This goes to show the Premier Leagues superiority.. In Spain he was winning games by himself and if not, had Ronaldo there to clean up. Needs to be quicker with and without the ball coming back.. Specially when we have Rooney playing as a 6..
You thought he was the completely wrong type of midfielder then. He's not a center mid per se, he's at his best playing a half through the middle, half wider role where he has the freedom to run with the ball from deep and link the midfield and attack. He's not a player who dictates tempo or does simple passes, he runs with it and picks out through passes to the forwards making runs almost as good as anyone in the world.I wasn't overly impressed, to be honest.
He's a danger on the ball, but too often he slowed the play and it led to nothing. He also can't fecking pass. And other than the assist, his crossing was shite. In fact his range of passing is shocking for a supposed midfielder. I was willing to accept that his natural position was in the middle of the park because I rarely watched him for Real, but the guy doesn't have the technique of a Paul Scholes or Xavi. Let him loose in the opposition half and he becomes a different proposition. The problem is that he isn't going to play there as long as we go two up front.
That outside the boot cross still ended up being a really dangerous cross that the defender did well to clear without scoring an own goal. He is really one footed though which is why he went with the outside of the boot instead of doing a normal right footed one, and it's a bit annoying at times but he's always been really one footed and does a fair bit of rabonas instead of just using his weaker foot.His decision making let him down again. At one point he had three United players in the box against one defender, and for some reason tried to corss the ball with the outside of his foot when the angle he was running at meant he didn't have to. I seriously can't believe how stupid he is at times...he's worse than Nani when it comes to stuff like that.
On the other hand he managed to be our best player in spite of this.
Him and Januzaj would be good playing from either side as wide players in support of the front man. Pity we have a maniacle spanner as a manager. He'll drop one of them soon so he can carry on playing some kind of unworkable formation.
His crossing was really good as well, not sure what you're on about. Not his fault falcao and Van Persie have been weak and useless in the air or don't put the extra bit of effort to get themselves in the right positions. Di marias crosses were poor vs West Ham but pretty much exactly what you want from your winger every time today.
You thought he was the completely wrong type of midfielder then. He's not a center mid per se, he's at his best playing a half through the middle, half wider role where he has the freedom to run with the ball from deep and link the midfield and attack. He's not a player who dictates tempo or does simple passes, he runs with it and picks out through passes to the forwards making runs almost as good as anyone in the world.
His crossing was really good as well, not sure what you're on about. Not his fault falcao and Van Persie have been weak and useless in the air or don't put the extra bit of effort to get themselves in the right positions. Di marias crosses were poor vs West Ham but pretty much exactly what you want from your winger every time today.
fair play, can't be arsed re watching anything from that tumescent game other then the goals but from what I remember, most of his crosses seemed dangerous and if we had strikers with better movement or a better leap and not just half hearted attempts, we could have had a few more.4:16 Ball too straight and in front of the defenders
18:02 Too high, looping and easy to defend
19:10 Good cross, tbf
26:14 Shite. No elevation
30:55 Straight into Trippier's legs
46:56 Mis-kicked it about 30 yards into the sky
47:24 Cross for the goal. Good
65:22 Shite. Along the ground into about 3 defenders
75:32 We had 3vs2 and he missed them all
86:19 Counter-attack with Wilson storming into the box. Completely fluffed his lines. Certain goal if he'd found him. Couldn't even beat the first man.
2 good crosses.
I can't believe I just rewatched all of that. I'm wasting my life.
4 goals and 9 assists, not bad going at all in his 6 months.
That outside the boot cross still ended up being a really dangerous cross that the defender did well to clear without scoring an own goal. He is really one footed though which is why he went with the outside of the boot instead of doing a normal right footed one, and it's a bit annoying at times but he's always been really one footed and does a fair bit of rabonas instead of just using his weaker foot.
4:16 Ball too straight and in front of the defenders
18:02 Too high, looping and easy to defend
19:10 Good cross, tbf
26:14 Shite. No elevation
30:55 Straight into Trippier's legs
46:56 Mis-kicked it about 30 yards into the sky
47:24 Cross for the goal. Good
65:22 Shite. Along the ground into about 3 defenders
75:32 We had 3vs2 and he missed them all
86:19 Counter-attack with Wilson storming into the box. Completely fluffed his lines. Certain goal if he'd found him. Couldn't even beat the first man.
2 good crosses.
I can't believe I just rewatched all of that. I'm wasting my life.
Hard to believe that some people are criticising him for last night, I have no idea what such people expect from him.
We need to see more of this from him and the team in general. The pass from Herrera and subsequent run into the box from AdM was much more aggressive than what we've seen recently.Just a shimmy of the hips and he's burned past them at full speed. Great fun to watch.
In a dysfunctional team his performance yesterday was more than good enough.consistent well played football matches. he didn't have a great match he had a very good second half , 45 mins of good football in the last few matches isn't good enough.
His decision making let him down again. At one point he had three United players in the box against one defender, and for some reason tried to corss the ball with the outside of his foot when the angle he was running at meant he didn't have to. I seriously can't believe how stupid he is at times...he's worse than Nani when it comes to stuff like that.
On the other hand he managed to be our best player in spite of this.
Him and Januzaj would be good playing from either side as wide players in support of the front man. Pity we have a maniacle spanner as a manager. He'll drop one of them soon so he can carry on playing some kind of unworkable formation.
His decision making let him down again. At one point he had three United players in the box against one defender, and for some reason tried to corss the ball with the outside of his foot when the angle he was running at meant he didn't have to. I seriously can't believe how stupid he is at times...he's worse than Nani when it comes to stuff like that.
On the other hand he managed to be our best player in spite of this.
Him and Januzaj would be good playing from either side as wide players in support of the front man. Pity we have a maniacle spanner as a manager. He'll drop one of them soon so he can carry on playing some kind of unworkable formation.
Sometimes playing the ball with the outside of the boot is the most natural thing you can do in a position, (when your avoiding using your weaker foot). Haven't seen the incident, but it doesn't neccesarily mean he was trying to be flash.
It was a decent enough cross. Kind of bugs when people are so one footed they use the outside of their foot in a really flashy way (think Quaresma) but curling the ball with the outside of your foot is a legitimate technique in football and he actually delivered a dangerous cross. A lot better than some of the crosses he hit with his instep anyway!
EDIT: 05:10s on the video above
Can't watch youtube videos at work so I'll have another look later. I seem to remember him having enough time to basically cross it however he wanted to. I wouldn't consider a decent cross to be one that misses all of your own team mates and finds a defender though...especially not when your team mates outnumber the defenders and aren't even being marked by anyone. That goes down as a fecked up chance.
In fact, it flew over Wilson's head and he was in front of the defender who cleared it. So yeah, piss poor cross.
I don't. I've just watched it and our players outnumbered Burnley's. Wilson was in front of his man and would have had a scoring chance if the ball hadn't been put over his head, and no one else was being properly picked up. It should have ended in a goal. It's as simple as really. The defender did well in a desperate situation but he shouldn't have been given the chance to clear it.Why do you constantly make stuff up to back up wildly exaggerated points?
There were three United players in the box. Wilson was being well marked and their second defender split the remaining two players and made an excellent clearance. Good defending.