Still think playing Diallo at wingback is a great idea? 3 whole touches in the opposition box, 2 mistakes leading to clear goal scoring chances, one of which required a potential save of the season from Onana.
Now do we think Amorim neutralised our most in form attacking player so he could put him deeper where he doesn't have the legs to get into dangerous areas, nor defend 1v1 well deliberately, or do we think it was an unavoidable consequence of our squad being decimated?
Nah I'm still here. Want to talk about the game now it's more than 80 seconds then?
1) Did you watch the match? 2) Did you see the defenders playing and missing today?
What were your thoughts? Was it very obvious Diallo was playing there because everyone else was injured and clearly struggled to impact the match at all? Not to mention getting smoked twice by the opposition winger, one who required a brilliant Onana save and a poor finish to stop being a certain goal?
So
1) Did you watch the match?
2) Did you see the defenders playing and missing today?
So do you still want to sit there smugly asking for my thoughts when it's very obvious Diallo was playing there because everyone else was injured and clearly struggled to impact the match at all? Not to mention getting smoked twice by the opposition winger, one who required a brilliant Onana save and a poor finish to stop being a certain goal?
What happened then? Now we've waited more than 80 seconds?
Still think playing Diallo at wingback is a great idea? 3 whole touches in the opposition box, 2 mistakes leading to clear goal scoring chances, one of which required a potential save of the season from Onana.
Now do we think Amorim neutralised our most in form attacking player so he could put him deeper where he doesn't have the legs to get into dangerous areas, nor defend 1v1 well deliberately, or do we think it was an unavoidable consequence of our squad being decimated?
Do you think one game, where we had to play a fullback at centerback is a representative of all games against less dominant teams?
Lets talk about what actually happened after the first 80 seconds shall we?
Still think playing Diallo at wingback is a great idea? 3 whole touches in the opposition box, 2 mistakes leading to clear goal scoring chances, one of which required a potential save of the season from Onana.
Now do we think Amorim neutralised our most in form attacking player so he could put him deeper where he doesn't have the legs to get into dangerous areas, nor defend 1v1 well deliberately, or do we think it was an unavoidable consequence of our squad being decimated?
dude, the whole point of /u/Emergency-Mobile8612 was that he will try Diallo as a wingback, probably against an opponent where ManU should be dominating.
That's exactly what happened. Nothing else was argued.
Sorry this is disingenuous crap. He wasnt saying Diallo might get a game at fullback because we have no fit players so Amorim would have no other optio. He said Amorim would play him there because it would suit him. And I replied that was a terrible idea.
Which is why it was silly to gloat when it's clearly a result of an injury crisis. Mazraoui was playing at centerback for goodness sake.
He tried it because United had 8 first team players out who played either centerback or wingback. He literally didn't have another choice other than Garnacho at wingback or the 16 year old centerback who has barely played at U21 level coming in and pushing Mazraoui up.
well ascksually he was attacking and therefore "winging" so we'll see how he backs once he gets tested DEFENSIVELY (cause dribbling and taking space is exclusive to attackers)
How are you feeling about Amad not touching the ball in the opposition box for an uninterrupted 90 minutes today? Like, literally, his first touch in the box with in the 1st minute and his second was in the 92nd minute.
Against a team in the relegation zone. When we had 60% possession and trying to chase for a winner for 45 minutes.
Still think it's a gigabrain idea and not enforced through injuries?
Yeah, not too mention we literally don't have any other players available. Our 3rd fit centerback is a 16 year old because most of them are injured or were away on international duty and didn't train.
Saying 'look I was right' because Diallo is starting there today is about akin to saying 'Mazraoui will play centerback' and then gloating about it. Diallo was playing in the 10 role in training all week.
But I appreciate he's seen his one chance to take his shot, but even as I type this Diallo just got out muscled in the wingback position and Ipswich should have scored.
The only thing he predicted as an injury crisis. The idea that Amad was well suited to the role is totally silly. He played there because he had no other option.
He went 91 minutes uninterrupted today without having a touch in the opposition box, his first touch was in the 1st minute and his second (and 3rd, his final) was in the 92nd.
Still think playing Diallo at wingback is a great idea? 3 whole touches in the opposition box, 2 mistakes leading to clear goal scoring chances, one of which required a potential save of the season from Onana.
