27 Oct 2014 17:51:36
Who thinks that if Chris Smalling keeps injury free and a good run of games he could turn into a quality CB? He seems to make less mistakes than Jones although obviously not as good on the ball.

1.) 27 Oct 2014
Me always seen potential in him myself maybe he will show it now

2.) 27 Oct 2014
I feel that Smalling gets a lot of undeserved stick about his distribution from the back. He was pretty solid with his passing against Chelsea and I think he's got better passing range than Jones. The bottom line for United's CB's is to get a solid run of games without being injured. None of our defenders will turn into class overnight if they only play once every month.

3.) 27 Oct 2014
Rojo distribution is what I worry about he tried at least three suicide passes out from the back he got away with them though one because smalling covered really well. I think the problem with our defence we haven't had a pair play well one might but the other doesn't I would like to see mcnair with smalling or jones but I think lvg really likes rojo but I think he is a bit of a liability but could be really good if he cuts out the mistakes

4.) 28 Oct 2014
28 Oct 2014 10:47:19
Rojo's distribution is excellent. Every time Smalling had the ball he gave it straight to him because he is brilliant on the ball. He played several through ball to Fellaini who then gave it out wide to Januzaj and that was a feature of our game against Chelsea.

5.) 28 Oct 2014
I must say I think Smalling's distribution was really good against Chelsea. I was watching him in particular as I have read people previously posting that his passing was terrible.

Lately I have seen that our defence have found it particularly difficult to get the ball out of defence to start an attack. But I thought Smalling handled it brilliantly well with his forward passing, almost immediately setting up an attack.

IMO he is our best defender at the moment, as I think Jones can be a bit rash and doesn't have the same ball control.

6.) 28 Oct 2014
28 Oct 2014 13:17:55
Rojo is comfortable on the ball usually and is known to be a very good passer of the ball but against Chelsea he had a couple of wayward passes and it's not the first game this season he's been like that. I'm sure it's something LVG would have mentioned to him after the game to focus on.