Ole will unleash Amads full potential and he'll be seen as our undisputed best attacker by seasons end.
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Perhaps in a response to the latter, they claimed he was good there and should stay there, which was my overall issue. It's not whether he is a good player or not (he is), it's whether he was best utilised there (he wasn't) but others said otherwise. Also I said 'best placed' not 'best position'.
He was a glorified right back half the time under Amorim.
Yep pretty sure most were talking about in the 3-4-2-1 we were always gonna play under Amorim and most of Amad's assists and goals came from right wingback last season and not many when he played as an AM. Finding someone to do what he did from wingback? Very hard. Now we dont need to worry about it
Its obviously a big positive hes scoring at the AFCON but I'm not sure Burkina Faso are as good as the lower premier league teams. I'll wait till he returns and gets on the scoresheet
Wasted as a wingback.
The new problem is how to get Amad and Mebumo into the same team...but the problem goes away very easily if United get European football and return to 55-60 games a season.
So let's not create another drama just yet...be patient.
So let's not create another drama just yet...be patient.
Under any circumstances, it's a daft statement. He's arguably our most talented player, and he should be played to his strengths - also ahead of Mbeumo in my opinion.
Hopefully, under our next manager(s), we will play him as an RW with freedom to roam akin to how Côte d'Ivoire use him. RWB was stupid, but the right CAM position under Amorim wasn't completely ideal either.
I'd prefer Amad to overlap the way he has been doing, and having a player like Casemiro drop into the back four if we attack.
We just play more midfielders than defenders to control games.
How nice to have multiple players who can play well in a position. We’ve not had that for some time.
We might even be able to drink someone off of the bench who can change the game!
We might even be able to drink someone off of the bench who can change the game!
There were many posters.
Our motherfekkin starboy.
I see no problem fitting Mbeumo and him in the same team. Both are versatile and can play across the line.
Can`t wait to see him back in the team but happy he is doing well for his country.
I see no problem fitting Mbeumo and him in the same team. Both are versatile and can play across the line.
Can`t wait to see him back in the team but happy he is doing well for his country.
We can quench the thirst of our problems that way, but we may end up with dry spells.
We’ve tried most things, maybe let’s go back to the 80s and the days of Robbo and McGrath!
I think Amad is definitely just a RW guy, the way he dribbles and attacks and everything is awkward when he's on the left. But Mbeumo can play across the attack fine.
Surely we can just play Cunha on the left, Mbuemo up front and Amad on the right. It's not Mbuemo's best position but it's a good front 3. Sesko can start when he starts scoring
I reckon there will be quite a bit of that with Sesko still getting plenty of chances.
In all fairness, Amad was used as a stick to beat management on poor recruitment before on here
I think he could be a central 10, he's very creative.
He's amazing to watch. So graceful on the ball.
If we had to fit him and Mbeumo in the team, I'd look at Amad playing the Palmer/Odegaard position.
Replace Bruno with a box to box Rice type player and Casemiro with a deep-lying playmaker, and it could work. He'd get the license to drift into the right channels to create overloads with Mbeumo. Off the ball, we'd press in a 442
Sesko Amad
Cunha Bruno Casemiro Mbeumo
Shaw Martinez De Ligt Mazraoui
Lammens
If we had to fit him and Mbeumo in the team, I'd look at Amad playing the Palmer/Odegaard position.
Cunha Sesko Mbeumo
Bruno Amad
Casemiro
Shaw Martinez De Ligt Mazraoui
Lammens
Bruno Amad
Casemiro
Shaw Martinez De Ligt Mazraoui
Lammens
Replace Bruno with a box to box Rice type player and Casemiro with a deep-lying playmaker, and it could work. He'd get the license to drift into the right channels to create overloads with Mbeumo. Off the ball, we'd press in a 442
Sesko Amad
Cunha Bruno Casemiro Mbeumo
Shaw Martinez De Ligt Mazraoui
Lammens
I don't wanna see him anywhere other than right wing, that's his ideal position. Nothing scarier for a fullback to have him run at you in a 1v1 situation, we should be trying to create as many of those situations as possible. He was a decent wingback, but I get the feeling not having to cover as much ground to defend will lead to him being significantly sharper in terms of chance creation and goal scoring.
