That 1 touch back heel pass to RVP around the 12th minute when Rooney rifled the ball to him is just ridiculous.
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That 1 touch back heel pass to RVP around the 12th minute when Rooney rifled the ball to him is just ridiculous.
much more legs and covered space/defensive work from him.. yes we liked giggs in later stages that he could make final pass but that was it this guy has much more to our game:-) he is no doubt key player much more than anyone else..
1:28, 2:31, 3:22, 6:14 highlights for me..
A player with this type of awareness is invaluable. Making runs for the sole purpose of displacing defenders to open avenues for your teammates. Kinda of funny, it brings basketball to mind because you'll see this type of movement a lot in the NBA.
I really hope he can stay fit.
I don't think it's any odd in football either. Perhaps it's how it should be done
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It's refreshing to see what an actual midfielder does. That is all.
Munian is a month older than Tom Thorpe. I still think he'll be a top player. Lovely vision and so low to the ground. When Bilbao get a bit desperate they tend to shift him into the middle and he's just so tough to deal with for opposition DM's.
As for Herrera, I think he's a brilliant fit as the right-sided of a middle 3/diamond and Di Maria will obviously be on the left. Blind and Carrick give us 2 good, but not great, options at DM, but we'll probably sell Fellaini and Cleverley this summer and buy a CM with the mobility to play the wide CM roles Herrera and Di Maria will be tasked with, I would think.
I also think Herrera as the 10 in the diamond in tougher games might be worth looking at, though we don't really have the CM to play in his stead on the right with Fletcher's reversion, Cleverley's regression, Fellaini being Fellaini and nobody else stepping up.
I think Rooney would do well as the LCM or RCM in that system.
I disagree. Think he lacks the defensive understanding and agility. Herrera will always be deeper than him.
Not sure if this has already been posted, but:
He's playing midfield now rather then as a number 10. I must say, I'm impressed at how natural he looks there, considering all the scare-mongering about him being too attacking for the position.
He's my favourite player already. Going head to head with Mata (and Dave...I must have a thing for Spanish men 
) for the most likeable guy ever.
edit/I do not have a thing for Spanish men.
) for the most likeable guy ever.edit/I do not have a thing for Spanish men.
He does give the ball away with some over ambitious forward passes at times, but I think I can cop that considering he'll be creating just as much with them.
This is a very good point actually, there was a lot negativity about his signing saying he could no longer operate further back than #10, despite spending the majority of his career as a #6/#8. We can see #8 is clearly his favoured position and I think he settled any doubts in the QPR game.
Even when he played further forward last season he was an unorthodox number ten. He made a load of tackles/interceptions and didn't stay high up the pitch.
Wasn't it given as a foul at 6:14?
looks like it was, anyway its good aspect of his game his sliding tackles are great..
Its funny, when Fellaini said he wanted to be like Keane I couldn't take it seriously. Yet I hear Herrera say she wants to be like Scholes and have no doubt he will go a decent way towards becoming that for us.
Surely we have the most friendliest squad in the world? Falcao, Herrera, Rojo, Blind, Rafael, De Gea, Mata & Chich are all come across as the nicest bunch of players!
He seems like such a great humble character and I just love the way he plays. Seems like a very intelligent young man as well, much like Mata. Fan favorite in the making right there.
So happy with our summer signings, they all seem to have very good heads on their shoulders and no one epitomises that more than Herrera.
Ander comes over so well, smart and humble. He's been unfairly underrated by our clueless media but I am sure the team and LvG appreciate how good he is and just turned 25.
Depends whether you mean on or off-the-pitch. Ander, Rojo and Rafael are hardly angels on it...
That's ideal. Lets keep the friendly mushy stuff off the pitch.
Yeah, wouldn't disagree. No one wants a team that's too nice on the pitch.
Didn't Rojo bottle/beat up his neighbour? He's a nutter and I love him.
Even Herrera, he loves a tackle.
Ander is Herrera
But yeah, he definitely does. Likes a moan at the referee too, he's the type of player that's going to piss off other fans but one who'll be a fan favourite at his own club.
He will also do well at number 10 spot. I like him a lot, his intelligence and movement are very good. I think buying players from spanish/german teams who focus on technique will really help us. This will move us away from the slow zombie(but effective) football we played under fergie in his last season.
I hope we can see him in the 10 position in one of the games, His through balls look really good and i think he will link really well behined a front two.It might be difficult to see him in that position due to competition, but may be in the future at time of F.A. cup.
I hope we can see him in the 10 position in one of the games, His through balls look really good and i think he will link really well behined a front two.It might be difficult to see him in that position due to competition, but may be in the future at time of F.A. cup.
Despite him already having 1 goal and 2 assists thus far, the biggest issue he'd have with playing as the #10 is his lack of numbers. He really isn't much of a goal threat (despite taking a fantastic chance last game) and is far more of a pre-assist/build up passer than a final ball kind of player. Despite being a good #10, he's better as an #8 and we already have a great #10 in Mata.
I think for the big games, when Carrick is back, we will see him being played there to shore things up, with Carrick - Blind at the base and Di Maria floating. Defensively we will be solid and he could be used to shut out the opposing deep-lying playmaker.
He's a crack, what a gentleman.
Yeah, he seems like a great lad.
Hopefully he'll become the worldclass CM you so badly need.
Hopefully he'll become the worldclass CM you so badly need.
We already have one thanks to your team.
It would be one of these games that would usualy worry me about a new signing, going away to Leicester, I just see it as one of those game that could potentially prove to catch a new arrival out but with Herrera, you just get the sense that whoever he is playing, wherever he is playing, you are going to get the same attitude and same output out which is a great attribute to have that not many do.
Herrera is already like a young Paul Scholes in one way, off the ball the both run around like little terriers snapping at the heels of anything that moves. Both small(ish) in stature but don't get bullied.
He won't be just as comfortable as Scholes on the ball and he won't quite have the passing range, but few in our lifetime ever will. I'll be delighted if he keeps going the way he's going, improving all the time.
I think it also helps that Athetic don't play the traditional Spanish slow build up, they run around like maniacs closing down at a frantic pace. I think that him being used to that kind of setup will make him slot in without much trouble.
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