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2025-26 Performances

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5.6 Season Average Rating
Appearances
20
Goals
4
Assists
1
Yellow cards
1
Smores said:
Calm down we're 3pts off top 4 and he's out for a week.
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Had little faith in beating Palace with Cunha. Without? pressure is going to mount heavily again on this club the further it slips down the table again.
 
Because he's not yet putting up numbers, folks have underestimated Cunha's contribution. One game with him out, we looked exactly like last season. It's rough that we don't have him for this weekend
 
Guaranteed loss without him. His output has been way off it, but he’s more than goal contributions and when you’re already without Sesko as a focal point, taking away his ball carrying ability and retention makes us absolutely useless in the opposition half.
 
Glorio said:
Because he's not yet putting up numbers, folks have underestimated Cunha's contribution. One game with him out, we looked exactly like last season. It's rough that we don't have him for this weekend
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Not sure it’s just Cunha. He played in the Brentford, Spurs, Forest games where we were awful. Not quite as bad as Everton but not far off.

I genuinely think the player we’re missing is Sesko. Zirkzee is just not up to it as much as I’d hoped he could be. Sesko isn’t firing on all cylinders yet but he’s provided so much in the final third in terms of link up and hold up play that it’s just chalk and cheese having a lump like Zirkzee in his place.

Put it this way. A front 3 of Amad/Mount - Sesko - Mbeumo gives me a lot more confidence than Cunha - Zirkzee - Mbeumo
 
Shark said:
Had little faith in beating Palace with Cunha. Without? pressure is going to mount heavily again on this club the further it slips down the table again.
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He needs to start this one. He’s the best at pressing from the front
 
I’d rather we went with Mount, Bruno and Mbuemo as the front 3. Amad at RWB. Casemiro and mainoo in the middle.
 
He's a clever player and he's got a good mentality for playing at United. We've not seen anywhere near his best yet and hopefully we will once he comes back.

A few goals to help us beat West ham and his old team wolves would be a really good start
 
Glorio said:
Because he's not yet putting up numbers, folks have underestimated Cunha's contribution. One game with him out, we looked exactly like last season. It's rough that we don't have him for this weekend
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But that was mostly down to Zirkzee. You are giving Cunha praise for being better than very poor players.
 
He’s a big loss because nobody can do what he can do in terms of confident to receive the ball, hold it, dribble.
The rest treat the ball like a hot potato.
 
Huge loss. People who don’t watch the games and just go off stats don’t understand how importand him and Sesko have been for us. I’m not feeling great about tomorrow’s game now.
 
ManhattanRed said:
Huge loss. People who don’t watch the games and just go off stats don’t understand how importand him and Sesko have been for us. I’m not feeling great about tomorrow’s game now.
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I watch games he was decent against Forest, against Spurs probably up there for the worst player on the pitch, he started against Grimsby and was useless then too, he was good against Arsenal, Fulham he should have scored at least 1 goal, Liverpool he had a good game and Brighton too.

He has had a mixed bag of performances plenty of average to bad ones to go with 3 or 4 good ones, the overrating on here blows my mind somewhat.

This is to say he won't come good but the start to his career at United has not been great and we need a lot more from him especially in the coming weeks with Mbeumo and Amad at Afcon
 
pascell said:
Casemiro and mainoo in midfield will get overrun by Palace, and with ease.
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From what I read CP is playing a very very direct game these days as well. So the chance of getting overrun in fast transitions is there no matter who we field. It really depends on how we want to approach them - if we want to give them their own medicine and keep it deep and waiting for them to come onto us or whether we will try to assert ourselves onto them. I'd love to see the 2nd but lets face it, there is next to nothing indicating that we are capable of doing that. So I guess it will be the first approach and will then depend on CPs approach and whether they want to force something or be fine with a draw.
 
Gavinb33 said:
I watch games he was decent against Forest, against Spurs probably up there for the worst player on the pitch, he started against Grimsby and was useless then too, he was good against Arsenal, Fulham he should have scored at least 1 goal, Liverpool he had a good game and Brighton too.

He has had a mixed bag of performances plenty of average to bad ones to go with 3 or 4 good ones, the overrating on here blows my mind somewhat.

This is to say he won't come good but the start to his career at United has not been great and we need a lot more from him especially in the coming weeks with Mbeumo and Amad at Afcon
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“mixed bag” and, if I still remember how to count, you’re listed one game in which he was “the worst player on the pitch”, one in which he was “useless” and then decent to good in, lets see, 4 games. Even by your assessment he’s been more good than bad.
 
ManhattanRed said:
“mixed bag” and, if I still remember how to count, you’re listed one game in which he was “the worst player on the pitch”, one in which he was “useless” and then decent to good in, lets see, 4 games. Even by your assessment he’s been more good than bad.
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In 10 games played he played well in 4 games and then either just ok and bad in another 6 that's a mixed bag, and even saying good in 4 might be being generous as an attacker with hardly any goals and no assists he is hardly setting the world alight
 
Gavinb33 said:
In 10 games played he played well in 4 games and then either just ok and bad in another 6 that's a mixed bag, and even saying good in 4 might be being generous as an attacker with hardly any goals and no assists he is hardly setting the world alight
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Gotcha so you are just going off stats. Not surprising.
 
