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2015-16 Performances

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5.8 Season Average Rating
Appearances
39
Clean sheets
20
Goals
1
Assists
1
Yellow cards
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Was going through all the leagues full backs (including villa) and I genuinely think Darmian and Rojo as a pair might be the worse full backs in the league.
With fullbacks they're either good defensively or crap going forward, vice versa . Rojo and Darmian manage to be shit at both. There are other terrible full backs like Hutton and Bardsley but at least they have the decency to mask their lack of ability by kicking the shit out of people and letting them know they're around .

Both Lvg signings also, and bare in mind he let go of evra and rafael.
Which links into my other theory that Lvg is the worse manager in the league .
 
jem said:
I agree with the clueless bit, but where do you get the idea that he doesn't want to be here?
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Well i don't know about him not wanting to be at United but he certainly doesn't look like he's enjoying his time in England so far which is understandable.

I think some people might think he doesn't work that hard during games to get up and down the pitch. But i think that's more down to him having terrible stamina. Honestly i don't think i've seen many career fullbacks with such a poor engine.

I wasn't worried early in the season when he had to be subbed a lot of the time towards the end of games, but 8 months on it doesn't seem to have improved much. After 60 minutes he always looks gassed.
 
I've been his biggest critic but what a strike! Set up the first goal too...

Seems to have had his better games at left back in recent months
 
Poor positioning from the keeper, unstoppable strike though. Hopefully this helps him really push on, I'm sure he will.
 
Well I didn't see that coming. Brilliant shot. Even his cross for the assist was better than usual. Zaha did get the better of him a few times.
 
What a goal that was, shame the Man Utd goal of the season nominations have already been set because that would have been a close winner.

So with that goal, does that mean all of our summer signings (excluding Romero) have scored for us?
 
Good game. Hopefully he continues in this vein and pushes on for next season.
 
So even Darmian is better than Rojo these days...

Gave keeper zero chances. Overall dynamic performance without bigger mistakes.
 
Great goal not to take away from it but his technique looks like he's just wildly swinging a leg at it, his intent was there therefore was such a sweet goal but just looked quite awkward.

Side note that is the biggest issue with watching it live is you can only think for a second what a great goal, but then really wish for a replay
 
macheda14 said:
Great goal not to take away from it but his technique looks like he's just wildly swinging a leg at it, his intent was there therefore was such a sweet goal but just looked quite awkward.

Side note that is the biggest issue with watching it live is you can only think for a second what a great goal, but then really wish for a replay
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The technique is sensational, the ball is on the bounce slightly out of reach so he has to lunge at it and leave the ground with both feet, it was like an RVP goal.
 
We signed the guy to be our starting right back, yet he's much better on the left :lol: Great goal though :) Hopefully it'll give him some much needed confidence.
 
Cracking goal and good work for the first. He attacked more in this game than he probably has all season.

Didn't have much to do defensively but he was ok there as well. Probably his best game for us so far.
 
Great to see him get a goal. He couldn't stop smiling after the final whistle. This guy drives on confidence. More and more good performances will make him a really really good player for the future.

I was also surprised how good his first touch was. More often than not, his first touch was class. That first time layoff from a diagonal pass was incredible even for a forward, let alone a defender.
 
It was quite fitting for him that after a few posters were calling for Varela to replace him in the team after GV scored that goal last night, that Darmian scored a similar but better one the day after.

His best performance for us. I won't mention his triangles tonight.
 
Best performance in a long while for us, he needs to build on this.
 
Raw said:
No one really stood out today, Darmian had a hand in both goals so it's only natural that he gets it.
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Fair enough i thought smalling was probably better throught the 90 mins and possibly Rooney as well but yeh certainly a better game from Darmian today.
 
TrustInJanuzai said:
Fair enough i thought smalling was probably better throught the 90 mins and possibly Rooney as well but yeh certainly a better game from Darmian today.
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And it was a damn good goal to score for your first Man Utd goal!

Now if only he shaved off that fluff he calls a beard.
 
Raw said:
And it was a damn good goal to score for your first Man Utd goal!

Now if only he shaved off that fluff he calls a beard.
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Haha, yeh a truly brilliant goal but agree on those burns, no no no...
 
I actually thought he was having a poor first half, assist aside :lol:

Great goal though. Needs a shave though.
 
LouisDanGaal said:
The technique is sensational, the ball is on the bounce slightly out of reach so he has to lunge at it and leave the ground with both feet, it was like an RVP goal.
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Yeah was an incredibly hard ball to hit but that technique always looks quite awkward because your hitting a ball just out of reach so the leg is overextending, like he's just taking a big swing
 
Happy for him, think there is a quality player in there
 
macheda14 said:
Yeah was an incredibly hard ball to hit but that technique always looks quite awkward because your hitting a ball just out of reach so the leg is overextending, like he's just taking a big swing
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Yeah that's the thing with it, definitely looks a touch awkward the way he goes for it but really really hard to pull off.
 
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