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2014-15 Performances

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5.1 Season Average Rating
Appearances
12
Clean sheets
3
Goals
0
Assists
0
Yellow cards
3
Red cards
1
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I like the look of him, quite the imposing figure on the pitch. Better technique that I expected from him too in regards to his frame.
 
I like him. Very good on the ball, fast and good positioning. Any chance of trying him in midfield? He seems very calm under pressure.
 
I really like what I see. Plays with a lot of confidence, makes few mistakes, has pace, and is comfortable with the ball in his feet.
 
Impressive half from him, looking more and more settled and he is comfortable with the ball at his feet.
 
Almost flawless performances during the tour so far. Van Gaal's methods of training with youth definitely speeding up development process.

Surprised by his confidence with so little games in the first squad. (Same goes to Reece James.)
 
Starting to like him. On the ball he was excellent tonight with at least 1 peach of a long ball. Did have one misplaced header on 88 mins
 
Had a good pre-season so far, taken his opportunity well. Dodgy header at the end aside I don't think he put a foot wrong all game. Will be interesting to see whether he stays or goes out on loan again next season.
 
Really impressed me tonight. Could have a big future.
 
Really impressed with the young players this tour, they've shown a lot more hunger to impress the manager. Blackett has just been superb so far.
 
Good performance. Van Gaal obviously seems some potential in him to give him al this playing time.
 
Very assured performance from him again today, him and Shaw look good down that left hand side.

His vision and execution in his passing is brilliant for someone so young. Usually you get one or the other at his age. Very promising.
 
Pretty impressive today tbh.

But his weakness is players running off him off the ball and his awareness in relation to that plus recovering when he loses them. In that area he wasn't tested today really as Inter didn't really commit players forward.
 
Where are all his doubters now? Class again. Refreshing with a CB who can actually pass the ball, yes Smalling and Jones, I'm looking at you.
 
Why does the Daily Mail say he was shaky against Roma? Was he at fault for any of the goals? I don't remember.
 
Hes a better options than Vermaelen. I'd keep him as our 4th choice defender and not buy a defender this season. He was incredibly good tonight imo, very good on the ball and very calm when under pressure.
 
Could he be the youngster that van Gaal develops into a great player? He certainly looks composed in the back there, coming up against the likes of Roma and Inter which is not an easy task for a 20 year old only just getting first team action. I certainly like the look of him, and with the right development could become an absolute beast of a player.
 
Was really good tonight, even though he gave away 2 silly balls at the end. He seems very composed.
 
mu4c_20le said:
Why does the Daily Mail say he was shaky against Roma? Was he at fault for any of the goals? I don't remember.
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He shouted to Pjanic "Bet you cant score from there"

Looked nervous on a couple of balls in behind the defence, to be fair Evans was caught out with one of them as well
 
mu4c_20le said:
Why does the Daily Mail say he was shaky against Roma? Was he at fault for any of the goals? I don't remember.
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He did let their striker run off the back of him a couple times. Although I thought one or two looked offsides that weren't given. Other than one chance it led to little for Roma.

Didn't put a foot wrong in the second though.
 
Good performance all around and his passing has been good all pre-season.
 
Rykker_4united said:
Hes a better options than Vermaelen. I'd keep him as our 4th choice defender and not buy a defender this season. He was incredibly good tonight imo, very good on the ball and very calm when under pressure.
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Perhaps it's a good idea to wait one season for Hummels and play Blackett, then divert funds into midfield and wings for this window.
 
It is nice to know we have two really comfortable ball players at centre back in Blackett and Evans, we need it after Rio has gone.
 
Van Piorsing said:
Perhaps it's a good idea to wait one season for Hummels and play Blackett, then divert funds into midfield and wings for this window.
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This. We don't play in Europe this season. He can be our 4th choice easily and that doesn't mean he's going to play week in week out, although I think he is capable.
 
Rykker_4united said:
Hes a better options than Vermaelen. I'd keep him as our 4th choice defender and not buy a defender this season. He was incredibly good tonight imo, very good on the ball and very calm when under pressure.
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Vermaelen has experience on his side though, a bit underrated here. Was very good at Ajax and had an impressive first season at Arsenal. Just the fact he's so feckin injury prone, which puts people off. I agree with Blackett though, looks a player.
 
He did okay, Inter didn't challenge him though. Still think Keane has enjoyed a better pre-season.
 
mu4c_20le said:
Why does the Daily Mail say he was shaky against Roma? Was he at fault for any of the goals? I don't remember.
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I was confused by some of the positive reception for him he had gotten to this point. So I guess I would've agreed with them to an extent.

Showed a bit more tonight, IMHO...
 
El-Manos said:
Vermaelen has experience on his side though, a bit underrated here. Was very good at Ajax and had an impressive first season at Arsenal. Just the fact he's so feckin injury prone, which puts people off. I agree with Blackett though, looks a player.
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Well, we can spend money on Vermaelen because of his experience but is he more experienced than Evans, for example? He is too injury prone to be worth purchasing and Blackett comes with the homegrown tag as well.
 
Looked great tonight and I watched back the first game and I thought he wasn't as bad as he was made out to be by some. I think, to borrow a phrase from Tom Cleverley, he's the sort of player who could really suit Van Gaal's philosophy.
 
Blackett's clearly coming on in training as he looked much more certain of himself at centre-half today than last weekend. This is what I've been saying about our 'trainer-coach', he has the ability and philosophy to really develop young players. If Blackett just does what Van Gaal tells him to do he'll grow into a steady centre back in this system.
 
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