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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 29
- Clean sheets
- 9
- Goals
- 2
- Assists
- 3
- Yellow cards
- 4
Noway!
Think he'll slot into our midfield well. Will help allow Herrera and Di Maria to get into more advanced positions up field to help contribute offensively if we end up with those 3 in midfield (hopefully).
People will moan that we should have gotten a Vidal-like player for us, but I believe Blind will end up being one of the strongest signings this summer.
People will moan that we should have gotten a Vidal-like player for us, but I believe Blind will end up being one of the strongest signings this summer.
Great post!No he wasn't. For the season you're referring to - Marco Reus was the Bundesliga player of the year.
http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=ger/news/newsid=1838840.html for 2011/ 2012.
Kagawa was only a fictional Bundesliga player of the year for shite websites including the ever reliable daily mail :
Not one time but twice. Good job Daily Mail.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...rid--reveals-Jose-Mourinho.html#ixzz3CI7RST8m
As for the rest of the post :
1. Yes he did. His role under De Boer was as a #6 and Blind was excellent. Nothing flashy but the most effective #6s aren't supposed to be flashy. Just look at the best CDM of his generation - Sergio Busquets.
2. Patty Evra is 5'7" and was torn to shreds in his debut appearance. De Gea was a stickinsect when he first arrived at United. But both of them went on to have great careers. I don't think the physicality part will make much of a difference for an intelligent player like Daley when people like Mata or Silva can play at the highest level. And apart from a little lack of pace Blind isn't physically weak.
3. Can I borrow the crystal ball ? Pretty please ?
4. Blind has a great first touch, good awareness, tacticaly astute, technically proficient and has a good passing range bordering on very good at times. He played brilliantly when Ajax faced one of the best pressing teams in modern football Barcelona and beat them, also did really well vs another great hound press team in Dortmund. He'll do the same in the Premier League.
5. About the rest I wouldn't say much because admittedly you've only seen a few matches and youtube videos. It's not a good enough sample size. But even then Blind was one of the revelations of this World Cup - gave 3 assists and scored 1, playing in a mainly LWB and LCB position - not his first choice position anymore. I dunno the last time Cleverley did that TBH. Also his great technique and tactical knowledge was on display throughout the tournament.
Blind will be a good player for United. He may struggle a bit at first but like most intelligent players he'll adapt. If he wasn't then Van Gaal wouldn't have bought him.
Can't wait to see him and Herrera in midfield together! Be so nice to have dynamic midfielders again.
Bloody Lawro was on Irish radio the other day saying we had signed him as competition for Shaw. I mean he was getting paid for uninformed guff.Too lazy and disinterested to do any research. Abysmal work.!
Any of you remember how Blind Sr played on the 90s for Ajax? Lots of description of how Daley Blind played seems similar to how his father played. They played the same position too if I remember correctly.
Not the same position. Blind would be more similar to Frank De Boer who was a LCB/LB with a great passing range.
Probably watched a couple of World Cup games, saw him at left back and just assumed that's where he plays. The press have done the same with Rojo. It is really lazy, you would think that anyone who talks or writes about football professionally would at least take literally 2 minutes to look up the player and read a bit about them. Posters on messageboards put in 50 times more effort just to learn more about players because they're interested, it's embarrassing that people like Lawro don't bother
I do think him and Herrera can form an excellent bond in the middle for us.
Not sure about style of play but I was thinking that having a famous father might have something to do with him being a relatively late bloomer in midfield, he might have been shying away from comparisons by playing in a different position. Could be talking rubbish though as I don't know where he played for Ajax at under age level.
We have needed a sound DM for some time. Daley could well do the business we need right there. Has the right attributes.
Also, a lady I know saw his pic and almost swooned. 'Wasted as a footballer' she reckoned.
Also, a lady I know saw his pic and almost swooned. 'Wasted as a footballer' she reckoned.
Woody will have his transfer fee made back in no time, using him for marketing.
Funnily Enough my missus saw a photo of all the signings on FaceArse and asked who's the one that should be a model. In my muppet haste I said oh that's Falcao " he looks like a coke dealer". She then pointed out our Daley dish!!!
Does anyone else think danny blind looks like Jorah mormont from Game of thrones.??
