Half the player he was when he joined maybe, he has been much better than the 18months or so preceeding Ten Hags appointment though, wrong thread but take away his work rate, personally think he has always bene over rated here due to his great first 6months or so when everything came off
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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I didn't think anyone would threaten Alexis Sanchez's place as the worst transfer in the history of the club anytime soon, but Antony sure is doing his best. Still time, but not looking good. Not at all.
He's just an average player. Lacking in too many things to ever become a top one too, he will never come to live up to that fee we paid.
Might be knee-jerk but he never stood out to me at Ajax either, not sure what ETH saw in him. He's very limited unfortunately.
Also 0 assists in the league, no wonder our strikers barely get chances when they have wingers like him.
Might be knee-jerk but he never stood out to me at Ajax either, not sure what ETH saw in him. He's very limited unfortunately.
Also 0 assists in the league, no wonder our strikers barely get chances when they have wingers like him.
a bit meh, Pellistri looks the better prospect, probably gone in 18 month for a quarter of the fee, at least he's not doing that stupid Dracula pose thing anymore.
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Maguire was/is better at defending than Antony is at attacking.
Oh my god, our transfers.
Oh my god, our transfers.
I hope Sancho comes good. Antony looks a LB's dream to defend.
Amazed he stayed on the pitch as long as he did. Absolute rubbish. His crosses are a joke.
I don't even know what that means. He still tries and attempts all of the flicks/shots/passes he always has, and they still come off at the same occasional rate.
I thought it was a mistake of Ten Hag's doing in taking him off for Fred. He did well covering for Wan Bissaka defensively and even gave Arsenal a few scares on the attack despite not being at his best. A straight swap with Eriksen would have made a lot more sense.
Genuinely think Pellistri should be getting looks right now, especially if we are going to be so gentle in easing Sancho back in.
money down the drain. EPL is just not his level
I think ETH has his hands tied either way. McFred at the base of the midfield together won't work either.
He is a street baller. In 5-a-side I'm sure he'd be unstoppable but his skillset doesn't work at this level right now
Good first half, poor second half. Chance creation still a big worry 
Sub par performance, would rather Pellistri or Garnacho given a start ahead of him.
I doubt that.
Why can’t he pass more than 5 yards? Has zero passing ability
Absolutely need Sancho to play RW instead of him for a while. Antony can come on as a sub when the defenders are tired, but even then I don't expect him to do much.
its not a level playing field but if it was he’d start next season as 4th choice on the right behind the other three
Yeah, this goes without saying. Unfortunately with us and the owners we have it all comes back to lack of squad depth.
Can we get the £85m back please and use it to buy half of Saka.
His performances are a bit worrying, couldn't beat Zinchenko, couldn't pass the ball, worrying.
I didn't actually think a transfer could get any worse than Alexis or Maguire, what is he good at again?
Edit: I mean hes slow to release on the counter and weak in possession of the ball its genuinely amazing ETH was so desperate for him.
Edit: I mean hes slow to release on the counter and weak in possession of the ball its genuinely amazing ETH was so desperate for him.
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Imagine spending 180 million EUR on two wingers who wouldn't even make your strongest starting XI.
One of them was so bad, he was told to feck off for a while and "reset", and no one batted an eyelid. And he's the better of the two!
Staggering.
One of them was so bad, he was told to feck off for a while and "reset", and no one batted an eyelid. And he's the better of the two!
Staggering.
The fact that we haven’t had anybody on the right wing for about a decade temporarily made him seem a good player. But he just doesn’t do anything. Maybe he will come good, but right now he is nowhere near the standard.
He can't dribble. His shots are weak and he isn't fast. He also tries too hard to pull off moves that are difficult. 100 fecking million
Dan James has outperformed the pair of them combined for total goals and assists. Thats how bad they have been.
Dan James 50 apps 6 goals and 7 assists.
Sancho and Antony combined 52 apps 8 goals and 4 assists.
Bad game. Lots of improvement needed
Honestly, what he offers is not worth £85m more than what Pellistri and Amad can offer.
In games where we try to counter he's completely useless: Takes too many touches and can't beat a man for pace. Should only play when we know we're going to dominate.
The money we spent on him will guarantee he keeps getting chances. Hopefully he improves.
In games where we try to counter he's completely useless: Takes too many touches and can't beat a man for pace. Should only play when we know we're going to dominate.
The money we spent on him will guarantee he keeps getting chances. Hopefully he improves.
Early days and it's not his fault we lost today, but he has looked absolutely terrible so far. Too early to properly judge him though- needs at least another 12 months to see if he can handle the step up to the Premier League.
Thing is, I watched like 3 highlight performances on youtube, his goals and assists from the previous season and I knew he was crap. A couple of things stood out
1) 95% of his goals and assists were him cutting in and having a shot / making a cross, often against poor goal keeping / defending
2) He almost never took on a man, because he doesn't have the acceleration to beat players. His main abilities are good close control, good shot/cross, and fast when running.
Given all that, you really have to question the scouting that took place that saw us spend £80m on this guy. I know he's Ten Haag's picks, but as good a coach he may be, our old school methadology of allowing the manager to scout players just like with Mourinho and Ole is still actively hindering us. We need to move on and let the scouting team pick players.
Liverpool are a good example - Mane and I believe Robertson had great games against them and so Klopp wanted to sign them both. But it's now started to backfire - Darwin had a great game against them and then they signed him for £80m, but it was an outlier, not his actual level. We need to do more research on our signings.
1) 95% of his goals and assists were him cutting in and having a shot / making a cross, often against poor goal keeping / defending
2) He almost never took on a man, because he doesn't have the acceleration to beat players. His main abilities are good close control, good shot/cross, and fast when running.
Given all that, you really have to question the scouting that took place that saw us spend £80m on this guy. I know he's Ten Haag's picks, but as good a coach he may be, our old school methadology of allowing the manager to scout players just like with Mourinho and Ole is still actively hindering us. We need to move on and let the scouting team pick players.
Liverpool are a good example - Mane and I believe Robertson had great games against them and so Klopp wanted to sign them both. But it's now started to backfire - Darwin had a great game against them and then they signed him for £80m, but it was an outlier, not his actual level. We need to do more research on our signings.
Have you heard of a footballer called Daniel James?
We play better with him on the pitch, shape wise, but he’s such a non-event on it. Good skills and dribbling but not enough pace, passing or shooting to go with it and looks to have poor decision making.
He was very good in the first half but he seems to lose it physically after that which isn't the first time to have happened.
I still think it would've been better if we developed Amad and Pellistri instead of spending all that money on him and Sancho.
I still think it would've been better if we developed Amad and Pellistri instead of spending all that money on him and Sancho.
I actually liked him for the first time in second half because he actually looked determined and tried to take people on, even though he generally failed at it. But he faded away after that and did nothing, but it's quite clear, for now at least, that he is not that type of player.
Our problem is that our squad is wafer thin. He is well out of his depth.
Dead food.
His passing being that bad is what worries me.
I couldn't believe the money quoted for him during the summer as he didn't look like anything special at Ajax. And it's becoming obvious here too.
He still needs time though, and if ETH sees something in him then he should have a chance. But he's been very underwhelming so far and needs to improve massively.
He still needs time though, and if ETH sees something in him then he should have a chance. But he's been very underwhelming so far and needs to improve massively.
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