Barbatov and Nani on the bench too. Who start in this current team.Van daar sar
Evra
Rio
Vidic
Neville
Scholes
Giggs
Carrick
Tevez
Rooney
Ronaldo
We did once upon a time
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- Clean sheets
- 6
- Goals
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- Assists
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Van daar sar
Evra
Rio
Vidic
Neville
Scholes
Giggs
Carrick
Tevez
Rooney
Ronaldo
We did once upon a time
Ahhh, What a beautiful team. isn't it? with options like Anderson, Hargreaves, Nani on top of it.
My comment on not having world class in every position is more reflecting on our situation after disastrous last few years but slowly we can get there atleast in our firstXI.
Looked like he was willing to go through AWB as well!
Think he'd go through the whole stand if he had too
He gets injured because he throws himself around alot. Touch of the phil Jones about him.
Van daar sar
Evra
Rio
Vidic
Neville
Scholes
Giggs
Carrick
Tevez
Rooney
Ronaldo
We did once upon a time
Were Neville, Giggs and Carrick really world class at that time? Good players obviously but Carrick had his peak later, Giggs was already converted to central midfielder and not the winger he used to be and Neville was a good right back but was he ever world class?
All the other players of that team were likely top 5 in the world at their position at that time though. Too bad Barcelona was even better than that team
LASK 0:5 Man Utd
Bailly is back to his best. Just stay fit please.
Looks like he's finally discovering his mojo back. At his form he has many helpful skills that will just help Maguire to perform even better.
Another solid performance, his passing is really good!
He s the best partner we have for Maguire at the moment. I just hope he stays fit.
He's going to get demoted. Bailly is never going to be that guy.
Shows the importance of a quick CB next to Maguire. Our defense is looking solid as feck
Such a pleasure to watch sometimes. Just hope he can keep it up. At his best he is bordering on WC.
Please stay fit Eric. And use that head of yours more frequently. I love watching him defend when he gets going.
Thought that too, closed down some attacks that we’d struggle at with Linde there. Won more headers than Maguire too.
The skill and the pass to Chong after 88 minutes was
Best ball playing defender at the club
This isn't a dig at Lindelof - but considering Ole has improved alot of players I think Bailly will come good.
5 appearances
5 clean sheets
Bailly is back baby
5 clean sheets
Bailly is back baby
i’ve been a critic of Bailly because i dont see the use of players that are constantly crocked. That said, If he can stay fit i prefer him to lindelof as first choice. There was a ball behind earlier that would have caused Lindelof some problems but Bailly paced their forward to it. a good block from a goal bound effort as well by him
Some people wanted to sell him idiots
idiotsI want to see Maguire and Bailly CB partnership become permanent.
Some people wanted to sell him
I think it is a perfectly reasonable opinion. If the player is always injured, why keep him? There was a point in which he fell to the group and everyone was concerned he had picked up another injury. He will need to go through some period of time without any major injuries for people to change their opinion and that remains to be seen. I think we are still keeping him wrapped in cotton wool so to speak.
He had 2 bad injuries in a row, just bad luck. When he's fit he's clearly very, very good.
Some people were happy to sell him to Arsenal this summer, that would have been an absolutely mental decision. Thank god Redcafe isn't in charge of any decisions.
I don't think its that mental.
If I'm honest - I didn't rate a single central defender except Maguire & Smalling because everyone felt like they had their chance at United but bit by bit I have seen so many players improve now and that's down to both the manager and us as a team finally in nearly 10+ years have a creator in our team who wants to be here unlike di Maria did.
I hope Ole sees what the fans see with Bailly because it seems a bit more natural at the back in partnership - a bit like a potentially improved version of the Maguire'Rojo partnership we got excited about because Rojo just like Bailly wouldn't mind getting stuck in but lacked finesse.
I just was dying for Bailly to get back because I knew he'd be a better partner than Lindelof - but honestly I don't think anyone saw this type of turn around in results and form for players like Bailly.
It's perfectly reasonable opinion if you want to sell Bailly after Jones & Rojo. But to choose not giving Bailly another chance and sell him before Jones & Rojo are seriously not a reasonable opinion. Three players with injury prone, if there is a player who hasn't got much chances to be given by the club & has a better chance to improve is Bailly, not the other two.
Got a bit worried when he was down for a bit, if he can maintain his fitness he's a good asset.
He's been mostly excellent since his return, couple of aerial mistakes aside.
He's still only 25, I think he could be immense if he manages to become adequate in the air. I suppose this hasn't been a large enough cohort of matches to judge if he's beyond the occasional brain farts he's been guilty of in the past, but he's currently ahead of Lindelöf for me.
He's still only 25, I think he could be immense if he manages to become adequate in the air. I suppose this hasn't been a large enough cohort of matches to judge if he's beyond the occasional brain farts he's been guilty of in the past, but he's currently ahead of Lindelöf for me.
He still can lose the plot. They created an open chance because he went to the ground too early and their player then had an open chance to shoot at goal and luckily for us he skied it into the stands. This was in the second half.
His composure is unreal. Can't wait to see him play regularly alongside Maguire, will end up as our best CB pair.
If Bailly can resist breaking himself then him and Maguire will be a bloody good first choice pair.
Both have been impressive when played together.
Both have been impressive when played together.
It s the injuries, but he has also put in some poor performances. Now he had had one good but not great game against a top PL club and then played some games against weak teams and many seem to evaluate him from those few games.
Bailly's mentality isn't really good enough as a CB. His concentration, defensive awareness and positioning sometimes puts the team in trouble. It's just that his physicality was so good that he could recover very quickly when he was fit. However after the knee surgery his condition hasn't returned to his peak and his weakness in defence has been exposed. Just hope he can stay fit for a period of time so that he can keep up with the pace of the game.
My main issue with him is that he has the whole skill set I would love to see in basically every other position, but not with a CB. You never know what he will do next.
Wasnt his biggest fan at all but Ole has players I never really saw a future for playing really free & well - writing Bailly off would be stupid after periods of good forms under other managers too.
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