[Andersons Dietician]

He just plays the game with class. He showed it in that under 21 game against Liverpool a few years ago but it was good to see him bringing it to the first team. Just needs to keep bringing it and improving.

He just seems in control of his actions, isn’t selfish and can create angles for passes or shots. He does things that Sancho was bought to do. I don’t think he is as good of a talent as Sancho was but as the old saying goes. Talent only gets you so far.

 

[OldTrevil]

Looking forward to him having a sustained period in the side, he still understandably shows some rustiness in a couple of executions.

 

[next_number_seven]

Probably a conversation for a separate thread however Garnacho dribbled past Ben White on at least 3 occasions on Sunday. His dribbling is very good for a 19 year old. It's his end product that is lacking at the moment.

What puzzled me is when he started Forson ahead of Amad vs Fulham. It didn't make any sense at the time and it makes even less sense now.

Ego.
He didn't want to admit making a 90m mistake. Although he dropped Antony for Garnacho finally.

Antony's brainless and won't improve and ETH coached him for years so should've known this.

Amad's clever and technical.

 

[Abraxas]

I don't think that's necessarily the only way they would do it. Their Nice side has a 40 year old Dante still playing 30+ games, I think it's a balance they will strike with some experienced professionals in their as well. We can't just sell a load of senior players and replace them with a load of young players, adding to an already green squad.

What they've clearly shown is they are going to make every penny count, by slashing every possible cost they can. We'll be relying very heavily on the recruitment team to work within a very tight budget.

In reality we're probably not going to be able to sell a load of senior players and replace them with young players so I doubt that will be an option anyway. The older players on commensurate contracts are going to be very hard to get rid of with the obvious exception of those out of contract. We'll do very well to lose 6 of them including those out of contract. Their commercial position and performance isn't going to be appealing on the market so inevitably we'll still have a core of 25+ age individuals. Says nothing about their leadership or quality to help the youngsters of course.

So I think the general strategy of young players will be okay, but of course they'll probably have to identify some smart older signings too. Probably some out of the box thinking will be required given our restrictions.

 

[luke511]

Stop using Antony as the reason for Amad not playing...

Minutes in the league...
Antony has 1332 mins
Rashford has 2263 mins
Garnacho has 2486 mins

Rashford and Garnacho are the reason Amad hasn't played (plus the 20-odd games he has missed due to injury)

You’re right it’s been Ten Hag’s persistence with Rashford mainly, if he didn’t get injured Amad would still be on the bench.

 

[Red in STL]

You’re right it’s been Ten Hag’s persistence with Rashford mainly, if he didn’t get injured Amad would still be on the bench.

More likely he would have rotated him with Garnacho in recent months

 

[Gabriel Djemba-Bebe]

Ego.
He didn't want to admit making a 90m mistake. Although he dropped Antony for Garnacho finally.

Antony's brainless and won't improve and ETH coached him for years so should've known this.

Amad's clever and technical.

You misunderstood. In the game I was referring to, Antony and Amad were both on the bench but Forson started. It made no sense when Amad was clearly better than Forson.

 

[lex talionis]

It's really not even a close call between Amad and Antony on his best day. On Sancho's best day, however, Sancho is pretty tough to be beat.

If we can sell both Antony and Sancho and put the 40-50m or so (wishful thinking, perhaps) to work on shoring up other weaknesses in the squad we're sorted with Amad. Mount can do some duty at RW, which I'm told he has some experience with, and I would even have Pellistri as deep cover. But back to Antony...there is no debate between the two now.

 

[luke511]

More likely he would have rotated him with Garnacho in recent months

If Rashford wasn't injured? History tells us it would've remained Rashford and Garnacho starting on the wing, no matter how bad the performance.

 

[next_number_seven]

You misunderstood. In the game I was referring to, Antony and Amad were both on the bench but Forson started. It made no sense when Amad was clearly better than Forson.

I didn't misunderstand.
He didn't want Amad showing him up so kept him on the bench.

I doubt he wants to answer to the board why he spent 90m on a turd when we had a better player already in the squad.

 

[Woziak]

I like having Garnacho and Amad - they very much offer completely different things. One is pacy, excellent at taking the man on and generally being very direct, while the other is much better at ball retention, link up play etc. It's a good balance in my opinion

Exactly that’s why you buy Michael
Olise who is very similar to Amad a left footed right winger who can play make as well as score goals, hopefully Rashford regains his form from last year then we have the right 4 options, if Rashford doesn’t improve we should go buy I Williams too. You need balance then you also need 4 wing back/Full back options. You must have 8 even 9 squad options in these positions because;

1. Most goals are created by the inverted wingers/wing backs
2. It defines a pattern of play, one side goes inverted the other overlapping
3. We have 10 assists from full back and Luke Shaw has 3 of those from 14 games played.
4. This is the majority of the reason for all our defeats this season we are one dimensional in attack, the club look to Bruno and more lately Mainoo for creativity with very little chances being created by wide inverted wingers or full backs
5. Olise, Frimpong and M Gutierrez from Girona genuinely make this United team miles better as an attacking unit, Shaw is unique as he can when fit play both attacking and inverted playmaker., Dalot is developing into that type too.
6. The key to replacing and implementing more of the Anad inverted right wing playmaker and overlapping Full back can only happen if you play a double pivot with specialist number 6’s. Kobbie is not a number 6 but perfect next to an athletic physical number 6, Amrabat has looked like that player maybe 100 minutes this season, there a lot to. E said for settling into a club, we should have bought Sabitzer for £15m after he had 6 months settling in but we didn’t and he’s now playing a CL football final!
7. if Amrabat only costs another £12m and money is super tight, we should be looking to do the permanent, he completely bossed the so called £100m player Bruno Gumeres last and is an able back up or starter as a DM which is will mean the club can go after A Rabiot on a free and use the money elsewhere in the squad. Ot go buy Jao Neves which would give perfect cover.


Amad is in a hurry, he’s a brilliant player but he just like Garnacho and Hojlund should not be guaranteed to start every game, they need to compete with three other players and the most in form players should start and the others on the bench.

 

[Bertie Wooster]

You misunderstood. In the game I was referring to, Antony and Amad were both on the bench but Forson started. It made no sense when Amad was clearly better than Forson.

I didn't misunderstand.
He didn't want Amad showing him up so kept him on the bench.

I doubt he wants to answer to the board why he spent 90m on a turd when we had a better player already in the squad.

Isn't the general thinking that it was to do with Forson's contract being up at the end of the season and he hadn't signed a new one so he was given some game time in the hope he'd accept a new deal rather than leave on a free? Contract issues do sometimes influence team selection around this time of year - if a players already announced their leaving, or the clubs hoping to convince one to stay, etc.

I rate Amad and would like to see him establish himself, but I think there's been some exaggeration about this Amad v Antony ETH conspiracy. As has been pointed out in a recent post, Rashford and Garnacho have both pretty much played twice the length of time as Antony, so it's not as if ETH has been constantly selecting him.

Amad was injured for the first half of the season, then would have needed time to get fitter on the training pitch. So we're only talking about the last few months of the season. And in that time he, Antony and Forson (due to them hoping he'd sign a deal) have all mostly been undestudies to Rashford and Garnacho. In a season of chronic injuries, all of those happened to be fit and fighting for just two wing spots during that spell.

Personally, I don't overly rate Forson so would have gone with Amad ahead of him. But I can see why they'd try it if they hoped it would get him to sign a new deal. No doubt Amad has been a little unlucky to have to wait so long for his starts this season - the injury being the main issue - but I'm glad he's now getting his chance and looks like, so far, he's taking it.

