Yeah, solid performance. They got no joy at all from his flank.
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Did his part in keeping the strong back 4 shape, needs to offer more in the attack though.
It's great when he shuts down that flank.
Did put in a couple of great crosses today though.
Good to see him bounce back well.
Back to early season Darmian. Great to see.
Solid today. Nothing fancy. Still needs to massively improve on his crossing. At least Valencia fizzes his crosses with some hope that it might deflect into the goal but his crosses are really poor.
Decent performance today, nothing special. His crossing needs work, otherwise we're going to be playing another man short in attack on the right flank when Mata is already usually drifting.
He put in a great cross that went right through the opposition's box.
Yeah, I thought Rooney was a tad hesitant otherwise it could have been on a plate.
Actually looked good going forward in the first half. Made a fantastic pass to Rooney as well. Good to see. In the second half he disappeared once again. Decent performance against a toothless Everton who gave him loads of space. Shouldn´t be lost however that a replacement Rojo did twice in four minutes what Darmian hasn´t been able to accomplish in a United shirt. City will be a massive test.
Man Utd 0:0 Man City
Started well the season, now he lost the plot
I'd imagine he'll be behind Valencia in the pecking order after Valencia just b*tched De Bruyne.
Rojo did that, Valencia was only up against KDB after the Navas sub when Sterling came off. Sterling had a very bad game though so credit to Valencia there.
My bad, meant Sterling.
Tony is injured. So he will have more opportunities.
Good to have two competent right backs , they will push each other and neither are foolproof...it would be nice to have this sort of competition for a variety of positions.
As well as Valencia played yesterday, he always has many more games where he is dross against far worse players.
Darmian had started the season fantastically well, faded a bit in the last couple of games but he will be back to his best whilst he continues to settle.
Darmian had started the season fantastically well, faded a bit in the last couple of games but he will be back to his best whilst he continues to settle.
Drop him when he(Valencia) struggles..But he kept out a decent rb last season, he'll be up for the challenge this year too.
Looks short of confidence at the moment after a very strong start. The loss of Shaw has definitely had a big effect on Darmian. Looks like a headless chicken
Was shite when he came on. He's a tidy player in possession but his deficiencies when going forward are badly exposed when we need to chase a game.
He had a great game just last week.
I don't think he had enough time for a warm-up mate.
how come?
You could see the diffrence in quality between Darmian and Shaw and Shaw is 5 years younger. Darmian is a decent option as a back up for both LB and RB spots but we should buy some proper rightback of Manchester United quality. Not sure where to find such player. Hopefully there is some Martial of RB's out there..
I'm not sure I'd completely write off Darmian as a potential long-term starter at RB. He's been struggling a bit recently, but he made an excellent start to the season and looked like a really good find. I think it'll be a lot easier for us to judge his potential long-term role at the club come the end of the season.
This would actually be my biggest concern with him. Struggles with the basic first touches/passes IMO. Solid defender though
I'm not writting him off just yet but I don't see a world clas potential in him. Just because we had Rafael injured all the time recently and Valencia played there while we've seen some rotation of Smalling and Jones over the years there, doesn't mean Darmian is the answer. I'm not as excited as others but still not writting him off. I thin he can be some sort of Monreal for us with slower start and become reliable option on his side of defence but for every Monreal/Darmian there is a Belelrin/Shaw who are level above... the question is whether there is a player like this out somewhere but I believe so.. the likes of Galloways/Gomez's came "out of nowhere"..
And last thin, Rojo had a great game last night but he is not a long term option. In ideal world I would have it covered by Darmian while having another full back of great quality on the right. I wouldn't necesarilly go for leftback as Shaw is good enough to bench anybody but some proper fight between Darmian and the new face would be nice to see. Valencia's been good servant to the club but I hink he's the next one who will be transfer listed..
I wouldn't read too much into a 10 minute cameo, especially, given how good he has been in most games this season. He's been very solid in defense, not great in attack, however, attacks from our right side seem to be very rare these days with Mata coming inside on most occasions meaning the full back is normally isolated. He doesn't have Valencia's pace so he's not really going to beat his man with pace and power.
