Brilliant performance. He marauding forward and very effective. After a tough run for him it's nice to see him show what he's about
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fecking excellent game from him. His awareness of opponent when defending was also top notch.
Very good game today. On both sides of the pitch. But what the hell he was thinking during that free kick? First block, ok. But then run to your position, no need to trying thst again
Players are allowed to cover for each other. Once AWB decided to stand over the ball, McT or Fred should have picked up the spare man. You can bet your arse a more defensively clued in CM would have.
Excellent assist and worked well with Rashford, also madexa big interception on a late cross, but was careless in leaving Grealish in acres on their goal.
They were planning on taking the quick freekick he would not have made it back in time either way even after the first block. A midfielder should have covered him. Its just poor communication all round.
That clearance off that Grealish cross was something else.
Bit hard for hom to go from being the man who recognised the quick free kick enough to block the pathway first with his legs before they took it a second time and picked out Grealish behind him when it should have been the midfielders who had picked Grealish out.
Anyway, seems like he works much better with an actual winger on the right and Greenwood's lack of form this season has possibly effects on him too.
Anyway, seems like he works much better with an actual winger on the right and Greenwood's lack of form this season has possibly effects on him too.
Question should be how did he end up blocking the ball. It was almost in the middle, there was a man on left wing . He should have been aware of that danger and covered that man. Ofcourse others are equally at fault but that was his man
No doubt about it at all.
On the replay, it appears even Bailly is shouting at McTominay to get over there.
Because it was his foul?
And he saw Grealish free so played the smart move and blocked the quick free kick. Unforgivable that McTominay didn’t quickly then get over and cover for him, absolutely awful from his teammate.
Was much more like it from him, even more solid at the back post than usual.
Great tonight!
Comfortably his best performance this season.
How can you be this clueless in so many threads
If he lets them take the quick free kick, he doesn’t get 6 seconds does he ffs? 0.5 of a second later the ball is with Grealish and he’s 8 yards off still.
Kin ell man, think.
Why should Mctominay need to leave central midfield to cover AWB at the right back position?! If he did his job in the first place none of that is an issue ffs
He didn't even block the ball he was standing there talking to the referee, then started running after the ball again like a lost dog when they moved it backwards. It's his mistake plain and simple. Stupid defending.
Wtf are you talking about? go back and watch it again. You're the clueless one if you think that's good defending. And yes it literally was about 6 seconds by the time they took the free kick, and i'm not even exaggerating. Grealish must have thought he was wearing harry potters cloak.How can you be this clueless in so many threads
If he lets them take the quick free kick, he doesn’t get 6 seconds does he ffs? 0.5 of a second later the ball is with Grealish and he’s 8 yards off still.
Kin ell man, think.
Any defender worth their salt gets back in position and worries about arguing later. Let 1 of the midfielders or the wingers block the ball if needs be.
Answer me this, why would he need to block a quick free kick to Grealish, if he actually just ran back and marked Grealish in the first place?
Are you talking about Wan Bissaka or Bailly against Leicester?
Couldn’t buy a clue.
How fast does a quick free kick to Grealish move? How fast does a player run?
The whole point of blocking a quick free is that you’ve sensed danger and you’re buying your teammates time to block the danger.
AWB can’t get back to Grealish faster than the ball, McTom can once AWB blocks the free. The second AWB moves, they play it and you see then how impossible it is for AWB to get back.
Haven't seen you in the Bailly thread for a few games, funny that.
It's hardly a quick free kick if it takes about 6 seconds with the ref standing over it stopping them is it?
I swear you watch every game pissed up or something, if that was Pogba you'd probably get an aneurysm
You haven’t been looking then. I’m not a hypocrite.
It takes 6 seconds because it’s being blocked man!!! The second no United players are blocking it, they pass it.
fecking hell man really?
Why should Mctominay need to leave central midfield to cover AWB at the right back position?! If he did his job in the first place none of that is an issue ffs
He didn't even block the ball he was standing there talking to the referee, then started running after the ball again like a lost dog when they moved it backwards. It's his mistake plain and simple. Stupid defending.
Wtf are you talking about? go back and watch it again. You're the clueless one if you think that's good defending. And yes it literally was about 6 seconds by the time they took the free kick, and i'm not even exaggerating. Grealish must have thought he was wearing harry potters cloak.
Any defender worth their salt gets back in position and worries about arguing later. Let 1 of the midfielders or the wingers block the ball if needs be.
Answer me this, why would he need to block a quick free kick to Grealish, if he actually just ran back and marked Grealish in the first place?
Because, having conceded the foul, AWB is trying to stop them taking a quick free quick. At which point his team-mates should wake the feck up and cover for him. Defensive CMs cover for fullbacks all the time. It’s in the job description.
