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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
Guy is paying the price for playing out of position.
Just play him at his best position with Šeško as no9 and he will be at his best.
 
Probably a bit of a Ryan Giggs international break special, that. Good stuff. Hopefully the rest helps him find some of his pre-AFCON form again.
 
His big force is on the counters coming from the right. Bruno setting him up. Twas the same at Brentford.

Mostly works up top against big opponents as he’s fast and can do damage there
 
Escobar said:
You mean on the right. And on the left he wont start as Cunha is in much better form anyhow. He should start from the bench
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Sorry yeah, meant to say on the right.

Think he’s a much better crosser than Amad so I’d like to see him get a couple of games on the right and try to build some chemistry with Sesko.
 
He’s quite a limited player isn’t he? He reminds me of Rooney on his shite days after trying to play himself into form after an injury.
 
Man Utd 1:2 Leeds United New
I am afraid he is only effective on the counter. Can't beat anyone 1v1, isn't really crossing the ball inside either and his passing in the final third is nowhere near good enough.
 
His lack of skill or dribbling ability out wide is horrendous. For a club that had Kanchelskis, Ronaldo and Nani on that wing it's an eye sore watching him in 1v1s.

I fear he's suited best to Amorim's tactics where he was more infield. He was always at his best at Brentford on the counter or linking up close with Toney, then Wissa.
 
El Jefe said:
His lack of skill or dribbling ability out wide is horrendous. For a club that had Kanchelskis, Ronaldo and Nani on that wing it's an eye sore watching him in 1v1s.

I fear he's suited best to Amorim's tactics where he was more infield. He was always at his best at Brentford on the counter or linking up close with Toney, then Wissa.
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He doesn’t look close to a £70 million or whatever we paid for him player.

Hopefully he finds some form, but it’s a massive concern how average he looks right now.
 
Garethw said:
He doesn’t look close to a £70 million or whatever we paid for him player.

Hopefully he finds some form, but it’s a massive concern how average he looks right now.
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I think this is just him unfortunately, his all round ability is nowhere near a 70m player and that’s why I said we overpaid at the time. If he’s scoring goals it doesn’t matter but when he isn’t scoring he doesn’t offer much at all.

I’m sure he’ll start scoring again at some point but I’m not sold on him being a starter for us.
 
Donut said:
He’s quite a limited player isn’t he? He reminds me of Rooney on his shite days after trying to play himself into form after an injury.
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That's a good call actually. Rooney played himself into form at some point though. I hope Mbeumo can step it up as well.
 
Amad’s rightfully catching some pelters but that performance from Mbeumo last night…
 
DWelbz19 said:
Amad’s rightfully catching some pelters but that performance from Mbeumo last night…
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He’s a lot worse as an actual footballer than I had imagined. Has his uses, but play has to be streamlined and specific for him to prosper. Left to his own devices, and having to beat men whilst being dynamic and clever and he doesn’t look a United winger.

If we ever get back to being Manchester United again, he’ll be benched and eventually moved on. Proper bridge player.
 
He put in 1 good cross for Sesko I'll give him that. Other than that he didnt do anything and we actually looked more dangerous with Amad on the right despite him not being good.
 
Not a big fan of Amorim but one thing he got right was playing Amad and Mbeumo on the same side. Individually, neither is good enough to play on the right wing as our main starters. Collectively, they complemented each other well.

In the current formation, Mbeumo is better suited as a 9 than a winger.
 
Abhinav said:
Not a big fan of Amorim but one thing he got right was playing Amad and Mbeumo on the same side. Individually, neither is good enough to play on the right wing as our main starters. Collectively, they complemented each other well.

In the current formation, Mbeumo is better suited as a 9 than a winger.
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Was shit there too for the most part. He's been a tough watch for months now with the exception of a few halves of football, someone pointed out after AFCON it went to shit but he was terrible prior to AFCON as well.

On the Amorim point them two spent the majority of their time together getting in each others way rather than form a decent partnership. Feels like we're just trying to find excuses for players who are just under performing this season.
 