What did he do wrong yesterday
I was nervous that coming on so late and immediately facing KdB, there would some damage down that side, but nothing happened, at all. And there was one misplaced/misread pass to Rooney.
And people are writing him off?????
I was nervous that coming on so late and immediately facing KdB, there would some damage down that side, but nothing happened, at all. And there was one misplaced/misread pass to Rooney.
And people are writing him off?????
Yesterday he played few mins, but he looked like nervous with a really bad positioning
The difference between him and Valencia is evident (in this moment).
The difference between him and Valencia is evident (in this moment).
Thought he was fine yesterday. Not easy to come into a game like that for the last 10 minutes.
Erm, he wasn't ''shite'' yesterday. He played 10 minutes and misplaced one pass. Other than that, nothing happened.
He hasn't shown much in his attacking play so far for us, but he's already shown that he's capable of making an attacking impact with his displays for Italy and Torino. I'm sure it'll come once he fully settles into the team. He should work on his crossing though.
Valencia was great in the second half against CSKA and against City so he deserves his starting spot at the moment, but Darmian was good against Everton after a couple of bad performances and with his early season form in mind, I think that he's been good for us so far. People should remember that he's still getting used to the league, so some bad performances here and there don't make him a bad player. Writing him off is extremely knee-jerk.
I also don't understand the extremeness in some of the posts on the caf. I have noticed it in many other threads as well, but it still boggles the mind. When a player is playing good, he's fecking brilliant, but when he plays badly in the next game all if forgotten, he's shite, should have signed someone else instead and/or doesn't have a future in the starting eleven.
There was also some rival fan on here than called Darmian a ''poor footballer''. It's fecking ridiculous.
He hasn't shown much in his attacking play so far for us, but he's already shown that he's capable of making an attacking impact with his displays for Italy and Torino. I'm sure it'll come once he fully settles into the team. He should work on his crossing though.
Valencia was great in the second half against CSKA and against City so he deserves his starting spot at the moment, but Darmian was good against Everton after a couple of bad performances and with his early season form in mind, I think that he's been good for us so far. People should remember that he's still getting used to the league, so some bad performances here and there don't make him a bad player. Writing him off is extremely knee-jerk.
I also don't understand the extremeness in some of the posts on the caf. I have noticed it in many other threads as well, but it still boggles the mind. When a player is playing good, he's fecking brilliant, but when he plays badly in the next game all if forgotten, he's shite, should have signed someone else instead and/or doesn't have a future in the starting eleven.
There was also some rival fan on here than called Darmian a ''poor footballer''. It's fecking ridiculous.
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The Caf is so much Jesus or Judas..
He started well, fade a bit then had a great game vs Everton.. There is no Jesus or Judas here.. Very good signing.
He started well, fade a bit then had a great game vs Everton.. There is no Jesus or Judas here.. Very good signing.
How was he shite yesterday? 
DDG
Darmian Smalling Rojo Shaw
Blind, Jones, Valencia as backup... Looking world class to me
Darmian Smalling Rojo Shaw
Blind, Jones, Valencia as backup... Looking world class to me
Man Utd 0:0 Middlesbrough
Another shocking performance... I don't really read into this onsense , fullback should know how to defend first and as long as he's good defender he's good enough for us. He's absolutely useless going forward, he's got touch and dribbling of Rooney let alone his passing which is off as well. Let's hope we scout someone and are ready to bring into the team as Rojo/Darmian/Valencia as fullbacks is bloody average for a club like ours..
Valencia gives more than him attacking wise.
Whatever happened to the Darmian vs England at the world cup in attacking ?
Whatever happened to the Darmian vs England at the world cup in attacking ?
He's not a threat going forward.
Too often under pressure, he just lumps the ball forward too.
Too often under pressure, he just lumps the ball forward too.
His positioning when we attack is shocking sometimes. Lingard is cutting in with the ball, turns around to see the whole flank absolutely empty and Darmian on line with our CBs. Ah...
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