This video sums up our pathetic defending all over the pitch, absolutely pathetic
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This video sums up our pathetic defending all over the pitch, absolutely pathetic
Yeah I blame LVG for not buying another CB and playing Rojo out of position to accomodate Blind.
Seriously, I think Blind is just being set up to fail by LVG each game he starts at CB - guy is clearly not cut out for it and I feel for him tbf. What is he going to say? No way?
How has he been ran into the ground? He's played in a good number of football matches which is hardly surprising considering he's a professional footballer. He just isn't very good as a centre back.
He played very well as a CB in the first few months of the season, only lately he started producing all kinds of brainfarts. I put it down to him playing nearly all games but hey i could be talking bollocks.
He's looked like a 10 year old playing the last couple of games. Running around after the ball, clearances not even making it to the half way line and long passes dropping 10 yards short
At fault for the goal but we are told he is knackered and need a rest so why play him. Credit to him at the end for being the only one out of our defence who realised the ball needed to go into the box while Smalling is pointing at the man on the ball to pass it sideways.
Needs to be dropped now. That's two shocking performances in a row.
This was stupid as feck. Incredibly lazy.
Mediocre player.
Thanks. Made me so angry, especially since they went on to score right after that.
Blind is not up to the standard we should be aiming for. Not even close! He's always too late at everything and he's just not a good defender.
And what has also been bugging me for a while now is that I fail to see why he's apparently seen as some kind of corner kick specialist as he's always taking them from both sides for whatever reason. He's no Frank De Boer but apparently someone (LVG?) at United thinks he has these same qualities that FDB used to have. He's average at them at best.
He's just not very good and he should only be some utility player ar LB and even that is a major stretch.
As long as LVG is our manager, Blind will keep his place.
Sack LVG, sell Blind!
And what has also been bugging me for a while now is that I fail to see why he's apparently seen as some kind of corner kick specialist as he's always taking them from both sides for whatever reason. He's no Frank De Boer but apparently someone (LVG?) at United thinks he has these same qualities that FDB used to have. He's average at them at best.
He's just not very good and he should only be some utility player ar LB and even that is a major stretch.
As long as LVG is our manager, Blind will keep his place.
Sack LVG, sell Blind!
Thats the question... LVG himself said he's tired and needs a rest, yet still plays him? It's just daft.
Also, didn't Fergie often say that CB's need resting less because they don't through as much work in a game of football? Which is why Rio and Vidic would play around 50 games a season?
Blind's currently played 39
The weirdest thing to me is that Van Gaal obviously likes him at CB for his left footed distribution. Last year our play from the back was pathetic at times, and the lack of central defenders who could pass properly looked like one of the reasons the philosophy wasn't working.
This year our distribution does look better with Blind than it did without him last year, at times during this season his build up play has been excellent. This hasn't helped our football or creativity at all though, we still struggled many matches and countless times we've created feck all. I really don't understand this, the only conclusion I can draw is that having a center half who's good at passing does in reality barely help a team creating something
This year our distribution does look better with Blind than it did without him last year, at times during this season his build up play has been excellent. This hasn't helped our football or creativity at all though, we still struggled many matches and countless times we've created feck all. I really don't understand this, the only conclusion I can draw is that having a center half who's good at passing does in reality barely help a team creating something
He's more rash and ill-disciplined than Rafael was, yet seems to get away with
Rio always missed a chunk of the season through some injury. Vidic occasionally did too.
Rio always missed a chunk of the season through some injury. Vidic occasionally did too.
Rio
05-06 - 52 games
06-07 - 49 games
07-08 - 51 games
Vidic
07-08 - 45 games
08-09 - 55 games
09-10 - 33 games
10-11 - 47 games
We don't play the same football as when SAF managed either.
Blind's clearly knackered. Give him a rest LVG!
Probably best to take him out behind the barn tbh.
I'm not denying that he's knackered - it's fairly obvious, and LVG has said as much himself (which is why I find playing him - when we had Smalling and Rojo back - to be really dumb) ... just pointing out the stats.
He needs taking out. He's been crap for weeks. He needs a rest.
He's been bullied by forwards. Far too small and weak to go up against Rondon, Igalo and Deeney.
He's been bullied by forwards. Far too small and weak to go up against Rondon, Igalo and Deeney.
Pulling out a post about a match months ago out of context.
Well done dipshit. Got anything else or just spent your time trying to find my post in the archives ?
