AneRu
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Too limited to play as a No.10 at this level, he knows what needs to be done and the positions to take but isn't good enough to execute.
Unfortunately, he didn't have a good game today. Everything he tried just didn't come off. A good, senior player or a coach needs to talk to him after this game and walk him through exactly where it went wrong.
Unfortunately, he didn't have a good game today. Everything he tried just didn't come off. A good, senior player or a coach needs to talk to him after this game and walk him through exactly where it went wrong.
He's a Lingard with a slightly higher workrate.
@GifLord
1:50
2:45
6:49
11:30
12:22
19:00
31:04
37:34
47:15
53:19 (replay)
57:12
We got any at United?
That would take a fair bit of time, not far off a 1/10 performance today.
It was a poor performance, no doubt about that. With the inexperienced and inconsistent players that we have, it's not a massive shock that somebody would turn out a performance like this eventually. The danger though is that mistakes are contagious and we had too many players that made basic errors today, with their passing, crossing, closing down, attacking and defending. It's up to the players and the coaches to work on this to raise the standard, because it just wasn't anywhere near good enough today.
The good thing about the amount of game time he’s getting is that by the time we can replace him and he’s either on the bench/out the squad/sold there’ll be no complaints because he would have shown why he’s not good enough. Today was awful ... decisions, shooting, set pieces. Stand by my view. No idea what the purpose of this guy is.
I'm sorry, but I would argue that performances closer to this level is more the norm than any performance closer to 10/10 from Pereira, I've never seen him really shine a part from in pre-season and a few cups against dross, where he's sporadically looked good, never seen him play well in the Premier League. Andreas is now 23 years old, turning 24 in January. This is a time where he should really start to shine and show his worth in the team, rather he's regressing and showing lack of effort (which was one of the few positives from his game previously).
I would agree that he isn't good enough long term to be a starting player in this particularly important position. But, he's thrown in and he can only do his best. We are where we are and there are not that many players in the squad who are obviously better players, at this moment in time. We've got an overall poor/below average squad (for a club of this standard) and with too many inconsistent players with inconsistent performances. We looked a bit better when Lingard came on, but he actually has a similar story, in the sense that he is in his mid-twenties and has started to regress.
Look who he has got to learn off. Rashford and Martial are again very inconsistent and haven't nailed down one position that they excel in, which is a similar story to Pereira. James is a few years younger and has only joined in the Summer. Fred has been inconsistent, McTominay has been learning his trade, Matic doesn't even get a look in these days and Pogba looks as if he wants out. Not trying to find excuses for this player, but he's being thrown in at the deep end without those important bigger players around him who will help him out and with a club who are overall underperforming. Even our better players look average or below average with the football that we're playing. We're in a mess and we're doing these younger players no favours.
This is how I feel every week about Periera. One of those players you can't quite figure out what anybody saw in him to decide he should be a first team player. I mean even the bang average players at least tend to link up pretty well. He didn't even do that. Half the time he'd asleep on the ball.Still don't know whats he supposed to be good at. It feels like he's just out there so that we can have 11 players on the pitch.
Was no coincidence we looked better when Lingard came on for Andreas. He's a squad player and nothing more.
Correct. He needs to play in midfield as a squad player, or not play at all. And thus far, he hasn't shown enough to be given priority over a younger player. He's already at an age where he needs to start producing so it's only a matter of time until you just stop prioritizing his playing time.He was awful today. Solskjaer needs to realise that based on ability Pereira is a back-up midfielder, not a starting right winger or #10.
This.He's there to put in decent deliveries at corners but today he was shocking. Seems like every team has a player with decent delivery but us. No wonder we never look like scoring. He's had his chances and can't complain if he's dropped now. Time for Solskjaer to look elsewhere.
To all those wanting to upgrade on him, go and support Barcelona or juventus. If you guys were decision makers; De Gea, Evra, Vidic, etc. would have been sold off before they had a chance to become United greats. We need to get behind Pereira, he only needs another year. It's Woodward and the management's fault the club is in the state it is. No other player in the world can do better in this environment. We have tried changing players before it hasn't worked, now we need to give players who know the club a chance.