much, only to fade to nothing...
Januzaj sprung to mind. Even a more mature player like Michu used to be hyped up pretty much, only to fade to nothing...
I think Ole is looking to have the front 3 interchange fluidly, as Martial switches with Rashford and Mason during certain attacks.
He's matched some of our best players for goals scored by a teenager. He's taken to playing with the first team as well as Rashford did.
If Sancho arrives, this kid will start on the bench and will have to earn his starting place as he has already this season.
4 players for 3 positions and 4 if you include Bruno's. Every player with get lot of starts.
Greenwood has more talent in his toe than Januzaj ever showed. Michu?! where was he at 18?
What the freak? How am I in this thread and everyone is bouncing on this guy again, when the past few games you all said he's been overhyped him and that we should calm down. Now everyone is back on the hype train again.
It's the natural ebb and flow of redcafe
For Mason, he needs to work on being more present and effective for longer periods but overall his progress is hugely encouraging.
I do not get this.. If we had a player like Sancho yesterday, we would not need to start Bruno or Rashford, have them on the bench and bring them on later.
That one player could be the difference between 1-1 and 2-1 considering we have drawn so many games this season.
I'll not have a bad word spoken about David Healy.
Yeah, always good to add more quality players. I dont see any problem for Greenwood, Martial, Rashford if sign Sancho. We will play close to 50 games a season, they will get plenty of mins and also getting proper rest means they will play to their maximum level in most games.
He is effective when it matters in front of goal. No point being busy on the pitch with no end product like Lingard. We want more of Harry Kanes , Sergio Aguero type ruthleness.
I'd have been thrilled with a 5-8 goal season with most of those coming in the cups, safe to say he's blown all expectations out of the water.
I get what you're saying but I think with Mason we have a reason to get carried away. I don't think he's anything like the overhyped prospects or one season wonders we've had. The likes of Januzaj started on fire but got progressively worse and that's a common theme. With Mason, he had a pretty tame start with his appearances last season and in games in the first couple of months of this season. He's gotten progressively better as the season has gone on and I expect that to continue for a while.
Yes, playing time won't be an issue but Mason will not be an automatic starter just yet
Kid Dynamite.
Yup we need squad depth. I think we need Sancho and a back up striker actually so 5 players to cover for 3 positions, 6 if you add James into the mix. I think its normal. Instead our players look knackered, there are no options on the bench and it tells
Should keep it thematic with Rashford's nickname of Beans and call him Mason Beanwood.
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