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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
Not a best game but still he will be more then useful in the future,he has more football intelligence then most of our players,dont think he will regress in incoming seasons.He cant change much about his pace but if he gets stronger then he should be ok for us.
 
justboy68 said:
Doesn't have the legs to effectively shield a defence. He is an intelligent and versatile player though and well worth a squad role. With a summer revamp it will hopefully be the case that we get a proper first team worthy Carrick replacement and Blind will take up a John O'shea type role, available to cover injuries at left back and centre back and midfield if we really need to.
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This. But it is what he has been doing already. Just that between them Shaw and Carrick have been injured nearly all season!
 
Annihilate Now! said:
Oh come on...So everyone else in the wall couldn't see the ball because they weren't covering their faces? It's stupid... Can easily give away a penalty doing shit like that
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Whats your rocket scientist theory on why he's covering above his eyes then?

Does he have weak eyebrows that he wanted to protect or something?
 
justboy68 said:
Doesn't have the legs to effectively shield a defence. He is an intelligent and versatile player though and well worth a squad role. With a summer revamp it will hopefully be the case that we get a proper first team worthy Carrick replacement and Blind will take up a John O'shea type role, available to cover injuries at left back and centre back and midfield if we really need to.
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Very much agree on the lack of legs. Doesn't cover the ground well at all. Spots the danger but can't react. Needs to bulk up to compensate IMO.
 
Looks like they were worried the freekick would be played under the wall so no one jumped, if it was tactical we can't blame him, and the sun looked to be in his eyes.
 
I don't think he was that bad. Out of him, Herrera and Fellaini he was the one who stood up at times and did something with the ball.
 
R'hllor said:
Not a best game but still he will be more then useful in the future,he has more football intelligence then most of our players,dont think he will regress in incoming seasons.He cant change much about his pace but if he gets stronger then he should be ok for us.
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Agree. Out of form at the moment but will be a useful player for us again next season with more matches to play, if not an automatic choice.
 
I just thought it was a poor match by an otherwise good player.
Its been a long season for him and he looks a bit knackered to me.
Overall a good season but it is starting to peter out a bit for him.
 
So do you actually believe me that he's slightly better than average and no Pirlo? or is too soon to say the truth. He was the last ditch transfer to cover.. I don't believe Cleverley is any worse, it's just the knowledge and confidence from manager's support which gave him advantage in the first half of the seaseon ahead of some players.. he's bang squad player
 
I still think he's the Dutch Gareth Barry. Capable in multiple positions, uses the ball relatively well, very slow, very safe passer, needs a dominant midfield partner alongside him, not good enough to start for a top team.
 
Brwned said:
I still think he's the Dutch Gareth Barry. Capable in multiple positions, uses the ball relatively well, very slow, very safe passer, needs a dominant midfield partner alongside him.
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Barry was better
 
He is having very poor last few months but people are forgetting that he was actually very good in first half of the season.

Can we at least consider that the tiredness and lack of form are getting to him like they do with pretty much every player in their first season in Premierleague, even players coming from top teams and not someone who is coming from way weaker league, who had a busy summer being involved in the World Cup, and who had very bad injury during the season and was actually rushed back after it? It's obvious that he is struggling at the moment and that he probably shouldn't be starting in midfield but before we conclude he is never gonna make it here let's see how he performs next season after deserved rest.
 
Brwned said:
I still think he's the Dutch Gareth Barry. Capable in multiple positions, uses the ball relatively well, very slow, very safe passer, needs a dominant midfield partner alongside him, not good enough to start for a top team.
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Tend to agree. A good option to have but I don't think he has it in him to be a starter
 
Brwned said:
I still think he's the Dutch Gareth Barry. Capable in multiple positions, uses the ball relatively well, very slow, very safe passer, needs a dominant midfield partner alongside him, not good enough to start for a top team.
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True, although I think there are specific examples of him playing great passes that Barry isnt capable of. However, very few of them have been at United where he's kept it safe.
 
I don't his legs are an issue or his passing. I've seen play some lovely passes this season.

His positioning and reading the of game is lacking for him to play the DM role as anything more than a back up. Put in front of Carrick and he'll probably look a lot better,
 
He should stick to Carrick all next season in training, try and get some of that immense positioning and intercepting skills to rub off on him, make up for his lacklustre pace.

Had a great early season, but off the boil now, as is most of the team to be fair.
 
He is a decent squad player to have. But he is no where close to carrick as a CM.

And if we are talking about trying to win the league and progress far in the CL next season then we need to sign another top class CM.

Not saying herrera and blind have been bad buys, both have been good, but it is scary to think that we've spent 170 million pound for mata, fellaini, herrera, di maria and blind and our midfield issue is yet to be completely solved.
 
I think he's good defensively but his positioning is bad Imo. He's either too deep or gets caught too far Up the pitch.
 
I really like him but he's just not suited to be a defensive midfielder. Maybe the reason why we had those long winning runs wasn't because of Carrick, but because Blind wasn't there in the defensive midfield position. Serious need of a DM in the window, which LVG addressed.

