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Cahill's Metatarsal
Player Valuation: £15m
Daftest question I've heard for a good while.
Hibbert was poor against Villa but he did have an early booking & knew that he was 1 hard mistimed challenge away from missing what could be his only chance to play at Wembley for Everton. Every player has off games & to bring someone in who has practically no experience of English football for a game of this importance against a team of United's class just because someone has had a poor game is a terrible suggestion.
If Hibbert doesn't start on Sunday it'll be because he's injured & if that was the case I'd bring Rodwell in & move Neville back, which is what I'd have done at the weekend as someone else has already suggested.
Hibbert was poor against Villa but he did have an early booking & knew that he was 1 hard mistimed challenge away from missing what could be his only chance to play at Wembley for Everton. Every player has off games & to bring someone in who has practically no experience of English football for a game of this importance against a team of United's class just because someone has had a poor game is a terrible suggestion.
If Hibbert doesn't start on Sunday it'll be because he's injured & if that was the case I'd bring Rodwell in & move Neville back, which is what I'd have done at the weekend as someone else has already suggested.
Scottoffee
Player Valuation: £10m
Only problem with Hibbert is that his confidence may well have taken a huge beating after being left wanting against Young.
Ferguson will have noticed and I fully expect Ronaldo to be started on their left as a result - can't see him having much more joy against him (especially if he's been left questioning himself), so may well be a good move to hand Jacobsen the start.
People complaining that he was backing off too much, but he still didn't let anyone past - I'd rather that than have him throwing himself in and having the guy skip past or winning a freekick / pen.
Ferguson will have noticed and I fully expect Ronaldo to be started on their left as a result - can't see him having much more joy against him (especially if he's been left questioning himself), so may well be a good move to hand Jacobsen the start.
People complaining that he was backing off too much, but he still didn't let anyone past - I'd rather that than have him throwing himself in and having the guy skip past or winning a freekick / pen.
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That's the thing right there. Fergie will see the weakness and have one of the best players in the world to hit him.
Hibbo is a confidence player, the villa game will have hurt him.
Les D
Player Valuation: £500k
I find the Jacobsen situation odd, to say the least. I read very recently that the mighty Bayern Munchen are keen to have him yet, like what happens, every now and again (ie Leighton Baines), David Moyes shows a peculiarity in his thinking.
Take Sunday (gone). You have to be ontop of your game to try to keep Ashley Young quiet. As has already been pointed out, Tony Hibbert hasn't figured week-in week-out for us so inevitably, it's going to catch up with you somewhere along the line.
Once Hibbo' got that yellow, really, it was game over for him. Then as is Moyes' whim, he doesn't do substitutions at lightning speed -- he likes to ponder.
As Moyes was waiting, Hibbo' began treading in quicksand (not his fault -- Young is good, and Hibbert had become a treader of eggshells.
Eventually, the change was made and Jaco' had the job of stifling Young. Now I might be wrong, but I thought after two 'runs' of Young on Jabobsen, Jaco' got his number and began to nullify the Young threat.
In conclusion, I would need to see more of Lars Jacobsen to make a cast-iron decision but I have a feeling we're going to need 2 rightbacks for the semi' this Sunday -- if Ronaldo is too hot to handle David Moyes may have to do what was done against Villa -- but, which way round.
Take Sunday (gone). You have to be ontop of your game to try to keep Ashley Young quiet. As has already been pointed out, Tony Hibbert hasn't figured week-in week-out for us so inevitably, it's going to catch up with you somewhere along the line.
Once Hibbo' got that yellow, really, it was game over for him. Then as is Moyes' whim, he doesn't do substitutions at lightning speed -- he likes to ponder.
As Moyes was waiting, Hibbo' began treading in quicksand (not his fault -- Young is good, and Hibbert had become a treader of eggshells.
Eventually, the change was made and Jaco' had the job of stifling Young. Now I might be wrong, but I thought after two 'runs' of Young on Jabobsen, Jaco' got his number and began to nullify the Young threat.
