Don't agree with these ones.
At united Mata has been very responsible with tracking back and putting a shift in.
Good Footy Players With Obvious Weaknesses In Their Game
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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?
At united Mata has been very responsible with tracking back and putting a shift in.
Rooney - First Touch
Berbatov - Pace
Hernandez- Hold up play
Robben - Right Foot
Berbatov - Pace
Hernandez- Hold up play
Robben - Right Foot
Blind - Vision
Young - Age
Rojo - Yellows
Young - Age
Rojo - Yellows
Cantona/Scholes/Keane/Beckham/G. Neville/Ronaldo - left foot
Messi only started conserving energy as he got older. It's not really a weakness.
Ronaldo's crossing is a weakness? He's no Beckham but he's fairly decent at it. It's probably par for a wide forward/striker.
Neither are glaring weaknesses.
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Cristiano Ronaldo - Self awareness KEK
Fellaini - Barbershop
Fellaini - Barbershop
Yeah for mata I'd go for physicality instead. Can't fault his effort.
Shay Given - Great goalkeeper, semi pro level when it came to using his feet.
All the shouts of Scholes not being able to tackle are wrong also. He was a very good tackler, he'd sometimes just "Leave one" on an opponent.
All the shouts of Scholes not being able to tackle are wrong also. He was a very good tackler, he'd sometimes just "Leave one" on an opponent.
Messi - he's not ours
Smalling - composure, and he is the worst amongst defender in top 6 teams in this regard.
Only going to go with elite players.
Pogba: - defensive positional awareness.
- switching off and not tracking runners
Oezil: - stamina
- only trying when he feels like it (selectivity)
Aguero: - dire for NT - really tarnishes his legacy
Cesc: - pace
- defensive contribution
Iniesta: - finishing
- shooting in general - hits world class goals once in a while, but generally his shots are poor relative to his level as a player.
Benzema: - complacency/laziness. Has done just enough to get by but never pushed himself, even at Lyon. If he had the application of a Beckham, Neville, C.Ronaldo etc he could have been the striker of this generation.
Thiago A.: - complacency/laziness (possibly). Another one who has it in him to be the midfielder of his generation, but is content to simply get by and play within himself. Unlike Benzema, this may actually be rooted in concern over his knee blowing out again if he really tried to push his body.
G.Rossi: - Dating and getting hexxed by a high-ranking witch.
Pogba: - defensive positional awareness.
- switching off and not tracking runners
Oezil: - stamina
- only trying when he feels like it (selectivity)
Aguero: - dire for NT - really tarnishes his legacy
Cesc: - pace
- defensive contribution
Iniesta: - finishing
- shooting in general - hits world class goals once in a while, but generally his shots are poor relative to his level as a player.
Benzema: - complacency/laziness. Has done just enough to get by but never pushed himself, even at Lyon. If he had the application of a Beckham, Neville, C.Ronaldo etc he could have been the striker of this generation.
Thiago A.: - complacency/laziness (possibly). Another one who has it in him to be the midfielder of his generation, but is content to simply get by and play within himself. Unlike Benzema, this may actually be rooted in concern over his knee blowing out again if he really tried to push his body.
G.Rossi: - Dating and getting hexxed by a high-ranking witch.
He covers around 11 km per game. It's not his stamina, it's his mentality
That’s a common misconception, he’s actually quite good with his feet even though he looks clumsy. He’s no Messi though.
Alaba - right foot, completely non existent
Pogba - pressing. He sometimes presses the opponent, but he's not good enough at constant pressing, which became a worldwide trend after Pep's Barca.
Zidane - consistency (or maybe just motivation), in the league he was usually outperformed by less talented players, most notably Rui Costa.
Ramos - defensive positioning. He's amazing in the air and great at one on one (yeah, I too remember Ronaldinho and Messi destroying him, but apart from them), but he is so often getting caught up as he lacks spatial awareness.
Valencia - not even crossing, but decision-making. Beats the defender, stops to think, kicks the ball towards defender's shins.
