[Harry190]

At fault for the second goal. He's stuck in the loop with the others now.

Disagree about him being bad at football. Has zero support in front of him every time he gets the ball. No one stretches the play.

 

[Fosu-Mens]

Have to give him time to develop before we make it a major issue. He is not Darmian, afraid of coming forward, gets into a lot of good positions but the quality is not there consistently. Neville started off that way, developed from a pure defensive full back into a very capable attacker late.

Problem is how he positions himself and his upper body relative to the ball. He is leaning over the ball. For him to become better at passing, crossing and controlling the ball he needs to fix this. Compare him to any other player that is capable on the ball and at passing and you will see that AWBs posture over the ball makes it difficult for him to control it.

 

[Untd55]

At fault for the second goal. He's stuck in the loop with the others now.

Disagree about him being bad at football. Has zero support in front of him every time he gets the ball. No one stretches the play.

How? I thought it was Young that gave away the freekick.

I agree that having a right-winger will help him a lot. He is far too isolated at the moment.

 

[MikeKing]

At fault for the second goal. He's stuck in the loop with the others now.

Disagree about him being bad at football. Has zero support in front of him every time he gets the ball. No one stretches the play.

Yeah, it's rubbish. Confirmation bias created from games like these. Totally disregarding how other players that are a lot more talented on the ball than him, struggle in the same circumstances. He is more than adequate for a fullback.

 

[Skills]

Hope that manager and his coaching staff are more able to develop his attacking prowess than what he has currently.

I feel like we've been jaded in the past 6 years or so. Player development after players have made the first-team is a normal thing that we should expect. The past few coaching staffs have made it seem like weaknesses will never become strengths.

And the fans lap it up. I hope AWB is ready for the amount for the hate he's in for, when the next manager comes in.

 

[liamp]

And the fans lap it up. I hope AWB is ready for the amount for the hate he's in for, when the next manager comes in.

I don't think AWB's in for too much hate. He's too proficient (and flashy) defensively for that.

 

[Harry190]

How? I thought it was Young that gave away the freekick.

I agree that having a right-winger will help him a lot. He is far too isolated at the moment.

He did a silly pass back and gave the ball back to West Ham which caused the break and Young had to overextend himself.

 

[Devil may care]

Was covering RB and LB at one point, I was going to give him MOTM but I went with James as his task was thankless and he almost made something out of nothing. AWB was very good though.

 

[Adam-Utd]

The only player along with dan James that could hold their head up high today.

Kept the dangerous Anderson quiet all match which is very difficult.

 

[RooneyLegend]

We really are reckless with money, 50 million quid for a full back that can't attack?

 

[Treble]

His delivery in the box was decent at times. He is not quite comfortable on the ball though which isn't only a problem in attack. Young player though, he might get more composed on the ball.

 

[Jeppers7]

Outstanding defensive fullback

 

[Alabaster Codify7]

Love him but I thought he was poor today by his standards. His crossing was like he was channeling Prime Antonio Valencia (by prime, I mean RB Valencia not RW Valencia, the good one).

 

[Nou_Camp99]

Outstanding defensive fullback

Absolutely. Nobody is denying this.

However I'd rather have signed Periera or Doherty as they might be slightly weaker defensively but they are such a huge threat going forwards. We have two fullbacks now with zero end product added to a toothless midfield and attack. Creativity missing.

 

[Treble]

AWB is everything TAA isn't: both in positive and negative terms. TAA is not very good in 1 vs 1 situations and is dribbled past almost every game. But contributes in attack quite often.

 

[Maagge]

Love him but I thought he was poor today by his standards. His crossing was like he was channeling Prime Antonio Valencia (by prime, I mean RB Valencia not RW Valencia, the good one).

Yeah that's what I thought too. Basically hard and low and hope for the best.

He seemed less composed today as well.

 

[AaronRedDevil]

We really are reckless with money, 50 million quid for a full back that can't attack?

Oh ffs! You can't win with these people

 

[Onerealunited]

He is good. It is one of the few positions where we are strong. He will be even better once we get a proper right wing in front of him

 

[steve.crowford]

5 tackles from Aaron Wan Bissaka vs West Ham FC http://bit.ly/2kuiMUr

 

[bond19821982]

Poor in attacking options but defensively very solid.

 

[Jacckk1985]

put the best in the world Right winger ahead of him and he can keep the side defensively solid.

 

[Jeppers7]

Absolutely. Nobody is denying this.

However I'd rather have signed Periera or Doherty as they might be slightly weaker defensively but they are such a huge threat going forwards. We have two fullbacks now with zero end product added to a toothless midfield and attack. Creativity missing.

Build around him, he's going to be world class at what he does. I'd wager in a faster more cohesive team he'd provide a lot on the overlap. Currently he's our only right sided outlet.

I don't worry who we face on the left, this lad is better defensively than they are offensively.

Build a team around the quality we have. DeGea Maguire AWB Pogba Martial. Build around that.

 

[Ban]

It's inevitable tide will turn against him here.

 

[Isotope]

He looked awkward going forward, with nothing to suggest he was a former winger. Can't imagine he'd even make a Championship level as winger.

Great career choice.

