Crap with his feet they said.
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Season Average Rating
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- Clean sheets
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- Goals
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- Assists
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- Yellow cards
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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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Fantastic technique for the goal, it was incredibly difficult move technique-wise to pull off.
If we're going to win anything this season he's going to be a huge part of it, really really good today.
Man of the match.
Classic Fifa 19 finish
Absolutely solid. His goal, though. 
Chest and volley. Top class finish!
Chest and volley. Top class finish!
Just for the good old rhetoric, Smalling should be no where near the first team should he?
2nd best striker at the club. The finish tho, Zlatan would be proud of that and if it was Slatan that scored it the media and certain fans would be passing out right now from their “celebrations”
Our best defender, Our best threat from a set piece and now our best hair do. Mike Smalling. Legend.
That was fantastic control for the goal, and solid play overall throughout. He also had good weight on his passes and played them in front of our players instead of slightly behind or straight to feet. Did everything you can ask from him really.
Should have been sold in the summer.
......that one too.
He might not be graceful as a player but he is such a good natural defender . That finish was top drawer to.
So we're done with the trope that this guy can't play football after that, yeah? Done.
Absolute colossus, clearly our best defender and one of our best players at the moment.
Absolute colossus, clearly our best defender and one of our best players at the moment.
He's been watching van Nistelrooy tapes
Very glad we signed this Christiano Smallinho CB. He's got the hair too
By my reckoning, he has been absolutely rock solid since that red card against City in LvG's first season.
He's had a few bad games like any other player, and is perhaps not as good on the ball as we'd like him to be, but after what he's done since 2014, I don't know how anybody can call him a mediocre player or want him sold. He's not world class but definitely above average and our first choice CB.
Scores 3-4 league goals per season as well. English Ramos.
Well its simple. They might know something about attacking football, but those people clearly dont know anything about defending. Defensively he's as good as anyone in the league.
Him and Alderwereld would be a fantastic partnership.
He looks like a soundcloud rapper, but yeah he was good today. Let’s see if he can keep it going and be consistent. I have my doubts, especially against teams that don’t play long balls.
Vegan Mike was brilliant today. He will play every game under Mourinho. There is no better defender in the PL when attacking the ball from deep. Van Dijk maybe.
If we are buying a new defender nxt summer it will be as a compliment for Mike; not a replacement.
If we change manager and style of play its something completely different though. Under Mourinho he will play.
If we are buying a new defender nxt summer it will be as a compliment for Mike; not a replacement.
If we change manager and style of play its something completely different though. Under Mourinho he will play.
I don't understand how any United fan can still not rate him, for years he has easily been our best CB.
Good game, like his hair as well.
I am no Woodward hater, but not buying Toby was a bizarre decision. Especially the "We would be exchanging our fifth choice CB for a fifth choice CB" claim.
Smalling-Toby partnership would have probably meant us sitting on 13-15 points at this moment.
Then why arent Spurs? Verthongen is their best CB
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fecking beezer of a finish. Seems to score more with his feet than his head, which is odd for a centre back. Especially one whose technique is often criticised.
Maybe his technique is just fine and his critics are idiots? Surely not.
Maybe his technique is just fine and his critics are idiots? Surely not.
Mourinho likes everything about him except his hair apparently; whaat, his hair is awesome!
I so hope the press will make something into that this week just for shits and giggles.
Utter joke that Tarkowski gets picked agead of him.
Small Persie!!!
It has been and still only is a marketing ploy. All part of the rebrand. Next England manager might copy some other new manager who has done well with dwarfs only and Tarkowski will be replaced with Wilshere at CB
I’ll be honest, I’ve been very critical of Smalling before but so far this season he’s been very good defensively and he’s offered a significant threat going forward. Very well taken goal today. I think he’s very comfortably our best centre back, I’d be tempted to see how he does with Bailly for a few games.
I've always been a fan of Mike Van Persie. He's not the best bringing the ball out, but pretty top-notch in every other aspect. Get an Aldeweireld next to him, and we'll see great things.
Think you’re right mate, if we had a bit of a different kind of defender next to him he could flourish. I think he struggles with the “leadership” aspect of being our CB. Perhaps a real ball playing CB next to Smalling could bring out the best in him.
Aside from that 4-0 Chelsea game I agree (that 4-0 Chelsea game was maybe the worst performance I've seen from him).
I still think Lindelof at this point is shit and I'd like to see Bailly or Rojo perhaps next to Smalling. Not Jones though. PLEASE not Jones.
The only person that out-Zlataned him this weekend was Zlatan
Somehow his hair reminds me of Frank Rijkaard. Good game from him and what a goal with his left foot.
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