Sekou Kone

Ekeke said:
He's behind Collyer who is out on loan at West Brom in the championship and has only just started to do well in his last 2 games. Most likely he will follow the same route after him and Collyer will be the one trying to break into the first team squad after his loan

I say this as someone who prefers Kone and doesn't see enough potential in Collyer to make it here. I expect Collyer to be a more physical Ugarte but about the same ability on the ball which isnt good enough.
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I think Collyer may be readier than Koné (sort of), but I don’t think there’s a chance that the club see Collyer as a more promising talent. I don’t expect Collyer to play for us again, save for potentially pre-season next year. He’ll be sold, and it won’t be to Chelsea or Arsenal. If he’s lucky, he’ll join a promoted team and get a PL shot that way.

Kone is one the club have real first team plans for by all accounts, and when you watch him, you can tell quite quickly that he’s a bigger midfield talent than a lot of the other youth midfielders people are saying are ahead of him here.
 
Teja said:
Neither got a real shot at the first team right? Iqbal went off to the Dutch league and Gomes to Ligue 1. Gomes has improved significantly after that move .. not sure what's up with Iqbal these days.
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Iqbal is a regular on an average Utrecht team. Mid table, never outstanding
 
KM said:
I thought I read that Kone had debuted for his league team in Mali before coming here. Might be wrong.

Isn't the criteria now that if the player has made a senior appearance for his previous team then he won't be counted in the record and hence why Heaven isnt counted as a youth player but Collyer is?
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Did he? I have never seen anything about him playing senior football in Mali but if he did then no he won’t count.

That is correct.

Collyer actually played for our academy, albeit not much, while Heaven never did so there is that too.
 
Rozay said:
I think Collyer may be readier than Koné (sort of), but I don’t think there’s a chance that the club see Collyer as a more promising talent. I don’t expect Collyer to play for us again, save for potentially pre-season next year. He’ll be sold, and it won’t be to Chelsea or Arsenal. If he’s lucky, he’ll join a promoted team and get a PL shot that way.

Kone is one the club have real first team plans for by all accounts, and when you watch him, you can tell quite quickly that he’s a bigger midfield talent than a lot of the other youth midfielders people are saying are ahead of him here.
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Yes agreed. Kone definitely passes the eye test, it's been a long while since we've had such an exciting central midfielder.
 
limerickcitykid said:
Did he? I have never seen anything about him playing senior football in Mali but if he did then no he won’t count.

That is correct.

Collyer actually played for our academy, albeit not much, while Heaven never did so there is that too.
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He played in the u17 WC before we signed him, maybe that's where you are getting it from?

He looks good, covers ground well and very creative with his passing but do think he needs to improve his strength on the ball at times and needs to take less risks for me and learn sometimes to play it safe but if he continues in a year or two (Depending on his natural growth) then he will have a good shot.
 
Mickson said:
I don't know and I don't care what he did at Sporting. He never plays youth at United, that is what I will judge him on.
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Well you can't say he never plays youth if you don't care about the longest role he's had at a club and his record with youth there...

He played Chido Obi, Amass and Fredrickson towards the end of last season. I think the problem is there are a lot of talented youngsters in our U18s at the moment, but they're all a bit too young. Also don't injuries at unlucky moments, especially to Kone and Lacey. I feel like we'll see a few debuts before the end of the season.

We need to be a lot better, but can't be digging the manager out because there's not another class of '92 waiting in the wings
 
Integrating young players into a losing team is tough.

When we get a winning culture it will be the time to judge Amorim's credentials as a developer of young talent.
 
Drainy said:
Integrating young players into a losing team is tough.

When we get a winning culture it will be the time to judge Amorim's credentials as a developer of young talent.
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And then it becomes a “when you’re winning and competing for silverware there’s no time to integrate youth players…”. If a manager wants to, they’ll always find a way.
 
