Our MOTM easily. Kept the ball well in the first half and early on when he played it through to Blind was great vision. Lost it once or twice but he made things happen, deserves another start after tonight.
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Decent enough game by Adnan. Never stopped trying and some real moments of class in horrendous conditions. Great to see him play and do himself justice. He needed that. Hope he got a pat on the back from the manager.
To be honest that knocks out of the park any trick I've seen Odegaard do (Neymar level stuff instead). Still want more end product, but him and Rojo were good today (impressive given the pitch).
great, on my stream it looked like he somehow thread it through but from the replay it is obvious that none of the defenders had a touch and it was a great piece of skill after all, shame he didn't go on and decided to shoot.
His end product and decision making is not is a bit off due to his lack of games. The question is where he can play when Mata, Rooney and RVP are back? Not that at least two of them didn't deserve to be benched from time to time..
Rojo was great particularly in the first half, unlike Jones who was terrible, hoping for Smalling to come back asap..
Think tonight did him a world of good, looked a real threat when coming off the left tonight at times. Worked his socks off too.
Decision making still let's him downdown
Put in some really decent balls at times. Strikers had given up at one point and weren't gambling.
His passing was crisp and precise. The dribbling was back to what we saw last season and his movement was excellent (compared to those around him).
Good signs. The decision making comes with match practice and form - two things he went into the game without.
His passing was crisp and precise. The dribbling was back to what we saw last season and his movement was excellent (compared to those around him).
Good signs. The decision making comes with match practice and form - two things he went into the game without.
Needs a run of games.
He was good.
Decent game for someone who hasn't played a lot of minutes this season. I think we would have been better off with him playing as a second striker and Herrera starting in midfield.
The highlight in a pool of shite!
He wasn't even that good but, he showed adventure and a willingness to make things happen.
Put it this way, he was fun to watch unlike the rest of the cnuts
He wasn't even that good but, he showed adventure and a willingness to make things happen.
Put it this way, he was fun to watch unlike the rest of the cnuts
He needs games in the right formation
Good performance. Shades of last year's potential.
he finally turns himself into a lvg player. maybe shall i credit this to fellaini for his mentoring? keep doing this there is no way we will loan him out.
Good performance from him, he had an opportunity to show himself and he took it.
Looked absolutely and completely useless, till the last 15 mins or so when he just ran down the left a few times and tried to cross the ball. At that point he had an idea of what to do and a few good goes at executing it
Weird post because for me he was possibly our best player in the first half
Encouraging performance. Given how deep and compact CU were, it was very difficult to pick out a final ball or a decent run. If we had been playing a team who wanted to play football, then he would have excelled.
Made a good case for his ability on the wing, and given we have ADM I hope we can set up 4231 perhaps.
Made a good case for his ability on the wing, and given we have ADM I hope we can set up 4231 perhaps.
Thought he did well, was pleased to see him out there. Have said previously that I wouldn't mind him in that diamond role if it meant some more minutes.
Some good pieces of skill there. Has probably earned another start. 
Now I know where he fecked off from Fellaini thread.
As for Adnan, I think he was our best attacking player, probably the only one who didn't look like a clown and tried to make things work.
Thought he played quite well. He dithered on the ball a lot but there wasn't any space for him to move in to and there was no option of an overlap. He still needs a loan though, the odd game here and there isn't going to do him any good.
TBH I'd rather we just put him in the team for the next 4/5 games, we have some decent fixtures, and he might just add that extra bit of energy we need.
He looked like a player who was really trying to impress, possibly even too much - by which I mean what Shearer commented on at HT, that he was sometimes delaying playing the ball. Basically he was a bit selfish, which may well have been due to his limited gametime recently that he was desperate to make a big impression.
I would really like to see Januzaj get a solid 4-5 starts so he can start building up his form and confidence. Unfortunately if we go back to 3-5-2 then its hard to see a place for him.
I would really like to see Januzaj get a solid 4-5 starts so he can start building up his form and confidence. Unfortunately if we go back to 3-5-2 then its hard to see a place for him.
I think it was his best performance this season. He made wiser choices and recycled possession better instead of trying to dribble through defences. and that is what he need to become a starter under LvG.
Some good pieces of skill there. Has probably earned another start.
I am glad you posted that. With all the praise he was getting above I was starting to think I watched a different game. He was really wasteful. He put one decent ball in the whole game and nobody made a run because they just expected him to waste it like the previous 4 or 5 attempts.
When you have Di Maria, Mata, Herrera and Rooney available he isn't good enough to be in the team.
He should be playing the next game. Build his confidence up. Reward inform players with another game, especially when him, Rojo and Herrera are the only players you can call inform after that crap last night.
I hope LvG has found out he's better on the left. I can't really recall him doing anything on the right.
I hope LvG has found out he's better on the left. I can't really recall him doing anything on the right.
He actually put two very good balls in right across the 6 yard box as well as a few in behind the fall back for Blind who was actually the one that was wasteful.
He wasn't brilliant but the reason he is getting so much praise is because he was so much better than everyone else (Rojo aside).
Hopefully. He did well but was clearly lacking in confidence, but as he game wore on he started sitting on the ball less and had quicker decisions which was better. He just needs to get a little run of games, hopefully. Being back on the bench for the next few is exactly what we shouldn't do to him as he'll be right back where he started.
Spot on
I know using Liverpool as an example is tempting fate, but couldn't Januzaj operate in a fluid front 3 similar to how they are playing? Not as a winger but as an inside forward?
I actually thought he was pretty poor for the most part, but he really seemed to step it up in the last 20 minutes or so. Taking a lot more responsibility and putting in a few good crosses. So fair play to him for that. He definitely needs regular football though, and I think a loan would do him the world of good.
I didn't think he was that good either. The last few moments really saved his performance.
The Cambridge game was not easy for a forward player to play in due to the small areas of space and cruching tackles going in. I thought he done very well considering.
Yeah that would suit him better. A role in a fluid 3 behind a striker would be the best.
Don't really see how anyone could have thought he was poor last night. I thought he was good throughout. Very neat and tidy in difficult conditions and one of the few players looking to make something happen. He holds onto the ball a bit too long at times but when nobody is making runs or giving him any options I don't see how this is avoidable. Its definitely preferable to just whacking aimless balls into the box.
The only attacking player trying to make things happen, much better then Di Maria which should be a statement of intent but the way we are playing under LVG I recon Messi would look average!
Deserves to start next game along with Herrera
Deserves to start next game along with Herrera
That was more due to them playing terribly rather that him playing well. I admit he did play quite well though. But so did Donaldson. About 31 years, you?
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