I find it strange how Blind gets let off so easily. I like him, he's a cultured player that's easy on the eye but he's also not been that great at LB for a while and was shocking against Celta.
Darmian isn't great but he's more solid at LB.
Also, isn't Mike carrying a knock which is why Jones played yesterday. Think Jose is still deciding over who to play. Jones has been better this season but then Mike had a fairly good understanding with Blind last season.
It's gonna be interesting to see how Ajax's kids react to playing a big(ish) final. They could be full of confidence and play their free flowing game and be a real handful or they could quite easily let the nerves set in and be cautious as happens so often in finals.
But my point is Martial doesn't deserve a start in the EL cup final.He's had a terribly underwhelming season,certain aspects of his all round game deserved to be questioned and other players who've offered more throughout EL deserve their spot.
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By Martials standards then yes he has been poor. The talent is there for all to see though and he has performed in big games previously. I don't think the men management of him has been at all good either though.
Could say the same about lingard and how underwhelming he has been but then he doesn't exactly set high standards. He is a bog standard player that deserves to be nowhere near the starting 11 in a European final
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posted on 22/5/17
I find it strange how Blind gets let off so easily. I like him, he's a cultured player that's easy on the eye but he's also not been that great at LB for a while and was shocking against Celta.
Darmian isn't great but he's more solid at LB.
Also, isn't Mike carrying a knock which is why Jones played yesterday. Think Jose is still deciding over who to play. Jones has been better this season but then Mike had a fairly good understanding with Blind last season.
posted on 22/5/17
It's gonna be interesting to see how Ajax's kids react to playing a big(ish) final. They could be full of confidence and play their free flowing game and be a real handful or they could quite easily let the nerves set in and be cautious as happens so often in finals.
posted on 22/5/17
But my point is Martial doesn't deserve a start in the EL cup final.He's had a terribly underwhelming season,certain aspects of his all round game deserved to be questioned and other players who've offered more throughout EL deserve their spot.
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By Martials standards then yes he has been poor. The talent is there for all to see though and he has performed in big games previously. I don't think the men management of him has been at all good either though.
Could say the same about lingard and how underwhelming he has been but then he doesn't exactly set high standards. He is a bog standard player that deserves to be nowhere near the starting 11 in a European final
posted on 22/5/17
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