 

[Gabriel Djemba-Bebe]

I didn't misunderstand.
He didn't want Amad showing him up so kept him on the bench.

I doubt he wants to answer to the board why he spent 90m on a turd when we had a better player already in the squad.

You're suggesting Ten Hag deliberately tried to hamper our chances of winning a game by selecting a player who he knew wouldn't perform well, all because he didn't want Amad to show him up?

 

[Gabriel Djemba-Bebe]

Isn't the general thinking that it was to do with Forson's contract being up at the end of the season and hadn't signed a new one so he was given some game time in the hope he'd accept a new deal rather than leave on a free?

Ah, I wasn't aware of that. That makes sense. It's certainly a more logical explanation than suggesting the manager didn't want one of his players to have a good game out of fear of embarrassment.

 

[Castia]

Strange how it’s took an entire season to get a few games, he’s looked good in most of his appearances

 

[Pickle85]

It was a really excellent performance. More shots (and equal highest shots on target) than any other player on the pitch, second most passes completed of any attacking player, second most take ons of any attacking player, second best pass completion of any attacking player, only attacking player on either team to make both tackles and interceptions. Topped off with a superb goal and very good assist. Not sure what he needs to do to impress you if last night didn't do the trick!

When you compare his stats with the United player who's been regularly starting in a position he plays (Garnacho) his performance seems even more impressive.

Touches 41vs 23
Passes 28 vs 18
Pass Completion 83% vs 72%
Shots 4 vs 2
Shots on Target 2 vs 1
Take Ons 3 vs 1
Tackles 1 vs 0
Interceptions 1 vs 0

When did you become so stats focused?! It's similar to how you chat about Onana. Again, he was a standout performer for us but that's more because we were bang average then anything else. That's not to take anything away from him - you can only work with the teammates you have - but to suggest it was really excellent is overkill.

Anyway, I guess we're splitting hairs. I agree he was good but I also think that this performance is being talked up crazily.

 

[SAF is the GOAT]

 

[Adnan]

Yea, I think you are right about the pecking order, even if I don’t think Amad would have helped matters for Rangnick or Solskjær if they’d played him ahead of Elanga or Sancho back then, for very different reasons. Remember how close they were to getting lynched and/or sacked much of the time. Could they afforded that?

Gio Van Bronckhorst wouldn’t risk playing Amad for Rangers against Hamilton at that point in his carreer. I think he recognized the cost of developing Amad, the needs, and didn’t see that he stood to gain from that cost, rightly or wrongly.

Mowbray at Sunderland had the patience, but also the time, to develop Amad to perform at a Championship level, and whats more, he had a space in his team for that competence, and even more beneficial maybe, a player alike and different enough to Amad that he worked incredibly well in tandem with (Patrick Roberts), getting the best of both players.

Ironically, at least for those that see Ten Hag as an impediment to Amads chances, I rather believe that it could hurt his opportunities at United with a change in management this summer. At this point, it seems to me Ten Hag is becoming convinced that what Amad can offer the team and his scope for development, is worth sacrificing others’ playing time for and worth what it takes to complement his weaknesses (that he still has a fair few of). It’s not obvious to me that a new man coming from the outside would see it like that, nor even that an Ashworth nor Wilcox will, never having scouted and invested in him in the first place. But I do think that at this point, he has Ten Hag’s attention.

Good post mate and it's always great reading your posts.

But I have to respectfully disagree regarding the reasoning as to why Solskjaer didn't play Amad and he instead went out to sign Sancho. I personally believe Solskjaer made a huge error in this scenario when it was clear to see that Sancho was best suited to playing on the left in the half space. So imo what Solskjaer should've done is to raise the quality in the deeper midfield area of the pitch by spending the Sancho money on a midfielder or midfielders who would've helped us progress the ball from deeper areas more efficiently. McTominay and Fred had their qualities but were severely lacking on the ball in comparison to the top teams domestically and in Europe who had players that were vastly superior at retaining the ball and progressing it forward. So signing Sancho who preferred playing on the left in the channel didn't make sense at all for a number of reasons which included Rashford already being a mainstay on the left and we also lacked technical quality in deeper areas of the midfield hence a top class midfielder or two with the ability to operate deeper should've been prioritzed imo.

