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Supposedly due to loan interest.
Yeah - it’s maybe a bit of a lazy comparison but I can see him having a similar path to Angel Gomes.
With Gomes I could always see why people were excited about him. I admittedly haven’t watched as much youth football since Shoretire was involved so am probably missing something. But every time I watch him play I just can’t work out what element of football he excels at.
If we get two top talents and two squad players out of the current batch, it's a considerably better than expected return. It's a numbers game.
He has never impressed in his cameos for the first team IMO. He always looks miles off and not nearly ready. But he has been good for the youth teams, so the talent is clearly there, but I think he has struggled a bit in first-team football. Stilly very young so no panic.
Yeah I’m not saying give up all hope, just he has looked so far off the pace in the first team and needs regular minutes from a loan rather than continuing in the youth team.
His off the ball is quite good but overall looks like one of those players who eases it past the academy only to find the step up too difficult. Also with that physique, he's going to be literally "blown away" by air.
So is Garnacho! And it's clear who is ahead of who. I fear Shoretire will go the way of Angel Gomes as just being too small and passive. We aren't talking about just having the potential for the premier league, but for man United. You need to be aggressive and show you have the talent to be a star to be an attacker for a big club. Plenty of time of course, but if I were a betting man I'd bet he won't make it here. I genuinely don't know what he's supposed to be good at. Doesn't have pace, power, doesn't have amad like dribbling (and I don't think amad will make it here either), doesn't have much of a nose for goal... We'll see how he goes, hopefully he steps up and shows that he can be a man united player.The kid is 18
I expect nothing less from this place anymore, I find it hilarious people who sit behind their online profile on here everyday feel like they have a more informed opinion than our coaches.
And so was Januzaj! Fact is, people develop at different stages. That's not to say Shoretire will go onto have a better career than Garnacho, but one being better than the other at the same age doesn't neccasrily mean it will be the case in 5 years time, for example.
Honestly the way people are rating any youngsters at both end of the spectrum after the tour is completely fecking bonkers. With the exception of regular youth watchers, whose opinions I know anyway due to regular interactions, I don't know how people have such strongly formulated opinions on these players. I quite like Garnacho but you'd think he'd just scored 6 consecutive hat tricks the way people are talking about him, it was quite literally his first 60 minutes of senior football. Madness.
Absolutely. No patience means we write players off and then you see the complete opposite where we tend to overrate to ridiculous levels too.
United's problem is not cutting the cord sooner and taking the profit while we can. Its ok that not every player has it in them to become a star player, and that's essentially what is required to make it as an attacker here. We expect them all to make it and miss out on literally hundreds of millions as a result of our policy. Better to be more ruthless rather than persist with guys like Elanga endlessly.
Guess we have been spoilt over the last 20 or so years. Players who don't instantly look like a Giggs or Rooney start getting doubted quickly
I would be ecstatic if Shoretire had a career as good as Januzaj's.
Yeah this is another point I agree with too. When you get your first team appearances you have to show something, something that sets you apart from everyone else. I think it's fair to say Rashford and Greenwood showed something different when they were given their opportunities, in a similar vein I think Iqbal has shown something a little different, albeit only in pre-season, and that's coming from someone who wasn't wholly convinced by him at U23 level.
