AH I get your point now and quite possible it had a hand in the slip.
17
Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 29
- Clean sheets
- 9
- Goals
- 2
- Assists
- 3
- Yellow cards
- 4
Personally dont rate him. Tidy but has no defensive game to speak of and cant pass the ball anywhere with his right foot.
Still my favourite player at the club right now. He had his first below average performance today in 16 appearances, so what?
He's surpassed my expectations of him but I don't agree with the idea that the #6 position is sorted and that's that. He should have competition and I don't mean Carrick, he's been injured best part of the season will be 34 at the start of next season, we surely need a DM that can compete with Blind in the same age range.
His worst game for us, but probably our best outfield player so far this season.
It's absolutely beyond me how there are still people that don't rate him.
It's absolutely beyond me how there are still people that don't rate him.
He's decent but he's also a limited player. I start to believe that he's one of the reasons why we are so slow in our build up, he's too casual and takes too long to bring the ball forward.
Shows the standard we already expect of Blind if this performance is criticised, easily our best DM and Carrick should now be playing second fiddle to him.
Not his first. Interestingly enough, his second worst performance was also against lower league opposition in an FA Cup away game. He was terrible against Cambridge too.
Been a bit below par in most of his recent games actually. Which is a problem, as we're hugely reliant on him right now.
Carrick is still a better player. Blinds passing isn't anywhere near as inventive as Carricks.
And yet Blind has already got more assists (and goals) than Carrick has in the last season and a half. Blind is better in the tackle, covers more ground and is more comfortable whist pressed/in tight spaces. Let's not turn this into a vs thread though.
I think he's been incredibly solid and consistent since being here, but last night he was uncharacteristically poor. His passing was wild and careless. A lot of effort, which you'll always get from him, but the technical side of his game was poor in the 2nd half especially.
He did his defensive job well, but his passing range was massively off. Every chipped ball seemed to either be way off the mark or well overhit. Oh well 1 bad could be worse.
Definitely his worst performance for us but he has been pretty impressive overall. I think he will be a better player next season, stronger and quicker as still adapting to the pace of our league compared to the Dutch league.
I still want another midfielder signed who can not only play alongside him but also in his position if necessary, Carrick is getting too old and injury prone to be relied upon. Who though I'm not sure, I really like Schneiderlin.
I still want another midfielder signed who can not only play alongside him but also in his position if necessary, Carrick is getting too old and injury prone to be relied upon. Who though I'm not sure, I really like Schneiderlin.
Swansea 2:1 Man Utd
Completely anonymous today. He's done ok but we really miss Carrick.
Edit - forgot to mention. I don't think it's a coincidence we have won 3 away games all season and Carrick has started all of them.
Edit - forgot to mention. I don't think it's a coincidence we have won 3 away games all season and Carrick has started all of them.
He's great in possession but Shelvey's goal.. that is where a DM should be no?
Anonymous? He had a solid amount of interceptions and in the 2nd half almost all his passes went forwards to rooney especially, when he got the ball he immediately passed it forwards. Not anonymous imo.
I thought he had a decent game, would love to see him playing with an actual CM partner, he has to push too far up at times to play the simple passes.
He needs support which means we need to change the shape. We can all see it.
He is the only midfielder who does some decent defensive work which also means he has to be everywhere and that leads to him than sometimes not being in the right spot if necessary. I hope that once Carrick is back with give their partnership in front of our defense another go.
I had a feeling he would have a tough job against them. The way Swansea play, particularly with that impressive midfield, he was being asked to do too much on his own seeing as he is the one with the defensive responsibility in midfield.
He can't be our midfield all on his own.
Taking a damn good crack at it, though!
Taking a damn good crack at it, though!
He doesn't protect the defence enough for my liking. I think Carrick is a better player in all departments currently. Especially in away games where we need a leader.
Agree with posters above who say we need to change shape, he needs help. If we're going to keep this shape he's not going to fulfil the role adequately and Carrick must go straight back in when fit.
He's a tidy player but like I have been saying his performances have been overrated this season. A good signing at 13m no doubt and very versatile but I hope we're looking at someone better. In the meantime Carrrick should start ahead of him.
Matic would have never allowed that goal.
Reminded me of the Mexico goal from the World cup. At the moment I said, De Jong would have never allowed that.
Reminded me of the Mexico goal from the World cup. At the moment I said, De Jong would have never allowed that.
I think it's a coincidence.
It's like when Carrick plays bad let's hope Blind will do better, if Blind is playing somewhat bad than let's hope Carrick is back soon and we will be better with him. The fact is that we desperately need another and now rather world class defensive midfielder than okay player.
