The keeper was coming for the ball and IMO he left it for him but, oh well
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Yeah but striker was behind his back, and was first to the ball. Then again it should have been an easy save for Romero.
In terms of he season I'd add darmian to them... All 3 have been great. The best in the league in their positions, or will prove to be if this is too small of a sample size.
Yep in the positives thread I named all 3. Darmian is a bit behind the other two though. All three have been pretty fantastic.
Yet another peerless defensive performance from Smalling, I can't see how anyone can question his ability now, he's an absolute rock.
How many MOTM awards/performances can one man have in just over a month?
He plays for Manchester United, that is reason enough for most non-United fans.
Always backed him to come good and turn into a top class defender. So pleased with this form and finally putting the "Phil Jones is better" brigade firmly in there cages.
He has everything in his locker. We just need to wrap him in cotton wool in between games.
He has everything in his locker. We just need to wrap him in cotton wool in between games.
There isn't a better CB playing at the moment. He's absolutely on fire.
Him and Shaw are absolute tanks for us and England.
Mike is improving massively. But that yellow card was so silly from the referee, Mike got the ball clearly. Also deserved MOTM.
He's really kicked on, and is unarguably turning into the best English centre-back. I still think Jones has the potential to be of a similar level, albeit a different type of player. And that they could turn into an awesome pair - Would love to see the pair of them anchoring United and England for the next 6 or 8 years!
Him and Luke will be a big part of the England defence for years to come and United's. Proud ofthem both.
And with Shaw on the left!He's really kicked on, and is unarguably turning into the best English centre-back. I still think Jones has the potential to be of a similar level, albeit a different type of player. And that they could turn into an awesome pair - Would love to see the pair of them anchoring United and England for the next 6 or 8 years!
Unless Phil practices with his left a bit more it'll be a rarity.He's really kicked on, and is unarguably turning into the best English centre-back. I still think Jones has the potential to be of a similar level, albeit a different type of player. And that they could turn into an awesome pair - Would love to see the pair of them anchoring United and England for the next 6 or 8 years!
Yeah, thought that after I posted. We actually should have got Clyne just for shits and giggles.And with Shaw on the left!
Or we get a manager who isn't so obsessed.
I'll be honest, when I saw this bumped and because this is an international weekend, my biggest fear was an injury.Im glad he's just played well, although that really isnt a suprise anymore.
If he wasn't here, everyone would be jumping up and down to buy him. It's always amazes me how we sometimes don't rate our own players. It's daft to think there were many on here that was campaigning to sell him. Maybe we should trust LVG a little more. If we can get Jones fit, maybe there's a player in there too....
Took a knock at the end, hopefully it's not serious.
Glad to hear he played well again. Benteke will probably be his biggest test so far this season, I'm confident he can deal with him though.
Luke Shaw and Chris Smalling are absolutely top of their profession right now.
Well, he wasn't obsessed with it last season, so perhaps, like 3-5-2, he'll drop it.
For someone who everyone calls 'stubborn' all the time, he isn't hesitant to adjust things.
Starting to get the recognition he deserves.
It's amazing the transformation under LVG's stewardship, seems a different player, and England's best defender at the moment.
To be fair, he just started to show form towards middle of last season and has continued this season.
He's always had it in him IMO - of course lvg deserves credit but what held smalling back was vidic/rio and injuries.
And Fergie temporarily deciding (and unintentionally convincing media) that he was a right back.
Always had the potential, he joined in 2010, now realising that potential. Looks a different player to me under LVG, for whatever reason.
Yeah absolutely. Though that could've been because of Rio/Vidic? And our struggles to find a decent, fit, right back?
Our most important player now?
I think he just needed consistent game time at cb. Which was rarely afforded to him. Let's hope he keeps it up. One thing missing from him is distribution though. When he improves a bit more, he's going to be one of the top CB's in the world. Hell at this current rate, he'll be one regardless.
Nah, IMO Kane is better than Benteke and Gomis is a similar standard. Strikers who rely on their physicality play right into Smalling's hands.
He has some really good attributes, but most importantly for me he looks like he owns his area and takes control of situations. He seems to have a bit of Vidic and Rio.
Smalling Shaw Darmain all we need now is Stones and Kane!
I agree with those saying he always had it in him. He's been putting in some dominant displays for a while, they're just quickly forgotten about in amongst the injuries, poor form of team etc. This is what age and experience brings to a defender though, most players in fact.
Can't we just focus on the quality of his performances without having to take the opportunity to denigrate another member of the squad?
They both play in the same team, Smalling just happens to be in the midst of the best football of his career so far. He's been excellent this season. Jones doesn't really need to be part of the conversation.
He did play well tonight, wasn't really tested that much but dealt with things fine
Funnily enough for a team terrible defensively last season we have the best GK, LB, CB and RB in the league, add a world class CB beside Smalling and it could be Rio, Vida, VDS, Evra all over again
It just feels like outside of United fans it's been slow going for him to get some media credit he's merited for close to 10 months.
Any team without a settled back four will struggle. We have that so far this season.Funnily enough for a team terrible defensively last season we have the best GK, LB, CB and RB in the league, add a world class CB beside Smalling and it could be Rio, Vida, VDS, Evra all over again
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