DWelbz19 said:
And then it becomes a “when you’re winning and competing for silverware there’s no time to integrate youth players…”. If a manager wants to, they’ll always find a way.
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Guy has been quenching fires since he got here. Give him a break, is not like any of these young lads is a Yamal, Fabregas or Rooney wonderkhid and we're not giving them a chance. The lot we've lot we've got need to be blooded in gradually if they're even good enough.

People always complain about managers not playing youth, Van gaal played them all just for the sake of it and what did it lead to. We don't have a La Masia producing A Pedri, Gavi, Yamal everywhere. Let's be real.
 
Quenching fires. Blimey. What’s he been using, gasoline?
 
getting 45 points in 38 games is quenching fires.
 
I'd rather bring him on late in a game than Ugarte. The guy needs minutes.
 
KM said:
getting 45 points in 38 games is quenching fires.
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Yeah I remember fans raving about Tahith Chong before he actually got to play and we saw his level in the first team. Same thing with guys like Hannibal and Angel Gomes, always the hype.

Now we've seen their level as first team footballers we know they are not United level. The ones who were actually good enough were blooded in regardless of the manager in charge. Rashford, Garnacho, Mainoo, Greenwood, Scott.

People don't seem to get that we're not even in a position were we can guarantee European football, but let's dilute the standards even more by playing the kids.

Hopefully Kone turns out a world-beater, if he's that good he surely will play and get plenty minutes. Also for those saying Amorim doesn't play youth he played Heaven and Chido last season also Collyer got games too. This season we haven't got plenty enough minutes to go round.
 
DWelbz19 said:
And then it becomes a “when you’re winning and competing for silverware there’s no time to integrate youth players…”. If a manager wants to, they’ll always find a way.
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Nah, not really. The one and only managers find a way to bring through kids is giving them games against weak opponents in easy European games, or domestics cups (unless you’re talking a Lamal level freak, of which we have none). After the Grimsby debacle (which Fredricsson and Heaven both started, for the record) there hasn’t been a single fixture where we could risk anything other than our strongest lineup. And that’s before you think about the need to integrate a bunch of new signings.

There are plenty of valid reasons to have a go at Amorim, how’s about we don’t create some new ones out of thin air?
 
Trex said:
Yeah I remember fans raving about Tahith Chong before he actually got to play and we saw his level in the first team. Same thing with guys like Hannibal and Angel Gomes, always the hype.

Now we've seen their level as first team footballers we know they are not United level. The ones who were actually good enough were blooded in regardless of the manager in charge. Rashford, Garnacho, Mainoo, Greenwood, Scott.

People don't seem to get that we're not even in a position were we can guarantee European football, but let's dilute the standards even more by playing the kids.

Hopefully Kone turns out a world-beater, if he's that good he surely will play and get plenty minutes. Also for those saying Amorim doesn't play youth he played Heaven and Chido last season also Collyer got games too. This season we haven't got plenty enough minutes to go round.
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Quite hilarious that you mentioned Scott in the list, given he was nowhere near the first team when he was playing in the reserves and there was a lot of surprise when Mourinho promoted him or Mainoo given how he's been set aside by the current manager. Shocking what happens when you give youth players a chance. The bar is actually set quite low for him, he can get 45 points in 38 games and some "fans" will think that's anyway acceptable. He is apparently "quenching the fire" :lol:

Nobody is asking him to give debuts to youth players every match, i've consistently mentioned that two GKs on bench or leaving the bench spots empty is not a sign of manager even intending to give youth academy kids a chance. Anyhow, keep on deluding yourself that that's "diluting the standards".
 
