Should be nicknamed the fireman, always available and goes around putting out fires. And yes you're allowed to imagine him in the uniform, but no you're not allowed to say anything about his pole.
17
Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 29
- Clean sheets
- 9
- Goals
- 2
- Assists
- 3
- Yellow cards
- 4
MOTM for me. A metronome. A balancing weight to the whole team.
Oh shit we've got a midfield.
Oh shit we've got a midfield.
Liked what I saw but will wait until we meet a more testing team to make a more defined conclusion. He was calm and kept it simple but that's the magic of the role and he played it perfectly.
Encouraging stuff from him today, definitely an upgrade from Fletcher and Cleverley. Even though he's just moved to a more competitive league and joined a massive club, he just got in there and it was business as usual. We need players with this mentality.
Performances like this one is what earned him the "player of the year" award in the Eredivisie. He links the defense with the midfield, controls the tempo through his passing and provides cover for the two box to box midfielders in front of him with his off the ball movement, a metronome in the middle of the pitch.
I really liked how alert he was when QPR tried to press and get back in the game early in the second half. He tried to get on the ball as many times as possible and helped us slow things down and kill the game off.
I really hope he becomes an integral part of LvG's team, it's a good feeling to know that there is someone able to do Carrick's work on the pitch when the latter isn't available.
Performances like this one is what earned him the "player of the year" award in the Eredivisie. He links the defense with the midfield, controls the tempo through his passing and provides cover for the two box to box midfielders in front of him with his off the ball movement, a metronome in the middle of the pitch.
I really liked how alert he was when QPR tried to press and get back in the game early in the second half. He tried to get on the ball as many times as possible and helped us slow things down and kill the game off.
I really hope he becomes an integral part of LvG's team, it's a good feeling to know that there is someone able to do Carrick's work on the pitch when the latter isn't available.
Hiss tackling, pressing, composure, saving dodgy situations for other players.
A beautiful debut.
A beautiful debut.
Really liked what i saw from him today, didn't display the same level of passing as carrick, but got stuck in and spread the ball around calmly. Good debut.
Are you Jamie Redknapp?
I'm literally not Jamie Redknapp, I promise.
Very similar to Busquets. I love the way he brushes the ball, has a perfect weight to his passes.
I was literally reading your post as Jamie said basically the same thing on SS.
Beautiful man with wonderful hair. He is the perfect sitting player for herrera and Di Maria
Did not put a foot wrong.
Fluid performance, only 1 gripe was how he covered for other players. He was too close and therefore closing his options to cover other players. Kranjar's shot a good case in point.
Played like he's been here for years! Absolute bargain signing
Top class player. He looks so classy.
Left footers look really elegant. He's no exception
Haha, oh dear. I shall console myself in the knowledge that people don't say 'retarded minds think alike' so we must both be pretty great.
Perfect game for his debut, an easy game for him. Even so I was impressed. His weight of pass and awareness around him both in terms of passing and positionally defensive wise looks excellent. I think a few days ago a Dutchman, may have been Kluivert saying he brings great balance to a side, and from his debut I can see signs of this being very true.
Although the performance was a vast improvement on our play of recent times, and the result excellent, I think there is far much more to come, and the midfield 3 of Blind, Herrera and DiMaria could be excellent
Although the performance was a vast improvement on our play of recent times, and the result excellent, I think there is far much more to come, and the midfield 3 of Blind, Herrera and DiMaria could be excellent
I have no idea how will Fletcher get anywhere near the team with him being fit and when Carrick returns(I am guessing van Gaal will want to give him game time from time to time). Good debut, what I like about him is his obvious intelligence and quick passing, reminds me of young Carrick.
Looked already comfortably at home in his first outing for us and might actually make it really hard for Carrick to get back into the team. Quality performance from him today.
Unless he drops a major bollock, I don't see Carrick displacing him when he is fit.
I thought he was excellent today. Looks like exactly what our midfield has been missing over the past few seasons. That said, it would be interesting to see how he does against a team that will press us higher up the pitch. I don't expect him to have as much time on the ball as he did today.
So impressed by Blind today, great performance in front of the defense. I hope he is kept there and perfects the position. I haven't felt as comfortable as I did today with a United defensive midfielder in years, especially when we get any kind of pressure.
He showed exactly why I was adament that having bought Ander, we just needed someone responsible and not too fancy like Blind to come in and play the more defensive role and bring out the best in our new Spanish midfielder. It gives more balance than the likes of Vidal who wants to attack just as much if not more than Ander.
Granted I didnt mention signing Di Maria as well
Thats working out a treat
Granted I didnt mention signing Di Maria as well
Thats working out a treatHe actually gets my vote for MotM.. He kept the ball moving, and comtrolled the midfield. At the start of the 2nd half QPR were man marking him with attackers for a while and I noticed how sloppy we became in possession and kept getting caught out..
Sums it up, which is exactly what you want from someone in that position.
Tackled well, passed accurately and was disciplined positionally. That's what his role was and he played it pretty much perfectly - albeit sterner tests are to come.
Thought he did very well. Blind and Herrera looked on the same wavelength already.
Great performance.
You could tell that he underestimated the strength of some players - tackled a couple of players and bounced straight off them.
You could tell that he underestimated the strength of some players - tackled a couple of players and bounced straight off them.
Masterclass performance against admittedly inept opposition. Still, he's provided what van Gaal has eluded to in the past few weeks; an option in the build-up play and someone to quicken the tempo and offer a platform for di Maria, Herrera, etc to thrive. If I have one criticism of his performance, it is being out-muscled in 50/50's when he has been in good positions to win it, but he was the metronome in midfield and his awareness of players around him was exceptional considering he was playing with new teammates. 8/10.
Excellent debut and looks a steal at 14m. Not surprising that someone schooled at Ajax is so comfortable in the opening phases of play working out of defence.
He was very tidy today, but he has pretty much 0% pressure on him all game. They never tried to shut him down or mark him properly, so he could run the game as he pleased.
Overall though he did a good job.
Overall though he did a good job.
But that is the beauty... if he is better than Carrick great for United, and knowing Carrick is there finally gives us some depth. I have no issue who LvG picks between these two, both are very smart efficient players. Bliind has more mobility and I think Carrick has some exp and other strengths.
Bring it on ...
!!He did very well and impressed me but we need to stay real, it was QPR sitting deep not pressing much away from home, one of the easiest games this season. Arry will always play like this I can see some other sides press us higher even Burnley did that.. so must wait but was promising and the formation was a good upgrade on 5-3-2 it was basically 4-1-3-2 the central CB was pushed higher up the pitch and this role looks to be his best..
I remember kliuvert before the game started, he said blind is one of the most tactically intelligent players VG brought in, I do not ever once remember him giving the ball away.
Any other game he'd of been my man of the match, his willingness to take the ball from his defenders and move it forward was brilliant. For me he was key in allowing Di Maria to just play his game, carrying on like this and he'll be the bargain of the season.
Look what happens when we have an actual honest to god midfield!
Caf>saf>moyes
Caf>saf>moyes
Quietely impressed with blinds compatability with Herrera, he has very good distribution and very tidy use of the ball, while I am clear in understanding this was only qpr, its not impossible to imagine these two forming a formidable MF 2. And his 25-30 yarder wernt too bad either
Good debut. Kept it simple and let others shine.
Who was the guy who kept saying he was 5th choice when we signed him?
He's fecking first choice now!
He's fecking first choice now!
Same, thought he was fantastic today,unlucky not to score too.