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True. We need more people challenging for headers for sure.
He offers good and very much needed competition to Shaw who is a sicknote.
Don't think he was meant to be an upgrade, we spent very little on him. Shaw is actually quite a good left back although injury prone. so a decent left back with a different profile is perfect to come in and challenge him/provide depth. Think our fanbase has placed far too much expectation on Telles to be some master marauding left back based off a few nice crosses in his highlights. Shaw is far from the most pressing concern in our starting XI to upgrade on anyways.
I don’t even think Telles is an upgrade on Williams.
Trouble is James Corden can't stay fit for long
Ah now. He easily is cause Williams is playing on his wrong side
That was true 2 years ago
He looks like he won't last 3/4 intensive games
I hope you're joking. Watching Williams cut back onto his right and pass to our centreback any time he's given the ball is one of the most painful things I've ever seen. Telles ain't all that but he's sure as hell an upgrade on Brandon, even though I like the lad
exactly.
I was half joking... but let’s not pretend that almost all of Telles’ passes aren’t going straight to Maguire.
He’s played 16 times this season
Nah, his go sideways to Rashford instead
He looks below average, what infuriate me is his tendency to just go to a spot when we are attacking and just stand there, does not offer any movement to help those on the ball. When he gets the ball, he also just stops. I hope he can have a turn around like Evra did but so far I have been underwhelmed.
So we have both Shaw and Telles doing this. Its almost like thats our tactics... Have the leftback provide the width on the left while Rashford and the other million players who want to play passes to each other on the inside left (Pogba, Matic, Martial with Greenwood making a run diagonally to the left to get in behind the defence) have more space in the middle and Rashford doesn't have to be out on the touchline in a left wing position. Then we have players bring the ball so far forward that when they finally do decide to play it out wide to the fullback they have 2 options. Pass it backwards or cross
This is an interesting take, I did not think of this. It may be instructions from someone who has stayed in position his LVG.
Not sure I agree. Shaw gets forward a lot from what I can see. He's one of the few plays to give-and-go and he usually moves the ball fairly quickly and cleverly.
They both do. They both take up a wide left position and stand there near the edge of the pitch while the ball is moved up the left hand side until Rashford waits and waits and waits and by the time he plays the ball theres like 5 yards and a 60/40 challenge with a defender to get to the ball and cross it, or pass it back. The point is they're high up the pitch but they just stand out there as a passing option because they only get the ball from Rashford in attack when theres no room and a defender sprinting at them.
Unfortunately his crossing also appears to be quite shit
Something is definitely off with Telles. It looks like he is struggling with fitness - maybe he hasn't fully recovered from Covid-19 - or he doesn't understand his tactical role in the team. He is awful at overlapping Rashford, which often leads to Rashford holding on to the ball too long. Shaw was overlapping immediately when he came on. He is miles ahead of Telles currently - both offensively and defensively. It has nothing to do with ability, but Telles clearly hasn't acclimatised to our way of playing or is struggling with fitness. Both Rashford and Maguire doesn't form a proper partnership with Telles as of yet.
To be fair to Telles he’s probably learnt in the short time he’s been here that Rashford never passes to the LB making an overlaping run in to space so subconsciously he’s thinking why bother.