Mbeumo has 0 goals in his last 6 starts +1 sub (last night)

He is currently not looking like he should start on the right, or up front. He is rightly a sub
 
Ekeke said:
Mbeumo has 0 goals in his last 6 starts +1 sub (last night)

He is currently not looking like he should start on the right, or up front. He is rightly a sub
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Which mercurial, high-scoring player in our squad should start on the right instead of him? Amad, who hasn't scored or assisted, since before he left for AFCON in mid-December?
 
Mike Smalling said:
Which mercurial, high-scoring player in our squad should start on the right instead of him? Amad, who hasn't scored or assisted, since before he left for AFCON in mid-December?
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On the right it's fair game, Amad and Mbeumo are having a mid-off this season. For me though you play your 9 and ideally to his strengths. It's just unfortunate are wide players don't seem too bothered in doing that.
 
Fortitude said:
He’s a lot worse as an actual footballer than I had imagined. Has his uses, but play has to be streamlined and specific for him to prosper. Left to his own devices, and having to beat men whilst being dynamic and clever and he doesn’t look a United winger.

If we ever get back to being Manchester United again, he’ll be benched and eventually moved on. Proper bridge player.
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The first touch has disintegrated. I think you can carry a player being weak at the basics of general play if they’re a killer with the fundamentals (first touch, final ball, shooting technique). For a very short while, it looked like Mbeumo had that. Our own mini-Salah with far less quality.

The bottom level of his performances kind of make it so that he has to be getting 25+ G/A a season at a minimum for the juice to be worth the squeeze.
 
Mike Smalling said:
Which mercurial, high-scoring player in our squad should start on the right instead of him? Amad, who hasn't scored or assisted, since before he left for AFCON in mid-December?
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Amad doesnt need to score to be a threat. Thats the thing. He can beat a player and is better in general play.

Now he obviously does need to score and assist more than he has this season. But while neither are scoring, Amad is more of a threat
 
He's not a winger at all. Sesko and Mbeumo need to compete at CF while we need to sign some wingers to help Cunha and Amad...
 
Bastian said:
And Cunha is hardly a winger either.
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Honestly Cunha has done much better on the left than I thought he would. At first I thought he'd compete with Sesko as the CF and we were desperate for a LW, but now I think he can be a regular on the left and the winger we buy needs to compete with both Amad and Cunha. He's capable of carrying the ball and has shown he's quite good with his wide delivery so I'm ok with him out there.
 
I thought this guy was supposed to be "Premier League proven", and therefore infallible and a guaranteed success?...
 
goldenboy said:
I thought this guy was supposed to be "Premier League proven", and therefore infallible and a guaranteed success?...
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He is Premier League proven, and he has 82 PL goals and assists in nearly 5 seasons. Obviously it doesn't help that we're playing him as a striker and not taking advantage of some of his strengths like crossing. Could do better too, but context matters.
 
He is a wide forward with decent finishing but an average all round game. Too limited to be the best player in an ambitious side. Worth having in a balanced squad.
 
Great squad player but shouldn't be playing out wide for us, doesn't offer anywhere near enough. I'd try him up front in the next game v Chelsea, get him back on the shoulder of defenders and closer to Bruno for link ups.
 
Trigestis said:
He is Premier League proven, and he has 82 PL goals and assists in nearly 5 seasons. Obviously it doesn't help that we're playing him as a striker and not taking advantage of some of his strengths like crossing. Could do better too, but context matters.
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We have used him wide though and usually his crossing has been average. I agree it looked good at Brentford and he put in 1 good 1 for Sesko last game, but when he has played on the right he's put in very few decent balls. If he never beat anyone but put in 2 good crosses every game he played on the right wing I'd have him in the team. But he isnt doing that
 
Been saying it all season, he will get you the odd goal but technically he's an absolute mess. Another expensive squad player for me next season.
 
Bastian said:
And Cunha is hardly a winger either.
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Has more of the traits required to play there though, or at least as a wide forward. Mbeumo can’t take anyone on, can’t make the right runs in that position, can’t drop in to link up, can’t really cross consistently.

I don’t mind Mbeumo, but he has to step it up. Need to get him back up top and bring Sesko off the bench for the Chelsea game
 
Some overreactions here. Mbeumo will bag some important goals before the season is out.
 
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