Daley Blind - Deal Confirmed

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I don't know where people see him similar to Carrick. Carrick at 24 was a playmaker, and started at United as a damn good water carrier for Scholes to shine. Based on WC, I don't think Blind is like that, or able to do those. For me, Blind's more like a lite Hargreaves. Based on WC only, he will add energy and tactical discipline, but I don't think he's a good (purely as) DM.

Although considering he's LvG 'purchase', young, and doesn't cost a bomb (cough *Fellaini*), and the alternative for CM is Anderson, he's a good sensible signing.
 
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He's an upgrade to what we have.

Actually anyone is an upgrade to the DMs we currently have.
 
With Blind in the team hopefully our defenders will not need to hoof the ball so much. I can't remember for how many times Fletcher did not even try to loose his marker yesterday when our defenders had the ball he just stood there watching.
 
the hea said:
With Blind in the team hopefully our defenders will not need to hoof the ball so much. I can't remember for how many times Fletcher did not even try to loose his marker yesterday when our defenders had the ball he just stood there watching.
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In this new system it is not about loosing the marker but it is about being in the right position. If opposition defender try to mark fletcher when the ball is in defence our defender should have at least 2 players available. What brings problem and hoofing the ball is that players are not in right positions, players don't want risk to pass through balls and bad control of the ball which give time to defender to position himself in the right place.
 
Why we waited till the 31st to get reinforcements for an area so obviously lacking is so puzzling.

Hope this goes through! Blind will be a good addition, an upgrade on what we have.
 
SoCross said:
Why we waited till the 31st to get reinforcements for an area so obviously lacking is so puzzling.

Hope this goes through! Blind will be a good addition, an upgrade on what we have.
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The only reason I could think of is that he isn't our first choice.

But he is definiely a good signing for us (can't be worst than Fletcher, Cleverley, Anderson and Fellaini seriously)
 
He may struggle with the physical nature of the English game but the reason people are comparing him with Carrick is because of how he plays. He reads the game well, he sniffs out danger, he distributes the ball well. He will help in the exact spot where none of our current midfielders want to go and receive the ball, instead of having to play long balls they will have someone to pass snort to and he will protect them defensively. If the opponents are on the break he can drop and make it a back 4 or engage and break up the attack. He is a good signing. Exactly what we needed.

I would like one more strong and mobile cm with an engine and good technique.
 
Mockney said:
I find the whole open celebration of a transfer and his manager congratulating him thing a bit weird. I mean, I know their star's faded, but this is still Ajax. Imagine a mid-table PL team doing that? Their fans would go mental.
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It's Ajax's culture. They know that they are the "hub" if you like for developing Dutch talent and they know that the best Dutch players won't stay due to the Dutch league being relatively weak. Therefore when one of the players they've nurtured leaves for a big club, it's considered a success for the club.
 
Jerch said:
In this new system it is not about loosing the marker but it is about being in the right position. If opposition defender try to mark fletcher when the ball is in defence our defender should have at least 2 players available. What brings problem and hoofing the ball is that players are not in right positions, players don't want risk to pass through balls and bad control of the ball which give time to defender to position himself in the right place.
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Loosing your marker is being in the right position, when our defenders have the ball the wingbacks and the deep midfielder should be their options passing the ball forward they should also have the option of the 2 other CB's so in theory when a CB has the ball their should be 5 players trying to make them self available. Against Burnley when one of the CB's had the ball they usually only had the other 2 CB's available for a pass Young, Valencia and Fletcher were not making them self available for the pass which lead to the long balls from our defenders. With Blind coming in we at least get one player who is familiar with Van Gaals system and it should improve our buildup play from defense.
 
RedRonaldo said:
The only reason I could think of is that he isn't our first choice.

But he is definiely a good signing for us (can't be worst than Fletcher, Cleverley, Anderson and Fellaini seriously)
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Yeah, only plausible explanation but still...

Hope he adjusts to the pace of the league, my only concern is he might be troubled by overly physical play.
 
Isotope said:
I don't know where people see him similar to Carrick. Carrick at 24 was a playmaker, and started at United as a damn good water carrier for Scholes to shine. Based on WC, I don't think Blind is like that, or able to do those. For me, Blind's more like a lite Hargreaves. Based on WC only, he will add energy and tactical discipline, but I don't think he's a good (purely as) DM.

Although considering he's LvG 'purchase', young, and doesn't cost a bomb (cough *Fellaini*), and the alternative for CM is Anderson, he's a good sensible signing.
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No he wasn't, Carrick at 24 was a sideways passer. Playmaker? He didnt create for West Ham or Spurs. He just moved the ball around the pitch and at Spurs he learnt to be good with his defensive responsibility, improving his tackling and intercepting.

