Could never have bought him on . With Pogba getting injured after and if Burnley had scored to make it 2:1 world have been far to risky
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Could never have bought him on . With Pogba getting injured after and if Burnley had scored to make it 2:1 world have been far to risky
I think the opposite. Rashford's was a pointless sub. I get bringing Lingard off but we had options to shift the team around without bringing on Marcus. Young or Felliani could have moved forward for example. Fosu-Mensah, Shaw and Tuanzebe would have been ideal substitutions (in that order).
Think we should give him a chance against Swansea. Assuming Jose wants to rest Carrick for Celta Vigo, due to how limited our midfield options are it looks like either Rooney plays there or Blind moves forward into midfield.
Yep, I think he's playing on Sunday.
Fellaini's red has more or less ensured he'll play v Celta so Carrick can play v Swansea as well.
Fellaini's red has more or less ensured he'll play v Celta so Carrick can play v Swansea as well.
Was hoping he'd be the one to come on for Bailly today.
Ditto above. Don't understand why he didn't get a run out.
I dont think Jose wanted to risk him. He knew the squad was shot and that Swansea were much sharper and fresher and that it was unfair to risk an academy player looking bad in this specific match. (just an assumption).
I think Jose's desperate for a comfortable lead or game so he could play TFM or can play Axel.
And risk another cb?
He is inexperienced and isn't particularly tall from what I see so it's not difficult to see why he wasn't preferred. At least darmian is an experienced defender
Dont know why Jose cant risk it and play him. LvG played rookie defenders like CBJ, McNair,James and they did well. He forgets that thats how Marcus got his chance
Could well be the case and isn't unreasonable in fairness.
Doubt that, would make no sense to or bring on a player just because he's the only one left who can play a position. The earlier would be more realistic.
He shouldn't be played just because he's young or because he's academy player. He's inexperienced, not great in the air and hasn't played in a competitive game with any of those players around him. Throwing him in today's circumstances would've been very risky. Defense is good when it works as a unit. Individual qualities are not all that matters.
Darmian and Blind in CB while he sits on the bench. Time to go to Juventus
If he can´t be trusted even if all our centre-backs are injured, then he should have been sent out on loan. Wasted season for him, just like Fosu-Mensah.
Anyone who thinks fergie should have played Pogba CM the game rafael played there but doesn't think we should play tuanzebe with all these injuries and darmian playing CB ... how do you reconcile that difference in opinion? Is it biased because pogba became so good, rather than actually being good at the time?
Sorry but that's nonsense he is 18/19 and spent my the season training and travelling with the first team.. That's been invaluable
People continue to buy into this Jose didn't trust youngsters myth the way it season is going Jose can only pay the players he had complete faith in and Axel is on the way to getting there but not even close to it yet.
You simply cannot take stupid chances when every game is so vital .. When Axel gets in and he will he will be ready and that's because of this season
It's not a good idea to play him alongside Blind in pair today especially that Swansea wasn't just parking the bus but actually threats to our defense. Darmian is obviously safe option in that kind of situation even though he's not good enough, while Tuanzebe will likely be prone errors compared to Darmian, and Blind isn't Rio or Vidic.
Still hope to see him play next game in back three though.
Still hope to see him play next game in back three though.
Wow, door to him playing is opening wider and wider.
Current available defensive selections:
Current available defensive selections:
Valencia---????---Blind---Young
Subs: Darmian, Carrick?, Tuanzebe, Mourinho.
Darmian could play in all the four positions. I highly doubt Carrick would be deployed there at CB, because of our limited options in midfield, so higher chances Tuanzebe... and Mourinho to play.Subs: Darmian, Carrick?, Tuanzebe, Mourinho.
Agree with those statement. Personally, I want him to play tbh, but I understand it's a big risk to play him against Swansea.
Next game, it's high likely he'll be deployed in a CBs of three, partnering up with Blind and either Carrick/Darmian. That or Fellaini is back in midfield helping the two CBs.
He was a better option than Rafael even at that time. He already made a few eye catching cameos in the league cup
well I think tuanzebe is a better option than darmian now. I'm saying that the two situations are very similar. I watched pogba a few times before that match btw and actually those performances weren't particularly eye catching. He was clearly a talent, thats why we signed him, but it wasn't a certainty that he would be better than rafael as you're suggesting.
Erm, not sure you were close to the situation then. Pogba was the best midfielder we'd seen in the youth setup in a decade, in the previous season had carried us to a great FAYC victory and is, you know, a central midfielder. He'd also played a few times for the first team, and actually looked excellent on the right against someone (can't remember). Rafael had never played in the centre as far as I can remember.
I'm not sure I ever remember seeing so much expectation about a youth player breaking into the first team. Why do you think Juventus signed him ffs?!
Tuanzebe is several levels down from Pogba at the same period. And Darmian is actually a defender.
I don't think your memory is serving you right but maybe you just didn't see in Pogba what other United fans did. I don't get the Rafael comparison unless you're talking in general terms. Pogba was definitely the better option in midfield
How do we think he'll do today at right back?
Probably not the best and then labelled not ready and used as a reason to never be played again.
Arsenal 2:0 Man Utd
Impressive first half.
He's done really well. Should be proud of his debut so far.
Playing well so far. Great chest control on that crossfield pass.
Lad.
Absolutely incredible! Our most comfortable defender today by far.
You can see why there's hype around this lad.....
Along with De Gea probably our most impressive player today.
Jose was so true when he said about realising tuanzbe's potential in 10 minute's. I think he is really good.
Note: As of matter of fact most of our youngsters thrown into first team looks really good in the last two years!!
Note: As of matter of fact most of our youngsters thrown into first team looks really good in the last two years!!
Would like to see him being a bit less reserved but understandable when you have to marked Sanchez and your support is Mata, Jones and Smalling.
Strong half.
Reckon he's been instructed to not bomb forward with Sanchez lurking.
Reckon he's been instructed to not bomb forward with Sanchez lurking.
Didn't really notice he was on the pitch, which I suppose is a good thing.
Good positioning, composure, and powerful. Give him more starts next season and get rid of one of Jones or Smalling
really he had a fairly good half. Other than that run early on, sanchez did nothing off that flank
A very solid start for a young boy and he´s clearly got a lot of talent plus impressive strenght and pace. Glad to see Mourinho give him a chance and Mourinho does not do that a lot so he must be impressed by Tuanzebe.
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