[Devil may care]

Glad to see he is starting again as he's done really well so far.

 

[Drainy]

He's impressed with his composure, touch and short passing. Not really been tested all that much defensively but made errors when he has been- as well as making some general rookie errors.

Still, he's a talented lad and will learn a lot from his time in the first 11. Hopefully he'll kick on defensively over the next year or so.

 

[Robbie Boy]

How?

Aye. I see absolutely no similarities myself.

 

[Lawman]

How?

Just his build and style the way he reads the game his pace and obviously left sided too. I'm not saying he will be as good as but hopefully he will be.

 

[KM]

Very, very good so far. Looking like a leader.

 

[RooneyLegend]

very impressive by him, looks the best defender at the club atm

 

[Litch]

Good prospect but needs better quality next to him.....

 

[FromTheBench]

He's done well.

Having to cover for Rojo too much though and he himself goes passive at times too much.

 

[charleysurf]

I'd see him and Jones as our best CB pairing now.

 

[Red Shorts]

The CB pair now would be my choice for the foreseeable future. He has been quality today bar some slight slips against Vardy, but he is a tricky player to mark.

 

[Sam]

He's been outstanding imo. Fair play to the lad.

 

[footballgirl07]

Really impressed me again today. Reads the game very well and his pace is great as well as that tackle at the end of it. Had a couple of little errors but they will go with the more experience he gains.

 

[Skills]

His most impressive defensive performance so far this season (including pre-season). He's been very good.

 

[Yorkeontop]

All he has to do is stay fit. If he does that then Chris,Johnny,Phil and Marcos can scrap over the other CB spot.

 

[El Zoido]

Has been caught out of position a few times, but his improvement over just a few games has been fantastic to see and very encouraging for the future.

 

[Decotron]

Hes done well with his pace and physicality but his positioning at times has been piss poor. That effects the defence as a whole

 

[Sied]

At the minute this lad is ahead of Evans and Smalling in the pecking order for me. Been really impressed, especially considering his age and how good he could become.

 

[Minimalist]

Looking our only solid centre back again today. Some great tackles.

 

[Sixpence]

A disaster. We will do nothing this season with him anywhere near the side.

 

[Reds-of-Ulster]

Fantastic second half today...

 

[Bob Loblaw]

Yeah I don't rate him at all.

 

[HabeasC]

He's tough but has terrible positioning

 

[Sammyjunn]

Just like I said in the matchday thread, he is arguably the worst defender who has played for United.

 

[Skills]

Thought the first half was his best performance for us at the back. But defending really isn't his thing.

 

[Parry Gallister]

-3 on my FF, little bastard. Actually had a really decent first-half.

 

[one340]

shows his youth with that bad and reckless challenge

 

[Robbie Boy]

I mean he's still young but I'm struggling to rate this guy. He looks decent, but that's not enough for this level.

 

[Eriku]

His positioning for their 4th was woeful... completely fecked up our end to the match. Was looking fantastic for most of the match, but those two incidents were shocking.

 

[charleysurf]

getting called dogshit in the matchday thread by the usual morons. The hate they have is scary.

 

[Bloxy]

watch out for some kneejerk posts in here

 

[Kag]

Astonished. Watch him closely, he has no idea where his runners are and his positioning has been dreadful. 31st minute was a big worry. Ulloa was running off the back of him and he made no effort to look for him...

Right, I had the above penned in at half time but left it because I couldn't be arsed with the ratty alerts coming my way. Honestly, he is very poor positionally and very, very timid in the air. Not good enough.

 

[Castia]

Getting bossed off Ritchie fecking De Laet. What a complete joke.

 

[Count Orduck]

In fairness to the lad, he's only playing because all of our other defenders are made of glass. He's nowhere near ready for the first team, and he wouldn't be playing in it if Evans, Jones and Smalling could actually play more than two games in a row without breaking down for six weeks.

 

[Red Stone]

Tune really changed in here, didn't it?

 

[Traub]

He is 20 years old playing in a defence that is changing from week to week. Naivety is to be expected.

 

[Robbie Boy]

It doesn't help that he's playing in a pretty poor defence. Smalling has regressed something terrible.

 

[ha_rooney]

As poor as the other defenders. He's still very young and inexperienced, he's done well considering all things.

 

[charleysurf]

Astonished. Watch him closely, he has no idea where his runners are and his positioning has been dreadful. 31st minute was a big worry. Ulloa was running off the back of him and he made no effort to look for him...

Right, I had the above penned in at half time but left it because I couldn't be arsed with the ratty alerts coming my way. Honestly, he is very poor positionally and very, very timid in the air. Not good enough.

You had that penned in the first half did you? Yeah right, Feck off you with your kneejerk bullshit.

Kagawa's gone to Dortmund.

 

[JSMHE]

Losing concentrate after the third goal. But that's ok. He will learn from that, his 1st half was great.

 

[Americano]

He is 20 years old playing in a defence that is changing from week to week. Naivety is to be expected.

I agree, and I think he has the physical talents and ability to do the job. Just lacking in experience, awareness, decision making, and support from teammates. Those things will all develop with time.