Killed any chance of us getting something from the game with that decision. Being way overplayed though because he’s one of three decent footballers in the squad
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Been our best signing, but I think today was his worst game for us
I really hope it's not the case but we've seen it happen repeatedly for years, makes me scared for every player who comes here. It's like there's some curse at Carrington. It's happened ever since Di Maria.
Stupid penalty, but overall he wasn't at his usual level.
You’re not wrong. Every player we bring here gets ruined.
Didn’t look himself from the first couple of minutes. He gets a pass today as he’s been brilliant.
Two games in a row that hasn’t been at his best, perhaps some rest is needed considering this is a new league for him afterall
Very poor today.
Fairs
He's allowed an off day but like the poster above says, it's only a matter of time before the mediocrity around him rubs off and he becomes dross like most of the rest.
He's a good RCB as he has shown, he just timed his challenge poorly and if you do that in the box you're giving away penalties
I didn't see why he thought he had to lunge like that. Yoro was there and the situation didn't call for a desperate tackle. Going to ground especially in the penalty box is always crazy
His form has really deteriorated after the rainbow jacket debacle. This may or may not be a coincidence
Dalotesque
Bad day from him, but overall one of our more consistent (one of our few consistent…ly good at least) players this season. Let’s hope it’s an anomaly.
Didnt he go off injured in a previous game? Maybe he’s playing with a knock or pain in the interest of the team. We should give him the benefit of the doubt this once.
thought that was Wan Bissaka today..
He wasn't Illmatic today but I Am... sure It Was Written because he is Magic and meant to learn from this... afterwards Life Is Good again.
Nasir thanks you
He would have won the ball. He gave away a penalty like that once with tens of other slide tackles in the box
Exactly. AWB made so many quality challenges in the box for us. With AWB, we'd probably be more likely to win if he was playing. Giving away that pen lost us the game. The players lost their heads after that.
Maz was bad today, and he's not been great the last 2/3 matches. Fitting right in with the squad now, I guess.
True. I was just remembering in his last season wuth us AWB gave away a very similar penalty. It's just the style of defending that reminds me of Aaron. Maz did another dangerous sliding tackle in the game afterwards, where he won the ball.
More likely to win with AWB?
I actually wanted us to try AWB at RCB like we are now playing Mazraoui at times. But we didnt do it. We did it with Shaw, but not him. Why? Because he could concentrate on winning the ball on the floor and with 2 other CBs, he's a bit more covered in the air.
Regardless, while its true that in and around the box AWB made lots of sliding tackles and most often won the ball with last season's penalty being one that sticks out where he got it wrong, Mazraoui has done very well playing RCB in almost every other match than this one. I think its fair to give him a break and say he'll probably get it right next time and personally I'm still confident in him at RCB
I know some want him to just play RWB but I think our CBs need him in the backline for his defensive work. He's an aggressive ball winner and our other CBs lack that a bit. Not just the ones we have now, but the previous ones as well. We always seem to have CBs who stand off and dont get tight. Mazraoui gets in there and wins the ball and that allows the others to do what they seem to want to do and be more laid back and deal with loose balls that Mazraoui pressing and getting tight will help cause.
He needs a rest. Plus Amorim keeps switching him from rcb to lwb to rwb every other game. Its difficult to settle into your game if you're always switching positions.
It’s not this last game online, his form has been trending downwards for the last couple of games. We’ll see over the next little while if his great form early in the season was just a purple patch or the level he can play at long term.
This specific game, yes. Mazraoui gave away a pen and lost us the game. He wasn't playing well before that point, either.
I fully agree that he's played well for us the majority of the season. He's been one of the only good performers. I was only talking about this game specifically. He wasn't playing well and I think the average AWB performance is better than the one Mazraoui gave us. AWB is very unlikely to give away a pen, but I do remember the one he gave away last season. That was incredibly unlike him.
I want to see more of Yoro at RCB. I understand what you're saying, but we bought Yoro to play that position. He needs time there to develop and this season is practically a right off at this point. I'd rather us spend the time developing him and if he makes mistakes, it is what it is. Mazraoui will still likely get plenty of games at RCB. We'll have other injuries and have to move players around.
I dont think Yoro needs to play RCB to be honest. I am unimpressed with De Ligt and would be happy enough seeing Yoro tried in the middle of the back 3.
Yoro actually has our 2nd most aerials from our CBs per 90 mins. Maguire is 4.2, Yoro 4.1, Evans 3.7 and de Ligt 3.5 so we'll probably not be any worse from corners and set pieces than we already are.
I agree AWB is solid defensively and one of the best to mark a player out of the game. But it doesn’t mean swapping him for this game specifically we would have won. AWB is limited and for me suits counter attacking football with pacy forwards to hit on the break.
He would struggle playing in this system where you need to be comfortable and confident.
Your other point about Yoro, at this moment in time I do not believe he is a better player than Maz. Maybe has a higher ceiling, yet to be seen if he develops as expected. Could be a great player but still early days, think we should ease him in and out as we’re doing at the moment.
Yes I'd agree with this. He's not just a good ball winner and defensive player but he's also very good on the ball, which again I don't think any of our players past or present can do as well as him in the RCB role. Maybe Yoro but he's still got a lot to learn and to get up to speed. Not only that but I think he doesn't have the athletic profile to really give what we need currently as a RWB. He may have a higher consistency technical proficiency and game intelligence compared to someone like Dalot (at least for the current season) but the latter simply gets to the wide areas more with his athleticism and underrated ball carrying/dribbling .
Also we've seen from Amad what could be possible from a wingback adding to the attack. He isnt like that. I think we should be looking for someone to give most of what Amad has given us at right wingback. Quenda would be like that, but if we arent going to go for him then someone else like them. Quick, agile and able to beat a man easily and then able to find a player
Antony might be a decent holdover and hes linked up quite well with Amad in the mins they've had together.
Granted I'd want another player on the left with similar qualities so plenty of improvement on what we currently have with Dalot and other players trying to play wingback.
Yes exactly. We need more attacking omph in that role with dribbling penetration, athleticism and good link up play.
For this season though, I think Amorim needs to exclusively only play Dalot (who actually had a decent first half and link up with Amad against Bournemouth) or Antony at RWB. That way Mazraoui can also be protected and have more a chance to step into the middle of pitch with his ball playing; one of those two players along with Amad will make a really strong right channel.