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He struggled against Madueke imo. Probably more likely he'll start as RCB vs Spurs with Amad on wingback (especially as Dalot won't be ready to start that game).
 
Must be close to being his worst game this season. I can’t believe I’m hoping that Dalot is ready for Wednesday. Maz as CB instead of Lindelof.
 
DON’T PANIC ™ said:
Must be close to being his worst game this season. I can’t believe I’m hoping that Dalot is ready for Wednesday. Maz as CB instead of Lindelof.
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Newcastle was worse. I’ve never been convinced with him as a wingback personally but I like him a lot as RCB. He had some good performances out wide in this system (e.g Arsenal at home) but these were the anomalies.

He works a little better as a wingback when Garnacho is playing on the right, because he is more effective coming in and underlapping than Dalot, which works well when Garnacho pushes wide. With both him and Amad on the right, both are coming in too much and we lose width.
 
Another player hung out to dry by this hipster we hired. Brilliant right back. Not a good enough winger, unsurprisingly.
 
Rozay said:
Another player hung out to dry by this hipster we hired. Brilliant right back. Not a good enough winger, unsurprisingly.
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I think his defensive qualities are all that great either, if we compare him to players such as Wan-Bissaka.
 
He's been struggling recently, but I'm pretty sure he's played the most games out of any club in the top leagues in Europe this season, or close to it.
 
DRJosh said:
I think his defensive qualities are all that great either, if we compare him to players such as Wan-Bissaka.
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Mazraoui was better as an all-round defender when he was played at RB this season than AWB was. AWB is an incredible tackler and was great at shutting down opposition dribblers and blocking his man getting a cross in, but he had quite a few weaknesses as well. Often broke our offside trap, was terrible at defending crosses coming in from the other side to his back post (although he was improving that in his last season), could struggle with his positioning when teams were playing short passes around and was also quite lazy at getting back when the opposition got in behind him. Mazraoui wasn't as good at dealing with out-and-out dribblers (pretty much no one is) but overall I'd say he was an upgrade even defensively.

Mazraoui was also very good at RCB up until the last month or two when he's gone right off the boil. Hopefully he can recapture some of that earlier form for the final.

RWB is a different story though and he's been mostly poor there.
 
DRJosh said:
I think his defensive qualities are all that great either, if we compare him to players such as Wan-Bissaka.
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Arguably, but I don’t think there was a defensive drop off as such in comparison (I’m a big Wan-Bissaka fan for the record). Mazraoui was a unanimously successful signing until Amorim showed up with his bullshit. Since then, he’s been everything but a fecking right back.
 
Didn't have a good game yesterday, got skinned many times by Madueke
 
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Didn't have a good game yesterday, got skinned many times by Madueke
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That's his weakness in those right back positions. Get him one vs one, stop start him, and you can get the best of him.

So he's not complete.

But who is? He's still a very good player and a very good defender.

I've said since he arrived I'd like to see him as a 6. Just plonk him in front of the backline. I think he'd be really good there. Better on the ball than Ugarte, cleaner ball winner.
 
Tottenham 1:0 Man Utd
I actually had him as our worst player.
 
He's just a whole bunch of nothing. He doesn't really have any outstanding attributes.

Not very fast, particularly strong, no real creativity, not a great dribbler.
 
Atrocious game. Probably his worst since Newcastle and what a time he picked. He’s never a wingback in a million years, and I’ve been saying that all season, but needs must I guess.

We were visibly better on that side with Dalot on, but it was a pretty low bar so I’m not surprised
 
We already knew he doesnt add much to the attack as a wingback. When i saw the line up i thought yoro,maguire and maz at cb with shaw and Dorgu as wingbacks.
 
He’s not a wingback. Bad game yet still made important defensive interventions
 
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He's just a whole bunch of nothing. He doesn't really have any outstanding attributes.

Not very fast, particularly strong, no real creativity, not a great dribbler.
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I've been saying this for a while. He offers very little but is hyped to the high heavens by many United supporters. Nothing but excuses for his poor performances in here
 
Thought he did well in defence and was good in that respect. Didn't offer much going forward though.
 
