Adnan Januzaj

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:lol: Always amuses me how posters are so eager to big themselves up when it comes to predicting the quality of United youngsters.
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It amuses me when other posters laugh at those claiming that a kid deserves a real chance this season for them to change their mind when they see him perform. Even more amusing when only a couple weeks ago one of the most knowledgeable posters on the caf was mocking people for calling him a special talent.
 
No doubt that Januzaj is a special talent.

Btw, why does people think speed is his weakness, I think his pretty fast.
 
Adam-Utd said:
If Kagawa had put his performance on we would have all been spewing in our pants.
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I can honestly say that no matter how well Kagawa may have played I definitely wouldn't have spewed in my pants. Are you talking about spewing in a fresh pair of pants, or taking the pair you're wearing off and spewing into them?
 
I have watched him from the academy to the first team, and while he was obviously talented - I didn't immediately have him down as definite first-team superstar, not in the same way I had felt about Pogba/Morrison/Rossi.

I have been very impressed with him so far this pre-season, and crucially, he seems to have the attitude, including just enough arrogance - to make it here.
 
Acquire Me said:
No doubt that Januzaj is a special talent.

Btw, why does people think speed is his weakness, I think his pretty fast.
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I don t think he has explosive pace as let's say Zaha, but he knows how to time his runs, robbing precious seconds from his opponent.
 
What's the deal with this lad's contract then?

I agree with posters that say he's got shades of RvP about him. A very elegant and efficient looking player.
 


Didn't catch this game, but that's a great match comp. As far as I'm concerned he's earned the chance to either start or be first-choice sub (depending on how Moyes feels about Nani at the moment). I maintain that although he can play #10, he's better playmaking from a wide position and Rooney or Kagawa should still have the central job.
 
My main concern with Januzaj when I saw him playing at reserve or academy-level, was that despite all his obvious talent - he had a tendency to be everywhere else than in front of goal when the ball was there. He appears to have improved that part of his game at first-team level.
 
He strikes more of a Silva type player. If Moyes is going with 4231 then I see him more as an understudy to Kagawa, centrally behind Van Persie this season. That's if Moyes is going to give him games, especially as United have 4 wingers at the club. In the long term maybe Moyes will get rid of at least one of the wingers to make more room for him, if he impresses this season.
 
Genius Me! said:
It amuses me when other posters laugh at those claiming that a kid deserves a real chance this season for them to change their mind when they see him perform. Even more amusing when only a couple weeks ago one of the most knowledgeable posters on the caf was mocking people for calling him a special talent.
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Mocking people? You people are so precious. I offered an opinion that people were getting a bit carried away with all the superlatives being thrown about - that's it.

Brwned said:
It's the whole Kagawa = our Iniesta thing all over again. We've not had a lot of technically excellent players so we get a little ahead of ourselves with the ones that are coming into our team now.
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Brwned said:
...saying his potential is limitless isn't getting carried away? Seriously?

I think Januzaj has loads of potential and will be a huge asset to us in the future, I can't wait to see how he develops and I'm delighted that we have these kind of players being developed in our youth team.
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:lol: Always amuses me how posters are so eager to big themselves up when it comes to predicting the quality of United youngsters.
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Word. Sure I might have bumped this thread on page 5 after it had lain dormant for 2 months to be one of the first to say how special he is, giving a fairly accurate early description of him in the process, but you don't see me bragging about it.
 
Elliott said:
Word. Sure I might have bumped this thread on page 5 after it had lain dormant for 2 months to be one of the first to say how special he is, giving a fairly accurate early description of him in the process, but you don't see me bragging about it.
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Yeah! I could have done the same, but I realized my extraordinary prescience was no big deal.
 
He and Zaha are going to be a breath of fresh air this coming season, something like our trump cards if we struggle to get a goal in a match
 
Brwned said:
Mocking people? You people are so precious. I offered an opinion that people were getting a bit carried away with all the superlatives being thrown about - that's it.
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Fair enough, maybe my recollection of the conversation was a little exaggerated. Do you still think we are getting carried away with how we rate Januzaj?
 
I haven't really paid any attention to pre-season (came back to get an idea of what the starting 11 might be tomorrow) but I'm glad to see this lad living up to the hype he was getting a couple of months back. Only problem is that he's yet another AM. Do all the promising youngsters we have play in the same position?
 
As I said before I think it comes down to semantics.

