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Yep, that's a pretty good summary of it.
Yeah, me too. But he's BFS so everything is allright and the glorious pass to Herrera against Brugge. But I think he'll raise his level once he sheds the few summer pounds of his.
That was far more Smalling's fault than it was Darmian's. He let him get behind him and lost where he was. It was the same situation in the previous clip.
To be fair, Valencia has not really offered us anything offensively for a whilst, not since his injury. No longer do we see him use raw pace and strength to beat a man, in one on one situations he was not the most skillful but his cut backs or pace used to have him win most situations, and he was not afraid to put a cross in. Now he usually passes, more often than not backwards, instead of whipping in a cross or taking a man on. He can get quite deep into the attacking half on that right wing and then he just slows everything down.
Or Valencia's in last few years.
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Agreed. But I suppose it's quite nice for a new player to come into the team and feel appreciated very early on. Good on him, hopefully it continues for a long time.
He played as a wing back quite regularly for Italy and Torino. Most of the time he makes forward runs but Mata opts to go inside.
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Off to Barcelona in the summer
Standard performance for him, though tonight he's had a couple more opportunities to get the ball when he's gone forward than the last couple of matches. Good to hear an oppo fan appreciating his performance!
Yeah that's what I've noticed the most, seems impossible to dribble around, always comes away with the ball.
I don't think we can stop it I'm afraid, his first instinct is to stop the player. I think he's one of the best one on one defenders I've seen wearing the red shirt, I'd love his attacking game to improve but defensively he's outstanding.
Yep, just worried about the prospect of having to play Valencia there if he does get suspended!
Spot on. This is the thing I've been most impressed with.
Like many Italian players, his tactical knowledge, reading of the game and cleverness helps him a lot
Saw some glimpses of good attacking play, that chance that Carrick created for Darmian to put in a good cross could have resulted in a goal if Fellaini's touch was better.
and that run where Herrera picked him out. With more confidence I can see him make more runs
We have bought him to defend.... Last season, every team exploited us on the right side and we looked so vulnerable .... we eventually had to double up every time a team attacked us on our right....
