Thought he played alright tonight, 2nd half in particular putting in a few good crosses and beating men. Hopefully he stays around the 1st team and gets another chance, particularly in the replay at Old Trafford.
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He looked more confident in the second half and his direct play was back. He needs some regular first team action.
Him and Rojo were the best players, but still lacked a bit of end product and sure touch at pace (his touch at walking pace was quality, but not so much when sprinting). Nice shot from the left side of the box and the cross was really nice if anyone had gone for it.
We have to find a way to give him more game time.
He was one of our best players. Maybe a little slow at times but our only real attacking outlet. Showed up some of his superstar teammates.
Probably our best forward although Di Maria was significantly less shit second half. Hope he gets a few more opportunities and maybe a goal or two.
Easy motm for me. This is the Januzaj from last season that we have been waiting for all season.
by far the best control of the ball and dribbling of all players, him and herrera, neither of them is starter, shocking. I think we should also try to play him further the pitch where he can use his good control and sharp turn and vision which he showed today for instance when he fed Blind and rather give di maria box to box role where he can work hard..
MotM. Played very very well.
Showing good signs again.
What a fecking surprise. That was his first start in ages too.
To anyone that was writing him off, give up on football. You clearly don't know shit.
To anyone that was writing him off, give up on football. You clearly don't know shit.
Our best player tonight (Rojo ran him close).
he was our best player ahead of di maria, RVP etc... so called world class palyers... he showed his ability not that he would be less shite than others...even played out of position and after a long time sidelined. For how long have you been watching football?
Looked very good.
Weirdly enough, I don't really trust LvG to develop him the right way. I would have said the exact opposite at the start of the season but I don't think LvG is a big fan of him, hope I'm wrong. Feel the same about Herrera.
Weirdly enough, I don't really trust LvG to develop him the right way. I would have said the exact opposite at the start of the season but I don't think LvG is a big fan of him, hope I'm wrong. Feel the same about Herrera.
He just got better and better throughout a hard game. If he was actually given some game time he could be key to saving us from our drone football.
Didn't look great early on, but certainly grew into it. Good to see.
His touch to get him from his back facing the goal to facing the goal is fantastic. It's one of the reasons why I think he's a #10.
Thought he looked effective in both halves, but looked more limited on the wing if that makes sense. Just felt that his options out on the wing is to just dribble or cross. It worked for him this time, but on other occasions his dribbles could fail and it will collapse his effectiveness/performance out on the wing. It's a clear difference in play style.
Part of the problem is that he didn't have a proper fb that can quickly join in on the attacks by offering another passing option and also Di Maria sort of taking his space centrally. I wasn't sure who was the #10 and who was the lcm. The attack would have been far more effective with Di Maria playing deeper than Januzaj and having Shaw offer both players a quicker passing option.
Good game from Adnan today.
His confidence grew throughout the game which was good to see, of course it'll be for naught if he is back to the bench vs Leicester.
Van Gaal really has a decision to make about Januzaj this month.
Either he decides a 433 (or 442) and Januzaj will be heavily used during the rest of the season or he should give him his loan spell.
He's too good and too young to be on the bench right now. The only thing really missing at the moment is confidence and the experience to deal with different situations during games. He won't learn that in training, he needs games.
There's only 16 PL games and it doesn't look very likely that Januzaj will play a lot of them. Surely Van Gaal knows how he sees the rest of the season. He shouldn't keep Januzaj around to be an impact sub in 5 of these games
Either he decides a 433 (or 442) and Januzaj will be heavily used during the rest of the season or he should give him his loan spell.
He's too good and too young to be on the bench right now. The only thing really missing at the moment is confidence and the experience to deal with different situations during games. He won't learn that in training, he needs games.
There's only 16 PL games and it doesn't look very likely that Januzaj will play a lot of them. Surely Van Gaal knows how he sees the rest of the season. He shouldn't keep Januzaj around to be an impact sub in 5 of these games
Our best player tonight. Needs to play more. Drop one of the donkeys upfront, they are useless anyway.
