No, I'm not. He's a good player, no doubt. Is he starter material for United? At this moment no. He's not doing enough to protect two midfielders in front of him. He did a good job, don't get me wrong, but I see him as squad player and nothing else.
Maybe its just me but I would have Blind starting every game imo and has been key for us this season and with better luck with injuries and playing in a better team he will only get better. LVG seems to rate him and his qualities and cant see him being dropped and does not deserve to be imo. Its a bit silly comparing the 2 even though it was me that did, was just trying to show he is a key player for us.No, I'm not. He's a good player, no doubt. Is he starter material for United? At this moment no. He's not doing enough to protect two midfielders in front of him. He did a good job, don't get me wrong, but I see him as squad player and nothing else.
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I'm not taking anything away from him. He's been one of our best players this season. But he wasn't that good when you compare him with your elite defensive midfielders. He's intelligent versatile player, but his technical along with his physical attributes gives him disadvantage over the likes of Matic or Busquets who are also inteligent, but one is physically imposing and other is technically brilliant.
That would be more than 100 mil. Ł spent, and the midfield looks unbalanced, Gundogan is a playmaker and Schneiderlin is too defensive minded, you need a B2B player there. Also, do you think that first 11 is good enough for title?
That's a very balanced CM Blind defensive, Schniederlin BTB and Gundogan is a hard working creative CM. Yes I think that team could win the title, plus the other players we have and will sign.
Wow I have never heard anyone claim Blind lacks technique quite the opposite in fact.
How did those stats tell you United lose the ball more often than other teams?
I need names/full team
I think we sometimes seriously overrate our own players. And when we don't do that, we seriously underrate them. I'm talking about Busquets and Matic and why are they better than him. I didn't say Blind as poor technique, he has good first touch and he's capable of keeping possession. Dribbling not so much, but thats not that important.
I can't tell you that man, I can give you my full wishlist if you wantI need names/full team
But Matic is better in 9/10 of those statistics...
Man those are old. I posted the new stats. Here's the site they used: