17
Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 29
- Clean sheets
- 9
- Goals
- 2
- Assists
- 3
- Yellow cards
- 4
Fletcher was always quicker and a better runner.
He doesn't remind me of Darren Fletcher physically at all and I don't remember Fletcher every significantly bulking up either. He was always tall, slim, wiry and used to run about like a mad man chasing down everything and hassling the opposition until we won the ball back and he was very good at it for a couple of years before his illness. Blind is very different, he has an average build, he is shorter, weaker, slower, but a better passer, he doesn't chase down the ball or tackle like fletcher did. He is more of a sitting passing DM rather than a destroyer like a Roy Keane or Fletcher was.
Man Utd 3:1 Aston Villa
He's not bad at all as a LB.
Brilliant LB imo, so composed..He's like the less physical Alaba.
He's very good at LB too! What a buy!
He will probably be our first choice right back in the last games this season. Great, great buy.
I'm liking him a lot at LB. Really uses his brain in the final third rather than just crossing all the time.
98% passing accuracy so far.
Really good because he helps a lot the midfield, the squad in general.
He covers many roles during the game, thumbs up.
He covers many roles during the game, thumbs up.
Amazing how Blind doesn't get the recognition that he should. Played brilliantly today, my MotM just ahead of Herrera.
Superb performance. His quality in the final third really stands out compared to Shaw and Rojo. Could be a good option for games in which we dominate possession. Long term I still think he should be our holding midfielder.
I'm really warming up to him in the LB position. Shaw's going to have to fight pretty hard to displace him now.
He's majestic. Him being a CDM playing at LB (or the other way around?) makes him incredibly useful, when he's sometimes caught off guard up the field, he knows how to position himself, when to press alongside his mates and so on to recover the back, easily our best buy of the summer, love the guy.
At the moment he should be our starting LB imo.
At the moment he should be our starting LB imo.
His movement and reading of the game is class and his calmness in the final 3rd is a breath of fresh air, he was runner up for MOTM for me.
He's just such an intelligent player. With brilliant technique as well.
Wonderful assist for the first goal showing the benefit of getting your head up and picking a pass rather than just tossing it into the box and hoping for the best. Love him.
Great signing. 10-12 million for a player as intelligent and technically good as him is a complete no brainer.
I love the way he plays LB. Its a style I've noticed with the likes of Lahm and Alaba at times too. Play very much like a CM but just at LB, so smart on the ball.
Just superb. I still think Shaw is the better defender overall but Blind offers SO much going forward.
Daley Blind's game by numbers:
100% tackles won
100% aerial duels won
96% pass accuracy
3 chances created
1 assist
Bargain of the season.
This is the tipping point.
Shaw maybe slightly better defensively but he offers absolutely zero threat going forward.
Evra was for many years integral to the way we attacked and Blind can be too.
Blind is just fantastic. A below the radar steal in the Vidic/Evra mould.
He is quality!
Just gets the effin job done...love the guy
Just gets the effin job done...love the guy
Been impressed with him all season, really believe he's a great signing and I'm glad he's ours.
He has such magnificent hair
...oh and he's a pretty good footballer too
...oh and he's a pretty good footballer too
I remember when Newcastle and Sunderland picked up Cabaye and Schneiderlin for peanuts when our midfield was a shambles. I couldn't believe why we wouldn't be in for more unknown players like that, who were obviously good enough to strengthen our squad.
With Blind it feels like we've finally gotten our unknown/un-rated* bargain signing who also adds a lot to the team. Fantastic buy. Shows you don't need to spend Di Maria money to improve.
*Even off the back of a brilliant World Cup, I remember a lot of people saying Blind wasn't a PL-calibre player when we signed him.
With Blind it feels like we've finally gotten our unknown/un-rated* bargain signing who also adds a lot to the team. Fantastic buy. Shows you don't need to spend Di Maria money to improve.
*Even off the back of a brilliant World Cup, I remember a lot of people saying Blind wasn't a PL-calibre player when we signed him.
I'd keep him at LB the rest of the season for sure. Much better all round package than we've seen from Shaw so far, and it looks like he can stay fit.
Yeah, a fair amount of people thought it was a pointless signing and didn't think he was good enough for us. After his performances in the World Cup is was clear to me that he'd be a useful player for us and make an impact. Arguably the best buy from the summer.
Must be the 3rd name on the team sheet after DDG and Herrera. He almost never ever wastes a ball and his decision making is top class as well.
Oh and it will be between him and Herrera as our future captain
Oh and it will be between him and Herrera as our future captain
There was one time he lost the ball fairly high up the pitch and then was one of the least bothered players on the field to get back to defend the Villa counter-attack. That annoyed me. Otherwise another good game by him.
And to think when he signed some here were calling him another Cleverley!
I'm torn between where i would like him to play and where he should. His games as a LB have been amazing for us, very good footballing brain and reads the game so well. But i really liked him as a DMF because i think he could be a good replacement for Carrick, and would develop into that role. Decisions decisions decisions....
Herreras been great for us the past few months but for me Blind has to be our signing of the season given how hes played virtually every minute of it.
I'm torn between where i would like him to play and where he should. His games as a LB have been amazing for us, very good footballing brain and reads the game so well. But i really liked him as a DMF because i think he could be a good replacement for Carrick, and would develop into that role. Decisions decisions decisions....
Herreras been great for us the past few months but for me Blind has to be our signing of the season given how hes played virtually every minute of it.
He was injured just before Christmas but yeah I agree, he is certainly my man of the season so far.
Far better at LB than he is at DM. Had a another pretty good game today.
Very good today. When Carrick plays, I prefer Blind at left back over midfield.
Doing a great job on the left.
Blind is one of the most intelligent footballers I've seen in a long time. He's not quick or physical but looks very accomplished in both LB or DM due to his awareness/technical ability and general footballing IQ. One aspect of his game which I've noticed and really stands out to me is how often he wins the 2nd ball. I've lost count of how many times we have the opposition under pressure they clear it and he's always in the right areas and winning the ball back then launching another attack. He rarely makes big mistakes and commits fouls to let the opposition out easyily, he just presses intelligently/nicks the ball and uses it well. Very similar to Busquets at Barca.
Complete bargain at £12m he's worth at least double.
Complete bargain at £12m he's worth at least double.
Just a shame he isn't physically better, because if he was hed be one of the best full backs around.
Completely agree. 5 years from now he will be considered the gem, much like the likes of Evra and Vidic have been for us.