He was average against Southampton as well and like the rest of the team disappeared in the reverse fixture against Leicester.
He's been good. There's no need to exaggerate his performances.
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
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- Clean sheets
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- Goals
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- Assists
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- Yellow cards
- 4
He was average against Southampton as well and like the rest of the team disappeared in the reverse fixture against Leicester.
He's been good. There's no need to exaggerate his performances.
he's absolutely pirlo I know
Aye, I do seem to remember reading that he makes more tackles and interceptions per game than Carrick. If there's any basis at all to my feeling that Carrick might still offer more defensive security, its probably that he's more conservative in terms of his positioning, whereas Blind is quicker to push on and attack. Either way, I agree with you. I prefer watching Blind in that position due to his attacking output.
He was still probably our best player in that game as many of the comments afterwards allude to. I'm not trying to paint him as one of the best midfielders in the world or anything like that, but it's absolutely true that he has been our most consistent outfield player this season. Absolutely delighted with him as I knew very little about him before he came, so he has surpassed all expectations I had and I imagine others are in the same boat, hence the praise.
It's what makes him so good. Not many players can do that.
Im much more interested in his twin, Danny Blint, who seems to be playing for us.
Once again, I love him. He's calmly assured in everything he does, just like Carrick, but 10 years younger.
He really is like a young, left footed, dreamy, Michael Carrick.
He's a bit of a hot head, short back and sides hair cut, bundles of pace.
It's not exaggerating in any way to say he's been one our best players and is extremely consistent.
I have to say I was against this deal in the summer, but he is the best signing we made. I thought he'd struggle with this league, but he's physically up to it.
I'm a huge fan, prefer him to Carrick and I'm a big Carrick supporter.
His style of play reminds me very much of Dennis Irwin, always dependable, rarely has a bad game.
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Same stuff was rolled out with Carrick for years. Was always apparent to anyone who actually went to the trouble of watching the game.
Didn't watch a lot of his father but how good was he and can Daley become as good as him, if not better?
He's making a lot of you look like utter bell ends.
I remember reading through this thread when we signed him and people were saying he was average and at 24 had no scope to improve. Just a snapshot of the sort of shite that appears on a worryingly regular basis on here.
I'd dig them out if I could be arsed. I'm sure they know who they are.
I remember reading through this thread when we signed him and people were saying he was average and at 24 had no scope to improve. Just a snapshot of the sort of shite that appears on a worryingly regular basis on here.
I'd dig them out if I could be arsed. I'm sure they know who they are.
I have no issue being wrong. I do not take this stuff too seriously.
Blind only had a significant impact in the last two Eredivisie seasons, and the time he spend as a holding midfielder was one season. He was *really* bad in his first season as left back and even after showing some improvement in his second year his contact would probably not have been extended had Boilesen not been injured.
Vernon Anita was the key player that reinvented the DM position and helped Ajax win the first two of four championships, and in honesty was the better holding midfielder (except he made a dumb transfer to Newcastle and is now rotting away there as that club has no clue how to use him). De Boer is blind as a bat when it comes to judging midfielders and messed about with failed experiments like Janssen before injuries forced him to play a technically gifted player like Aissati and later Anita in that position, which proved crucial in their second season half comeback. After Anita left De Boer mucked about with that turd from Liverpool (Poulsen) when injuries yet again rescued him as he was forced to move Blind to DM and again the team rapidly improved. Blind only made the world cup squad as Holland has no half decent left backs, and I doubt Blind would have made a transfer without his WC performance and Van Gaal. Blind made the most of the chances he got, but he can't complain about luck in his career.
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/daley-blind-deal-confirmed.391391/page-37
Here we go.
Enjoy the first few pages. Love how all of a sudden the Caf had loads of posters who watched Eredivisie regularly.
I was very unsure of him as I'd only watched him for the Netherlands.
He's been excellent though. One thing: He's not got the pace to play as a full back. DM please.
He's been excellent though. One thing: He's not got the pace to play as a full back. DM please.
I like players like him. No fuss. Liked the assist he supplied to RVP and hopefully it gives him confidence to do that more often which would add a new dimension to his game. MOTM today.
Not really a new dimension he's demonstrated his eye for a pass and the ability to pull it off - remember RvP's flying dutchman vs Spain?
Has anyone mentioned how dreamy he is?
I think that you are in love.Not really a new dimension he's demonstrated his eye for a pass and the ability to pull it off - remember RvP's flying dutchman vs Spain?
Yup, has it in him to do it on regular basis.
I prefer him to Carrick in that DM role. Needs to be played there too, not shifted out to LWB or whatever.
I was really impressed at how often he found a forward pass to feet today. He really cut through their midfield in a way that only Carrick has managed for us in recent years.
Well to be fair he still gets an enormous amount of cristism here in the Netherland. A lot of people want Clasie in our NT midfield. They dislike Blind because he -according to some people- doesnt take any risk and always goes for the sideway pass.
Personally i didnt expected him to be good enough. A decent squad player but no first 11. So far he is proving me wrong.
He is a bit of a special case though. he wasnt good enough to be in the Ajax squad, their fans were even wistling at him. Ajax almost sold him to some Belgium club but my hometown club FC Groningen loaned him. He became a left midfield and did very good. he returned to Ajax to play as a left back but after a while Frank de Boer placed him in midfield because Anita left and de Boer thought that Blind had to footballing brain to play as dmc. He did very well there, he had a great WC and now he's playing for one of the biggest clubs in the world. He just keeps proving people wrong.
So Herrera and Mata then.
Fellaini and Herrera rather.
That's a bit harsh dont you think? You think the best player of the Eredivisie only got the chance to be in the squad because Holland doesnt have a decent lb? Even if they had one, he'd be in the squad in stead of Clasie or Wijnaldum. Blind would defo get a transfer, not to Man Utd per se but he had good performances in Europe too and was arguably the best player in the Eredivisie, you can point it to luck, I'd rather point it to hard work and the ability ti acclamatise.
Quality performance. I love the way he positions himself. You can tell how he's a proper, proper central midfielder by the way he adjusts his positioning and has an awareness about him. He's never just standing around. And it's all the more contrasting when you put someone like rooney next to him who is more of an attacker.
He should be our first choice holding midifelder ahead of Carrick Imo.
He should be our first choice holding midifelder ahead of Carrick Imo.
Definitely.
He keeps getting called a squad player by many here, but I keep asking, on what basis is that judgement made?
A good performance yesterday, nice to see him push forward at times during the match which proved to be affective.
How anyone could watch Blind and still think Carrick is good is beyond me. Blind does everything a player in that role should do, move around the pitch, shoot when necessary and spray some passes, not stand still and play it to the fullbacks.
I never understand why people compare Blind defensively to Carrick. The latter is always effecting the game due to his immaculate positioning, which is why people say that you don't realise how important he is until he's not there. Blind is a much more "in your face" type of DM. Not in the sense that he puts himself about, but he's a lot more mobile than Carrick and is a able to nip infront of players and intercept the ball when he anticipates passes.
He's not as good as Carrick yet, he gets caught out at times and he hasn't got the passing range, although he's still a very good passer. Carrick is brilliant, and it's exciting to know that Blind will be learning of such an assured midfielder, it bodes well for the future.
He's not as good as Carrick yet, he gets caught out at times and he hasn't got the passing range, although he's still a very good passer. Carrick is brilliant, and it's exciting to know that Blind will be learning of such an assured midfielder, it bodes well for the future.