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2014-15 Performances

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6.2 Season Average Rating
Appearances
29
Clean sheets
9
Goals
2
Assists
3
Yellow cards
4
KiD MoYeS said:
I struggle to understand how people don't see he's a good player. He's no world beater, sure, but he's still so very important.
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The same way so many on here do not see value in Carrick. The same way Real has let both Alonso and Makele go. The average fan does not undrstand that some of the best defensive DCM are never seen because all their work is done off the ball cutting off angles, and their best offensive work is simple passes that just keep possesion and cycle the ball.

DCMs do very simple unglamorous and *critical* work. Good ones often are overlooked, but bad ones are often on the losing end of games.
 
His form has taken a real nosedive over the past month or so
 
Still a worry against pace and power but seems to have more freedom when on the ball than either Herrera or Fellaini who both seem scared to try anything risky.
 
He is fantastic in games where we have a lot of possession, but in high intensity games he always struggles.
 
Struggling again. His positioning is really really suspect. Bring on Carrick next to him and he'll look a lot better.
 
Something we've all feared. Arsenal are too fast for him. Fortunately I don't think we will face another team as fast as them this season (Liverpool?).
 
Shocking today. Panicky and error prone. Between him and Smalling, and to a lesser extent Valencia, they managed to ruin what was by and large a decent team performance by just gifting Arsenal chance after chance.
 
He's not a DM. Will look a lot better with Carrick behind him.

Played a couple of fantastic passes today though.
 
Annoyingly poor today when we needed a good performance. Far too slow on the ball, not good defensively and guilty of some horrendous decision making. Probably needs a rest.
 
Awful with the ball.

Everything bounced off him.

Overran easily but I don't blame him. He was left exposed in that sense.
 
Blind is way more important to us than herrera but I still don't think he's a man utd level player......I would hope he will be an outstanding squad player next year if we can land the likes of Carvalho and Bender come the summer
 
He isn't made for helter skelter football. Really struggled tonight. The game was far too fast for him.
 
He's been a good buy but he's limited, largely due to his lack of pace/acceleration. He isnt the long term solution to our midfield base.
 
Not going to go and dig up all my previous posts over the last month, in which iv been saying the same as I will today. His form has been poor for around 5-6 weeks now, and truth be told I'm not sure he is the answer for us at DM.
 
He is a slower version of Carrick...without the ability to pass forward or more than 5 yards.

Get the impression he is too weak for the epl.
 
He's too slow, simple as that. We'd be fine with him if everything else was great, like when Carrick was playing with a great team all around him.
 
This dip of form has become a proper issue.

He's been awful for ages now, but its kind of gone under the radar.
 
Some of the concerns I had about him are starting to surface, I just think you can see the difference when Carrick came. Blind might be a better fit with a stronger DM behind him.
 
His lack of pace combined with below average/poor positioning is too easy to exploit.
 
It's concerning how far his form has dropped. I think that is all it is, a minor blip. Struggles with pace and power though. Am worried about him at Anfield against Coutinho, Sterling, Sturridge etc.
 
Nate Dogg said:
He is a slower version of Carrick...without the ability to pass forward or more than 5 yards.

Get the impression he is too weak for the epl.
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Carrick is a lot more composed under pressure too. When he gets pressed he can feint his way past a man. Blind is really poor when players are on him, he has to get rid.
 
Keeps the ball well slower than a retired Larry White. We need better if we are going to win anything. Good squad player at best!
 
£16m player but that's all, might be ok as a utility sub but not title winnng quality.
 
Nowhere near good enough to be starting for a club our size. Still find it baffling that some were trying to convince me he's a good player defensively, its like putting a cone out there ffs. He's barely better than Anita.
 
Gets absolutely skinned when put up against pace and power, which is exactly what you don't want from a DM. I'm starting to think he really might not be a DM, and that our only true DM is Carrick.
 
Gone off the boil, lack of pace really showed up against the more quicker and technical midfielders, good to see Carrick back.
 
He is so easy to get passed
United22 said:
Gets absolutely skinned when put up against pace and power, which is exactly what you don't want from a DM. I'm starting to think he really might not be a DM, and that our only true DM is Carrick.
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I thought he was a defender for Ajax, i actually thought we signed him to play CB
 
He's pretty pointless at times. He's fine up against someone shite at home but gets shown up against a midfield who can actually turn with the ball. He's average and I wouldn't want him starting for us next season.
 
RooneyLegend said:
Nowhere near good enough to be starting for a club our size. Still find it baffling that some were trying to convince me he's a good player defensively, its like putting a cone out there ffs. He's barely better than Anita.
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The thing with Blind is - he wins the ball, but a lot of the time it seems to be purely because we're so high up the pitch that there's acres of space for him to mop up the loose ball dropping out of the box. It gives the impression that he's reading the game well, but it's not actually the most difficult job.

I said yonks ago (I think back when we played QPR) that I wasn't convinced, and a few people are starting to see it now. He's a relatively intelligent player, versatile, a manager's dream squad player. But that's all he is at a top side.
 
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