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2025-26 Performances

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5.6 Season Average Rating
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14
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flameinthesun said:
Kind of makes you wonder whether he should be playing as the CAM and Mbuemo as the wingback....
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If we ever switch to a 433/4231, a future of:

Sesko
- - -Cunha —Amad — Mbuemo
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Looks like a bright attack. He’s got enough technical ability, work rate and defensive ability to be a strong part of a midfield 3 as the most advanced midfielder. Lots of opportunity for him to drift into the space Mbuemo leaves as the latter comes inside.
 
Silas said:
If we ever switch to a 433/4231, a future of:

Sesko
- - -Cunha —Amad — Mbuemo
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Looks like a bright attack. He’s got enough technical ability, work rate and defensive ability to be a strong part of a midfield 3 as the most advanced midfielder. Lots of opportunity for him to drift into the space Mbuemo leaves as the latter comes inside.
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Amad is very much a winger. Cunha is the one who is a natural 10 IMO, in the style of Rogers, Gibbs White, Musiala etc. Direct running with the ball through the middle and floating around. Mbeumo I think could play on the left but not sure if he's ever played there.
 
bosnian_red said:
Amad is very much a winger. Cunha is the one who is a natural 10 IMO, in the style of Rogers, Gibbs White, Musiala etc. Direct running with the ball through the middle and floating around. Mbeumo I think could play on the left but not sure if he's ever played there.
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What do you think Amad’s missing to play centrally? He seems a lot more secure with the ball/during linkup than Cunha IMO. Also seems to have a higher defensive work rate. He also played a bunch of games there for Sunderland if I recall correctly.

Like you say, Mbuemo already has the right wing locked down and hasn’t played on the left, so Cunha’s the only realistic option from our current crew. As long as our LB is bombing forward, he’ll have plenty of license to drift inside as more of a LAM. To be clear, I like the idea of Cunha at #10 also, I’m just thinking with the options we currently have. If we bought a LW, then sure. Would lead to one of Amad and Mbuemo missing out though.
 
bosnian_red said:
Amad is very much a winger. Cunha is the one who is a natural 10 IMO, in the style of Rogers, Gibbs White, Musiala etc. Direct running with the ball through the middle and floating around. Mbeumo I think could play on the left but not sure if he's ever played there.
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He certainly would be a winger if he could cross the ball. All I’m seeing is a slightly more accomplished greedy Garnacho look-a-like. Would put most of the leagues good crossers ahead of him. Still playing Ten Hags 4-Wtf-wtf.
 
Much, much better than he has been.

To me the first half, was the perfect example of how the Sesko/Mbeumo/Amad trio should be operating. Mbeumo pushing up close to Sesko, offering an option in behind and pulling the focus of the defense centrally, leaving Amad one on one.
 
Silas said:
What do you think Amad’s missing to play centrally? He seems a lot more secure with the ball/during linkup than Cunha IMO. Also seems to have a higher defensive work rate. He also played a bunch of games there for Sunderland if I recall correctly.

Like you say, Mbuemo already has the right wing locked down and hasn’t played on the left, so Cunha’s the only realistic option from our current crew. As long as our LB is bombing forward, he’ll have plenty of license to drift inside as more of a LAM. To be clear, I like the idea of Cunha at #10 also, I’m just thinking with the options we currently have. If we bought a LW, then sure. Would lead to one of Amad and Mbuemo missing out though.
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Think it's just generally not how I want my #10's to play... All his impact seems to come at getting the ball close to the touchline and running at fullbacks with the ball. He seems a bit lost with his positioning when he's in those areas as a 10 and goes missing in games. Even on the left he seems a bit awkward.

In the mean time, we have Bruno as the obvious 10, but when he leaves id imagine Cunha goes there. Mount also part of that group. Question would be who goes left wing, and if either of Mbeumo or Amad can play on that side or if both just fight for the RW role.
 
pelterz said:
He certainly would be a winger if he could cross the ball. All I’m seeing is a slightly more accomplished greedy Garnacho look-a-like. Would put most of the leagues good crossers ahead of him. Still playing Ten Hags 4-Wtf-wtf.
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Yeah gotta admit that Amad's crossing is a bit pathetic. Definitely needs to work on it. Right now he's a bit one-dimensional in that he charges at his full back, and goes to cut in or shoot. He had the beating of his full back against Sunderland so he played well, but he still didn't even look like attempting to put in crosses or really create on the weekend which is a problem.
 
bosnian_red said:
Think it's just generally not how I want my #10's to play... All his impact seems to come at getting the ball close to the touchline and running at fullbacks with the ball. He seems a bit lost with his positioning when he's in those areas as a 10 and goes missing in games. Even on the left he seems a bit awkward.

In the mean time, we have Bruno as the obvious 10, but when he leaves id imagine Cunha goes there. Mount also part of that group. Question would be who goes left wing, and if either of Mbeumo or Amad can play on that side or if both just fight for the RW role.
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Fair enough. Hard to tell how it’ll play out while we’re playing a different formation, so I guess we’ll see.
 
nacho cheese said:
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A common flaw with our system. The wing backs be it Dalot, Dorgu or Amad often have a “neither here, nor there”-kind of role. Everyone’s brought up from youth ranks to play another way for decades, making it an even tougher ask for them to adjust to these roles.

It showed a lot in attack last year too, but players have progressed on that front at least.
 
Bwuk said:
Yep.

I'd be worried about the space in behind him against Liverpool that Gakpo could exploit.

I love Amad but he's just not a wing back.
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He wouldn't have that responsibility. Our initial out of possession shape was a 4-4-2 with Amad and Mount covering the wide midfield roles, Yoro covered rightback and Dorgu covered leftback , it was only after Sunderland subbed off Adringa for a center back switching to a back three and attacking in a 3-2-5 that United reverted to a 5-2-3 out of possession.
Liverpool wouldn't play a back three so we'll mostly likely stay in a 4-4-2 out of possession shape. So it's more Yoro on Gapko and Dorgu on Salah.
 
He's brilliant at wing-back. Him starting there every week should be a non-negotiable. Five of the back six should pick itself. (Lammens, Dorgu, De Ligt, Yoro and Amad).
 
Bwuk said:
Yep.

I'd be worried about the space in behind him against Liverpool that Gakpo could exploit.

I love Amad but he's just not a wing back.
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I wouldn’t worry too much. There’s zero chance he starts at wing back at Anfield.
 
Liverpool 1:2 Man Utd New
Did well down the right giving Gakpo almost as much to do defensively as in attack. Unlucky to be the one taken off but Dalot did fine defending for the rest
 
He kept Liverpool on the back foot in the first half. We lost so much when he was subbed off. Thankfully it didn't matter in the end.
 
Good performance. Starting to grow a bit of a tendency to play well in the bigger PL matches, I feel.
 
Has to start at RWB every week. It's a shame Dalot is a lot worse at LWB though.
 
Very good today and he was very unlucky to get booked for that challenge. After his latest performaces at RWB there can't be anyone left thinking that is not his best position.
 
Amad and Mbeumo are starting to cause the opposition a lot of problems.

Add Cunha, and the impact those 3 have on the way the team plays can be understated.
 
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