This lad has just joined from a mid-table Championship team and is instantly our top performer. Watching him massively out perform the likes of Rashford and Pogba actually pisses me off. Don't get me wrong, I'm delighted he's started so well, looks a player and a half, but he's just exposing our lazy complacent twats for the absolute frauds that they are. Pogba, Lingard, Rashford, Mata etc should be setting the example for this guy to follow, yet it's James himself setting the standard his "star" teammates can't keep up with.
Daniel James is exposing our "stars"
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Mata is playing very well today, in fairness.
Ole says he sets a standard in training.
And agree with @VP89 Mata is playing well today. Linking up that midfield and attack nicely.
And agree with @VP89 Mata is playing well today. Linking up that midfield and attack nicely.
Hang on, most of the café was moaning he wasn't playing well last week, now he's the top performer?
Damn right, Ole should be in that dressing room now telling everyone how James is shaming them with their abject performances.
...or just reinforcing what we already knew about Pereira and Lingard.
It has only been a handful of games. He will inevitably hit a lull like all players and will ship his fair share of criticism then too.
He is a good player and well spotted to sign him . I hope he continues to be as important to us and dont see why it matters where he came from
Are you really trying to say that Mata, Rashford and Lingard are lazy?
Lingard, Rashford, Martial, Pogba should have a look at James and then themselves. They've been here for half a decade and still as frustrating and inconsistent as ever.
Yep, worth bearing this in mind. The pressure on our players is intense, they’re barely allowed a poor half of football.
Yes but unlike most other players he works his socks off....that usually counteracts the poor form.
Bad management. These stars would give him no balls next game.
I'm sure there are some other gems we ought to look to unearth from the championship
He's our Dele Alli.
Think he is more of a striker in the mould of Michael Owen.
I think Mata and James are linking up great today
Aye I was going to say that if he keeps his work rate and sense of urgency then I won't be too bothered when the lull does come.
Do we have to turn everything into a negative?
He's scored as much premier league goals in those 4 games as Sanchez managed during his whole time here.
Championship player. By signing him Ole has shown a complete lack of ambition the fecking yes man that he is. 
Let's not play him on the right wing anymore. He looks absolutely clueless there. He's a completely different player on the left. Rashford should play on the right instead when Martial is back.
He’s exposing how Valencia had been the only decent winger we’ve seen at the club since Ronaldo left until now.
Mata is playing well but Rashford utter wank. Actually needs to have a long hard look at himself.
Loving the boy. Giggsy is alive.
He's really not. He's scored two good goals today and last week, but was fairly average to poor for the rest of the games. I'm happy with him and his return so far has been brilliant but his all round play hasn't even good so far.
Players having a poor game is fine, it happens. Players not putting in 100% (Pogba) is unacceptable.
You're right, his all round play has been just decent, and he's still been our best or 2nd best player after Martial. Says it all.
Twice the player on the left.
We really can’t win with our fans can we, this thread being a prime example of cringe inducing negativity
Can’t you just be happy that our scouts found a good player for once
Can’t you just be happy that our scouts found a good player for once
Why the negative connotations all the fecking time? It’s getting seriously tiresome. It’s like the forum is infested with Daily Mail journalist wankers.
He’s not “exposing” anyone. He’s a young starlet riding a wave of confidence taking his chances and doing himself proud. It’s got feck all to do with any other player. Give it a rest.
He’s not “exposing” anyone. He’s a young starlet riding a wave of confidence taking his chances and doing himself proud. It’s got feck all to do with any other player. Give it a rest.
Why do we always have to do this? Anytime one player starts performing, we have to turn it into a battle against them and our other players
I thinkk you're sllightly understating how well he is doing to be fair.
The last three games he's shown he's a bit more than just a counter attacking tool. He's very direct and can create a yard for himself, but also seems to have an end product. When he's playing like that he's a handful and definitely not a championship player.
Rashford is having a pretty big off day and we should kknow by this point the kind of performance Pogba will produce a majority of the time as a holding midfielder...it's playing to his weaknesses rather than his strengths.
I mean if you want to compare James to anyone...he's done more in less than 4 games than Sanchez did in a season.
The last three games he's shown he's a bit more than just a counter attacking tool. He's very direct and can create a yard for himself, but also seems to have an end product. When he's playing like that he's a handful and definitely not a championship player.
Rashford is having a pretty big off day and we should kknow by this point the kind of performance Pogba will produce a majority of the time as a holding midfielder...it's playing to his weaknesses rather than his strengths.
I mean if you want to compare James to anyone...he's done more in less than 4 games than Sanchez did in a season.
Rashford and James are virtually exactly the same age. Pogba's role in this team isn't a goalscoring one. Stop turning every positive into an excuse to snipe at other players, it's horrible.
Just imagine, he could easily have been banging them in for Leeds instead of us. Gross.