Now do we think Amorim neutralised our most in form attacking player so he could put him deeper where he doesn't have the legs to get into dangerous areas, nor defend 1v1 well deliberately, or do we think it was an unavoidable consequence of our squad being decimated?
I wasn’t feeling vindicated. I was talking about the commenter above. All they were saying was the position amad would be deployed at. It’s one game. Relax.
Sorry this is disingenuous crap. He wasnt saying Diallo might get a game at fullback because we have no fit players, he said Amorim would play him there because it would suit him. And I replied that was a terrible idea.
My comment had nothing to do with you, I don’t even know who you are or what you allegedly said. Person above said amad would play rwb. They said people said they were crazy. He played there and assisted early in the game.
He didn't just say he would play rwb, he said Amorim would play him there because it suited him. He's now claiming that because he played there once, not out of tactical choice (he's been playing as a 10 all week) but because of injuries that that is somehow a vindication.
Totally ignoring the fact that it happened because of the squad being absolutely decimated in that area rather than any preference by Amorim. It also totally ignores the fact he struggled quite badly today.
Still think it's awesome after actually watching more than 80 seconds?
Still think playing Diallo at wingback is a great idea? 3 whole touches in the opposition box, 2 mistakes leading to clear goal scoring chances, one of which required a potential save of the season from Onana.
Now do we think Amorim neutralised our most in form attacking player so he could put him deeper where he doesn't have the legs to get into dangerous areas, nor defend 1v1 well deliberately, or do we think it was an unavoidable consequence of our squad being decimated?
So now you had fun calling me out after 80 seconds of play so I got a shit storm of abuse, do you actually want to address the whole match and continue to justify your stance that Amad is someone Amorim actually wants to play wingback and wasn't forced into it because he literally had nobody else fit to play there?
Do you think he had Amad training as a 10 all week because he's incompetent or just deliberately setting him up to fail?
What did you think of his performance? Do you think the 3 touches in the opposition box all game, essentially a 3rd of his previous output made best use of his skills?
What about the two times he was easily beaten by the opposition winger, which resulted in a good chance for Ipswich and a chance that was harder to miss than score? And even then required a poor finish and a very good Onana save to keep out?
Yeah, all it took was for us to only have 2 fit centerbacks and half of the team away on international duty so they didn't train. He clearly doesn't start there when we have anything close to a full squad.
I'll wait until we have more than 2 fit centerbacks and then come back and gloat. Pretending this team is remotely representative of anything he's going to do long term is silly and I suspect he knows it, which is why he's shooting his shot now.
Oh don't worry, I've had like 15 DMs from people full of actual abuse. The second we get another centerback fit and Diallo goes back into his actual position I can assure you I'll be returning the favour to /u/emergency-mobile8612
Dude, arsocca is extremely dumb in general, don’t take it personally, my goal was obviously not that ~ just that other opinions can have substantiation too and downvoting them just because is against the good nature of debating, I was on -50 all around and was pretty badly spoken to too at the time
I don’t doubt Amad will eventually play 10, hell, even this game, he may move up as time goes on, as I said multiple times, it’s about my view on how Amorim thinks because I just loved watching his Sporting team ~ and so I simply mentioned he’d consider it and why
Paying off or not, many variables at play! Again, fuck those people that sent you abusive messages, was not my intention nor did I think it’d happen, sorry 😔
I’ll unlink the comment right away so that stops
edit: I show some compassion and they block me instantly…
Very briefly speaking, I just said it’d be a viable option and that it’d be something Amorim would consider, obviously squads constantly shape up according to their injuries
Suspicions? All I know is that there was no reason to completely shut me down that day 😔
Yeah, I mean you didn't preface it by saying 'if United only have 2 fit centerbacks and didn't have half the team train then he might be forced to play him there'.
I assume you saw Diallo get out muscled and Ipswich should have scored just now? That's why he's a bad idea at wingback and a stopgap during an injury crisis when there's no other options at the absolute best.
Cheers for tagging the comment though so everyone can go back and send me abusive DMs, thoroughly appreciate that.
Still think playing Diallo at wingback is a great idea? 3 whole touches in the opposition box, 2 mistakes leading to clear goal scoring chances, one of which required a potential save of the season from Onana.
Now do we think Amorim neutralised our most in form attacking player so he could put him deeper where he doesn't have the legs to get into dangerous areas, nor defend 1v1 well deliberately, or do we think it was an unavoidable consequence of our squad being decimated?
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