Good game, put in some good tackles and needs to play more especially against the lesser teams.
Would like to see him play a run of games for us.
Would like to see him play a run of games for us.
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Was the highlight of the day for me, not perfect but a hell of a lot better than what we've come to expect from our other LBs.
I don't agree with a lot of the opinions on here, I thought he was pretty shocking in the second half. Yes I agree he was good in the first half but second half he couldn't find a man with a pass, he's strongest asset was supporting the winger but that seems to be missing from his game at the moment.
The only positive today.
One of our better performers today. Got to have a run now in the next few games.
Glad he's back. Hope this is the beginning of something for him.
Think he was decent, specially when you consider how long he didnt play.....but the thing that annoyed me was his overlapping. Either you do them or dont, no point of casually jogging behind player 10 seconds after they doubled him up. Better to do 1 proper overlap during the half then 5 half arsed ones like today.
Good showing. If Rojo or Darmian continue to start over him I'll be worried. Less so with Blind who's actually good there.
Best thing today was him going full blooded into two 50/50s. First I've seen him do that since the injury, and there's no other solution for getting faith back in your body.
Did disappear a bit in the second half, but he hasn't played 90 mins for god knows how long.
Did disappear a bit in the second half, but he hasn't played 90 mins for god knows how long.
Thought he played well. Didn't understand him coming off. Looked less shaky than Jones and Rojo.
Like the rest of the team, he was quiet in the second half. He had an excuse to be tired and out of sync.
Think it was just a case of Mourinho wanting to add to attack which is easier to do by replacing a full back. Something he's done before when we've needed a goal.
Agree 100% with that.
As you said, great to see him go crunching in to tackles again. Very pleased with his performance to say he's been out for a while. Hope he gets a run of games now to improve his confidence and fitness.
Brave display for him. Had two or three 50-50s which reminded me of his injury situation, which he came well out of.
Thought he was one of our better players today. Hope he gets a run of games in the league now.
This I thought was really strange, he didn't get forward anywhere near as much as I was expecting, before his injury he was excellent going forward but today he sat off.
Could be a tactical move so not to leave us exposed defensively?
He was good. Didnt attack enough. Rojo was the best.
Think that's exactly what it is. Mourinho has alluded to it previously that he wants the left back to play conservatively given how attacking Valencia is on the other side
Yeah, Mourinho prefers the LB to sit back. He said in an interview a while back that Shaw needs to be more like Blind, Rojo and Darmian.
Still, there were a few occasions he went forward and made a few half chances.
Fair do's. It's a shame though as he was looking like a real attacking threat pre-injury.
Glad he got some minutes today. Certainly not our worst perming player and I believe he and Martial have potential.
Like the rest of the team coudn't step it up when needed in the second half although had he stayed on it wouldn't have been worse than bring Fellaini on
Like the rest of the team coudn't step it up when needed in the second half although had he stayed on it wouldn't have been worse than bring Fellaini on
Thats my main take out from todays performance. He didn't shy away from such challenges and took a hit without flinching. That will give him a lot of confidence.
We know he can play so his challenge is as much mental as it is form. Once he believes he can play again, the form and quality will come quickly.
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Replacing him with Lingard was one of the most pointless substitutions out there.
Lingard kept on overlapping in the centre rather than up the wing. Martial suffered heavily from the absence of Shaw's runs.
I think Darmian gets forward a surprising amount considering hes at leftback. Of course it rarely makes a difference because Martial almost always ignores a fullback getting forward to support him
He certainly looked like someone that had been told to man up. Hoping those strong tackles gave him a confidence boost
Not sure, needs to be given a run of games now.
Any gifs of his monstrous tackle in the first half? I could hear it in the 2nd tier.
Encouraging performance from him. Not sharp enough & a tough game for him to feature in given our team performance. He's one of the few positive from this team performance.
Rojo was shocking defensively.
Good performance. Hopefully he'll continue this way and will have the "courage" to do even more. Maybe if he can show Mourinho that he is really good, than the focus could be set on getting a world class CB?
Not necessarily. It's quite likely that Mourinho will feel he's only fit enough to play one game a week at the moment (and he'd probably be right considering Shaw was looking quite tired before he got subbed). Give him the next few weeks of only playing once a week, then hopefully he'll establish himself properly as the #1 for the last few months of the season.
Likely a bit of both. In his first season he was mostly defensive and didn't attack all that much. It wasn't until his second season that he really started attacking more often with purpose, and then of course he suffered that terrible injury. As such it was always quite likely that as he was coming back he'd play similarly as he did in his first season, with most of the focus on the defensive side of his game.
Plus as others have said, Mourinho likes having only one of his fullbacks attacking a lot. When Valencia is playing it'll generally be him, but Shaw can hopefully find a good balance there.
Looked fat yet again tonight. Maybe people will stop slating Mourinho for not playing him after continuously proving he cant do something as simple as staying in shape.
He did, i agree.
its not that he looks fat to me....
its like the top half of his body is athletic and he looks like he has child bearing hips and chunky legs
That's surely photoshopped.His arse is so big.
reminds me of a time I tried on skinny jeansHis arse is so big.
almost had to get them surgically removed
Reading in various threads how he looks fat and I just don't see it.
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