I don't think that's what he meant. I think he meant if he was a top player then teams would be willing to pay £30m for him and that that isn't the case.
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 29
- Clean sheets
- 9
- Goals
- 2
- Assists
- 3
- Yellow cards
- 4
That argument is still flawed though. Doubt clubs would have paid that for Carrick but he has been massively important for our team. Certain individuals not massively rated externally can still be a lynch pin for a team.
Good squad player but we need better. Slow and lacks toughness but great on the ball and reads the game well. But think we need a step up in quality if we want to be the best.
What about teams that pay 30 mln quid for shit players?
Just because a team is forced/willing to pay certain amount of money for a player it doesn't make him a 'certain-amount-of-money' player.
Exactly right. Technically competent, positionally aware, passes well and tactically astute. My only reservation is his strength and ability to dominate a physical battle against the elite sides.
We need him or Herrera to introduce the scholes type pass into our game. Hopefully they keep on improving.
He's good for the sitting role, I don't really like him as a B2B pressing very high. I think we still need a high enery B2B midfielder in the summer.
I think the chance is zero chance on his own but lets be honest we need a box to box type next to him. I could argue we could do with 2 CMs an if we could get one for the 25m mark aka Gundogan I'd be chuffed with 2 as Carrick is 34 and I see Di Maria playing in the frony 3 next season if he's even still here!
Newcastle 0:1 Man Utd
Been given limited support, but still absolutely powerless to stop Newcastle advancing from their own half into United's box every time they're given half a chance. Been left for dead a couple of times.
You can count interceptions and adore every pass, but the basic job of a defensive midfielder is stopping the opposition getting into the box through the middle. Not happened.
You can count interceptions and adore every pass, but the basic job of a defensive midfielder is stopping the opposition getting into the box through the middle. Not happened.
You can't expect one player to prevent every single attack. The vulnerability isn't down to Blind, he puts in a good shift. The problem is that with him on his own there are acres of space to either side that expose the defence. Even if Blind was the fastest, strongest player in the world, he cannot cover the entire width of the pitch alone. IT's a risk you take when you play with only one midfielder given a defensive role.
He has been average for a while now
Carrick is still a far better midfielder. Blind is too easy to get past.
I thought he was decent on the ball again but his lack of pace is still a worry for me in the deepest sitting midfielder.
Actually thought he looked a bit tired today - a little like Carrick got when we were playing him non-stop earlier in the season.
Good on the ball but one of the worst defensive midfielders in the league when he is faced with a pacey breaking team.
His passing more than anyone else's infuriates me. There were times tonight where a simple ball to Rojo was on ahead of him with no one within 20 yards of Rojo, these weren't eye of the needle passes, just simple balls out wide and every time he went back to Evans.
I don't know if it is lack of vision or lack of confidence in playing a simple pass like that, either way is worrying.
I don't know if it is lack of vision or lack of confidence in playing a simple pass like that, either way is worrying.
Don't get this, played loads of balls forward, has better passing vision than carrick for me.
I should stress that it isn't all the time. But Carrick plays those balls to the left back if they are getting forward, Blind doesn't. It happened a few times against Sunderland as well.
It could be that I am looking for it, I dunno. Just saying that sometimes it gets to me. That and he lets people get past him too easy, half heartedly over commits to a challenge or gets caught too close to someone and is brushed aside.
But as someone else pointed out, he could be knackered.
To be fair, I don't think it's really a style that suits Blind at all. He's not the workhorse defensive midfielder who's going to chase down every ball relentlessly and throw in great tackles. He's better at pushing the ball forward with accurate passes, and at intercepting the ball when it's within his range. Ideally could probably do with someone playing beside him against counter attacking teams.
Better vision than Carrick? I highly doubt it, Carricks passing range and vision on top form is brilliant, Blind is still rather limited in his passing
Not his best performance. Needs to be given a rest for a week or so I think, get Carrick in.
Yeah hilarious. Carrick's assists over the last 3 seasons is....?
I wonder how many assists a defensive midfielder typically gets and whether it's relevant in anyway, though...
Brilliant is a stretch these days for carrick.....
Some people just look to criticise him, on the break vs Sissoko, few players can stop him, he's so fast, so strong but also has loads of ability, got caught out sometimes, other than that he had plenty of interceptions, good tackles, slidings, duels won, alway available and passed the ball forwards. For a player defending in midfield on his own, he did a good job.
He's gone off the boil a bit in the last few weeks imo. Might need a rest.
Blind is more forceful in his passing when compared to Carrick, who's measured. Carrick's definitely got the better range though, no doubt about it.
