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2014-15 Performances

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5.7 Season Average Rating
Appearances
32
Goals
4
Assists
13
Yellow cards
3
Red cards
1
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He is under immense pressure and for all the talent that he has, doesn't strike me as the sort of person who handles pressure well. You can see how desperate he was last night to prove himself. Great player but he's nothing like, say, a Ronaldo, doesn't work as hard and is nowhere near as determined. Mental strength seems to be his greatest weakness.

I really wish we could have recalled Nani in the winter transfer window if there was ever an option, we really could have used him last night as Young was totally ineffective on the left. Nani and AdM on the wings in a 433 could give him more space so that he is no longer the team's only source of creativity and threat, a responsibility that he often struggles with.
 
I thought an extra yellow (or was it straight red?) for that was harsh. It didn't seem aggressive, just a little tug to get his attention.

In terms of performance levels, I thought he was immensely better last night that the utter dross he's been for a good few weeks now, albeit there were still issues.
I would dare to hope that he can carry on that improvement - except is there a likelihood he's going to get an extended ban as an example?
 
Everywhere I look I see the red card has totally changed how his performance prior to that incident was seen yesterday. Taking away the red card, his performance was much better than what we've seen recently, he created the goal with as good a cross as you'll see, made a fantastic run where he was unlucky not to score moments before Valencia gifted them the winner, and had two good crosses for Fellaini in the first half. Now people are saying they're glad he's banned for Spurs because he's so shit. Some say he isn't even trying. Yes, he fecked up on the red card, but his general play was much better, he seems to be the player that creates the most every time I watch our dire performances, but people seem happy to get on his back. He can do much better of course, but we should get behind him.
 
amolbhatia100 said:
We had two players do daft things yestwrday - Valencia and di Maria. Shit happens sadly in football. I hope they both become stronger due to it. But I'm not going to single out one of them out because he happens to be a top player WE paid huge money for.
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Why is Smalling getting a pass on his role on the first goal?
 
darko said:
Why is Smalling getting a pass on his role on the first goal?
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First goal was more Valencia and blind then smalling. Valencia first of all moved out of position completely, but then put in a terrible attempt at a tackle, same with blind. That's the reason chamberlain was allowed to get that far in the first place. Smalling was dragged out of position but it was a consequence of blind and Valencia's role in that play. Also Valencia obviously had the back pass which is why he is rightly getting criticised more.
 
bosnian_red said:
First goal was more Valencia and blind then smalling. Valencia first of all moved out of position completely, but then put in a terrible attempt at a tackle, same with blind. That's the reason chamberlain was allowed to get that far in the first place. Smalling was dragged out of position but it was a consequence of blind and Valencia's role in that play. Also Valencia obviously had the back pass which is why he is rightly getting criticised more.
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Smalling was covering Valencia yes, he had Monreal with him, then he completely left him alone and moved centrally. Whilst he did that, he didn't communicate to anyone that Monreal was free. Either he stays with Monreal or he communicates to Di Maria to pick him up. Di Maria also should have seen it, but he was ball watching (he did actually track back) but then wasn't paying attention. They are all at fault.
 
bosnian_red said:
First goal was more Valencia and blind then smalling. Valencia first of all moved out of position completely, but then put in a terrible attempt at a tackle, same with blind. That's the reason chamberlain was allowed to get that far in the first place. Smalling was dragged out of position but it was a consequence of blind and Valencia's role in that play. Also Valencia obviously had the back pass which is why he is rightly getting criticised more.
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Valencia covered for Smalling who was out of position. Not that I fault Smalling for tracking his player out to RB. but once there, Valencia did the right thing and covered for him. That means Smalling should have stayed at RB and was responsible for Monreal. Fortunately, football isn't netball and is a fluid game where players must be able to cover for each other.
 