Absolute cnut for just waving that cross into the box.
 
I can't believe how he wasn't absolutely throwing himself at Sarr trying to stop that cross. Too often our wingbacks just stay back and watch while the opponent crosses. Must be laziness because our defence is nowhere near good enough for us to let teams cross so easily.
 
He's played one too many games and it's taken a toll on his performances. I don't recall him frequently making mistakes like he did today earlier in the season, and this time it's cost us dearly.
 


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Check the amount of space and time the Tottenham player has to whip in the cross. Was even able to take an extra touch.
Harry also not attempting to challenge for the ball as it goes by him.

The defending here. Christ almighty !!
 
CannibalSpectre said:
I've been saying this for a while. He offers very little but is hyped to the high heavens by many United supporters. Nothing but excuses for his poor performances in here
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He is a decent right back byt absolutely not a wing back
 
Did very as an orthodox full back at the start of the season, is much less as a WB or a RCB, but the system is god
 
I think he started off the season well, but he's got worse as it progressed. Almost like he lowered his own standards and is coasting. He's night and day to how he was playing when he arrived, it's like he's a different person.

But maybe its a simple case of not being able to play wing back, I don't particularly trust him in a three at the back either, if this second half of the season is anything to go by. So then what use is he?

All in all, another one who doesn't exactly move me, and once again a potential dud of a transfer.
 
Judas said:
I think he started off the season well, but he's got worse as it progressed. Almost like he lowered his own standards and is coasting. He's night and day to how he was playing when he arrived, it's like he's a different person.

But maybe its a simple case of not being able to play wing back, I don't particularly trust him in a three at the back either, if this second half of the season is anything to go by. So then what use is he?

All in all, another one who doesn't exactly move me, and once again a potential dud of a transfer.
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Because he got moved to Wing Back and he's fecking tragic there.

He's largely done well at RCB.
 
Was solid most of the season but has turned to complete crap in the last couple of months. Shame, but it seems to be the fate that befalls every United player who isn't Bruno Fernandes.
 
He actually played a big role in taking Amad out of the game in the second half. He was about 10 yards away from him, and he was making no effort to drag his own man away so the right flank was congested. He only started doing it, when Amad told him to underlap or take the inside channel but it was too late at the point.
 
Bobski said:
Did very as an orthodox full back at the start of the season, is much less as a WB or a RCB, but the system is god
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He was very good at RCB for most of the season as well, just as good as he was at RB. It's just been the last couple of months that his form has dropped right off in that position (he has consistently been poor at wingback though).

The question is whether that early form was the norm and he's now just had a rough patch (possibly due to playing too much, or possibly due to switching back and forwards between the wingback role), or whether the earlier form was a fluke run of good form and what we've seen the last couple of months is what we can expect going forward. If it's the former I'm happy going forward with him as first choice at RCB for the next season or two at least, but if it's the latter then we might need to bring in another CB who suits the wide central defender position (unless we think Heaven is ready).
 
I think he's been off it for a while, probably since Amorim took over. Can do a job as one of the back 3 but he's no good at wing back, offers zero attacking threat. But then also, he's prone to giving away stupid fouls at the back too.

At 12m, a decent squad option for his versatility but I think he was overhyped at the start and is probably now showing his true level.
 
Blood Mage said:
Was solid most of the season but has turned to complete crap in the last couple of months. Shame, but it seems to be the fate that befalls every United player who isn't Bruno Fernandes.
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He’s had the good coached out of him. It’s happened to every one of our players. Even Bruno.
 
Man Utd 2:0 Aston Villa
Hopefully the injury wasn't too serious. 55 appearances this season, that's the same amount as in 2 seasons at Bayern.
Considering concerns about his injury record prior to joining, he's done well for lasting this long without getting crocked.
 
Shame as he played really well up until getting injured, and is probably one of 2 or 3 who can say they’ve had a half decent season.
 
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