Rafael has such an impact on us, you could almost always see how much more dangerous we are with him.
33
Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 18
- Clean sheets
- 5
- Goals
- 0
- Assists
- 0
- Yellow cards
- 2
I hope to see a good performance from him later on today, whether it be RB or not.
Very high praise indeed from van Gaal in the media about this lad.
Given that LVG rarely praises players he really must see something in him.
Start him today at RB and lets see if he can handle West Ham.
If he can keep this up at RB he'll have a future here. Our right backs are terrible.
It would be brilliant if McNair could cement the RB spot for himself. A homegrown talent and then no need to buy a new RB. Hopefully he plays there against West Ham today to see how he gets on.
Getting a little bit carried away after a good performance against a dire league two side.
Today we'll see if he is good enough against tougher opposition.
Today we'll see if he is good enough against tougher opposition.
He looks a bit like Shaemus Coleman too..
A very Irish way to spell it how you say it.
Nothing would be better than this! However, Cambridge were beyond shite at OT but I'm still excited to see how he gets on against better teams.
2 minutes since the club posted it on Facebook and here it is! I'll never be quick enough to break any news here 
Lovely news though.
Lovely news though.
Don't we normally give young players longer deals? Is this just a reflection of how quickly it has happened, or could it be a new policy?
Man Utd 3:1 Burnley
Having a decent game. Really is good on the ball.
Struggled in tight spaces for me personally but he is young. I like his passing.
Once Herrera came on and gave him a hand against Kightly he improved.
Got a right foot like a traction engine. Can't wait to see one of those thunderbastards hit the back of the net.
I thought he did pretty well today. One of our better players.
He's pretty good on the ball.
But struggled defensively first half with the diamond. 2nd he was good defensively and got sm crucial headers too in a 4-4-2 when Di Maria was also helping out.
But struggled defensively first half with the diamond. 2nd he was good defensively and got sm crucial headers too in a 4-4-2 when Di Maria was also helping out.
Thought he was ok. Nothing special. More composed than the rest of the cnuts back there though.
An upgrade on Valencia.
Thought he was awful in the first half. I can't believe LVG favours him over Rafael. I've yet to see that he has the potential to make it here. His only really good game came against a League 2 side.
He's not really that good at right back.
His best game was probably against West Ham. That game against a league 2 side just happens to be his only other game as a RB.
Cambridge was still his best game for me, regardless of where he played. But you're right, he was pretty good against West Ham as well. Today wasn't impressive for me, Kightly had him in his pocket in the first half.
Clear that he's better in a position where he doesn't have to be as careful with his passing as a central defender does. Set up a lot of good attacks with some fairly risky passes I could never see Valencia making.
Thought he had a decent to good game(Highlight been the pass to Di Maria in the Burnley box).
Well some questioned if he could play RB against better opposition and tonight it didn't look like he had the pace for it. I love the accuracy of his delivery but the fullback position requires pace more than ever these days. Oddly enough I think he could make a decent DM.
What impresses me the most is his passing. Plays the right ball at the right pace - and more positive than all our defenders.
Can't fault him for effort, but we would be so much better with a right back out there. Rafael, where are you 
He's a CB, and he could be a very good one. Shouid certainly be playing there ahead of Evans now.
Still needs to learn when to move forward but his passing is really good
In the squad again and we're winning. Still raw but he's aware what tempo we should play to create something.
His football education started promising but still some long road ahead.
His football education started promising but still some long road ahead.
I agree, he lacks any speed needed at RB he doesn't need that much of strength there but he struggle with it today little bit too, also his work with the ball is overrated, he's had a good shot and looks like he likes to pass the ball which is one of his biggest assets, passing the ball with his head up. He just needs to get muscles.. wonder if he could handle defensive midfielder role, he couldn't do much worse than rooney.. but the muscles are really needed he is very week kid..
Rafael back to the first team asap..
Don't think he's good enough isolated in one-on-one's against wingers to be a great right back. He's really good on the ball though.
I like the look of this kid, whether it will be RB or RCB I think he could have a good future here.
He plays.. we win.
He was decent at second half, but I'm not really convinced about him. Right back is better position for him at the moment given his inconsistency on ball. He wasn't particularly good defensively, losing tons of headers to Michael Kightly and looking quite slow at times.
He had a decent game tonight and it was nice to see him try a shot on goal from distance.