Ten Hag has already suggested this is his planned set up and I'm all about it, the perfect double pivot
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran are here to talk about a frustrating 2 points dropped at Crystal Palace. They then discuss the regeneration of Old Trafford. Finally, Nik is joined by special guest Michael Statham from the Football Oranje podcast - who gives us a more in depth look at our EL opposition FC Twente, and then runs through the (many) Dutch connections currently at United.
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As is always the case with players once they hit 30, couple of poor games and it’s obituary time. Never bought that at all. Class player.
Dont believe that Amrabat can do the DM job on his own, he usually plays in a 2 where the other player is the more defensive player like when we signed Fred
If they're both playing deep that'll be enough but if Casemiro is caught up the pitch... We'll see.
Return of Classemiro. Simply marvelous.
MotM today. Goal and assist. He is teams
Top goal scorer with 4 goals, and now also with assists.
Top goal scorer with 4 goals, and now also with assists.
BEAST!! 
To be fair, it wasn't just a couple of poor games. His form dipped after that suspension last season, and so it was understandable why people would be concerned. I hope he does recapture his form from the first half of last season, when he was our most important player. But we won't have many easier games than tonight's this season.
Not a fan of the formation in general but the diamond could work well on Saturday.
Amrabat
Cas - Mount
Bruno
Back on form today. Looked quality throughout. The guy just has class.
Hope he's back to his top and will do an excellent job with Amrabat. Pure class.
MotM. Ran the game today.
Quality, he looked leagues ahead of every other player on the pitch tonight even with some strong performances from other players.
You can caveat it by saying Palace made a lot of changes, clearly prioritising the league, but Casemiro was imperious tonight. Some of his first time passing was utterly exquisite. Picture in his mind before he got the ball every time.
The second part of last season and the start of this season had me worried we'd never see Casemiro back at his best. My worries are hereby cancelled. Three very good matches in a row now, and today he was superb. My first 9-er of the season.
My boyyyy.
He just takes a while to get going. Rooney used to be the same after some time out/off.
He just takes a while to get going. Rooney used to be the same after some time out/off.
God no. Bring an end to that formation for us. There is absolutely no point in trying it. We are not technically enough in the middle of the park to really hurt teams through the center. And our midfield isn't tenacious and mobile enough to cover the wide areas the formation opens up. Not to start with the fullbacks. Hopefully that experiment ends, there is just no upside. Play 4-2-3-1 and put Bruno or Mount on the right, done.
I was just going to say this, he’s very similar to Rooney where it takes him 4 or 5 games to get that match rhythm going. I think that’s why ETH kept him on the full 90, he needs constant games and minutes to keep him at his best.
This guy fecks
So it's gonna be the usual start slow, get games and then start to get back to his levels?
Our best player by a distance. His top level is ridiculous, Varane and Martinez maybe can get close but Case is pure class.
Only thing wrong with playing him back into form is his penchant for a darker card.
Shaking the cobwebs off his legs. I hope this lasts. We've been burnt by past-it players too often not to get edgy.
The game he needed, just don't like the fact that he seems to be the main creator at times, he's got good touch and composure in advanced positions but we shouldn't rely on him that much. Perfect game for him to get more confidence. Seems not to be able to stop scoring. Can he get 10 goals this season?
Seemed to be our only midfielder capable of playing first time passes tonight and it makes such a difference in opening up a park the bus team
Did anyone actually think when we bought him that his best stuff would be passing and ability to nab a goal!?
He's obviously above all that defending nonsense now
He's obviously above all that defending nonsense now
Midfield general.
I wished a couple of those first time passes (going back) were a touch and turn, to be honest. He passes out of good positions between the lines too quickly sometimes. But it’s a somewhat new role for him, to be fair, at least at United.
That said, MOTM for me
Been getting better but needed more energy around him to cover the gaps defensively which he can't do all on his own. Been saying it, amrabat and mount were huge misses.
Fantastic, much better the last 2 games. Hopefully we get to see Amrabat partner him going forward.
I didn't realise he scored so many goals for a DMF. He didn't strike me as a goalscorer in his Madrid days. He's lethal in the air.
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He needed that performance as much as we needed it.
When he's got someone beside him who can act like a Jack Russell, and cover the ground around him, it gives him the freedom to unlock his inate Brazilian powers and take charge of a game. Yes, he's declining, but it's games like this that show why he was the best DM in the world for a long time.
Great game.
Admittedly, I did not get to watch him week in, week out at Real Madrid; but I never realised just how good this guy is at getting on the end of set pieces. He’s incredible and very, very dangerous.
Admittedly, I did not get to watch him week in, week out at Real Madrid; but I never realised just how good this guy is at getting on the end of set pieces. He’s incredible and very, very dangerous.
I don’t remember a player so good at scoring from set pieces for us. I feel like he bags them more often than Vidic did. An amazing sense of where to be in the box.
If Amrabat keeps up same level of performance, just return Casimiro to his natural position, CF.
Genuine 10/10 performance. Goals, assists, pinging balls every which way, dominated the middle of the pitch, shut down all their counters. Absolute monster.
Let's hope he keeps form now.
Let's hope he keeps form now.
Great DMs are a rarity and he is one of them.
In an open midfield no one looks good or playing next to midfielders that go ball chasing is a stitch up.
In an open midfield no one looks good or playing next to midfielders that go ball chasing is a stitch up.
Should have put all the money we wasted for shitty transfers to preserve this man's body. One of the best midfielders in our era. Lock him in a cryo chamber before matches
Me neither, he's unnaturally good at it. He should be leading training sessions on it
Can't take the Brazil out of the Brazilian..
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