Glorio said:
Because he's not yet putting up numbers, folks have underestimated Cunha's contribution. One game with him out, we looked exactly like last season. It's rough that we don't have him for this weekend
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For me, the truth is in the middle. So far he is not a hit or a miss. Only decent signing so far. He had sone very good games but also he had games where he was completely missing (Brentford, Spurs, Fulham).

And regarding numbers; he is no10. No matter of his style of play and how much he is important to our general play, he must add assists and goals to his game.
 
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Andycoleno9 said:
For me, the truth is in the middle. So far he is not a hit or a miss. Only decent signing so far. He had sone very good games but also he had games where he was completely missing (Brentford, Spurs, Fulham).

And regarding numbers; he is no10. No matter of his style of play and how much he is important to our general play, he must add assists and goals to his game.
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No one is saying he's been great - I agree with you there, he hasn't been a complete success, but he brings attributes no one else in our team has, which has had a transformative effect to the threat we pose.
 
Glorio said:
No one is saying he's been great - I agree with you there, he hasn't been a complete success, but he brings attributes no one else in our team has, which has had a transformative effect to the threat we pose.
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he’s shown flashes, but also doesn’t get involved enough for my liking. Can’t see on the evidence so far how anyone can say he’s had a transformative effect.

Jury is very much still out on him.
 
ClaytonBlackmoorLeftPeg said:
he’s shown flashes, but also doesn’t get involved enough for my liking. Can’t see on the evidence so far how anyone can say he’s had a transformative effect.

Jury is very much still out on him.
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His numbers for a poor Wolverhampton side speak for themselves. If we can't get something out of him, it's on us, not him. Why is he being played as a striker to begin with?
 
ManhattanRed said:
Gotcha so you are just going off stats. Not surprising.
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He is a fecking forward of course numbers play into it if he ends the season with 1 goal and 0 assists are we sitting here saying it's a good transfer.

As for transformative effect this is what I'm talking about it's hyperbole, he has been decent not good or great and certainly not transformative but serviceable and we need him to be more than that especially when Mbeumo is at Afcon is anyone saying they can truly say they can rely on him to pick up the baton on what they have seen so far.
 
Glorio said:
No one is saying he's been great - I agree with you there, he hasn't been a complete success, but he brings attributes no one else in our team has, which has had a transformative effect to the threat we pose.
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But he is showing those attributes only then and there. Tbh, i expected much more from him and his impact is overblown among our fans. Even if we put aside G/A stats, in how many games he was among best players and was "running the show"? Arsenal, Brighton and Liverpool (in some extent).

That is not good enough. At least, for me it isn't. From 60 mil proven PL player and player of his reputation i expect much more.
 
Gavinb33 said:
He is a fecking forward of course numbers play into it if he ends the season with 1 goal and 0 assists are we sitting here saying it's a good transfer.

As for transformative effect this is what I'm talking about it's hyperbole, he has been decent not good or great and certainly not transformative but serviceable and we need him to be more than that especially when Mbeumo is at Afcon is anyone saying they can truly say they can rely on him to pick up the baton on what they have seen so far.
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'Transformative effect' doesn't have to mean we've turned into world beaters. It means with his ability to carry and keep the ball, along with Mbeumo's attacking thrust obviously, we have a different dimension which we didn't have last season in attack. That's transformative - I reckon you're projecting your own preconceptions and arguing with them.

We could have done with that carrying ability last game when we were passing the ball around the box with precious little incisiveness.

To be clear, I'll repeat, I'm not saying Cunha has set the world on fire or even been consistently decent, I'm saying having his type of player has given us a different dimension in attack and that much is clear.
 
Glorio said:
'Transformative effect' doesn't have to mean we've turned into world beaters. It means with his ability to carry and keep the ball, along with Mbeumo's attacking thrust obviously, we have a different dimension which we didn't have last season in attack. That's transformative - I reckon you're projecting your own preconceptions and arguing with them.

We could have done with that carrying ability last game when we were passing the ball around the box with precious little incisiveness.

To be clear, I'll repeat, I'm not saying Cunha has set the world on fire or even been consistently decent, I'm saying having his type of player has given us a different dimension in attack and that much is clear.
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Transformative is someone like Eric Cantona he not only changed the team but basically the whole club, Cuhna hasnt been in my opinion he is doing what we bought him to do but doing it worse than he did at his last club, he needs to.improve
 
Gavinb33 said:
Transformative is someone like Eric Cantona he not only changed the team but basically the whole club, Cuhna hasnt been in my opinion he is doing what we bought him to do but doing it worse than he did at his last club, he needs to.improve
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You've made your own definition - no harm, it's simply off the mark from my meaning. A transformative effect on the attack is relative, and in this case, is not the same as what you're referring to.

If we step away from the term, I don't actually disagree with what you're saying. There's more to come and he needs to improve, but even today, his unique skillset makes us a different, more difficult proposition to defend against.
 
Yeah he’s been quite underwhelming. 90% of games so far he’s a passenger.
 
I'm very worried. We can't afford him failing if we are going to persist with this formation.
 
Only really that Liverpool game where he stood out. And then for his work rate more than anything.

He's just not threatening at all. Much better when Mount plays at #10.
 
The bigger elephant in the room is he isn’t a natural left winger — which is probably where he’ll have to play when we have a normal manager
 
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