Yeah - look at CBJ. Had a half dozen really good games here, goes to Wolves and it all goes to shit.
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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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Beat me to it.
Wow performance.
Initially, I don't think he's that good at LB after knowing he's a converted winger to LB, and was expecting him to struggle defensively against CPalace.
Nope, none of that happens and instead he dominated the left side
so good when attacking ~ quick, decisive, pass well, combine well, skillful, dribbles, past players after another, keep possession well, good crosses, strong drive to attack, overlappings, and so good at defending ~ cover the LB area well, good tackles, good headings, balance, tough, uses his pace and athleticism very well in defending.Well, Jones and the midfielders help him a lot tbh, still impressive though, and CPalace often attacks our right side.
Great promising performance.
Or the golden teeth.
They're braces dude
just reflecting off the light that's all.Impressive considering he's still really really new to left back. Changing position has given him a chance here.
The EPL clubs and most Championship clubs are too rich to bother giving game time to our kids just for the sake of it. If we cant afford giving him regular first team football then we should sell him on cheap with a minimum fee attached to it. That would act as an incentive to him to do better + it acts as an incentive for those clubs to play them as they can make some decent profit out of it.
Another to add to the list of players who should get a shot at left back ahead of Darmian.
Is he related to Phil
Didn't realise he was from Old Trafford!
He was apparently seen arguing with Darmian after the match and shouted "get out my club"
Coloured braces, I think.
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It's just a bad joke (referencing Eastenders).
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Yeah, I got that. I just didn't get the reference. I thought it was Godfather with Darmian being Italian and all
Bad?!
We could have crossed paths and never knew we shared the same name
Weird how he was good at defending here but is usually pretty shit at defending in the U23s.
I think shaw will leave this window.
Yeah, a young valencia. Similar qualities too. Very, very quick with seemingly a good engine.im gonna stick my neck out and say hes our next left back.
Hold your horses it's been one appearance.
Not that I wouldn't absolutely love it. It's about time we started attacking well from the left.
Thats why i said 'ill stick my neck out'. He's got proper pace though. I think he could take shaws place in the squad and push on from there.
Great performance. Loved his long pass to Rooney. Hopefully he'll be in Mourinho's plans for next season.
He was no more impressive than CBJ was at times last season.
It was a good performance for what it was, but it's impossible to draw any realistic conclusions from a match like that. It was barely Premier League standard. The lad needs a loan.
It was a good performance for what it was, but it's impossible to draw any realistic conclusions from a match like that. It was barely Premier League standard. The lad needs a loan.
A season of regular football against adults is what he needs more than a place on the periphery of our squad. Especially with him recently moving to LB.
Learning a new position and bridging the gap between youth football at the level expected of a Manchester United player is putting to much pressure on any youth player. Rashford was an extreme outlier.
loaning him would be comfortably the worst decision possible, another club wouldnt be patient with him to learn the position and most teams that would want to take him most likely prefer style of play that doesnt suit him.
Keep him at the club, let him learn position with U23 and give him minutes with the seniors when we need an attacking outlet on the left-back.
Keep him at the club, let him learn position with U23 and give him minutes with the seniors when we need an attacking outlet on the left-back.
Does anyone see him keeping to the left back position or going back to the wing like Bale?
He's a gorgeous lad, isn't it? Blimey!
Yeah this approach has worked well for other clubs in certain situations and may be something we should look at doing ourselves with some of our youngsters.
Good showing. Happy for him. He's really taking to the LB role.
Oh my, I didn't realise it was an Eastenders joke. That's terribly brilliant!
In the space of 110 posts, three grown men have all made reference to this.Can't ask for a better debut as a LB, hopefully he'll get more chances in the future to impress.
Yeah you can even see the stadium from the view from his house.
I don't see him as a winger. But that was the most Marceloesque left back performance we've seen from a United full back since Evra and it was a breath of fresh air.
It is the direction we need to take with our full back positions if we want to convert draws into wins and compete with the best.
Even if it isn't Demi who ends up as the answer, it confirms to me that Darmian and Shaw are not the long term answer and need to be replaced.
This plus being one game we need to take that into context also but we looked better balanced as opposed to whenever we have had Blind or Darmain there at any one game in this season.
The lad played really well but we need to be a little careful
CBJ always looked like a good player to me and he can't get a game for Wolves
We do really need an U23 side playing in the Championship like they do in Spain. Would be so good for Englsh football because for me the Loan system does nothing for players
CBJ always looked like a good player to me and he can't get a game for Wolves
We do really need an U23 side playing in the Championship like they do in Spain. Would be so good for Englsh football because for me the Loan system does nothing for players
It has worked wonders for Ajax as well with the Reserves in the Jupiler League. But championship seems too prestigious to me, still some big clubs with big fanbases in there.
I agree we need some sort of reserve league, but loan systems can do well if it's to the right club. Seems to be doing wonders for Pereira, whereas did nothing for Januzaj, for example.
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