If you obviously don't care why did you type that out?
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I obviously don't care.
Thanks that it. Kinda scary what could of happened if he stayed longer,what was Fergie thinking.
Anyway doesn't matter now he's gone now.
Mr. Mujac has posted on this several times and has said he didn't want to reduce the ball work but wanted to add more fitness/physical training to make it a better balance.
Here is one of his posts from recently, look through his posts to find others if you want.
Ok fair enough.
It's not a knee jerk reaction. I've always been uncomfortable at Smalling's discomfort on the ball.
I know Smalling is highly rated by the Caf. I think he is a good defender myself. But his clear discomfort at having the ball at his feet annoys me. He's also suffered from not having a sustained run in the side as a centre back for various reasons like injury and us having better options in Rio and Vidic and this has made him regressed somewhat.
We all rated Rio and Vidic when they were here, which was partly the reason why Jones and Smalling didn't get their chances to really develop as players. So I'd rather we not see the past repeat itself with Blackett, who's looked almost as promising as Jones did turning out for Blackburn. He also, more importantly looks comfortable on the ball. I can't emphasize enough how sick I am of us having players who are not comfortable on the ball. This bit is more obvious when we come up against teams who will press us or in the latter stages of the Champions League.
Blackett needs games, and we're in the process of a rebuild ourselves so rather than loan him out, we could give him a run in the team.
Besides, I'm tired of us being loyal to players who have clearly let themselves down for too long. I'm not putting Smalling in that category, more about Young, Cleverley, Valencia, Nani etc, but I think it's high time we started showing players we won't stand for mediocrity anymore.
Yeah, I'm delighted he's doing well and long may it continue, but the reactions towards him are becoming increasingly hyperbolic and it does him no favors. I guess it's part and parcel of being Caf flavor of the month but you just know his most overenthusiastic champions are the first ones who'll turn on him when he inevitably shows the instability which comes with youth and lack of experience.
Very surprised with how well he's taken to first team football.
What's encouraging is that he's already got the ball skills and the physicality. What he's lacking in are things like positioning, concentration and reading the game, which can all be taught and learned by experience.
What's encouraging is that he's already got the ball skills and the physicality. What he's lacking in are things like positioning, concentration and reading the game, which can all be taught and learned by experience.
His passing needs working on but he's very composed when he has the ball. Never seems to be in a rush
Burnley 0:0 Man Utd
I'm assuming he's under instructions to play it long given the number of times he's done it. Bit annoying.
Di Maria wants it short, so he smashes it long..
His distribution needs some work. Probably been asked to go long to avoid losing possession in an unrecoverable position.
Out of his depth
Is anyone genuinely impressed by his defending? Doesn't seem to do a whole lot of it anyway. Looks classy on the ball with a good touch/control, but poor decision making with his passing.
What a load of guff.
Watched Rio of old too much.
Rioesque in hoofing the ball.
Still looks a little shaky, as to be expected. I still think hes impressive though, given his lack of experience. This is a tough game, Burnley are down the throats of our back 3 whenever we have the ball. He's brought the ball out well a few times despite the pressure. The movement of our midfield gives him zero options for the pass though.
Tyler "Long Ball" Blackett.
He has been playing Those long balls in all his games. He is obviously being told to do so
Defensively he has done ok again
Defensively he has done ok again
He plays it to Young and he gets it straight back. Burnley crowd out Fletcher and Di Maria so his only option is to pass it to either Jones or De Gea or play it long.
He doesn't look anything worse defensively than our "senior" defenders, so I wouldn't blame him too much, but his hoofing is bit annoying(altough that probably isn't his fault too).
I don't want a player like him close to our starting XI. He has done better than I expected, but he should not be close to our first team.
Poor first half from Blackett, hope he can improve his performance in the 2nd half. Some of his passing has been careless and his marking wasn't good when they got a header in.
Not a good first half there from him. Started off with a terrible first pass, Arfield made bits of him at the corner flag at around the half hour mark and shortly after that took ages while trying to decide what to do with the ball and nearly lost it. He's not at the races at all so far today and could do with waking up a bit.
He's taking over Rio Ferdinands 'make fifty long passes to nobody' mantle.
He looks more composed that Jones and Evans put together. His passing needs work though
Not upto scratch for me.
His passing is sloppy which doesn't suit our system.
His passing is sloppy which doesn't suit our system.
Decent defending, terrible distribution. Thats a few games in a row now that his passing has dropped quite a few levels from pre-season and the first game of the season
He is getting worse with every game. Properly isn't helped with the fact we have no real leader at the back but today he looked edgy today, passing was diabolic as well. As soon as Rojo is cleared to play he won't be near the first team.
Think people are being a little harsh. Got booked for a great tackle too.
His defending is ok but he doesn't win many headers. Really let's himself down with his distribution.
If he plays it short then it is slow and deliberate and easily intercepted. When he plays it long it's aimless and wayward.
If he plays it short then it is slow and deliberate and easily intercepted. When he plays it long it's aimless and wayward.
Hoooooooooooof .....fecking idiot.
Yeah, as everybody else had said, poor passing. But he'll get better.
Although with so many leftie defenders coming he won't start so much.
Although with so many leftie defenders coming he won't start so much.
Perceptive.
Fantastic come back. Award yourself a medal for that.
Maybe you should get back to kneejerking
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