In conclusion, I would need to see more of Lars Jacobsen to make a cast-iron decision but I have a feeling we're going to need 2 rightbacks for the semi' this Sunday -- if Ronaldo is too hot to handle David Moyes may have to do what was done against Villa -- but, which way round.
McBain
Player Valuation: £80m
Tony Hibbert is dead set the least talented senior player in the club.
I like Hibbo, he's an Everton man, but at what price loyalty? Mediocrity?
Jacobsen is an absolutely class defender and he deserves a chance. I'd rather see our defence getting froward, Baines like, than be mired in hoofball.
We have an 29 year old International right back being kept out of the team by a Championship level defender who cant pass.
Give him a go.
I like Hibbo, he's an Everton man, but at what price loyalty? Mediocrity?
Jacobsen is an absolutely class defender and he deserves a chance. I'd rather see our defence getting froward, Baines like, than be mired in hoofball.
We have an 29 year old International right back being kept out of the team by a Championship level defender who cant pass.
Give him a go.
Cahill's Metatarsal
Player Valuation: £15m
Depends what you want out of a full back. Hibbert is 1 of the best tacklers in the Premiership, his timing of challenges to take the ball off someone running with it at pace is absolutely brilliant. If there was a 1-on-1 in a dangerous situation, Hibbert is 1 of the 2 players I'd choose to deal with it, Jagielka being the other. The problem with Hibbert is that's all he's really good at, while he seems to have been working on his crossing, in an attacking situation he often comes up short & the question about whether he's good enough all comes down to the players around him.
If you can put good attacking midfielders & forwards ahead of him to deal with the attacking part of our game & leave him to deal with the defensive side, he'll do an excellent job as he has done this season. If the team is struggling to create chances & is relying on good attacking play from the full backs, then Hibbert is weak in that area & so will struggle as we saw last season.
Are we good enough to have someone who can't do a huge part of the game starting on a regular basis? Last season I didn't think so & so thought it might have been time to replace him with someone who wasn't as good defensively but was a lot better going forward. This season though, despite the Villa game, Hibbert has been brilliant for us. Our defence was awful at the beginning of the season but he came in & really helped to steady it & our midfield has been good enough to not consistently rely on him to help with the attacks.
As for Jacobsen I honestly don't know much about him. I've only seen him in the games he's played for us & I don't like to judge players I've seen so little. He could be absolutely class, he could be Championship level, I don't know. What I do know though is that he has barely any experience of English football & that if he plays at the weekend he's going to come up against world class wingers who have far more experience of the game in this country.
It's a no brainer, to start Jacobsen would be a huge risk & Wembley in the semi final of the FA Cup is not the time or place to take it. Get Hibbert in, let him weaken United's attacking threats & then rely on the likes of Cahill, Fellaini, Pienaar, Osman, Saha, Gosling etc to get the goals.
I think it's a little harsh on Hibbert. Previously he was a definate hoofer but recently he's been much more considered with his passing. Obviously he's still no Dani Alves but if you hark back to the days when pretty much all he did was chip the ball down the line for AJ to chase he's made a big improvement, as I think have the team as a whole in this regard. In the past few weeks our passing has been pretty good, even from serial hoofers such as Neville and Hibbert.
wabisabi
Player Valuation: £1.5m
Agreed Hibbert's commitment to the cause can't be falted and he can time a tackle.. but first he needs to catch the player.
His positioning leaves a lot to be desired and rest assured Manu will look to and be able to exploit that.
Jacobson has a much better sense of defensive positioning and his distribution is more intelligent and safer than Hibbo's.
It's tough call but given Hibbo's last outing, his fitness and confidence levels, plus the nature of the opposition.. I'd be tempted to give Lars the nod.
His positioning leaves a lot to be desired and rest assured Manu will look to and be able to exploit that.
Jacobson has a much better sense of defensive positioning and his distribution is more intelligent and safer than Hibbo's.
It's tough call but given Hibbo's last outing, his fitness and confidence levels, plus the nature of the opposition.. I'd be tempted to give Lars the nod.
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