I don't agree that we need to send him somewhere out on loan where he can play and develop without pressure. Pressure is good for development. Becoming accustomed to mental pressure is refining tool for great talents. Imagine if Monaco loaned out Mbappe at 17 to Sochaux for the sake of pressure-free development instead of playing him in key, crucial CL and league games as one of their main CF's. Perhaps the Mbappe we know now might be a year or more behind his current trajectory. His exposure to pressure was the making of him. It's not true that young players uniformly all require the absence of pressure to develop, or that it's even the best method. All that to say that I'm not talking about throwing him in the deep end and making him responsible for our success, but that staying at United and developing mental strength through coping with a poorer season can often be the driving motivation which drastically improves his performance in the next one.
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- Goals
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- Assists
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- Yellow cards
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I'm not too worried about him. I don't like trying to push him for the wings, I don't think it'll do him much good and has the chance at taking away some strikers instincts, but this is just a down second season after his first season was incredible. He'll be fine, but going through a struggle with confidence at the moment. He'll come good in time for sure, he's too good not to IMO.
Will be a big day for him today though with everyone injured. Need him to step up, but he's still 19 so important to not overreact if he can't, considering our situation in attack.
Will be a big day for him today though with everyone injured. Need him to step up, but he's still 19 so important to not overreact if he can't, considering our situation in attack.
Greenwood needs to learn how to win his one-on-one physical duels. It's far easier to pick up those tricks on the wing than through the middle.
And whatever some people might say, he hasn't regressed. He's just in the process of learning a new aspect of the game that he didn't need at youth level because he was so technically dominant.
It's like a player in a FPS game who's completed every level up till now using only his sniper rifle because he's simply that much of a genius. Then he gets to the final boss and finds out that he needs to be able to melee as well.
It's a relatively easy skill to pick up in the grand scheme of things. And I've no doubt he will. He's only 19 and can already the difficult things he needs to. The rest is just about growing into his body.
And whatever some people might say, he hasn't regressed. He's just in the process of learning a new aspect of the game that he didn't need at youth level because he was so technically dominant.
It's like a player in a FPS game who's completed every level up till now using only his sniper rifle because he's simply that much of a genius. Then he gets to the final boss and finds out that he needs to be able to melee as well.
It's a relatively easy skill to pick up in the grand scheme of things. And I've no doubt he will. He's only 19 and can already the difficult things he needs to. The rest is just about growing into his body.
Next season will be make or break for Mason,
This season is a write off for him, I mean young players are allowed dips but he's been shocking all season and barely contributed anything but luckily for him due to injuries/lack of alternatives he has played more than he deserves, however he won't get the same leeway next season , he needs to learn from this seasons struggles and push on and improve as top players do,
He's a fantastic talent but we can't have passengers in this team and with Amad and also hopefully a new attacker it will provide competition for him which will naturally up his game, i do believe in him though, we seen enough last season to see how electric this guy can be.
This season is a write off for him, I mean young players are allowed dips but he's been shocking all season and barely contributed anything but luckily for him due to injuries/lack of alternatives he has played more than he deserves, however he won't get the same leeway next season , he needs to learn from this seasons struggles and push on and improve as top players do,
He's a fantastic talent but we can't have passengers in this team and with Amad and also hopefully a new attacker it will provide competition for him which will naturally up his game, i do believe in him though, we seen enough last season to see how electric this guy can be.
He's 19
FFS
Yep, I thought he looked good today. He has a few more strings to his bow than Greenwood at the moment. Greenwood seems to have forgotten what he is good at.
Man Utd 1:0 West Ham
Was Brilliant today. Just doesn't seem like the goals will fall for him this season.b
Will he ever score again on a football pitch?
Really promising performance.
Finishing let him down which is unusual but his overall play looked great.
Think he’ll be a monster for us next season.
Finishing let him down which is unusual but his overall play looked great.
Think he’ll be a monster for us next season.
Far better. Think if scores he'll go on a run
He was very good, on another day he would have scored twice. Terrorised their defence all afternoon.
Its like so many great young players' second seasons.
Brilliant. It's only a matter of time.
Unlucky not to convert. Good CF performance.
Excellent game from the young lad.
I’d stick with him as no 9 and give him a decent run. He was unlucky today and the goals will come.
So unlucky. Give him twenty inches of wiggle to spread throughout the season and he'd have five or six more goals than he does. Playing really brightly though, often more than anyone else in the front line.
Unlucky to not bag a double tonight.
I still think he’s playing so well. The obsession with stats doesn’t tend to help him either. He’s one of our best players in the buildup and is capable of creating something from very little. The goals will come.
Least today he got a few more chances. Created two good ones as well. One of those games you can understand how he didn't get a goal or assist.
He’s doing alright! He gets into dangerous positions quite often. Feel sorry for him not getting his goal.
Excellent performance, shame he couldn't get a goal. But this is what I want to see from him. In the middle, having shots at goal and in dangerous positions. More of the same please. It's where he'll realize his enormous potential, not on the wing.
Very good, needs to stay as the nine.
That was a great game. The Greenwood I know and love. With a better luck he would have had goals and assists under his belt.
Ladies and gentlemen. We have a (future) superstar in our hand.
He is brilliant today. I am now very convinced he needs to play in the center. He will get goal very soon and probably could open a flood of goals then.
One of his better performance this season. Such a shame he couldn't bag a goal. He was very involved today and almost had a couple of assist if not for our shit finishing.
Hit the post twice, created a great chance for Rashford. Very good game, it’s a shame he didn’t score
Excellent today even he didn't get a lot of the ball in the final third.
He was good today. Much better than his recent performances. He needs a goal.
The type of player you pay to watch. Just hope he keeps developing and improving his game. Model his mentality and work ethic after someone like Ronaldo and he could reach incredible heights.
Could have assist and a goal. Unlucky and deserved more from the game.
Played well. Unlucky not to score.
Magnificent tonight, unlucky not to have a goal and an assist at the very least. This kid is a gem!
Thought he was cracking today. Two good shots, that when he's in form will be goals, not the post. Great interchanges with Bruno. Set up one for Rashford and put another across the face of the box. Possibly his best no.9 performance, against a team that sits deep too. Great stuff.
His statistical regression to the mean is going to kick in very soon. He'll be bagging 4 goals a game
Our best attacker up front today. Goals will come soon. He's getting closer.
We’d score more goals if we had people making good movement in the box. Greenwood played a few great balls in from the byline and nobody made any attempt/gambled on where it was gonna go.
Played really well, only thing lacking was the finish. Want to see him get a run of games as the striker even if that means seeing more of James on the wing (would prefer Amad)
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