I don't think Amad on his own would've made a huge difference at the time but prioritising the development of Amad and focusing more on the deeper area of midfield via the transfer window would've likely seen the team develop a lot better than it did. I think Solskjaer's intentions were good but he let himself down when it came to recruitment and didn't sign a longterm midfielder to occupy the deeper area of midfield, didn't sign a long-term striker either. So prioritising the development of Amad and focusing on replacing Matic and Lukaku upfront would've been more logical as far as developing the team.

I think Amad is set with the current manager and ten Hag has seen during the last few games that Amad has potential to develop further. Of course a new manager could prefer a new signing as first choice on the right but I think it would be sensible from INEOS' POV to keep ten Hag and see how things develop next season because I believe there's potential to really kick on come next season by making 3 or 4 correct signings who will come in to raise the level and enhance the system of play. But if they sack him, then the shield between themselves and the fans will be gone because ten Hag right now is taking the brunt of the criticism and if things don't go to plan next season with a new manager, then pressure will really start to build. It's a tough league with nation states and wealth funds pumping vast amounts of money into their clubs. So it's possible we can finish outside the top 4 again due to the strength of the competition. So imo it would be a good choice to stick with ten Hag and use him as the shield whilst you improve the first team.

I think as far as the development of the team is concerned it would be good to keep hold of ten Hag for at least another season. I think there's a strong possibility we come strong next season by improving the CB and deeper midfield positions.

 

[Red in STL]

Strange how it’s took an entire season to get a few games, he’s looked good in most of his appearances

Well he was injured for half of it

 

[Stack]

People are talking about Garnacho, Hojland and Mainoo being players we should build on for the future, I think Amad should be included in that list.

 

[Hernandez - BFA]

People are talking about Garnacho, Hojland and Mainoo being players we should build on for the future, I think Amad should be included in that list.

No doubt he's done enough to force Erik/whoever will be in charge next season a proper chance next season.

 

[Grande]

It's true, but certainly we're not living in an ideal world and we will probably struggle to put together a squad with both sufficient quality/potential AND experience at the same time for the foreseeable future so that the young players have an ideal scenario. That just isn't likely - we have some experienced players currently that don't perform and therefore for whatever experience they have it's not really being harnessed in a way that helps, and then we have some young players that are promising but perform like young players do.

Maybe we can make some shrewd purchases that will bring a balance but I think primarily the way INEOS are going to do it is with a younger profile of player for a couple of reasons, FFP and also I don't think the murmurings are they're going to go Galactico anytime soon. So we're probably likely to have a fairly green bunch over the next few years with Garnacho, Hojlund and Mainoo being the focal point and then possibly Amad too. But I'm expecting these players will be added to with youngish players.

You may well be right, but it may grate a lot of fans. Those hoping we would get in Tuchel and thinking he’d do wonders with these four kids plus Bruno and three more youngish attackers, I think would be in for a massive disappointment, and quickly denounce both him, Ashworth et al as catastrophic frauds.

 

[Grande]

Good post mate and it's always great reading your posts.

But I have to respectfully disagree regarding the reasoning as to why Solskjaer didn't play Amad and he instead went out to sign Sancho. I personally believe Solskjaer made a huge error in this scenario when it was clear to see that Sancho was best suited to playing on the left in the half space. So imo what Solskjaer should've done is to raise the quality in the deeper midfield area of the pitch by spending the Sancho money on a midfielder or midfielders who would've helped us progress the ball from deeper areas more efficiently. McTominay and Fred had their qualities but were severely lacking on the ball in comparison to the top teams domestically and in Europe who had players that were vastly superior at retaining the ball and progressing it forward. So signing Sancho who preferred playing on the left in the channel didn't make sense at all for a number of reasons which included Rashford already being a mainstay on the left and we also lacked technical quality in deeper areas of the midfield hence a top class midfielder or two with the ability to operate deeper should've been prioritzed imo.

