We won't see him much next season. Too many transfer plans in that formation even with theoretical chances of his improvement.
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He's young, but he's not emitting United quality. Loan or sold this Summer.
Yeah, exactly that.
The only other team in PL where I can see him getting some game time is QPR, and maybe Aston Villa. It's amazing that he manages to get some game time here in United.
He's a reserve player playing for the first team, and today came up against an England international. It was a mismatch the moment he came on, really.
Not good enough.
Bit harsh some of the criticism, he probably should've done better to close Walcott down yes for sure but he is young and still learning the game.
To be fair to him, I can't be that easy to just slot back in for a few minutes every month or so.
Needs a loan spell to the Championship and a club where he'll play every week to toughen him up. Then reassess him next summer.
Needs a loan spell to the Championship and a club where he'll play every week to toughen him up. Then reassess him next summer.
And that is not an understatement.
There is something intellectual quotient (or IQ for dummies) and it's supposed to exist in humans. This guy has fecking none! What the hell are we doing with such player when we have a whole U21 squad out there with players better than him? To use words from one of my favorite authors and should I stand in front of Blackett, my message would be simple: "Throw yourself in (down to the bottom of a well) next time, and rid us of your stupidity."
ok m8
So erudite and wise!
Except he hasn't done well for the u21s either. If it was Pearson, Wilson, Januzaj, or Pereira, this excuse would be more appropriate.
lol
Although I don't think Blackett is good enough for the first team, I don't think it's right to say anything like that.
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I may be completely off base here, but I'm beginning to suspect you're not a very nice person.
Championship player and its been clear for a long time.
I may be completely off base here, but I'm beginning to suspect you're not a very nice person.
I may have not used the best quote to say how I feel about him. Nevertheless, the bottom line is that players who severely lack intelligence like him should just burn their dreams of playing for a big club, and then go off somewhere else for everyone's sanity.
Like someone else wrote, he's not even among the best U21s out there. So the question begs as to why he is an option on a bench and in a match against Arsenal.
I guess I'm the only one who sees a future for him here. He is big, strong, fast, has a good first touch, and can pick out a pass. I think he has the potential to be a real stud in the center defense.
Its always amusing to see people making comments about a persons intelligence based on their observations of that person in a football game, not really the most intelligent way to judge intelligence. Oh the irony.
Fvck off with all the harsh criticism. The goal was unlucky. Walcott went for a goddamn cross and it was deflected. You can't blame Blackett or Valdes
You're not the only one.
He didn't put foot wrong, the deflection was unlucky. I've seen worse from Hummels this season for Dortmund.
Stupid thread bumped by idiots after an unlucky deflection.
OK then.
At the end of the day he is our 4th or 5th choice left back, he is hardly going to be a great player. It was Van Gaal's fault for me. Terrible substitution. Our two most dangerous counter attacking players stayed on the bench whilst he brought on one of the slowest players in the squad instead. Bizarre.
LvG has a long history of giving youngsters a chance, people say drop Young back and bring on Di Maria but it goes against the confidence LvG is trying to instill in young Blackett, and arguably the rest of the academy.
Indeed. I don't think he's really to blame for the goal (albeit it's fair to say he could have done better) but Blackett has been defensively frail at both junior and senior level. He needs a good loan to the Championship next season to toughen up.
Don't agree. The game was crying out for the pace of Wilson or Di Maria. If he was so bothered about the academy then he would have brought Wilson on instead of Van Persie.
I fecking gree. Its a disgrace
I'm not sure the rest of the youth setup would have understood a thing when they see Blackett playing against Arsenal while all insiders and outsiders know there are better youth players ahead of him. If bringing in a player from the youth system was in the books, then Wilson was the easy candidate.
Blackett is one of our fastest players though
Even if it isn't his fault, I still think he isn't good enough. I'm all for giving young players a chance, but even players like Keane and McNair have more to them. Said the same for Wootton when he was here.
Blackett only got a chance because he is left footed.
Burnley's left back had some good crosses on MOTD today. His name is Ben Mee, like a pirate or something.
How about Hull? They played McShane at LCB in a 5 man defense this weekend. McShane!
In a parallel world, yes.
I meant Van Persie. Blackett was at fault for me though. He was stood right next to his centre backs but behind the line. He left Walcott onside and in space. I don't want to be too harsh on him but I don't think he has a long term future here.
@NoPace
Mee is a City academy graduate.
What about the fact he can't read the game, poor at marking and slow in the tackle?
He really isn't.
I don't care why he got his chance, he got it and the others (Wootton and Keane) didn't. Rojo was only signed because he's left footed too, 100%
You just dont know
If you can pick out a pass you can read the game and you can intercept passes like he does quite often. He made a couple of good tackles and nothing slow about them. He is very athletic and it would be stupid to give up on him now.
Yep, I just haven't realized he is Usain Bolt in disguise. Actually he does a good imitation of Bolt with his footballing ability.
Wouldn't expect anything but praise from you mind so I won't even bother.
NO. I guess you didn't see how he matched Jordon Ibe of Liverpool for pace in preseason. You don't watch dude closely. He has a similar laid back style to Rio who had pace for days in his prime
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