Results based analysis is for fools.No it clearly wasn't
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Maybe not against Barcelona - or Forest, for that matter - but once trajectory of WW's united 'career' became clear and teammates were basically purposefully avoiding passing to him unless forced, then yeah, possibly (not sure who though, as current youth CFs look barely L2 level in their loan appearances by all accounts) . ETH in general needs to start blooding the best youth team players more, even if it's 15 minutes to close out games and offer energy - clearing some of the wage-extracting flotsam would help.
Good thing my analysis isn't based on results as I'm doing my best to fit your criterion, your highness
There was probably a reason for that though.
You said it was a bad decision because of the outcome? I would love to play you in poker
The only youth related complaint I have with Ten Hag this year is that Iqbal never really got a look in when he offers a profile that could have been very useful at times this year when our schedule was loaded and we were struggling for midfielders. Other than that, I don't see any other youth players that would have offered anything. If anything Elanga should have gotten the Weghorst minutes towards the end, as at least he offers a threat of pace up top (and is probably a better header of the ball as well)
Yeah, that was my point with the CFs obviously, though I do think in addition to Zidane, Mainoo could have seen more minutes in those games once we were 3-0 up, or the last game of the season. Part of the reason he didn't was structural, specifically the size of the squad with highly-paid high-profile players demanding to be kept happy (a lesser version of the Chelsea quandary, although longer-term there's a certain method to that madness in terms of the recruitment profiles, building a team for 3 years time to challenge over the following 5-7 etc).
But there are promising players coming through at both ends of the pitch and I think ETH should be prepared to play the best of them in latter stages (not in bulk, of course, but integrated) of games, once the club makes it easier for him by reducing the number of fringe senior players - letting go of 8 and bringing in 3-4 high quality replacements, 1 for each area through GK to FW- along with risking the League cup by adopting the SAF strategy now that he's got that articular trophy 'on his belt'.
Weghorst has been scoring goals in the German league, the Turkish league and the Dutch league. He can do better than the Scottish league.
Can we just close this thread and pretend it was all just a bad dream?
Same for me, I just want to pretend this never happened so gonna put the thread on ignore.
Let's wait until June 30 so we don't jinx it
I don't play poker sadlyYou said it was a bad decision because of the outcome? I would love to play you in poker
He scored and cheered loudly while heroically getting the ball from the net and spur his team on.
But it was offside and he fell to his knees and looked sad.
Poor Wout
But it was offside and he fell to his knees and looked sad.
Poor Wout
Was he turned in the direction where his fan sit while being sad and on his knees?He scored and cheered loudly while heroically getting the ball from the net and spur his team on.
But it was offside and he fell to his knees and looked sad.
Poor Wout
Of course he was. He also elbowed someone and made a late challenge on Donnaruma to show how much he cares.
More like a fecking nightmare!
Probably could've played any starter of the last ten years in his position except for our GKs and they'd have done better
Poor old Wout. On one hand, he wins his first ever trophy but he leaves as basically a joke. I presume he wouldn't change it for anything though.
He got an assist in a cup final. So he will always have that
Still hilarious (now that he's not our player) how poor he is in the air
Still hilarious (now that he's not our player) how poor he is in the air
The whole reason he plays at a high level is because he has a crazy workrate and is always trying to improve himself. He hit his limitations on a pure footballing aspect but heading is something that would be a very trainable quality. He already is tall so he already has an advantage. Yet he isnt a good header at all. Strange as it sounds, i would rather pass the ball into his feet than cross it for a header if i was his teammate.
It wasn't just heading, though - the guy literally cannot jump. He gets beaten in the air by people a foot shorter than he is.
I was surprised by how bad he is at this. I knew he would barely score, but I thought he would at least be good at being a pole to hit the ball off.
One of the RTE commentators said years ago (can’t remember who they were talking about but the comment stuck in my head)
“he’s 6 foot 2 but when he jumps he’s 5 foot 4”
“he’s 6 foot 2 but when he jumps he’s 5 foot 4”
Pretty sure this guy in a few years will be in one of those threads like "Players who played for club X but nobody remembers"
We've a few of them tbf. Ighalo, Weghorst...
Feared the worst when I saw this thread bumped
You almost ripped your Confed flag out of possible anger, but then got relieved.
Same….let’s keep bumping it to keep the nervous feeling going
What??
To be fair it'll be a very long time before anyone forgets United playing Wout Weghorst upfront.
The silver lining here is it'll make us appreciate every striker after him more.
NEvermind. Just a lame joke about your Location tag being in Texas.
I beg to differ, some of us will never forget the levels we sank to
I'm a Brazilian in Texas mate
Tudo jóia? I feel bad for you had to deal with Sá Pinto being a manager of your club. He was a great player, but he's a terrible manager.I'm a Brazilian in Texas mate
Have we made this permanent yet??
Preparing an offer but will be difficult to keep a player of this quality on with the likes of Coventry sniffing around.
As hard as I can try, not sure I'll ever be able to forget him
Just goes to show you how shit Brazilian coaches are nowadays. After Jorge Jesus won everything at Flamengo, anybody coming from Portugal is immediately heralded as the savior.
I get scared anytime I see his thread bumped.
I still can't believe how horrendous he was.
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