Bwuk
Full Member
- Joined
- Feb 29, 2012
- Messages
- 17,336
Potential to feature tomorrow?
He's fit and training with the first team, no idea if he'll get a game though.Does anyone know if he is fit? Is he training with the first team? Any chancee of him getting a runout v Watford in the cup
ThanksHe's fit and training with the first team, no idea if he'll get a game though.
Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
Will Laird easily get into starting XI? What’s their RB situation now?We have season tickets at the Dons as they're our local club, so I can report back on him extensively.
Weird post.Should be in our squad against watford.
Cant be any worse than AWB
This.Needs games. His reputation seems to get bigger and bigger every time he’s injured.
Do you get the ifollow thing for free with having a season ticket?We have season tickets at the Dons as they're our local club, so I can report back on him extensively.
I wouldn't say easily no. It might sound hard to believe but the Dons are a really good side. We got a new manager about 12 months ago and he transformed us in a possession based team and at one point we had the highest average posession in Europe (1 = Dons, 2 = Bayern etc.). We tend to play pretty much anyone off the park, the problem we've had is that we aren't very clinical and we have had a tendency to leak an early goal so we've lost quite a few games by the odd goal and have had quite a few games where we've come back to draw 1-1.Will Laird easily get into starting XI? What’s their RB situation now?
Yeah, but only for home games.Do you get the ifollow thing for free with having a season ticket?
Many thanks for such a detailed response, mate. However, is it a right choice of a club then? We don’t use wingbacks (very rarely), so wouldn’t it be better for Laird to play somewhere as a RB?I wouldn't say easily no. It might sound hard to believe but the Dons are a really good side. We got a new manager about 12 months ago and he transformed us in a possession based team and at one point we had the highest average posession in Europe (1 = Dons, 2 = Bayern etc.). We tend to play pretty much anyone off the park, the problem we've had is that we aren't very clinical and we have had a tendency to leak an early goal so we've lost quite a few games by the odd goal and have had quite a few games where we've come back to draw 1-1.
The Dons have options on the right, although actually its RWB because we play 3 at the back. The two main choices are Matty Sorinola, a young academy product, and Reagan Poole, once of the United parish as well! Sorinola is more attacking, but I question his end product at the moment and there are rumours championship clubs are sniffing around. Poole is my first choice and I don't think Laird will displace him immediately. I'm sure League 1 can be a bit more physical than he's used to and will be playing against some big, experienced players and also he might need some time to get used to the system, because for our manager the system is everything. We have quite a high turnover of players (everyone at this level does) and so its important system comes first. What I think might happen is Poole moves into the 3 making space for Laird to come in.
Yeah, but only for home games.
Weird post.
Laird is a much better attacker than he is a defender. Assuming he can handle the physical side (don't think size will be an issue but clearly experience and injury proneness could) then RWB would be a great place for him to gain experience and confidence in the senior game.Many thanks for such a detailed response, mate. However, is it a right choice of a club then? We don’t use wingbacks (very rarely), so wouldn’t it be better for Laird to play somewhere as a RB?
That I don't know, I'm not really able to follow United's youth/reserve sides so I don't know much about Laird. Its a good choice in the sense we play a PL style, he's not going to a hoof ball club.Many thanks for such a detailed response, mate. However, is it a right choice of a club then? We don’t use wingbacks (very rarely), so wouldn’t it be better for Laird to play somewhere as a RB?
A shame how? You think Levitt would have benefited more from sitting on a Championship bench rather than a League One bench?Shame both him and Levitt are/were sent to League One sides rather than Championship ones
Championship clubs have a strong preference for experience of some type, when considering possible loan players. If you want a young player to go straight to a Championship loan then you really need to give them a few starts in competitive games at first team level. If lucky, you can get away with Europa League games (as happened with James Garner) and perhaps early rounds of domestic Cup competitions. United trashed the value of the Astana match by fielding such a weak team.Shame both him and Levitt are/were sent to League One sides rather than Championship ones
Championship is just as aggressive and physical as League One, Levitt wasn't up to it physically in League One.Shame both him and Levitt are/were sent to League One sides rather than Championship ones
He's a baller and strong and quick but he's a bit positionally dodgy sometimes and he's always broken.That I don't know, I'm not really able to follow United's youth/reserve sides so I don't know much about Laird. Its a good choice in the sense we play a PL style, he's not going to a hoof ball club.
Hopefully more chances of starting. I swear most of our loanees go out and then get like 5 games in half a year before being recalled.Shame both him and Levitt are/were sent to League One sides rather than Championship ones
Good game and a great run too at one point.So how did Laird do today? Against Premier League level opposition
Looks decent really!Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
I think he’s the real deal. Huge talent and future first-teamer, fitness permitting.Looks decent really!