Perhaps that is why you aren't a professional coach and they are. Football isn't that simple, you don't just throw tactics out the window because there are only 3 minutes left. For all we know Carrick could have relayed instructions on the pitch that led to the goal.
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Who would you play with Carrick and Blind? Herrera/Mata in front of them in a 4-2-3-1? I'd prefer that to that pairing as a midfield two.
Carrick/Blind/Herrera for me. Plan B - Bring on Fellaini.
Really you believe that? In three minutes there is not enough time to have a tactical input. Carrick touched the ball what once? I'm not saying a sub can't have an impact but I wouldn't be bogging them down with tactics with that short time left. I'd just be getting him on and saying something short like get forward or sit and cover x y z. And by the way football is that simple at that stage in the game. Don't make it out that coaches are some special humans that have special insight that no one else but them have. We all see and read the game the way we want to read it.
Agreed, with ADM and Young on the wings and Rooney upfront. However, Carrick's been out for a some time and wasnt in good form prior to his injury so lets hope he picks up form right away
Oh well that I agree with. I aswell was like wtf kinda set play instructions do you need. Pick up whoever Rojo was picking up and go help us nick a goal. Apologies for the mix up
Man Utd 1:2 Arsenal
Thought he did well. As a 34 year old thrown in at half time against the pacey Arsenal players to shield the defence, he added a sense of diversity to our passing with more long range switches, he seemed sharp and alert to intercept a few chances.
A positive among quite a few negatives today.
A positive among quite a few negatives today.
Thought he was absolute garbage tonight for the first 20-30 minutes of the game and the decision to bring him on for Herrara cost us the game.
Understable, given that it was his first game back and he never should have been thrown into that.
Understable, given that it was his first game back and he never should have been thrown into that.
Did well. Some excellent passes and defensive contribution. The sending off fecked us not Carrick or the sub
Thought he was solid. Didn't really influence the match though. Although with the sending off it was gonna be tough.
Can get Blind's place, his passing range with both feet is absurd.
Did well when he came on. A couple of levels above Blind IMO. Blind is a decent player but he is in poor form and isn't suited to being a box to box player and Carrick is just a better player all around. Put him next to Herrera and we'll be much better off for it.
You only realise how limited and slow on the ball Blind is when Carrick is on the pitch. And I quite like Blind. Easily our best player in the second half.
He absolutely should - just not for Herrera, either Blind should have come off or gone to Left Back.
He was our best player in the second half by a mile for virtue of a) being able to pass to a team-mate quickly and accurately and b) not absolutely shitting himself under pressure.
It's poor that an unfit 33 year old Carrick is so much quicker and mobile than Blind who is 9 years younger than him.
His passing emphasized how little Blind and Herrera had done on the ball most of the game, but a midfield of Carrick/Blind/Fellaini may be the slowest, least athletic every to grace a top level club.
Milan threw out aging facsimiles of Gattuso, Ambrosini and Van Bommel a few years ago. Seedorf was old, too, though still technically Clarence Seedorf.
Played well. I still have no idea why he doesn't have over 100 caps. England have no DM's and apart from one serious swoon (and even guys like Scholes and Giggs had those) he's basically been a 7.5/10 for over 10 years now, since his final 2 years at Spurs.
His passing with his left foot is amazing. He will be able to play until 40.
I want a gif of that pass where he received the ball and then in one movement proceeded to play a sublime pass to Young with his left foot. That was brilliant.
He is 10 times the player that Blind ever will be.
Our downfall has coincided with him being more injured in the last two seasons. Our most important outfielder.
Our downfall has coincided with him being more injured in the last two seasons. Our most important outfielder.
It was a shame Van Gaal decided to hook Herrera off rather than Blind, we then had two very similar players in the second half. Herrera's dynamic contribution would've been better served had he had Carrick's passing to find him between the lines. Wrong sub imo, Carrick did nothing wrong but it was just the wrong combination in midfield.
And yeah that left footed pass to Young was
And yeah that left footed pass to Young was
He was absurdly good. Emphasized how much we miss him- and Blind is not his replacement.
