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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
Bwuk said:
Blind isn't half the player Carrick is. When he gets pressured by physical players he whimpers.

The first goal, he was absolutely pathetic not even trying to make the tackle. Compare that to other defensive midfielders in the league. Do you think McCarthy would skip through Wanyama?

Blind is average.
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He skips through McNair having run the ball straight at him. The only way Blind gets that is if he takes both players out in the process

Which by the way isn't wrong. He could well have cleared them both out being extra cautious and risking injuring his own player, but its perfectly reasonable to think that if your CB is being run straight at then he's not going to put in a weak challenge and let the opponent by like he did do.

Smashing through players certainly isnt something we've seen Carrick do.
 
Ekeke said:
He skips through McNair having run the ball straight at him. The only way Blind gets that is if he takes both players out in the process

Which by the way isn't wrong. He could well have cleared them both out being extra cautious and risking injuring his own player, but its perfectly reasonable to think that if your CB is being run straight at then he's not going to put in a weak challenge and let the opponent by like he did do.

Smashing through players certainly isnt something we've seen Carrick do.
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you must be in love with Blind to defend that performance. He is shocking as a defensive midfielder, no commitments, no urgency and no edge to his play at all. He just jogs along with the play.
 
Clearly not good enough to be a top central midfielder and people were saying he could be a Carrick replacement at the start of the season. :rolleyes:
 
Ekeke said:
He skips through McNair having run the ball straight at him. The only way Blind gets that is if he takes both players out in the process

Which by the way isn't wrong. He could well have cleared them both out being extra cautious and risking injuring his own player, but its perfectly reasonable to think that if your CB is being run straight at then he's not going to put in a weak challenge and let the opponent by like he did do.

Smashing through players certainly isnt something we've seen Carrick do.
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You're right about the first goal. Blind stood his ground and didn't dive in. He had more than enough reason to believe that his covering centre half would do his job properly.
 
This isn't the first time I have seen him struggle as DM, I was shocked people were talking about Blind as our (outfield) player of the year.
 
Very slow. And weak for that matter. Has been really poor. Hopefully he can get better next season.
 
He's going to be a decent squad player I think. Or a starting player against poor sides at home. I think as the season has gone on though we have realised that he doesn't have the quality or ability to be a starting player.
 
People can talk about him perhaps not being fully fit and pull up their squawka charts with stat comparisons etc....the fact is he looks too slow and weak to play this role in the PL and on top of that he doesn't have enough in his forward passing game to keep our tempo up, Herrera was better in the role last week than he was today.
 
Blind in midfield away from home - P7, W1, D2, L4, GF8, GA14
Without Blind in midfield away from home - P10, W4, D5, L1, GF11, GA7

We're awful away from home but starting him in midfield makes things 10x worse. We concede so many goals with him in midfield, which is no surprise as we get overrun far too easily. Even last week Chelsea struggled to get through and only managed it thanks to a refereeing error. I'm confident that had Blind played we'd have lost far more comfortably.
 
Looked nowhere near 100%. Very poor regardless. His passing is on point, but his positional discipline was off. He was never there when the centre backs needed an option. Played more as a box to box player today, and it allowed Everton to counter quite easily.
 
For all his intelligence he's nowhere near Carrick level.

Should compete for LB spot while LVG must find new player as Carrick replacement/competitor.
 
Don't rate him in midfield whatsoever. He's far too weak to make a good defensive midfielder and gets bullied often. He's fine when you're playing some relegation fodder at home who aren't counter attacking but he's useless in games like today.
 
The best bit about this thread is that people are seriously complaining about Blind not making a tackle on the first goal, when it wasn't his to make and then saying Carrick is miles better.

And yet Carrick has averaged less than 1 and a half tackles an entire game this season.

Its possible Blind could have made a tackle to stop that attack, absolutely. Would Michael Carrick have? You've got to be kidding
 
Not a good performance at all.

I think he played left back for 150 matches out of the 200 he's played in his career, so it will be interesting to see how much he can improve in playing the CM position.
 
Ekeke said:
The best bit about this thread is that people are seriously complaining about Blind not making a tackle on the first goal, when it wasn't his to make and then saying Carrick is miles better.

And yet Carrick has averaged less than 1 and a half tackles an entire game this season.

Its possible Blind could have made a tackle to stop that attack, absolutely. Would Michael Carrick have? You've got to be kidding
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What a stupid thing to say.
 
Ekeke said:
The best bit about this thread is that people are seriously complaining about Blind not making a tackle on the first goal, when it wasn't his to make and then saying Carrick is miles better.

And yet Carrick has averaged less than 1 and a half tackles an entire game this season.

Its possible Blind could have made a tackle to stop that attack, absolutely. Would Michael Carrick have? You've got to be kidding
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Carrick's positioning means he doesn't have to tackle.
 
Carrick is the most important player in the side. Blind isn't good enough positionally to be a long term replacement both in and out of possession, and he doesn't have the range of passing whether that be long or between the lines.
 
Ekeke said:
Brilliant. So by having a great position like Blind picked up in that move, he wouldnt have needed to tackle McCarthy such is his power
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I wasn't referring specifically to the goal. Just in a broad sense as to why Carrick probably has less tackles than Blind.
 
