He's really good but he's also totally happy fighting for scrappy balls which is lovely to see.
10
Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 10
- Goals
- 1
- Assists
- 0
- Yellow cards
- 0
Played a huge role in getting those three points.
Couldn't get involved too much but a couple of very nice moments. Great to have a player like that who can run with the ball when you need to wind the game down
The physicality is really impressive just holds off Chelsea CM's like they were kids, beast.
Not showing up in the player ratings in the match day forum?
Yeah, he just looks so composed on the ball, able to carry it forward, fights. Just really excited about the guy and hope he can add some goals in the coming games.
Bloody love him. Hope he stays injury free now. The goals will come for him I’m sure of it!
So good on the ball and in tight spaces but was hoping a bit more productivity. Hope it will come soon
The guy oozes class on the ball.
You just knew he'd be the perfect guy to bring on with the game where it was. Didn't disappoint, glad to have him back.
Needs to start getting in the goals now! Great for a battle and shows class on the ball.
This is a unpopular opinion but I'm still on the fence with this guy.
Can sure see why it's unpopular.
Could be the weather or the ground, but didn't look fully fit, just glad he didn't reinjure himself.
Had him as a sub but never received my point.
His technical ability is clearly there to see even when not fully fit. Think it's a matter of time before he gets on the scoresheet.
Clearly wasn’t fit, didn’t stretch his legs for the late break out of precaution, but fought well and was important at relieving pressure.
Amazing ball control. With him and Mount on the pitch we look a far more decent footballing side.
The pitch was heavily water logged and he's coming back relatively early from that hamstring injury. I was actually nervous the whole time with him on the pitch.
He’s getting the new signing grace. His lack of productivity, so far, would not have been accepted with any of the players who left in the summer.
I don't think that's fully accurate. Cunha hasn't scored so far but he's looking dangerous and is a fantastic ball carrier. If your talking about Rashford, Sancho and Antony they barely even resembled footballers in their last 12 months with us.
Its been a slow start for all of our new signings in terms of end product. Mbeumo has 1 goal in 1 more match and 2 more starts than Cunha. At the current rate he'd only be on 7 goals at the end of the season
I'm on the fence with all our new signings. They've had both good and bad games.
When you look at our transfers since 2008, we only have a handful of successes. Claiming any of the new guys are dead certs to make it here is premature. Let's see them perform on a consistent basis before saying that.
It’s not just actual end product, I can’t remember him creating much for others either. When I think of him what stands out so far is two misses against Fulham and the run that finished with a tame shot against Arsenal.
Mbeumo has two in all competitions and has created opportunities for others whilst also looking a constant threat. Cunha hasn’t been anywhere near as good for me. Time for him to improve of course and I suspect he will but that doesn’t change what has been a fairly mediocre start to his season.
That's a perfectly reasonable end of season expectation. Betting markets have both Cunha and Mbeumo at about 7-8 goals this year, and have since the pre-season.
Have to remember these guys both performed to an unsustainable level last year, #1 and #2 in the league in xG overperformance. And Mbeumo took penalties too. They're not really double digit scorers year after year. The fact we overpaid for them doesn't mean we should expect 15 open-play goals or something. That's on Wilcox for spending £60M+ for both.
That doesnt take into account that they clearly went up a level or two last season. The only difference this season is that they're in a new team and have to adjust to playing with our players. They will obviously accelerate as time goes on and it will be tougher going at the beginning. If every player just did what they have done most of the time in previous seasons no player would improve. Thats just not how it works. Something clicks and works for a player one season and hopefully if they get a transfer they can find that same thing
All true but also there is Amad as a RWB which is a much more dangerous player than Dorgu
I’m not sure he has been this season.
From an attacking point of view Amad needs to be looked at differently than Dorgu, his dribbling, passing, is much better and that also creates a dynamic which we dont have on the left yet
If that were true, which based on current form I wouldn’t say there’s been much difference, you’d have to factor in the fact that Amad has started at right wing back precisely twice this season.
I'm just happy he'll replace Amad next game.
Bit harsh. He was class against Arsenal first game, played out of position v Fulham, was excellent in the first half hour v Burnley (watched this one live) before getting injured, missed City and only returned yesterday coming on 10v10 on a soaked pitch and did pretty well.
Has barely played with a centre forward beside him yet.
Hope he stays fit, if he can do that, he will have a lot of G+A for us eventually.
I agree
It's amazing to see people write off Cunha and Sesko after just a few games, not worried about them at all just yet.
Nah. Overperforming your xG by that much isn't due to something "clicking". It's luck. They most likely will never do it again. Players don't consistently overperform their xG by that much in almost any case.
We aren't likely to see Cunha nor Mbeumo score 10+ league goals this year, nor any other year with us for that matter. They're 26 for goodness sake; it's more likely they've started declining in 2-3 years than gotten better.
Has been really good while the rest of the team is still working it's way up.
You can clearly his quality coming on against Chelsea. His ability to hold the ball, soak up the pressure and being calm is worth it.
Going to be a great player for United. Just hopefully stays injury free.
You can clearly his quality coming on against Chelsea. His ability to hold the ball, soak up the pressure and being calm is worth it.
Going to be a great player for United. Just hopefully stays injury free.
That’s a really unpopular opinion right there. Any specific reason? I think he gave us a new dimension as a player who is not afraid to run with the ball and dribble facing defenders (not into defenders for a change). His passion and work rate are very high. I think him and Mbeumo have been very good so far. Early days, but very good so far.
Brentford should, and I use should loosely with this United, be the perfect game for him to come back and start. I think we will lots of the ball but they will be pushing being the home side so there will be space to exploit.
I’m hoping we see the new 3 all start in the front 3 position s.
I’m hoping we see the new 3 all start in the front 3 position s.