And of course you have no clue about him from the world cup where he played left wingback. What do you think you'd learn about Michael Carrick playing as a right back? Absolutely nothing.
 
Isotope said:
I don't know where people see him similar to Carrick. Carrick at 24 was a playmaker, and started at United as a damn good water carrier for Scholes to shine. Based on WC, I don't think Blind is like that, or able to do those. For me, Blind's more like a lite Hargreaves. Based on WC only, he will add energy and tactical discipline, but I don't think he's a good (purely as) DM.

Although considering he's LvG 'purchase', young, and doesn't cost a bomb (cough *Fellaini*), and the alternative for CM is Anderson, he's a good sensible signing.
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Carrick at 24 was the player everyone would point their finger to if we lost a game. He wasn't that good it was just sideways passing and scoring the occasional goal from outside the box.
 
Ekeke said:
No he wasn't, Carrick at 24 was a sideways passer. Playmaker? He didnt create for West Ham or Spurs. He just moved the ball around the pitch and at Spurs he learnt to be good with his defensive responsibility, improving his tackling and intercepting.

And of course you have no clue about him from the world cup where he played left wingback. What do you think you'd learn about Michael Carrick playing as a right back? Absolutely nothing.
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At Spurs he was their playmaker. All of their attacks would go through him.
 
Keeps It tidy said:
At Spurs he was their playmaker. All of their attacks would go through him.
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Of course not. Jermaine Jenas was next to him and was the one who joined in the attacks. Carrick played from deep taking the ball from the defence and giving it to the attackers, the same as any other deep CM. He wasn't creating.
 
Ekeke said:
Of course not. Jermaine Jenas was next to him and was the one who joined in the attacks. Carrick played from deep taking the ball from the defence and giving it to the attackers, the same as any other deep CM. He wasn't creating.
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He was their deep lying playmaker. He even lead them in assists.
 
Buchan said:
What's the hold-up with making this official, then? He had the medical last night so you'd expect it to be a formality now.
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Transfers don't get completed on Sundays. It'll be all done and dusted and formally announced tomorrow.
 
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Wow, he looks exactly the same when he was still a kid.
 
SoCross said:
Why we waited till the 31st to get reinforcements for an area so obviously lacking is so puzzling.

Hope this goes through! Blind will be a good addition, an upgrade on what we have.
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RedRonaldo said:
The only reason I could think of is that he isn't our first choice.

But he is definiely a good signing for us (can't be worst than Fletcher, Cleverley, Anderson and Fellaini seriously)
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I have said it a few times now it might be a case of we have been waiting to offload a few of our other players too.

Seemingly as soon as we have had genuine interest and bids for Cleverley etc we have moved for Blind.
 
izec said:
he had a very good world cup. I dont know how good he is in midfield, but he looks pretty good at LB.
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I was thinking same thing about LB. He looks like a phenomenal ball winner. He is like a blood hound at getting the ball, sniff it out and straight in, no messing about. Looks like the ideal player to break up opposition attacks and get the ball out to our talented front line. I think this is exactly the kind of unglamorous, but effective DM's we need. It's always hard to tell from a YouTube video, as don't see the times it didn't work out, but I was very impressed from that video.

Considering the video said crossing is a weakness, his forward crossing looks insanely good, some very nice Scholes type pings!
 
He looks like such a pain in the arse to play against. He goes in solid and hard and is one of those players that even if he doesn't go in in the tidiest way, he wins the ball through brute power. I think he is the kind player that will unsettle oppositions and cause frustration, because doesn't give you time to breath and gives you big knocks when taking the ball off you.

This looks exactly what we need. Not the pansys we currently have in midfield, just a hard nut!

He also looks like he has a good strike on either left or right foot. The goal he took on his right was a an awesome strike, powerful and accurate. Surprising as he barely uses his right foot, but is clearly capable.
 
Sarni said:
It's absolutely mad that we are signing a Dutch international who has been Eredivisie player of the year and excelled at Ajax for a reasonable fee, for a position in which we desperately needed quality for years, and people are still underwhelmed. At least wait until he plays before judging, you would have said the same about Strootman a year ago and look how he's turned out.
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I agree 100%..He's certainly an improvement on what we currently have.

I agree with the strootman thing too, I just hope people don't compare him to him, they're totally different players, Blind wont get us too many goals or assists but he will protect our back 3 or 4.
 
This is a transfer muppets nightmare. When you look at the money being spent it feels like we could get equal quality from one of the PL clubs for like 4-5m euro. Ridiculous buy.
 
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