James is meh, as he was pretty much whole preseason. He needs time to adapt. Other than Pogba holding the ball too long from time to time, no real concers so far. Lindelof and Maguire are dominant, and United fullbacks are too good one on one. Rashford running the game so far and Martial is much better as n9.
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That was a very good half. Very encouraging! Kept them quite, dominated the ball and scored a lovely goal.
To be fair I imagine this is exactly the opposite kind of game James was expected to have most impact in. When you use him like we did last week he will be much more effective, but still think he has worked very hard for the team.
United is not a midtable Championship team where only requirement is working hard. Problem is - who's gonna play there instead? Sanchez? Maybe Mata and shift Lingard wide? Dalot or Young? Keep James there and give him a chance. He's a lot more than hard working winger.
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Exactly. Him and AWB are absolute beasts when comes to pressing and winning the ball back. James will never be WC but he will be a great player for Ole system. Will be better against open teams and as a sub off the bench. Anybody judging him yet s is a bit silly tbh.
agreed,and its a point gained that we didnt get last season
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Good performance but frustrating dropping points. More encouraging signs! Most teams will drop more points away to Wolves. 2 tough fixtures 4 points I will take that and onto the next.
Meh what to make of that in the end? Point gained from last season I guess but still feel like we missed a trick here.
Still feel when we have like 68% possession in first half, you really need to create more than one shot, albeit one goal.
Mata was garbage when he came on... but on to the next game.
Still feel when we have like 68% possession in first half, you really need to create more than one shot, albeit one goal.
Mata was garbage when he came on... but on to the next game.
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Less said about JM the better! Absolute shocker tonight!
Mata got 10 minutes pal, and he should have started the game, we'd have finished 2 or 3 nil up.
Agree tbh, bit odd that he didn't start considering the type of game it was inevitably going to be.
Mata should be starting every game where we are looking to dominate posession and play 4-2-3-1. Lingard is entirely reactive, better from wing than 10
I didn't watch the game, but against a tight defense i'd even play Fred over Lingard.
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I'm not too mad about the wolves goal tbh. I'm mad we didn't create many chances
As for positives, I guess you can say we fared better against wolves compared to our previous 2 fixtures
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Thought the same. Then read this morning that the Wolves team last season was one of the best sides for conceding the least amount of chances. Fair play they have there system drilled to a T.
Now do you see why I’ve wanted Martial at #9 all these years? Definitely a positive from last night. Has more presence than given credit for, very tidy link game, excellent feet, has that power & directness to drive at centre halves (something we’ve lacked since Rooney) and he’s a world class finisher once he gets 1v1.
His movement hasn't been good enough though. And still needs considerable work. Really like him as a player, but you could easily play Rashford there