Genius Me! said:
I don't think we are getting carried away in the slightest. Have you heard any of us say that he's going to be a first team regular? Have you heard any of us say he's going to own the premier league? No, what you've heard of us talk about how great a talent he is.
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Apologies for cutting out a whole big wad of text but to me this is the key point. As usual, this whole debate could be entirely based on semantics. In my mind calling him a special talent implies that yes, he is absolutely destined for the first team and he'll be able to make a big impact. Otherwise I don't see how special is appropriate. If everyone was simply saying how he's a great talent with a great attitude and he's progressing really well then I'd have nothing to argue against.
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I'm not entirely sure I know what people mean by special. I found myself understanding where pocco was coming from when he made the comparison between Pogba and Januzaj and saying he's further ahead at the same age, but then I don't remember people calling Pogba a special talent. Probably just wasn't paying enough attention. I just think I have a different definition of special. I definitely think he's got the potential to break into our team.
 
Chabon said:
I haven't really paid any attention to pre-season (came back to get an idea of what the starting 11 might be tomorrow) but I'm glad to see this lad living up to the hype he was getting a couple of months back. Only problem is that he's yet another AM. Do all the promising youngsters we have play in the same position?
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Well he can play wide as well, looks comfortable anywhere across the front from what I can see. But yeah in general right now we've got a huge amount of attacking players. Luckily he's a bit different from most our options though, and seems to be more comfortable influencing from wide than Kagawa does. I've said before that although I wouldn't expect him to be getting regular games this season, I wouldn't be opposed to moving Young on, with Nani staying and letting Januzaj and Zaha have the the time he would have got. If everyone stays though really hard to see how everyone will get time, especially when it's a w.c. year so a lot of players will want to be playing as much as possible.
 
Swaters16 said:
What disappoints me is he isn't going to start the first/second/any match anytime soon. It really is going to be Moyes choosing names over form. You can't blame him for playing it safe but when Adnan has been one of our best players all tour and Nani/Young/Valencia have done nothing at all. How can they justify starting over him. Especially in the community shield.
I'm obviously not manager of Manchester United but for me the left wing should be Adnan's to lose right now.
Well, we'll wait and see.
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What are you basing that on? It seems like blind cynicism, because Januzaj has played more for United since Moyes came in than he did under Fergie. Did Januzaj play any United first team game other than the Aberdeen friendly? Adnan played a hell of alot of minutes in pre-season. I don't think Moyes would have given him so much game time if he wasn't planning on using him. He could have given those minutes to one of the players he did want to be playing in the new season.
 
I meant AM in that sort of general sense of "can play anywhere across the three in a 4-2-3-1". You're right though, we have an absolute armada of them at present. Personally I'd sell Valencia and offer Nani his wages...
 
Belgium.

We have another Belgian to watch out for - Andreas Pereira. Pereira is a year younger but came in a bigger hype train than Januzaj.
 
Interesting that Moyes favoured him over Kagawa behind the striker in this particular game. He played well.
 
Tooni said:
Belgium.

We have another Belgian to watch out for - Andreas Pereira. Pereira is a year younger but came in a bigger hype train than Januzaj.
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And he's already getting games sometimes in the u21s. He's another kid that looks the business.
 
AttackingFlair said:
Interesting that Moyes favoured him over Kagawa behind the striker in this particular game. He played well.
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You'd like to think they'd be fluid as opposed to sticking to position if they play together in the same side. Throw Nani into the mix, and it's potentially a very exciting trio.
 
Being left footed, he could well be more effective on the left than the various right footed players. And he has a good enough combination of pace and trickery to go past defenders, as we have seen pre-season.
 
pocco said:
I think it's quite telling that Moyes has been giving him 90 minutes regularly. I think he's planning on using him.
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I think a lot of fans wouldn't mind the transfer inactivity if it meant that our young starlets were going to get a proper chance. We'll see...
 
pocco said:
I think it's quite telling that Moyes has been giving him 90 minutes regularly. I think he's planning on using him.
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Definitely. I'm confident we'll be seeing a lot of him during the coming season. I think Lingard will be a surprise as well.
 
Tooni said:
Belgium.

We have another Belgian to watch out for - Andreas Pereira. Pereira is a year younger but came in a bigger hype train than Januzaj.
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The hype around Pereira was largely to do with his impressive youtube videos. Januzaj came with a great reputation and commentators on MUTV were mentioning how highly thought of he was by the staff, however no one had seen him play until he played his first games with United.
 
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