By some distance our best midfielder, and that's been the case far too long.
We should of signed someone better than him in the summer, but instead he's still our best option. Not that this is a bad thing, but he's 33.
Blind will never be as good as Michael Carrick.
We should of signed someone better than him in the summer, but instead he's still our best option. Not that this is a bad thing, but he's 33.
Blind will never be as good as Michael Carrick.
Glad to have him back and his range of passing is sublime, but its no coincidence our game slowed right down after he came on. We need to find his genuine replacement soon because he's going to drop off a cliff in a year or two i reckon.
Carrick was the only one not spending an age on the ball deciding who to pass too (then not pass too, then think I probably should pass to that person, then pass to them)...
We slowed down simply because our midfield had no legs in it, and we went even more direct.
In isolation it looks that way, but last time he came back from injury we also started playing at a crawl again after a decent few games. I dont think its a coincidence. Something ive noticed for a while with Carrick is if he doesnt fancy the ball, he'll hide behind people. That doesnt help passing fluidity when your key CM doesnt want the ball.
Carrick made more passes last night in one half of football then all but 4 of the rest of our team did for the full 90. He wasn't hiding at all last night, he's the only fecker that was remotely competent on the ball in the second half.
If Blind and Carrick are the players we build our future team on than we will not win anything. Both are good squad options against lesser oppositions, defensively, physically and mobility wise they are out of their depth for modern top football, one is almost 34 and the second is playing at his best now. Let alone we need completely different player there.. It's also beyond me how so called very experienced manager can play both in one team.
I think Jack Colback and many others in the league would do the better job for us in the middle of the park than the two (Mccarthy, Wanyama, Schneiderlin, Sandro, Bentaleb, Coquelin, Matic, Ramirez, Henderson, N'zonzi... and that is only from EPL, certainly not all of them better passers than Carrick or Blind but would do BETTER JOB there. I think Van Gaal seems out of his depth when using the word balance
I don't know how that happened but how we can't have really good holding/defensive midfielder for years is really sad, Manchester United once the best club in the world..
I think Jack Colback and many others in the league would do the better job for us in the middle of the park than the two (Mccarthy, Wanyama, Schneiderlin, Sandro, Bentaleb, Coquelin, Matic, Ramirez, Henderson, N'zonzi... and that is only from EPL, certainly not all of them better passers than Carrick or Blind but would do BETTER JOB there. I think Van Gaal seems out of his depth when using the word balance
I don't know how that happened but how we can't have really good holding/defensive midfielder for years is really sad, Manchester United once the best club in the world..
Jack Colback...
Needs to start our key games coming up. In fact he would be perfect to drop and make it a back three when needed.
He distributes the ball well and can find our wingers directly which Blind cant (Blind passes to the left back or right back to find the wingers). Maybe part of the less risk policy of LVG?
He distributes the ball well and can find our wingers directly which Blind cant (Blind passes to the left back or right back to find the wingers). Maybe part of the less risk policy of LVG?
Random question - Is this the first time Carrick and Blind have been fit at the same time this season?
His passing was bang on point. But why bother playing him if you're hoofing to Fellaini?
And then there were some who said Blind is much better than Carrick and has better vision as well...
It was a shame Van Gaal decided to hook Herrera off rather than Blind, we then had two very similar players in the second half. Herrera's dynamic contribution would've been better served had he had Carrick's passing to find him between the lines. Wrong sub imo, Carrick did nothing wrong but it was just the wrong combination in midfield.
And yeah that left footed pass to Young was
Agreed. Blind was having difficulty concentrating, or so it seemed to me.
Watch him get pressed and once again struggle. That Spurs CM is his idea of hell. They're not great players but they're mobile, have huge stamina and work their arses off.
I wouldn't play him. Not his type of game.
I wouldn't play him. Not his type of game.
Man Utd 3:0 Tottenham
What a player!
Excellent so far. Well-timed assist and nice header for the goal.
An assist and a goal, the second captain is doing his job alright.
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