pascell
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Ponders on the ball too long and still refuses to overlap consistently.
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Yeah, we have to look at it as an actual position rather than personify it. As long as the left back position is playing well I couldn't care less if malacia and Shaw played a game each.Might be winning his place back gradually. I like the competition for places and really don't mind as long as the one in form is starting at lb.
There's this one pass that's clearly been set up as part of the tactics that Shaw absolutely refuses to make and it drives me crazy. He receives the ball wide, and the fullback comes over to close him down, leaving a huge space between the fullback and the centre back. You can tell they set this up, because there's always a midfielder running into that gap. Shaw refuses to pass into that gap. It happened at 77:08 in this match and he missed Van De Beek on it against Brighton (I think?) and there are a few other instances.Ponders on the ball too long and still refuses to overlap consistently.
This! There was a moment when he had the ball and could easily have played Eriksen through the center or Rashford down the wing. Instead he backed off and backed off till the openings were gone and he passed backwards. Safe on the ball but often too safe.Ponders on the ball too long and still refuses to overlap consistently.
Having competition at LB is making him better again, difference being this time he is fitter and sharper than when it was TellesHe looks slimmer/fitter.
That sort of decisiveness comes with game timeThis! There was a moment when he had the ball and could easily have played Eriksen through the center or Rashford down the wing. Instead he backed off and backed off till the openings were gone and he passed backwards. Safe on the ball but often too safe.
That sort of decisiveness comes with game time