Felt for the lad, but our defenders didn't seem to have a clue what they were doing.
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His first bad game. Ouch!
Feel for him, but it had to be done.
Noted that he gave the ball away too often in his early performances, today he did it 2 or 3 times before being taken off. A lack of composure. Having said that I dont think he was much more guilty of it than Rojo who was lucky it wasnt him getting taken off for the same reason.
That was the performance a lot of us were cautious of when loads of people were constantly calling for him to start and asking why Smalling and Evans should get the call ahead of him.
Poor but tactics more or less forced him to be poor, should just hoof the ball rather than try to play out, only got caught out because he wants to play football but we don't have enough in midfield to do that
He's made mistakes before, this is the first match that it's been costly.
Those who said there's clear light and day between him and Blackett hopefully will see that they are very similarly matched.
McNair's composure gives him the edge over Blackett for me but neither are ready for the first team.
He'll be fine.
Those who said there's clear light and day between him and Blackett hopefully will see that they are very similarly matched.
McNair's composure gives him the edge over Blackett for me but neither are ready for the first team.
He'll be fine.
His passing was really bad today. Feel for him, he's young and hope he doesn't let it affect him.
He was poor but he wasn't the problem either.
Don't think he is suited to a back 3.
Don't think he is suited to a back 3.
Nightmare performance. Gave away the ball and was caught on the ball too many times. Didn't help that Evans came on next to him. Smalling made a huge difference.
He has been punished by LVG
LvG being very honest here. Says Paddy had 'no confidence' after gifting Southampton three chances. Had no choice but to take him off.
and to be honest with you i agree with LVG. The boy looked devoid of confidence. Taking him off was the best for him.
Still better than Evans.
no he wasnt mate.
Seriously, he lacked confidence. at his age it was the best way to deal with the situation.
yep....Evans at his sparking best tonight.
PS. My cardiologists say i will be all right.
yeah, he was bad today. Young players have those games.
Glad LvG took him off, lost all his composure and cool after being forced into mistake after mistake by Soton's pushing.. We need 2 DM's, not one.. Defenders didn't have an outlet as Soton just man marked any player that the defense could have passed to, mainly Carrick. And looks like LvG has said keep long balls to a minimum, and all the defenders just kept dwelling on the ball for far too long
He was bound to have a poor performance. It happens, especially for a 19 year old kid who wasn't even our top youth defender coming into the year.
He was very poor but not surprising he is nowhere near ready for the first team, luckily he hasn't coat us any points but it's clear he isn't the answer to our CB problems for at least a couple of years.
Feel sorry for the lad, but can't say our other defenders look any better. We look all over the place with three at the back. Surely Van Gaal can see that.
He actually is!He's done pretty well in all the other games he's played so the first part is wrong. You expect inconsistency in youngsters, it's all part of the learning process. We'll find out far more about his character in how he reacts when next selected.
What comes after "no confidence" ? As that'll be what Rojo has, giving away more than 3 chances
Him and Blackett are only playing because of injuries, ideally they won't play much for rest of the season because neither is good enough at the moment, inconsistent performances Re to be expected but there is also a big difference between doing a good job for a few games and being good enough to play regularly. at this time he is nowhere near easy to play regularly to the level required.
If you'd clarified that you meant that he's not ready to regularly I would have agreed with you. He's relatively inexperienced as a CB as was an attacking midfielder until he suddenly had a growth spurt and filled in at the back for the Academy when they had an injury crisis.
He wasn't injured?
Was disappointing but he's just a 19 year old playing in an unfamiliar set-up being part of a leaky defense and shielded by a midfield which was all over the place. Hardly an environment for a developing teenager to excel in, esp in a high pressure match against a good team away.
Really should have done better with his passing though and he was deservedly taken off with the right side of defense being a liability in the early exchanges of the match. Will be a good lesson for him mentally I hope.
Really should have done better with his passing though and he was deservedly taken off with the right side of defense being a liability in the early exchanges of the match. Will be a good lesson for him mentally I hope.
I didn't think he was that bad. One glaring mistake to play in Long. Other than that it was like the Arsenal first half where he started shaky. And that's to be expected from a young player fresh in first team action, away to a talented side and in silly set up.
In a normal back 4 he's shown he's astute enough to play smartly at the back and let his decision making balance out a lack of pace. In a 3 it's ability to make swift turns which is causing everyone problems IMO.
In a normal back 4 he's shown he's astute enough to play smartly at the back and let his decision making balance out a lack of pace. In a 3 it's ability to make swift turns which is causing everyone problems IMO.
I liked LvG's post match interview. Very honest but also the bit about it being "just one match, just one moment in a lifetime". He will know what to do with Paddy going forward, he's seen it all before with these promising but raw youngsters.
Any link to his interview?
He made several bad choices. To be fair to him, both Evans and Rojo made the same mistakes several times in the same position. Risky passes, caught on the ball, leaving space to run in. This points toward them being casualties of van gaal's game plan and the lack of options from midfield. Young did better than valencia, and carrick better than fellaini and herrera, but all struggled, so I'd put most of the burden on van gaal's shoulders. But he has to make the decisions, and he did, and it looked scrappy, and it collected a win away against a better placed team. So in the end i guess we should laud all and scrape all more equally.
Sorry mate I just saw it on the stream after the game. I'm sure one will pop up soon.
Felt a bit sorry for him really. He was having a shocker but he is young and will learn from this experience hopefully.
Let's see if he can bounce back from this... my guess is yes. A setback is the perfect step for a comeback as they say
Still we have won every game he's started!
Felt for the lad but it had to happen. I thought he was going to wait till half time though. Had a bit of a mare. He's what, 19 though he'll learn from it. I doubt before the season started he was even expecting to play for the first team this season.
Felt for the lad but it had to happen. I thought he was going to wait till half time though. Had a bit of a mare. He's what, 19 though he'll learn from it. I doubt before the season started he was even expecting to play for the first team this season.
Felt a bit sorry for him. Think it's time he goes back to the U/21s to get some confidence up. That is two poor games in a row. He is young though, with much time to improve. He has filled in admirably when we needed him too.
Difficult one for him tonight but all part of the learning curve.
Thought he was okay until Smalling went off. The he sort of fell to pieces and the tactical change was needed. However while Paddy was poor, Rojo for me horrific.
He'll be fine long term, but the sub had to be done. He's done very well so far on the whole but was a bit lost out there today, got taken off before he potentially costed the team which would have been even worse for his confidence.