romufc
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I think Grealish is a flop. He has still done much better than Antony, so not quite sure what your argument is there? Grealish isn't and hasn't been one of the best LWs in the league after he came to City, which due to his price tag and expectations that come with it makes him a flop. Doku isn't a flop because he cost much less.
Højlund scored 16 goals and 2 assists in total last season. Antony has 5 goals and 3 assists over three seasons. His debut season yielded 4 goals and 2 assists. He has been a massive flop. He has a better first touch than Højlund, but other than that, it isn't even close. That being said, Højlund needs to improve massively. It was a huge gamble paying that much money on an unproven striker to lead the line, and so far it hasn't paid off. I'm not there yet calling him a flop, but he is closing in, so he needs to improve. Antony has had three seasons now. His first started OK, then went terrible, and second season was even worse. He had ample opportunity to turn it around as ETH gave him too many chances, but he failed to improve.
Rashford has been on a steady decline, but he still has moments, but many claim he needs to be sold. His 30 goal season is still far beyond anything Antony has produced for us. Garnacho is still very raw, but he also produces much more than Antony every season, on top of being a much more exciting player that also causes defenders more issues. Do you honestly think Antony is at Garnacho's level in terms of output or general level? He may have better close control and acceleration on the first five yards, but that's about it.
An 80m attacking player needs to have a healty output - so far, Antony just doesn't.
I think I would ask back - how do you see him as a player in a Manchester United squad? Let alone a starting XI that should be fighting for a top four then league titles?
Firstly, I would like to say.. Manutd paying the fees they did is not an inditement on the player... its more how incompetent we were as a football club. Antony wanted to leave, Manutd were dumb enough to offer £85m..
What do you want the players to do? Say no... I dont think I am worth £85m so I won't sign for the club?
I dont see any of our attackers currently good enough to fight for the PL title, not just Antony. This can change under the new manager but the rest have had 2 seasons where they have stunk out the gaff.
Garnacho is a good player but he is good for a specific style, counter attacking only because he has 0 input in the build up, when passing out the back, the reason we cant pass teams mid block is as soon as the ball is played to any of our attackers, it bounces off and comes back.
The exception to that are.. Amad and Antony. They can actually receive and protect the ball.
Whilst Antony may never be good enough for Manutd, neither is Garnacho in the long run. They will both end up at mid/lower table clubs.