And what do you mean “he didn’t block the ball”?!? He literally blocked their first attempt at a free kick. He couldn’t do it again without getting booked but had bought McT more than enough time to cover for him. Or so he thought.
Right. Watch this clip below
3 of them are tackling the same man, grealish is out wide left all by himself. The foul happens and instead of getting back into position he just hovers in the middle of the pitch for literally 5 seconds.
he then realises they’re trying to take the free kick so he tries to block it - then instead of getting back he tries to do it again and they pass straight through him.
if he had any common sense as soon as the foul happens he’d get back into position ASAP. To say that’s not a mistake is just baffling.
He seems to have made up his own reality so we’re wasting our time I think.
Read my post above. If you watch that clip again and still think it happened quickly like that then I can't help you.
It only took that long because awb blocked their first attempt.
Watch the clip above between the foul and El Ghazi even getting the ball its 5 seconds.
If AWB can't get back into the RB spot in 5 seconds then I worry for him. That's the difference between conceding and not.
I tell you now Jose would be going absolutely mental if he did that under his management.
Ok, you watch that clip. Pause it at 9 seconds. AWB has just blocked their first attempt. He is right beside the ball and has no chance of getting to Grealish before the ball. Now look at McT. What is he doing? Who is he marking? Why is he standing fecking still, watching AWB try to stop the quick free kick.
At least AWB looks lively from the moment they get the freekick. He is at least trying to do something. McT is criminally unaware of what’s going on around him, standing around like a lemon. I like him but that’s an absolutely shocking bit of play.
Also. It wasn’t a foul. Feck you, Oliver.
Sorry Pogue you'll never convince me of that. He shouldn't even be thinking of blocking it in the first place, that isn't his job at all.
Get back into position and mark your man, and that quick free kick isn't even available.
The whole reason he has to panic and try to block it is because he's been lazy and not got back into position in the first place.
To make matters worse he actually managed to block it the first time, then instead of running back he changes his mind and tries to block it for a 2nd time!
Then the just pass it straight through him
I thought he had a better game today overall and 1st half especially was a nice performance, but that was absolutely brainless. I really don't see how you can defend him after seeing that clip.
It's ironic that one of his best games in ages in an attacking sense also coincided with a big defensive mistake. I think there are signs that he's improving though. Definitely still giving him the benefit of the doubt.
Had his best game for months and even got an assist. However he's got to take some of the blame for the Villa equaliser. He's basically left Grealish on his own to cross the ball in as he's busy talking with the ref.
Still don't think he's good enough for us but credit to him tonight. He played pretty well.
Still don't think he's good enough for us but credit to him tonight. He played pretty well.
Apart from switching off for Villa's goal, he was superb. Beautiful cross for Martial's goal and felt he could have had a couple more assists.
I always feel he's better when Rashford's on the right, too. Don't know if anyone sees this but because of Rashford's creativity, it allows him to make under/overlapping runs and get crosses in, as opposed to having to dribble past players to do so.
His defending, on the whole, was good yet again, especially his interception following Grealish's cross.
I always feel he's better when Rashford's on the right, too. Don't know if anyone sees this but because of Rashford's creativity, it allows him to make under/overlapping runs and get crosses in, as opposed to having to dribble past players to do so.
His defending, on the whole, was good yet again, especially his interception following Grealish's cross.
No one cares what Jose would’ve done. His man management was just appalling!
Yes, Wan-Bissaka is at fault there, he should’ve gone back and defended. I always praise his defensive attributes, but that was weak decision making. But guess what, it happens. Let’s not go mental on the guy. He made a mistake, it happens and it’s good we won the game. He’s learnt something today for sure.
let’s talk about his offensive display today. Great assist! He made some decent runs forward.
keep working on yourself Aaron, you’re doing well and will only improve
agree, and thought it was really poor from the interviewer who brought it up afterwards as well.
he needs to learn from today, but young players make mistakes.
As I said, first half he was very good.
But you're only saying that right now because we got the 2nd goal very quickly. I guarantee you now if that goal caused us to draw the match there would be people baying for his blood right now! we can't afford silly lapses of concentration like that.
It was pleasing to see him run fowards way more though and put in a nice cross for Martial, need that from him a lot more often.
i personally would’ve still said what I said about him even if we’d lost the game. He is a good defender who’s improving and will only improve hopefully going forward.
the problem with some fans is that they get too emotional when making comments. We can not just focus on this mistake (yes it’s a mistake) and forget the overall work he’s done. You’re right, some fans would’ve hammered him, but that’s just wrong
Great performance tonight
@GifLord can you gif AWB's moonwalk at 56:58-57:00 there?
Much better in attack tonight. Actually running on to the ball and continuing his run forward as soon as he receives it makes it so much easier to get a ball in the box than stopping and then having to pass two players in order to get a cross in.
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