He had a fairly good game, defensively. He did a very good job stopping most of Newcastle's attacks. However, I agree with @Stobzilla in that he was, at times, quite slow and safe in his game when he could have upped it. I think that may be down to some fatigue and Blind not willing to take too many risks and potentially face more breaks.
Still, though, he's been very good as a defensive midfielder, and I hope he continues to play. He offers more energy than Carrick at the moment and plays faster than Carrick does as well.
Still, though, he's been very good as a defensive midfielder, and I hope he continues to play. He offers more energy than Carrick at the moment and plays faster than Carrick does as well.
Its relevant when you look at how United played in the last few seasons, a 2 man midfield with the deep lying player needing to be creative suggests quite a lot. Carrick doesn't play killer passes, in fact I'm struggling to remember the last time he opened up a defense. Not only that but Blind tends to dictate from much higher up the pitch, Carrick will often do it from behind the centre backs, your passing is bound to be shorter in that respect.
yeah, if we want good player on the ball there we can play Mata, Blind is the slowest player on the planet maybe and pretty weak in physical duels.
We certainly need someone pacier and stronger, no need for playmaker, he rather plays the ball sideways or to the center backs anyway. Not that Herrera was anything special today in that matter tho..
Do you watch matches? Just looked it up, 46 of his 67 passes per match are forwards, that's nearly 70 percent.
That is absolutely bullshit he's out of depth in many ways. Certainly his physicality is the biggest concern, he was pushed from the ball too many times today and the season and he has zero pace. ZERO. He was exposed not only in this game. He would be a good player in Italy but certainly wouldn't play for top 10 world clubs, no chance..Premier league is simply different to Eredivise where he played in a team which dominated the league..
He's actually benefiting from Van Gaal's trust and knowledge of his tactics. Other palyers are starting to picking up his tactics, slowly so they will get ahead of him soon.. There are dozen of better and more suitable players to play there for us..
He's a good squad option in the future but absolutely no way a starting player for champions league final against the best team in the world. So hilarious
Reminds me of Bentaleb. Quality passer, tidy, both make masses of tackles and interceptions which look great in the stat column and yet both need their goalkeepers to save them several times virtually every match.
A lot of that's on the balance issue not Blind (Pochettino seems to accept it and try to outscore the opposition, Van Gaal tries to negate it with loads of possession, though Di Maria often makes that come unstuck), but I can't keep giving Blind the 7 or 8 out of 10s I gave him earlier in the season, when it's so easy to penetrate down the centre, even when a team have limited possession.
Sissoko is very good at exploiting it though. Been Newcastle's best player since Cabaye left.
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Thought daley had a good game, first half broke up play well in MF worse off as game progressed but put his shift in.
Don't worry I watched it and I actually came here to praise him today over Herrera who seemed to be too tidy today. Blind is a good passer tends to pick simple passes today he looked little bit more positive to be fair to him, that's certain but if we take him as passing sort of DM, he should be doing much better..
It's his defensive ability which worries me more. He's actually not great at anything
Stopped reading when I noticed you compared Blind wjth Bentaleb, sorry. If you dont rate them, fine.
You're off your rocker.That is absolutely bullshit he's out of depth in many ways. Certainly his physicality is the biggest concern, he was pushed from the ball too many times today and the season and he has zero pace. ZERO. He was exposed not only in this game. He would be a good player in Italy but certainly wouldn't play for top 10 world clubs, no chance..Premier league is simply different to Eredivise where he played in a team which dominated the league..
He's actually benefiting from Van Gaal's trust and knowledge of his tactics. Other palyers are starting to picking up his tactics, slowly so they will get ahead of him soon.. There are dozen of better and more suitable players to play there for us..
He's a good squad option in the future but absolutely no way a starting player for champions league final against the best team in the world. So hilarious
Name some better passing DM's? Carrick, Busquets, would like to see your lists on thid one.
No complaints with his game today. He & Ander worked well together, keeping the ball moving and cycling it. Maybe could've been quicker switching the point of attack, but that's what Rooney does. But Rooney was leading the line, not playing the #10 today, so having Fellaini was a bit useless. I figure the concern was maybe having Newcastle trying to bully the midfield, but they were sitting back trying to absorb instead of boss the game.
It will be interesting to see which of Blind, Herrera or Carrick sit in the next game, although I doubt Carrick is really ready anyway.
It will be interesting to see which of Blind, Herrera or Carrick sit in the next game, although I doubt Carrick is really ready anyway.