Not a centre back.
I was agreeing with you. He's all about intelligence, intelligence and intelligence.
Pulling out a post about a match months ago out of context.
Well done dipshit. Got anything else or just spent your time trying to find my post in the archives ?
I'm like a gypsy curse, the moment I praise a player, they turn shite!!
It's frustrating because I do think that he has talent but he doesn't seem to be mentally strong enough to me. Seems that as soon as he makes a mistake in a game his confidence goes
He was also all about midfield before LvG decided to mess with his role. Why didn't you pull that post out of the X-Files ?
He should never been taken as a long term solution for CB spot in the first place even despite his great performance against Pool. If I remember correctly he was solid then... for a midfielder in defense.
I'm not a fan of him playing central defender, but I do think people are being harsh on him. Up until two or three games ago Blind had actually been doing pretty damn well in the role for a couple of months. Much better than I was expecting him to do when LVG first started playing him there.
He obviously needs a break now and hopefully with Rojo back we'll do that, but once he's had that break I wouldn't say no to Blind coming back into that role as first choice partner for Smalling until the end of the season. Would depend if anybody else stakes a better claim on that role of course.
In saying that, obviously we do need to buy a proper center back to partner Smalling going forward (Laporte is my preferred option).
He obviously needs a break now and hopefully with Rojo back we'll do that, but once he's had that break I wouldn't say no to Blind coming back into that role as first choice partner for Smalling until the end of the season. Would depend if anybody else stakes a better claim on that role of course.
In saying that, obviously we do need to buy a proper center back to partner Smalling going forward (Laporte is my preferred option).
He's been good most of the season, just looks like he needs a rest at the minute. Mensah or Rojo can slot in for now.
People are not harsh on him at all. It's just the philosophy screwed with everyone's mind so much and to the point when at times we started to think Fellaini is a classic midfielder, Mata winger, Blind a classic CB and Rooney classic number 9.
We're still about to find out who's that Fosu Mensah chap is, lucky for him he's still in that kind of age when he's just hungry of football and doesn't care too much about a main role he'll get.
Going back to Blind's problem, we can give him even full month of rest and the effect may be very similar as he surely wasn't prepared to just throw everything he learned in Amsterdam and suddenly become full time central defender. People can criticize him all day long as long as they remember the simple fact, he's not playing on his nominal and his physicality isn't exactly proper characteristic for a PL defender and that won't change for sure as he'll be 26 in three days.
Any stattos got the number of long balls hoofed forward by Blind and Rojo today? Must of been over 40.
Which will end up being comparable come end of the season.
Not sure it's fair to expect a fairly young, relatively new to the league midfielder playing centre back under Van Gaal to be as endurant physically and mentally as 2 seasoned vets playing under Fergie.
You've spoke multiple times about Smalling needing a rest this season and excusing him of a drop off in form due to tiredness.
Absolutely mind boggling what he was doing for that goal. Just went blind for a second I'm guessing.
Stupid defending.
Stupid defending.
Exactly... and Rio and Vidic were only a year older then him when they were racking up those numbers, and no one ever thought they were tired.
I'm not saying he shouldn't be tired, or rested... nor that it's his fault that he is... as I say, LVG himself said he needs a rest, which makes it completely feckin' stupid that he still selected him today.
The point is why are our players under LVG, and particularly our defenders, looking so tired? It's a rhetorical question as we all know the answer...
I am one of his biggest fan here, but he was a bit shocking today, and hasn't been that good for a few games now.
Definitely needs to be rested/dropped for a couple of games.
Definitely needs to be rested/dropped for a couple of games.
The logical solution today would have been Rojo at CB, TFM at LB and Blind at CM. Instead we played two players out of position with another CM who looks completely done at the top level.
He's tired (probably played every single game). Also he's not a CB
Needs to be dropped or rested which ever. He was at fault for the Arsenal goals, then followed it up with a dreadful performance against Watford and today he was arguably just as bad as in the Watford game. Not only was he at fault for the goal but every time he got the ball he hoofed it to no one in particular, honestly Sunday league stuff.
Today was a really good chance to rest him. Play Smalling/Rojo as CBs, TFM as LB especially after his showing against Watford. Its bonkers it didnt happen.
Too weak and crap positionally to be a centre back, too slow to be a left back and hasn't performed in midfield. Maybe he can take Carrick's squad role next season, but I don't see where he ever starts in a top side.
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