Scapegoat? He's been trash since the start of the season. He was the lowest rated player against Chelsea on Cafe, that says it all.
16
Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 11
- Goals
- 1
- Assists
- 2
- Yellow cards
- 1
Another young player doing this
Edit: apparently he was getting abused for his performance. At least from what I could find online.
Can only be good for him. Maybe he's been advised to.
Not the best form at the moment, but he is a young player so we should expect dips in form. Its amazing because last season fans were so adamant he was just a much better player than Garnacho and even some said better than Mbuemo during the summer
We just need to pumped the breaks a little and let him develop with less pressure now that we have Mbeumo and Maz etc
We just need to pumped the breaks a little and let him develop with less pressure now that we have Mbeumo and Maz etc
That toxicity from the keyboard footie geniuses would've never permitted Fergie to last those first few years
Has the passing, finishing and pressing tools but his decision making lags significantly behind. He’s fine in chaos but in a structured system and in games where you need to break down the opposition he severely lacks in quality at the moment.
That's all this is about. Form. It isn't a big deal. All massively blown out of proportion.
I did feel a change in him. Personally I dont need him to be a flashy player nor a baller. I liked him just the way he was last season and a season prior. Where he seemed to not overdo things, to make good decisions, and be very hard to play against because he's a good dribbler and hard to bring down. That's all, I'd take that over spectacular overhead kicks all day. He got into great positions, just had to make those simple passes and simple shots. That's what missing. If he did that the goals and assists will come again.
I agree, playing him out of position as a left sided 10 hasn’t helped either. He and Mbeumo can form a good chemistry on the right with Amad playing as a RWB. I’m hoping that’s the way forward.
He's the same age as Gravenberch and Olise. It's not just his dip in the form. He's always trying to do the scissor kicks when a cross comes in and he became more cocky this season.
His attitude has changed for worse. Is he the next "youth" player who is going to have attitude issues? We already had that with Garnacho and Sancho, and even with Chido Obi and Mainoo this season. I don't see these kinds of attitude issues with younger players at the clubs like City, Liverpool, Arsenal etc.
Agree completely.
Being the same age has nothing to do with years of experience as a starter at a high level. Amad is yet to play a full season as a regular starter in a top flight league
Complete rubbish. You clearly didn't watch the game yesterday. You see a lack of application? Nonsense.
I would say they "only" are happy to read the positive comments and feedback about them as clearly negative comments starts skating dangerously close to them being offended.
Yes, some criticism veers towards vile but as an analogy, would you (SHOULD you) be bothered if someone who lives 5 streets away from you, someone you don't know, is calling you vile names? If I didn't know them and they weren't ANY part of my life or social circle then I wouldn't even want to know what they were saying about me.
He tried to do a scissor kick when he could've easily scored a volley from that position. Then he had situation when Sesko who was completely free in the box and instead of trying to pass it to him, he had an awful cross. He seems more interested in pulling off outrageous moves than in being good on the pitch. And don't get me started with his awful decision making. How many times did he try to dribble someone and failed, instead of passing to another player? He should focus more on his actual game than doing panenka penalties and the scissor kicks.
I do not condone it. I just think it's impossible to control.
What is an acceptable amount of abuse? What's an acceptable tone of criticism?
Worked incredibly hard and kept the ball under pressure. His passing was terrible but he played his part in the win.
I loved how, after moving to wingback, he intercepted a through ball in our box and instead of hoofing it, he turned his man and won us a free kick. Didn't panic under pressure in our own box like most would have. Stuff like that was vital in us seeing out the game.
I loved how, after moving to wingback, he intercepted a through ball in our box and instead of hoofing it, he turned his man and won us a free kick. Didn't panic under pressure in our own box like most would have. Stuff like that was vital in us seeing out the game.
So you're frustrated with his decision making and efficiency in the final third. His form. Great. That's not a reason to suggest that he has attitude issues. If you watch his performance as a whole, you can see his importance. Don't buy into any misplaced toxicity.
Agreed, demanding more from him is fine but questioning his attitude and effort doesn't make sense. He probably already made more tackles than what some of our forwards used to make in an entire season. Yesterday he played in 4 different positions and was never a weak point for Chelsea to exploit in any of them.
Nice to know that some appreciate what he brings, even when things aren't working for him in the final third.
He'll get better as the season progresses, just needs to improve his decision making.
As for the alleged attitude issues, i haven't heard much although what was with the whole middle finger business he was doing at the end of last season?
As for the alleged attitude issues, i haven't heard much although what was with the whole middle finger business he was doing at the end of last season?
It didn’t come off for him but I wouldn’t say he had a bad game.
It pisses me off when random dickheads on Instagram give United fans as rep as being a "toxic fanbase" when in reality we're probably the most forgiving football fans in the world.
Was he getting destroyed online for posting a photo with Garnacho?
I think a professional footballer should be smart enough to know the wider the fanbase, the more % of online trolls
Hes not a number 10 and never will be. He should on the wing and is another player been played out of position. I wouldn't be surprised if he wants to move on. He'll never fit in Amorims setup. You can't use his age anymore, he's 23 now so should be at a good level.
He is on the wing...when he plays at wing-back. He fits that position like a glove.
Imagine a few years ago saying that one of our most threatening wingers in 2025 would be playing as a wing-back, you'd be laughed out of the forum.
How so? Wing-back isn't a defensive role. That's a massive misconception. We want him nice and high up, scoring and creating goals.
If we played with wingers now he wouldn't start.
He seems less mature on the ball as last season. A bit selfish and almost like he wants to impress too much, which leads to poor decision making
Can we stop saying he’s playing like he wants a highlight reel. One of the stupidest insults I’ve seen for a while.
He played as a 10 for the club before Amorim got here
There's a good reason for that. Don't think anyone has changed their opinion on that even if form has dropped slightly
They are both similar. With good and poor spells of form. One is younger
Amad is a much better player.
Ha some of the threads here would suggest otherwise
A couple of poor decisions but he put a proper shift in, plenty of determination. I quite liked his performance overall.
Just needs to get that killer instinct going rather than emphasising pretty football. Part of that is playing to the pace of the game. He has a tendency to want to play at his pace.
Just needs to get that killer instinct going rather than emphasising pretty football. Part of that is playing to the pace of the game. He has a tendency to want to play at his pace.
I actually feel he is the same but lacking goals so far. I do not mind him trying to take on players or sometimes have an extra dribble before making a better pass. I don’t think this would be overdoing it in my opinion. I actually want us to do this more. Mbuemo for example should do this more (one of our best players so far but might need to improve in that area), Cunha isn’t shy doing it. For me, it is good to have these players going for these attempts, for years, we’ve had players run, stop, look around then pass backwards.
Why do we play full backs there most of the time then? It clearly jnvolves more defensive responsibilities than a wide forward
This is the biggest "misconception" for me. Because Amorim calls it a 3 4 3 the assumption is that the role is closer to a winger than a fullback. However, if you look at the positioning of the role throughout our matches, who he actually chooses to play there it shows you what the role really is. Its an attacking fullback role effectively. A lot of the time there is not much difference between the role under Amorim and a fullback role under Ten Hag. The only difference being there is no winger to link up with. For me its a massive waste of Amad's ability to play him there.