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Quite hilarious that you mentioned Scott in the list, given he was nowhere near the first team when he was playing in the reserves and there was a lot of surprise when Mourinho promoted him or Mainoo given how he's been set aside by the current manager. Shocking what happens when you give youth players a chance. The bar is actually set quite low for him, he can get 45 points in 38 games and some "fans" will think that's anyway acceptable. He is apparently "quenching the fire" :lol:

Nobody is asking him to give debuts to youth players every match, i've consistently mentioned that two GKs on bench or leaving the bench spots empty is not a sign of manager even intending to give youth academy kids a chance. Anyhow, keep on deluding yourself that that's "diluting the standards".
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Scott got his debut under Mourinho having been on the bench under Van Gaal, he started getting regular game time under Ole at about 21/22 years and was important throughout his tenure, that to me is how to introduce a youth player who isn't a world beater but has tools to contribute.
Also the Amad route is also a good one.
I remembered Mainoo coming back from his injury during Amorim first few games. He got game time, Amorim rotated between Mainoo and Mount moving Bruno deeper or higher depending on who the selected option. Mainoo has been tried in different roles, as an 8,10 and 6. He's not cutting it atm, that's on Mainoo not Amorim. Amorim is happy to play Yoro because he's doing the business. it's also unfortunate we play once a week all season.

Yes he's been quenching fires, the club knew very well there would be issues that was the reason they insisted on him coming in mid season. This season we've been a lot better, we're not comparable to the United of old yet but that's not the expectation yet. It's obvious you're not a fan of Amorim, so carry on.
 
Trex said:
Scott got his debut under Mourinho having been on the bench under Van Gaal, he started getting regular game time under Ole at about 21/22 years and was important throughout his tenure, that to me is how to introduce a youth player who isn't a world beater but has tools to contribute.
Also the Amad route is also a good one.
I remembered Mainoo coming back from his injury during Amorim first few games. He got game time, Amorim rotated between Mainoo and Mount moving Bruno deeper or higher depending on who the selected option. Mainoo has been tried in different roles, as an 8,10 and 6. He's not cutting it atm, that's on Mainoo not Amorim. Amorim is happy to play Yoro because he's doing the business. it's also unfortunate we play once a week all season.

Yes he's been quenching fires, the club knew very well there would be issues that was the reason they insisted on him coming in mid season. This season we've been a lot better, we're not comparable to the United of old yet but that's not the expectation yet. It's obvious you're not a fan of Amorim, so carry on.
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Was he? All I can find with a quick search is being on the bench in April 2017, when Jose was our manager
 
Trex said:
Scott got his debut under Mourinho having been on the bench under Van Gaal, he started getting regular game time under Ole at about 21/22 years and was important throughout his tenure, that to me is how to introduce a youth player who isn't a world beater but has tools to contribute.
Also the Amad route is also a good one.
I remembered Mainoo coming back from his injury during Amorim first few games. He got game time, Amorim rotated between Mainoo and Mount moving Bruno deeper or higher depending on who the selected option. Mainoo has been tried in different roles, as an 8,10 and 6. He's not cutting it atm, that's on Mainoo not Amorim. Amorim is happy to play Yoro because he's doing the business. it's also unfortunate we play once a week all season.

Yes he's been quenching fires, the club knew very well there would be issues that was the reason they insisted on him coming in mid season. This season we've been a lot better, we're not comparable to the United of old yet but that's not the expectation yet. It's obvious you're not a fan of Amorim, so carry on.
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He's never been on the bench for LvG. He got his first bench in April 2017, before making his debut in May 2017 and then also making his first start in May, but carry on with your nonsense.

Re: Mainoo, he was the shining light of ETH's season. He was one of England's best players in Euro SF. If the manager isn't able to platform a talent like Mainoo then the fault is on him rather than on Mainoo. He's been given 140 minutes in first 10 matches of PL where he's been completely fit.

If we are talking about us being a "lot" better, it's only because we were dogshit in PL last season where for the majority of the season Amorim was the manager. 18 points in 11 matches in PL this season isn't something to shout about from the roofs.

It's obvious you are such a big fan of Amorim, that you're willing to make up stats and stories just so that it puts Amorim in a better light, personally it's weird seeing someone lying for anyone on the internet, but it is what it is. Hero worshipping is what a lot of people do in 2025.

