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masterwig

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A positive thread for a change. I thought big Ned was terrific yesterday. I feel so much more comfortable with him in there than Richards and Zabaleta. He's a more natural defender than those two and also doesn't have the mad streak that Zabaleta has which costs us free-kicks and gets him booked all the time.

Hopefully he can keep his place in the side because he has had terrible luck with injury. He's one of our own so I would love to see him become a key part of the team. Well done Chief. Keep it up.
 
masterwig said:
A positive thread for a change. I thought big Ned was terrific yesterday. I feel so much more comfortable with him in there than Richards and Zabaleta. He's a more natural defender than those two and also doesn't have the mad streak that Zabaleta has which costs us free-kicks and gets him booked all the time.

Hopefully he can keep his place in the side because he has had terrible luck with injury. He's one of our own so I would love to see him become a key part of the team. Well done Chief. Keep it up.
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His distribution is appalling and he switches off every bit as much as Micah, squad player if he wants to stay but not good enough to get us where we want to be, Went awol for the goal.
 
His passing for me is awful and he panics when he has possesion, i think we need new full-backs either side. Bridge was getting done by Valencia time and time again. Then the goal, where was Onouha to stop the cross, he had time to pick his spot, read a book and then cross it. Shocking marking.
 
Whilst I agree that Ned is a terrific player, I am sure even he would agree that there was an element of blame to be attached to him for their goal. Like Richards at the Swamp, Ned is a natural centre back, and when the ball gets passed out wide to our right back position, he hesitates that vital moment from his position in the middle before trying to get out to Evra. I am a great believer in not trying to play centre backs at full back and this again just reinforced it...

Personally I would have Ned in the middle with Kompany and from what we have at the moment, Zabs at right back as the most 'natural' right back we have.
 
Sadly he was drawn inside a little and left Evra free in space. He isn't a natural full back and does have a tendancy to allow crosses but he is still learning that position.
 
He's a nice lad. But, like Micah, all he has is pace and power.

I blame grass roots football in this country. The only players that get rewarded and chosen are ones that are fast and strong. Someone that can run onto a punt and score or someone that can bully a striker off the ball. The clever, "football" players get overlooked if they cant do 0-60 in 3 seconds.

Thats my rant about grass roots over :)

Back to topic, I like him as a person and he is a decent player but not top 4. I would like to think he is back to a squad player after the summer as we can all see we need a right back just as comfortable on the ball as he is with knocking someone off it.
 
He played well for 92minutes and 30 seconds then got sucked to the ball which allowed Evra in behind with plenty of time to find the cross for scholes. This is why a seasoned right back is a must in summer
 
Personally, I would play Ned at centre half, and move Toure to RB. Toure is more assured with the ball at his feet IMO, but I think Ned is a better defender.
 
quiet_riot said:
Personally, I would play Ned at centre half, and move Toure to RB. Toure is more assured with the ball at his feet IMO, but I think Ned is a better defender.
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Could be a good shout until the end of the season. But if we are serious about titles and trophies both will have to become squad players at best.
 
BibbyBlue85 said:
He played well for 92minutes and 30 seconds then got sucked to the ball which allowed Evra in behind with plenty of time to find the cross for scholes. This is why a seasoned right back is a must in summer
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That may have been the case, BUT as Touré is more of a natural RB than Neds, HE should have seen the danger out there a lot earlier. He trotted over to cover that area, which is poor for a CB knowing that that space is available. Dunney would have done it and Neds, had he have been playing CB.

Neds got sucked in, sure, but he's a CB being a RB thinking like a CB, not a CB looking to cover.
 
Bigga said:
BibbyBlue85 said:
He played well for 92minutes and 30 seconds then got sucked to the ball which allowed Evra in behind with plenty of time to find the cross for scholes. This is why a seasoned right back is a must in summer
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That may have been the case, BUT as Touré is more of a natural RB than Neds, HE should have seen the danger out there a lot earlier. He trotted over to cover that area, which is poor for a CB knowing that that space is available. Dunney would have done it and Neds, had he have been playing CB.

Neds got sucked in, sure, but he's a CB being a RB thinking like a CB, not a CB looking to cover.
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I agree with that point but Vieira was already standing Nani up on the edge of the box, there was no need for Ned to get sucked out to the ball knowing full well Evra would be bombing on as he always does. Im not a professional footballer but i know when to come to the ball or cover space. He made the wrong decision. It's decisions like that, that could cost us 4th. He played well but switched off and got punished
 
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