Yes I think so - Williams has been impressive on the attacking side before the Burnley game, scored a cracker against Shef Utd too.
Shaw's attacking stats have been poor for a while, his crossing has always been average at best plus he has a tendency to take the safe option even when there is potential for an assist
Still, as I said before, Shaw is the more reliable option defensively
That was a cracker of a goal he scored but he was terrible that game and didn’t offer much in attack. He generally for me hasn’t done anything until this previous game and he picked out some very nice runs and balls in. He is certainly talented and in need of refining. Wouldn’t be too worried if he’s Shaw’s back up next season.
Right on to Shaw, personally I just don’t see the hate for Shaw from some. I do wish he would put in more balls like the one Williams put in where he just rolled it across the box but at the same time it’s very rare we get the ball quick enough to the fullbacks on either side to do such a thing. Even the two balls Bissaka put in with one being converted was more of a surprise to me that we got the ball quickly to a fullback in space. It’s such a rare occurrence for this team.
Normally we move the ball so slow that when it finally gets to either fullback that space behind isn’t there for them to put a ball like that in. I still think Shaw can certainly improve his crossing aspect of his game but when he gets up to that area 1 of 2 things happen. He overlaps or goes inside of Rashford and gets ignored or if he is on the ball he instead of crossing, or at least since he has returned to the team played difficult passes in to the box that Martial or Pogba have done quite well taking. Its not an easy 5-10yard pass either.
Those are the things many seem to miss and the fact that Bissaka and Shaw don’t play as wide as TAA or Robertson or as far forward because we have no midfield sitter. If something breaks down there is achres of space behind them to be exploited.
Williams I feel was the beneficiary of Matic being in the team and being a more cautious midfielder who would sit in between Matic and Lindelof and hold a position giving Williams more freedom once again to be wider and commit more frequent.
Not to mention Williams is young and doesn’t know any better. He probably hasn’t made enough mistakes to realise he just can’t bomb forward with no regard for what’s behind him. Shaw got hauled off and lambasted in the press by Jose for attacking when we had the ball, bursting in to space and Martial lost it and the oppo scored a goal from this. Shaw wasn’t seen again for a few months after that.
I think Shaw can still massively improve and my biggest big bear with this team is midfield feel like it effects so many parts of the team that we aren’t getting the best out of other players due to that.