I reckon Chilwell is more well rounded than Shaw. There's a reason City have been interested.
He had some good form early but he's made some mistakes defensively himself over the past 3 months or so. When Chilwell was originally picked over Shaw I thought it was deserved but his form dropped off since then.
We disagree on this, that's the difference. All good though.
A lot of their team would get in ours.
Nope
Don't agree. Can't count Tielemans for long-term planning, as you say, and while Maddison has done well and N'Didi is a great presser, I don't trust the latter's passing and Gray and Barnes look like backups for now and Albrighton the same and as an aging winger is probably due for a step down the Prem or even to the Champo.
Defending is a team job. Midfield is helping the defense a lot with defending. Particularly Ndidi and Choudhury both making vital contributions around and inside their own box.
Pereira as a 20 year old was playing as a winger for Vitoria Guimarães, with 22 barely played for Porto and was playing as a forward on the under 21 Euros making a partnership with Ivan Cavaleiro. Only started to play regularly as a fullback when he went on a 2 year loan for Nice under Puel and Favre before he returned to Porto. It’s not as easy as it looks.
Reminds me a bit of Denzel Dumfries (PSV and Netherlands fullback) really. Both good offensively, like to drive forward, but defensively suspect
Thing is though, when Puel was there you wouldn’t have been saying this. Now they have a coach that plays an attractive style and getting a better level out of his side.
Fair enough, honestly never watched either myself so I bow to your superior knowledge of the league and Portuguese players, Dalot was definitely meant to be first choice for Porto that season before Leicester City bought him, just don't understand why we would pay the same amount for a youth player with less than 10 games under his belt.
Decent point but I advocated Periera from Porto, and actually that season at Nice he looked promising.
Superior knowledge? No, I am not Doctor Nuno Espírito Santo. Thanks.
Well I know nothing about the Portuguese league so yeah, you have superior knowledge!Superior knowledge? No, I am not Doctor Nuno Espírito Santo. Thanks.
Will take that as a positive. No I agree with some of the points you made. I guess Ricardo fits on that category of players we didn’t expected much as a youth player and year by year he is getting better.
I honestly am trying to put myself on a positive note here before someone finds on my historic 1 year ago if he was good enough to play for Manchester United.
I mean if you watch one of his first games of the season at Bournemouth it was a nightmare for him vs Fraser. Horrible really.
Credit to him and Moutinho I guess they were the 2 best players from Portugal this season.
Let’s see if in the future Dalot can step up, but I also have some curiosity if Mourinho ever thought about Pereira or not.
I hope he doesn’t fit that category who looked great at youth tournaments but struggles at professional level. Well we can compare him with other player from the same country on the same position. Cancelo with 20 was playing on the B team at Benfica with Bernardo Silva. Honestly he better play as a right fullback, another thing is knowing how much he can develop or not.Well I know nothing about the Portuguese league so yeah, you have superior knowledge!
No doubt Dalot is talented, but I remember we used to look into players backgrounds and attitudes before signing them, Pereira has improved this season clearly, and you dont suddenly develop that attitude overnight.
The fact Dalot can't get past Young is worrisome to say the least.
All you say is true, I remember Foster looking good on loan before turning to crap here, I must say the interviews Dalot gave when he came here were impressive, I just cant get over how Young is still playing at right back after his performances this year.
If he doesn’t improve anything next season it might be that moment where everybody will ask why Mourinho didn’t went for Pereira. Must be said I have the impression Leicester went for him at a similar time as United for Dalot if I am not wrong.
you think he is better than Semedo or Cancelo?
Than Semedo for sure, and even if he isn’t better than Cancelo he currently is, because one plays every week and the other don’t. It’s a question of meritocracy for me. I am not a big fan of Semedo tbh.
Odd? Isn't signing young prospect exactly what the caf demands all the time?
Not when we needed a ready made fullback straight away. Dalot is clearly nowhere near ready either (not to mention never fit)
Is Periera that much older anyway? He'd have counted as young when Leicester bought him. Another huge own goal by our scouting department. Pereira went for only a few million more than Dalot is twice the player.
he's 25
Mourinho should know Portuguese fullbacks pretty well. I trust him on his judgement of Dalot. I think he’ll come good. Pereira is a cracking player but right back isn’t a position we need to be complaining about now
Mourinho also bought a centre back that can’t head - and now calls him out on it.
Yes, his knowledge of the Portuguese league is very good. He goes on about how much he watches it. He also bought Lindelof from the Portuguese league and has then gone on to talk about how weak he is in the air. Being a top defensive minded coach, that's a very odd move to make. It's Iike he knew he'd have to play attacking football at Manchester United but wasn't really sure how you do that so he bought a 'ball-playing' centre back and an young attacking right back and thought that would work out as that's what you do in attack minded teams.
Not really. They just tend not to want 28/29 year olds on big money who end up being a burden on the club.
It's not all bad as we have AWB.
I mean now yes, but we could have had another year of pereira and 1 less of young.