Had a decent season overall, but he should stick to being back up.
 
Some think it's his mobility/pace/flat-footedness that's his issue.
Some think it's his positioning.

It's both. He's just not an exceptional player. Good for the squad, and Intelligent enough, but he just hasn't got 'it.
 
If Carrick was available it would be an opportunity to take him out of the firing line. His confidence is low at the moment. His passing was poor today.
 
Amar__ said:
He is having very poor last few months but people are forgetting that he was actually very good in first half of the season.

Can we at least consider that the tiredness and lack of form are getting to him like they do with pretty much every player in their first season in Premierleague, even players coming from top teams and not someone who is coming from way weaker league, who had a busy summer being involved in the World Cup, and who had very bad injury during the season and was actually rushed back after it? It's obvious that he is struggling at the moment and that he probably shouldn't be starting in midfield but before we conclude he is never gonna make it here let's see how he performs next season after deserved rest.
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I'm seriously fed up with that excuse. Feck me... and we used to say that the Italian league required a lot of fitness back in the days.

What I didn't like on the goal we conceded is that he stood there like a damn orange construction cone when all he had to do was jump to block the shot. Take one for the team, man.
 
Annihilate Now! said:
... That must be some weird sun coming down then.

Bottom line, you don't put your hand by your face when you're in a wall... Whatever the weather.
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People get away with that plenty saying they are protecting their face. Its only when your hands are away from your face that theres an issue
 
Disappointed with him today - we know he's slow and weak but he's usually a smarter player. Didn't play smartly today at alla nd punted several balls in a hit & hope fashion.
 
Ekeke said:
People get away with that plenty saying they are protecting their face. Its only when your hands are away from your face that theres an issue
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school boy error. Some of the first things coaches tell you when defending freekicks is to look at the ball. covering your face for whatever reason is just weak.

squad player at best.
 
Really don't get what people see in him. Back up left back at best. Probably too slow or that position too.
 
Kakeru said:
I'm seriously fed up with that excuse. Feck me... and we used to say that the Italian league required a lot of fitness back in the days.

What I didn't like on the goal we conceded is that he stood there like a damn orange construction cone when all he had to do was jump to block the shot. Take one for the team, man.
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No he didn't even have to jump, it was low enough just to put his head there.
 
I thought he did well today. I don't get the negative comments. His only mistake was he closed his eyes from the sun and could have easily stopped the shot had he jumped.
 
My gosh what a horror show of a performance.
Sometimes he can get away with having the acceleration of a ferry or the cutting edge of a beach ball (that one that scored against Liverpool aside of course) when others around him are playing well, but when we're struggling like today he really gets shown up.
From his performances this season he is effectively our 2015 version of Quinton Fortune. Decent squad player but should never be first choice if we want to be challenging for titles.
 
R'hllor said:
Not a best game but still he will be more then useful in the future,he has more football intelligence then most of our players,dont think he will regress in incoming seasons.He cant change much about his pace but if he gets stronger then he should be ok for us.
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Yeah this. Decent utility players can be hard to get hold of and I think Blind and Valencia are great squad players. Blind in particular this season with Shaw and Carrick's injuries. Agree about the intelligence though, he has clear flaws that have been exposed in the PL but intelligence certainly isn't something he lacks.
 
Kill 'em all said:
I thought he did well today. I don't get the negative comments. His only mistake was he closed his eyes from the sun and could have easily stopped the shot had he jumped.
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I think you need to watch the entire game again. See how many times he was stranded on the wrong side of the player he is trying to tackle, how many times he just jogged along with the play and a few times he just didn't get stuck in to win the ball.
I'm sorry but with what we served up today I'm convinced he will not be mainstay in our midfield and squad player at best. Good cover for leftback.
 
Glory Glory Denis Irwin said:
My gosh what a horror show of a performance.
Sometimes he can get away with having the acceleration of a ferry or the cutting edge of a beach ball (that one that scored against Liverpool aside of course) when others around him are playing well, but when we're struggling like today he really gets shown up.
From his performances this season he is effectively our 2015 version of Quinton Fortune. Decent squad player but should never be first choice if we want to be challenging for titles.
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that's harsh on Quinton Fortune..
 
Poor performance by him but he's probably running on empty. He started the season well but since December has been in and out of the team through injury. Given other factors like a World Cup and introduction to a new league, it's not surprising he's running out of legs
 
I will never forgive him for the free kick, that was worse than Nasri.
 
darioterios said:
why not?
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It was a close free kick so could easily be hammered low, you can't jump or you'll allow it to go underneath and it'll be an automatic goal. There is no way for everyone to jump perfectly together and jumping inevitably leads to gaps opening up between players. It can also mess with the keepers projection of the flight of the ball. You stand tall and together and no one moves.
 
Bloxy said:
school boy error. Some of the first things coaches tell you when defending freekicks is to look at the ball. covering your face for whatever reason is just weak.

squad player at best.
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He couldn't look at the ball because he couldn't see it with the sun. He had to try block the sun or he wouldn't have been able to see the ball.
 
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