I thought he looked out of his depth against Watford. Easily knocked off the ball.

Disagree. Depends on system. Joel Ward is a better full back. Fosu-Mensah might be better as a wing back but seems far from resolute.

Obviously he has time on his side so could turn out to be top drawer but as things stand I’m not particularly impressed with him.

No chance of getting him on a permanent. Moaninho is on the phone to him every week checking his progress. Be more likely we lose him in Jan than sign him.

His early season form was amazing though. Some really great tackling ability and I recall some high match ratings in some. United are furious he wasn't getting game time due to Wardys form, but then got an excuse when he picked up that injury. Wondering if he might get a last min start for tonights game. Kelly on form though and has Roy's trust, so I doubt it.

Early on in the season he impressed me with the way he raced back to get challenges in and he looks pretty good going forward.

He's very young for a defender and has lots of ability.
What he lacks is experience which Ward has in spades. He might need a full season on loan to a championship side to gain the necessary experience - but he is going to be a brilliant player in time.

You fed me, you bred me, I'll remember your name.

Just seen a bunch of stories saying that Mourinho is "furious" about his lack of game time and they want to recall him.

Well that seems in order, given that the expectation was that he would be playing de Boer football and de Boer rated him. The only problem with Plan De Boer was that it turned out to be s***e and had to be torn up.

Surely if Hodgson doesn't want to use him having come in subsequently that's his decision? It's not his fault the transfer window rules don't let him change his squad for four months after that.

In the meantime I suppose we can hope that Mourinho will eventually get himself into such a bate about something that he spontaneously combusts and burns down Old Trafford.

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