Phil Jones

All he seemed to do yesterday was bring it about 10 yards out of defence and then hoof it across the field...

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As usual, you watched an entirely different game to me.

I watched him advance down field many a time and slip the ball out to Januzaj or RVP on the edge of the box. He did do one long cross filed ball, but he did not hoof it out of the back like Rojo was doing, or like Smalling does.

One long cross field ball

Ok.

comment by Manchester United are awful. #LvGOut! #FreeMoyes (U9335)

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One long cross field ball

Ok.

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Yes.

Glad you agree.

I don't. You're ridiculous. You clearly chose to ignore certain aspects of football matches if they don't suit the rubbish you spout on here.

Is Jones clumsy or do i just make that assumption based on his face?

Jones brought the ball out from the back plenty of times.

What was annoying me a bit though, was that Blind was taking up good positions between the West Brom forwards but Jones and Rojo seemed to not notice the pass on a lot of the time, electing instead to go to the fullbacks.

Berba

I think that may be due to WBA midfield closing Blind down pretty quickly. I noticed them doing that quite a few times.

I also noticed Blind getting caught in possession a few times when an easy pass to ADM was on. he seemed to be turning back into trouble.

I must have imagined Jones' good form prior to his injury which granted isn't saying that much but still.

A lot of unnecessary criticism being dished around after last night's game, particularly about our younger players.

TRS

Unbelievable really isn't it.

If our defence, which has been poor, can limit every team we play against for the rest of the season to only two chances at goal, I will be very happy.

VC

I know for us it's asking a lot for our defenders to remain fit, but if Rafael, Jones, Rojo and Shaw is LvG's preferred back four, then I hope they're given time to improve together if they're all available, although saying that I'm still not sure on Rojo and my concerns about him at CB go beyond this season.

There is no need for us to rotate, especially in defence given we have only one competition to focus on until January. Stability is something we've not had in defence for quite some time and it would be nice to have it for once.

It'll be interesting to see what happens when Blackett returns to the fold given his good form leading up to his sending off at Leicester.