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He is more confident with his head than his his foot. I'm not even joking.Wtf was that piece of defending was when he tried to make a stupid header ? Why not just boot the ball ?
He is more confident with his head than his his foot. I'm not even joking.Wtf was that piece of defending was when he tried to make a stupid header ? Why not just boot the ball ?
Mcnair? TFM? Basically if they are in our squad, they should be used and rotated especially for cup matches like this.Rested for who?
McNair?
TFM hasn't played CB for the first team. McNair has been awful.Mcnair? TFM? Basically if they are in our squad, they should be used and rotated especially for cup matches like this.
Watford.TFM hasn't played CB for the first team.
He has. Partnered Blind vs WatfordTFM hasn't played CB for the first team. McNair has been awful.
Meh, when he was great, we acknowledged it. When he lost his form, the praise stopped, and he was criticized quite a lot lately (and rightly so)The most overrated player in the history of this forum.
jesusThe most overrated player in the history of this forum.
Not sure. Still think that would be Herrera. Smalling at least has shown a very high level of form to warrant the praise at some point. His form has dropped considerably though, definitely.The most overrated player in the history of this forum.
Is he available?jesus
That was so stupid, he had to contort himself basically to make the header. Sometimes I wonder what goes through our players' minds.He is more confident with his head than his his foot. I'm not even joking.
Smalling got beat to a cross by fecking Lallana.He was by no means good yesterday, but what kind of defense are we playing? Look at their second goal, why is it Smalling who is trying to block Firming's shot? When Rio and Vidic played they had an understanding, and they defended as a unit. Smalling has to defend all over the shop because Blind won't win any battles.
If Carrick could do regularly what he did against Arsenal, he'd be a fine option. Far better than TFM and McNair fo shizzle.Carrick.
What about what he did against Liverpool?If Carrick could do regularly what he did against Arsenal, he'd be a fine option. Far better than TFM and McNair fo shizzle.
They have not been playing like a partnership. More like two defenders trying to outdo the other, for that I rate them both as shite.Smalling got beat to a cross by fecking Lallana.
Blind is a much better centre back than him.
That's just rubbish. Smalling did once what Blind has been doing all season - being beat by all sorts of attackers. Then Smalling stumbled once, but once again, Blind was found wanting whenever there was defending to do. We have to play Fellaini because there is no presence in the air with Blind. He is just so poor in the air. Smalling didn't have his best match, but once again he had to try and carry the defense on his own.Smalling got beat to a cross by fecking Lallana.
Blind is a much better centre back than him.
I really like Carrick, but this season he has been well below par, unfortunately. One can still see the quality is there, but he makes too many mistakes and looks battered after 30 minutes of playing. His passing is still the best in the team though. However, recall the times when Carrick facilitated Scholes' passing? That says it all really - although he is a good passer, he is not close to say Scholes.What about what he did against Liverpool?
That's what happens when you have to cover for your fellow cb all the time.Decent performance but I often feel he has too much ground to cover.
I doubt he can do much in that situation.Probably could've helped Varela there. He was marking no one.
He really wasn't. Carrick ran the game for us. Smalling defended OK but was poor on the ball. Safe passing. I much prefer Blind at centre back to Smalling. I now understand the appeal in having a David Luiz type centre back over an old school English type one.Solid first half and probably best player before half time. Poor second half.
I would say both Carrick, Smalling and even Fellaini are our best players in first half. Smalling won almost every challenges in first half to me. Blind was the worst player in first half too many error but much better performance in second half. David Luiz is not a good centre back. He looked good only if he has good centre back alongside him. Smalling ahead of Luiz to me.He really wasn't. Carrick ran the game for us. Smalling defended OK but was poor on the ball. Safe passing. I much prefer Blind at centre back to Smalling. I now understand the appeal in having a David Luiz type centre back over an old school English type one.