I don't think Amad on his own would've made a huge difference at the time but prioritising the development of Amad and focusing more on the deeper area of midfield via the transfer window would've likely seen the team develop a lot better than it did. I think Solskjaer's intentions were good but he let himself down when it came to recruitment and didn't sign a longterm midfielder to occupy the deeper area of midfield, didn't sign a long-term striker either. So prioritising the development of Amad and focusing on replacing Matic and Lukaku upfront would've been more logical as far as developing the team.

I think Amad is set with the current manager and ten Hag has seen during the last few games that Amad has potential to develop further. Of course a new manager could prefer a new signing as first choice on the right but I think it would be sensible from INEOS' POV to keep ten Hag and see how things develop next season because I believe there's potential to really kick on come next season by making 3 or 4 correct signings who will come in to raise the level and enhance the system of play. But if they sack him, then the shield between themselves and the fans will be gone because ten Hag right now is taking the brunt of the criticism and if things don't go to plan next season with a new manager, then pressure will really start to build. It's a tough league with nation states and wealth funds pumping vast amounts of money into their clubs. So it's possible we can finish outside the top 4 again due to the strength of the competition. So imo it would be a good choice to stick with ten Hag and use him as the shield whilst you improve the first team.

I think as far as the development of the team is concerned it would be good to keep hold of ten Hag for at least another season. I think there's a strong possibility we come strong next season by improving the CB and deeper midfield positions.

Always a joy reading your replies, mate.

You well be right about Sancho vs a midfielder and a striker. I didn’t think so at the time, and thought Sancho and Varane made perfect sense with a midfield of Bruno, Pogba, Fred, McTominay and a Van de Beek that I then expected to improve. I also expected Greenwood to move towards the striker position along with a Martial who had been fantastic only a year before, before injuries/fatigue/confidence gave him a season long blip which at the time seemed likely temporary to me. A midfield with a variety of solid choices who could play proactively on the ball (Bruno, Pogba, Van de Beek) or proactively off the ball (Fred, McTom) for different occasions, and an attack of Rashford - Martial - Greenwood - Sancho with Cavani as back up. I’ll be honest, to me it looked pretty darn perfect at the time, for years to come. Preseason and then 5-1 against Leeds only embellished that hope. Ronaldo seemed the greedy and naive choice motivated by all the wrong reasons.

Of course, in hindsight Martial wasn’t a blip, Van de Beek wasn’t just adapting, Pogba wasn’t a final step from flourishing, Rashford was at the wrong turn of his rollercoaster, Greenwood wasn’t fit to walk the streets really, and it turned out, surprisingly for me though not for all, that Sancho apparently wasn’t the RW we were missing, in spite of having played half his brilliant Dortmund games there, and he didn’t have the confidence of a 20 year old world beater, but rather a sullen, timid and nervous wreck.

I’d love to have been a fly on the wall in those discussions that lead to player identification and purchases at the time, I don’t think I’ve seen any convincing evidence as to who wanted and who decided what, and why. In hindsight, I can imagine you to be right. But at the time, it certainly seemed to me we needed exactly what Sancho was touted as on the RW, while midfield looked improvable but not critical.

Anyway, I was wrong, or at least we had two months that made the board conclude it was wrong and suddenly Solskjær, Carrick and McKenna were gone. I’m not convinced that trio couldn’t have turned it around without Ronaldo as an albatross around the neck at least. Well, bygones.

I’m happy to see this bunch of kids try their hand under Ten Hag for another year.

