Play Blind instead of Shaw.
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 36
- Clean sheets
- 18
- Goals
- 2
- Assists
- 2
- Yellow cards
- 0
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Play Blind instead of Shaw.
How does Smalling have an average rating of 5.7?
There are some knobs on the Caf?
Because Bailly is a shiny new toy. Blind is the golden boy. And some fans can't seem to appreciate that we can have 3 great defenders all at once.
His rating was in the mid 4's just a month or so ago.
...he was punished for it costly only once in his career, it's part of the defending, if it helps him to stay on the player and not let him go without conceding costly foul, I don't care. Some of the very best defenders do it too..
It's actually baffling how that really does seem to happen - even before Smalling started playing many had written him off and concluded Bailly needs a brand new senior partner.
Possibly because he started the season with 1-0 against Feyenoord and 3-1 vs Watford. Not sure he spent enough time on the pitch for his Soton & Hull performances to be rated. He must have got good ratings for Leicester match (scored a goal) but Caf was pissed at the final score of Zorya and Stoke so everyone gets 4s after such results usually. Don't think Liverpool match ratings are aggregated yet (I can be wrong). Probably that explains it?
Pulling shirts will be a bigger problem this season compared to his previous seasons or our former defenders because of the new rule I guess. You know Dean or Atkinson or Oliver are going to give a penalty against us at least once this season for the same reason. Remember Dean giving it for Vidic shirt pull against Pompey once (we also got a peno in the same game) as well as against Newcastle last season (ditto).
I think people were looking for a reason to discredit him since mid-late last season tbh. Suddenly he became overrated, clumsy, lucky etc.
The mistakes Blind made earlier in the season that led to a couple of goals, had Smalling made them - he would have been crucified for it.
That's because he had a longish dip in form in the second half of last season. Including a few really awful performances. He was superb this time last year so here's hoping he keeps it up for the whole season this time round. When he's on top of his game there's not many better out there.
Man Utd 4:1 Fenerbahce
Was he injured or just rested?
Mourinho on Smalling: "He had a bad muscular feeling. We were 3-0 up so we decided to change. Hopefully he can recover for the weekend."
That's huge blow especially since Shaw is woeful at the moment,
Feck sake, I really do hope it's minor.
He was stepped on by RVP. That have something to do with it?
That was really early in the game though, so I don't think so. Unless it continued playing through until HT.
Chelsea 4:0 Man Utd
Totally at fault for the Chelsea opening goal in my opinion. Watches the ball coming (which bounces a matter of yards from him) then points and moves out of the way. The rest is bad (Blind letting Pedro run off him, De Gea in no man's land) but if he does the basic defensive job he's supposed to do then there is no goal and no problems thereafter.
Ssssh, you're talking too much sense.
It bounced twice! 
This is my view. Blind does get done but so can many full backs. What Smalling does just proves he's got feck all leadership. He should be binning Pedro there at the very least.
Could have bailed out Blind but the main mistake for the goal is daley's.
We could do so much better.
not good enough
fecking shocking. Feck off
At fault for both goals.
Take the armband off Chris. I could do a better job than you today.
He's shite. End of.
A comedy of errors: Blind, Smalling, Dave.
He has a tendency to make mistakes in the 'big' matches.
No way for the first goal .... it looked like he was asked to leave it. That plus Blind playing Pedro onside by quite a few yards,
Captain
He's just not a good enough player. If we want to compete again, we need better players than him.
Today is the perfect example of why he will never be a top cb. Concentration levels are awful.
When you combine it with the fact he's so poor on the ball (with his feet) I just don't know how hes first XI material. Even Bailly has more composure and he's supposed to be adjusting.
Really? I reckon you'd be much worse
I've said it before and I'll say it again we need a new top draw CB. The lads a liability.
Watch the replay. DDG calls for it. Smalling then steps aside from it to let DDG set to clear it. Smalling doesn't know where Pedro is. It's Blind's man. Blind plays him onside, Blind then doesn't even continue to run with him. Blind should be calling to Smalling to get rid of it. It's several errors from Blind in one piece of play.
Blind, DDG, Smalling, in that order.
He sat there and watched the ball bounce. Even a 13th choice centre-back for the Doncaster Rovers 3rd team knows not to do that.
Hope he hasn't been rushed back from whatever injury he picked up on Thursday.
It's disappointing how he's not build on his great form from the first half of last season. Still prone to brain farts.
He is nowhere near the level of centre half we require. Bailly is, Smalling is nowhere near that and people need to stop deluding themselves inregards to him.
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