[Devil may care]

Awful in the first half, a bit better in the second but you'd never guess he was the experienced player out of him and McTominay.

 

[tomaldinho1]

He tries hard, I'll give him that.

I still believe there's a player in there, think he needs to just chill out a bit when he gets the ball.

 

[Art]

Effort alone won't get a player far at Manchester United. Needs to do better, but when Herrera and Matic come back from injury, I doubt he'll get a look in.

 

[Tarrou]

he's a bit like Sanchez, the effort is there but nothing seems to work

 

[Gungne]

Horrible game by Fred. Awful...

 

[Bobcat]

Looks nervy as feck, but i think i can see a quality player there somewhere. Needs to show a lot more though to justify that price tag

 

[el3mel]

He'll definitely get more appearances from now on thanks to injuries so we should be expecting improved performance. It's up to him at this moment to save his United career.

 

[Prodigy24]

Awful first 15 minutes, looked rusty and nervous. Played slightly better after that and did very well in the second half. Anyone saying he played terribly during the entire match is either blind or has an agenda against the guy.

 

[RussellWilson]

Does look weighed down with pressure. He shows for the ball in great spaces and even breaks lines nicely with carrying it but just looks a nervous wreck.

 

[Bobski]

He looks like a player who can't handle the tempo of the PL, thus his lack of composure on the ball. Too used to playing at a lower pace with plenty of time and has not been able to earn enough games to adapt. Looks spooked on the ball and then every so often you see a player there.

 

[Fracture90]

Poor in the first half, too nervous it seems, but he improved in the 2nd.

 

[Litch]

Never can get my head around so many can watch the same player but have such different opinions.....

 

[westmeath]

Would like to see him get another chance but that was poor tonight. I’m convinced he is better than that.

 

[JJ12]

Not sure how people are saying he did better - we lost control in the second.

Very poor.

He was better in the 2nd half than the 1st half. Obviously so too.

But all round not good.

 

[MetoTTT]

Looks nervy as feck, but i think i can see a quality player there somewhere. Needs to show a lot more though to justify that price tag

This. (A)Fred was nervous but I'm confident he'll make it here. Hope he'll have a run of games now start against Southampton. He did a lot better in the 2nd half.

 

[Red Royal]

I think he must plsy versus Saints. A run of a few games snd I think/ hope there is a good player in there.

 

[Silas]

Awful first 15 minutes, looked rusty and nervous. Played slightly better after that and did very well in the second half. Anyone saying he played terribly during the entire match is either blind or has an agenda against the guy.

Played better, but definitely didn't play 'very well'.

First game back though, so I'm not going to take too much from it. Low confidence and no match rhythm will obviously play a factor.

 

[Alemar]

2nd half performance was better, but 1st is the one to forget actually. Not much chances to become a first team regular

 

[Mastoness]

Bad first half, second half was little better. Honestly, I can't see anything in him that would suggest that he has a quality to be an United player.

 

[bosnian_red]

I think the most obvious thing is how low he is on confidence. Dont expect anything this season but next season we'll see if he can show his quality.

 

[Minimalist]

Looked a bit wank to me but I know it’s his first time out there in a long time.

 

[PlayerOne]

Thought he grew into the game, which is understandable considering he hasn't played any football for a while. Hopefully it helps his performance and helps him settle down.

 

[VeevaVee]

I missed the first 20 mins and everyone seemed to be talking about him there. Barely even realised he was on the pitch in what I saw.

 

[AKDevil]

Saw tonight why he’s not been playing

 

[scoi]

The best thing for him is to start against Southampton. He needs the opportunity to get used to the pace. If he has his second half performance from kick off he can start to build the confidence and experience.

 

[Litch]

Good enough, who knows but not sure with so many changes whether anything can be taken from that aside from appeared quite nervous but settled as it went on.

 

[MyOnlySolskjaer]

Poor in the first half, too nervous it seems, but he improved in the 2nd.

Feels like he plays like this in every game he starts.

 

[gza the genius]

Looks nervy as feck, but i think i can see a quality player there somewhere. Needs to show a lot more though to justify that price tag

This. He was terrible for most of the game but I'm not ready to give up on him yet. He needs a run of games and some confidence but I don't know how he can get that with performances like today.

 

[redDNA]

I have been critical of him, but I can understand why he is not performing.

His struggle is more psychological than lack of ability.He needs to take it easy, he is too eager to impress thereby putting himself under pressure.This led to so many hurried and misplaced passes, lack of spatial awareness, and poor positioning .

There is a player in him, he needs to relax and play his game, improve his positioning and his ball retention/shielding ability.

He will come good with time.

 

[Adisa]

Before you throw him off a bridge, remember he hadn't kicked a ball in 50 days.

 

[cyberman]

Played as well as anybody could expect.

 

[mu4c_20le]

I have been critical of him, but I can understand why he is not performing.

His struggle is more psychological than lack of ability.He needs to take it easy, he is too eager to impress thereby putting himself under pressure.This led to so many hurried and misplaced passes, lack of spatial awareness, and poor positioning .

There is a player in him, he needs to relax and play his game, improve his positioning and his ball retention/shielding ability.

He will come good with time.

Interesting that this seems more of an accurate description of Andreas Pereira. There's a decent player in there but the kid has been struggling to show it. With Fred however, I see the problem as more of not knowing what to do when his teammates win the ball back. There have been too many times where he looked flat footed. Which is odd because he was everywhere when he played for Shaktar. Maybe confidence and more time with the squad will show an improvement, but he needs to make better runs when we have the ball.

 

[MAME DIOUF 32]

He was rubbish but I'm not sure Pereira's been any better. Maybe their respective amounts of game time tell a story about training.

 

[Djemba-Djemba]

There was a period in the first half when I thought it might have been kind by Ole to take him off, he was struggling so much.

Got better as the game went on as he kept things simple. Seems a very very odd transfer right now.

 

[Amadaeus]

Played like a player who has not played football in a while. However, showed some glimpses of his talent. Willing to give him time. Linderlof turned his career around and Fred might be able to do that as well....

 

[MikeKing]

Played like a player who has not played football in a while. However, showed some glimpses of his talent. Willing to give him time. Linderlof turned his career around and Fred might be able to do that as well....

Maybe under Pochettino he would be worth like 100m as he already cost 50.

 

[acnumber9]

Before you throw him off a bridge, remember he hadn't kicked a ball in 50 days.

What the hell is he doing in training then?

 

[mu4c_20le]

Played like a player who has not played football

Stopped reading mid sentence and thought thats what you meant..

 

[MrBest]

Looks like a player who has played 10 games. He needs consistency before we make a verdict on him. Has a lot of heart i will give him that, i hope he starts against Southampton.

 

[buckooo1978]

watching in the first half part of me wondered if the reason he hadn't played was to try and protect his value

glad he was more composed as game went on. played some decent positive passes but has a real headless chicken feel to him

needs more time