Leicester 0:3 Man Utd
A drilled cross worked! Made that second goal from nothing.
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 43
- Clean sheets
- 19
- Goals
- 1
- Assists
- 6
- Yellow cards
- 7
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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More penetration and delivering the ball from in the box! Please!
Been great today. I thought Musa could give him some problems. Not sure why I would think that...
neverExcellent for the second goal.
Nice to see him get an assist, dominant on his flank as usual.
Just one of those players now. You never need to worry about him offensively or defensively. Just one less problem for Manchester United.
I actually can't remember the last time anyone got any joy down our right flank. Has anyone played well against him recently? I can't remember.
I actually can't remember the last time anyone got any joy down our right flank. Has anyone played well against him recently? I can't remember.
He's a unit, Antonio "T-1000" Valencia.
Good to see him getting assist. Wouldn't swap him for any RB in the league.
Yep it's great to have a player that you don't need to worry about whether they'll play well or not, whether they'll be fatigued, do somethin stupid or likely to get injured. It's like having a robot at right back
Best right back in the league and has been for a while.
Gray gave him a run for his money today. Pogba and Bailly was covering most of the time though so it didn't become dangerous.
A rock again today.
And he did well for the 2nd goal.
And he did well for the 2nd goal.
He is probably our most consistent player.
I agree, I tend to not even focus on him as I just know he's going to deal with whatever's thrown at him.
Fantastic player, and a great asset to the team.
I think most of this forum wanted him gone like a year or two ago (well maybe not gone but were thinking he shouldnt be starting or something). Cant remember fully.
Anyway, yeah he was brilliant. His assist for his goal was brilliant and is something I think he could / should be doing more. Not meant as a criticism today, but more that hes capable.
Anyway, yeah he was brilliant. His assist for his goal was brilliant and is something I think he could / should be doing more. Not meant as a criticism today, but more that hes capable.
I was in that group, he was a decent RB but was getting skinned by top players and was prone to the occasional brainfart and terrible bad positioning, he has improved leaps and bounds this season though.
I can understand the talk around looking at maybe signing Semedo considering we don't have very much backup for right-back, but Tony is playing very well this season and it would be a bit of a shame if he was ousted from a starting spot next season if we did sign Semedo because he has been playing well and doesn't deserve to be dropped.
Thankfully he's a better player now than he was then.
Interesting table in there for those that suggest his crossing is poor compared to others. He's had the most crosses in the league (presumably from open play) and the best completion % of the top 10 (at least).Tweet
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I was arguing about Valencia on other forum when few thought he was breaking down all our attacks and his crosses never finds the target.
Crosses have never been an efficient use of the ball. Beckham was a freak who has probably distorted our perception of them. I'd also bet they are even less efficient now that every centreback seems to be 6'2 at least and teams in recent years have been drilled and setup to defend as a unit more than ever before.
Not surprising. The problem is that people only remember the highlights of other players, they are not annoyed by every missed cross like when watching our own.
They are not efficient as we don't play them early. Back then it took one pass from Scholes to set the winger free and we played crosses before the defense was in position. Now we play crosses when the defense is set and there are at least 6-7 defenders in the box which is a very poor tactic.
It's rare these days to find a moment when 6-7 defenders aren't in the box. It's up to us to find an alternative route.
Yeah, we don't move the ball forward quickly so we are always up against number of defenders. Like you said, crossing the ball is not efficient play especially when defenders are in position and organised.
Those stats do surprise me a bit I have to say. Although I wonder what the percentage of crosses for each player in the table that have led to clear cut chances, if it's even possible to get results for that. A few of Valencia's ones would would be deemed as a successful cross but the player on the end of it could only try head it back across goal for someone else at best. Like his first cross for our goal against Liverpool, it counts as successful but in truth it was a terrible cross that Rooney did really well to make something of.
Man Utd 2:0 Watford
The man is a machine.
Terminator doing his usual and crating chances, not his fault we're wasteful as fek.
Seriously I'm not joking MI6, Scotland Yard or whateva should do a check on this dude, he's not human.
Seriously I'm not joking MI6, Scotland Yard or whateva should do a check on this dude, he's not human.
Wouldn't take any other right back in the world over him. Seriously. His form this season makes him the best right back around.
He's got more intelligence than he is given credit for. It's not just his physique that means he is always in the same place at the same time EVERY single time. His first touch is excellent and he never loses the ball, always knowing exactly where to pass to keep the ball.
The man is a beast.
Hes got one of the best first touches at United too. Dude is a machine
Consistently great.
Another good performance, some nice surging runs today.
Disappointed when he got a yellow. I thought he got the ball or may be I need to see it again.
He's a beast. He owns that right side on his own. Reminiscent of Dani Alves in his prime.
And his 1st touch might be the best in the team. Even better than Mata's maybe. He rarely bobbles a pass.
And his 1st touch might be the best in the team. Even better than Mata's maybe. He rarely bobbles a pass.
Remember that time I said how good he was and how good he would be this year?
Yeah good times.
Yeah good times.
Best right-back in the league - no doubt about it. And our POTY
We need to have a full time scout in whatever village this guy is from, beast!
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