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Why not, Dalot certainly didWe should be looking to sell while we can. Apparently has a great attitude and an academy player but he is technically very limited and that's not going to improve at 20.
I think Dalot was always good technically and has now improved other parts of his game. There has to be a basic level of technical ability.Why not, Dalot certainly did
If we'd had a good striker instead of Welbeck, maybe we wouldn't have finished 2nd on goal difference. As I said, I know we need them to pad out the squad, I just think we stick far too long with academy players, Lingard being the worst example.Don’t be daft. Welbeck was a full squad member for three years. Cleverley for two (three at a push). We finished second on goal difference and won the league in two of those seasons. The other was Moyes. They were perfectly fine squad members in winning teams, when it became clear they wouldn’t become first 11 regulars they had the choice of staying and playing 20 games a year or moving.
McTominay is at that point now, we’ve had Lingard, Andreas, Henderson, Greenwood previously fill the squad in the last few years, and most of those had loans first. They’re absolutely useful players as long as we can improve on moving them out at the right time (Lingard).
Elanga deserves a chance to go out on loan before we ship him out permanently.
Elanga has technical ability, he just doesn't know what to do with it yet, he needs to play on a regular basis to find out what his level is and whether he has a future with us, he's not going to get that at OT so he needs to be loaned outI think Dalot was always good technically and has now improved other parts of his game. There has to be a basic level of technical ability.
Yep, that's the problem here.The only position he’s remotely useful is LW and with the depth we have there he’s never going to get games.
Loan him out and sell in the summer.. best for both parties.
He has technical ability alright, the problem is that it's nowhere near up to the level required.Elanga has technical ability, he just doesn't know what to do with it yet, he needs to play on a regular basis to find out what his level is and whether he has a future with us, he's not going to get that at OT so he needs to be loaned out
I don’t think top clubs produce a massive amount of world class talent, La Masia aside. If you look at the top players in the world, how many of them came from one of the biggest clubs in Europe. It’s far more common that these players play first team football for a smaller club at 17/18 or at least go out on loan for a couple of years. At United, we seem to expect our kids to break into a team that needs to be competing at the very top level before they’re 20.If we'd had a good striker instead of Welbeck, maybe we wouldn't have finished 2nd on goal difference. As I said, I know we need them to pad out the squad, I just think we stick far too long with academy players, Lingard being the worst example.
I've followed Utd closely since the 04/05 season and I'm pretty sure Greenwood and Rashford are the only players who've even looked like being world-class in that time. Something is really wrong with the academy.
I'll bow to your expertise, you obviously have much more experience than I do of judging a 20 year old's quality than I doHe has technical ability alright, the problem is that it's nowhere near up to the level required.
You don't need two years to know if a player is going to be good enough or not. He is not now and never will be good enough for united unfortunately. A loan is pointless in my view as it will only highlight his shortcomings. Sell now while he has some value. High time we started doing that.
That's a fair assessment, I don't think he'll be a superstar either but some folks in this forum think we should have superstars as backup as well as in the first XI - unless we pay for what are little more than mercenaries that's never happening and nor would I want itI like Elanga, seems like a super likeable kid, works hard, doesn't complain, and was one of the few bright sparks last season. But he needs to develop, and not in our first team, he needs to be loaned out. Having said that, I don't think he'll ever be an elite level player, he's fast, he works hard, but I don't really see a technical element to his game that has me thinking, when he hones that in he'll be a superstar. He strikes me as a hard working player that will be a good squad player. But I am 100% open to him proving me wrong.
Exactly, specially considering we got two youngsters in that position in Amad and Pellistri who both look more promising than him. A 10M fee would be a good deal.Don’t see much point in loan type deal, we should be looking to sell outright clearly not at the required level for this club.
Yeah we need to start selling definitelyDon’t see much point in loan type deal, we should be looking to sell outright clearly not at the required level for this club.
Great move if they intend to play him relatively frequently. Get his confidence up against some pish defences, learn a different style of play. If he does well we could flog him or give him a 2nd chance, if he doesn't we can loan him out again, perhaps in the Championship.Tweet
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Could not dream up a better loan for him, hope we allow it
Isn’t he like the fastest player in the squad?I just don't see anything there, sadly. He's not super-quick, he's not good in the air, he can't beat a man, he can't shoot, his passing range is limited and weak...
Would love to be proved wrong but he doesn't pass the eye-test at all for me. Pellistri looks better alerady.
