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I don't even think he's good in the tackle, he probably commits the most fouls per 90 in our team. He's just aggressive and tenacious and that's it.
He was never good offensively but I thought he was Okay defensively but now seems to have regressed there but he is young.
Just saw it again, I think i was too light on malacia. He pushed forward and gambled leaving space for kane behind him. if Malacia had held his position he can defend it, he ran into no man's land.
Yeah he did, didn't he? Completely misread the situation.
Agree. The defensive line should have stay leveled, and push up together. Shaw enabled Tottenham with all kind of options once the ball get to Kane.Malacia being made the scapegoat again for the goal.
What was Shaw doing marking an offside player?
He should have pushed forward quickly into his man (Kane) instead of staying at his usual non alert bad positioning.
Malacia was pushing forward to get close to his man.
Completely agree. He's been crap recently but we got to give young players just coming into the league more than their first season.
Dalot a RB starts in his place. I think it's safe to say they see it.
Look at Dalot out there on his own wondering what he's going to eat when he gets home.Malacia being made the scapegoat again for the goal.
What was Shaw doing marking an offside player?
He should have pushed forward quickly into his man (Kane) instead of staying at his usual non alert bad positioning.
Malacia was pushing forward to get close to his man.
Dalot did not really get himself out of position.What happened in the sequence leading to this was: Bruno tackled. Dalot dispossessed Son and passed to Casemiro. Casemiro passed forward but blocked by Son (Casemiro's fault). The ball fell to Shaw who backpasses to DDG. The issue here is Shaw was on our right side, ran backward when DDG kicking it long: making us disorganized at the back. The distance between positions are poor. In that sequence, Dalot was not supposed to run back, as the defensive line should organize and push forward.
You may be right but sometimes split second decisions are needed, you cannot always just focus on your man, the space behind you is importantMalacia being made the scapegoat again for the goal.
What was Shaw doing marking an offside player?
He should have pushed forward quickly into his man (Kane) instead of staying at his usual non alert bad positioning.
Malacia was pushing forward to get close to his man.
Agree with you on all of this. Williams was also called in to play on the opposite flank, so he had a learning curve to climb as well as being new to playing senior football. Malacia made almost 100 appearances for Feyenoord and turns 24 this August, but the jump to the Premier League from Dutch League is less than youth team to Prem. I liked Williams, hoped he kicked on from his loan. Malacia plays like a youth team player just getting his first minutes of senior football.
Shaw was far away on the other side when DDG kicked the ball. Like @kouroux said, Malacia needs to also aware of where others are. There were too many Spurs there, and Shaw was out there. WHy would he push forward there? Sure Shaw could sprint to get to his position quickly. But everyone needs to cover each other positionally.Malacia being made the scapegoat again for the goal.
What was Shaw doing marking an offside player?
He should have pushed forward quickly into his man (Kane) instead of staying at his usual non alert bad positioning.
Malacia was pushing forward to get close to his man.
For me there is no contest there. If we are buying new FB, Malacia should be loaned out.
Agreed with that. It's just if we need to fund this new FB, one or two of those three need to be sold.
He pushed forward as a group to anticipate for second ball. Fred, Weghorst, Casemiro to lesser extend all did. Kulusevski, Kane, Skip did similar for Spurs in anticipation of the aerial duel.Shaw was far away on the other side when DDG kicked the ball. Like @kouroux said, Malacia needs to also aware of where others are. There were too many Spurs there, and Shaw was out there. WHy would he push forward there? Sure Shaw could sprint to get to his position quickly. But everyone needs to cover each other positionally.
Perhaps he was waiting to receive DDG pass? You can’t be too near any oppo players.Shaw was far away on the other side when DDG kicked the ball. Like @kouroux said, Malacia needs to also aware of where others are. There were too many Spurs there, and Shaw was out there. WHy would he push forward there? Sure Shaw could sprint to get to his position quickly. But everyone needs to cover each other positionally.
He doesn't though. He cost us two times and that's when the entire team was shit and he was surprisingly brought into the team to change something which is ridiculous thing to do anyway.
That's his position when DDG kicked the ball. Then he moved further forward afterward. The latter was my concern.
That's my point. He supposed to cover as LCB, when he saw Shaw was that far away. Keep it tight, until the defensive shape stabilized.
He could, but not sure he should because his duty is to support the unit of Raahford, Fred, Weghorst when that ball launch to the left side. It's more about Shaw just forgetting his primary duty as LCB, as jogging slowly in vertical line behind Lindelof. That's a weird way at any level to do what Shaw did here.
Good point. But even bringing him on as a sub for 20 minutes is a risk. As bad and all as AWB was playing, I'd have still rathered he stayed on the pitch and hope he see out the game without any major f**k ups, rather than bring Malacia on.
He’s a LB playing CB, it’s easier as fullback to look along your line. The other CB in these cases needs to take charge and control that line.
You know what, 2-1 up with 15 minutes or so to go against a top 4 rival away from home, this is one of those times I'd have been perfectly fine following the Mourinho/Ole/Moyes approach.
