This is it, Blind worked at center back under Van gaal because we dominated the ball, under mourinho there was no chance because we would defend deep a lot, its like with most of our signing the team lack of identity has been the biggest issue.
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can't wait for him to play with varane, quickest CB pairing in the league
You might see that in about half of our games next season if you are lucky. Varane is a confirmed sicknote and if we were not in such a mess with the rest of the squad we should be looking to move him and his massive wages on this summer.
he's had issues this year but not overly in his career i don't think? you don't move a player like Varane on. one of the few proven winners in the squad.
Scousers said the same thing with Thiago and look at how that turned out.
How good is he in the air? 1.79 is small for cb.
Not great
Yes look...he was given the freedom of Anfield last night...free to play Hollywood balls left right and centre and look like Xavi on steroids. Literally any other team in the league, even Norwich, shuts that fuker down in the first 10 minutes and then he is back to being a show pony. He should not be an example in these circumstances.
anyone watch the ajax game? he's very good.
He oozed class.
he really did. He's absolutely lightning and strong as they come, excellent on the ball as well, lack of height will not be an issue. Blind coped just fine, he's better equipped than him for the PL
Never heard of Dutch Timber.
Someone with that quality on the ball would improve our buildup a decent bit.
If Nathan Ake can play for City, I don't see why this kid can't play for United.
Sign him up he can play RB
i'm actually just as impressed with him defensively as i am on the ball. Really hope we get him.
exactly, some of the best CB's ever are small, as long as there clever it doesn't matter, it's not like he'd be bullied hes a tank.
Bit like Norwegian wood
Does he really
Yeah very good player. We should be all over this transfer. Right back and centre back he can play. Only makes sense for ETH to bring him to utd.
Does he actually play RB or was today a 'one off'
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Seems weirdly one-footed in the tackle and top class forwards will no doubt take note of that. But otherwise looks classy on the ball - would instantly become our best ball-playing defender. Coukd see him being effective at RB.
Seems weirdly one-footed in the tackle and top class forwards will no doubt take note of that. But otherwise looks classy on the ball - would instantly become our best ball-playing defender. Coukd see him being effective at RB.
If you didn't know that he was listed as RB today, one might have thought that he was playing in midfield. Going forward he definitely looked class.
He is extremely comfortable on the ball and loves rushes forward. I will be gutted if he leaves us but it if has to be any club I want to see him at Utd ofcourse.
Maybe the new Man Utd-coach asked the old Ajax-coach to try him out there for abit?
Hes their best player in my opinion. Only based on watching the last few games though
Love to hear that. That was also impression I had today. I thought he might be good as an actual midfielder instead of the inverted FB he was playing at times today.
Is he a Cancelo type of player?
He's been filling in at RB in the absence of Lisandro Martinez, with Perr Schuurs coming in at CB. Mazraoui is also missing at RB.
He’s actually a CB primarily!
He reiterated that he wants to stay at Ajax for atleast 1 more year because he can play CL. So i'm sure it's out of the question that he'll move here.
Dont agree with moving him on....majority of our other centre backs are sick notes and the other two remaining are not that good. I do feel ideally, we should actually be signing two centre backs though. A number one and a player to compete for a startign birth if Varane is injured or Maguire is still shite....as Lindelof isnt up to the task
I agree, Puyol was pretty small and a dog of a defender, Roberto Ayala too.....but more so than those two for me, two of my favourite centre backs from my lifetime
Gonzalo at Villareal and Cannavaro, brilliant centre backs and both were small and not especially physically built either
Feck
From the (admittedly very little) I've sign of this guy, I'd imagine if we did sign him he'd predominantly play as a right-back. I know there have been successful centre backs on the shorter side but generally speaking I'd say he'd probably be too small to play as a centre-back in a back four in the Premier League. The way Ten Hag's sides play often involves one of the full-backs tucking in to form a back three anyway (or even stepping in to join the midfield), and this would be very doable with Timber as a right-back and Shaw on the left.
None of what I've said is in any way to discredit his ability, by the way. Again, I must confess I have seen very little of him, but I was really impressed. Seems extremely composed, very solid positionally, a good athlete and excellent on the ball too. I could see him working out really nicely as a right-back with a bit of training if Ten Hag manages to implement a successful system here.
None of what I've said is in any way to discredit his ability, by the way. Again, I must confess I have seen very little of him, but I was really impressed. Seems extremely composed, very solid positionally, a good athlete and excellent on the ball too. I could see him working out really nicely as a right-back with a bit of training if Ten Hag manages to implement a successful system here.
Last season a third of his games were at RB, more recently he's been asked to play there and he's doing well. CB is probably his most comfortable spot, but the Ajax way ensures players are comfortable in multiple positions.
Baresi is the one which springs to mind immediately. 5ft 9 and was probably the best cb in the world
How did I miss him out! My favourite and I was only watching him for Milan when he was well into his thirties and he was still quality, dont know how tall exactly Cannavaro/Gonzales were, but they seemed tiny, especially Gonzalo, idolised by Villareal and criminally over looked when any discussions about best ever centre backs are mentioned, brilliant centre back and still did well in Serie A when he was way past his best too, despite from memory having a lot of inury problems in his career I think
Puyol was a bit of a lunatic, like Pepe (the right kind if he's on your team). This kid play smart.
I'm sold on him
One of the things that makes me nervous about Ten Hag is the possibility of him bringing loads of Eredivisie players who can't hack it in the Prem.
However I do like the look of Timber. It's almost impossible for him to be worse than our current options of at RB and CB
However I do like the look of Timber. It's almost impossible for him to be worse than our current options of at RB and CB
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