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2025-26 Performances

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5.9 Season Average Rating
Appearances
28
Goals
10
Assists
4
Yellow cards
4
Proper baller I like him a lot and doesn’t stop running and working hard.
Amad and him on the right side for years.
Also makes lovely runs for a striker and just doesn’t stop. He should always play as a striker against the top teams ahead of Sesko so we can use his pace and smart runs for counter attacking football.
 
RedIan said:
Did ok today though he is better on the right side. Closes down channels and works so hard. His one shot was quality from a difficult position.
Are two worst performances under Carrick have been Newcastle and Palace - Sesko started both those games. Todays starting forward line is the best choice, Sesko on as sub

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I mean, I'm not sure Palace and Newcastle were much worse than West Ham/Everton.

I still don't think we have a solution to the low block other than try find Sesko from a cross, or rely on a set piece. It took a set piece today to find a break through when Villa were holding a solid shape.

Villa completely opened up after the first goal and from then we were able to do what we do well which is exploit space and high lines, but there are games where you just don't get that at all.
 
He is not a striker when he doesnt score but when he does yes he is a striker
 
Bournemouth 2:2 Man Utd New
Him or Amad have to be dropped, they can’t both keep starting giving they offer so little at the moment.
 
If the plan is to play him as a striker id rather just sell him and buy an actual striker.
 
He looks clueless the few times he actually tries to go up top and do striker things. For example he flicked on a header to nobody. But he really doesnt get into striker positions, he's playing deeper and most of the time we get the ball out wide we have 0 players in the box. Thats a recipe for disaster.
 
I would excuse him on his performances, he's been getting worse and worse since he was shifted to full time striker. I think Carrick is making a mistake here.

Amad has lost his touch and luck completely, drop him and play Mbuemo on the right.
 
Borys said:
I would excuse him on his performances, he's been getting worse and worse since he was shifted to full time striker. I think Carrick is making a mistake here.

Amad has lost his touch and luck completely, drop him and play Mbuemo on the right.
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The problem is that Mbeumo cant beat a player or make something happen on the wing. He can join the attack late and score a goal from there, he can sometimes get his shot away by making space and not needing to beat them. And it might work, but Amad is different in that he can take players on and play as an actual winger
 
Something needs to change; if he's not scoring he's not doing much of anything.

Understand he plays up top because of tracking and pressing, but offensively he isn't doing well.
 
Fortitude said:
Something needs to change; if he's not scoring he's not doing much of anything.

Understand he plays up top because of tracking and pressing, but offensively he isn't doing well.
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He’s also screwing up attacks with shit passing and he continually shoots slow rollers to the keeper more times than not.
 
He wasnt pressing tonight either. He was sitting off like Sesko does. Havent seen him press well since he came back from the Afcon
 
The problem we have is both Mbeumo and Amad are out of form and we don't have the options to drop them both.

We dropped Amad for 2 games against Palace and Newcastle and we were still shite, so taking him out the team isn't the magic bullet people think it is.

I'd try Cunha-Sesko-Amad front 3 as it's the only one we've not tried yet. And rotate anyone who under performs the following game, that way all of them know you have to perform to keep your place.
 
He is not CF it worked against high line, and it is worrying that MC can't see that.
And will never blame player who plays out of position.
 
Ekeke said:
The problem is that Mbeumo cant beat a player or make something happen on the wing. He can join the attack late and score a goal from there, he can sometimes get his shot away by making space and not needing to beat them. And it might work, but Amad is different in that he can take players on and play as an actual winger
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I agree he's not a dribbler, but at the moment Amad is hardly giving defenders a tough time. And I trust Mbuemo more if he's in that situation where Amad made a bad touch that thrown him out wide.
 
Dominos said:
The problem we have is both Mbeumo and Amad are out of form and we don't have the options to drop them both.

We dropped Amad for 2 games against Palace and Newcastle and we were still shite, so taking him out the team isn't the magic bullet people think it is.

I'd try Cunha-Sesko-Amad front 3 as it's the only one we've not tried yet. And rotate anyone who under performs the following game, that way all of them know you have to perform to keep your place.
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Yep they’re both well out of form. Given the other three attackers have all had time on the bench under Carrick, it might be his turn against Leeds.
 
