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Easy, he wasn't brilliant in his first 6 or 7 games.Just another one of Dr LvG's successful experiments. Somehow turns Italy's best right back into a fecking blind donkey is one season.
How can he go from brilliant in his first 6 or 7 games to this...? How is it possible?
Bollocks.Easy, he wasn't brilliant in his first 6 or 7 games.
I don't want to make excuses for him, but the drop off in performance is alarming.Just another one of Dr LvG's successful experiments. Somehow turns Italy's best right back into a fecking blind donkey is one season.
How can he go from brilliant in his first 6 or 7 games to this...? How is it possible?
He gets beaten by anyone with decent pace, and lacks in a lot of ways, but close up tackling he's good.For a guy who is suppose to be great at tackling, he does give away plenty of fouls away, i am just surprised how poor he is, given his reputation when we bought him. He and Rojo are both so shit its unthinkable. We have been robbed with these two players, and to think we have given Rafa away for these two jerks.
It isn't bollocks at all, the attacking game was nonexistent as it always was and his defending was pretty good but still worse than Smalling, Shaw, and Blind. He was decent, certainly not brilliant. He was overrated due to being a new signing and was nowhere near as good as people were going on.Bollocks.
It is bollocks. Look around page 21 of this thread for proof of opinion of him when he started out. And its no surprise hes not the only one whos suffered as a result.Easy, he wasn't brilliant in his first 6 or 7 games.
He was excellent the first month, but it's gone rapidly downhill from there. IF we get a new manager I'm hoping they can kind of salvage something from the guy because if he keeps this up he is gone.Easy, he wasn't brilliant in his first 6 or 7 games.
Beard? What the feck? I was certain that was a tarantula on the side of his face.Mentioned it in the match day thread. Sterling gets stick for his beard, but Darmian's is pathetic.
That doesn't mean shit, people were wanking themselves silly every time Schweinsteiger touch the pitch without doing shit. New signings are always overrated on here, threads were made because Memphis was so great and complaining he wasn't getting to play every minute of every game. He was pretty good for the first month in a really strong backline in which he was the worst member of. Hardly that impressive and certainly not brilliant. Once the rest of the backline's levels dropped he has turned to absolute shite.It is bollocks. Look around page 21 of this thread for proof of opinion of him when he started out. And its no surprise hes not the only one whos suffered as a result.
I agree. I didn't get the early plaudits.Easy, he wasn't brilliant in his first 6 or 7 games.
I dont get your bolded part when your next line is about Darmian being pretty good for the first month. Whether he was the weakest part makes no difference either. Its like me saying Scholes was really good but the weakest in our midfield of Scholes/Keane/Beckham/Giggs. It doesnt diminish his own levels.That doesn't mean shit, people were wanking themselves silly every time Schweinsteiger touch the pitch without doing shit. New signings are always overrated on here, threads were made because Memphis was so great and complaining he wasn't getting to play every minute of every game. He was pretty good for the first month in a really strong backline in which he was the worst member of. Hardly that impressive and certainly not brilliant. Once the rest of the backline's levels dropped he has turned to absolute shite.
He wasn't tight enough on Eriksen, as usual he was slack in his positioning.He was beside Eriksen. Eriksen crossed it and Alli was free. When Mensah was on, there were plenty of crosses that come from that side. It just so happened that they scored off two of them.
Plenty of players give away free kicks. As a team, we still have to make sure we mark up.
Darmian's played in our last couple of games and has done well, where he's been part of a back four keeping a clean sheet against both, City and Everton. People were questioning his omission from the team today.
Brilliant is a bit of an overstatement. Played well, looked solid defensively yes, brilliant hell fecking no.Just another one of Dr LvG's successful experiments. Somehow turns Italy's best right back into a fecking blind donkey is one season.
How can he go from brilliant in his first 6 or 7 games to this...? How is it possible?
The bolded part is that people wank themselves silly over every new signing so what they post after a signing means absolutely nothing so there is no point referencing back to it.I dont get your bolded part when your next line is about Darmian being pretty good for the first month. Whether he was the weakest part makes no difference either. Its like me saying Scholes was really good but the weakest in our midfield of Scholes/Keane/Beckham/Giggs. It doesnt diminish his own levels.
His defending was more than decent as you said in another post. In fact you just said he was pretty good. Fine line in opinion between pretty good and brilliant.
Plus if he was a one-off player that has regressed I could buy that. But its no shock hes not the first one that has struggled (especially with the whole crap of switching him from LB to RB back to LB back to RB stuff we did). His defending has certainly regressed and I blame the manager for the most part (but he should take his own responsibility).
Fully agree with this. Hes pretty damn brainless with that. Hes worse than Valencia at hitting opposition ankles.He hasn't shown an ounce of attacking ability from the get go which is embarrassing.
Only United fullbacks?That was one of the worst displays by a United full back that I've seen - good job it was only for 25 minutes or whatever! Colin Gibson - all is forgiven!
The weirdest thing is that, despite what we have seen from him since arriving, some on here still think he's great defensively and only poor in an offensive sense.Only United fullbacks?
I think standards have dropped to such a low level some don't know better any more.The weirdest thing is that, despite what we have seen from him since arriving, some on here still think he's great defensively and only poor in an offensive sense.
Your first paragraph answered your second there really. A-lot of fans have accepted blatant mediocrity and when a player has anything that resembles an adequate performance, some on here praise them to the hilt.I think standards have dropped to such a low level some don't know better any more.
I seen his early form described as brilliant a few pages back. If Darmian's displays in August were brilliant then what the feck were Neville, Irwin and Evra?
Yeah standards have really fell off a cliff among United fans.Your first paragraph answered your second there really. A-lot of fans have accepted blatant mediocrity and when a player has anything that resembles an adequate performance, some on here praise them to the hilt.
I've read some in the Lingard thread this season call him brilliant and describe some of his performances as excellent; there's also posters in here that think Darmian is 'excellent' in a defensive sense. I mean, that just says it all really.
Don't think hes been great but seriously who do you play instead?Yeah standards have really fell off a cliff among United fans.
I went into the Lingard performance thread for the first time a few weeks back. Wow couldn't believe half of what i was reading, as you say loads who think he's been brilliant. All i see is a kid who fair play to him tries hard but is mostly a passenger. 4-5 years ago under Fergie a player like that would have been on the outskirts of the squad like Obertan, Bebe etc. but under Van Gutt-a-squad he's a permanent fixture in the first XI.
As opposed to Lingard? Herrera, Memphis, Young, Januzaj and Pereira more or less in that order.Don't think hes been great but seriously who do you play instead?
Instead of who Darmian?Don't think hes been great but seriously who do you play instead?
No Lingard, but wrong thread anyway.Instead of who Darmian?
For Lingard in no particular order at AM Mata, Herrera, Rooney, Fellaini. At RW Young, Valencia, Januzaj, Depay.No Lingard, but wrong thread anyway.
Mainly been unavailable, not sure about Valencia either tbh. Also Memphis doesn't deserve to be starting ahead of Lingard (or at least didn't)For Lingard in no particular order at AM Mata, Herrera, Rooney, Fellaini. At RW Young, Valencia, Januzaj, Depay.
