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Thought he was good today. Lacks in going forward but was solid defensively.
He's a waste of time. I'd sooner play one of the lads in the academy. At least they'll try and affect the outcome of the game.
Or, we could just play Blind instead.
61 percent passing accuracy and 0 tackles. Won't miss him when he leaves in January. Should also be his last game for us.
It's starting to properly piss me off that he gets to stat football matches for our club. I think I said the other day that he's average... and I must have been in a pretty nice mood that day, because really, he's bloody awful. He's so feckin' inept with the ball at his feet, and his attacking output is so non existant, you have to end up overrating his defence contributions to justify how it is exactly that he's playing for Manchester United. We say "good defensively" after games like yesterday, despite the fact that every game his winger will probably go past him on 1 or 2 occassions at least (like yesterday)... and the fact that he is so physically weak, his clearances are made with zero conviction. No wonder he can't cross a feckin' ball, he can barely kick a ball.
Maybe I'm being overly harsh 'cos i'm still pissed off about yeterday, but yeah, to me, the bloke is absolutely useless. He can't pass, he often panic's in possession, he can barely defend, he can't attack, he's weak, he's not quick, he's rubbish.
If we had no other left backs except him I'd be desperately after a proper one but would put up with him.
The fact we have Blind sitting there with his fantastic output from the back just pisses me off.
Should be 3rd choice LB which at his age basically means goodbye.
Forgot about Young, yeah, he'd probably be ahead of darmian as well. Very strange how his time here has turned out tbh. Started off really well and then had a dip and never recovered. Even when we got him, he was very highly rated and even Bayern were looking at him iirc.Think I'd have him 4th... behind Blind, Shaw and Young. Probably 5th choice when we recall CBJ in January.
If he is not a good option and Shaw is not the long term answer, I think we should go buy a good attacking fullback. Not sure how Ricardo Rodriguez has been faring at Wolfsburg but he'd be my top choice.
He looks too lightweight for me, as if he is too easily brushed aside by most wingers. His positioning is good, but even then he manages to struggle with most wingers. Bolasie is no prime Walcott for pace, but Darmian struggled still, and he also struggles for strength. Combined with his inability to carry the ball forward or pick out passes, and his non existent attacking threat, then he is well below par in that position. Decent squad option.
He looks too lightweight for me, as if he is too easily brushed aside by most wingers. His positioning is good, but even then he manages to struggle with most wingers. Bolasie is no prime Walcott for pace, but Darmian struggled still, and he also struggles for strength. Combined with his inability to carry the ball forward or pick out passes, and his non existent attacking threat, then he is well below par in that position. Decent squad option.
Nope. That's our problem these days, we hang onto players that clearly aren't good enough and keep saying things like "ah sure he's a grand squad player".
Thing is, when you list out all his flaws... can you really say he's worthy of being a squad option?
John O'Shea was the ultimate squad opption, and he was ten times the player Darmian is.
Thought the same when i read that post, someone is so bad that expectations drop so low that being decent (not even good just decent) at defending is now enough to be a squad option for Man Utd.
O'Shea wan't the greatest fullback going forward either but when compared to Darmian's attacking contribution he was like fecking Cafu.
I'm surprised to see that there are people who still consider him a good defender and believe his only problem is on the ball. That's two matches in a row in which the opposition managers (Bilic and Koeman) have shifted the whole weight of their attacks on our left side because all you need is a bit of pace to beat him. Doesn't matter if you're an one footed or an one dimensional winger, all you need to kick the ball forward and get past him. On the inside, on the outside and in any other possible way.
I'm surprised to see that there are people who still consider him a good defender and believe his only problem is on the ball. That's two matches in a row in which the opposition managers (Bilic and Koeman) have shifted the whole weight of their attacks on our left side because all you need is a bit of pace to beat him. Doesn't matter if you're an one footed or an one dimensional winger, all you need to kick the ball forward and get past him. On the inside, on the outside and in any other possible way.
Complete overreaction. He has done OK. I'd still rather have the non-fat version of Shaw at LB but as cover he has done ok.