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bosnian_red said:
First goal was more Valencia and blind then smalling. Valencia first of all moved out of position completely, but then put in a terrible attempt at a tackle, same with blind. That's the reason chamberlain was allowed to get that far in the first place. Smalling was dragged out of position but it was a consequence of blind and Valencia's role in that play. Also Valencia obviously had the back pass which is why he is rightly getting criticised more.
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Astonishing you can blame three different United players without even mentioning the main culprit. The bloke who was standing fecking watching when the player he was supposed to be marking strolled into the box and scored an easy goal.
 
.Rossi said:
What I love about this is, if it's true, did he not think to ask Ronaldo, Modric, Aguero and various others what Manchester/England is like?!

All about those £ signs
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He was probably too ugly to even consider asking that kind of question.
 
RuudTom83 said:
Why would he spend 4 million on a house in Manchester!

That is the a daily mail gossip colum story to fill a few pages.
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His house is actually worth £4m it is not a gossip story, a lot of media outlets are carrying the story not just the DM, his wife isn't comfortable anymore
 
We should be able to break even on him in the summer anyway. I'm sure there is a club out there willing pay £60million because he is a quality player. Maybe if PSG fail to get to deep stages of the CL again, they might want to splash the cash on him, Straight swap plus cash for Cavani perhaps?
 
RuudTom83 said:
Why would he spend 4 million on a house in Manchester!

That is the a daily mail gossip colum story to fill a few pages.
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It's in Prestbury and that's probably around average for the area.

Believe it or not there is more to Manchester than the 2 mile radius around Piccadilly station.
 
i really don't want him to leave just yet, but i guess he has to do what he has to do, although i must admit - going into another window with a £100m+ in search of quality players is quite exciting, we don't have to build a team to accommodate ADM anymore, we could just get the right players in this time.... i hope.
 
Pogue Mahone said:
Astonishing you can blame three different United players without even mentioning the main culprit. The bloke who was standing fecking watching when the player he was supposed to be marking strolled into the box and scored an easy goal.
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Oh he was at fault for sure too, I was answering the guy who was saying smalling should get more blame I think.
 
What is wrong with people, even I would marry Di María if that meant I could sit on a £4m house doing nothing all day. Is it that harder for an heterosexual woman who presumably loves him?
 
Take a look, Smalling runs by Monreal. He glanced at DiMaria, but I don't think he said anything to him. Di Maria on the hand does not look to his left although I suspect he knew Monreal was there unless he believes Monreal has just magically disappeared. BUT, there was no need for Smalling to leave Monreal and take up a position among all the other players. Therefore, in my opinion Smalling gets the most blame followed by Di Maria and then Blind for a poor play leading up to the pass.

 
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darko said:
Take a look, Smalling runs by Monreal. He glanced at DiMaria, but I don't think he said anything to him. Di Maria on the hand does not look to his left although i suspect he know Monreal was there unless he believes Monreal has just magically disappeared. BUT, there was no need for Smalling to leave Monreal and take up a position among all the other players. Therefore, in my opinion Smalling gets the most blame followed by Di Maria and then Blind for a poor play leading up to the pass.

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Chris Smalling is the one to blame
 
there is plenty of blame to throw around in that goal... poor effort from by Blind, worse from Valencia (the rightback, who should had been on Monreal) with an even shittier tackle... Smalling did what he had to do imo.

Di Maria was really naive not to cover him. He was right there watching all the action so he should have reacted faster instead of standing still.
 
.Rossi said:
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So the missus is homesick and can't find a way to be more supportive of her husband's decision? I'm sorry, but she should have known better. And for the record, Argentina can have a weather is not a welcome gift from God either (i.e. fecking cold in the Southern hemisphere when it would be hot summer in the Northern hemisphere), so she should be happy she is living in a £4M house doing almost nothing (bar perhaps some volunteering at the most) in her days.
 
