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2025-26 Performances

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Pogue Mahone said:
Exactly. This isn’t difficult. If we play 4231 then it‘a Bruno, Mbeumo and Amad as the 3. Based on recent form. We (finally) have competition for places. Which is a good thing. It also means that we can (hallelujah) bring on top class players off the bench. Also a good thing.

We also have the option of turning Sesko into a super sub and playing someone else up top, if form/fitness means we need to shake things up.

Options in attack. Can you imagine?!?
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Have either Amad or Mbeumo ever played LW before at this level? Amad was poor when asked to play L10 and I suspect similar issues would arise playing him LW.

One of my pet hates is playing wingers out of position on the wrong wing. They are very very different positions. Unless Amad or Mbeumo have much more adaptability than I think likely to be the case, they are competing for the RW position.
 
Pogue Mahone said:
Exactly. This isn’t difficult. If we play 4231 then it‘a Bruno, Mbeumo and Amad as the 3. Based on recent form. We (finally) have competition for places. Which is a good thing. It also means that we can (hallelujah) bring on top class players off the bench. Also a good thing.

We also have the option of turning Sesko into a super sub and playing someone else up top, if form/fitness means we need to shake things up.

Options in attack. Can you imagine?!?
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But having either Mbeumo or Amad on the left really makes them ineffective. I'd rather have one of Amad or Mbeumo coming off the bench. Let them push each other. Neither is guaranteed a starting spot.
 
Xeque_279 said:
But having either Mbeumo or Amad on the left really makes them ineffective. I'd rather have one of Amad or Mbeumo coming off the bench. Let them push each other. Neither is guaranteed a starting spot.
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I agree with this. Neither are in the kind of form that you'd say one has to start over another at this moment. Let them compete, can only be a good thing.
 
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Pogue Mahone said:
Exactly. This isn’t difficult. If we play 4231 then it‘a Bruno, Mbeumo and Amad as the 3. Based on recent form. We (finally) have competition for places. Which is a good thing. It also means that we can (hallelujah) bring on top class players off the bench. Also a good thing.

We also have the option of turning Sesko into a super sub and playing someone else up top, if form/fitness means we need to shake things up.

Options in attack. Can you imagine?!?
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If we play a 3 of Bruno, Amad and Mbuemo then at least one of them is playing out of position, which is something we’ve been doing with players with little to no success over the past few years.

I don’t disagree with the competition for places bit though. Realistically however its our two best attacking players competing for one spot.
 
I'd play him on the right, Mbeumo on the left.
 
Doracle said:
Have either Amad or Mbeumo ever played LW before at this level? Amad was poor when asked to play L10 and I suspect similar issues would arise playing him LW.

One of my pet hates is playing wingers out of position on the wrong wing. They are very very different positions. Unless Amad or Mbeumo have much more adaptability than I think likely to be the case, they are competing for the RW position.
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Nah, they’re the sort of player that can definitely adapt.

And when a team plays 4231 it’s not like the wide players are forced to stick to their nominated touchline for 90 minutes. There will be plenty of positional changes for all of them over the course of the game. And even on the “wrong” flank they have options.

When they’re wide on their stronger foot then their job is to whip in early crosses onto Sesko’s head. On their weaker foot they can cut inside to shoot. A well rounded, skilful and intelligent attacking player can easily play in any one of the three positions behind a striker in a 4231. We’ve just got too used to watching brainless, completely one footed, kick and rush merchants in those positions ;)
 
I never get my head around the argument that wingers have a definitive “side”.

It was different in the 442 days where you needed RM/LM on their primary foot for crosses into the box and you had 2 big men upfront.

Today’s football is so fluid anyway they can break, switch around, cut inside, or go to the touchline and cross, or switch back onto their stronger foot and Inswing.

Unless you are Arjen robben, or salah calibre players who have their “cut inside and if I get it off I will score” cheat code it makes feckall difference for me and only gives more options to attack.

Because the argument saying neither amad or mbuemo can be useful on the other side is tantamount to saying we need them for one thing only, if Mbuemo needs to play lw because he’s right footed and needs to cut inside, well to me that just tells me he is also capable of delivering a cross with his strong foot then playing on the other side.
 
Xeque_279 said:
But having either Mbeumo or Amad on the left really makes them ineffective. I'd rather have one of Amad or Mbeumo coming off the bench. Let them push each other. Neither is guaranteed a starting spot.
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Why not? In attack, no other player comes really close to their level. Except Bruno.
Had high hopes for Cunha but has had a rough first few months in the team, ball control looks off, ball gets away from him, poor decisionmaking overall. He should not be an automatic starter.
Mount has had a good season so far but his injury issues is a problem. Probably wise to manage his minutes carefully.
Sesko seems to have improved a little bit last couple of games which is very nice to see but still a puppy with a somewhat loose ball control and poor decisions in critical moments.
Bruno Amad and Mbeumo starts for me regardless if they have to move a little bit more to the left.
 