 

[FerociousCorgis]

shouldnt start this weekend. Keep him healthy for FA cup. Give him a short runout to maintain a bit of fitness but that be about it. Or even just an entire game off to gain a bit of health.

 

[El Jefe]

There was always the old joke about saying young players need to bulk up but it can’t be understated how true that is for Amad.

I really don’t think he’ll be a serious option until he fills out a bit and adds a bit more edge to his game. Seriously he looks like a boy out there. His skills and technique have never been in question, he always looks like he’s one of the most talented players. He’s not quite Angel Gomes level small but even he seemed to have a bit more presence physically than Amad.

Look at the young players playing at big clubs in attacking positions they will usually have the talent and skill but they need either the pace or physical tools to deal the intensity of the league. Amad lacks this and it will be hard to trust him with starts so he needs to work exceptionally hard this summer to have a stronger frame.

 

[Adnan]

Always a joy reading your replies, mate.

You well be right about Sancho vs a midfielder and a striker. I didn’t think so at the time, and thought Sancho and Varane made perfect sense with a midfield of Bruno, Pogba, Fred, McTominay and a Van de Beek that I then expected to improve. I also expected Greenwood to move towards the striker position along with a Martial who had been fantastic only a year before, before injuries/fatigue/confidence gave him a season long blip which at the time seemed likely temporary to me. A midfield with a variety of solid choices who could play proactively on the ball (Bruno, Pogba, Van de Beek) or proactively off the ball (Fred, McTom) for different occasions, and an attack of Rashford - Martial - Greenwood - Sancho with Cavani as back up. I’ll be honest, to me it looked pretty darn perfect at the time, for years to come. Preseason and then 5-1 against Leeds only embellished that hope. Ronaldo seemed the greedy and naive choice motivated by all the wrong reasons.

Of course, in hindsight Martial wasn’t a blip, Van de Beek wasn’t just adapting, Pogba wasn’t a final step from flourishing, Rashford was at the wrong turn of his rollercoaster, Greenwood wasn’t fit to walk the streets really, and it turned out, surprisingly for me though not for all, that Sancho apparently wasn’t the RW we were missing, in spite of having played half his brilliant Dortmund games there, and he didn’t have the confidence of a 20 year old world beater, but rather a sullen, timid and nervous wreck.

I’d love to have been a fly on the wall in those discussions that lead to player identification and purchases at the time, I don’t think I’ve seen any convincing evidence as to who wanted and who decided what, and why. In hindsight, I can imagine you to be right. But at the time, it certainly seemed to me we needed exactly what Sancho was touted as on the RW, while midfield looked improvable but not critical.

Anyway, I was wrong, or at least we had two months that made the board conclude it was wrong and suddenly Solskjær, Carrick and McKenna were gone. I’m not convinced that trio couldn’t have turned it around without Ronaldo as an albatross around the neck at least. Well, bygones.

I’m happy to see this bunch of kids try their hand under Ten Hag for another year.

Great post, and hopefully we can improve going into next season and see the current young talent thrive even more with players back from injury and 3 or 4 astute signings via the transfer window.

I think the key here is stability and I'm in complete agreement about keeping ten Hag around to oversee development of the team for next season. I honestly believe the correct profile of players at CB and in midfield will see big improvement in performance as long as our players stop dropping like flies.

 

[3KDré]

People are talking about Garnacho, Hojland and Mainoo being players we should build on for the future, I think Amad should be included in that list.

Will be interesting to see the direction we go in. The ages in the squad don't really match up. Those 4 are young but Bruno, Martinez, Rashford are all in their prime years. If we want to build a title winning squad it will take 2/3 years - will they want to wait around for that? Do we buy a couple of players to allow the younger ones to grow into their roles or do we just let them play it out?

 

[Andersons Dietician]

There was always the old joke about saying young players need to bulk up but it can’t be understated how true that is for Amad.

