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This, so much this.He's been really terrible today, it has to be said. Didn't even try to do anything most of the time, I think he's been lucky they aren't even trying to attack us, because he's looked switched off the entire game.
Having no impact on the game.Don't really see what he did today that was terrible.
Fully agree, think his attacking play suffered today a lot compared to previous games, not sure if he was instructed to stay back or something.He didn't do anything much wrong, but he looked so lazy and switched off today for me, it was like he didn't even want to play. At least that's what I got from watching him, I think he should have been far more involved today. Mourinho yelling at him to take the throw in while he was walking switched off summed his disinterest in today's game for me.
He didn't do anything much wrong, but he looked so lazy and switched off today for me, it was like he didn't even want to play. At least that's what I got from watching him, I think he should have been far more involved today. Mourinho yelling at him to take the throw in while he was walking switched off summed his disinterest in today's game for me.
But he wasn't terrible. He was fine today.Having no impact on the game.
But he wasn't terrible. He was fine today.
Cool. He still wasn't terrible. He was average.If you're one of 10 outfield players picked in a game your team dominates about you offer no meaningful contribution then you've done terribly. Football is a proactive game, you actually have to do things. Shaw did nothing all game, Rojo was a bigger threat down the left than Shaw today. The only player who can get away with being completely innocuous today is De Gea because the ball didn't go near him.
When a fullback isn't being asked to defend then it isn't enough to just sit in line with the centerbacks and do nothing, he should have been standing on the touchline 20 yards further forward and stretching play.
Doing nothing when there is no pressure on you is terrible. You don't have to make a mistake to be awful, not even trying to do your job is just as bad as doing it badly. Average would have been at least trying to get involved in play, maybe some not coming off but at least being tactically useful by existing.Cool. He still wasn't terrible.
Believe what you want. He wasn't terrible.Doing nothing when there is no pressure on you is terrible. You don't have to make a mistake to be awful, not even trying to do your job is just as bad as doing it badly.
He failed not only to do his job, but even to try to do it, when there was no pressure on him. By any definition that's terrible, you can put your fingers in your ears and lalala it away, but it doesn't change that he had no impact on the game.Believe what you want. He wasn't terrible.
If you can be replaced with a cardboard cutout of Dale Winton and not have the game changed in any way I think it's fair to say you've had a bad game. Smacks of astonishingly low standards to me, fullbacks playing in systems with inverted wingers have to create the width, he didn't. If Lukaku started swanning around in midfield not getting involved in play and leaving the rest of the team to do things would you be as kind?Neither good or bad for me, just kind of there.
If you can be replaced with a cardboard cutout of Dale Winton and not have the game changed in any way I think it's fair to say you've had a bad game. Smacks of astonishingly low standards to me, fullbacks playing in systems with inverted wingers have to create the width, he didn't. If Lukaku started swanning around in midfield not getting involved in play and leaving the rest of the team to do things would you be as kind?
He's been really terrible today...
well...He didn't do anything much wrong...
Valencia was the same on the other side, I don't think we can rule out the possibility that Jose had them sit deep the same way McTominay was clearly told to stay square of Matic, the plan seemed to be to rely on the front 4 to make something happen between them.
He's not an attacking leftback and he's not a defending leftback.
For a "footballing fullback" to not attempt a single cross, dribble, key pass, shot or through ball in 90 minutes is pretty questionable.
For a "footballing fullback" to not attempt a single cross, dribble, key pass, shot or through ball in 90 minutes is pretty questionable.
Eh? He definitely attempted dribbles and crosses. Or is a pass across the goal not considered an attempted cross?For a "footballing fullback" to not attempt a single cross, dribble, key pass, shot or through ball in 90 minutes is pretty questionable.
Those are the qualities of an attacking fullback. What are you on about? He's at his best in the transition. Read the post.For a "footballing fullback" to not attempt a single cross, dribble, key pass, shot or through ball in 90 minutes is pretty questionable.
So the transition doesn't involve any kind of creative input? Hmmm... even "footballing" fullbacks" have to do something.Those are the qualities of an attacking fullback. What are you on about? He's at his best in the transition. Read the post.
Those metrics aren't a measure of his contribution. His touches are mostly in the middle third. Which is the point I made. But you deleted it in your quote because it disproved the drivel you went on to post.So the transition doesn't involve any kind of creative input? Hmmm...
Bit rubbish when in the final third isn’t he. His crossing is awful.
I didn't delete anything. So what is a measure of the output a "footballing fullback".Those metrics aren't a measure of his contribution. His touches are mostly in the middle third. Which is the point I made. But you deleted it in your quote because it disproved the drivel you went on to post.
