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The tiny Kanchelskis
True unless its Sancho then we should prioritize other areas. I think the most important signings we could make are a No.10, DM and back up striker. The front three we have is good and it will improve organically with more interplay like we saw today and then finally more goals will just raise their self belief.Yeh. It will be hard to get a better RW than him, other than spending 100m+. Can't imagine what our attack would be, if we don't have him but playing Mata/Lingar/Pereira there. Uugghh..
Our no. 10 is definitely a priority now, and maybe one experience CF for rotation.
someone said it a few pages back, Vroom Vroom is good enough for meSo he needs a new nickname.
Flash James.
Dan "Road Runner" James.
Rocket James.
Tesla James.
Sonic James.
someone said it a few pages back, Vroom Vroom is good enough for me
He does make a meal of them though.It’s awful how many times he is kicked every game. Sometimes refs just don’t even call the fouls.
Rashford seems to want to do it all on his own - whether this is him being a selfish player, him being told to do it by management or him being low on confidence and feeling the need to produce more I'm not sure of, but mentally James seems far ahead of him. I'm stunned by how good he's been, especially given his relative lack of first team football.James's decision making was spot on today, knew exactly when to dribble and pass - this might sound simple but it's something that Rashford needs to master quickly to improve our transition in attack
Indeed. Seems like forever since we signed a gem out of nowhere for a steal. Javier Hernandez perhaps was the last one.Credit to the coaches.
His final delivery in pre season was borderline abysmal and now every single cross he put in today threatened in one way or another. He's such a great little player to have.
This was my favorite part of the game today. His decisions looked mature.Credit to the coaches.
His final delivery in pre season was borderline abysmal and now every single cross he put in today threatened in one way or another. He's such a great little player to have.
His ability to pick the strikers from the wing is excellent, which might not happen if he is left footed and just cutting in on every opportunity. I kind of feel its tactical as well to keep him wide so that the left back has to stick to him and it creates a gap between CB and LB.Such a massive shame he isn't left-footed. I feel like our attacks flowed better last match when Greenwood could cut in and link up with Martial/ Mata, as opposed to James being trapped on the outside.
That said, he still had a very good game and once Rashford, in particular, gets used to meeting his crosses, he'll start picking up quite a few assists.
Yeah and that's to his credit, but it's usually only when there's space behind for Rashford. In tighter games, I think we'd benefit more from a left-footer cutting in and shooting/ flooding the box while AWB overlaps.His ability to pick the strikers from the wing is excellent, which might not happen if he is left footed and just cutting in on every opportunity. I kind of feel its tactical as well to keep him wide so that the left back has to stick to him and it creates a gap between CB and LB.
Couldn’t disagree more on him not being left footed. It feels like our counterattacking is now coming together with James carrying the ball on the right and able to cross or pass it to Martial and Rashford in the channels. Lovely to have a wide creative asset.Such a massive shame he isn't left-footed. I feel like our attacks flowed better last match when Greenwood could cut in and link up with Martial/ Mata, as opposed to James being trapped on the outside.
That said, he still had a very good game and once Rashford, in particular, gets used to meeting his crosses, he'll start picking up quite a few assists.
He does that on the left as well, except he has the added unpredictability of cutting inside and passing/ shooting. Playing on the right does mean his crossing accuracy will be higher though since he's crossing with his stronger foot, so I guess it depends on whether or not you think the trade-off is worth it.Couldn’t disagree more on him not being left footed. It feels like our counterattacking is now coming together with James carrying the ball on the right and able to cross or pass it to Martial and Rashford in the channels. Lovely to have a wide creative asset.
What examples are these? We haven’t really signed any gems on the cheap for a long while now. The players that have turned to shite for us have been the expensive ones.Looking very good so far, hope he doesnt turn into some other examples from the past.
I dont look through money spent for player, more of examples where X player looks hot early on and then slowly downfall starts with no return.What examples are these? We haven’t really signed any gems on the cheap for a long while now. The players that have turned to shite for us have been the expensive ones.
Yes but you said examples, so I’m asking you what examples you’re referring to? Surely money has to factor into it, as it massively effects expectations. Matic for example cost us 40m and came with a big reputation, having won titles with Chelsea. He faded because we yet again made the mistake of signing a player on his last legs and Chelsea knew it.I dont look through money spent for player, more of examples where X player looks hot early on and then slowly downfall starts with no return.