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He just doesn't know how to play it. In this formation he's got great cover but with 4 at the back he's the one that's supposed to be the anchor for the winger. You see it even in the current formation where he goes out of position to intercept but misjudges the pass and gets caught out. Not a huge deal since he's got cover. Do that in our more played formation with 4 at the back and you have a winger that's got a clear way to the box.
When he's at Villa, he was at his best whipping those crosses to Carew. I think his record was a crazy number like 17 assists in a season. Then before United bought him, he had his best season as an AMC; scoring goals and plenty of assist. I don't know why Mou hasn't tried him in that position.
He's a good squad player, just had an ok-ish game. But feck me, we have so many of these "good quality squad players", aren't we??
Yes, too many squad players that can put a shift in and not enough genuine quality that can change the course of a game.
Its a shame he isnt any good though
Those aren't the standards United players should be held to.
It's more than we're getting from the other lot. Ability means feck all without attitude.
Attitude means feck all without ability
The thing is, the ball he flashed across the box was to absolutely nobody. All of our players were sat on the six yard box waiting for the cut back. Poor movement, probably, but it's just Young all over. He fizzes balls into the box without even looking up to see who is there.
He atleast tried to take a defender on and put in a decent cross. More than what Lingard did all game.
He's the master at shaping up like he wants to run at a player or do something then bottling it and playing it safe or a crap ball. I think that apparent desire to do something without actually doing it is what convinces some of his fans on here he's decent.
