Pathetic display. Absolutely pathetic.
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- Appearances
- 56
- Clean sheets
- 22
- Goals
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- Assists
- 4
- Yellow cards
- 3
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
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I like him a lot as a player but it's hard to not say playing him at CB has cost us the match tonight.
I think if LVG goes Blind will return to being a utility guy being used at CM, LB and maybe CB in an emergency.
I think if LVG goes Blind will return to being a utility guy being used at CM, LB and maybe CB in an emergency.
He was shocking. A nightmare performance.
He failed to track his man during the 1st goal. His positioning during the Carroll breakaway as well was absolutely putrid. He failed with the offside trap on the 2nd goal. Got beat on the 3rd goal.
Just terrible.
He failed to track his man during the 1st goal. His positioning during the Carroll breakaway as well was absolutely putrid. He failed with the offside trap on the 2nd goal. Got beat on the 3rd goal.
Just terrible.
Tonight's performance by him served as an alarming reminder of why he can't be first choice CB next season. Awful, awful performance tonight in our biggest match of the Premier League season. At fault for all three of West Ham's goal, and should have been at fault for a 4th West Ham goal but he has Andy Carroll to thank for that.
One of the worst performances by a United player ever
A Hat trick of Mistakes 
Obviously not but obviously we're talking about the last goal.
The guy's had a good season given he's been asked to play a new position that he's not physically built for.
Ive said for months he's awful and he is, so what if he can pass a ball he's a terrible defender. If we ever want to become a champion team then players like him should be sold.
I like Blind but think he was the main reason we lost and was really poor. Got totally exposed. Hes not really a CB and that was clear tonight.
That's fine and all that but I remember fergie saying Gneville was a few inches short from becoming a great cb, so he never fecking played him there. That's the whole point he hasn't got the physique to play there and that's down to lvg. Not only that his positional play was abysmal today too.
It's easy to have a good season if you're going to set the bar so low.
I am blind's supporter but today he is just piss poor,
What was he thinking seriously.
What was he thinking seriously.
Had a fecking duck egg of a game, looked so flustered most of the time.
That's the one. Pretty impressive for him to surpass such a horrific performance in such a short period of time.
The 2-2 goal was him just being a second late.. The margins are too small in situations like that, also someone in the wall should had to run to contest the cross. Smalling wasn't himself tonight neither..
Blind is not your man up against a team whipping balls in. Out of his comfort zone.
I'll say it again... he will always struggle to do the things that come naturally to defenders... because he's NOT A FECKING CENTRE BACK.
I hate Van Gaal.
I hate Van Gaal.
Really, really shit performance from him, and I'm a big fan of him.
It wasn't as if he was bullied. Infact he dealt with the physical side of West Ham pretty well for the majority of the game. He managed to squeeze away from Carroll's pressure very well a few times. It was his positioning. He's lauded for his intelligence, anticipation and tactical awareness, but he looked dazed tonight, like he was playing at centre back for the first time in his life.
Don't know who could have played in his position instead though, since the squad is tiny and we have somehow gotten away with not buying a centre back since Phil Jones (I'm not counting Rojo has it is clear LvG doesn't and hasn't ever really seen him as a CB) and 3 centre backs have left during that time.
It wasn't as if he was bullied. Infact he dealt with the physical side of West Ham pretty well for the majority of the game. He managed to squeeze away from Carroll's pressure very well a few times. It was his positioning. He's lauded for his intelligence, anticipation and tactical awareness, but he looked dazed tonight, like he was playing at centre back for the first time in his life.
Don't know who could have played in his position instead though, since the squad is tiny and we have somehow gotten away with not buying a centre back since Phil Jones (I'm not counting Rojo has it is clear LvG doesn't and hasn't ever really seen him as a CB) and 3 centre backs have left during that time.
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Only player out of place.
Blind has had a good season, but he's been exposed in every big game of ours this year. There's no way we get back to the top with him as our starting CB next to Smalling.
Only player out of place.
Blind has had a good season, but he's been exposed in every big game of ours this year. There's no way we get back to the top with him as our starting CB next to Smalling.
Not a defender. I repeat myself here every few weeks. Once we get tested, he falls apart. Doesnt matter how many nice passes he plays, we cant rely on him as a CB. Positionally absolutely shocking, like he forgets that he actually is a CB and just does what he wants out there.
Maybe he just got sick at the thought of Van Gaal getting fourth and surviving that he made sure we lost the game.
Van Gaal's the problem. He's always been the problem. No point arguing over player performances at this point until the guy gets sacked.
If we weren't a (bad) possession side he'd be exposed several times a game. Awful centre back and mediocre in midfield. He's a £17million backup to Shaw.
Ok if anybody wants to argue about him being a centre back after tonight I think it may send me over the edge. He could have cost us 4-5 goals tonight luckily it was only 3.....
I really didn't think he was that bad in first half. But, in 2nd half...
To be fair though the whole back line seemed fecking shit and made everyone nervous. Smalling was no better.
To be fair though the whole back line seemed fecking shit and made everyone nervous. Smalling was no better.
To blame for the first goal too.
What my friend said
It really takes a special idiot like Van Gaal to have the idea that Daley Blind is a center back. He's not even a defensive midfielder, because he was fecking dreadful when he played there last season for exactly the same reason. So instead he moves him into a position, where positioning is even more critical.
Agree. Centre back is such a specialist position. I remember Keane having a go a few times, just couldn't do it.
Shhhh.....he is our most intelligent player or something.
Shocking performance.
The silver lining here is that The manager next season simply cannot go in with Blind as a first choice CB.
I'm still furious at him - 17 minutes to defend for your life and he plays everyone on side and then loses his man. Players like Mensah, Varela etc go missing after they've made smaller mistakes.
I'm still furious at him - 17 minutes to defend for your life and he plays everyone on side and then loses his man. Players like Mensah, Varela etc go missing after they've made smaller mistakes.
That's just infuriating. WTF was he thinking?
Hey Sunny Jim thought we had stole it tonight buddy I'm sitting here gutted after that, hope LVG isn't our manager next season I hope he just goes asap he's killing our club.
Off the ball he's one of the stupidest players at the club. Jones gets slated for far less.
I think he's an excellent player, and have no reservations about him playing centre half, but today was shocking.
The deflection was really unlucky though, was such a nothing goal to concede, De Gea would have had that all day long.
The deflection was really unlucky though, was such a nothing goal to concede, De Gea would have had that all day long.
A lot of overreaction here. Yes he was awful tonight and he's not physically built to play centre half, but he's certainly not an awful one. He's generally had a good season and can comfortably play centre back against less physical teams. Picked a bad day to brain fart for 90 minutes though.
Absolutely pathetic. HAd Herrera not been that bad, Blind would have been bearing all the grunt right now. Made far too many mistakes. Should have been closer to Sakho in 1st goal, gave Carroll a free passage which was saved, lost a ridiculous header in 3rd(?) goal. His performance was just slightly better than that vs Pool!! That's how bad I feel he was
Completely agree. He's all over the place and gets away with it thanks to Smalling, de Gea and possession.
No, it wasn't unlucky, his body position was absolutely woeful. He made himself really small and turned his back on the ball... that is NOT how you defend.
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