He's done at this level. Should be offered as a free transfer at the end of the season
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In the latest edition of the United Hour Podcast, we interview Duncan Drasdo of MUST - covering ticket prices, new stadium, INEOS and what fans should be demanding from our club.
Also, due to technical issues we couldn't put a notice up for the previous episode which was about the game against Bournemouth and other stuff. If you'd like to listen to it, click here.
He's so low energy, he provides feck all going forward.
He's just trying to coast through games doing the bare minimum to get to the World Cup.
He's just trying to coast through games doing the bare minimum to get to the World Cup.
Offers absolutely nothing going forward. Zero. Leaves Cunha totally on his own. No overlaps, nothing.
Less said the better
Staggered to hear the commentary talking about his 'inevitable' return to the England team.
He's had his time. We need fullbacks who will at least look for the striker or look to get things moving. He's a body that fills a position. We just need more now.
Kieran Trippier is 4-5 years older than Shaw. Shaw was always much more physically gifted and naturally athletic. Now look st them. One is still bombing up and down his flank. The other is Luke Shaw, spitting. He’s done!
Just couldn't handle Newcastles pace, looked shell shocked from the first minute until his inevitable substitution.
Not on the wage he's on, but at best a squad player. He can no longer match the intensity as a fullback. Injuries have taken their toll in the end, but the club should have prepared for this.
At the moment he's never bad, he just doesn't do much.
At the moment he's never bad, he just doesn't do much.
Sad to see he can’t even break into a jog.
Just suits a team that plays with no intensity and has little of the ball, and we've got far too many like that.
I can’t wait to see him off to somewhere else
I wish he would do one big spit every ten minutes than little pathetic spits every thirty seconds.
Really needs to be replaced this summer.
One only needs to watch a single Real Madrid game to see how the currently best left back in the world plays that position.
And count the number of pointless (pointless because Vinicius doesn't give him the ball) sprints Alvaro does and compare them to the number of overlaping forward sprints Luke does.
I'll give you a hint, it's a single digit number and it's perfectly round.
Shaw is stealing a life as a professional left back.
It's one of, if not the biggest mistakes this club has ever committed, letting Alvaro go and leaving Shaw linger on.
What the feck do they even watch at trainings? How the feck is this man still playing for us after not making a single overlaping run vs 10 men?!
He's leaving Cunha holding his dick in his hand the whole 90 minutes.
And count the number of pointless (pointless because Vinicius doesn't give him the ball) sprints Alvaro does and compare them to the number of overlaping forward sprints Luke does.
I'll give you a hint, it's a single digit number and it's perfectly round.
Shaw is stealing a life as a professional left back.
It's one of, if not the biggest mistakes this club has ever committed, letting Alvaro go and leaving Shaw linger on.
What the feck do they even watch at trainings? How the feck is this man still playing for us after not making a single overlaping run vs 10 men?!
He's leaving Cunha holding his dick in his hand the whole 90 minutes.
Just a waste tonight. Continues to offer nothing in offense when he's playing fullback.
A long night for Sesko.
A long night for Sesko.
This is pretty much it.
I'm expecting a different level of performance from Shaw at the WC. One that actually offers a good attacking outlet.
Absolutely true. He plays like a CB still whereas we badly need him to make those runs
It's a tough ask for a fullback when you don't have a proper winger in front of you. We don't have that much balance as we rely on the fullback to be the main width outlet as Cunha comes inside too often. He needs the equivalent to Amad on the left so that he's not expected to carry the whole wing. Physically he's obviously not capable of that anymore either, but he's still a good player. Just needs the right player in front of him.
Even discounting having no orthodox wide player in front of him, Shaw has been shocking as a fullback. He's still a 'good player' if in a game you massively caveat 1) he has no opposition attacking down his side 2) we control the game and dominate in possession 3) no one presses him when he has the ball 4) his other teammates are playing really good and 5) Tuchel is watching in the stands. When those conditions are met then sure yeah, maybe he may get out of second gear play and contribute.
We should exploit the fact that he remained fit to try and move him off. If needs be even for free (as long as someone pays his salary)
To je kurac frende.
Cunha didn't come inside yesterday at all. He was wide hugging the line the whole 90 minutes.
He even tried the occasional one on one, even got past a player and took a good shot, then Mbuemo fumbled the rebound.
Shaw didn't come close to him never mind overlap! Lazy fecker was playing like a left centerback the whole 90.
He might be a good player, although that's an overstatement, but he's certainly not a good left back.
