Named in The Guardian's team of the season (so far).
http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/nov/11/premier-league-team-season-so-far
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 55
- Clean sheets
- 24
- Goals
- 2
- Assists
- 1
- Yellow cards
- 13
- Red cards
- 1
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Really good article on Smalling here:
http://www.skysports.com/football/n...became-man-utd-and-england8217s-best-defender
Cba to copy paste as it's long.
http://www.skysports.com/football/n...became-man-utd-and-england8217s-best-defender
Cba to copy paste as it's long.
He's just played an extra half hour of football with a strained hamstring.
Absolutely outrageous.
Absolutely outrageous.
Where you getting that from?
He pulled up in the 60th-or-so minute. I'll be absolutely livid if he's out. Hodgson is an inept fool.
Because he pulled up holding it about 60 minutes in. Irresponsible and outright fecking stupid of him.
For playing fit players? Hardly.
EDIT: just realised he continued with an injury. That is ridiculous.
What are you talking about? If he pulled up, he was obviously no longer fit. This is what substitutions are for.
Edit: Just saw your edit.
Nice edit.
The player always wants to play on, I'd expect more from Smalling [if he was in any serious pain or realised he had tweaked something] but he's no different from pretty much any other player in that position. They all think they can run it off most times. The manager ought to have intervened. It's a pointless friendly and he had adequate replacement on the bench.
It's Mike's responsibility to tell the bench if he's got an injury, but it's the England bench's responsibility to be continually monitoring their players.
Hopefully there's nothing in it, but if there is I'll be absolutely fuming.
Hopefully there's nothing in it, but if there is I'll be absolutely fuming.
We're going to pay for not getting cover at CB, we all knew it was coming.
Great Uncle Woy doesn't give a sh*t about united players.
Blaming the bench? He's a grown man. He knows this is a friendly and he knows how important he is to this United side.
If you tweak your hamstring you get off the field immediately. He should know that.
If you tweak your hamstring you get off the field immediately. He should know that.
Not his fault if Smalliing didn't put United first.
Please tell me he is not injured.
Hodgson just said he was limping at the end
feck our luck
You have to laugh.
Decent performance from him once again - the Smalling and Jones partnership seemed to be England's biggest positive tonight. Hopefully' Chris's limp was just a knock, and both will be rested for Tuesday.
One of the few positives of our season so far.. i'll be freaked if he's injured!
Hope it's a minor one. I'd be livid if we lose him for a long time. Bye bye clean sheets.
I don't think it's a serious one. It's nor reported in many places. Plus we have Watford next. Maybe rest him even if he is fit. Play Jones and blind
because its watford id want Smalls in there! They are a physical side and they have Ighalo and Deeney up front so its pretty important that we start with Smalling and Jones as Deeney would easily got the better of Blind.
Full week to recover.
Nah Blind is more stronger than we give him credit for. He has been beaten yes but the strikers he has dominated is more than the vice versa. Benteke Kane Gestede etc.
They should be able to deal with Watford at least.
Exactly. If he's out, the blame lies solely with him. Absolutely daft.
Can't wait for LvG's rant
Didn't Jones do exactly the same playing for England .... pulled his hamstring, played on, subsequently out for over a month.
It looks like the players have been ordered to leave their brains in the changing room when they play for England, especially by the way they play! ( shite)
It looks like the players have been ordered to leave their brains in the changing room when they play for England, especially by the way they play! ( shite)
We have more than a few to be fair?
What irritates me is that this was a meaningless friendly. 45mins tops for each player imo. These games are absolutely pointless.
There's too much media pressure, even over a friendly. Forces Hodgson to play his best XI when the team would benefit more from rotation, and players are afraid of getting hammered in the press if they are seen to be letting their country down.
So, this is our defensive line:
Darmian (bad form)
Valencia (injured)
Smalling (injured)
Blind
Rojo
Shaw (injured)
Have I got this right?
Darmian (bad form)
Valencia (injured)
Smalling (injured)
Blind
Rojo
Shaw (injured)
Have I got this right?
Jones
We have Jones as well, Young is pretty much a defender as well.
Martial, De Gea staying, Luke Shaw being world class before our luck ran out. That's about it
2 points off the top, looking good in Europe, teams fearing us again, having a solid defensive set up, the immergance of exciting youth talent etc etc.Martial, De Gea staying, Luke Shaw being world class before our luck ran out. That's about it
Oh ffs, why would he play on in a friendly if he felt something? Incredibly stupid if he did.
Morgan has been a very good addition and we now have the best midfielder in the league in Bastian. Darmain looks a good addition and Jesse has stepped up well in the last few games. Plus we are sitting 2 points of the top of the league and top of our champions league group. I'd say that's quite a few positives.Martial, De Gea staying, Luke Shaw being world class before our luck ran out. That's about it
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