None of this duo is bringing our team to another level, not that they are just passengers but they don't raise our game anyhow. They are doing their things just about good but yeah there are definitely better players out there. Blind is profiting from the knowledge and trust he got from Van Gaal as he couched him before, and Carrick from his experience but he will be 34/35 next season and he simply can't be our first option when we want to paly in champions league a beat the top clubs in the world not that we struggle to catch the tempo of Southampton..
He played well and despite what commentator and after commentator keep saying he's one fo the few for us that tries to play it forward through the middle.
A bit off form recently but he's still a class signing. My only thing is while I do think he should be in our best 11 based on both merit and the balance he brings, but I'm not sure what that would be. If we use a flat 4-4-1-1, then Herrera is an automatic starter as he's our best midfielder but I think Carrick is much more suited to a normal central midfield role. In a 4-2-3-1, both him and Carrick could play as a double pivot and we use Herrera as an attacking midfielder, while Mata and Di Maria are on the wings/roaming inside as attacking midfielders. Not sure what would work better.
I am not that mad at Blind with the goal but as you said, could have been different story with de Jong or someone of that mould.
But that's it Blind is about good tidy player who can pass about good when he doesn't have a day off like against Preston when he was absolutely terrible but he does his job well but he is shaky defensively as he is outmuscled easily and out paced so often. I think it was a good move to acquire Blind. He was decent so far but he is no Pirlo and this is not Eredivise where he could do whatever he wanted in the best team, so much more intensity and power in the league.
We would do better with someone like Wanyama as we have got too many creative players up front ad just need that cover or that anchor man who will clear the balls and win the tackles, helping our far from solid still forming defense... more balance sir
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I agree. I don't mind him either as he is an upgrade on Fletcher, Cleverley and Anderson.
I think he is an excellent squad player, but never a regular starter for me. We'd need to find a better replacement for Carrick to take on the role on a regular basis. Michael is getting older and injury prone.
He is a bit off form these days but if the truth be told he is no superman so he can't do it all on his own. He needs someone beside him to help with all the defensive work and it's no brainer given that we know his shortcomings.
When he was injured we played 9 in the league won 6 and drew 3. Since his comeback we have played 6 in the league won 3, drew 1, lost 2. For those 6 games we are 7th in the form table with Southampton, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham all above us.
I feel like he is a wasted spot on the team sheet personally. His passing never has any real effect on our attacking moves, he always has a dodgy pass in him and he is not particularly athletic. I can understand the whole team is in a bad patch of inconsistency but is he really the guy that will inspire us out of this rut and into the top 4?
I feel like he is a wasted spot on the team sheet personally. His passing never has any real effect on our attacking moves, he always has a dodgy pass in him and he is not particularly athletic. I can understand the whole team is in a bad patch of inconsistency but is he really the guy that will inspire us out of this rut and into the top 4?
He did OK but if we set up in a diamond and it's him and him alone, we'll always concede chances. He doesn't have pace or legs to cover a whole pitch and with Jones behind him it was never going to be pretty, as Sir Phil has zero organising skills or anticipation to step out of defence and be a tem DM like say T. Silva could or Carrick.
Being an away game we should have played with 2 DMs and 1 striker vs 1 DM adn 2 strikers...and a striker with pace at that.
Being an away game we should have played with 2 DMs and 1 striker vs 1 DM adn 2 strikers...and a striker with pace at that.
He is quickly becoming one of those players, either a great performance or a waste of space. He was fine (yes that sometimes happens and is acceptable), he has been a very good signing too.
A waste of space? Can you elaborate? Or are those other words for saying that he has a poor game.
Think it's funny btw, everytime we lose, close to every player on the pitch isnt good enough for us, whilst the player was decent at least..
Well I only have to go two posts up from mine to see the words, "I feel like he is a wasted spot on the team sheet personally". So you don't have to look far.
I think you may have misinterpreted my post, I am not saying he is one of those, I'm talking about the reaction of most other fans.
Sorry, my bad.
Sigurdsson was pressing him in the first half, not letting de Gea, Rojo and Jones pass it to him. I thought it was a good tactic and perhaps Di Maria and Herrera could've done more to collect the ball and bring it forward from deeper areas. Hence, Blind being anonymous in the first half.
I thought he was decent in the second half when there was more space and we seemingly had more control (until the goal). Overall, an average performance, nothing to 'worry' about.
I thought he was decent in the second half when there was more space and we seemingly had more control (until the goal). Overall, an average performance, nothing to 'worry' about.
Absolutely comical. Not the first time Blind has had to cover so much space.
I thought he played well. Yesterday's game was one of those performances where very few players actually played poor, but we still managed to lose against the run of play. In my opinion, Van Persie, Rooney, Di Maria and Valencia were poor. The rest of the team were pretty good. I especially liked the combo between Blind and Herrera. Both very tidy players, technically excellent.