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. I'm loving his double pivot with Pogba too, they ran the midfield to perfection. They also picked their moments well to influence things further forward. Them two are special all-round midfielders, I hope we will stop pigeonholing them into specific midfield areas as I have been guilty of it as well earlier in the season. They are both are both smart enough to adapt positionally to what the manager needs from what I've seen. The additional midfielder we need I feel is a Wanyama-like player and professional who will be content to come in as a competent pure DM during top 6 PL clashes and top CL matches to have PogbEra wreck havoc a little further ahead in their box to box roles, our midfield would be indomitable. I don't care if this is considered OTT but there is a wild under appreciation of Herrera and to some extent Pogba that can sometimes blur how good they've been as if we haven't seen them dominate majority of midfields this season. Fair criticism is good when they unperformed, and they have in a few games, but some of the things I've read makes me wonder if the people commenting even watch games.I am not saying he shouldn't do it. Just saying he needs to learn when not to do it. There are times when Pogba is ahead of him and we lose the ball and he charges to press and a ball past him exposes the CB. Waiting for the attacker to come to him is a better option sometimes
oftentimes its very hard to react and hesitate, and he wins it more often than not and I cant remember we conceded goal after any of his charges, we have very good aggressive center backs basically all of them capable of sweeping and read the situations higher up the pitch or the slow the opposition attack down so its definitelz worth the little risk. He also plays this role 2/3 of the season so I am sure he will only get better as hes very intelligent player. It also very important to start pressing, our game was very unwatchable at times past 5/6 years with players sitting back, waiting for a mistake, this is a better football with more chances, with a little more risk but with many more chances on our side, sitting back and building up from there is so oldfashioned. so good to have a player with this kind of skill who will be part of the new Mourinho philosophy
I get what you're saying, I think? Defo not as hard or driven as Keano or as skilled as Scholes (a much better tackler though) but head & shoulders better than Butty in terms of skill, talent & overall ability. Nicky worked hard for us, I'll grant you that, but nowhere near as creative as Ander. If the two had been available to SAF I think Nicky would be riding the pine is all.
Chelsea's creativity seems to come a lot more from their wing backs because they get so much freedom having two great ball winners in the centre. The systems working so well at Chelsk
Except he doesn't have better stats, you literally have to just add Hendersons name on average per game to see how Herrera still comes out well on top.
I think you mean that first touch where he gain a yard or put opponents off. It's the same as Kross.
)It is a lot easier to play in a successful side with a longterm manager and a style of play. Butt found that out when he left United as did a lot of players. Herrera has had two different managers and a big overhaul of playing partners. One manager undermined his confidence but thankfully Jose is showing faith and we are getting the benefits.
Thank you.
Yeah it's also a treadmark touch Kross does.
You say it like playing with two wing backs is somehow more defensive than playing with 2 fullbacks. When you consider how we play with the leftback tucking in we basically play with three at the back anyway. If anything, having additional defenders behind Kante sill only give him further licence to take risks with his Tackling. Then you consider how often each team has to defend: with United having more possession than Chelsea on a regular basis you would have thought that would favour Kante.
Perhaps 'on another level' is hyperbole on my part. My point being Herreras defensive contribution is criminally underrated. When he is putting up numbers better than Kante, he should be talked about in the same bracket, which currently, he isn't. Instead he seems to be judged as a playmaker for some bizarre reason. Although his offensive play is far better than Kantes he's citicised for it while Kante seems impervious to such criticism. I don't think there's been a better midfielder in the league this season yet many here only want to talk about replacing him. Some with the even more limited Bakayoko of all players!
I don't expect creative passing from Kante but I do from Herrera that's the difference. Herrera has played as an 8 and 10 throughout his career so we can't hold them to the same standards on that.
I rate both players but Herrera if anything statistically better than Kante and much better going forward how could anyone swap Kante for Herrera, maybe someone like you who has no idea, I wouldn't certainly and they wouldn't both players do fantastic jobs for their teams but why do you say that putting down Kante to big up Herrera is embarrassing and in the same sentence you say he's not even close?? what an utter nonsense, that is an embarrassing post from you, one can argue.
For me there's a slight margin in quality despite Herrera being CLEARLY better offensively and slighlty in statistics, if anything, everything suggest he's the better player by some margin and so ppl can have that opinion without looking like fools but claiming otherwise is just bs.
you're probably one of those victims of media hype... I mean that sort of media hype which for instance made Wayne Rooney stay in our club three fecking years longer than he should..
This is an absolute car crash of a post.Stop embarrassing yourself.
There's nothing outlandish in saying Herrera doesn't come close to Kante. First off Kante was arguably the player of the year last year and he's right up there this year too. Just watch the games objectively and not focus heavily on stats and you'll see why Kante is rated so highly. The notion that Kante's performances/quality is media driven is a joke. He's hardly skillful, not British, barely scores and is certainly lacking in the looks department so why would he be lavished with praise for anything other than his performances week in week out.
While you're busy trying to convince yourself Herrera is better, Kante is on his way to back to back league titles being in the top 3 most important players.
But yeah media hype
