[Pexbo]

The 63-year-old said: "I have mentioned that three central defenders were injured. Is that normal in a club? I don't think that is normal. "Then Jones and Valencia were also injured, so more or less five defenders.




I'd say that's pretty damning of Valencia's attacking threat that he refers to him as a defender now.

 

[Ekeke]

Its wishful thinking to call him a defender.

He's really an attacker with no attacking threat at all, but wins the ball a bit more than his peers.

 

[LR7]

The 63-year-old said: "I have mentioned that three central defenders were injured. Is that normal in a club? I don't think that is normal. "Then Jones and Valencia were also injured, so more or less five defenders.




I'd say that's pretty damning of Valencia's attacking threat that he refers to him as a defender now.

I think he actually said "Young and Valencia" iirc since he counted Jones in the initial three central defenders. I think he was referring to them being options wingback role perhaps? I found it odd when I watched it though. It'd be concerning id he was considering Young and Valencia as fullbacks in a back 4

 

[itso 7]

Ahhh, hope Valencia's back for the Chelsea game. Think his energy and strength be much needed against the Chelsea midfield. It will also mean he can do a job with Rafael, doubling up on Hazard. I'd like to see a midfield four of:

Blind
Valencia - Di Maria
Herrera​

That's a pretty good midfield with enough in terms of energy and creativity. Plus I think Herrera would be more useful when defending from the front and will definitely not go into hiding in the way Mata did against Everton.
Valencia, if he can cut down on the silly fouls, would be a handy option to have for that right sided midfield role.

 

[Walters_19_MuFc]

That's a pretty good midfield with enough in terms of energy and creativity. Plus I think Herrera would be more useful when defending from the front and will definitely not go into hiding in the way Mata did against Everton.
Valencia, if he can cut down on the silly fouls, would be a handy option to have for that right sided midfield role.

Ye exactly. The idea behind putting Herrera as the number 10 is that he'll be able to do a job on Matic, who starts off more or less most of Chelsea's attack. I think as well as his creative spark to damage Chelsea going forward, Herrera will have the energy to do a very good job on Matic, giving him very little time as possible to dictate the pace of the game.

As for Valencia, I agree on the fouls, but as long as it's not in a dangerous position, then it's not too bad. It will disrupt Chelsea's flow.

 

[Walters_19_MuFc]

Any news on Valencia's injury? I feel he's really important for these type of games.

 

[Devil may care]

Any news on Valencia's injury? I feel he's really important for these type of games.

LvG said no one that was missing last week was ready for this week.

 

[Sean_RedDevil]

LvG said no one that was missing last week was ready for this week.

But at least he has trained on Friday

 

[lem8sh]

He's an embarrassment.

 

[Lynk]

Left Smalling exposed his red card. Idiot.

 

[Kag]

One of the worst 45 minutes I can remember from a United defender.

 

[Ash_G]

It's a joke the amount of times he only reacts to a player going beyond him and not being ofside until the ball is played to him. Similarly it's a joke that every throw in that gets passed back to him has to go back/risky pass as he can't move on to his left.

 

[Bojan11]

Left Smalling exposed for the goal. Idiot.

What goal?

 

[footballgirl07]

There exploiting our right side so easily. Plus can someone teach him how to do a proper throw in?

 

[Lynk]

What goal?

Shit, meant the red card.

 

[izec]

Like i said, he just looks at the ball. They all run behind his back as much as they want too. Time for a new RB, Clyne, the italian guy just get someone in.

 

[Ryan7]

He really is just oblivious to things going on around him. Tbf, he is out of position. It adds to the fact however, he's no good anywhere.

 

[acnumber9]

He's been terrible but I feel a bit sorry for him. Just back from injury and thrown in at right back against the beat attacking team in the league. He's going to have a long second half.

 

[Eugenius]

He's not a defender. He's a winger with good work rate. No defensive instincts however.

 

[Cassidy]

I hope we buy a RB in jan

 

[Kag]

Three foul throws, too. We used to get pulled up at boys club league on a Sunday for that shit.

 

[NotoriousISSY]

After the performance he put in at the Etihad last year, it was obvious City would target him again. They'll get plenty of joy down that side in this second half.

 

[Nighteyes]

He's been shit but given he's playing out of position and coming back from injury, it's hard to blame him.

 

[footballgirl07]

Trouble is he isn't even doing basic stuff right. He losses concentration, goes after the ball and leaves his position free, played city onside and his passing as we as good as the rest of the team, rubbish. They are going to continue to exploit him as our weakness and atm, it is where they clearly look there dangerous.

 

[RedSky]

I hope we buy a RB in jan

We needed one in the summer, was an obvious hole in our squad. Young quality RB's are like gold dust at the moment though.

 

[Sammyjunn]

He has been pretty good defensively (1vs1)

 

[Nighteyes]

He has been pretty good defensively (1vs1)

Agreed.

Still found time to have a rip at the ankles though!

 

[LeChuck]

I think he's had a really good game tbf. He was partially at fault for the sending off but he's taken a lot of responsibility since we've been a man down.

 

[Cutch]

Awful first half but actually did well in the second.

 

[acnumber9]

Played really well second half in very tough circumstances. One thing you can never call into question is his work rate.

 

[footballgirl07]

Was obvious our goal would come down our right. Did well at the end v Dzeko on the one on one.

 

[MelvinYeo]

He doesn't have the positional sense to play right back. One v one his defending is fine because of his physical attributes but it's very easy to play the ball in behind him because he doesn't track his man.

 

[Dylan94]

To be fair to him, overall, he was absolutely fantastic today. Did a great job for us and filling in for Rafa.

 

[ZDwyr]

I thought he was alright. When he got forward and we desperately needed a cross into the box I hoped so much that he wouldn't...but yep, he drilled it into the defender's ankles.

 

[Annihilate Now!]

Thought he was rubbish up until they scored - then played really well.

 

[MTR]

I have to say I predicted disaster from him today, but disaster came from a little to the left from him.

Valencia was quite good today, better than I expected.

 

[Devil may care]

Playing out of position in a game where we were down to ten men. I thought he had a good second half, oddly when we had 11 men he played worse, maybe getting Smalling out of the way and the composure of Carrick next to him helped Tony settle.

 

[FromTheBench]

He was better when we were chasing the game but on the poor side before that.

 

[NessunDorma]

Thought he did quite well, and WhoScored have him as our best player.

Moyes used to talk about him becoming a decent right back eventually (and Moyes was actually quite good at identifying talent).

I hope he does, because he's one United player I really like.

 

[Irrational.]

Yeah, he did well in the second half.