BTW, I'm again re-emphasising that my expectations for him wrt youth integration isn't high due to obvious one fixture per week, but let's not pretend that someone who puts two GKs on bench will be good at it even when he gets the chance.
 
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Crimson King said:
How does he never play youth? Promoted a fair few players at Sporting
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Yeah exactly, at Sporting. His job is on the line so much at United that he is scared to play the youth no matter how good they are. Mainoo was one of the best young prospect before Amorim came in, he can barely get a game now, Yoro one of the best CB prospect is always in and out of the team. Amorim is just a safe manager, I don't trust him with the academy.
 
90THMIN... said:
Yeah exactly, at Sporting. His job is on the line so much at United that he is scared to play the youth no matter how good they are. Mainoo was one of the best young prospect before Amorim came in, he can barely get a game now, Yoro one of the best CB prospect is always in and out of the team. Amorim is just a safe manager, I don't trust him with the academy.
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If they are not good enough, they wont play. Mainoo was a top prospect but lets not act as if he was pulling up trees before Amorim came, he started the season poorly.

He had a good 6 months, 8 if that. I recall Brandon Williams looking good for a couple months too, same as Elanga when they first came in.

Can you name one game where Mainoo has looked even above average this season?

Yoro has been making mistakes though, do you honestly expect a manager to just play a 18 year old in every game?
 
90THMIN... said:
Yeah exactly, at Sporting. His job is on the line so much at United that he is scared to play the youth no matter how good they are. Mainoo was one of the best young prospect before Amorim came in, he can barely get a game now, Yoro one of the best CB prospect is always in and out of the team. Amorim is just a safe manager, I don't trust him with the academy.
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Amorim is far from a safe manager....a safe manager would have reverted to a safe formation to save his job, instead he stuck to his principles.
The simple fact is the youth we currently have are not better than our current incumbent, so why play them?!

They will get game time when injuries pile up, which they will at some point, but coupled with a lack of midweek games and going out of the league cup means it's pointless playing youth just for the sake of it.
 
KM said:
Quite hilarious that you mentioned Scott in the list, given he was nowhere near the first team when he was playing in the reserves and there was a lot of surprise when Mourinho promoted him or Mainoo given how he's been set aside by the current manager. Shocking what happens when you give youth players a chance. The bar is actually set quite low for him, he can get 45 points in 38 games and some "fans" will think that's anyway acceptable. He is apparently "quenching the fire" :lol:

Nobody is asking him to give debuts to youth players every match, i've consistently mentioned that two GKs on bench or leaving the bench spots empty is not a sign of manager even intending to give youth academy kids a chance. Anyhow, keep on deluding yourself that that's "diluting the standards".
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Do you really think padding out the bench with kids we all know damn well won't get on the pitch is "giving academy kids a chance"? I mean, come on. Use your brain.

There's such a weird vibe from some of you lot. You despise Amorim so much you've even started creating completely made up reasons to have a go at him. The mad thing about this is how many legitimate reasons there are to be critical. Maybe focus on them? Or, even better, maybe take a few weeks off while the results are actually half decent? God knows there's every chance the whole project goes tits up again and you'll be able to fill your boots...
 
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Do you really think padding out the bench with kids we all know damn well won't get on the pitch is "giving academy kids a chance"? I mean, come on. Use your brain.

There's such a weird vibe from some of you lot. You despise Amorim so much you've even started creating completely made up reasons to have a go at him. The mad thing about this is how many legitimate reasons there are to be critical. Maybe focus on them? Or, even better, maybe take a few weeks off while the results are actually half decent? God knows there's every chance the whole project goes tits up again and you'll be able to fill your boots...
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you need to stop dictating to others on what to post or not. I will have a go at him for the reasons I see fit, and bad academy integration is one of them. Clearly a few of us feel the same way. If you don’t then good for you.

