He's not poor attacking, he just needs chances to do it more and more in his new club.
Playing with Greenwood also helps him own the right side more.
Playing with Greenwood also helps him own the right side more.
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- Appearances
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- Clean sheets
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- Goals
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- Assists
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- Yellow cards
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
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It's like he reads the Caf and started to put great crosses.
He is fantastic, potentially our best signing post Fergie, although that view could be skewed given the RB player has so bad for so long.
I’ve thought his crossing was decent since the start. He just need to have a little more faith in himself that he can beat the defender he’s opposing. Willems was terrified of him.
Starting to look better going forward. Great prospect!
Makes me wonder how Davinson Sanchez succeeded at Ajax.
not had a decent RB in a decade! Rafael was good, but rarely fit and AWB is showing how overrated Valencia was, and is a revelation compared to what he served up for years.
excellent young player, is going to lack some consistency, so let’s not slate him when he has a few bad games.
Yes it's a knee jerk reaction because AWB gave away a penalty with a mistimed slide tackle. He made 2 excellent slide tackles in the box against Everton. Nobody on here was posting that he shouldn't do it.'Slide tackling in the box should be avoided' is typical football fan overreaction/knee jerk reaction? :
Encouraging stuff with some more adventure in him going forward. Want him to take more risks and try to do more things offensively. Needs to get more comfortable passing, just more comfortable in possession in general.
Long way to go but encouraging stuff today. Otherwise Dalot makes more sense in some games where theres not a lot of threat defensively and we need an offensive option.
Long way to go but encouraging stuff today. Otherwise Dalot makes more sense in some games where theres not a lot of threat defensively and we need an offensive option.
Sometimes crossing can look bad on the guy putting it in, purely because the attackers are not making the effort or are simply making poor runs.
I think the main thing he could improve for me is the volume of overlaps. His delivery won't yield stupid amounts of goals, but I think it's simply a reflection on the types of forwards we have...not one of them is a seasoned poacher of <6 yard goals.
A good cross also relies on the attacker being there and attacking it.
he’s put plenty of good balls like that in before and we’ve either messed them up or not been there.
rarely though are we in a situation where we pin a team back and work the ball fast enough to get him 1v1. Today we did.
Agree with all of that
His crossing is not bad, he just very rarely does that. His attacking game is not bad, more like he seems to be playing a bit safe and does not take that gamble with trying to take a defender on, or go for an overlap.
Hopefully, he works on that.
Hopefully, he works on that.
Great, great today. Very pleased with what he offered. More of that please.
I beg to differ. Look at the posts surrounding it.
https://www.redcafe.net/matches/manchester-united-vs-everton.308/page-38#post-25049147
Excellent statement. I think the team sometimes lacks belief in themselves in matches where we are expected to win, but against so called top 6 teams we are expected to lose, so there is no pressure. AWB fits that I believe, he still doesn't have the confidence to really go at a defender, but perhaps we may see a slightly more attacking player from now on.
By being stronger and quicker than every striker in the Eredivisie. He also had a very young but intelligent player next to him (de Ligt).
Tactically, Greenwood is a benefit for AWB going forward. The very fact that Mason comes inside on his left leaves space out wide for AWB to occupy; conversely, when James starts on the right, he holds the width more often than not, which limits the opportunities for AWB to overlap on that right.
Really enjoyed that assist
I was glad to finally see him join the attack and cross. In modern football you at least need one attacking full back.I hope he continues doing that.
Maybe what happened on Sun has shown him than he should not go to ground with every tackle and could well see him do it a little bit less as a result. I was really pleased to see him put in a great cross for Rashford because hopefully that will give him confidence to take the defender on a bit more in that position.
That cross was a peach. Somehow reminded me of Xavi cross to Messi in our. CL Final.
The vast majority of posts there are praising AWB's defending there.
Everyone praises only the goal assist but the Martial goal was also due to this guy. He made an excellent tackle on the line which caused the ball to goto Longstaff and he then misplaced the pass.
I'm not the one who said "nobody" in my previous post. I disagreed with them two weeks ago and I still do.
Just because Smalling usually gets away with pulling people's shirts on corners doesn't mean we should encourage him to keep pulling shirts on corners, should we?
Seeing how good his tackle is, can't help to imagine him being a little more central especially when we get counter attacked by the opposing team. His tackling would really help stop dangerous counter attacks.
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Good read and insight into his mindset, really loving him as a player more each time I watch him and hear from him. Seems he's got a cool and collected head on his shoulders and is hungry to improve himself which can go a long way.
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He feels like the type of signing and profile that Fergie would be over the moon over
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Good read and insight into his mindset, really loving him as a player more each time I watch him and hear from him. Seems he's got a cool and collected head on his shoulders and is hungry to improve himself which can go a long way.
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He feels like the type of signing and profile that Fergie would be over the moon over
This is what I said a couple weeks back - I reckon training against him is doing Rashford some benefits.
On another note - I was watching a YouTube video of him today & he genuinely reminds me of Vidic the way he defends by chucking himself on to the ball although he obviously doesn't have the aerial presence as of yet. I hope we try him out and see how he does in the future.
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The guy attacks more when Greenwood plays on the right.
James just blocks his position.
James just blocks his position.
He’s far too poor with the ball to be a long term solution at RB.
Why dont any of our full backs overlap. There were countless chances to overlap by shaw and awb. This guy is just baffling. Hes got the pace and stamina to get up and down the flank yet is abysmal going forward.
I think he’d learn to be competent in a attack if we had a coach that would do simple things like coach the team patterns of play, how and where to move off the ball when we have the ball and how to disrupt the opposite team’s defence.
I was stunned that he didn’t even overlap right at the end there until it was too late.
Too much for him to improve on in attack. Not sure we'll ever get what we want from him. He looks so awkward on the ball.
He was much better attacking & wanted to attack when we played Greenwood who wanted to cut in and provide space to attack on to.
Playing Daniel James was just a naff decision & shows why Wan Bissaka struggled so much.
James doesn't help him in all honesty. The fullback needs a winger to consistently link with. One that would take responsibility on the flank, draw some defenders to him, and open up space for the fullback. James is very weak physically, can't dribble, rarely squares up to a defender, and can only run with the ball. It means that Wan-bissaka rarely get the chance to get involved, because James can't get him in the game.
He’s a 50m full back. He shouldn’t need to be coached basic positioning.
Williams is a much better footballer than any of the full backs at the club.
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