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I'm curious why you've chosen to ignore that I said he was very good, and that Salah would still get the better of most fullbacks even when playing below his usual standard?
Why would Malacia go from Feyenoord to Ajax? He's a local kid, born and bred Rotterdam, and why would he play for the arch rivals?
This is so true. You can't expect to play pressing football when you don't have the personal. Our defense consisting of Shaw, Maguire and Lindelolf all prefer defending by backing down, letting their players get the ball and come at them. But if you truly want to play on the front foot, press and suffocate opponents then you'd need players like Tyrell and Martinez in defense, players who'll be glued to their attackers as much as they can and never giving them time to settle and have a go.
Been, with Haaland obviously, the best player for Norwegian NT the past two years. Especially offensively. Has he been bad for you?Yes, please buy Marcus Pederson from us aswell for 15 million
Not a fooking chance. Top full backs have always be good at putting the work in up and down the pitch. There's nothing that AWB has that would ever have made him a top full back.
From what I have seen he's pretty useless without loads of space. He sits on the bench behind Geertruida. Good player too. He's like Timber with less technical ability but a bit more height.
Does anyone know for sure how to actually pronounce his name correctly?
Both names, actually
I know you said that but trying to insinuate that it might because Salah was rubbish is what I was talking about. Why not just Malacia was just good.
That's perfect! Thank you.
True! We need a replacement asap!
We shoul not miss that in a high tempo derby he kept Salah in his pocket for entire 95 minutes, committed just ONE foul and did not pick up a yellow. That is sublime talent.
Seriously? You're talking about Evra like he was 30 years ago. All the top fullbacks for the last 20-30 years have had a good balance of attacking and defending, and many were stronger when attacking and on the ball than they were defensively. Including Evra in the latter part of his career, where he basically ran our entire left side but the main criticism of him was that he was starting to get lazy defensively. Yes the balance has swung even further towards what they provide when their own team has the ball, but it hasn't changed 'that' much.
Mate if I wanted to say that, I'dve said it
Got it. Lets just hope Malacia continues doing great.Mate if I wanted to say that, I'dve said it
Look at the RAWK thread, a lot of Liverpool fans are bemoaning that Salah seems to have lost a bit of his pace and dribbling ability. Whether or not that's permanent I don't know but I could see it for myself on Monday. It's a fair comment to say that he was noticeably less sharp than usual, and that's far from saying he was rubbish.
Dalot did almost as well against Diaz on the other flank and I'm not saying that's because Diaz under-performed.
I feared the game against Liverpool way more with the open spaces than games where we have the ball. He's tidy with his short passing and kinda press resistant. I think he'll be fine. Don't expect the new Evra overnight, though. His work ethic alone will endear him to the fans.
Evra's crossing wasn't anything special. His intensity, pace and athleticism, plus dribbling ability were what made him world class in his prime. With Malacia we see the same intensity, but probably realistically not the same pace or dribbling ability, so if he can make up for that with defensive ability and improving his crossing and passing then he'll be the new (but different) Evra in my book.
Yeah, it's impossible to not love him, his attitude is fantastic.
I think he's a bit less refined than Evra, but he's still young and as people keep mentioning on here, apparently Evra was cack during his debut, so he's ahead on that count
Depends which version of Shaw you're going to get. 20/21 Shaw, or the waste of space Shaw.
Luke is a lazy cnut, and if he needs competition to start moving his fat arse then he doesn't have the drive or mentality to succeed here anyway.
Ah yeah? When has Shawberto showed that kind of top performance for Unitd?
How many chances do you lot want to give Shaw
Tough to call someone a Rolls Royce when they drive like a tractor most of the time
Not just his debut (which was absolutely catastrophic) For most of his first season (joined in January) everyone thought Paddy was absolutely shite. Some encouraging signs towards the end but it was really only season 2 where the consensus changed.Yeah, it's impossible to not love him, his attitude is fantastic.
I think he's a bit less refined than Evra, but he's still young and as people keep mentioning on here, apparently Evra was cack during his debut, so he's ahead on that count
So why did ETH start Malacia instead of Shaw?
Shaw has had 8 seasons and 5 managers. He can do one as far as I'm concerned.
All very well being a rolls Royce but footballers need an engine too, and it seems Luke's fell out somewhere along the way.
He's not going, he's going to stay and be back up LB. So people can be miserable about it or make the most of it.
No one is miserable - just answering your post which insinuating moving Malacia to RB. There's no need to - he's got the LB to himself. Shaw can be back-up.
Maybe someone else will answer my question if he can play RB.
I'm sure he'd do his best, but no.
