Surely you of all people can sort this problem out though?
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Who does that when one of them is on the bench ?
Mata and Mkhitarian aren't delivering consistent good crosses to them either. Rashford and Martial are now just better options than those two. There's no longer a valid reason for them not to start together. I'm also more confident of their defensive abilities than that of Mkhitarian, although I believe we should be freeing them up to make a difference in the final third.
I'd like to see that. In fact, anything that allows our front three (particular those three) to concentrate fully or thereabouts on attack is good with me. I think they'll develop better as individuals as well as collectively if they are more consistently further forward and closer to each other as opposed spending a lot of time deep like FBs would.
That's why Lukaku is struggling right now because no one does that.
Haven't seen Blind make a half decent cross for us since he's been here.
Haven't seen Young put in crosses like Blind does.
Hmm. Something tells me that is a slight overreaction there.
You can not depend on him as a 10. he could knick up few assists against minnows but just doesnt have it to play against a top opposition as a 10. Needs to be shifted on the rw because of our lack of options there.
You never get a reaction from him when he's subbed off all the time in every game.
Mata is slow but will be a lot more effective in the link up than mkh in the middle. Time to start trusting him.
You never get a reaction from him when he's subbed off all the time in every game.
Mata is slow but will be a lot more effective in the link up than mkh in the middle. Time to start trusting him.
Both cannot be depended against top sides imo, both are too weak and doesn't impose themselves in tight matches, our no.10 options right now are honestly incredibly awful, when Pogba comes back I'd rather have Fellaini in no.10, at least he can shield the ball properly and not lose it 20 times in a match
But mata has good ball control and better circulation and ability to build something. He could do a job in final third.
He’s too weak and too slow to play centrally.
Perhaps his role in the Chelsea game was to mark the DM (Kante) and stop easy switches of possession to the other side of the pitch. Matic and Herrera were alternating between picking up Hazard and Fabregas/Bakayoko and so were shuffling side to side across midfield. If the DM is free it can stop one of them getting across in time to close down Fabregas/Bakayoko and leads to the whole team being in trouble.
Come on... this is bullcrap. Blinds crossing is excellent.
Should play from the right, he isn't a creative force. I reckon we could get Ozil in the middle and Mkhi would produce the goods running in behind from the right.
I think it's time for Angel Gomes to be given a run. Even just a few games to keep his momentum going. I don't see the point in just one sub appearance last season. Who knows he may even perform better than Mkhi has been.
Remember Huddersfield? That's one of many reasons Mou never played him centrally, Mata is never a controller like Silva, he's more of goalscorer, right now what our team lack the most without Pogba is someone who can control the game and dictate the play. I thought Mikhi would have been that guy this season, but he ended up playing worse than last season
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Blind couldn't cross the street. 75% of his crosses don't make it past the closest defender. The other 25% go over the furthest.
It used to be but his crossing has been poor this season.
Hes barely featured.
Started 10 games, 4 in CL, 4 in PL and 2 in cups.
A goal and two assists is pretty decent, wouldn't you say? 3 chances created in the PL and 7 in the CL.
Would like to see Miki moved on. We made a quick decision with Kagawa when SAF realized he wouldnt cut it. I dont want to see us waste more time.
Kagawa remained for an extra season and Van Gaal sold him
It's a good record but his crossing is poor, i mean putting into dangerous position with pace. When he joined it was much better.
Missed a penalty and scored a goal during first half of friendly match between Armenia and Belarus. Also, got an assist from corner at the beginning of second half.
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Big deal the mighty Belarus friendly.....he is awful for united!
not a bad goal either, played very well and good assist, lets hope this will give his confidence much needed boost, regardless of whom the opposition may be.
I'm a big Blind fan but his crossing has definitely regressed this year. He's messed up a lot of attacking moves with some awfully weighted crosses.
Just saw that he'll be 29 in January. For some reason I thought he was younger.
Supposed to be in his prime.
Yeah that's why I'm surprised. He's playing like a mentally weak teenager.
Playing Micki as a #10, and taking away all of his support as far as other players around him, defensive midfield supplying him the ball, forwards close enough to do 1 2's back and forth, isolating him in the middle and expecting him to burst through 3 defensive players twice his size, having no hold up play from Lukaku.... and the list goes on and on, he will not succeed in this JM style of outdated defensive hoofball!
Its like asking a chicken to fly, the birds got wings, but just isnt built to fly that way!!
Its like asking a chicken to fly, the birds got wings, but just isnt built to fly that way!!
I'm sure I posted absolutely donkey years ago when he was at Dortmund, the season before his good one, that he was the worst part of that attack. Chance after chance would come to him, and he'd consistently make the polar opposite of the right decision. It was when he was being heavily linked to 'pool and thought that was wonderful.
I just don't hold out much hope. He's had 1 top class season in a major league in his entire career. Isn't a bit naive to hope that it becomes the norm?
I just don't hold out much hope. He's had 1 top class season in a major league in his entire career. Isn't a bit naive to hope that it becomes the norm?
You haven't watched a single game he's played this season then...we must have the worst cross accuracy from LB & RB in the league with Blind and Valencia.
He's supposedly technically good so we assume his crossing is amazing but, bar that ball for RVP in the WC, I never see him whip in balls with accuracy. Always shitty floaters or just a hoof straight out.
Here is the stats from the Manchester United official website, top five in crosses.
Crosses: Mkhitaryan (40), Valencia (36), Mata (32), Young (31), Rashford (28)
This absolute non-entity better not start today. He is so frustrating to watch.
That was my biggest concern when he moved here. I thought he might have overcome that in responding to Jose's initial management of him. But he has been so frail on the pitch of late
Yep. I’d rather give a chance to one of the youth team.
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