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Renato was awful... Don't know what happened to him in Munich, poor fool forgot to play football...
 
Fellaini is Zidane for this Sanches. Just came back from some local tournament, lads there hasn't made mistakes that Renato did. He was terrible.
 
Dokara said:
Fellaini is Zidane for this Sanches. Just came back from some local tournament, lads there hasn't made mistakes that Renato did. He was terrible.
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Poor lad. On top of the world great season at Benfica and Euros. Wrong move going to Bayern hardly played and when he did the pressure got to him. Then the price tag on top of that. Looks completely shot of any confidence. And scared to do the basics now. Needs a loan or a sale where he's gonna play week in week out. Maybe at a slightly lower level.
 
Same could be said about all of Bayern's players today, he was also excellent from the start vs Chelsea
 
RhQQ said:
Same could be said about all of Bayern's players today, he was also excellent from the start vs Chelsea
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Yeah but you can see on his face the complete frustration every time a simple pass goes wrong, then he just gets worse. Expect him to have more bad games than good. That's even if he gets that many at Bayern.
 
Be very disappointed if we don't add anything else to the attack in this window, a winger was important this summer.

If any of Martial, Rashford or Mkhitaryan get injured, who are we turning to? Lingard? Pereira? Not great depth for the wings especially.
 
zzeezzy said:
Be very disappointed if we don't add anything else to the attack in this window, a winger was important this summer.

If any of Martial, Rashford or Mkhitaryan get injured, who are we turning to? Lingard? Pereira? Not great depth for the wings especially.
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Juan Mata is incredibly disappointed in you considering he's actually one of our best wide players.
 
Mike. said:
Juan Mata is incredibly disappointed in you considering he's actually one of our best wide players.
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Ahh that old cherry tree, I personally have never liked Mata outwide, I prefer it when he can do his magic in the no.10 position. I just feel he's a bit of a one trick pony on the flanks, cut inside, leaves us a bit one-dimensional from that side. No proper width.
 
zzeezzy said:
Ahh that old cherry tree, I personally have never liked Mata outwide, I prefer it when he can do his magic in the no.10 position. I just feel he's a bit of a one trick pony on the flanks, cut inside, leaves us a bit one-dimensional from that side.
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Except he was the most effective wide player last season, and not just cutting inside either
 
Winger isnt a must for me, especially when playing 4-3-3. More interested in the fullbacks getting up the pitch
 
zzeezzy said:
Ahh that old cherry tree, I personally have never liked Mata outwide, I prefer it when he can do his magic in the no.10 position. I just feel he's a bit of a one trick pony on the flanks, cut inside, leaves us a bit one-dimensional from that side. No proper width.
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Wouldn't argue with you at all on your lack of attacking depth but I can't concur with your views on Mata.

I don't know where this common assertion comes from that he isn't effective wide. He's not rapid. But he's not slow. And he's one of the few you have who can actually, or want to, beat a man instead of looking to give it to someone else.

I think you're doing him a big disservice there personally but then I don't watch Utd half as much as you do. Shrugs.
 
Matas off the ball movement is great and last 2 seasons he's become a lot better defensively and also his runs in behind happens more often, I really enjoy watching the Mata, Herrera and Valencia triangle!
 
Well despite what anyones thoughts on Mata are, it's quite clear Mourinho wants that extra attacking player. Especially for the wings as the chase of Perisic has gone on for so long this summer. I'm not sure if we have an alternative but I really hope we do.

The inevitable injuries of last season and we're back to bare bones again/similar problems.
 
Mata is not bad outwide, but I think we've come to expect wide player to have a bit more spectacle in him. You want wide player to do breathtaking runs and hit wild crosses or cut inside for 30 yard powershot. And here' this unassuming guy, he doesn't dribble, he couldn't outrun your grandma, he does a lot of intricate tippy-tappy passing, **** all comes out of it for 90 minutes, then out of nowhere he's suddenly in the box and scores.
 
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Tyton said:
Mata is not bad outwide, but I think we've come to expect wide player to have a bit more spectacle in him. You want wide player to do breathtaking runs and hit wild crosses or cut inside for 30 yard powershot. And here' this unassuming guy, he doesn't dribble, he couldn't outrun your grandma, he does a lot of intricate tippy-tappy passing, **** all comes out of it for 90 minutes, then out of nowhere he's suddenly in the box and scores.
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LMAO. He's a guy that scores when you need him to. I kinda prefer him playing through the middle tho. He dictates the play a lot better
 
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