drdoityourself said:
Everywhere I look I see the red card has totally changed how his performance prior to that incident was seen yesterday. Taking away the red card, his performance was much better than what we've seen recently, he created the goal with as good a cross as you'll see, made a fantastic run where he was unlucky not to score moments before Valencia gifted them the winner, and had two good crosses for Fellaini in the first half. Now people are saying they're glad he's banned for Spurs because he's so shit. Some say he isn't even trying. Yes, he fecked up on the red card, but his general play was much better, he seems to be the player that creates the most every time I watch our dire performances, but people seem happy to get on his back. He can do much better of course, but we should get behind him.
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The only thing I wish to see from him upon his return on the pitch is the mindset of a wounded animal with the only desire of creating havoc in the heart of the opposition's half and succeeding by any means. Anything short of that would become a problem.
 
.Rossi said:
What I love about this is, if it's true, did he not think to ask Ronaldo, Modric, Aguero and various others what Manchester/England is like?!

All about those £ signs
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He wanted to go to PSG, he was holding out half the summer for them, obviously any wife would prefer Paris over Manc, they had the fair play thing going on and couldnt sort out a deal, Real wanted rid of him and his only other option was us, PSG clearly seemed his 1st choice, and wouldnt surprise if he pushes for a move again this summer if his wife wants out.
 
I hate seeing him play on the right. Always cuts inside and runs into traffic. Guess its tactical though since he can cross into the far post more accurately on to Fellaini's 'fro
 
bosnian_red said:
First goal was more Valencia and blind then smalling. Valencia first of all moved out of position completely, but then put in a terrible attempt at a tackle, same with blind. That's the reason chamberlain was allowed to get that far in the first place. Smalling was dragged out of position but it was a consequence of blind and Valencia's role in that play. Also Valencia obviously had the back pass which is why he is rightly getting criticised more.
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First goal was also Di maria not tracking the opposition fullback (the goalscorer) - the job of the winger on any flank. Valencia was out of position but Smalling covered temporarily, Blind failed to tackle as a DM and ADM failed to track his man who scored. That was a team failure for that goal in several areas.
 
BennyBlanco said:
He wanted to go to PSG, he was holding out half the summer for them, obviously any wife would prefer Paris over Manc, they had the fair play thing going on and couldnt sort out a deal, Real wanted rid of him and his only other option was us, PSG clearly seemed his 1st choice, and wouldnt surprise if he pushes for a move again this summer if his wife wants out.
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Wouldn't be surprised either but not sure if PSG have the funds, if he is genuinely unhappy and they are willing to give us mosts of the money back I would not be too disappointed if he left, there is no point keeping him if he isn't happy and can't get back to his best.
 
Roboc7 said:
Wouldn't be surprised either but not sure if PSG have the funds, if he is genuinely unhappy and they are willing to give us mosts of the money back I would not be too disappointed if he left, there is no point keeping him if he isn't happy and can't get back to his best.
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I'd want £55m at the very least. If they can pay £50m for Luiz, then they can pay that for Di Maria. We'd be taking a small hit, but if he genuinely doesn't want to play here, then it would be for the best. Still, any ridiculous offers and I say just keep him.

Personally, I don't want him to leave. I think he'll grow into the PL and be very good next year.
 
How long is he suspended for anyway?
I presume the suspension carries over into the league
 
How long is he suspended for anyway?
I presume the suspension carries over into the league
 
Kakeru said:
So the missus is homesick and can't find a way to be more supportive of her husband's decision? I'm sorry, but she should have known better. And for the record, Argentina can have a weather is not a welcome gift from God either (i.e. fecking cold in the Southern hemisphere when it would be hot summer in the Northern hemisphere), so she should be happy she is living in a £4M house doing almost nothing (bar perhaps some volunteering at the most) in her days.
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Uploading pictures of di Maria on Instagram every day is seems. Slightly obsessive.
 
I just figured selling the house was based on the previous break in.
Pretty understandable that they / she isn't comfortable there after that.
Not like they've been there that long to have many happier associations with the place.

The rest sounds like baseless assumptions / shit stirring


Sorry for double post earlier, internet in work is awful.
 
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