Mubama

[Come On You Irons]

"Let's face it. He was awful when he came on last night. Supporters clamber for youngsters to be given a chance, but they must seize their opportunities and prove their worth when given game time. Mubama fluffed his lines last night. He's clearly not good enough. Looks like a League 1 level player to me."

[PwoperNaughtyButNot]

"I’d hazard a guess and say Moyes has sat Mubama down and said to him that he needs to model his game on Antonio’s game. That isn’t his game and it has wrecked him Moyes has stumbled on this Kudas, Bowen Paqueta front 3 and if Antonio was fit we never would have seen it. Bloke is spent"

[daveyg]

"If he had as many minutes as Ings we could have judged.Typical Moyes approach to the youth. Play them when we are down to 10 or continiue with 10 behind the ball. Under a better different manager who actually allows the youth to be given a proper chance he would of no doubt prospered more. It's as if Moyes wants to say ""I was right not bringing on these kids as they did nothing"" . Would love Johnson go to Brighton and become a player too."

[zico]

"Mubama and Marshall up front together? Not with this manager!! Love to know what is said by the manager behind closed doors on the rare occasion he gives another player a chance. I was a tad harsh on Cornet the other night but like someone said below about Mubama, Cornet looked a bag of nerves. Is Moyes putting too much pressure on them to perform or they are out."

[marty feldman]

He needs a loan spell . Anyone who's watched him in the youths .Knows he can hold the ball up . He looks as nervous as a kitten I can't blame him when you see who the manager is . Lyall greenwood and redknapp he isn't .

[Sniper]

"I don’t think mubama looks comfortable playing g up top on his own. A few times in the first game against city you could see He was trying to do what he does with the youth team, which is making a yard of space for a shot from outside the box. But instead of having that hard, he’s getting closed down quicker. He needs some help and support - he looked good in pre season with cornet alongside him when we played a sort of 352. He also looked much better in the first game when ings came on and he seemed to drop Out wide on the right more. Expecting a youngster to be a target man is a big ask, that’s a huge jump from u21/u23 to first team. But he showed in the Burnley game that if you put balls in the right area, he makes the right runs. Again, in the first game against city, he was a bit unlucky when bowen played a ball across goal as he busted a gut to get through to it but bowen curled it so it cut back and went behind him"

[Nick QQQ]

"hard to judge him on soundbites, but his touch and effort dont look right. Might be nervous but either way."

[Pedro]

Early days but very impressed with Marshall. Watched a lot of the youth games and has a hint of a young Craig Bellamy about him. Early days as I say.

[bell]

Moo Trump?

[Coffee]

"bell 2:34 Wed Jan 17 You're asking for trouble, old fella. I'll start: what do you get if you cross a cow with a former US president?"

[bell]

"If he's the answer, I'm not sure what the question is"

[Lee Trundle]

"He's done nothing of note with any of his chances, has he? An argument could be made that he's not had much chances to shine, but he's not doing anything with the one's he's getting."

[Pagey]

"Eerie, the most pointless prick of all pointless pricks."

[Lee Trundle]

"Pagey 3:53 Tue Jan 9 ""We’ve had Haller and Scamacca in recent years, who both didn’t work out for whatever reason"" It's pretty obvious what (or should I say who) the reason is why our strikers don't perform."

[Manuel]

Dog - I said 20 odd years.

[Tomshardware]

Can see this lad proving a few people wrong once he gets a few games under his belt.

[Mad Dog]

20 years ??? Its actually a quarter of a century

[David L]

"Manuel - you think Mubama gets coached, seriously?"

[Eerie Descent]

Pagey; the most delicate of all delicate flowers.

[Manuel]

"Pagey - Yea that makes sense, so after what 20 odd years of WHO no one can call a poster out because it's their opinion on an anonymous forum? You should have said that decades ago fella, it would have saved a hell of a lot of time and heartache, lol. Your post was a nonsense, you said ''yet people think Mubama will come in, score goals and hit the ground running''. Really not sure who thinks that, but I do think people expect him to have the basics in his locker after years of coaching at a PL club, yet he is miles off. That is my opinion on an anonymous forum by the way, so don't you dare challenge it :-)"

[Pagey]

Turn what in? Having an opinion? I thought that was pretty much the only reason why an anonymous forum exists?

[Manuel]

"Pagey - Turn it in, it's clear that this kid doesn't even have the basics as a starting point, regardless of who is standing on the touchline. But I agree that it's even harder to make it as a forward at the top level."

[Manuel]

"Pagey - Turn it in, it's clear that this kid doesn't even have the basics as a starting point, regardless of who is standing on the touchline. But I agree that it's even harder to make it as a forward at the top level."

[stubbo]

"I would say my biggest concern in the cameos I've seen from Mubama currently is I don't see him using his physical attributes well enough. He's a pretty big lump, quick and strong. Defenders should be nervous about dawdling on the ball with him around. He should be using his stature and being a bit physical with his opponents, as well as getting all those arms and legs between the defender and the ball when it's played into him. Basically he needs to make the defenders life harder, and that's more understanding/application of his skill set rather than him doing something magical. Too often I seem him running around a bit aimlessly and expending energy in non-valuable ways. He's only 18 and maybe that understanding will come, and of course the level is faster than anything he'll ever have played, but understanding the position and his own strengths within it should come pretty early in the piece, and at the moment I just don't see him getting the most out of the physical strengths he clearly has. Just basic stuff like 'get your body between the man and the ball', 'block off the passing lanes between players with your pace to intercept', 'backing into the defender', or 'pulling off onto the weaker defenders and not being easily challenged by the stronger ones'. These are all easy things to do if a player has been taught the game properly and the position they're playing. I don't see enough ""football intelligence"" from Mubama currently."

[Pagey]

It’s ridiculous and deluded of me to think that you wouldn’t pipe up immediately like you always do. So dull. Really really dull.

[Eerie Descent]

"It's ridiculous and deluded to expect a 19 year old with years of professional coaching at a Premier League club, to be able to competently control a football and show signs of at least being able to do the basics well? Blimey."