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Confidence you'd think.One thing I can't understand is why he isn't putting crosses in.. he did it often in the youth teams, he does it occasionally now and almost every time somethings happening? Why has he stopped? Why isn't he running at his the full-back? Why does he always just pass it inside to Matic? Is he scared? Makes no sense to me when I think of the player and person I "used to know".
One thing I can't understand is why he isn't putting crosses in.. he did it often in the youth teams, he does it occasionally now and almost every time somethings happening? Why has he stopped? Why isn't he running at his the full-back? Why does he always just pass it inside to Matic? Is he scared? Makes no sense to me when I think of the player and person I "used to know".
It’s confidence, when more senior players like Mata, Van de Beek, Matic are waiting around the edge of the box he seems to opt to cut back than aim for one man in the box being Ighalo, better movement would help him too.
It's coachingIt's because he can't get the space in the seniors to get it back onto his strong foot. I don't see how he can continue to be a right back if he can't rectify this. He's completely nulified as an attacking force.
It's coaching
All our full backs do this.
Every single one of them. They are blatantly coached NOT to cross the ball because we only ever have one guy in the box and they're usually zero threat in the air (or from crosses in general) anyway.
Can someone explain to me based on what evidence posters here keep saying that he’ll be our RB back up once we sign a new LB? Based on team selections Ole seems to prefer TFM there. Crystal Palace game being one example where he could have started as RB but didn’t.
Can someone explain to me based on what evidence posters here keep saying that he’ll be our RB back up once we sign a new LB? Based on team selections Ole seems to prefer TFM there. Crystal Palace game being one example where he could have started as RB but didn’t.
https://www.si.com/.amp-manchesteru...on-williams-role-if-man-united-sign-left-back
Theres evidence and its just common sense. He would be a lot better and a lot more confident on the right.
I mean duuuuh. Our coaching staff has to see it too.
I think he is already better than AWB.
Already better than AWB? Seriously,? Like always we tend to overrate our youth players, but still this is laughable.
One-two bad games and AWB becomes championshop level? Classical football forum nonsense.
This is what worries me about Ole.I felt against Brighton in particular - while his workrate was top notch, his quality on the ball and positional awareness we're shocking at best.
He just is not cut out to be our starting LB. Back up at best - and thats only due to his workrate and determination to help the team.
Against Brighton - he completely wiped out any threat we had from the left due to his inability to work the flanks properly. He had acres of space regularly and he always, without fail stopped moving forward, cut back in on his right foot and played a simple pass backwards or forwards. So predictable and easy to defend. Also makes our shape a bit mis-jointed as we have no balance without a LB.
People are slamming Dan James, who admittedly didnt have his best game, but in part Williams offered him nothing. You could count on one hand the amount of times Williams tried to attack and link up with James - it was non-existant.
For anyone out there who thinks Williams is better than Shaw - your very much mistaken, Seen a comment earlier that Williams should start ahead of AWB cos he's miles better? Delusional comments
Williams can play a part in our squad - the lads a grafter and with his mentality i'm sure he will get better over time but a starter he isn't
This is what worries me about Ole.
Williams and McTominnay are not first team players for me its even debatable for them to be bench options.
Williams is supposed to be good on the right so am yet to see him play there. McTominnay is not just good at what he is meant to be doing. Not good as a defensive midfielder.
Infact McTominnay and Williams remind me of Van Gaal players Paddy McNair and Tyler Blackett. Not good enough at this level. Sell them while they retain some value.
It's coaching
All our full backs do this.
Every single one of them. They are blatantly coached NOT to cross the ball because we only ever have one guy in the box and they're usually zero threat in the air (or from crosses in general) anyway.
My understanding of events:
- Williams is a decent prospect at RB, but second choice in his age bracket to Laird.
- Due to a spot in the youth team, Williams is shifted to LB to give him game time.
- First team injuries means a chance opens at LB for Williams to play.
- Williams impresses.
- United offer Williams a first team contract.
- United realise that Williams isn’t of the sufficient standard and his right-footedness is unlikely to see him be good enough long term.
- United are set to sign Telles to strengthen at LB.
- Williams is now on relatively high wages, especially given there’s uncertainty that he’s even the best choice to be AWB’s young deputy with Laird still at the club.
- Williams is set to be pushed out on loan.
Not got a clue why we’d ditch Williams and Dalot before TFM but there you go.
Surely Williams will be backup RB to AWB?
A loan move to somebody like Southampton to propel a £15-20m move next summer with some add-ons and/or sell-on clauses would be absolutely perfect. We’d never do that, though.
I see things like this asked often.
Who do you think is better out of Rojo and Jones? Depending on the answer, if we got an offer for the other one, would you propose rejecting it on the premise that you have some sort of order of preference they go in? It makes no difference. TFM was linked to Roma last week, that deal didn’t happen. If a club came and offered us good money for him, it is very likely it would be accepted. If they don’t, he cannot go anywhere.
Do you think we have ‘chosen to get rid of Smalling before Jones?’
But we can’t get rid of all our full backs can we. Letting Williams go makes zero sense regardless of what happens with TFM because he’s simply a better player. Jones and Rojo are like what 5th-6th choice CB’s?
If AWB gets injured one of these guys will play. If Maguire gets injured you still won’t see Rojo anywhere near the starting 11.
The problem is, as I illustrated, that it has dawned on the club that Williams isn't that great and literally nobody at all 12 months ago thought Williams is better than Laird at right back. United did what they did with the manager and got overexcited by someone performing a caretaker role and then offering them a disproportionate contract for a role they probably aren't competent to fulfil long term.But we can’t get rid of all our full backs can we. Letting Williams go makes zero sense regardless of what happens with TFM because he’s simply a better player. Jones and Rojo are like what 5th-6th choice CB’s?
If AWB gets injured one of these guys will play. If Maguire gets injured you still won’t see Rojo anywhere near the starting 11.
Oh god, we're going to see Mensah as cover for AWB. How exciting.
This is the kind of mentality which sees us accumulating deadwood we struggle to shift. Williams isn't a first-team player and probably never will be, honestly a team like Southampton is probably his level.But we can’t get rid of all our full backs can we. Letting Williams go makes zero sense regardless of what happens with TFM because he’s simply a better player. Jones and Rojo are like what 5th-6th choice CB’s?
If AWB gets injured one of these guys will play. If Maguire gets injured you still won’t see Rojo anywhere near the starting 11.
