Devil may care
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Worked hard but didn't offer a lot in the attack, a blunt instrument too often.
What? Terrible windup - how can you confuse Valencia with mcNair (who gave away the foul)?At fault for the goal. Atrocious.
One of the luckiest players in football, to be playing week in week out for us, yet being so average at everything.Watching him you wouldn't even know he used to be a winger. Atrocious stuff yet again, but is anyone really surprised?
I do. If it was for me, neither Valencia nor Di Maria would feature in the starting lineup based on their overall performances (or rather lack of), and I wouldn't put them on the pitch until they show me that they are wounded animals (and the psychology going with it).Hope you Valencia-bashers are giving Di Maria just as much of a hard time.
Bebe's crossing wasn't that bad. He had a howler that everyone seems to judge him but, but he did ok otherwise.Signing a right back is essential, Valencia is a constant disappointment, can't beat a man despite being faster than most players, and only second to Bebe when he does get a cross away.
I've long since lost confidence in Valencia making the right decision, particularly when it comes to decisive crosses/passes near the opponent's goal.That 'cross' after the RVP shot was saved, was he flagged offside?
All he had to do was pull it back for Mata and he had an open net, yet he managed to Bebe it out for a throw. Incredible.
I don't blame him for any of the goals - its more down to a miscommunication between several players of who is marking who. The anti-Valencia agenda is quite strong here though. Many think Rafa should be starting and each week, and go match day shopping for potential Valencia mistakes to reinforce their views.
It's probably a bit late to continue this conversation but my point was purely that Valencia has no defensive instincts and is a huge weak link defensively. It's not scapegoating, it's just an opinion. For that reason I don't want him in the team. Conceding soft goals changes momentum in games and top teams cannot afford it.Well we only conceded one. So it would be that one.
I try to avoid scapegoating when we concede a goal without any really obvious defensive error but if we really had to blame one United player for Chelsea's goal then it would obviously be Hererra. Nobody else even partly culpable. Unless, of course, you've got an underlying agenda...
It was a good goal, though, and not a very bad error. So don't see the point of scapegoating anyone tbh.