There was a lot of bad but last night we saw signs of the old Ferguson for the first time in a while.Disagree entirely. Thought he was excellent first half and ready to challenge Welbeck for a starting place. Faded second half but understandable - not helped by terrible service second half
No....now looking at the actual stats:
Lost 9 out of 11 duels on the ground.
Disposseded 12 times.
11 successful passes out of 15.
Whatever the TV commentator and half of NSC said, he was poor.
Counting his minutes, he has played ~1.5 games against PL opposition this season and scored 2 goals and 1 assist. Include the Crawley game and its 3 goals and 1 assist in 256 minutes.The big question for me is has Adingra done enough to displace Mitoma? If it’s based purely on the last couple of games I’d say yes.
What I suspect will happen is he’ll be put on the right in place of Minteh.
Definitely. It's noticeable at the match how much fitter and leaner he is as well compared to his uncomfortable lumbering self of last season. Lots of quick turns, closing down and rapid sprints. Reminding what he can be. That surge you get as he controls, turns, gets his head up and looks to try and get a shot off as quock as possible. Hes one of the few players who does that and you can see the opposition panicking. Also someone mentions he lost his battles, and im sure he lost some, but you remember what you want to remember and i was in the west lower and just before he went off i watched him about 10 yards away sprint to keep the ball in, hold off a couple of defenders, and play nice one twos with estupinan to keep attacks moving. Something he hasnt been doing for ages. He just looked much bouncier live.Disagree entirely. Thought he was excellent first half and ready to challenge Welbeck for a starting place. Faded second half but understandable - not helped by terrible service second half