[Devil may care]

Just like Shaw he was woeful, we are putting a lot of emphasis on the fullbacks providing attacking width and he is sorely lacking in this department.

 

[Adam-Utd]

Would rather play Ashley young.

 

[Robbie Boy]

It seems a few now regard 'that' as a good performance. Shows how far we have fallen, if nothing else. Darmian is one of the players I would drive to a new club tomorrow.

 

[Fahad Jawaid]

How the feck did we manage to sign him, the scouting guy has to be fired, we kept this moron and sold Rafael. We are the most stupid run club in the world for sure.

 

[Man-United]

One of the superb signings LvG did. Great scouting..

 

[3KDré]

Joe Riley please? Shaw was worse but still.

 

[Sandikan]

You know a right back is breathtakingly mediocre when you massively miss Valencia.

 

[LuisNaniencia]

I dont really agree with any of that, and think that the entire post is complete BS.

Sorry he's right mate. Wish he wasn't but he is. The thought of him marking Sanchez in a couple of weeks is terrifying.

 

[Sylar]

Needs to stay behind after training and just practice the art of crossing.
Whether its on the run or stopping with so much space and under no pressure.

 

[CR#7]

absolute wank hopefully sold in Jan

 

[Lawman]

You know a right back is breathtakingly mediocre when you massively miss Valencia.

Valencia has been excellent this season. Not sure why your slagging him off by critiquing Darmain.

 

[.Rossi]

More like fecking Doormatteo Darmian

Absolute puts

 

[gza the genius]

One of the very few out there who seems to be trying tonight

I thought this as well. He was pretty terrible going forward but he was basically the only one out there that appeared to show any fight.

 

[Bojan11]

He's not quick and weak as piss.

Not really a good combination for a defender. Sadly we have a few of them like this.

 

[dichinero]

One of the very few out there who seems to be trying tonight

Exactly. Overreaction in this place. He didn't provide much in attack but given that Rashford ahead was poor, Fener had little joy down our right flank.

 

[Hed Zitin]

We don't have any proper quality width on the right now. None of our attacking players are going make up for him. They all want to play in field, so they won't add much needed wide play. Huge problem.

 

[Hugh Jass]

I dont rate him. Doesnt have a head on when to pass and when not to.

 

[redzombie]

who sold Rafael was that Moyes or LVG, seems crazy now.

 

[Bojan11]

who sold Rafael was that Moyes or LVG, seems crazy now.

Yes because Rafael has been brilliant for Lyon. Oh look he is injured.

Rafael wasn't the answer too.

 

[Vashu]

We don't have any proper quality width on the right now. None of our attacking players are going make up for him. They all want to play in field, so they won't add much needed wide play. Huge problem.

With shit being repeatedly served from our wide players the emphasis is on full backs to take up the attacking mantle. At the same time they're not exempt from their defensive duties in the slightest, which probably stems from the fact that our midfield composition is totally screwed up. Playing as a FB must be the most invidious task in our team.

 

[m1y2]

Yes because Rafael has been brilliant for Lyon. Oh look he is injured.

Rafael wasn't the answer too.

Occasionally injured Rafael is still way better than Darmian ever will be and is a year younger too

 

[m1y2]

Ashley Young, TFM, Joe Riley from the players who could be better today on the right even Tuanzebe, at least he would be solid going back and could win us a few headers... and we insist playing this flop

Well Joe Riley trained with the first team lately so hopefully he's impressing manager but I have no doubt Mourinho will not be willing to give him any chance as he's just Mourinho

 

[Bojan11]

Occasionally injured Rafael is still way better than Darmian ever will be and is a year younger too

Ocassionally? You are having a laugh.

 

[Scholesy]

One of the players we need to sell unfortunately. Not even good as backup. Very good defender but awful in attack.

 

[xplatformjedi]

Just like Shaw he was woeful, we are putting a lot of emphasis on the fullbacks providing attacking width and he is sorely lacking in this department.

This.

