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Post by Chris on Jan 19, 2023 9:08:34 GMT
No, he really is not. An accurate description would be *only* in one-on-one/last ditch scenarios. Positionally, he is atrocious, and as a defender Wan-Bissaka does not anticipate danger. The attacking deficiencies can create a bit of a smokescreen for the fact he is a very one dimensional footballer. You've nailed your colours to the mast on AWB for ages, so I half expected this response  That said, and whilst I agree he's not Roberto Carlos, he's done well since the WC and I really don't mind him as back-up as it allows us to focus on addressing other critical gaps in the squad. He's arguably better than Malacia and Dalot in one on one situations, people seem to totally forget how impenetrable he looked at times when he initially joined. A few tackles last night from behind, wrapping around and dispossessing opponents - yet to see Dalot do that even once in a defensive sense, and I'm a big fan of the latter. In fact, if I roll back and the search function on the forum actually worked, people were calling for Dalot to be sold last year, probably even moreso than AWB this time around. To be fair, it's not like Dalot is the best right back in the World. Not even close. Eventually, we will need a much better right back than what we currently have. |
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Post by Jayrannasaurus on Jan 19, 2023 9:12:26 GMT
You've nailed your colours to the mast on AWB for ages, so I half expected this response That said, and whilst I agree he's not Roberto Carlos, he's done well since the WC and I really don't mind him as back-up as it allows us to focus on addressing other critical gaps in the squad. He's arguably better than Malacia and Dalot in one on one situations, people seem to totally forget how impenetrable he looked at times when he initially joined. A few tackles last night from behind, wrapping around and dispossessing opponents - yet to see Dalot do that even once in a defensive sense, and I'm a big fan of the latter. In fact, if I roll back and the search function on the forum actually worked, people were calling for Dalot to be sold last year, probably even moreso than AWB this time around. To be fair, it's not like Dalot is the best right back in the World. Not even close. Eventually, we will need a much better right back than what we currently have. Absolutely agree - Dalot's improvement has overshadowed the fact that, unless he continues that trajectory and levels up even more, we were needing/need a new RB. Whilst I like Dalot, have been hoping he comes good and he looks great in an attacking sense - he often looks rash + suspect defensively. |
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Post by Paul on Jan 19, 2023 9:15:54 GMT
The guy literally stopped us from losing the game. Do find people over analyse every little thing he does, his passing wasnt even that bad last night either. Apart from the Everton cock up he's been back to his best this season aswell. He also stopped us from winning it… Except he didn't at all. The players failing to finish the game off did, you could even mention the bent as fuck referee that gave us nothing all night had a hand in it. You can argue that he might have done better with the free kick but you certainly can't blame him for it going in. |
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Post by Karma on Jan 19, 2023 9:32:57 GMT
How have we got to a point after all the money spent where losing one player for a yellow card is a disaster?
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Post by bushy1987 on Jan 19, 2023 9:49:48 GMT
How have we got to a point after all the money spent where losing one player for a yellow card is a disaster? We all know how we have got here, and by the looks of things that will change come the summer |
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Post by Chris on Jan 19, 2023 10:04:40 GMT
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Post by Tatty on Jan 19, 2023 10:14:16 GMT
He also stopped us from winning it… Except he didn't at all. The players failing to finish the game off did, you could even mention the bent as fuck referee that gave us nothing all night had a hand in it. You can argue that he might have done better with the free kick but you certainly can't blame him for it going in. You can. He's a goalkeeper. It's literally his job to stop the ball going in. |
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Post by harvindhillon on Jan 19, 2023 10:51:45 GMT
Come one, dont get how De Gea is getting the stick here, he kept us in the game, we could have easily lost it 3-1.
It's the team in the 2nd half overall was horrible. We gave the ball away so easily, Bruno was horrible! Not to mention Rashford trying to walk the ball into the goal by himself instead of passing it to better placed colleagues, definitely gone to his head all the praise.
Hoping it is a blip and ETH will bring these yahoos back down to earth for sure. Still optimistic, we can at least get a draw out of this weekend with Arsenal. Casemiro is a huge loss, but now it's time for ETH to prove he is the right man. SO far his tactics have been spot on, let's see what he can pull out over the weekend.
