Never is at CB! Maybe you're seeing the light?So yeah he wasnt that bad tonight
Ajax' game is made for him. He really should never leave.Never is at CB! Maybe you're seeing the light?
Don't get me wrong - don't think there's a chance at all. It's just something I'd like.Why would he leave Ajax for us. They have direction. That move was an upgrade for him.
I was for his sacking, but I also appreciated what he tried to do.And this was what LVG was trying to fix by calling it a philosophy - how every club should have a fixed way of playing to atleast drop back to.
We have nothing now.
LVG was good for us and I don't care what tripe people come up with afterwards. If we had given him 3 years then ask a homegrown manager like butt, Giggs or ole to take over we would have one solid style at United.
He excelled here, too. Alongside Smalling they were our best CB duo since Rio/Vidic. The José happenedAjax' game is made for him. He really should never leave.
Pretty much the story of all our transfers since SAF left.Happy for him. Funny how we actually sign a decent player, completely mismanage him and blame it on him being shit. Our club just drains talent.
Kind of. There are definitely half the squad that we need to ship out earlier than him. We wont replace him anyway with a better player, probably someone equal or worse for more moneyIt will be the same with Herrera next season.
We have seen Pogba be amazing in every team other than us, so it wouldn't be a surprise. On form and in the right setup he is the best midfielder in the world.Funny how Blind and Depay look like decent players as soon as they leave this club. Just wait until Pogba joins Madrid and looks like the reincarnation of Zidane.
Brilliant, intelligent, sophisticated footballer, who was always simply too good for us. He’s a world class center-back who made Smalling look brilliant (and possibly vice versa tbf) next to him.
Blind always had this performance with us. Mourinho just doesn’t fancy him, still stuck in my head why Mourinho doesn’t fancy Blind but interested in Lindelof.Funny how Blind and Depay look like decent players as soon as they leave this club. Just wait until Pogba joins Madrid and looks like the reincarnation of Zidane.
Agreed. Don't think many realized that he was very consistent here with some moments of brilliance. Never got the hate. We might have technical players but we lack strategic intelligence and split section decision making on the pitch - things a player like Daley offered despite being not a particularly remarkable athlete.Blind always had this performance with us. Mourinho just doesn’t fancy him, still stuck in my head why Mourinho doesn’t fancy Blind but interested in Lindelof.
But Blind was our best defender under Van Gaal, especially after December when Smalling went back to his shell, it was Blind who held our backline till the end of the season. That was amazing, considering it was his first experience in the central back role. He also looked quality for us in the Europa final cup match. So yes, Blind would have been quality here however Mourinho wanted something different from his defenders. He wanted a huge defender that's good in the air, which Blind is not.I will forever be firm in my believe, that if you put Blind back in United's team he will struggle. Everything is clicking for Ajax this year. All the players are finding their feet and they're playing some incredible stuff. This doesn't mean Tadic was secretly always a world beater which Southampton somehow missed, it doesn't mean Lasse Schöne would walk into this Juve, Real or Bayern side and it doesn't mean that selling Blind was some kind of huge mistake. Blind is perfectly at home at Ajax, in a CB pairing with Matthijs de Ligt who is an extremely strong physical presence. At the moment something very special is happening in Amsterdam. That's the beauty of knock out competitions, it's prone to fairy tales.
Something similar happened in 2004 after which Ajax eagerly bought Angelos Charisteas. We all know how that ended. Or at least, I do, because Feyenoord bought him from Ajax after he couldn't get a game.
Oh hell no. Pogba is a very good midfielder once in form, but therefore also the most overrated in the world. He's not the star he was made out to be. Paul Pogba is not a top 5 midfielder, maybe not even top 10.We have seen Pogba be amazing in every team other than us, so it wouldn't be a surprise. On form and in the right setup he is the best midfielder in the world.
Sorry mate, Pogba is world class now! One of the top 3 midfielder in the world. Its just that we cannot have the right setup to extract the most of of his talents!Oh hell no. Pogba is a very good midfielder once in form, but therefore also the most overrated in the world. He's not the star he was made out to be. Paul Pogba is not a top 5 midfielder, maybe not even top 10.
For some reason he's always been marketed as the next big thing and he still lives off that reputation, but he simply is not. Good player, yes. Close to world class, yes. But he's not a Messi or Ronaldo of midfielders (as he is always made out to be), he's not a special player. He is just a good player (very good on his day), nothing more and nothing less.
Pogba is not top 3 midfielder.Sorry mate, Pogba is world class now! One of the top 3 midfielder in the world. Its just that we cannot have the right setup to extract the most of of his talents!
While we now routinely struggle to play out form the back. It was incredible how many people were Desperate to have him out of the club.All the players we've got in our squad, and we decided to sell someone who is a hard worker, talented, versatile, on low wages, loyal and now making us look like fecking idiots. A step above a lot of players at this club.
Stop with this crap.All the players we've got in our squad, and we decided to sell someone who is a hard worker, talented, versatile, on low wages, loyal and now making us look like fecking idiots. A step above a lot of players at this club.
He wasnt crap for us. He had the most aerials on the pitch against Juventus and has the 2nd most on the pitch after Llorente so far. So far he has more than De Ligt and not for the first time. Always has more than Spurs CBs other than SanchezStop with this crap.
He is a good player for Ajax possession football style.
But for a team that has to actually do a lot of defending, he will be crap, just like he was for us. Absolutely useless for any aerial threat.
Isnt that sort of the point of Man United? To have players than dont need to do a lot of defending, because we should be mostly on the front foot? A team that aspires to be dominant shouldnt be selling players like Daley Blind. Christ, you make it sound as if he was an egg plant when he was here. He was a good player for us.But for a team that has to actually do a lot of defending, he will be crap, just like he was for us. Absolutely useless for any aerial threat.
This. I always wonder if the Man Utd fans have more patience with LVG, how his possession football style can transform Man Utd? Given so many people want to see his back he won't be missed anyway. Fans wanted immediate success so Mourinho was hired, and he delivered in terms of trophies.He was good at CB under Van Gaal, in a team that was highly organized and pressed high and well and kept the ball a lot
He's a good CB at Ajax, in a team that is highly organized and presses high and well and keeps the ball a lot
He wouldn't have worked with Mourinho