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2014-15 Performances

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6.2 Season Average Rating
Appearances
29
Clean sheets
9
Goals
2
Assists
3
Yellow cards
4
a 4231 would be interesting for big games if we brought in someone like Reus, although it would mean a lot of good players get benched.

----Blind-Carrick
Reus---Rooney--Di Maria
----------RVP
 
Trizy said:
a 4231 would be interesting for big games if we brought in someone like Reus, although it would mean a lot of good players get benched.

----Blind-Carrick
Reus---Rooney--Di Maria
----------RVP
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With our luck to injuries we would do just fine with a little bit of Fergie's rotation.
 
Interesting how people say if we had a formation with Mata, Rooney, Falcao, RVP and Di Maria in it, that formation would necessarily be too attacking and unbalanced. Yet a formation with both Blind and Carrick in midfield would be too defensive. But if you put them together and form a hybrid - OK so you really do have to drop one of the attacking players, but if you have Carrick and Blind with Di Maria, Rooney and Mata ahead of them and either RVP or Falcao up front - is that still too defensive? Is it lacking creativity? Carrick is very creative from deep, Blind passes the ball well and can link defense with attack better than anyone else except the guy standing next to him. Seems pretty balanced to me.
 
Kinda similar to Carrick so would rather have Herrera or Fellaini
 
He greatly impressed me before his injury, does a lot of things that go unnoticed but he makes a big difference. Get him, Rojo and Di Maria back and we'll be in much better shape.
 
His distribution is good, not nearly the passing range of Carrick but he can also but in a long ball, he thinks (not always acts) forwardswise, not likely to lose the ball unneccesarily, can play under pressure, is mobile, knows when to attack, tactically sound, has positional awareness with his blocks/interceptions and can bring the ball from behind, he is exactly what we need. He was playing excellent from day 1, in a new league, after a tiring season and in an unbalanced team, if we give him time, he'll certainly be good enough for United. Need him back.
 
When is this guy back?
He is my favourite player and I really do think we are missing him especially when our defenders begin their sideways/backward (to De Gea) passing.
 
sunama said:
When is this guy back?
He is my favourite player and I really do think we are missing him especially when our defenders begin their sideways/backward (to De Gea) passing.
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Back in training this week and a possibility to travel for the FA Cup tie.
 
We have missed him, not a coincidence we haven't stood up to any decent team in midfield since he was injured. The reason? Carrick, good as he is, can't handle pressing.
 
I like how he makes himself available for a pass and how he tries to keep the ball forward and not backpass it. These are simple aspects of football that have a big impact on the fluidity of the game.
 
I think our lineup will be this once he gets back:

--------------RVP/Falcao-------
-----DiMaria--------------------
------Rooney--Herrera/Mata--
Shaw------Blind--------Rafael-
---Jones-Carrick-Smalling-----
 
Really looking forward to seeing him and Carrick line up together.

Could anyone that's there live today please keep an eye on them and report any off the ball communication and interchanges between them that TV will miss please? Intrigued to see how they manage the situations they face today.

Ultimate flexibility with these 2 involved.
 
Really glad he's back, hopefully he will continue to take the ball out from the back rather than the defenders looking for 50 yard balls all game.
 
Interesting that Van Gaal didn't pussyfoot around and put him straight back in the team. Usually with other players his "philosophy" would dictate that he'd give a returning player 20 odd mins as a sub first before putting him in the starting 11.

Must rate him very highly.
 
Ole's_toe_poke said:
Interesting that Van Gaal didn't pussyfoot around and put him straight back in the team. Usually with other players his "philosophy" would dictate that he'd give a returning player 20 odd mins as a sub first before putting him in the starting 11.

Must rate him very highly.
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I think this is definitely the case. He may be a bit rusty after a decent lay-off but hopefully he gets through and does well.
 
Ole's_toe_poke said:
Interesting that Van Gaal didn't pussyfoot around and put him straigh back in the team. Usually with other players his "philosophy" would dictate that he'd give a returning player 20 odd mins as a sub first before putting him in the starting 11.

Must rate him very highly.
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Yes, He's crucial to orchestrating play from the back. His absence has been exposed by the lack of ball playing defenders. I'd expect there will be a lot more fluency to our play back to front, when he's in midfield, and not covering left back. The only thing is minutes on the pitch to get up to speed, or lack of....
 
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Man Utd 0:1 Southampton
Ole's_toe_poke said:
Interesting that Van Gaal didn't pussyfoot around and put him straight back in the team. Usually with other players his "philosophy" would dictate that he'd give a returning player 20 odd mins as a sub first before putting him in the starting 11.

Must rate him very highly.
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Weird that Rojo not playing.
 
Castia said:
Really glad he's back, hopefully he will continue to take the ball out from the back rather than the defenders looking for 50 yard balls all game.
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Tbf, Blind is one of the few who can hit a pinpoint 50 yard pass.
 
He loks miles off the pace. Bizzare decison to start him tbh.
 
Still looks injured, but calm on the ball. For that reason alone prefer him over Evans (or at least the Evans we've seen in recent games).
 
Apart from at the very start where he lost out massively to pace, I thought he looked fine. Took out some good positions defensively too, covering space that others might not have. Plus, we're actually distributing from a back 3, the hell?

Am I missing something?
 
I've only seen the second half, but he was the only bright spot I tought.
 
I don't get the point in starting him as a third centre back. Why not just play him in midfield and ditch having the extra defender?

Sorta calls BS on LvG's policy of introducing players back into the team after injury when he plays 90 minutes after 2 months out.
 
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