Zidane - consistency (or maybe just motivation), in the league he was usually outperformed by less talented players, most notably Rui Costa.
Ramos - defensive positioning. He's amazing in the air and great at one on one (yeah, I too remember Ronaldinho and Messi destroying him, but apart from them), but he is so often getting caught up as he lacks spatial awareness.
Valencia - not even crossing, but decision-making. Beats the defender, stops to think, kicks the ball towards defender's shins.
Robben - Hamstrings
Dirk Kuyt - Technique
Sneijder - Pace
Van der Vaart - Fast food / Women
Dirk Kuyt - Technique
Sneijder - Pace
Van der Vaart - Fast food / Women
Indeed - extremely slow and weak but has some of the best technical ability I've ever seen in a United shirt. Such a shame we've never really found a system which brings out his qualities.
He's barely broke a sweat for eons now, when does it become a weakness? Obvious I disagree with you on the Cristiano part, never convinced the ball is going to go where its supposed to unless its a really simple ball.
If you are talking about his shooting from corners then he is under instruction to boot the ball into the crowd for a goal kick or high towards the goal. This is to avoid corner counter attacks.Herrera - Shooting
James Rodriguez- right foot
He really isn't. His first touch for example is inconsistent. What makes him special is his football brain. He is always 3 moves ahead of any opponent when on form. That is how he terrorizes people in the flank sans being a dribbler, a great crosser nor pacey. When you see his touch it makes you believe you could have made it as a pro player....
I agree, Müller is one of those players where you think, what the hell makes him a good player. There really isn't one clear attribute he excels at, yet at the end of the match he's scored two and gave an assist.
He's basicly the German national team rolled into one person.
You're correct with what makes him special, his football brain. He doesn't excel in anything else though, but he's still quite good in all the other departments. That's why he doesn't fit in this thread, he has one attribute that makes him really good, not one thing that he's clearly lacking. His technical ability is often underrated, it's not bad just because he looks clumsy.
Who needs a right foot when you have a left like Maradona did. Oh, he had hands also, so there is that.
There should be a thread for top players without any decernable top attributes like Müller, or, dare I say it, Dirk Kuyt.
Could be argued none of the great players needed to improve on their weaknesses, still a weakness though.
Maradona - Cocaine
Yes, I went there
Yes, I went there
De Gea-Shotstopping.
it was just tongue in cheek mate.
Ronaldo-Operating in tight spaces.
Ramos-Rashness.
Neymar-Strength.
Ramos-Rashness.
Neymar-Strength.
De Gea and doughnuts.
I think it's both, tbh. 11km is a solid distance, but his position requires key sprints and explosive actions and he rapidly drops off in that aspect if he performs a few in the first half of a game.
Seeing Özil end a game with energy and appetite is a rare occurrence indeed.
Many a time he has been subbed in the middle of a second half when he has tried to play with intensity throughout a game.
In terms of mentality, it also looks like the last thing he wants to be doing, too.
Bebe - football...
Or did I mean Obertan?
Or did I mean Obertan?
Bebe - place of abode?
Best.
Blondes, booze, casinos.
Blondes, booze, casinos.
Mata - pace.
If he was explosively quick, he'd be one of the best players in the world.
If he was explosively quick, he'd be one of the best players in the world.
Nothing wrong with Messi's heading ability at all, he's just small so obviously isn't going to win many aerial duels.
Nani - decision making (shoot vs pass), selfishness
he may be ok when he heads it - but his ability to win the headers is poor - you cant take stature out of it... you might be the best keeper in the world under 5 foot 5 but a keeper with slightly less ability who is 6 foot five is gonna be betternot true imo, his headers are of the highest quality considering his stature and even without relativity of his stature pretty decent. Only compared with his otherwise extremely high skill in all other regards this could be viewed as his weakness, but still a weakness needs to be more hindering than just being the worst of a skillset. It actually needs to make him weak in that regard.
Compared to other players, though, it's no weakness at all. He beats the average header quality.
Yaya toure; playing in slow motion