He's essentially a better looking version of Iniesta but with hair. And he's not half bad with a football either.
OK, I dont expect much anyway, hopefully you are rightsNo he wasn't. For the season you're referring to - Marco Reus was the Bundesliga player of the year.
http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=ger/news/newsid=1838840.html for 2011/ 2012.
Kagawa was only a fictional Bundesliga player of the year for shite websites including the ever reliable daily mail :
Not one time but twice. Good job Daily Mail.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...rid--reveals-Jose-Mourinho.html#ixzz3CI7RST8m
As for the rest of the post :
1. Yes he did. His role under De Boer was as a #6 and Blind was excellent. Nothing flashy but the most effective #6s aren't supposed to be flashy. Just look at the best CDM of his generation - Sergio Busquets.
2. Patty Evra is 5'7" and was torn to shreds in his debut appearance. De Gea was a stickinsect when he first arrived at United. But both of them went on to have great careers. I don't think the physicality part will make much of a difference for an intelligent player like Daley when people like Mata or Silva can play at the highest level. And apart from a little lack of pace Blind isn't physically weak.
3. Can I borrow the crystal ball ? Pretty please ?
4. Blind has a great first touch, good awareness, tacticaly astute, technically proficient and has a good passing range bordering on very good at times. He played brilliantly when Ajax faced one of the best pressing teams in modern football Barcelona and beat them, also did really well vs another great hound press team in Dortmund. He'll do the same in the Premier League.
5. About the rest I wouldn't say much because admittedly you've only seen a few matches and youtube videos. It's not a good enough sample size. But even then Blind was one of the revelations of this World Cup - gave 3 assists and scored 1, playing in a mainly LWB and LCB position - not his first choice position anymore. I dunno the last time Cleverley did that TBH. Also his great technique and tactical knowledge was on display throughout the tournament.
Blind will be a good player for United. He may struggle a bit at first but like most intelligent players he'll adapt. If he wasn't then Van Gaal wouldn't have bought him.
Watched this and I was dismayed. It's like no one did any research at all. Just showed up to the studio and straight on TV.
Did the same on BT sport and sky. Really highlights just how professional the professional presenters are really doesn't it! He should be playing tonight shouldn't he?
I loved his goal vs Brazil in the World cup.
We do have some great passers in the team now. Blind, Herrera and di Maria all seem to have that eye for a killer pass. I would expect them to be our midfield 3 as well.
We do have some great passers in the team now. Blind, Herrera and di Maria all seem to have that eye for a killer pass. I would expect them to be our midfield 3 as well.
starts tonight as a LB against Italy. Would have liked to see him in midfield, but they play there with De Jong, Wijnaldum and Sneijder.
Ya me too.. Wanted to see him midfield..
Holland fans will be wanting LvG back. 2-0 down already.
Happy that we didnt buy Indi, had a bad start
Totally. I thought so too.
I presume it was partley because he has played CM for the last 2-3 weeks and now he is playing LB.
Better looking than Mata?
Yeah. Netherlands have gone back to a 4-3-3.
Can't have been an easy night with Bruno Martins Indi sent off after 9 minutes.
Don't care if he's poor at LB. Won't play there for us much.
Holland will go backwards without Van Gaal.
Started on the left of a back 5. Finished as a DM. Wasn't terrible but wasn't very good either.
yeah and people who rate Blind here were all about how useful he can come being versatile ... can play as LB, CDM/CM and CB. I don't personally care either whether he is shit at LB and CB, where he would be absolutely last option for us IMO, but hopefully he can play good as CDM which is what we need now until we buy another midfielder(S) possibly of higher quality. But now he's got incredible chance to impose himself in the team, hopefully he won't be as shy as Cleverley.
He'll probably be a certain starter until Carrick returns so he has about two months to prove himself. If he's good then he'll probably stay in the first team with Carrick playing a bit part role in what could be his final season for United as he'll turn 34 next year.
The most likely scenario, yes.
Couldn't care less how he plays when he's not wearing a United strip. Not going to claim I know a lot about him though, and I'd be surprised and delighted if he's good enough to force Carrick out the side as most posters seem to suggest wil happen.