His positioning was poor today, he was much more deeper against QPR yet was too far forward today.
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 29
- Clean sheets
- 9
- Goals
- 2
- Assists
- 3
- Yellow cards
- 4
Shouldn't be used as a scapegoat. He was quality today and one of our best players. You can't win games with that quality behind you. We need defenders and that's nothing to do with Blind....
Wasn't very good defensively. Will improve though. The QPR game was always difficult to judge him on.
Pace and physicality is something that concerned me when we signed him, our midfield has quality on the ball but is still prone to being bullied physically and he wont fix that, nor will the mythical return of Carrick.
no shield to defense 5 goals conceded what else to say, all match we were vulnerable. he should help more. maybe he is good playmaker but not when you need suport the back line much. we should go for cattermole
Really poor today, lacking in presence and athleticism. He can't be our first choice number 6, need a similar player but more of a powerhouse.
Wouldn't read too much in to his performance today defensively. There's no leadership in that defence and plenty of players making individual errors, gonna be hard for anyone sitting in front of that especially when he doesn't really know any of the players. Still positive on the ball though which is good.
We lost our shape completely after the penalty. Before that he was doing fine.
Think you'll find that the common concensus on Blind is that he won't offer much physicality. And thats fine when you have other players who can put that kind of shift in instead. We don't have those players which is where we came undone. Blind was fine today. I don't see much point in blaming him for lacking the qualities it was so obvious he didn't have before we signed him.
Not convinced at all.
I preferred De Jong at the time tbh. He's not as well rounded but he's brilliant at just protecting the back 4.
Doesn't help that Smalling is jumping on his back constantly.
Agree ... he was actually playing very well
Guys like De Jong and Mascherano are ball magnets.. when the chips are down, you need these type of bastards in your team. Anyone who has played 11 aside, probably knows a dirty fecker like that in their team who does the ugly stuff but is like the spine of the team when the shit hits the fan. See Arsenal...
I actually disagree, he won the ball 8 times today with interceptions, 2 tackles and came back to bail out the defence from crosses several times hence he made 6 clearances from his own box.
Overall the job was too much for one person, although he wasnt the only one trying. Ander won the ball back plenty as well.
Leicester just had so many attacks that even if our midfielders were breaking up play a lot, they still had plenty of others that led to shots
Overall the job was too much for one person, although he wasnt the only one trying. Ander won the ball back plenty as well.
Leicester just had so many attacks that even if our midfielders were breaking up play a lot, they still had plenty of others that led to shots
I have not much faith in how we set up today, with Herrera to much on the right hand side we were to easy to pass through in midfield. If we started like against QPR we would be far more solid and balanced. It was far to difficult for Blind, but he did well all things considered.
I was enchanted by him after QPR's game. But today... 
I said last week that he reminded me of Carrick, for all the right reasons. This week, he's done the same, but for all the wrong reasons.
All but one of their goals came from longballs or wing play, nothing to do with Blind at all.
I thought he was good again. Not perfect, mind you. He isn't winning enough of the big duels in the middle of the park. Our midfield is miles better than it was last season, for sure, but we need to work on our shape and discipline a bit. ADM is very attack minded and I feel like Herrera is moving further up the pitch at times than he probably should. Anyway, can't really blame Blind for our collapse.
Had a tough game today. But this was a big test for some of our new guys. Away games in the Premier League can be like a bear pit, and he will learn from this and improve I'm sure.
Thought he was fine. Just had too much on his plate. Doesn't help when the lads behind you are utterly clueless cowards.
Think he's a great addition. Composed on the ball, technically very good and moves the ball around well. Would like to see him be a bit more combative, but does he have that in his game?
He brings the same problems as Carrick for me. I saw him chasing the play at times today and he doesn't offer much of a physical presence. We've been seriously lacking a combative midfielder for sometime now and personally it is what I want offered from my DM. If you are going to go for the Blind/Carrick type DM then you need an energetic combative box to box player which we don't have either.
Blind was fine today. He was firefighting all over the pitch, and can't do it alone.
Shocking that some are looking to blame him today! I know some on here are eager to replace Cleverley as our scapegoat but to blame him is laughable.
Goal 1: do you expect him to play in defense?
Goal 2: do you think he should have been running in so Rafael didnt have to make a tackle? Was a dive anyway.
Goal 3: Dont know what he could have done better - maybe get closer to the player at the edge of our box for the cross/shot?
Goal 4: couldnt make up that kind of ground when it was a poor mistake from Rojo/Mata
Goal 5: ???
Unless you all think he was supposed to play in defense i really don't understand how he can be blamed, in fact he covered for both Evans/Smalling/Blackett/Rojo whenever they were dragged out of position - which happened a hell of a lot. He and Herrera controlled the game up till that brain fart from the ref, unless you want to blame two newcomers for not controlling the game after they got momentum.
Goal 1: do you expect him to play in defense?
Goal 2: do you think he should have been running in so Rafael didnt have to make a tackle? Was a dive anyway.
Goal 3: Dont know what he could have done better - maybe get closer to the player at the edge of our box for the cross/shot?
Goal 4: couldnt make up that kind of ground when it was a poor mistake from Rojo/Mata
Goal 5: ???
Unless you all think he was supposed to play in defense i really don't understand how he can be blamed, in fact he covered for both Evans/Smalling/Blackett/Rojo whenever they were dragged out of position - which happened a hell of a lot. He and Herrera controlled the game up till that brain fart from the ref, unless you want to blame two newcomers for not controlling the game after they got momentum.
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Especially when the back four are constantly getting dragged out of position, meaning he has to drop in, creating space in midfield for them to run into.
Good post, most people just love jumping on a player without any solid basis
And as you pointed out those stats show he had a very good match
This game was alot more difficult for him than QPR where he had alot of time on the ball. They put Nugent on him to stop him distributing it out of defence but I think he dealt with it well enough. He's had a proper taste of what the PL is about today in a physical sense. Like many posters have said already, its not his job alone to defend the back 4 and we need to find a formula where we can defend as a unit and that will only come the more this team plays together.
One bloke can't protect an entire back four. He did pretty well for the most part.
Finally, someone who doesn't just give their opinion for the sake of giving their opinion. Thanks for squaring up the statistics on his performance.
Agree. Our shape disintegrated after that. All over the place. If Blinds playing in there it is his job to sort that out. I still think it's harsh blaming him like some have done and it's only his second game to be fair.
Was a much tougher test for him today but I thought he played well enough.
He was alright. Far from our worst performer, but nowhere near as impressive as against QPR.
No one's blaming him for the defeat. Just pointing out that he seems to have obvious flaws to his game, that coincide with the flaws we, as a team, already have.
Their chances came from long balls over the top effectively cutting him out of the game, can't be blamed at all.
He looks far too small to play this role.
I thought he was good at covering for our defenders, but we simply need another midfielder doing a similar job - Di Maria and Herrera are having to help the fullbacks. Remove a striker and get someone in beside him.
I think we'd see every other team in the league struggle by playing such an attacking line-up.
I think we'd see every other team in the league struggle by playing such an attacking line-up.
He did what was expected of him and after Di Maria he was our best player today.
When the team wins 4-0 everyone looks great, when the team loses 5-3 then you know the defenders on both sides had a shocker.
Blind did ok today, i don't think he should be the one gluing everything together in only his second game for United.
Blind did ok today, i don't think he should be the one gluing everything together in only his second game for United.