Borys said:
I agree he's not a dribbler, but at the moment Amad is hardly giving defenders a tough time. And I trust Mbuemo more if he's in that situation where Amad made a bad touch that thrown him out wide.
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Did you think Amad shouldnt have a penalty against Bournemouth?

Mbeumo is having bad touches too so I dont
 
I have a feeling Ramadhan has caused additional fatigue to him and Amad. They seem to gassed to run and not very motivated to make moves. Ramdhan has an impact on players if they are not disciplined with their sleep routine. i would like to see how they both perform after a few weeks vs Leeds.
 
ManRed said:
I have a feeling Ramadhan has caused additional fatigue to him and Amad. They seem to gassed to run and not very motivated to make moves. Ramdhan has an impact on players if they are not disciplined with their sleep routine. i would like to see how they both perform after a few weeks vs Leeds.
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You'd hope that's the reason.
 
I like him, but he has a sloppy first touch, which doesn’t help. I don’t think fasting has anything to do with that.
 
Not sure I like him in that role. If we’re playing counter against a top side it’s worked before but against the smaller teams it seems a bit of a waste.
 
Bojan11 said:
I like him, but he has a sloppy first touch, which doesn’t help. I don’t think fasting has anything to do with that.
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Agreed, it was his big strength at the start of the season. He's just out of sorts. Still bad a big impact on our season though.
 
Ekeke said:
He wasnt pressing tonight either. He was sitting off like Sesko does. Havent seen him press well since he came back from the Afcon
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His tracking back is still good though, I've not noticed a lack of effort.

He makes a surprising amount of interventions just outside our box and will sprint back when we're being countered on.
 
Iffy for a good while now. A worry.

We definitely need another attacker to be able to rotate into this side. Even with Dorgu back.
 
Fortitude said:
You'd hope that's the reason.
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Ramdhan impacted my work last month, so yes I hope. There is no reason for him and Amad to drop off form so much since AFCON. Did the tournament take so much out that they can't perform one game a week?
 
Ekeke said:
He wasnt pressing tonight either. He was sitting off like Sesko does. Havent seen him press well since he came back from the Afcon
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The team barely presses under Carrick, it's clearly by design at this point, we sometimes push high but there's usually very little intensity in the press except occasionally when someone loses the ball and works hard to win it back.

The only real exception is Bruno when he tries to do everyone's pressing for them.
 
Should be benched. Maybe start against Chelsea as we are likely to get pinned down and he will have space to run.
 
He and Amad have been poor since Afcon. Don’t know if it’s different systems and roles or just some sort of hangover, but it’s a bit worrying. Amad was playing out of his skin before leaving. Mbeumo had gone massively off the boil in general performances, though he’s chipped in with goals
 
pocco said:
He and Amad have been poor since Afcon. Don’t know if it’s different systems and roles or just some sort of hangover, but it’s a bit worrying. Amad was playing out of his skin before leaving. Mbeumo had gone massively off the boil in general performances, though he’s chipped in with goals
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In a different position though.
 
Daft decision to keep considering him our first choice striker instead of an actual one. Poor judgment from Carrick. I mean it’s not like Mbeumo is this sublime footballer who drops deep and helps control things. He’s often effective in the final third but also pretty average in terms of quality on the ball sense so sacrificing presence and CF play for this half baked option that isn’t built for a false nine, is really strange.
 
amolbhatia50k said:
Daft decision to keep considering him our first choice striker instead of an actual one. Poor judgment from Carrick. I mean it’s not like Mbeumo is this sublime footballer who drops deep and helps control things. He’s often effective in the final third but also pretty average in terms of quality on the ball sense so sacrificing presence and CF play for this half baked option that isn’t built for a false nine, is really strange.
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It worked well for the first game or two i thought against city and arsenal right? Pretty much since then it's struggled i thought. Crazy to see it struggle and then sesko come on to save it and somehow that justifies sticking with the mbuemo at cf that just doesn't seem to work
 
ManRed said:
I have a feeling Ramadhan has caused additional fatigue to him and Amad. They seem to gassed to run and not very motivated to make moves. Ramdhan has an impact on players if they are not disciplined with their sleep routine. i would like to see how they both perform after a few weeks vs Leeds.
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He's not a Muslim, even though the internet's convinced he is (if you Google it, 70% of websites confidently claim he is).

The club reached out the official United Muslim Supporters group because even they were tweeting about him being a Muslim.



He's also done interviews in French talking about being Christian (and being very religious)
 
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