When is he back?
How good is Chris Smalling?
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Hopefully soon, love the guy.
Why is it that when I speak to most people about Smalling, they don't rate the guy at all? Am I missing something in his defensive ability ?
Why is it that when I speak to most people about Smalling, they don't rate the guy at all? Am I missing something in his defensive ability ?
They probably just watched him when he played RB, at CB he is a beast. Love him
Clumsy, not good distributing the ball, often caught way out of position.
Pretty much how I see it as well, I can't really blame him though, he's hardly had a chance playing there, so I'm sure in time he will get better.
I think he only gets caught out of position at right back. CB he's always in a very good position and defends very well. But when you're an opposition fan when you see someone continually make mistakes on the ball you see that chink in the armor and think he isnt going to be a top player
Complete nonsense. Untrue, few examples to back up such a claim, and in denial of the 80+ games we've seen from him in his favourite position.
Only one of those 3 I believe is true, and even recently his distribution is better. Out of our CBs I would say he is the least clumsiest, Jones and Vidic recently are much more.
I never commented on the others. Certainly Jones displays similar characteristics.
Manchester United defender Chris Smalling in trouble over early hours pictures
http://www1.skysports.com/football/...smalling-in-trouble-over-early-hours-pictures
http://www1.skysports.com/football/...smalling-in-trouble-over-early-hours-pictures
The guy is young..
Yeah, nothing story really. Good that it's been dealt with swiftly. Let's move on.
Any idea why he wasn't part of the WHU squad? I can't recall if he's injured/suspended or just rested?
Any idea why he wasn't part of the WHU squad? I can't recall if he's injured/suspended or just rested?
Is he fit for tonight's game? Would like to see him start if so.
Hopefully one of Chris or Jonny is back.
Frankly, I'm glad he knows the chants.
A young man went out for a drink with his mates and was seen singing Man Utd songs on the way home...
...wow. My life has changed forever.
I love the press, the way they dig into peoples lives keeps a lot of our public figures honest, but sometimes they print the most irrelevant stuff.
Buttner was out before the Liverpool game as well. He wasnt in the squad so I dont see a big problem with it
Seem's like a big deal made of nothing.
Gonna go against the grain here (not like me, right?) but I'd rather none of our players were found wandering the streets singing at 3.15am while recovering from an injury in the middle of the busiest part of the season.
That's not a situation anyone would find themself in unless they've had a skinful of booze and that is clearly detrimental to the performance of a professional athlete. It's not the fecking 90s any more. Footballers are (supposed to be) finely tuned athletes who adhere to rigorous diet and exercise regimes to keep them in optimal physical condition. I doubt that includes going out and getting steaming when you're supposed to be recuperating from an injury. He's not going to put a good session in with the physio when he's hungover, he's missing at least one night of quality sleep (also important in the healing process) and booze is such a potent pain-killer it would be easy to accidentally stir the injury up and not realise it.
There's such fine margins in professional football these days. Even a 24 hour difference in his return to full fitness could be the difference between putting out a full strength side against Bayern of having to stick Michael Carrick back in defence again. All because someone lacked the discipline to not get pissed while he's out injured. I'm not even suggesting they don't drink at all. Have a few beers but get home and in bed my midnight. Or if they really must have a blow-out, do it when they're not recuperating from an injury and have a good long break between games. God knows we exited the cup competitions early enough there's been plenty of opportunities to go out on the lash and still have 7-10 days before the next game.
So yeah. Silly boy. Hope he got a bollocking.
That's not a situation anyone would find themself in unless they've had a skinful of booze and that is clearly detrimental to the performance of a professional athlete. It's not the fecking 90s any more. Footballers are (supposed to be) finely tuned athletes who adhere to rigorous diet and exercise regimes to keep them in optimal physical condition. I doubt that includes going out and getting steaming when you're supposed to be recuperating from an injury. He's not going to put a good session in with the physio when he's hungover, he's missing at least one night of quality sleep (also important in the healing process) and booze is such a potent pain-killer it would be easy to accidentally stir the injury up and not realise it.
