If this was the case, why isn't everyone an elite footballer? There are reasons why he doesn't improve, he is not anywhere near the level required to be a Manutd level footballer.
He's reverted to the mean, in my opinion. I do agree he did improve offensively, but then went so far past what he was when he arrived, it's all evened out to an average no different to when he arrived.
I don't understand what you're saying? I think the main reason he hasn't improved is him, but you can't deny we've pretty much improved no one over the last 2 seasons, which has a lot to do with the coaching and environment around the club.
Yeah, I agree that we need to improve players but players like AWB are not going to improve to a level we want him to, its better to cut our losses on him and move on.
Why would we sell Donny when we have the manager to get the best out of him
Oh yeah, that's what I think too!
Yeah. Somehow I don't think you'll be "gutted".
Lingards going anyway?
Most likely but he's still here, just like Jones and Greenwood. I hope this will dealt with very soon (matter of weeks, rather than months), as it's taxing on morale of pretty much everyone.
Not sure what this means, if we'd kept Zaha he would have become our best wide forward.
That’s the biggest issue a new manager faces and why I think you’re right.
Because he's shite
He hasn’t been given the opportunity to show us that he’s shite.
I don't think Ten Hag will even give him the chance, his offensive skills and passing ability is so distant from what Ten Hag likes on a fullback that I dont think he'll even fancy trying him out. Best thing is to move him now, his stock will only fall further because he wont get game time.
I can't give one away
There's also a poster above claiming AWB would 'make a cracking defensive midfielder' ... so I reckon it goes both ways.
Great take and so true.
It’s to protect their value so we can lose them on a free then
He's hardly lazy, is he.
I agree but feel the need to defend both Jones and Mata. Both are good footballers. Mata we bought without having any idea how to use and Jones is actually a very good CB with an appalling injury record and an unfortunate tendency to pull silly faces.
Mata was definitely victim of our appalling decisions at board level, Jones too actually, they both should have been shipped out after being useless for 2-3 seasons.
He’s extremely lazy, best in the squad at jogging back together with McTominay.
he's shown plenty of times he's good at beating a man and can play decent link up play.
That's how bad its Been I thought it was 2 seasons the lock down one and this season. Anyway if awb and dalot both go only Brandon williams will be left. RB has been a position that hasn't been addressed properly since Valencia went.
He started out as a winger at Palace and was reverted to RB because he didn't make the grade. I may be wrong but it's hard to see him becoming a complete defender which is what we need if we're serious about getting back to the top.
