Missed our best 3 chances, including an absolute sitter. Yet was still, by a mile, our MOTM.
Shows just how utterly shite everyone else was.
Shows just how utterly shite everyone else was.
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 35
- Goals
- 10
- Assists
- 4
- Yellow cards
- 2
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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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Tough chances but would've expected him to get one of the first two. Only player that looked like scoring though.
Best attacking outlet today, but his finishing really let him down. He should've buried at least 2 of those 3 chances.
He was fine. Him and Valencia were threatening but they had no support. Should have buried the second chance. 1st and 3rd were hard to be fair. The 1st would have been better if he steered it towards Rooney/Fellaini for a tap in.
It's a shame he missed those chances but he was showing for every ball and not hiding like the rest of them. Probably our most creative player which doesn't say a lot.
Team needs to be built around him and AdM. The only players who look like doing something half the time!
Yeah nothing came off for him but at least he never hid and kept trying.
Easily the MOTM. Felt like he's the only one who could play football today.
Best offensive player today. I've said it before but he's been far more involved in our build up play which is very good to see. Crying shame about those chances he missed but we really should be creating far more than that.
You kidding right? If I could give him a negative rating I would. Couldn't even put on target the two best chances we had all game long. When he's not adding goals, he's useless.
Gave the ball away too many times to even think he was something remote to class today.
Not his day, not his everything today.
Not his day, not his everything today.
Not sure about the praise here. He was ok at best and if anyone else had missed those chances they would get plenty of grief.
Valencia was our best attacking player and he was bang average himself.
Valencia was our best attacking player and he was bang average himself.
Christ he's slow, it all slows down around him, starting to realise why he's not a Mourinho player.
Voted him MOTM.
He carried the ball forward, played with urgency, passed well and got into good positions. Really should have taken one of the three chances though, especially the second one.
Our best player the last 4-6 weeks.
He carried the ball forward, played with urgency, passed well and got into good positions. Really should have taken one of the three chances though, especially the second one.
Our best player the last 4-6 weeks.
He is slow, he falls down the moment someone touches him, he misses our best chances. If he is one of our best players ... we are in trouble!
Very slow player and he had a bit of a shocker in front of goal today.
In my opinion he should be played on the wing (yes he CAN play there) or dropped for Herrera.
In my opinion he should be played on the wing (yes he CAN play there) or dropped for Herrera.
Looses the ball the minute someone brushes him with a feather, turns like an ocean liner and runs like he's got a couch on his back.
How is a small technically gifted spaniard even remotely guilty of the above.
It's not normal.
Basically flicked/dinked the ball to the left back 50 times in an aesthetically pleasing way.
Well done Juan!
Well done Juan!
Slow on the ball, missed sitters and went missing for long spells but was still one of our better players. So limited physically and with our current group of players that is a real problem.
Should have scored! Otherwise good performance but should really have done better with the chances he had today.
His performances are starting to get much better, not just all statistics now which is good, if we could just now move Rooney far away from him so he can become more dominant in that position.
Played well again. Shame he missed the chances though, the first was a bit difficult to control really, even if the keeper was down, still should've scored. The second where he hit it over was a sitter though.
He's been very very good for us recently, but feck me he should have scored.
Bar the misses, he was our best attacking player. Gutted he missed those three chances.
He was quite good, I thought. He's missed a lot of easy chances - by his standards - this season, though, weirdly.
Can't wait for his blog tonight....
But, I thought he did OK. Far from the worst
But, I thought he did OK. Far from the worst
Better than Di Maria and Rooney today but that isn't saying much, all the same old circular arguments surrounding him as usual so I'm not gonna bother getting involved in it, just not the type of player I want to see in that role at United.
Why people believe that he did well today?
He missed three good chances. He gave zero assists. He never defends.
What does it mean to "do well"? He seemed useless to me.
He missed three good chances. He gave zero assists. He never defends.
What does it mean to "do well"? He seemed useless to me.
Felt ADM should have played in his position, I'm not a Mata fan,
his characteristics are better suited to as a 2nd forward rather than what we need.
his characteristics are better suited to as a 2nd forward rather than what we need.
I noticed one good moment from Mata when he surged up the pitch but otherwise I thought he was rubbish.
I thought he was probably our best player. He should've tucked one of those chances away though.
Looked our most talented player today. Will be disappointed with his finishing though.
Looked like he actually wanted to score. Shame nothing went for him today. Makes better attacking movement than any of our forwards, and he's not even a striker.
A little anonymous and clueless when in position at times in the first half, but he was fine otherwise. His chances if taken would make differences in games like this and I wish he'd taken one of them at least. 
Weird game. In terms of his general play, he was our best player going forward, however, missing though 3 big chances is criminal and all that matters at the end of the day
MOTM? No way. He hid away for most of the game and missed three very easy chances.
Thought he was good today but that miss from point blank unfortunately cost us.
The finishing wasn't there...but when you've had Di Maria, Rooney and RVP playing as forwards, why is Mata on the end of the 3 most notable chances? I thought generally he was fine, he drove us forward more than anyone else, he got past Soton's midfield more than Rooney did and he recycled possession very well.
One goal and he's player of the year on here...or he misses the chances and he's hidden away and done nothing good.
One goal and he's player of the year on here...or he misses the chances and he's hidden away and done nothing good.
Three very easy chances? Sure, that volley from the edge of the box was a piece of piss. Jesus.
Welbz would have buried it, that's how easy it was.
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