Just played a blinder for Ivory Coast, scoring a goal and getting an assist. The goal is delicious, fools the gk...
Barely a wing back, he was operating wide but ahead of Mbeumo in right 10 spot for a lot of the game. He was basically a right winger with some defensive duties.
Absolutely this.
For the nth time, just play Mbeumo at CF (he was pinning VVD with his massive, succulent, rump and allowing us to pick up second balls for fun against Liverpool. We're currently having to manage/carry Sesko anyway as he finds his feet. Mbeumo CF, Amad RW, Cunha LW is a very mobile, interchangeable, and dangerous front line.
Feel sorry for ShawSomething like this?
From how Cunha has player so far, he’s better off up front.
I’d much rather play Mbeumo up top and Cunha deeper if we go that way. One of Cunha’s greatest strengths for us is the ability to carry from deep, get us up the pitch and buy us some territory and space.
No I would play Amad in the 10 or LW. I would not drop or move the top scorer (a player producing now and who scored 20
league goals from last season) for potential
This all smacks of a self made problem.
We supposedly signed players with a view to playing a four at rhe back system but I don't see cunha performing well as a left forward particularly froma defensive standpoint and amad and mbuemo both play the same position so we have to start shifting players about
We supposedly signed players with a view to playing a four at rhe back system but I don't see cunha performing well as a left forward particularly froma defensive standpoint and amad and mbuemo both play the same position so we have to start shifting players about
Yep there were many who said how the role was perfect for him and he wasn't anywhere near as effective elsewhere.
Fully agree
Make the front three a fluid 3, similar to how Rooney, Tevez and Ronaldo set up.
WOW you’re so sensitive about Bruno it’s ridiculous!
Bruno is mentioned as the no1 signing in the post I replied to…I’m talking about players who would be competing with Amad in the list behind Bruno or could potentially end up high on the list in years to come.
Pogba left at the end of his contract like many players before and since such as Lindelof, Jones, Mata, Bryan Robson etc. He’d been riddled with injuries his last 18 months and the club rightly decided not to offer him a new contract…But suggesting he didn’t contribute that much to us over his time is utter nonsense.
233 games, 39 goals, 51 assists. From the position he most commonly played and without taking many set pieces, that’s very very good. The biggest influence in our only European Trophy post sir Alex, also in a League cup win. He’s won as many trophies as anyone else who’s played for us since 2013. Our league performances and European qualification have fallen off a cliff since he regressed and left sadly.
The fact that you’d have no idea why Pogba would be on a list with Shaw, Maguire and Amad speaks volumes only for the narrative around Pogba. Not his quality or consistency of performances which were right up there with anyone who’s played for us since fergie retired.
Don't see an issue with him and Mbeumo. We'll have more games to play next season and even this season they can share the minutes. It's good to have healthy competition. Let them both push each other. We can also have games where Mbeumo starts striker instead of Sesko.
I think I prefer playing Amad and Cunha a bit deeper. Both like having space to dribble into. Amad as a 10 is not great in my opinion and I have reservations of the current version of Amad as an inside forward on the right. Think Amorim had him playing at his most effective position.
But once the boy’s decision making matures a bit more, that right forward berth is his. Our new number 7!
But once the boy’s decision making matures a bit more, that right forward berth is his. Our new number 7!
One thing I'm looking forward to seeing again once he's a right winger is his pressing, the dude has a knack to create goals from that
Well he’s been played out of position. Surely he’s Mbuemo sub every time and can influence games
Surely hes too good to be on the bench. I imagine Bruno staying in midfield and Mbeumo or Amad in the middle with the other on the right
Agree some of the posts above about playing Mbeumo upfront. He has the physicality to hold off defenders and probably is the best off the 3 in holding his position. Cunha likes to play from free and exploit space. Amad on the right.
Casemiro, Ugarte and Bruno in midfield.
Casemiro, Ugarte and Bruno in midfield.
I agree with this. Shame about Mount but I guess he can battle it out with either Cunha for the LF role and/or Bruno or Ugarte for the third CM role.