Think we'd be better with a centre half with a brain. As opposed to the thinking mans crumpet who is soft as shite, slow as a turtle and has a heart the size of a pea. The sooner he's out of defence the better. Rojo much like Darmain ain't much better or worse but for different reasons.
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Think we'd be better with a centre half with a brain. As opposed to the thinking mans crumpet who is soft as shite, slow as a turtle and has a heart the size of a pea. The sooner he's out of defence the better. Rojo much like Darmain ain't much better or worse but for different reasons.
Should either play as a LB (where he currently is better than Shaw) or be tried out as a DM.
CB should just be in case of major injuries (like now), but when everyone is available he shouldn't be near the CB spots. I don't care about his intelligence and reading of the game, even the best at that always had atleast a modicum of pace and some athletism to back it up.
CB should just be in case of major injuries (like now), but when everyone is available he shouldn't be near the CB spots. I don't care about his intelligence and reading of the game, even the best at that always had atleast a modicum of pace and some athletism to back it up.
He's too much of a headless chicken to be played as DM.
He has a brainfart moment where he leaves his position behind for no reason nearly every game.
Away from home he is shocking.
He was going from strength to strength for a while but feck me he's been shit this season.
Mourinho said he's not a centre half and more of a left back, I don't think he's even that good at left back to be honest. If he's to stay long term at United he should play in midfield.
He was shocking there anyway. His future at the club is on the bench.
And when he played left back against Chelsea he had a stinker, getting the run around by Pedro
The guys a fecking fraud, and really should be nowhere near the starting lineup.
Hopefully. Not good enough to be a regular starter and never has been.
Can we sell him? Guy makes a mistake every game, can't properly defend against off the ball runners and falls to pieces under pressure.
At what point do you go, "oh he's not good enough for what we're trying to achieve here"?
At what point do you go, "oh he's not good enough for what we're trying to achieve here"?
Remember when he was one of the best CBs in the league 
He never was. He is good when United are controlling the match, but when we are pressured and run at, he always struggles. Smalling may have a couple of mistakes in him here and there and from what I gather had a real stinker against Chelsea, but Blind makes mistakes every darn match.Remember when he was one of the best CBs in the league
Indeed. He simply is not a CB and never will be.
Remember when he was one of the best CBs in the league
He wasn't.
Pressured as in when we not at old Trafford or playing a good team at Old Trafford. Him, Darmian and Rojo are the softest defenders that I ever seen at the club. I rather have Silverstre, O'Shea and Brown back. From Vidic, Evra and Rio to these three frauds. How the hell did we feck up so bad? That just depresses me.
He makes a mistake in nearly every game. Even in the Liverpool game he left us with a 3vs2 counter and luckily Liverpool played the wrong pass.
In as when we are not keeping the ball. Whenever he is tested individually as a defender, he tends to fail if that is under pressure. He can do well when he knows he has plenty of cover, but as you say, he is too soft. As if he is trying to be Rio without any of his attributes.
Smalling had to cover so much distance last year, much of it because of Blind being Blind. I know some love him on here, and he is good at home against average teams, but not when we are not as dominant.
Can't disagree with this really.
He's shown some positive signs but he's never a centre half. Positionally he isn't good enough and he doesn't have the pace or the size to recover. He gave the ball away too frequently today and was caught in no mans on numerous occasions. For me, we should have signed another centre half over the summer.
Given a decent run as a holding midfield player, I do think he'd look a decent player. At left back he has his good games and his bad ones (maybe because of his constant interchanging of positions) but he was exposed out there tonight alongside Rojo.
He seems to fall over several times a game.
He should be a false CB much like a false nine forward but in front lf the defense. Drop in to the Centre between smalling & bailey.
This way he can play as a CDM that covers CB. This would allow us to have 5 at the back when defending instead pf Rashford or martial dropping deep keeping a back line pf 6.
He would allow freedom for ppgba &Herrera to play freely.
Doubt Jose has the balls to change tactics pr even try something new.
Notice how I also said smalling should play pn the right side of the central defense as bailey is clearly better with his weak foot -Rojo can cover him for now.
This way he can play as a CDM that covers CB. This would allow us to have 5 at the back when defending instead pf Rashford or martial dropping deep keeping a back line pf 6.
He would allow freedom for ppgba &Herrera to play freely.
Doubt Jose has the balls to change tactics pr even try something new.
Notice how I also said smalling should play pn the right side of the central defense as bailey is clearly better with his weak foot -Rojo can cover him for now.
how about when we have the ball then? you're think he's gonna be a good enough lone pivot?
"Now it's important we stand up as a team...."