I really don’t think he’ll be a serious option until he fills out a bit and adds a bit more edge to his game. Seriously he looks like a boy out there. His skills and technique have never been in question, he always looks like he’s one of the most talented players. He’s not quite Angel Gomes level small but even he seemed to have a bit more presence physically than Amad.

Look at the young players playing at big clubs in attacking positions they will usually have the talent and skill but they need either the pace or physical tools to deal the intensity of the league. Amad lacks this and it will be hard to trust him with starts so he needs to work exceptionally hard this summer to have a stronger frame.

Did you even watch the game yesterday? He held off multiple players countless times. Even at one point holding someone off whilst 2 others tried to take the ball off him.

He is weirdly also quite good in the air, always seems to be competing for headers that you wouldn’t expect someone of his stature to be able to compete for.

I just think he is probably a lot more muscular than you think, he actually looks quite filled out and it’s not like he will grow a foot with any training.

 

[Raven]

There was always the old joke about saying young players need to bulk up but it can’t be understated how true that is for Amad.

I really don’t think he’ll be a serious option until he fills out a bit and adds a bit more edge to his game. Seriously he looks like a boy out there. His skills and technique have never been in question, he always looks like he’s one of the most talented players. He’s not quite Angel Gomes level small but even he seemed to have a bit more presence physically than Amad.

Look at the young players playing at big clubs in attacking positions they will usually have the talent and skill but they need either the pace or physical tools to deal the intensity of the league. Amad lacks this and it will be hard to trust him with starts so he needs to work exceptionally hard this summer to have a stronger frame.

Lazy comment. He handled himself well in the championship and is now handling himself well in the PL.

 

[Rockets Redglare]

There was always the old joke about saying young players need to bulk up but it can’t be understated how true that is for Amad.

I really don’t think he’ll be a serious option until he fills out a bit and adds a bit more edge to his game. Seriously he looks like a boy out there. His skills and technique have never been in question, he always looks like he’s one of the most talented players. He’s not quite Angel Gomes level small but even he seemed to have a bit more presence physically than Amad.

Look at the young players playing at big clubs in attacking positions they will usually have the talent and skill but they need either the pace or physical tools to deal the intensity of the league. Amad lacks this and it will be hard to trust him with starts so he needs to work exceptionally hard this summer to have a stronger frame.

That just isn’t true though is it? He looks strong enough and wins more headers than basically anyone in the team other than Maguire and Casemiro.

Bulking up isn’t always the best thing for players, I’ve always thought it ruined Martial for example.

 

[Pickle85]

That just isn’t true though is it? He looks strong enough and wins more headers than basically anyone in the team other than Maguire and Casemiro.

Bulking up isn’t always the best thing for players, I’ve always thought it ruined Martial for example.

Eh?

 

[Rockets Redglare]

Eh?

I was exaggerating but for a small lad he seems to win quite a few aerial duels.

 

[Valencia Shin Crosses]

shouldnt start this weekend. Keep him healthy for FA cup. Give him a short runout to maintain a bit of fitness but that be about it. Or even just an entire game off to gain a bit of health.

Nah disagree, he just had a huge performance keep letting him get his rhythm in the prem. It’s not like he’s been playing constantly and needs a rest

 

[Rockets Redglare]

Eh?

I’ve checked his stats and his aerial duel won percentage is 71%.
Obviously it’s a smaller sample size but compared to Rashford (54%), Hojlund (32%), Antony (13%) and Garnacho (14%) he’s a real outlier in the air for his size and position at United.

 

[criticalanalysis]

There was always the old joke about saying young players need to bulk up but it can’t be understated how true that is for Amad.

I really don’t think he’ll be a serious option until he fills out a bit and adds a bit more edge to his game. Seriously he looks like a boy out there. His skills and technique have never been in question, he always looks like he’s one of the most talented players. He’s not quite Angel Gomes level small but even he seemed to have a bit more presence physically than Amad.

