You do realise that not every red card is a 3 game suspension yes?
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 18
- Clean sheets
- 5
- Goals
- 0
- Assists
- 0
- Yellow cards
- 2
Tell me when straight red cards have not been automatic 3 match suspensions...
Jones out with muscle problem right? I believe he will not be fully fit to participate next match so maybe another chance for Paddy to prove himself. I said it before but he certainly looke better than Scott Wooton.
When it's not violent conduct. So fairly often, to answer your question. Blackett is available next week - unless he gets injured, obviously.
Hadn't even heard of him, before he was banded about as a potential starter before the game, I'm ashamed to say. Looked good though and some of his positional play was outstanding at times. Great clearing header too.
Well in that case I stand corrected.
Loads of reasons, handball preventing a goal, denying a goal scoring opportunity, basically anything that's not covered under:-
-Attempting to kick or strike another player
-Violent Conduct
-Serious Foul Play
Something learned on this Saturday night at least.
Or the FAI could feck off and stop trying to steal youth players.I wonder if he wants to come play for the south.
Anyway, hopefully he'll go on to have a great career with United and Northern Ireland!
I'd be worried about starting him vs Lukaku and Everton tbh as well as he did. Same with Blackett though.
Smalling should be back, i guess if Jones isn't though.
Smalling should be back, i guess if Jones isn't though.
I would go With McNair. Blackett is to muck like Rojo and McNair is not as rash as Blackett and better in the air, compliment Rojo better.
I hope Jones will be back though. Jones and Rojo will surely give any attacker a hard time, they will feel meeting them after a match.
You won't find anyone happier than me in regards to McNair playing and playing well but we need to calm our tits. When the other CB's are fit, they will go ahead of him and rightly so. Sure, keep him involved and if the others are not fit, throw him in again but it's always one extreme with a youth debutant, not up to it or a new star, nothing in between and in reality, it's always in between.
No issue throwing him up against Lukaku but if one of the others are fit, it's a no brainer.
No issue throwing him up against Lukaku but if one of the others are fit, it's a no brainer.
Spot on with that. Only disagree with the last line.
Very impressed, hope he stay clear our of our defensive curse and really kick on this season.
Well I wouldn't want to play him against Lukaku but if van Gaal rates him and wants to give him a chance, I like to see that kind of faith, that's what I don't have the issue with. In regards to the difference in quality, pace, power and experience, I definitely don't want to see it lol.
Yeah I feel the same way. But Lukaku will bully all our defenders to be honest.
True.
So much hype only ever go to attacking players from our academy, I honestly had not heard of him or Blackett before this season and the two of them are absolute quality for their age.
If todays game is anything to go by, McNair will destroy Lukaku. He was garbage today. Concrete feet, first touch of a trampoline. Hopefully he carries that form into next weekend, and hopefully Martinez continues to put Lukaku out wide. No idea what his thinking is there. He looks awful out there.
He was wide to get the better of Moreno aerially and physically which he did on quite a few occasions tbf including the penalty incident and he did have chances which he missed.
If Mcnair and Rojo starts for us though can totally see him going back central and troubling him with his strength and pace. Mcnair isn't that quick either that if he gets beaten for strength he can recover. Will be a real big test if he plays for him as Everton have other threats too and are good going forwards. Can see it going horribly wrong if they turn up.
"He played very well," the manager said of the defender in an interview with MUTV. "I could have imagined a performance like this before the match because he’s a very good player. Mostly, players like this have good debuts. I’m very pleased for him that we won, because he played very well and his goal-saving header in the second half was fantastic. He was also very good with the ball at his feet."
His team-mates were equally praiseworthy of McNair's efforts and he will reflect on an afternoon's work well done when sitting in front of Match of the Day this evening. "Paddy did great," enthused van Persie. "I know how hard it is to make your debut. I made mine in Holland for Feyenoord and he made his for Manchester United in front of 75,000 people, at home, in a difficult period. He did really well on the ball. His decision-making was great and defensively he stood up well. It was great for him."
Rafael, the other member of the new-look back four, described him as "one to watch" and felt his performance was "brilliant". "He played very well, he played some fantastic football and everyone is really pleased with him," revealed the Brazilian. "He should keep working hard because he has a big future."
http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-F...cnair-debut-performance-praised.aspx?pageNo=2
Some high praise there.
His team-mates were equally praiseworthy of McNair's efforts and he will reflect on an afternoon's work well done when sitting in front of Match of the Day this evening. "Paddy did great," enthused van Persie. "I know how hard it is to make your debut. I made mine in Holland for Feyenoord and he made his for Manchester United in front of 75,000 people, at home, in a difficult period. He did really well on the ball. His decision-making was great and defensively he stood up well. It was great for him."
Rafael, the other member of the new-look back four, described him as "one to watch" and felt his performance was "brilliant". "He played very well, he played some fantastic football and everyone is really pleased with him," revealed the Brazilian. "He should keep working hard because he has a big future."
http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-F...cnair-debut-performance-praised.aspx?pageNo=2
Some high praise there.
Really? I thought it was a second yellow..dang.
The one thing I really liked about McNair was his technical ability on the ball. He looked extremely confident with the ball and passed well. Definitely one to watch with Blackett.
Really good debut. Obviously that header was brilliant. Pleased for him.
It's like the people here never learn, he's already the next Badstuber, really? 
You don't have to look farther than a month ago to see the praise being heaped on Blackett and look at him now. Same cycle again and you'd think people would finally realize to just calm their tits and not go overboard. Weirdos
Good debut by him, hope he continues to impress when given the chance, another youth player coming through is always nice to see.
You don't have to look farther than a month ago to see the praise being heaped on Blackett and look at him now. Same cycle again and you'd think people would finally realize to just calm their tits and not go overboard. WeirdosGood debut by him, hope he continues to impress when given the chance, another youth player coming through is always nice to see.
Have to say, and thin hat well and firmly on, Smalling and Evans should be embarrassed looking at him today.
His first game, in a nervous team, beside a player who has never played CB for us before and can't speak English, with a keeper in dodgy form behind him...All factors considered I thought he done brilliantly.
His first game, in a nervous team, beside a player who has never played CB for us before and can't speak English, with a keeper in dodgy form behind him...All factors considered I thought he done brilliantly.
LvG already said he doesn't like two left footed CB's together so I take it McNair will start.
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Blackett and Evans were starting together.
Anyway, that header was Vidic-esque.
Evans is right footed.
LvG also said he doesn't like two right footed CB's.
http://www1.skysports.com/football/...ham-win#ooid=0wOWhxcDrCxP9_dGEMqDVT7MaBdjW-Z7
Watch the video, towards the end.
Banned for one game as far as I know but doesn't matter, I expect McNair to start anyway.
But it was a straight red.....
10 years ago, I could keep up with these rule changes. Can't now. And I'm only 25!!
Game's gone mad
Evans is decent with his left foot but is naturally right-footed.
Red card for violent conduct - three games.
Red card for a professional foul like preventing a goalscoring opportunity - one game.
Evans isn't left footed.
No, you get a one game ban for a red. Blackett, as the last defender, hacked down a player going for goal hence the red. Rooney dangerously hacked down a player, hence the Red and a three match ban.
Played really well. I liked how comfortable he looked on the ball. Interesting prospect, at least. It'll be tough for center backs to come straight into the team, but that performance will have made some teams in the lower end of the Prem and the Champo sit up and notice, and start looking at him as a potential loanee at some point this year.
How was he for the reserves? He just came out of nowhere and put up a solid display for us. I hope we can see more of him.
dunno if this was posted before