[do9]

Awful today. Just awful. Seems to me that i didn't watch same game as others. In attack he didn't provide anything. 0 runs, 0 crosses, ball always back to blind.
More important- defence. He lost player couple of times. darmian is example how you must defend your area.
And he has 5 kg extra.

 

[Steven Seagull]

Awful today. Just awful. Seems to me that i didn't watch same game as others. In attack he didn't provide anything. 0 runs, 0 crosses, ball always back to blind.
More important- defence. He lost player couple of times. darmian is example how you must defend your area.
And he has 5 kg extra.

Oh good I'm glad this is back

 

[LeChuck]

I think it's clear he's past it, and has already peaked.

 

[2mufc0]

Really? He wasn't that bad, thought he looked Ok, showed his athleticism , he will be good for us if he can stay fit.

 

[mufcwarm92]

Eh? He wasn't awful at all.

 

[Kag]

Awful today. Just awful. Seems to me that i didn't watch same game as others. In attack he didn't provide anything. 0 runs, 0 crosses, ball always back to blind.
More important- defence. He lost player couple of times. darmian is example how you must defend your area.
And he has 5 kg extra.

Incredible how you manged to assess his exact body weight gain via the television screen.

I think we've found a new niche in obesity development.

 

[El-Manos]

Decent performance. Nothing more, nothing less. Still confident he will be very good this season though. Great talent.

 

[amolbhatia50k]

Awful today. Just awful. Seems to me that i didn't watch same game as others. In attack he didn't provide anything. 0 runs, 0 crosses, ball always back to blind.
More important- defence. He lost player couple of times. darmian is example how you must defend your area.
And he has 5 kg extra.

Huh? He lost a scrap with Kane once. What else?

 

[Walters_19_MuFc]

He wasn't awful, but he wasn't great today. Thought he was ok. I know he's got a lot more in his locker, though.

 

[quethenoo]

Awful today. Just awful. Seems to me that i didn't watch same game as others. In attack he didn't provide anything. 0 runs, 0 crosses, ball always back to blind.
More important- defence. He lost player couple of times. darmian is example how you must defend your area.
And he has 5 kg extra.

I think there is a real possibilty you literally were watching another game.

 

[do9]

Look

Incredible how you manged to assess his exact body weight gain via the television screen.

I think we've found a new niche in obesity development.

I fecked up, that with the weight was a joke, but seems to me, bad joke. But for performance today i think that he was bad.

 

[Kag]

Look

I fecked up, that with the weight was a joke, but seems to me, bad joke. But for performance today i think that he was bad.

Fair enough. I thought he was generally solid, but he can do a lot better, yes.

 

[UnitedBoy]

Thought he was just reserved, blind next to him, Kane working that channel and Walker being a threat when he can

 

[Sylar]

He wasnt bad. Not going to say he was great, but im happy we have him. I honestly think he would do so much better linking up with memphis on the left.

 

[Devil may care]

He was ok but I thought looked a bit over eager at times, just needs to relax and play his game.

 

[Geordopolous]

Thought he was just reserved, blind next to him, Kane working that channel and Walker being a threat when he can

Yeah well said, he might have been instructed to just sit back a bit and help out blind. He's definitely got potential to be better and I think if he remains fit could be our player of the season

 

[MDFC Manager]

He was quite decent IMO. Not sure why people think otherwise.

He's an unstoppable train once he starts running as well

 

[kundalini]

I thought he was our joint worst performer of the starting 11 (along with Rooney).

 

[Mali_Zeus]

Nothing special but certainly not bad,bad,like really really bad like certain poster has pointed out.

 

[marlowe78]

I think the criticisms today are harsh. He could've showed more ambition going forward but he was generally okay on the defensive end. It would probably be helpful for him if Blind wasn't vacating his area so often and leaving Shaw to guard the left on his own.

 

[ghagua]

Decent performance from Shaw today. Defensively he looked solid, not sure how much his attacking instinct is being held back by LvG. Best thing about today was he completed 90 minutes without suffering an injury.

 

[Unlikely lad]

Felt Young ignored him a couple of times too many

 

[devilish]

Felt Young ignored him a couple of times too many

Young provided little creativity input on the left. I hope LVG tries Depay on the left and Pedro on the right as we need pace and unpredictability on the flanks

 

[Unlikely lad]

Young provided little creativity input on the left. I hope LVG tries Depay on the left and Pedro on the right as we need pace and unpredictability on the flanks

He kept trying to get past Walker (which just wasn't going to happen), and completely ignored Shaw who was in a good position on a couple of times.

 

[devilish]

He kept trying to get past Walker (which just wasn't going to happen), and completely ignored Shaw who was in a good position on a couple of times.

I think that Young and Mata (he's a good player but lacks the pace needed for a winger) are the reason why we struggled to create chances today. Its quite a shame as I feel we've got the talent to solve this creativity drought once and for all, especially if we do sign Pedro.

 

[Sam]

He's fantastic.

Some of you are weird.

 

[thejtrain]

Awful today. Just awful. Seems to me that i didn't watch same game as others. In attack he didn't provide anything. 0 runs, 0 crosses, ball always back to blind.
More important- defence. He lost player couple of times. darmian is example how you must defend your area.
And he has 5 kg extra.

Nah, he was awful really. He seemed lost for the most part today.

 

[United again!]

I know that people can't really digest more than a few mail and mirror "SHOCK Fat Luke's HUGE fullback issue" headlines and a some random tweets from gormless bell-ends these days.

