Absolutely comical. Not the first time Blind has had to cover so much space.
Where is Di Maria in this? I don't exactly remember the passage of play. Or was he off at that point?
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 29
- Clean sheets
- 9
- Goals
- 2
- Assists
- 3
- Yellow cards
- 4
Where is Di Maria in this? I don't exactly remember the passage of play. Or was he off at that point?
Shelvey's goal? Does anyone other than Shelvey himself think that was his goal?
And no, that was where the left side of the diamond should be. It's churlish to criticise though because it was a harmless shot that would have been no threat whatsoever without a lucky deflection.
Hope this lad gets back to playing the way he has for most of the season. Yesterday and the Preston game he was poor.
Wrong, he is one of those players who do fantastic performances, never get credited for. And even when he plays normal (nothing special, just doing his job) he gets flamed for being useless. Because all people care about is a guy who dribbles past 10 people or score a hattrick. Just like Busquets, Carrick, Lahm etc
Might as well have been. Utterly lazy and disinterested performance from him yesterday. Never looked like a CM to me and sure as hell didn't look like one yesterday. That wide open space their goal came from was entirely his fault.
I think you may have misinterpreted my post. I'm on his side.
And not being credited? He has been one of our most praised players this season and depending on how De Gea goes for the rest of the season, it wouldn't surprise me if Blind got our player of the season award (not a debate for now).
Are you saying the likes of Busquets, Lahm and Carrick get no credit? fecking hell.
Blind is nowhere near any of them in quality. He's had one game which could be termed as a fantastic performance and that was against QPR.
Given Blind's age, I think he could end up being a better player than Carrick.
I very much doubt it. He's more mobile than Carrick but that's about the only thing he's better at.
One game? What a load of bollocks.
Same here. I think Blind's very good but simply doesnt have Carrick's passing range which will never let him be as good.
Absolutely comical. Not the first time Blind has had to cover so much space.
Where the hell is di Maria? Or Rooney to cover him?
I have no intention of getting into some retarded debate about how you define "fantastic". Suffice is to say he's put in a lot of very good performances this season, QPR being just one of many.
Well in that case, you shouldn't fecking respond then if you find the whole thing retarded.
When I see an idiotic post implying he's only really played well once this season I feel obliged to respond. If that bothers you, don't make idiotic posts.
If only I said eh? I said that he's only had one game which could be termed as fantastic not that he's only played well once this season. Your comprehension skills are well off I'm afraid.
I actually think he's a fairly good player and well worth the money we paid for him.
I think he's a technically better player. Carrick is maybe ahead on overall passing, but Blind is also a great passer of the ball. We'll see, I suppose.
feck me, your agenda is so transparent it's pitiful.
It's not down to my agenda this time, but if Di Maria stayed in attack for some reason then left striker should be covering his position there, and that should be Rooney. Of course, that should happen if di Maria had a valid reason to stay in attack, but I am not saying he did. Anyway, it's di Maria's fault in general.
Just watched the situation again, and as I suspected, di Maria was running to the right side of the pitch asking for the ball, and Herrera passed it to Fellaini to the centre who lost it because of their pressing, and di Maria then stayed on that right side covering their fullback or whoever, so I guess our whole shape was bad at that point because of him. Neither of van Persie, Rooney and Fellaini moved from their positions even though our left side was open. You can blame di Maria, but he wasn't lazy, he just stayed on that side because he was opening down that side when we had the ball and then we lost it, he had no time to return to his position. I have no idea who to blame, probably everyone out of those attacking 4 except Blind and Herrera. Maybe Herrera and Fellaini for losing the possession?
In my opinion, Herrera and Fellaini are to blame. Herrera for trying that pass instead of going for the safe option Valencia, Fellaini for standing instead of coming to pick up the ball. He wanted the ball, but just wanted to shield it and put his body in front instead of running towards it. The guy behind him just tackled him and got the ball. Then Fellaini runs back but defends no one. He should be picking up Shelvey. I dont see how Di Maria/Rooney are at fault there.
Blind has been invisible for the last couple of games. Doesn't show his presence when we don't have the ball nor when we go forward. As I said months ago, he needs to impose himself into games
The Leicester match he was very good.
Blind flatters to deceive. The odd moments of flair have been allowed to out shine his poor general play. He has looked badly exposed at times and confused over his position. He doesn't support or make the play from defence that he did for Holland, which tells me he's struggling in the PL. If an opponent sits on him it's noticeable how we slow down in countering. Blind is a serious weak link at times and LVG has not addressed the problem.
The one in which we shipped 5?
But along with Rooney and Rojo, he always starts. That's the "Filosophy"
I think he's been good in pretty much every game.
No, the one we won 3-1.
There's no choice with Carrick out.
People complaining about Blind starting now? Along with Rojo he's been the best outfield player in recent weeks. With Carrick out he is an absolute key man.
Personally not complaining about his starting, but I have questioned his performances which I don't think have been as good as some here believe. I have no axe to grind but his selection has not always worked.
For what it's worth I think he was literally off the pitch at that point.
Edit: Never mind, no he wasn't. God knows where the feck he was. Poor Daley.
People are stupid.
People are just trying to find a scapegoat for our shit performances when it's the team as a whole playing awfully. Like, 'what if the reason for us being shit was Blind all along?!' which just isn't fair.
A lot of Blind's work goes unnoticed. He won the ball 9 times with interceptions on top of 2 tackles.
He wasnt as influencial with his passing as some other games, but Ander was so he didnt really need to be. Blind made 60 passes, Ander at 73
He was decent, not at his best but certainly not invisible like some posters are suggesting. Thats just not appreciating the defensive side of his game, he wins the ball more than Carrick has done in the position in the past
He wasnt as influencial with his passing as some other games, but Ander was so he didnt really need to be. Blind made 60 passes, Ander at 73
He was decent, not at his best but certainly not invisible like some posters are suggesting. Thats just not appreciating the defensive side of his game, he wins the ball more than Carrick has done in the position in the past
When did he do that? He played mostly as left wing back for Holland, he hardly played in midfield for them.
For my money he's been our 2nd best player this season behind mighty Dave.
He's the kind of player you want in a holding midfilder, reads the game great, solid tackling and keeps it simple perfect in a 4-3-3 hope to see him, Herrera and di Maria in the mid in that formation
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Defensively, he's just not up to it. The number of times he gets caught behind the ball is criminal and something Fellaini was torn apart for last season.