Getafe not really getting any chances to attack, Athletic are very well set up. Greenwood has had a few good deliveries in, one a right footed free kick. Hes doing as much as the rest of the team which isnt saying much. Getafe don't really have a way to progress the ball upfield.
Mason Greenwood | 2023/24 Performances | on loan to Getafe
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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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Pretty much sums it up. Athletic seem to be a better side in general.
Just got an assist. His set piece delivery has been very good and with his right foot! Which was something he showed in the youth teams.
That’s a fantastic cross with his wrong foot. One of the things that always puzzled me for United was how little he used his right foot, given how two-footed he is.
Crossing has been his best quality.
Definitely needs to bulk up though, he looks to be weaker than when he came into the first team 4 years ago.
Definitely needs to bulk up though, he looks to be weaker than when he came into the first team 4 years ago.
I think when he first broke into the united squad he used his right a lot more but it felt that as teams started to figure him out and it became a bit more challenging for him he started to predominantly use his left foot which I think is his dominant foot.
That beard!
Really? I always thought his finishing was his best quality. Both feet and a little back lift.
That was about the game yesterday.
Ah.. my bad. The coach is probably telling him to keep things simple.
Hopefully it will reawaken his muscle memory soon
It's obvious physically he is not there yet. Even then he seems more comfortable on the ball than most of his team mates.
I wonder why Alvaro Fernandez isn’t getting the same slavish devotion to every kick of the ball he makes while out on loan?
Probably because he isnt a homegrown player and a generational talent. But I get your point, he is also not a "alleged" criminal.
He’s shite.
Maybe. Although, on the plus side, he’s never been recorded threatening to violently rape someone. Which has to count for something, right?
Do we have the option to recall him in January?
Apparently Yes
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The assist from a corner - did he ever take corners for us ?
Yeah, that didn’t happen.
Glad to hear he's not been doing too well for Getafe. Early days still, let's hope it continues.
Pointless question.
It was rhetorical, to be fair.
Not been confirmed, as far as I know, but yes - probably, seems likely.
From what I've seen they seem to be using him more as a traditional winger who remains wide as opposed his United role which gave him a lot more freedom to roam centrally, which opened up a lot more scoring chances. Their strikers aren't very good, so I'm sure they will try him out there at some point.
I did think so. Maybe I just find all rhetorical questions pretty pointless
Why don't you pose those question's in the other thread. You know that this thread is for his performances on loan. Feel free to comment in the Alvaro Fernandez thread if you are that intrigued about how he is fairing.
Yeah physically you can tell he needs to develop what he's lost. However, for a guy who hasn't played professional football for nearly 2 years I think he's doing surprisingly well. His touch seems decent, we are seeing brief moments of quality, his technique seems to still be there. I reckon he just needs to regain his physicality and fitness and he will be back up and running. These games are effectively his pre-season so will be interesting to see how he is in a months time. What I hope is that he develops his off the ball movement and workrate as it seems he will need that to succeed at Getafe.
we badly miss his talent on our wing....he completely provided balance to our attack
He’s looking like he’s still got it, albeit clearly rusty. It’ll be interesting to see how he develops over the course of a season. Not a bad start for him, all things considered.
He plays football. So far he's not more impressive than Januzaj when he first went to Spain.
No he didn't. The last full season he played for us he had 7 goals and 2 assists. Which is twice as many assists as he picked up in any other season. Does that sound like a wide forward whose talent is badly missed, or who completely balanced our attack? And that's without even getting into his shitty defensive effort, and general lack of stamina.
Antony's been getting dog's abuse for his lack of end product after matching Greenwood's highest tally of assists ever, in his debut season.
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His talent would be wasted if he was made a full time winger. A finisher of his calibre is better suited for a more central role imo.
He isn't fit. Obviously.
Amazing assist by an amazing young football player.
How did he lose so much muscle mass? The lack of match fitness and conditioning I understand, but surely he could've kept going to the gym and hired a strength trainer during his suspension?
Surely he could have worked on his cardio more when he was still at United, so he didn't have to keep getting subbed off after an hour, because he was blowing out off his arse? When you consider the obvious lack of dedication to fitness while he was still playing professional football, it's not a huge surprise that his conditioning fell off a cliff while he was out of the game.
Does he strike you as the kind of individual who would do something like that though? It takes a lot of self discipline to put yourself through those individual training sessions day after day, especially if you don’t know when or whether it will ever be needed.
Good points. I guess I've been thinking of this from my POV as someone who resents cardio and aerobic exercise but enjoys weight and strength training.
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