Rachid Ghezzal signs.

[SheppyFox]

Will he start? 

[Chester Dontlie]

Sounds like an exciting signing. £10-12.5 is peanuts compared to what was paid for Slim. Get in Ghazza

[Pascal]

26 minutes ago, MC Prussian said:

Also, a tiny country host to a plethora of international citizens, business metropolis for many a (rich) foreigner...

 

That's one of the reasons why their football club just cannot get huge crowds. There are roughly 30,000 people officially living in Monaco, and only 5,000 of these holding Monégasque citizenship. Not many millionaires are interested in watching live football. Sure, there are some fans scattered in the surrounding cities in France, but there's competition for support from Nice which is merely 15 miles away.

 

That explains why the stadium is rarely ever full, even though at 18,500 seats it is one of the smallest in Ligue 1. On the other hand, thanks to the attractive level of play, there are many Monaco supporters in other parts of France. So ironically Monaco is one of the clubs which attracts the biggest crowds of its supporters for away games. This is not enough though to convince some players to stay there when they get the opportunity to show their talent in front of much larger audiences in more prestigious leagues. Just like it was the case for Mahrez at Leicester, once a player decides that he's grown too big for the club he plays for, there's not much point fighting it.

 

It's a pity that many foreign football fans don't go past the glitzy image of the Principality, because there's quality football to watch there. As we say in the local idiom: "Daghe Munegu!" 

Edited 10 August 2018 by Pascal

[matthewgor]

I think he looks decent today.

[Harry96]

Just now, matthewgor said:

I think he looks decent today.

Same here got to remember it’s his first appearance in the prem showed some decent dribbling ability 

[lcfc sheff]

Looked very decent, start him RM and Ricardo RB please 

[dmayne7]

2 minutes ago, matthewgor said:

I think he looks decent today.

Thought he looked poor. Sure he's got a good touch but he looks slow and is so one footed.

 

Of course, that's on 30 mins so I'll give him plenty of time and hope he can do a good job for us.

[Stadt]

He's not the worst player I've ever seen, encouraging signs.

[tetly]

4 minutes ago, dmayne7 said:

Thought he looked poor. Sure he's got a good touch but he looks slow and is so one footed.

 

Of course, that's on 30 mins so I'll give him plenty of time and hope he can do a good job for us.

Agree with all of the above but it’s only the first game.

[Tielemans63]

I don't think you can make an assessment on 30 mins. Showed some lovely touches out wide but was all at sea for their second. He was ball watching and had no idea what was happening behind him.

[Guest Kopfkino]

He looked like he'd got lead in his boots. Not enough to judge him on, difficult coming on at Old Trafford after a week with a new team in a new country. Lost his man for the second goal and it seemed obvious as soon as he came on he needed work defensively. 

[MC Prussian]

Too little time on the pitch, looked a bit rusty and sluggish.

 

Highly one-footed, though. Always needs that extra moment in order to turn to the correct side before he can do anything with his left foot.

[sdb]

Looked lightweight to me and totally switched off for their second. That’s his man who scored the decisive goal after all. Early days though, certainly won’t write him off based on that and he did some nice things too. 

[Mark]

I had no expectations given all the comments from fans who've seen him play, but you can see why they had those views. Doesn't look at all worthy of the fee paid nor long contract.

[dylanlegend]

I expected him to play like a player with no legs after the comments on here. Looked quite promising 

[Lee Monty]

was i the only person who saw his woeful control of De Geas clearance when he had an open goal in front of him

[dmayne7]

11 minutes ago, tetly said:

Agree with all of the above but it’s only the first game.

I know it as that's why I said it was only 30 mins. Just as people go overboard after barely seeing a player saying they're crap, they also do it when somebody does quite well. Let just see with the guy.

[joachim1965]

I thought he looked ok to be fair.

New club, big game,did ok for me.

[Koke]

Was OK. Not great but not terribly bad either. Could be useful in some games. 

[splinterdream]

He looked nervous, first take on worked but rest of the game was poor. I think we may regret not splashing out on a top quality ball playing attacking right sided midfielder

[FoxinNotts]

He looks ok. Good first touch. He looks slow, but I knew that before tonight. There’s a decent player in there, just need to maximise his ability 

[The Doctor]

Languid runner but ball stuck like glue for the most part. On the periphery for the most part and didn't track runners. Rudders might have taken replacing Riyad too literally

[ithuriel]

He was enthusiastic,...………….

[Spiritwalker]

13 minutes ago, splinterdream said:

He looked nervous, first take on worked but rest of the game was poor. I think we may regret not splashing out on a top quality ball playing attacking right sided midfielder

I don't want to judge this guy on 30 mins but he is slow.

I think we are 1 quality wide man away from having a very good side.

[foxoffderby]

Happy with his debut