Based Adnan
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Malacia should come in
i'm not sure I would deduce it like that but I do find his post match interviews a bit 'off'.Complains about fatigue in the post match interview. Such a convenient excuse for a poor performance. For all his talent he's always struck me as the kind of guy looking to blame anything/anyone else when things go to shit.
He's fecking world class at his best. But I still don't trust him.
The players need to be smart. With so many games in a season where World Cup happened, qualifier should take less priority. He can easily tell Southgate he's not fit enough to be playing 90 mins, maybe 15-20 mins. There should be a middle ground. England has so many player options.Not that it's going to happen but, hope Southgate pulls one of his "brilliant" decisions and not start him for the upcoming qualifiers. Maybe saying he is tired, Southgate might just start Chilwell instead at least against Italy.
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Surprised the Fulham manager wasn't riled by this.Lucky not to give away a penalty here
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And the concerning part of that is that it's not about pace, it's about concentration, or lack of. He starts to sprint far too late, and that's why there are so many crosses coming in from his side. He's been great this season, but even at his best he's poor at closing down his winger, giving them far too much time and space to cross the ball or pull a cut back.Reed was running circles around him. Quite literally at points.
Lucky not to give away a penalty here
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Given what weve seen, im actually surprised VAR didnt spend more time looking at this or ask the ref to look at it.Never in a million years will that be a penalty. Having your hands on somebody doesn't equal pushing them.
He did push him though. That's a pen.Never in a million years will that be a penalty. Having your hands on somebody doesn't equal pushing them.
No he didn't. He at worst slid his hand down his back as he tried to get close to him. Nowhere near a push.He did push him though. That's a pen.
I think your find since he’s become a daddy and got married he’s become much more settled in his private life, he seems to take his fitness and health seriously, this season is weird for players who played World Cup and PL, he played all England 5 WC games, 1 Euro Qualifier and 36 times for united with recent 3 games in 7 days regularly.He's definately come down a level or two recently. At best he's world class in his position. Nowhere near that now! His attitude must be questioned as we've seen it so many times before. Whats he doing off the pitch?
This is why after the Liverpool game I didn’t post in here. It was a disgrace of a game from him and others but 45 minutes doesn’t take away the amazing season he is having.Asides from the meltdown at Anfield, I think Shaw's performances this season have been very good. When it's the last 10 mins of a game and we're in need of a goal, his overlapping runs are such an asset. He's rarely wasteful with his crosses in those situations where we're on the front foot, as he so often picks out the killer pass. When he assisted Sabitzer's goal vs Fulham it dawned on me that he has done this countless times before (notably Casemiro's header vs Chelsea and Rashford's vs Leeds) where we're urgently hunting a late goal and Shaw's composure in picking out a) the right cross and b) a perfectly weighed delivery has been instrumental in changing the scoreline.
So long as Ten Hag is United's manager, I'm confident we'll continue to see Shaw being a pivotal part of United's creativity from the wide attacking areas.
That is exactly the same reason I avoided posting on the caf for most of last season as people's natural tendencies are to get caught up in the here and now. It was clear that most players were suffering from shit circumstances last season, but if you try to be level-headed about the situation then you immediately get pounced upon for showing an ounce of "toxic positivity" about the team you support.This is why after the Liverpool game I didn’t post in here. It was a disgrace of a game from him and others but 45 minutes doesn’t take away the amazing season he is having.
I remember he got a red a few years ago when he was clearing a ball and the follow-through ended up hitting an opposition player with his studs. Was a ridiculous red card. Pretty sure it was in either the CL or Europa.First career red?
Very soft if givenLucky not to give away a penalty here
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It's only a week off. Even by Luke's previous I doubt he can get himself out of shape that quick.I’m not sure downtime is a good thing for him. Isn’t he a bit like Rooney in that he needs games to stay fit? Plus we have great cover in Malacia whenever we need him.
Yes, I don’t have a problem with clamping down on time wasting, but it’s the inconsistency that’s annoying. There are much worse examples in pretty much every match these days, and 95% of the time the ref doesn’t even seem to notice. But this ref seemed to be desperate to send someone off.I've not seen it again but his first yellow seemed extremely harsh, did he really time waste all that much? Granted I'm used to Shaw taking forever to take a throw in, no matter what the score is.
Kane's ridiculous crawling back into the pitch is much worse, I wonder if the ref could give a card in such scenarios?