It’s so weird that is the twice in this thread you are telling people on what can they criticise Amorim for, get your head out of his ass before telling others what to post or not.
 
Whatever one thinks of Amorim, it cannot be argued that he has integrated our young players into the first team with great vigor.
 
I am open minded on this topic but which of our youngsters do we think he missed out on.

Amass - tried him. Clearly lacked physical prowess and was sent on loan to develop

Collyer - Tried him. Needs to develop all round game

Fredrickson - tried him. He is not ahead of Yoro or Maz

Chido - he got bunch of games. Needs to continue developing.

Moorhouse - Here is one player I would have loved to see some game time. He is not consistently starting for Leyton Orient so maybe there is some development needed ?

Kone - has an injury last season and the eye socket injury now. He may get some chances later this season if he can have a run of games. I believe we held him back from his loan so he could be called upon by the first team.

Lacey - promising and maybe will make the bench during AFCON.
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Mainoo - this is a different type of player vs the rest. Unfortunately, he doesn't fit the profile of a CM under Amorim. He gives him minutes when he can.

Garnacho - was played consistently but was shipped out for obvious reasons.

Amad - fully integrated and key member of squad.
 
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KM said:
you need to stop dictating to others on what to post or not. I will have a go at him for the reasons I see fit, and bad academy integration is one of them. Clearly a few of us feel the same way. If you don’t then good for you.

It’s so weird that is the twice in this thread you are telling people on what can they criticise Amorim for, get your head out of his ass before telling others what to post or not.
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I couldn’t care less about legitimate criticisms. And God knows there’s a lot of low hanging fruit if you want to criticise the guy. I’m going to call out the sort of brainless criticism I’m seeing in threads like this one though. That’s not dictating anything. It’s calling stupid posts stupid. The mad thing is that I’m sure you know (as a usually sensible poster) deep down, how unfair you’re being in this thread. You’re pissed off about how shit we’ve been under Amorim and I get that. But this place is toxic enough without creating fictional stuff to be pissed off about.
 
Tallis said:
I am open minded on this topic but which of our youngsters do we think he missed out on.

Amass - tried him. Clearly lacked physical prowess and was sent on loan to develop

Collyer - Tried him. Needs to develop all round game

Fredrickson - tried him. He is not ahead of Yoro or Maz

Chido - he got bunch of games. Needs to continue developing.

Moorhouse - Here is one player I would have loved to see some game time. He is not consistently starting for Leyton Orient so maybe there is some development needed ?

Kone - has an injury last season and the eye socket injury now. He may get some chances later this season if he can have a run of games. I believe we held him back from his loan so he could be called upon by the first team.

Lacey - promising and maybe will make the bench during AFCON.
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Mainoo - this is a different type of player vs the rest. Unfortunately, he doesn't fit the profile of a CM under Amorim. He gives him minutes when he can.

Garnacho - was played consistently but was shipped out for obvious reasons.

Amad - fully integrated and key member of squad.
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And heaven, though not an academy player.
 
The problem is, there's a huge gulf between U21's and playing for a club like United in the PL.

Mainoo took the step a couple of seasons ago but the PL has changed since, in terms of physicality, to the point that he now looks ill equipped off and less secure on the ball.

It's harder now to blood prospects in important PL games and, as for bench appearances, it's probably better to play youth games most of the time rather than warm a bench for the senior side.
 
Some of the comments on Mainoo here is hilarious. You lot just don't know balls. Imagine defend this manager over that.

About Amorim, his job is very much on the line and we have one game per week so I generally cut him a lot of slack, but giving 0 min for anyone not called Mainoo and putting 2 GKs on the bench occasionally are, frankly, bad. If he can survive till next season, probably things will be better though.

Back to Kone, maybe just wait until him back to fully fit and playing games for us first before making comments about his short-term future, or readiness, whatever.
 
