His juve stint has made him too risk averse with his passing .
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
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- Clean sheets
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- Goals
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- Yellow cards
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) are here to discuss Amad saving our blushes in a win against Southampton as well as our now annual loss at home to Brighton. They discuss Amorim's post-match comments, revisit how mid-table we may or may not be, and discuss some transfer news.
The commentator trying to imply the block was a penalty was fecking bizarre.
Just making up some controversy to pile on how shit we were.
Just making up some controversy to pile on how shit we were.
Another good performance IMO. When our centre backs are consistently exposed you cannot blame them more occasional mistakes. Even prime Maldini would look bad in that situation.
He was good - good blocks, headers, positioning and when he went over to that right side proved that knowing the game is more important than pace
He was good - good blocks, headers, positioning and when he went over to that right side proved that knowing the game is more important than pace
Thought he was our best defender by a mile. Really good again
He’s a lot better as one of the wide CB’s.
Played well and out best defender on the night.
I love this guy.
Was good today
Was our best defender by a mile.
It's sad that there's strange little people on here with a ridiculous agenda against him already. He looks a good signing.
His passing is so underrated.
Another strong performance from him today. Particularly liked how aggressive he was after moving to RCB.
A beast tonight. He was going through walls to win that ball. Great performance!
Agreed.
The agenda against him makes no sense. I get that he's not what was projected back in 2019, but he's a very solid CB that we've bought for a reasonable fee in/entering his prime.
Putting in strong performances of late. Good defender.
I love him. He loves defending and he is good enough Technically that he is not a liability on the ball.
Defenders like him are the backbone of strong teams.
Defenders like him are the backbone of strong teams.
colossal
He was excellent. Our best defender by a mile today.
He's a really good player. Himself and Maguire have both looked excellent lately.
Very good again tonight. Think him-Maguire/Martinez has the makings of a very strong back 3.
He was great. Looked ready for the fight.
Yep. Very good defensively today, but when was the last time he made a forward pass?
I'm sure there's been some in the past 5-6 games, but I can hardly remember any. He, Ugarte, and Mainoo (and Yoro today) play a big part in our struggles in build up.He's a solid defender, but I don't think he should be the 4th highest paid CB in the league and we could've got better value for that kind of money. We've made far worse signings though (obviously).
Brilliant game, the anti-Lindelof.
I love this guy, I think he's great. He's only going to get better and better for us. He's an absolute monster and perfectly suited to Amorim's back 3. He's a fecking brick wall most of the time, and you can see he's more and more comfortable each match.
We'll need another CB in the summer. Yoro is going to take 2-3 seasons to really develop into a top player, and should be rotated plenty this year and next. De Ligt would benefit from having another top defender back there with him. Martinez is great with the ball at his feet but he's a dodgy defender. Maguire looks excellent in a three, but you'd think getting in someone like Inacio or even Aruajo would really help.
Must admit that I prefer him as one of the wide CBs, but think he looks good wherever we put him on the back line.
We'll need another CB in the summer. Yoro is going to take 2-3 seasons to really develop into a top player, and should be rotated plenty this year and next. De Ligt would benefit from having another top defender back there with him. Martinez is great with the ball at his feet but he's a dodgy defender. Maguire looks excellent in a three, but you'd think getting in someone like Inacio or even Aruajo would really help.
Must admit that I prefer him as one of the wide CBs, but think he looks good wherever we put him on the back line.
Our best defender tonight. The bar was not high.
I like him A LOT. HE is still new to us and Man United but he has shown some wonderful signs already. No complains so far
Honestly he's not had the praise he deserves, he's been very good for us, especially since Amorim. Him and Maguire.
Quietly becoming a very good signing.
He was absolutely terrible in the first half, he was one of the main reasons why we were so shit defemsively and it's because he was standing so far off his partners it was painful to watch how bad and exposed he made our defensive line look.
In the second half he improved though, and put amazing display, Vidic esque. Really weird player.
In the second half he improved though, and put amazing display, Vidic esque. Really weird player.
Laughed off the KWP handball and was taking this seriously. So bizarre.
Woeful in the first half, better in the 2nd particularly when he moved to the right with Maguire on.
This was great in the stadium - the angle on tele didn't do it justice.
Monstrous in the last 20. Really helped us keep up the pressure.
I think he has now adjusted in the PL pace. I felt at the beginning he was slower in reacting, but now he seems to be better at positioning himself.
Agreed. Saved us quite a few times yesterday.
So good. The pirouette knee slide to finish was just chef's kiss. Should really have finished with his hands in the air like a gymnast.
Think our best back 3 is De Ligt, Maguire and Licha. They seem to complement one another. Yoro is one for the future, he was left exposed last night with Nous on the left.
Good thing he showed up when Yoro was getting destroyed and Martinez was fouling people around.
There was something he was doing that I didn't understand. I wonder if anyone can explain it?
When Yoro got rinsed a few times - and on the opposite side too, when Martinez got beaten a couple of times - it left the wide attacker running free towards goal, with only De Ligt, as our central defender, between them and the goal.
Every time this happened, he seemed to refuse laterally on the pitch towards them. He carried on backing off along the centre line of the pitch meaning that they got the chance to shoot before he even reached them.
On at least some of these occasions, there was no other attacker he was covering.
Is there some tactical nuance I'm missing where it's better to leave them to attack goal with another defender desperately trailing in their wake?
The only thing I could come up with was that he was desperately afraid of them turning him if he closed them down too quickly. But it seemed a weak explanation to me.
When Yoro got rinsed a few times - and on the opposite side too, when Martinez got beaten a couple of times - it left the wide attacker running free towards goal, with only De Ligt, as our central defender, between them and the goal.
Every time this happened, he seemed to refuse laterally on the pitch towards them. He carried on backing off along the centre line of the pitch meaning that they got the chance to shoot before he even reached them.
On at least some of these occasions, there was no other attacker he was covering.
Is there some tactical nuance I'm missing where it's better to leave them to attack goal with another defender desperately trailing in their wake?
The only thing I could come up with was that he was desperately afraid of them turning him if he closed them down too quickly. But it seemed a weak explanation to me.
Think he knew Sulemani would likely skin him if he committed so instead he backed off and showed him onto his left foot which I don't think ever really threatened on any of these occasions (don't think it happened often).
It's how Lindelof defends all the time but would give De Ligt the benefit of the doubt here