So soft, and not as good on the ball as being made out. And lacks poise, gives away needless fouls when we actually look like building up pressure.
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I really want to stress out that I rate him as a footballer but the guy is nowhere near a Premier League CB. You can really see that every single striker feels comftorable with him and games like these (against phisical opposition during bad weather) should be your bread and butter as a CB. The fact that he can pass and is technically good for a defender just can't be a case for him when he can't do the basics wright.
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Not good enough.
No hope really. He doesn't learn from his mistakes at all.
I am not exactly how many but think he had quite a few passes through that opened up. One was already after 2:30, maybe you hadn’t turned on your TV yet
Then there was dribble with a good pass at 68:30. One good pass through to Lingard. I think there are things to complain about but not the passing.Interesting I would have said there were a couple of times he played us in to trouble as well. There was that really short pass to Bissaka in like the 2nd minute as an example.
I think he has to share the blame with Bissaka. Bissaka should have follow Fraser before he made the pass to whoever crossed the ball, he was ball watching and once again. Lindelof on the other hand was ball watching and wasn’t aware where his man was. The communication between him & Maguire for that goal was disaster. although credit on Fraser, King & Wilson for keep moving around in our box confusing our defenders.
He's honestly one of the most pointless signings we've made.
If we'd kept McNair, Keane or even Blackett, there's a change they'd have turned out to be as good as him, which isn't saying much.
If we'd kept McNair, Keane or even Blackett, there's a change they'd have turned out to be as good as him, which isn't saying much.
He's certainly not playing very well at the moment. Give Rojo more of a run.
I would fancy a squirrel to out-muscle this guy.
Victor almost sucked me in but he’s not good enough. One of the four who started today and should be on the bench at best by the start of next season.
New cb, left back, and two new midfield friends for McTominay and then we can think about top four. Until then, not even going to give it any consideration.
New cb, left back, and two new midfield friends for McTominay and then we can think about top four. Until then, not even going to give it any consideration.
What do you expect? He's just a footballer.
The amount of game time he got was truly wasted
I thought he did better than Maguire today, the fact neither of them have any pace causes us problems though.
Don’t understand.
Just tried to make a joke.The Iceman would make a fine third or fourth choice CB for us but just isn't good enough for a clun which aspires to lift the PL trophy.
You can understand Wan-Bissaka getting beaten on the goal today, but Lindelof made a poor decision to run away from the striker with the ball under his control just outside the six yard box. He has been at fault on other goals this season. If other aspects of his game compensated for his lack of defensive ability I might accept the overall package, but there are no other aspects of his game that scream top quality. A solid defender up to a point, but he's definitely not a CB we should be relying on regularly.
Another Mourinho buy, by the way. Ole's buys have been substantially better, at least so far, than have Jose's.
You can understand Wan-Bissaka getting beaten on the goal today, but Lindelof made a poor decision to run away from the striker with the ball under his control just outside the six yard box. He has been at fault on other goals this season. If other aspects of his game compensated for his lack of defensive ability I might accept the overall package, but there are no other aspects of his game that scream top quality. A solid defender up to a point, but he's definitely not a CB we should be relying on regularly.
Another Mourinho buy, by the way. Ole's buys have been substantially better, at least so far, than have Jose's.
I liked some of his passing towards the end of the game; much more ambitious than we've seen for a while. Defensively, thought he did ok, while still looking vulnerable at times. As a team we defended poorly for their goal.
Get rid, like the majority of the team not good enough for united. How the feck have we ended up with shite like this
Are we sure Barca were in for him? Looks like a negotiation tactics that’s worked.
He's very lucky that Tuanzebe got injured when he did. The sooner he is out of the team the better.
It’s a basic need if you’re playing for Pep Guardiola even LVG who is a more possession based manager played Smalling and he was dominant. People are fooling themselves we are not in a position to play possession based football and we probably won’t be.
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He is not good enough and Smalling would do better with Maguire.
He's the only centre back I've seen that actively gives the impression that he doesn't want to do any defending.
It’s not lucky, both Maguire and Lindelof played half injured and could use some rotation. It’s worrying he’s out for such a long time. And it’s worrying he’s out for his second serious injury in less than a year.
I agree, but it was still Ole’s intention. His plan was not to fight for 8-10th position nor to run a team who can’t score goals.
He is terrible for premier league. Often gets overpowered and appears lost playing in defence. His mistakes caused United at least 9 points his season.
I think we put this man under too much scrutiny. For what its worth he's been consistently improving, especially the ball playing aspect of his game. People saying he isn't an EPL CB are way too harsh.
Get rid
Extended his contract some week ago
A player without any qualities
I will call him “the nullity”
I will call him “the nullity”
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Gone to pot since he signed his contract. He's so weak and is clearly being targeted. Could do with a spell in the sides
He'd suit a less physical league like La Liga. I think he's a good player but a liability at times. We shouldn't have sold Smalling, it's not like Lindelof's passing is anything exceptional to compensate him being a much inferior defender.
On the evidence of their United careers so far, Daily Blind was a better centre back for us...
...Runs away and hides.
...Runs away and hides.
I imagine plenty of us feel the same sense of dread when the ball is played down his channel and their forward gets him turned. Quite often he comes away with the ball but it never looks anything less than an accident waiting to happen.
I guarantee if the roles were refused, you wouldn't be saying Wan-Bissaka should share the blame. All the blame would be put at the feet of Lindelof.
He was good today. Did very little wrong. The narrative has been written him for though I suppose.
He'd suit Dodgeball
I don't know if those Barcelona links were genuine, but he'd probably suit them a lot more than he does us. I'm still trying to figure out what his strengths are.
Every duel I feel dread. Not aggressive enough, not strong enough, not brave enough and not confident enough. It’s been a theme all season, probably last season too, although I can’t remember noticing it to this extent.
Haha, gold.
It's time to move on from him. He never learns from his mistake. If that's the best he can achieve in PL in 3rd season then no reason to persist with him.
We will need to yet sign another defender next summer. Laughable.
We will need to yet sign another defender next summer. Laughable.
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