90THMIN... said:
Yeah exactly, at Sporting. His job is on the line so much at United that he is scared to play the youth no matter how good they are. Mainoo was one of the best young prospect before Amorim came in, he can barely get a game now, Yoro one of the best CB prospect is always in and out of the team. Amorim is just a safe manager, I don't trust him with the academy.
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I think that's completely unfair. I mean it probably is just easier to blood youngsters in the Portuguese league, it's far weaker than the EPL. Sporting are a big club though and still under a lot of pressure nationally from their fans, so it wasn't for nothing that he turned to youth.

Mainoo was a great prospect, but then under EtH he had failed to kick on. He's struggling to find a place in the current set up, and when he does play he really struggles to make an impact. We normally look worse. People on here love to bitch and moan, but the truth of the matter is that he isn't anywhere near as good as Casemiro or Bruno. That's the challenge he needs to overcome.

I think Amorim is handling Yoro's development very well. He only turned 20 a couple of weeks ago, and he's had some brilliant games/moments, but he's also made a lot of mistakes. You can see some teams deliberately attack that side he plays, especially when Amad is at RWB, because he just is the weaker CB in the 3 when he plays. Playing him a couple of games and then swapping him out of the firing line, or going with experience in big matches away from home, is totally fine for Yoro right now. He's played the equivalent of 7 90 minutes out of a possible 11 this season anyway.
 
Crimson King said:
I think that's completely unfair. I mean it probably is just easier to blood youngsters in the Portuguese league, it's far weaker than the EPL. Sporting are a big club though and still under a lot of pressure nationally from their fans, so it wasn't for nothing that he turned to youth.

Mainoo was a great prospect, but then under EtH he had failed to kick on. He's struggling to find a place in the current set up, and when he does play he really struggles to make an impact. We normally look worse. People on here love to bitch and moan, but the truth of the matter is that he isn't anywhere near as good as Casemiro or Bruno. That's the challenge he needs to overcome.

I think Amorim is handling Yoro's development very well. He only turned 20 a couple of weeks ago, and he's had some brilliant games/moments, but he's also made a lot of mistakes. You can see some teams deliberately attack that side he plays, especially when Amad is at RWB, because he just is the weaker CB in the 3 when he plays. Playing him a couple of games and then swapping him out of the firing line, or going with experience in big matches away from home, is totally fine for Yoro right now. He's played the equivalent of 7 90 minutes out of a possible 11 this season anyway.
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But that doesnt mean he isnt still a very good or great prospect. Casemiro has won everything and has played quite well and Bruno is our best player. Mainoo is 20 years old and you'll only find a handful of players around that age that are playing for big clubs as a DM at that age. Usually its more around 23-24 when they have learned a bit more and have physically filled out. He'd be a bit more likely to be picked in Bruno's more offensive role, but Bruno is our best player and plays every game and never wants a rest. So he doesnt play much and neither would a lot of other midfielders around 20-21 regardless of how good they are or how much potential they have. They're competing with 2 massive names in the game that have a wealth of experience and anyone would find it tough to break through unless theres an injury or a severe loss of form.

I would like to see Mainoo get more minutes as a sub and its particularly annoying seeing Ugarte come on instead, despite him being older and more experienced and a bit more in the mould of Casemiro who is usually the one replaced... Because Ugarte is never looking fresh and lively. His attitude looked decent when he first came and now he looks like he's barely going through the motions. Yes hes more suited to it but the performances arent there to back it up so it makes sense to give Mainoo more chances to come on and show that he's more lively as an option compared to Ugarte who looks like he isnt going to make it here and will need to be moved on. But other than that I can't really fault Amorim for picking Casemiro and Bruno all the time as starters because they're doing well most of the time other than a couple of games where they werent effective.
 
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I think that's completely unfair. I mean it probably is just easier to blood youngsters in the Portuguese league, it's far weaker than the EPL. Sporting are a big club though and still under a lot of pressure nationally from their fans, so it wasn't for nothing that he turned to youth.