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Post by Paul on Jan 19, 2023 11:05:46 GMT
Except he didn't at all. The players failing to finish the game off did, you could even mention the bent as fuck referee that gave us nothing all night had a hand in it. You can argue that he might have done better with the free kick but you certainly can't blame him for it going in. You can. He's a goalkeeper. It's literally his job to stop the ball going in. That is his job yes but he cant save them all, the ball didn't go in because of a goalkeeping error it was just a good free kick. He did his job several times last night leading up to that point. As I said people are far too critical of him. |
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Post by Karma on Jan 19, 2023 11:11:13 GMT
That game was coming.
We still have a scoring issue.
We’re resorting to Burnley rejects holidaying in Turkey out of desperation.
If he scores the winner this weekend this post hopefully will self destruct itself.
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Post by Tatty on Jan 19, 2023 11:23:33 GMT
You can. He's a goalkeeper. It's literally his job to stop the ball going in. That is his job yes but he cant save them all, the ball didn't go in because of a goalkeeping error it was just a good free kick. He did his job several times last night leading up to that point. As I said people are far too critical of him. He was too far the other side, I get he needs to see the ball, but he sets the wall and should position them so they can block the shot/can see the ball/give him the best opportunity to save the shot. Did he make fine saves? Yes. Could and should he have saved the freekick? Also, yes. |
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Post by viking22 on Jan 19, 2023 11:36:12 GMT
We are going to make mistakes, we are going to suffer from bad refereeing decisions, and we are going to occasionally concede from free kicks.
The point is that if we convert possession into chances into goals and finish teams off properly then we have a margin to absorb this. But all too often late in a game we are trying to hold onto a single goal lead and bringing on players like Scotty and Fred. Admittedly Garnacho has often been a successful positive substitution but he's only 18 so we cannot count on him to always be able to pop up with a late assist or goal.
The problem lies with our front three. As things stand with Martial seemingly injured again and Sancho weeks off a return to the match day squad our front three is Rashford, Weghorst and Antony.
Rashford has been great since the World Cup but we are over-reliant on him and he's a 20 goal not a 30 goal a season striker so we cannot count on him to continue scoring every game.
Weghorst will surprise us according to Erik. But I cannot imagine him scoring many goals for us.
Antony has been a huge disappointment. 17 games, 4 goals, 0 assists and very little impact.
Even under Ole at one point we had a front 3 of Rashford Cavani and Greenwood that was capable of scoring 50-60 goals a season which was massively helpful in compensating for having McFred in midfield and Maguire and Lindelof in defence.
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Post by Paul on Jan 19, 2023 11:38:24 GMT
That is his job yes but he cant save them all, the ball didn't go in because of a goalkeeping error it was just a good free kick. He did his job several times last night leading up to that point. As I said people are far too critical of him. He was too far the other side, I get he needs to see the ball, but he sets the wall and should position them so they can block the shot/can see the ball/give him the best opportunity to save the shot. Did he make fine saves? Yes. Could and should he have saved the freekick? Also, yes. I don’t disagree that he could have maybe done better but I also don't blame him for it going in. Nevertheless had we finished the game off when we had the chances it wouldn't have been an issue anyway. Our own worst enemy. |
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Post by oscared on Jan 19, 2023 11:59:47 GMT
It’s obvious we need to create and score a lot more, it cost us again last night.
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Post by alt on Jan 19, 2023 12:03:14 GMT
He also stopped us from winning it… Except he didn't at all. The players failing to finish the game off did, you could even mention the bent as fuck referee that gave us nothing all night had a hand in it. You can argue that he might have done better with the free kick but you certainly can't blame him for it going in. He did though. Had he made the simple pass to Martinez sideways, we'd have not needed to score another goal... It's all hypothetical of course and it's the same with your claim he stopped us from losing, but at the end of the day, his job is to stop the ball from going in the net, and more often than not he does that well, but it doesn't change the fact that his kicking is largely shite and does create problems at times. I don't understand why people are so precious about criticism towards players. Had I called McTominay a fucking idiot for doing something shite then not a single person would point out any issue with it (fucking idiot may be a tad harsh but he did show low intelligence in not making the simple pass). These players are on unbelievable amounts of money and I can't see any issue with criticism when they don't live up to the level their wages should warrant. |
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