Look at the young players playing at big clubs in attacking positions they will usually have the talent and skill but they need either the pace or physical tools to deal the intensity of the league. Amad lacks this and it will be hard to trust him with starts so he needs to work exceptionally hard this summer to have a stronger frame.

Lazy comment. He handled himself well in the championship and is now handling himself well in the PL.

That just isn’t true though is it? He looks strong enough and wins more headers than basically anyone in the team other than Maguire and Casemiro.

Bulking up isn’t always the best thing for players, I’ve always thought it ruined Martial for example.

Guys, look below at their post on Monday

Some people have made up their mind and just want to continue with their narrative regardless of what happens on the pitch. Quite remarkable really.

Amad has been the same player here for like three seasons. The fans seem to like him more than any manager has as that’s only because we get excited by having a technical player. There must be a reason why EtH and Ole rarely play him.

He just seems too small and doesn’t affect the game enough for me. He was involved today but usually the game can just pass him by with him looking neat whenever he gets it.

He’s clearly very talented but physically he looks like a boy out there. I’d probably loan him one more time or sell with a buyback clause.

 

[luke511]

I’ve checked his stats and his aerial duel won percentage is 71%.
Obviously it’s a smaller sample size but compared to Rashford (54%), Hojlund (32%), Antony (13%) and Garnacho (14%) he’s a real outlier in the air for his size and position at United.

He's a freak in the air, every header finds a team mate. That goal vs Milan was no fluke.

 

[El Jefe]

Guys, look below at their post on Monday

Some people have made up their mind and just want to continue with their narrative regardless of what happens on the pitch. Quite remarkable really.

You might call it a narrative but it’s been a problem everywhere for him except Sunderland where he was just obviously too good for the championship.

At Rangers, under Ole and then Ten Hag, posters including me have been screaming for him to get more minutes and he’s been treated like a reject. If we can all agree that he clearly has the on ball skills and he also works hard for the team, why is it that he seems to not be favoured.

I mean as far back as pre-season ETH gave Forson starts ahead of him and the same in the league game a few months back. Antony has been allowed to serve up shite for months and even Garnacho’s poor periods has never seen him dropped for Amad to have a try.

I’m willing to hear reasons why you think he’s never been given a fair crack if we can all agree he’s better or more talented than players that have had minutes ahead of him. To me it’s a physicality thing.

 

[Borussia Teeth]

I like having Garnacho and Amad - they very much offer completely different things. One is pacy, excellent at taking the man on and generally being very direct, while the other is much better at ball retention, link up play etc. It's a good balance in my opinion

Agreed

 

[E-mal]

You might call it a narrative but it’s been a problem everywhere for him except Sunderland where he was just obviously too good for the championship.

At Rangers, under Ole and then Ten Hag, posters including me have been screaming for him to get more minutes and he’s been treated like a reject. If we can all agree that he clearly has the on ball skills and he also works hard for the team, why is it that he seems to not be favoured.

I mean as far back as pre-season ETH gave Forson starts ahead of him and the same in the league game a few months back. Antony has been allowed to serve up shite for months and even Garnacho’s poor periods has never seen him dropped for Amad to have a try.

I’m willing to hear reasons why you think he’s never been given a fair crack if we can all agree he’s better or more talented than players that have had minutes ahead of him. To me it’s a physicality thing.

Because ETH and Ole are crakheads. They are counter attacking managers that need attackers with pace. They are unable to coach a team to keep the ball and open up teams. There is a reason we are poor at playing football; because we simply don’t play enough technical players. This fascination with physical humans that are not good footballers is why remain poor.

 

[lex talionis]

There are two ways to look at ETH's handling of Amad. The first way is to praise him for methodically preparing him for the PL and here Amad is today, creating and scoring. The other way is to bemoan the fact that ETH took so long to trust Amad to play more than 15 minutes in a lost cause.

Here we are now, with a player who actually looks quite promising at RW for us. Finally.