Used this way Antonio Valencia is light years better than Darmian. Offensively AND defensively.

 

[m1y2]

Ocassionally? You are having a laugh.

he was more often than not before Van Gaal came, then he seemed to be pretty fit but wasnt given proper chance but we know how crazy vangle was

 

[Ixion]

Valencia 90% of the time is a terrible crosser but it's miles better than Darmian's.

 

[stevoc]

Yes because Rafael has been brilliant for Lyon. Oh look he is injured.

Rafael wasn't the answer too.

Darmian got injured quite a lot last season too so it's not like he really improved the squad in terms of reliability.

And thats without stating the obvious, even though Rafael isn't the worlds greatest right back and his injury problems are a negative he's still twice the player Darmian is in defence and attack, i would swap them tomorrow. Give me 25-30 games from someone who can attack and has some balls over 45-50 games of plodding meh any day.

This bit of business epitomizes Van Gaal's transfer policy.

 

[stevoc]

You know a right back is breathtakingly mediocre when you massively miss Valencia.

Yeah was thinking the same thing last night sad times.

 

[Born2Lose]

I do feel sorry for our fullbacks, it's always been a thankless job. Used to remember Evra getting abuse on here when he was basically trying his best to run up and down the pitch for 90 minutes.

Our wingers are so bad that our fullbacks are responsible for attacking, crossing while also defending and covering for a mixture of poor centerbacks.

I think the problem is the spine of the team is rotten and am amazed that Mourinho didn't recognise it before he joined, if you have a base of two quality cb's and two CM's, I suspect the fullbacks would improve and Pogba would be able to concentrate a lot more on attacking.

 

[VorZakone]

I don't understand it. This guy did well in the Serie A, performed adequately for the Italian national team but has been very mediocre in the PL apart from his first few games.

 

[Dobbs]

I do feel sorry for our fullbacks, it's always been a thankless job. Used to remember Evra getting abuse on here when he was basically trying his best to run up and down the pitch for 90 minutes.

Our wingers are so bad that our fullbacks are responsible for attacking, crossing while also defending and covering for a mixture of poor centerbacks.

I think the problem is the spine of the team is rotten and am amazed that Mourinho didn't recognise it before he joined, if you have a base of two quality cb's and two CM's, I suspect the fullbacks would improve and Pogba would be able to concentrate a lot more on attacking.

Agree with this. We ask way too much of the right back because we very rarely have a proper winger in front of them.

 

[George Beast]

There's no reason why he should start ahead of TFM, absolutely none. TFM is a physical beast and has pace for days, all things Darmian lacks. Yes TFM's defending might be a bit suspect as RB but in games like yesterday or against Burnley, there was hardly any defending to be done. Why then does Darmian continue to start? To be fair to Mourinho, he's given Darmian his chance because he's hardly played all season. But it's now clear that he just isn't going to cut it. He's mentally weak as feck and not exactly the type of player you want when things get tough. TFM, besides being physically superior, is a youth product so you can at least trust him to have some fight in him for the club. I'd start him pronto as RB until Valencia gets healthy or until we buy Fabinho in Jan.

 

[ivaldo]

Played very well so far today.

 

[bosnian_red]

Yeah he looks a lot better on the left for some reason. Kind of like Azpilicueta though not as much bite. He could be a very useful player for us if he added more bite and determination to his game. Been looking a bit better generally in recent weeks so I guess he works as a squad player.

 

[OnlyTwoDaSilvas]

Good defender. Barrow is a tricky winger and he won that battle. Still gives away too many fouls in non-dangerous situations though. Needs to pick his battles a bit better.

 

[TMDaines]

Made our left flank far more potent today. Far better than Shaw at offering an overlapping option.

 

[Scholesy]

He seems much fitter than Shaw but don't think he is good enough long term

 

[kundalini]

I thought he was impressive today. Suspect the system helped him in the first half as he seemed to be free most times we moved forwards. 2nd half had to do some defending.

 

[amf_33]

He was very good, his best performance in quite a while.