He was obviously poor, but let's not forget he was returning from injury and he was hardly the only player off the pace. It's never going to be as easy returning from injury in a team that's struggling.
 
Ekeke said:
The best bit about this thread is that people are seriously complaining about Blind not making a tackle on the first goal, when it wasn't his to make and then saying Carrick is miles better.

And yet Carrick has averaged less than 1 and a half tackles an entire game this season.

Its possible Blind could have made a tackle to stop that attack, absolutely. Would Michael Carrick have? You've got to be kidding
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Carrick positions himself better hence why he doesn't make more tackles. Blind goes charging up leaving our centre backs exposed and loses most 50/50.
 
Sied said:
He was obviously poor, but let's not forget he was returning from injury and he was hardly the only player off the pace. It's never going to be as easy returning from injury in a team that's struggling.
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He wasnt much worse than he was at left back and yet people praised his performances there. Because we won those games.
 
ZDwyr said:
I wasn't referring specifically to the goal. Just in a broad sense as to why Carrick probably has less tackles than Blind.
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Okay fair enough, but I'm clearly talking about what I specifically pointed out. That people are pointing fingers at Blind for the first goal, saying he should have made a tackle that was on McNair and then saying Carrick is miles better, when Carrick barely makes a tackle this season.

It doesn't make any sense. There are games where Carrick makes 1 tackle and yet people believe that 1 tackle would have come in that exact moment that Blind didnt make one?

As for your point its partly true, but more importantly its Ander and Fellaini doing a good job pressing and winning the ball in front of him that means we can get away with a deeper CM not winning the ball often.

Fellaini and Ander both made 1 tackle today, a lot less than normal partly due to how Everton played and that meant there was more work for Blind and the rest to do.
 
Bojan11 said:
Carrick positions himself better hence why he doesn't make more tackles. Blind goes charging up leaving our centre backs exposed and loses most 50/50.
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Our whole team lost most 50/50s, Blind wins more than Carrick has done this season. Hence he doesn't win the ball often
 
He's not a defensive midfielder. Play him at LB or play him in front of Carrick.
 
you send 25m for Schneiderlin and he will win you 5+ tackles per game, all 50/50 challenges, provide great cover for defenders and do a similar job with his passing as Blind. He was overrated since his arrival, he's squad player maximum in our future premier league winning team.

He's almost like McNair in midfield when he doesn't need to defend he's okay passing around the ball, occasionally coming up with good interception or cross, he suffers from his lack of pace and strength. We will simply not dominate the games in premier league like Ajax in their competition..
 
I'd have to see it again but I thought it was his positioning in the early part of the move for the first goal that let him down a bit... as I say, would have to see it again though.
 
Okay so lets say Blind lacks pace and strength.

Michael Carrick also lacks pace and strength. Its amazing we've put up with him isnt it?
 
Annihilate Now! said:
I'd have to see it again but I thought it was his positioning in the early part of the move for the first goal that let him down a bit... as I say, would have to see it again though.
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He's on the halfway line when we lose the ball and he sprints back at a pace none of the rest of our players do, not because he's the fastest but because he's responsibile and gave 110% effort. He got back into a brilliant position.
 
soap said:
He wasnt much worse than he was at left back and yet people praised his performances there. Because we won those games.
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I disagree. He played very well at left back, although it's kind of difficult to compare the 2 roles as they're so different.
 
Ekeke said:
Okay so lets say Blind lacks pace and strength.

Michael Carrick also lacks pace and strength. Its amazing we've put up with him isnt it?
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If you can't see that Carrick is a much better player then I don't even know what to say.
 
He was poor today but no worse than anyone else. This is a tough game to return from injury, talk about going in at the deep end. Funny thing is, all the things he's being criticised for Carrick has been guilty of loads this season, yet the people criticising are saying Carrick is better. Michael Carrick is not better, if anyone should be a squad player it's him. And comments like "we need a proper replacement for Carrick" are implying that Carrick is/was some kind of god. He was good under Fergie but this year and last he hasn't been. He's on a huge decline atm whereas Blind is exciting to watch and fresh. Strangely, the treatment Blind has been getting is similar to the treatment that Carrick was getting when he came. In a few years we'll no doubt having Blind fanboys crying themselves to sleep when he doesn't play, blaming everything that goes wrong on his replacement whilst casually ignoring the fact that the whole team was poor.
 
thelemon said:
He was poor today but no worse than anyone else. This is a tough game to return from injury, talk about going in at the deep end. Funny thing is, all the things he's being criticised for Carrick has been guilty of loads this season, yet the people criticising are saying Carrick is better. Michael Carrick is not better, if anyone should be a squad player it's him. And comments like "we need a proper replacement for Carrick" are implying that Carrick is/was some kind of god. He was good under Fergie but this year and last he hasn't been. He's on a huge decline atm whereas Blind is exciting to watch and fresh. Strangely, the treatment Blind has been getting is similar to the treatment that Carrick was getting when he came. In a few years we'll no doubt having Blind fanboys crying themselves to sleep when he doesn't play, blaming everything that goes wrong on his replacement whilst casually ignoring the fact that the whole team was poor.
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:lol:

This is mentally brilliant.
 
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