 

[Bwuk]

It's inevitable tide will turn against him here.

Because those who go on about him being world class defensively miss the bigger picture.

I like AWB, but he needs to improve going forward. United should be dictating the game to the majority of sides, not the other way around.

All modern teams attack and have width provided by their full backs - our first choice two aren’t exactly productive.

I actually think he could do a job in midfield similar to Kante but that’s for another day!

 

[Eddy_JukeZ]

He's fantastic defensively.

Needs to get better going forward.

His passing is so erratic at times.

 

[Copa Mundial]

He's the very least of our worries at the moment.

 

[acnumber9]

When our midfield and defence can attack we can start worrying about how good our right back is at it. I don’t think he needs to be great going forward to be effective so long as he can support the winger in front and help stretch our opponents. I actually think the low crosses were the right idea when he was in wide positions.

 

[Nou_Camp99]

When our midfield and defence can attack we can start worrying about how good our right back is at it. I don’t think he needs to be great going forward to be effective so long as he can support the winger in front and help stretch our opponents. I actually think the low crosses were the right idea when he was in wide positions.

Absolute nonsense. Valencia wasn't particularly poor defensively for us. His end product was the main issue for fans. AWB is just as poor in attack.

Great defender but a very limited footballer. We badly need to sign a top right winger.

 

[amolbhatia50k]

He is a phenomenal one on one defender.

Does need to contribute more in attack. Yesterday it stood out a bit to be honest.

 

[Eric7C]

Absolute nonsense. Valencia wasn't particularly poor defensively for us. His end product was the main issue for fans. AWB is just as poor in attack.

Great defender but a very limited footballer. We badly need to sign a top right winger.

What makes you say it exactly? The whole team is poor in interplay and attacking at the moment, how have you isolated his contribution? We lack a proper right winger altogether - one of the prerequisites to having a right back who can join the attack.

 

[amolbhatia50k]

When our midfield and defence can attack we can start worrying about how good our right back is at it. I don’t think he needs to be great going forward to be effective so long as he can support the winger in front and help stretch our opponents. I actually think the low crosses were the right idea when he was in wide positions.

Yeah I thought the low crossing was a good idea. He has to learn to whip in a cross. He's got pace, strength and a good touch so there' no reason for him not to contribute in attack.

Also, he's quick but doesn't seem to burst past defenders much?

 

[roonster09]

Yeah I thought the low crossing was a good idea. He has to learn to whip in a cross. He's got pace, strength and a good touch so there' no reason for him not to contribute in attack.

Also, he's quick but doesn't seem to burst past defenders much?

Didn't he put 2 very good crosses yesterday? Maybe wrong here but I remember him putting 2 good ones.

 

[Nou_Camp99]

What makes you say it exactly? The whole team is poor in interplay and attacking at the moment, how have you isolated his contribution? We lack a proper right winger altogether - one of the prerequisites to having a right back who can join the attack.

He was poor for Palace in attack too. He's lightyears behind likes of Arnold in attack.

Defensively I don't think there's an issue. He's very solid. But if we don't buy a right winger and soon then he's going to go down as a flop because wrongly people are expecting things from him he's simply not capable of.

 

[Chaky_Best]

We are replicating the same thing with him as Valencia (the poor Valencia)

We are playing left and then reverse the game on the right to find him in one vs two

Ole is doing the same as Mourinho with Valencia, and Valencia was better at taking defenders

We shouldnt count on him for fixing our right wing issues

 

[acnumber9]

Absolute nonsense. Valencia wasn't particularly poor defensively for us. His end product was the main issue for fans. AWB is just as poor in attack.

Great defender but a very limited footballer. We badly need to sign a top right winger.

It’s absolute nonsense to think our attack should be able to attack before worrying about a right back? Ok.

 

[Skills]

Absolute nonsense. Valencia wasn't particularly poor defensively for us. His end product was the main issue for fans. AWB is just as poor in attack.

Great defender but a very limited footballer. We badly need to sign a top right winger.

Valencia wasn't even poor in attack, just that he was asked to do far too much there. He was expected to be as productive as his days as a winger, but playing as a RB.

He was a good player who was dealt a shitty hand.

 

[acnumber9]

Yeah I thought the low crossing was a good idea. He has to learn to whip in a cross. He's got pace, strength and a good touch so there' no reason for him not to contribute in attack.

Also, he's quick but doesn't seem to burst past defenders much?

I thought he was doing it in the early games. Yesterday was his worst game for us and he was still better than most. I’m not sure he was fully fit.

 

[Lash]

I think it's not fair to expect him to run the whole of the right wing on his own. We need to bring in someone before Sancho to help him out, or his confidence/body is just going to be shattered

 

[12OunceEpilogue]

Before I worry about AWB's deficiencies going forward I'd like to see him in a team with an actual right winger/wide forward in front of him. Asking fulbacks to provide attacking threat in the modern game is right and proper, asking fullbacks or any other player for that matter to do two people's jobs because the club haven't bothered to adequately stock the squad is ridiculous and out of order. Scrutinising AWB's attributes is one thing but rejecting him outright as 'the wrong kind of fullback' based on his United career so far isn't for me.