Who can play there though? Shaw is a 5 games a season player, Darmian is one of the worst fullbacks i've seen in a United shirt, Young is Young and Blind isn't a left back. Who would you trust to play there for 50 games next season? Unless Jose is gonna rediscover his love for untested academy players it is one of our biggest priorities in my eyes.Thought it a certainty we'd sign one a couple of months back but now don't think so, mainly because we have a number of players who can play there and a fair few bigger priorities.
Just seen Alex Sandro linked to arsenal and man city on sky sports, how on earth are we not in for him?
Hopefully, he's a quality player and would sort our left back problem out for years to come. Sandro and Shaw sounds solid to meJust because Arsenal and City might be interested, doesn't mean that we are not or that he is for sale.
Hopefully, he's a quality player and would sort our left back problem out for years to come. Sandro and Shaw sounds solid to me
Same CBJ that couldnt get into a Wolves team that finished 15th in the championship?I wouldn't want any new signings for left back.
I want to see a competition between Shaw and CBJ, and competition always spark up intensity and development.
We can also use Young and Blind as backups. No need for a mediocre left back signing that will hinder the developments of Shaw and CBJ.
If we're going to sign Marcelo-level left back, I'm in. But otherwise, I would go with what we already have.
Same CBJ that couldnt get into a Wolves team that finished 15th in the championship?
Okay.. rule CBJ out. But Wolves have no intention of developing the youngster, so it wouldn't be fair to judge his level by him getting in the line up or not.Same CBJ that couldnt get into a Wolves team that finished 15th in the championship?
Okay.. rule CBJ out. But Wolves have no intention of developing the youngster, so it wouldn't be fair to judge his level by him getting in the line up or not.
Shaw Darmian Young Blind. Unless we get rid of one or two, I don't want our squad stacking up on that position right now.
Striker, holding midfielder, center back are more urgent as those position depths are thin or need replacement.
I still believe Shaw can be our long term left back. Its just a matter of him getting the trust from Mourinho in order to get the game time he needs for his development.
If you want to win titles, you dont go into season with an unestablished injury prone luke shaw, a utility player that lacks pace in Blind, an aged former winger playing on his wrong foot in Young, and an offensively clueless italian on his wrong foot in Darmian. That is a recipe for failure.If we are indeed going for a CB (which we most likely are), it would be foolish to go for a LB.
We have a player with incredible potential in Shaw who is highly injury prone but still young. But more importantly, we have brilliant squad player in Blind who would be absolutely wasted if a new CB and LB arrive. He is not bad at all as a LB both while defending and attacking. And he is not very injury prone. Having someone like him around gives us the buffer to give a few more years to Shaw. If we do sign a LB and a CB, I can see both of them wanting to leave at some stage which in the long run would be a very bad idea IMO. Besides, we have Ashley Young too for a season at least who is not bad at all as a backup for LB.
Would love quality players around, but prioritizing the needs among positions is very important. A LB is not a desperate requirement this summer. Not by any stretch of imagination.
Yeah this is spot on. I would be happy to see Young and Darmian shipped out with one quality player coming the other way. Shaw should have another season to try and revive his career with us, Blind is a decent utility man and Mitchell should be in with a shout in the cups.Our left back situation reminds me of centre midfield at the end of Ferguson's reign. Lot of quantity, not much quality.
Remember at Chelsea Mourinho had right footed not very attacking LB in Azpi. He might see the same in Darmian. I hope Shaw gets the spot back but, that probably will not happen.
I think those ideas of "replicating manager's old teams" live mostly in the minds of the fans. Managers don't think like that because it doesn't work in real life, in my opinion.Remember at Chelsea Mourinho had right footed not very attacking LB in Azpi. He might see the same in Darmian. I hope Shaw gets the spot back but, that probably will not happen.
Even by the standards of 'defensive full back' Darmian is terrible going forwards. When Azpilicueta played that role under Mourinho in 14/15 he created 0.62 chances per 90 minutes. Last season Darmian only managed 0.13. Valencia had 1.16.
It takes Darmian five games to create as much as another 'defensive full back' does in one. And it takes him ten games to create as much as a balanced full back like Valencia.
I agree with you on Shaw. He's fourth choice under Mourinho and that's when he's fit! I would expect him to ask for a transfer this summer to try and get his career back on track.
But Mourinho wants a 'defensive' fullback and an 'attacking' one in his starting 11. That's why he chooses Valencia and Darmian often. He doesn't want both fullbacks bombing forward unfortunately. Personally i'm not a huge fan of Darmian but I think with him and Shaw we are fine at LB for now. There are many other areas we need to address first.
Darmian almost become the first choice LB by default, not because he was the best option, just that Mourinho didn't want Blind, Rojo or Shaw in there most of the time.My point was that you can still be a defensive full back without being useless going forwards. Azpilicueta was a defensive full back under Mourinho and contributed a lot more offensively than Darmian does. Kolasinac was in the Bundesliga team of the season at left back and beats Darmian in every defensive metric (more tackles, more interceptions, more headers) but also contributes more to his team's attack than Darmian (more goals, more assists, more chances, more dribbles).
Darmian is simply a poor player no matter what the manager wants from him. Remember Mourinho publicly criticised Shaw at multiple times last season and in a post match interview described Rojo as 'a bad left back'. This highlights the quantity > quality problem we have in the position and has resulted in Darmian being our first choice not because he's good, but because our other options are as bad or worse. I struggle to see us becoming a top team until this problem is rectified.
If you want to win titles, you dont go into season with an unestablished injury prone luke shaw, a utility player that lacks pace in Blind, an aged former winger playing on his wrong foot in Young, and an offensively clueless italian on his wrong foot in Darmian. That is a recipe for failure.
The team needs a solid LB going into the season, and when he is out, any of the mentioned four can fill in. But to rely on any of those guys against the best in europe would leave us praying to God for them to have mercy.
Axel, Williams, TFM and maybe even Poole are better at CB. He is too timid and until he gets over that he can't play CB in the PL. Personally think Riley is a better fullback and Demi has potential too. Although I do like CBJ but the others are just better imo.I believe CBJ would potentially make a solid CB with his composure, tackling and passing ability also being 6"2 helps, so hopefully as I like the player he still has a future at the club.
Luke Shaw has been at the club for 3 seasons and we are yet to see this raw potential materialize but you would have us waiting another season on him? This is not Shaw United!.Nobody is saying he should be sold but the club cannot go into a season betting on Shaw to fulfill his potential.If you want to run a club successfully, you don't go on replacing players every couple of years. That does not guarantee success as well. Patience is a concept lost on the modern day fan. Luke Shaw's raw potential deserves at least 1 more year. And having 4 players for 1 position is stupid.
Yeah i knew that tbh i just fancied a sarcy reply. Loads of people seem to use that fallacy to hide their nationalist preferences.I think he's saying the opposite. Because he's English, some posters on here underrate him. At least thats what I thought he meant.
Who?Seriously, Sebastian Fuchs. One of the most underrated players in the league.
Christian Fuchs. My bad. Mix up.Who?
I wouldn't want any new signings for left back.
I want to see a competition between Shaw and CBJ, and competition always spark up intensity and development.
We can also use Young and Blind as backups. No need for a mediocre left back signing that will hinder the developments of Shaw and CBJ.
If we're going to sign Marcelo-level left back, I'm in. But otherwise, I would go with what we already have.
With Mourinho preferring only one attacking full back, I think Rojo may ease into starting left back in upcoming season.
But I hope Shaw gets the job in long term.