But I am surprised nobody has really mentioned this; When we played in pre-season he was free to run down the flank and actually used his own creativity and instincts to get up and link up well with Young. It is one of the first things I noticed in pre-season that looked odd to me. "Luke Shaw is just bombing up the field and it looks out of place..?" He kind of reminded me of Evra, when Evra would just bomb up field and then jog back (not so much the jogging back but the bombing up field).

He didn't do this at all last night. I guarantee you in between the PSG game and today Van Gaal has had a word to him "no more bombing up the line now that the season has started" he played a support role nearly identical to Darmian today where he'd centre the ball and support the midfield rather than run with the ball and use the midfield to support Young.

I really don't see a point in playing fullbacks if they aren't allowed the freedom to get forward and support the attack. He's a young lad, just tell him to use all of his energy to get back and cover. Frustrating.

 

[Wednesday at Stoke]

Defensively decent, I forgot who was even playing on that flank for the Spurs most of the game but what bothered me most was he did not once overlap Young to make life easier for him when Walker was right up in his shirt. You give Evra a sniff of that and he would be creating havoc on that flank.

 

[prath92]

I think the criticisms today are harsh. He could've showed more ambition going forward but he was generally okay on the defensive end. It would probably be helpful for him if Blind wasn't vacating his area so often and leaving Shaw to guard the left on his own.

You can't make something up as you go. Blind defended well yesterday and didn't 'vacate the area' at all

 

[The Mitcher]

He was good, anyone who says not were clearly not watching him properly or not at all.

 

[MDFC Manager]

You can't make something up as you go. Blind defended well yesterday and didn't 'vacate the area' at all

He did, actually. At least a couple of times, most notably when Chadli (?) was wrongly called offside. Positionally he's an absolute liability there

 

[KM]

I know that people can't really digest more than a few mail and mirror "SHOCK Fat Luke's HUGE fullback issue" headlines and a some random tweets from gormless bell-ends these days.

But I am surprised nobody has really mentioned this; When we played in pre-season he was free to run down the flank and actually used his own creativity and instincts to get up and link up well with Young. It is one of the first things I noticed in pre-season that looked odd to me. "Luke Shaw is just bombing up the field and it looks out of place..?" He kind of reminded me of Evra, when Evra would just bomb up field and then jog back (not so much the jogging back but the bombing up field).

He didn't do this at all last night. I guarantee you in between the PSG game and today Van Gaal has had a word to him "no more bombing up the line now that the season has started" he played a support role nearly identical to Darmian today where he'd centre the ball and support the midfield rather than run with the ball and use the midfield to support Young.

I really don't see a point in playing fullbacks if they aren't allowed the freedom to get forward and support the attack. He's a young lad, just tell him to use all of his energy to get back and cover. Frustrating.

So you can guarantee then that conversation happened between LvG and Shaw, even though there's no fecking way you could absolutely know that it happened or not?

Excellent stuff.

 

[World Game]

I know that people can't really digest more than a few mail and mirror "SHOCK Fat Luke's HUGE fullback issue" headlines and a some random tweets from gormless bell-ends these days.

But I am surprised nobody has really mentioned this; When we played in pre-season he was free to run down the flank and actually used his own creativity and instincts to get up and link up well with Young. It is one of the first things I noticed in pre-season that looked odd to me. "Luke Shaw is just bombing up the field and it looks out of place..?" He kind of reminded me of Evra, when Evra would just bomb up field and then jog back (not so much the jogging back but the bombing up field).

He didn't do this at all last night. I guarantee you in between the PSG game and today Van Gaal has had a word to him "no more bombing up the line now that the season has started" he played a support role nearly identical to Darmian today where he'd centre the ball and support the midfield rather than run with the ball and use the midfield to support Young.

I really don't see a point in playing fullbacks if they aren't allowed the freedom to get forward and support the attack. He's a young lad, just tell him to use all of his energy to get back and cover. Frustrating.

Lol no, preseason and competitive games are very different. He plays a supporting role because he doesn't have the same confidence against better opposition in a difficult competitive match as in a friendly preseason game. Give him time to develop his technique better and we may see better attacking gameplay from him. That or if Young cuts in more often, Shaw will get more opportunities to make those runs.

He did, actually. At least a couple of times, most notably when Chadli (?) was wrongly called offside. Positionally he's an absolute liability there

Which is why the team which won the world cup used his defensive positioning as a case study?

 

[NinjaZombie]

I think it's clear he's past it, and has already peaked.

 

[prath92]

He did, actually. At least a couple of times, most notably when Chadli (?) was wrongly called offside. Positionally he's an absolute liability there

Chadli was played on by Schneiderlin. Don't know how can you blame Blind there. His intention was to play him off and he did but for Schneiderlin.

Besides this there may be utmost one other instance where he wasn't positionally good. He was solid otherwise especially people who thought Kane or eriksen would bully him would have been disappointed.

 

[SirAF]

Awful today. Just awful. Seems to me that i didn't watch same game as others. In attack he didn't provide anything. 0 runs, 0 crosses, ball always back to blind.
More important- defence. He lost player couple of times. darmian is example how you must defend your area.
And he has 5 kg extra.

feck sake

 

[amolbhatia50k]

Shaw was fine yesterday. Had that one bad moment where Kane nicked the ball off him but otherwise he was solid defensively.

 

[legball]

I thought he had a good game, not sure what people expectof him.

 

[Lawman]

Was excellent yesterday.