Why? He should play instead of Mata who generally did nothing.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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Play this fecker. We can play some orgasmic football
Looked a lot sharper today. Can´t be far away from his starting debut.
Very good cameo. He's got the cute touches and inventiveness of Mata with far more pace and power.
You can tell, he's a very creative player.
Looked very good. Definitely agree with the general consensus that he should be starting.
Really good cameo, hope he gets a regular run of games.
Because Mata offers more to a functioning team than Rooney does.
Looked much better. We're gonna have a tough time deciding between him and Mata.
Imagine playing them both
I just fear they are too similar.
Imagine playing them both
I just fear they are too similar.His movement looks rapid, reminds me of Hazard the way he moves and weaves. Hopefully starts next game.
Can't wait to see him have a full game even a full half would be nice, he's so quick and intelligent, a counter attack with him linking up with martial and zlatan
not so far this season. Rooney has done well in the 3 games so far, no matter any previous opinion.
No he hasn't, but I'm not having that argument, especially not in this thread
Would love to see him get 90 mins. Very creative and quite fast isn't he?!
Looks impressive.
Very intelligent dribbler, especially with his movement, lightning quick as well, replace Rooney with him, we`ll destroy teams
Rooney was dire last week and in the Community Shield. He was decent tonight but Mata still looked the more creative player.
Think he'll start against Hull instead of Martial.
He will be in the starting 11 soon and won't look back.
Play him, play him, play him, play him, play him....
Good cameo, properly whetted the appetite.
He makes football look so delicious.
Some players need more time to settle into new culture and environment than the others, he's probably one of them. Better to play him when he's 100% ready than risking him burning out and losing cofidence, I'm sure Jose knows what he's doing.
Starting to feel the league. I believe he should start.
Good cameo. Expect him to remain on the bench in the next game until Mata or Martial have a poor game, possibly Rooney if he plays like he's drunk.
Martial and mata both a bit off tonight so he should be taking one of their place
He should get a start. Liked what I have seen of him in his few minutes. Great technique and composure on the ball, and will help counter attack. Thought Rooney improved in this match compared to his first two matches, but I would like to see Martial, Ibra, and Micky start.
I really want to see him in the team, he looked like he really wanted to impress when he came on.
Felt Mata had a good first half and Martial looked dangerous in the second half. Both had positives today, so don't think we'll see either dropped based on today's performance.
You just can tell there is a great player. Let him play instead of Roo or Mata in the next game.
The quality is obvious... He'll start soon enough and make that spot his own. He can be world class like Pogba and Ibra are, and what Martial has the potential to be. Just so quick on the ball with great control and a smart head on his shoulders. Hopefully he starts against Hull, as after that we play City.
Fantastic cameo, having said that he's going to have to physically force Mata out of this team with excellent performances.
If Martial and Mata have their places at risk then so should be Rooney's place in the first team. Rooney should be taken off before Martial/Mata for Mkhi
I dont think Mata gives us that edge when hes wide. Hes quite slow so it makes us slower on the counter attack as a whole. Mkhitaryan should be starting since he is physically much faster which is more suited to our team.
Rooney's the first one who should forfeit his place. Martial's first half was a total waste but he deserves to keep his spot just on the strength of that 20-minute savaging he gave Southampton in the second half. How none of those attacks ended up in the goal I'll never know. Particularly confused about why Ibra appeared to just give up on that perfect through-ball.
There'd be a decent argument for dropping Mata for Miki instead, except that Rooney was worse. To my eyes, they should both be benched, for Mkhitaryan and Lingard/Rashford. A big target of a CF like Ibrahimovic needs fast, dynamic players around him. Pogba needs runners to pick out, not possession-magnets who drop off the second he takes more than three steps forward. If Mourinho wants us to break, he needs to pick the right players for it:
There'd be a decent argument for dropping Mata for Miki instead, except that Rooney was worse. To my eyes, they should both be benched, for Mkhitaryan and Lingard/Rashford. A big target of a CF like Ibrahimovic needs fast, dynamic players around him. Pogba needs runners to pick out, not possession-magnets who drop off the second he takes more than three steps forward. If Mourinho wants us to break, he needs to pick the right players for it:
Martial Ibrahimovic Rashford
Mkhitaryan
Pogba Fellaini
Mkhitaryan
Pogba Fellaini
Would love to see this.
The good thing is that we now have options. Just need to see how Jose goes about putting it all together.
Can't see Martial getting dropped. No one offers what he gives and he looked good in the 2nd half.
I think Mata will lose his spot to Mkhi after he has gotten settled in. Pretty quickly as well, Jose is easing him in and I like that. Not really much to gague from his two 15 minute cameo's. Small steps, let him get settled and have him firing for the last two thirds of the season.
Looked very sharp, I can't wait until his starting!
Imagine Mkhi, Mata, Martial and Pogba all feeding Ibra
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