We desperatly need a proper young fully functioning left back, someone that can do the standard repetition and hold that course for 70' minutes straight.
Someone who provides outlet on the left, an option......you can't stretch a low block defensive line without a overlaping full back!! You just can't.
People complain that we're predictive and easy to play against, well of course we are, we don't provide enough attacking options!
Do you see where Gvardiol plays as a left back? His area of play? Shaw doesn't even cross the half way line for feck sake.
Get Kadioglu, get anyone......we missed a trick letting Alvaro go, because that's the ideal left back, but we absolutely need an upgrade.
If anything, replacing Casemiro is our number one priority, but replacing Shaw is up there with it.
Is it that he can't do it ? Doesn't wanna do it ?
I thought he was doing quite well at containing Elanga before he got booked and had his options severely restrained. It's obvious that Shaw alone can't provide the width we need down the left, without even mentioning the fact that he's been playing as a CB quite frequently over the past 2 yrs which has completely dulled his attacking instincts or that he's no longer as agile/explosive as he used to be.
The lack of a natural winger to help him out just worsens everything because 8 times out of 10 Cunha drifts infield. Shaw is still a very serviceable player capable of some top performances and i would be in no hurry to move him on, i think Dorgu can replace him soon if he keeps improving. I just don't think we'll have the budget to go chasing after a fullback when there are gaping holes at CM and LW.
The lack of a natural winger to help him out just worsens everything because 8 times out of 10 Cunha drifts infield. Shaw is still a very serviceable player capable of some top performances and i would be in no hurry to move him on, i think Dorgu can replace him soon if he keeps improving. I just don't think we'll have the budget to go chasing after a fullback when there are gaping holes at CM and LW.
Same on the other side too. What I'd give to replace Shaw with Lewis Hall!
Good pair of full-backs. Thought Trippier was MotM last night, reasonably comfortably so, a classy display from him. And he's a Red... Could have had him from Atletico.
They have the injured Tino Livramento too! Newcastle have three full backs that would start for us!
He is done as FB. No one is paying us money for him, so we can't sell either.
Move him to CB for good.
Move him to CB for good.
Nah, will be sold or just stay as a squad player - very obvious he is not ready to play at this level if we want a Fb who can overlap and contribute in the attack.
£40m for Truffert in the summer, done
Gone under the radar how bad he's been this season.
He's managed 4 dribbles in 29 games. Completed 5 crosses all season at a 14% rate. He's setting career lows for key passes, progressive passes and combined ground/aerial duels won.
I still think he's a smart defender, reads the game intelligently... but you look at just about any starting left-back in the league and he doesn't stack up well.
He's managed 4 dribbles in 29 games. Completed 5 crosses all season at a 14% rate. He's setting career lows for key passes, progressive passes and combined ground/aerial duels won.
I still think he's a smart defender, reads the game intelligently... but you look at just about any starting left-back in the league and he doesn't stack up well.
It wouldn't surprise me if he calls it a day at the end of next season.
He should be used as a cover for CB now, he is no longer good enough to be played as a fullback, he does not have it in him anymore. Just slows the game down way too much.
If he manage to scam his way into the world cup squad ill be amazed by how stupid Tuchel actually is for taking him. I actually believe he can put a shift in going forward more but doesn't do it because he doesn't wanna risk an injury. Pathetic mentality if you ask me, but at this point we all know shaw priorities england over united, we have after all seen it before. If there is a player that represents everything that's wrong with this squad it has to be him.
We could have. most here were turning their noses up as if we were too good for him or something.
Remember he was starting for Southampton at 16. He was an early developer, and always quite big boned. Players like that tend to decline physically sooner than late bloomers and players with naturally leaner physiques.
Maybe Tuchel told him he has a place save for the world cup and should just focus on not getting injured?
During Ole's time there was a game in which Gary Neville was the sky commentator. He said that he would have struggled in modern football as it demands far too much running from a fullback. Quite frankly that statement did shock me. You could criticize Gaz on some aspects of his game (ex technique, his late tackles from behind etc) but there's no doubt that he was quite an engine. However its evident that modern football is asking a lot from fullbacks who are now expected to cover both the FB role and what used to be the traditional winger role.
Luke Shaw will be 31 in July. His injury list is longer than the Great North road and its evident that he lost some of his pace. I don't think he can run up and down the pitch as he used to.
This describes most the squad that day sadly.
Well, he has to make the England squad first.
Don’t think Tuchel is a fan.