Daley, you are a clueless fecking idiot. How many times has this been said? You are nowt but a bunch of shit grade losers
Learn to tackle, intercept, be in position etc and who knows?...You might get the captain's armband during a league cup tie
Daley, you are a clueless fecking idiot. How many times has this been said? You are nowt but a bunch of shit grade losers
Learn to tackle, intercept, be in position etc and who knows?...You might get the captain's armband during a league cup tie
Funny reading this thread. Never seen fans so up and down on a player.
Bailly is our best CB. Blind and Smalling tied for second best. Neither are really good enough to partner Bailly long term, but until we find someone better I'd rather Blind next to Bailly than Smalling. With someone physically superior next to him Blind becomes the better player.
He should get a go at holding midfielder once Bailly is back. If he cant make that work then he can become a rotation player who will still get plenty of games in various positions.
Bailly is our best CB. Blind and Smalling tied for second best. Neither are really good enough to partner Bailly long term, but until we find someone better I'd rather Blind next to Bailly than Smalling. With someone physically superior next to him Blind becomes the better player.
He should get a go at holding midfielder once Bailly is back. If he cant make that work then he can become a rotation player who will still get plenty of games in various positions.
So him taming Lukaku last season didn't happen right? SMH this forum is something else
You and the rest of the up and down crew on here will most likely turn on Bailly the first bad game he has
Whats up and down about anything I've said there? I've said that of Blind pretty much since Day 1.I don't think he would be a CDM like Carrick or a makelele; imagine our back 4 with blind dropping in to CB from CDM in emergencies? This would be a back 5 with Blind allowed to initiate attacks too - arguably the best deep lying passer we have apart from Carrick.
If we rely on blind to be a CDM destroyer & pivot I doubt he will be all that effective.
We currently don't play with a CDM- just midfielders playing in deep positions. If blind can cover both the CDM role and become a 3rd CB when we do get 0ur backs to the wall - any team will struggle to break down a 5 man defense.
Right now this extra defensive duties are falling to the wingers who are sitting back as far as the fullback to make a back 6. A back 5 would be just as effective as well as letting the attackers just be attackers.
We know he can pass, we know he has excellent reading of the game & he has the ability to have decent interceptions.
As a hybrid CB'CDM he would be pretty well rounded would you not think?
The 0ne major problem is that we would have to have relatively defensive fullback & let blind free roam with the ball as a defender. This is something he does as a CB regularly anyway.
The reason I personally believe in this is because we have TFM & Shaw - who I regard to be better defensive fullback than 0utput fullbacks). ( Jose currently prefers Valencia & Blind as full backs because they can cross from deep) & to me that tactic is trash.
Going from a 442 to a 532 ie transition from attack to defense & vise versa would be my dresm
Remember when he was one of the best CBs in the league
No he never has been but there are a few posters here who get obsessive with players. Herrera has the same theme both players who are decent without being great.
Taming? Are you talking about the game where Lukaku missed about 6 chances. Hardly taming.
Im not talking about the FA cup. What short memories we have
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...otball-news/man-utd-daley-blind-news-11140146
https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/apr/03/manchester-united-daley-blind-romelu-lukaku
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Herrera is and always was a much, much better player though.
Mou saying this indicates to me that he has had his chance and blown it. Sold in the summer.
False imo. Besides, his composure in the backline is a big reason why we control matches in the first place. Obviously I'm not taking recent form into account here. If we did that we'd sell 3/4s of the team anyway.
He actually doesn't.
He really does!
We have quite a few players with their best position up for debate, off the top of my head:
Blind, Rashford, Martial, Mata, Mkhi, Tofu, Young, Pogba, Rooney.. that's mental, I understand Jose's sentiments about specialist players now.
Blind, Rashford, Martial, Mata, Mkhi, Tofu, Young, Pogba, Rooney.. that's mental, I understand Jose's sentiments about specialist players now.
I had this conversation the other week. I mean, does any other 'top club' have so many players that have undefined positions and can play a number of roles?
Out of position although Blind is frustrating because he can never sustain form over a long period of games, has 1 or 2 amazing games then 4 or 5 average games
I can't personally think of one, a utility player or two Is handy, 10 is not
Agree completely. I mean every squad needs a few Milner's but one or two is definitely enough.
So he has now got the same no. of caps as his dad and he had a good game with an assist for Memphis' first.
I know people don't rate him as much as me here but I reckon if he is played in the right position; he has the right mentality to be a captain for us and maybe move a step up in his career.
I don't particularly see that much leadership from smalling and players like Herrera who have been mentioned. Blind is great at organising & communicating. He could maybe sort out his occasional bad game for us if he is given the responsibility to step it up for us.
I don't particularly see that much leadership from smalling and players like Herrera who have been mentioned. Blind is great at organising & communicating. He could maybe sort out his occasional bad game for us if he is given the responsibility to step it up for us.
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