ivaldo
Mediocre Horse Whisperer, s'up wid chew?
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Let's not forget he's 20, TWENTY. It'll be another 6/7 years before he hits his peak.
So good to see him and Smalling bossing it, they're both fecking excellent players.
The Form he's showing right now is 30m pound form. I cant think of a fullback anywhere playing better right now. He's a defensive juggernaut, whose absolutely rapid and confident enough to charge forward, completely bypassing oppositions midfield and single-handedly starting attacks.I think he'll be one where in 10 years we'll say it was money very well spent. He has all the tools to become a United legend.
The official Manchester United magazine spoke to the left-back about his debut, and Shaw said: “I always get a little bit nervous before a game and this was always going to be a special occasion for me.
“So I had a lot of nerves and excitement. To be playing at Old Trafford on my debut was an unbelievable feeling. I was thinking, ‘I hope it goes well! – I don’t want to make any bad mistakes or anything like that.'”
On another note; what a job Southampton and everton have done for the english national team.
I had a gander at some of the comments after we first bid for him and I'd actually forgotten how negative the caf was overall. A lot of comments about us being silly for choosing him over the far superior Coentrao or how it was a ludicrous amount of money and a ridiculous gamble. Not too dissimilar to the Martial thread last week actually which is reassuring.
See I disagree here, when he makes those attacking runs it's up to one if the three central midfielders to identify the space and fill it themselves.Going to praise him with one hand - very good, especially going forward but from the other hand - have to say again noticed the same as in most games this season - he makes some mental errors that hopefully he'll iron out sooner than later on the defensive side of his game. Today, he went off chasing after a player today into the middle when he lost the ball and had runners run behind him. Just uneasy at times when he lets runners get in behind him or he gets caught out of position.
For a 20 year old though, he's damned good and as long as he stays fit, can only see him getting better and better with more games.
See I disagree here, when he makes those attacking runs it's up to one if the three central midfielders to identify the space and fill it themselves.
Like I said not long ago, the world will be talking about Shaw soon, with the likes of Madrid and Barca sniffing around him.
I bet he's be one of the hardest fullbacks to play against, unbelievable pace and strong as an ox. You're not getting past him.
You don't need to when he gets caught out of position so often.
I'm 50/50 on that tbh, that is why lvg loves working with youth, they buy into his ideals fully and haven't discovered an ego yet.So despite what many have said here in the caf, LVG does know how to man-manage his players.
Just as well he doesn't then. Obviously I'm aware that once or twice can lead to a gross exaggeration amongst the more peculiar posters on RedCafe.
Luke Shaw is the most assured teenage (I'm aware he's just turned 20) defender I've ever seen in the Premier League. The most obvious 'sure thing' young defender you will ever encounter in football.
So despite what many have said here in the caf, LVG does know how to man-manage his players.
No doubting he's going to be brilliant but his positional play in quite poor at present. Both Swansea goals came from a gaping hole he'd left behind him.
I'm pleased he is attacking and want to see Uniteds full backs get forward, but Shaw needs to learn when to make those runs. He also comes quite narrow a lot and occasionally chases the ball rather than holding shape.
The people writing Shaw off when we bought him had clearly never actually watched him play for Southampton, or had and are just clueless idiots who know nothing about football. All they could ever mention bad about him is that the price was too much for an 18 year old LB. The big difference between Shaw and Martial and pretty much all 18/19 year old players is he wasn't just potential, he was already a great player. He had already made the PL team of the year, had two strong seasons and was already one of the best players in the league in his position. He can never improve and he'll still be a fantastic player. A player at his age with his ability is a no brainer for 30m.
The funniest was some guy claiming we should have bought Ben Davies instead...The people writing Shaw off when we bought him had clearly never actually watched him play for Southampton, or had and are just clueless idiots who know nothing about football. All they could ever mention bad about him is that the price was too much for an 18 year old LB. The big difference between Shaw and Martial and pretty much all 18/19 year old players is he wasn't just potential, he was already a great player. He had already made the PL team of the year, had two strong seasons and was already one of the best players in the league in his position. He can never improve and he'll still be a fantastic player. A player at his age with his ability is a no brainer for 30m.
Let's not forget he's 20, TWENTY. It'll be another 6/7 years before he hits his peak.