Mainoo was a great prospect, but then under EtH he had failed to kick on. He's struggling to find a place in the current set up, and when he does play he really struggles to make an impact. We normally look worse. People on here love to bitch and moan, but the truth of the matter is that he isn't anywhere near as good as Casemiro or Bruno. That's the challenge he needs to overcome.

I think Amorim is handling Yoro's development very well. He only turned 20 a couple of weeks ago, and he's had some brilliant games/moments, but he's also made a lot of mistakes. You can see some teams deliberately attack that side he plays, especially when Amad is at RWB, because he just is the weaker CB in the 3 when he plays. Playing him a couple of games and then swapping him out of the firing line, or going with experience in big matches away from home, is totally fine for Yoro right now. He's played the equivalent of 7 90 minutes out of a possible 11 this season anyway.
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I never said Sporting wasn't a big club, I mean the pressure between United and Sporting is huge so he could experiment more with kids at Sporting and also because of budget reasons.

Mainoo barely plays though, how can a young player progress when he barely gets even a sub in. Mainoo fought to go on loan when he was told his competition was Bruno, the captain of the team who doesn't get injured, plays every game and never gets substituted. If Mainoo struggles to make an impact then why is Ugarte ahead of him? because he is way worse than Mainoo. Worse players keep starting or come on as subs regularly, the manager for some reason doesn't trust him and other young midfielders like Kone, whom I think should be getting 10 minutes here and there.

Yoro has had more brilliant moments than bad ones so there's no reason to drop him irrespective of who we are playing whether home or away. Him playing all these big games helps with his development and experience. All I'm saying is that so many players stink up the place but they always start so it's not fair to use age as a reason for a player to be benched when he is actually one of our better players. You can play the equivalent of 7 90 minutes and the break down will be starting one game, benched the next, play 60 minutes the next, come on for 30 minutes the next etc all these are inconsistent minutes, doesn't help with a young talented player like Yoro's development.
 
Trex said:
Guy has been quenching fires since he got here. Give him a break, is not like any of these young lads is a Yamal, Fabregas or Rooney wonderkhid and we're not giving them a chance. The lot we've lot we've got need to be blooded in gradually if they're even good enough.

People always complain about managers not playing youth, Van gaal played them all just for the sake of it and what did it lead to. We don't have a La Masia producing A Pedri, Gavi, Yamal everywhere. Let's be real.
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Do you really think padding out the bench with kids we all know damn well won't get on the pitch is "giving academy kids a chance"? I mean, come on. Use your brain.

There's such a weird vibe from some of you lot. You despise Amorim so much you've even started creating completely made up reasons to have a go at him. The mad thing about this is how many legitimate reasons there are to be critical. Maybe focus on them? Or, even better, maybe take a few weeks off while the results are actually half decent? God knows there's every chance the whole project goes tits up again and you'll be able to fill your boots...
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Last night reinforced why I despise him so much. Never seen a more cowardly manager in my entire life. Had fecking Malacia on the bench when we were lacking attacking options on bench.
 
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Last night reinforced why I despise him so much. Never seen a more cowardly manager in my entire life. Had fecking Malacia on the bench when we were lacking attacking options on bench.
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He didnt put Lacey on instead of 3 cb's anyway.

Bizarre.
 
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Sticking Dalot on at wing back with Lacey on the bench was disgraceful, I agree. Couldn’t care less about Malacia.
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To me that’s inherently the problem with someone like Amorim, it annoys me when people say how good he was at bringing youth through at sporting (that’s all well and good at Sporting) but now he’s at United and he has the opportunity to bring someone though, like Lacey, he doesn’t take that opportunity. Maybe Lacey is good enough or maybe he isn’t but we won’t know if he isn’t willing to gamble and give him that opportunity, I’m of the belief you don’t need to wait until we’re 3-0 up against someone to introduce them, the great talents can come on and make an impact despite their opposition.
 
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