MOTM vs Barnsley - Make your choice

Originally Posted by dunk

Oh yeah, just the reason Fergie will pick O'Shea Or one of them anyway.

O'Shea gets a lot of stick, but defensively he is pretty good. The issue is going forward. It was not as much of a problem last year when he had Ronaldo in front of him, less onus on O'Shea to get forward. Valencia is a good player but he has far less variety to his game and is easier to contain. An aggressive overlapping full back would really help him, create the space and one on ones. Neville at his prime would probably be just the ticket.

O'Shea and Valencia just does not work as an attacking combination, no real subtlety there.

Originally Posted by Tiberian

O'Shea gets a lot of stick, but defensively he is pretty good. The issue is going forward. It was not as much of a problem last year when he had Ronaldo in front of him, less onus on O'Shea to get forward. Valencia is a good player but he has far less variety to his game and is easier to contain. An aggressive overlapping full back would really help him, create the space and one on ones. Neville at his prime would probably be just the ticket.

O'Shea and Valencia just does not work as an attacking combination, no real subtlety there.

I agree. I'm a fan of O'Shea, but the attacking ability he showed as a youngster has been worked out of him in his constant changing of role. Having said that, I'm not sure United really want two very attacking full backs, we have always tended to have a balance, one attack minded, one a little more conservative but capable, as with Brown in 07-08. I'm not sure SAF will ever unleash Rafael and Evra/Fabio with great regularity, not in a 4-4-2 anyway. Unless the midfield is a lot stronger or the twins force his hand.

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Big Andy gets my vote.


Foster continues to look like a very, very frightened man between the sticks.
The other players seem to have little-no confidence in him either.
I know he pulled off a great save, but you'd expect that. He's at Man United FFS, but overall his nervous system is still all over the shop in my opinion.

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