If Bailly and Lindelof are our best pairing it’s no wonder Jose wants another CB
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If they play like they did against Leicester and then gradually improve on that, it might not be necessary.
They played very well against Leicester. Lets see how they play in the next game. Lindelof has played against top quality opposition and played well. Eric's only problem is that he switches off at crucial times.
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So expect him to be dropped against Brighton.
Surely that's the worst thing to be his only problem ? If we had 2 top full backs then our centre backs wouldn't be so stretched at times but we don't and they will
True, I actually think his worst performances, when he did play poorly, were against lower half teams last season.
When I saw Lindelof play for Benfica it was as the LCB.
Definitely not the end product we're seeing yet, has lot to improve, but the ammount of people here who were wishing we'd sell him this summer was mind boggling.
Not to mention the amount wishing him gone after he had played 5 games.
Good to see him starting again, and with the same centre back in Bailly. Hoping for another solid performance.
He struggled a bit last season against teams in the lower half, two solid performances in a row would be a really good boost for his confidence.
Brighton 3:2 Man Utd
If the Premier League is played at 100mph Lindelof plays as 80mph. Looked totally off the pace. He’s been a season in England and he still looks like he can’t cope with the pace of the game. Only took Vida a few months...
“Ball playing defender”.
Back to the bench. He belongs there.
One of the worst buys of the post Sir Alex era. I would go as far as saying he is worse than Rojo, who himself is terrible.
He's not good enough unfortunately - hopefully we can replace him in Jan
Its funny how £40m, £50m players are all below the pace, mediocre, bad etc..
Maybe we need to start looking at the real issue. We chose 3 outdated coaches. We badly need a 40 year old latin coach like Silva, Gracia, etc
Maybe we need to start looking at the real issue. We chose 3 outdated coaches. We badly need a 40 year old latin coach like Silva, Gracia, etc
I mean a couple of times he was closed down and managed to twist and turn and find a teammate. So in that sense he was comfortable on the ball.
The problem is he wasn't at all comfortable defending and neither was Bailly.
Thought last week was something to build on for him, but we're back to last seasons form.
Don't think he's good enough, don't think he's improved, don't think he should be playing.
Don't think he's good enough, don't think he's improved, don't think he should be playing.
Looked abject in his first pre-season and he's not progressed one iota since then. I'd much rather Rojo be in the team than this fraud, and I think Rojo is absolute turd himself.
Soft, looks great until he has to do some actual defending.
His placement for the 3rd goal is so insane. Stands at the very left of the field and then gets back to the centre waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too late.
He sucks. Get rid. Fast.
He sucks. Get rid. Fast.
Soft and weak, doesn’t look suited to the premier league.
Soft is the best word to describe him. It feck all to do with whether he’s LCB or otherwise. He’s just not physical or quick enough. Playing him alongside Bailly is just madness
His placement was for the goal kick, was a stupid pass by De Gea. But yeah, he was to slow closing the gap to Bailly and it wasn't the only time he failed to do that unfortunately.
He was very poor, not as bad as Bailly, but very poor, just a yard behind everything that was going on most of the time.
Shit but not as shit as Bailey.
Years later, you will look back and reminisce "remember when we had lindelöf and bailly starting for us in central defence?"
He looks very nervous and scared for a player that is supposedly very good with the ball on his feet. Terrible in the first half but played better in the second. Still not good enough though.
I think he should only play with Smalling. He's far less rash and more cool headed than Bailly. He can use his strengths on the ball more effectively that way.
He doesn’t sense danger and is so ponderous and reactive. And physically looks no stronger than Blind. Think we should cut our losses. Bailly was a trainwreck next to him but you can see a player in there somewhere. I don’t know what Lindelof is actually good at.
Really poor first half, decent second. But it is just one game and he has been good for most matches since December so i think it’ll turn out well. To be honest the whole team (with Shaw as the exception) looked at the same poor level today. Defence poor in first half, both from CB, full backs and midfield, no cooperation whatsoever. Offensive midfield a disaster. Zero chances created the last 90 minutes. This is a match everybody except maybe Luke Shaw should forget.
How do you mean? This is the part I think he was successful at today. Even after his mistake at the first goal he stayed very calm and cool with the ball. When he was in pressed situations he did I his player and passed the ball.
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I dont think any of our CBs really sense danger except Smalling. Our midfielders arent particularly good at it either except Ander.
It’s not that he’s soft, weak, slow or scared, or whatever, it’s just that he isn’t good enough. Thrives for Sweden with no pressure and a defensive mentality, but being a defender for United is something else. Great defenders are leaders, they’re smarter than the attackers, see what space is attacked before the ball comes in... Lindelöf is reactionary, that’s why he is always on th backfoot and struggle for us. Very mediocre defender, perhaps not even Premier League-standard, get rid from the XI asap!
One thing I will give him - in these last two games I've finally seen signs of that ball-playing defender that he's supposed to be. Last season he showed pretty much nothing in regards to that, but his on the ball ability has been better so far.
It was noticeable that that was the case last season. I think there was one match with somebody else, but otherwise Lindelof only played when he had Smalling next to him (either in a two or three man defence). Even early in the season when Mourinho was trying out different combinations to find the one to go with, Smalling was always used whenever Lindelof got a game. I think that relative stability helped with Lindelof's improvement as the season wore on.
Jones is good. Makes a lot of interceptions.
The Murray goal was a joke. Obvious to anyone with a brain where the danger was and how to stop it.
Compared to United, Sweden play offensive football
Anyways, I think that popular analysis that it is something totally different to play for United than for Sweden is nonsense. Of course it is different in some aspects, for example Sweden have less star players, etc. But when it comes to pressure, simply not true. Playing for the national team in WC is bugger than Brighton away. One main difference however, who benefit Lindelof in the national team howecer, ist the fact that Sweden are superior when it comes to tacticts. They have a plan and stick to it.Today it seemed like there was no plan nor any tacticts and nobody knew what to do. Could be all the new players and xi (new cb pair, new midfield) in combo with the fact that it was the second match of the season, but still there seemed to be no team work what so ever. Every part of the team was isolated.
He's a midfielder playing in defence. Good on the ball but he doesn't have any defensive instinct at all.
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