Better in the second half, a couple of decent crosses into the box.
Second half was like 'vintage' Januzaj.
Proud of him today, tried to make things happen, looked hungry to impress but was let down by pretty much everyone around him. Hopefully he can keep it up.
Thought he was good all the way throughout the match other than towards the end when Ander came on and we played heavily on the right so he didn't get on the ball as much. Was trying to force it more in the second and looked to have more confidence, hopefully van Gaal had a chat with him at HT not to worry as much about losing the ball now and then. Need to see him on the pitch more. Lovely bit of close control at the end there too before the Di Maria shot.
Mad tekkers at the end there.
Anyone get a Gif of those dancing feet?
One of the only players we have that will actually take on his man (and stand a good chance of beating him). Thing is, are Januzaj and Di Maria offering us anything that Nani didnt, or couldnt?
I do want to see Januzaj getting more gametime but that effectively means switching to a one-striker system, which it seems LVG doesnt want to do.
Januzaj - much like Nani - is a player who needs consistent gametime in order to actually build some form. Sporadic sub appearances and the likes really dont allow him to get any confidence.
I do want to see Januzaj getting more gametime but that effectively means switching to a one-striker system, which it seems LVG doesnt want to do.
Januzaj - much like Nani - is a player who needs consistent gametime in order to actually build some form. Sporadic sub appearances and the likes really dont allow him to get any confidence.
He did well when he went wide on the left flank and might have made a case for the 4-2-3-1, with Shaw and Rafael returning we have a left back and back up in Blind, RB and back up in Valencia, Januzaj and di Maria up top with Valencia as a back up option for winger too.
It means Rooney competing with Mata and RVP with Falcao but I have no problem with that. Louis van Gaal won't be messing around either because he knows that the race for top four is going to be tight, he'll do whatever he thinks will get him the points.
Fellaini and Herrera can both play the 8, Carrick and Blind 6.
And we have time until the window shuts, considering Valencia is our back up option for winger, surely we can improve the selection!
It means Rooney competing with Mata and RVP with Falcao but I have no problem with that. Louis van Gaal won't be messing around either because he knows that the race for top four is going to be tight, he'll do whatever he thinks will get him the points.
Fellaini and Herrera can both play the 8, Carrick and Blind 6.
And we have time until the window shuts, considering Valencia is our back up option for winger, surely we can improve the selection!
Better but still not back to his best and a lot to learn, the talent is there though and in of level ways the replay could be a good thing for us as it will give him another game
Easily the MOTM for me. LVG, you gotta give him more game time.
sry it it was already posted
He made #2 look a right mug.Showed a lot more confidence in the 2nd half. Give him a run, not as a wingback, and watch him shine. Brought an unpredictable twist that we've been sorely missing.
I was frustrated by his hesitation to shoot at the end of the first half, but I feel pleased with his performance. I saw some solid tackles, clever passes, and clean touches from him that to me show his quality.
I do want to see more aggression but for a player who has not gotten consistent minutes I think he made a case to play more.
Had to rewind it three times. With all the possession football we've not seen much in the way of tekkers this season have we?
Is there any other top team in the world where this system works? I doubt it, no big team plays on two strikers while also having 5 defenders... Why do we stick to it when we saw it didn't work so far? Nobody knows, well maybe we wanted to utilize both or all three of our so called world class strikers. Hope we get a winger or two and finally some player we are missing for a long long time, some defensive midfielder because I can't just watch 34 yo walking Carrick around the pitch. It is even worse when his passing is off. Then we can use Januzaj more and most likely our no9 strikers will play better in 4-2-3-1/4-3-3 also. We just need to wait and stay frustrated until another big money spending spree comes in summer
I wanna see it again, the boy is so talented
Lacks confidence. Other than that he was quite good. Deserve to start next match.
Everyone remembers he has talent... he made some poor choices here and there, and dithered on the ball a little like when Ronaldo started out but at least he showed some bollocks and imagination.
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