There's such fine margins in professional football these days. Even a 24 hour difference in his return to full fitness could be the difference between putting out a full strength side against Bayern of having to stick Michael Carrick back in defence again. All because someone lacked the discipline to not get pissed while he's out injured. I'm not even suggesting they don't drink at all. Have a few beers but get home and in bed my midnight. Or if they really must have a blow-out, do it when they're not recuperating from an injury and have a good long break between games. God knows we exited the cup competitions early enough there's been plenty of opportunities to go out on the lash and still have 7-10 days before the next game.
So yeah. Silly boy. Hope he got a bollocking.
Couldn't agree more with you, not something I usually say about anyone 
Agree @Pogue Mahone, they are professional athletes paid millions a year - in part to properly upkeep their bodies. It's part of the job description. In failing to do so they are being unprofessional.
Does the article mention how pissed he was ?
Nope. Just that he was wandering the streets at 3.15 am, singning. Can't say I've ever seen people do that who aren't exceptionally pissed. Or buskers.
He may have been joining in with mates who were substantially more pissed than he was ? Or times might be tough and he is having to come up with a side income. We don't know the full facts so I will be reserving judgement.
A tornado in a glass of water this story is
I see no guitar...
Couldn't care less. I just want to know how fit be is.
Photos are the wrong way round. He has clearly had it stolen in the second photo and is inconsolable as he responsibly gets into a cab following it's theft in the first.
Everyone needs time off every now and again. I know they're athletes played big money but he was ruled out of the game anyway. There's only so far paying someone even the kind of cash footballers earn, can give you over their lives. We're not going to board them up in club-run hostels from August to May and strictly control everything from diet to what time they go to bed and what activities they can peruse on the basis that "they're paid big money to look after themselves".
As long as it's a rare occurrence and the they don't break any laws (even if they do end up looking a tit and getting in the paper) who cares?
As long as it's a rare occurrence and the they don't break any laws (even if they do end up looking a tit and getting in the paper) who cares?
You might be on to something. Probably used his mate's hat to collect the coins.
He is 24 and should know better.
Yep, even if they're injured for long period they should avoid these type of things, really stupid from him.
Good. fecking idiot.
What a loon.
He should have started the Yaya.
Nothing story. He wasn't even breaking any curfew so I don't really see what the fuss about. Plus, a bit of vodka does nothing to the body long term. If he was fattening himself up with lager after lager then we're talking. He's young and went out, as do we all.
Nothing story. He wasn't even breaking any curfew so I don't really see what the fuss about. Plus, a bit of vodka does nothing to the body long term. If he was fattening himself up with lager after lager then we're talking. He's young and went out, as do we all.
Great post. I agree 100%.
Footballers are probably the only professional athletes that can actually go partying every other weekend. For everyone else, alcohol will be a dead set guarantee for mediocrity. I've even talked to athletes who thought that footballers shouldn't be called athletes as they aren't fit enough compared to others, and the alcohol consumption part came up as a good reason for that.
Yes we do, but we are not paid heaps of money to stay in top shape. That's the little things they should be willing to give up to have that lucrative contract. Vodka as any other alcohol decreases your immune system, which may certainly do a lot to you long term at such a high level. You don't find cross country skiers, marathon runners, sprinters etc etc drinking alcohol in their seasons - they know it can mean the difference between tenth place and first.
A friend of mine who was a very promising swimmer said that he had to cut out alcohol all together if he wanted to become a top swimmer, so he stopped being a swimmer, but he said that alcohol affected your body for as much as seven days when you were a top athlete. Normal people don't feel any difference, but then again, we are just normal.
Most importantly, drinking alcohol reduces muscle growth and recovery. Considering that Smalling is out with a hamstring injury and recovering from that, that's a pretty stupid thing to do. He's paid a lot of money to behave properly; he should be able to do that.
This is, btw, coming from a big fan of his!
There is usually a lot of jealousy regarding pro footballers as they generally earn more money than in any other sports. I'm not saying the other athletes you talked to earn less and therefore are jealous, I don't know them so I'm not throwing any judgment at them. It is true that footballers are in general a bit stupid and don't really realize how lucky they are.