Xeque_279 said:
But having either Mbeumo or Amad on the left really makes them ineffective. I'd rather have one of Amad or Mbeumo coming off the bench. Let them push each other. Neither is guaranteed a starting spot.
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I think Mbeumo for sure can play on the left. He's technically really smart and consistent, he's not a dribbler anyway and he can whip in brilliant crosses from that side. I think it would open up a lot for Sesko if anything.
 
Play both him and Mbeumo on the wings, let them swap throughout the game as needed.
 
Gordon S said:
Why not?
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Because both are ineffective on the left.
bosnian_red said:
I think Mbeumo for sure can play on the left. He's technically really smart and consistent, he's not a dribbler anyway and he can whip in brilliant crosses from that side. I think it would open up a lot for Sesko if anything.
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His main strength is cutting in and shooting/scoring from the right.
 
Xeque_279 said:
Because both are ineffective on the left.

His main strength is cutting in and shooting/scoring from the right.
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Also just really good at crossing and playing smart passes, so that can easily translate from the left in a more creative way. His main quality is timing off the ball runs anyway and that's the same on either side.
 
bosnian_red said:
Also just really good at crossing and playing smart passes, so that can easily translate from the left in a more creative way. His main quality is timing off the ball runs anyway and that's the same on either side.
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But he's just never played on the left, doesn't make sense to shoehorn him there.

If we absolutely have to play the 2 of them together then we rather play Mbeumo behind the striker and have Bruno on the left, tucking in when we don't have the ball.
 
Xeque_279 said:
But he's just never played on the left, doesn't make sense to shoehorn him there.

If we absolutely have to play the 2 of them together then we rather play Mbeumo behind the striker and have Bruno on the left, tucking in when we don't have the ball.
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Not at all, I would want Mbeumo to hold width in the left and use Mbeumo - Sesko - Amad like a shit version of Barca's from 3 (but still quite good!) where you have Raphinha, Lewa and Yamal. Mbeumo has played on the left on occasion as well, and when he's drifted to the left he's looked fine IMO. Hope we try it anyway, we have what we have and have to make do.
 
Amad is a right wing forward, wild that he is 23 but has never had an extended run in that role for Utd, a total waste.

Amorin going is great for Amad, we need him more on the end of things and getting earlier isolation against the deepest defenders, and not at wing back ffs.

He might have to play on the left on occasion, but still better than wing back.
 
Xeque_279 said:
Because both are ineffective on the left.
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Then they're limited players and one has to be sold. Its one thing to have a truly world class player who really does specialize in one position such that playing them out of position would be madness (as someone stated above, think Salah, Robben, even Giggs during his prime). We can't have two decent players who can only do one thing and taking up a squad space and budget.
 
It’s kind of weird that I had absolutely zero faith that he’d be a good right wing back, but he proved me and others wrong and I’ll kind of miss him there. I liked the combo of him and Mbuemo and he was very much allowed to break forward often.
 
Amad's problem is that he holds on to the ball too long and is not direct enough. Always slowing down the game to try and take on his opponent instead of looking for a team mate. It slows down buildup play. Watch him.
 
Man Utd 2:0 Man City New
Great to have him back. He’s always a threat.
 
One of the best performances you'll see from an attacker without a goal or an assist.
 
Brilliant today - such a lovely player to watch. Thank goodness he stuck around even when he wasn't getting games. Such a talent.
 
Right winger. Full 90. That’s what I like
 
Love him, unlucky with the post but just a quality winger. So important to us with what he does.
 
How we have missed Amad - pure class and never stopped running. Smart, assured movement for the Mbeumo goal, and good work drawing out the defender for his pass to Cunha for the second. His defensive work to support Dalot after he was on a yellow was immense.
 
The way he wins the ball back in the press is some form of mysticism. I find it absolutely fascinating. Player on the ball never seems to be able to read how much time and distance there is between themselves and him.

He really enjoyed himself out there. Very unlucky on that post shot.
 
Was excellent today, so direct which is what I like to see him like, sometimes he gets bogged down in too many one two’s with Bruno.

Hit the post but seeing him hold off Ake was good to see. Has some strength when needed.
 
Fortitude said:
The way he wins the ball back in the press is some form of mysticism. I find it absolutely fascinating. Player on the ball never seems to be able to read how much time and distance there is between themselves and him.

He really enjoyed himself out there. Very unlucky on that post shot.
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Perfect pressing forward. He would be absolutely devastating in a prime Klopp team.
 
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