The College Dropout

He has more hope than Debuchy tbh. Time is very much on his side.

What have been the good games? WHU? Who did they have upfront?

Not really tbh. But i've seen it in other games. I'm one of the least biased posters on this board. I have no dislike for any players nor any favourites. I just judge them based on what I see and not because they've won a few caps for France. It's a pattern on this board where I point something out and i'm told i'm wrong for weeks. Until the penny finally drops and it's obvious to everyone. Happened with Santon, Colo, Ciise and Sissoko and if Mapou keeps playing like this it won't be long before people actually see what's happening on the pitch.

No Manchester United player is allowed to shirk physical confrontations. From 1 to 11 they won't do it. They simply won't be out worked 90% of the time. Out of all their wingers Nani is the least receptive to 50/50's and he memorably got sent off for competing decently for one. With Valencia, Young, Welbeck, RVP and Rooney in advanced areas you can't pretend only Stoke players should be able to do anything off the ball.

Seriously needs to lose weight.

Worst of all, I saw none of his supposed great qualities yesterday. On the ball - useless. Pace - only to make up for his poor play/positioning. At least with lads like Marv and Bigi i've seen something from them in terms of class. This lad? Nothing so far.

Every player on the pitch should be able to contend a 50/50 properly man.

We'd be better off signing a Morecambe player if that's a yardstick. I'm a big fan of Marveaux, but he has to show something in a 50/50 to justify playing in a midfield 3 imo. Even Juan Mata can come out with the ball in a 50/50 sometimes

I missed the West Ham game but he's been crap whenever I've seen him this season

I thought Debuchy did well in the air. I agree - perhaps Good/Dummet have that advantage. Still.. MYM was very poor.

Anyone going to mention how crap he was yesterday? Very slow and casual on the ball. Could've given away a penalty too. Wasn't a calming influence at all. Boumsong-esque that performance.

He seemed to need an extra touch to control the ball and he simply could not cope with Morecambe's physicality. They steam rollered him at times. Positively, he plays a lot of forward balls.

You need some genuine width somewhere. Everton play Pienaar on the leftof a 4-4-2/4-4-1-1 but they have Baines providing real width. Us There's right footed Jonas and right footed Santon. Today we had Marv looking to come narrow but Debuchy stayed at home......... no width or danger from that side of the pitch. A bigger issue than that imo is closing down

Needs to show he can contend a 50/50 properly.

Sometimes can't pass 2 yards or control a ball, sometimes majestic... he's certainly an Ameobi

No coincidence it's the local lads that scored....

Agree with Mole. Also doesn't help that we can't string two passes together. Shouldn't play if he's going to be outwide. It's that simple.

Shola. Ameobi. Goal. Machine.

Don't get the Ameobi hype. He's direct with some Wanchope skills...

WOW SHOLA IS SHIT

Ah come in this is horrendous

Ameobi's shit like

Wish we'd close down like this sometimes

Is there a good way? Great pro and a solid player, but a very average winger is Milner. We'll need a lot more than that for our current predicament. I did absolutely love Milner as a CM at Villa though. Really should have stayed there and continued to develop at that position. Hard-working. Keeps going when others have clearly given up. Lacks a little technically but he keeps coming back and can do things that are sublime. I don't mean the way Jonas works hard... the way Milner works hard to create stuff and get his team going. I've watched Ayew since he was a teenager. Good player but nothing special.

Ayew always reminded me of James Milner. In a good way.