Have we seen enough of AWB to realise that buying him was a massive blunder?
I havent seen any defender who is so good at tackling while being so poor at defending. He doesnt have the awareness to read basic attacking moves like one twos. He also seems to lost a yard of pace. It looks like any ol winger can run past him, and he cannot catch up.
His attacking skills are next to non existence. Nobody expects him to make killer through balls or inch perfect crosses. He should atleast provide offf the ball movement and width to the attack. He regularly struggle to do that. There were so many instances against newcastle, in which he had the fredom of the right side of the field, but decided to stand next to a Newcastle player.
I generally don’t like to pick on our players, but I can’t think of a worse fullback who regularly started for United. Take out his tackling and he will struggle to get into a championship team.
When everyone is fit, AWB is easily the weakest link in the team IMO. I know that general consensus in football is that we need a DM , but I think buying a RB is equally important.
Thoughts?
AWB
posted on 16/9/21
comment by -bloodred- (U1222)
posted 6 minutes ago
His offensive positions doesn’t make any sense.
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Well yes, they do. They provide balance whilst the full back on the other side gets forward. Its a pretty basic principle which a lot of teams go by.
Unless you think the guy is completely ignoring his manager's instructions week in week out and still getting selected. In which case we might as well end this conversation here.
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I do think he is hiding. He was generally picked up whenever he drifts wide. Given his reluctance to make an attacking move when he is in space, I think it is intentional.
posted on 16/9/21
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 15 minutes ago
Sorry I don’t agree with this at all.
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Good for you. You clearly don’t understand what you see on the pitch. But then all of the posters of your ilk don’t.
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Ok! you explain the his positioning when we are attacking. I’m not Ole’s biggest fan but I don’t think he is utterly ret@edged to ask him to take such positions.
What do you think?
posted on 16/9/21
comment by The Luke Show (U8522)
posted 14 minutes ago
comment by -bloodred- (U1222)
posted 6 minutes ago
His offensive positions doesn’t make any sense.
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Well yes, they do. They provide balance whilst the full back on the other side gets forward. Its a pretty basic principle which a lot of teams go by.
Unless you think the guy is completely ignoring his manager's instructions week in week out and still getting selected. In which case we might as well end this conversation here.
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I do think he is hiding. He was generally picked up whenever he drifts wide. Given his reluctance to make an attacking move when he is in space, I think it is intentional.
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Look, as I said I'm no fan of AWB but i think it's clear what our coaching staff see in him. He has good recovery pace and excellent ball-winning ability, which makes him a useful defensive weapon against teams that will look to hurt us on the counter. Which is most of them. And its why we station him where we do. You just saw a perfect example of it against Newcastle and Wolves the weekends gone - where we were quite rightly wary of the threat that the likes of Trincao, Traore, Almiron and Saint Max posed. (Note where Luke Shaw was whilst AWB was making a goal-line clearance against Wolves - it isn't by accident)
My opinion is though (and I hope its one that our coaching staff are starting to share) is that all of this is offset by his deficiencies when he is on the ball, which causes the team problems.
But really, it isn't as simple as 'he's a championship player and I dont know what we see in him!' As much as people like to think they are, the guys in charge of the first team are actually not completely clueless about football.
posted on 16/9/21
Michael Carrick's one of the most intelligent footballers I've ever had the pleasure of watching. Rolls Royce of a player. Why does everyone think he's suddenly turned into a ficko because he's part of our setup
posted on 16/9/21
comment by The Luke Show (U8522)
posted 32 minutes ago
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 15 minutes ago
Sorry I don’t agree with this at all.
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Good for you. You clearly don’t understand what you see on the pitch. But then all of the posters of your ilk don’t.
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Ok! you explain the his positioning when we are attacking. I’m not Ole’s biggest fan but I don’t think he is utterly ret@edged to ask him to take such positions.
What do you think?
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I think you are an imbecile who shouldn’t be allowed on a football forum.
posted on 17/9/21
We could have brought trippier and nathan facking Ake and saved £80m. We'd be no worse off.
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Look at this clown
posted on 17/9/21
comment by #TopLad || Sir Alex Ferguson ||✓ (U10161)
posted 59 minutes ago
We could have brought trippier and nathan facking Ake and saved £80m. We'd be no worse off.
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Look at this clown
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Why is he a clown?
posted on 17/9/21
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson (U1282)
posted 1 hour, 13 minutes ago
comment by #TopLad || Sir Alex Ferguson ||✓ (U10161)
posted 59 minutes ago
We could have brought trippier and nathan facking Ake and saved £80m. We'd be no worse off.
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Look at this clown
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Why is he a clown?
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Because it isn't true, is it. Maguire is levels above Ake. AWB is better than Trippier who can only cross
posted on 17/9/21
Tripper is better than AWB.
Maguire vs Ake isn't even a contest though.
posted on 17/9/21
comment by -bloodred- (U1222)
posted 1 hour, 21 minutes ago
Tripper is better than AWB.
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This
Toplad, be quiet!