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Man don't do it to me - it gets me excited just thinking about it
He's dependable. His performances for me are generally mostly 6's and 7's out of 10's with the odd 8 thrown in there every few games. There's this idea that because he's slow and relatively slightly built that he will get bullied or exposed for pace regularly but it really doesn't happen any more often than any other player. In fact I think player's like Walker who know they can fall back on their pace probably get caught out more often through over confidence.
Looks like Barcelona are interested according to Spanish newspapers! Really hope it's true because I love watching him & if our manager is playing ancient football - he deserves to go to a club where he is respected & able to play actual football. 
Think about this way
No manager rates Blind enough in that role to play him there, LVG certainly didn’t so it’s not a surprise Mourinho doesn’t either. Even in a very ordinary Dutch team Blind is seen as a jack of all trades but master of none.
You just made that up. LVG played 352 before he became a ball playing defender. Jose prefers generic CB's.
Not at all just stating the facts, LVG didn’t play him in back three very often, neither did Ajax, Holland don’t either and every team and manager uses him as a utility player not just Jose.
True. At the World Cup, the back 3 was Martins Indi, De Vrij and Vlaar. Blind was LWB, and occasionally midfield.
It's not only that he lacks pace, he's not agile/mobile enough. He can't really beat a man, whereas for all of Ander's shortcomings this season, he does that fake turn and moves in the opposite direction which buys him time and shakes off defenders. In reality, we really do need another capable midfielder.
He doesn't have the same physicality as Matic, and Matic uses his physicality a lot.
Physicality is something we have all across the pitch & it's not something we are deficient in to be fair
Strange logic, so if we have a full back or a striker that's strong physically there's no problem of having a weak player in DMF ? Blind will get bullied by anyone in this position. Even the mighty City have a strong played in this position.
But he was saying to play blind in midfield when resting matic. 11 players don't need to be all strong; it's not like we only have one or two - especially when he would probably either be playing alongside one of mctominay, matic or Pogba then I'd say it's not an issue. It's a very Jose/90's type logic to do just worry about strength. Either way his best position is at CB or a very deep CDM at best.
Physicality is a must for a DMF. There are some positions that players can succeed without being strong, as strikers, wingers or number 10, but if you're playing as a DMF you need to be strong otherwise you'll get bullied. Again you didn't really to the fact that even the mighty are using a strong player in this position. Real Madrid have been using Casemiro in this position ..etc. Does Madrid play 90's type football also or what ?
But again we have physicality everywhere & we haven't played a CDM all season - we are playing with 2 CM's & Blind can play the most defensive one - pretty much like matic has. Matic hasn't been a CDM for us
And I told you that's a strange logic, having other player that's strong physically doesn't mean the DMF shouldn't. Each on their own.
Name me some 6 out of 10 performances at CB? Looked more than average there & hardly outs a foot wrong & been our CB for most of our cup winning games. The only reason he isn't a master at CB is because Jose has his preferences of having 5 CB's good at the exact same thing
Seems you forgot the WHU game that costed us the 4th spot in LVG's last season. He had some other terrible games there as well as City home game and Celta Vigo at home during last season.
In 2 of those 3 games Bailey missed 2 headers that led to goals & the left back was consistently awful too with Roj0 playing at LB & Darmian making wrong positioning too. Blind may make mistakes but he shouldn't be played as a CB in a back two & not even as a LCB in a back 3. He needs to play centrally in the back 3 protected by two central defenders to give the balance between midfield & defence. That's the type of defender he is & a lot of ball playing defenders have that protection either by playing just in front of the defence or the furthest back.
Other players making mistakes doesn't excuse him doing his. If you talk about him playing the David Luiz rule at Chelsea, then I have to ask when did you see him playing this rule to prove he's that good in it ? Sure LVG who was his manager in Netherlands NT would have known if he can or not, right ?
