Once he's fit he'll have to start every game. Thought he had the game undercontrol when he came on.
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Commentators pointed out how vocal he was when he came on. That can only be a good thing
I really don't understand all the praise for him here. What did he offer when he came on that Carrick didn't do? I hear people saying we became more solid, but I honestly thought we started to cave in and play as if only 30 seconds remained.
Could of course have more to do with general fitness, and Valencia coming on, but still.
Could of course have more to do with general fitness, and Valencia coming on, but still.
We were worse after he came on. If he wants to be a team player he needs to cut out the pointing shit.
why? he actually needs to do that, showing teammates where the ball should be played? it's a duty the coach also delegates to Carrick, clearly possible to see when he plays, actions these players are capable of
Yeah nothing wrong with pointing to where he thinks the pass should be made. Especially when players receive the ball under pressure it can help.
He's 34 now... People seem to forget that.
Schweinsteigers performances has lead to some of the most polarising opinions on RedCafe.
I'd like to see him start the next game. Hope he's first choice. Drop one of Schneiderlin or Carrick.
It would have to be Carrick.
Because playing a midfield two of Basti and Carrick would be a disaster waiting to happen.
Thought he was alright when he came on. People shouldn't expect miracles when he too is a new player who needs to gel with his new teammates and adapt to a new league.
Cut out telling people what to do? I hope not, because he knows better then anyone how and where to play and pass it. He's a leader type on the pitch and he showed it. He just needs to get his fitness up. And we looked better for the first 15 minutes he was on, controlling the game a lot more, and then we fell off as Darmian and Memphis came off and we sat back to hold the lead. Schweinsteiger himself didn't do badly at all.
Also, one thing that he'll be an immense improvement compared to our other midfielders, is his first time and forward passing. Nobody else in our midfield is really great at passing it forward quickly into the forwards, or trusts them enough to play the ball to them under pressure. Schweinsteiger will just help control games a lot more and is a lot more creative in his passing then the others.
I think he'll be a lot better going forward, then he will be defensively (where he might struggle with the pace and intensity of the PL)
He'll also be a massive boost in Europe.
I don't think he'll have too many issues defensively or with the pace of the league, but Carrick's obviously better defensively speaking so we won't see Schweinsteiger play as the main defensive mid probably. Partnering Schweinsteiger with Schneiderlin to take care of the defensive side, and alongside Herrera I think is just our best option though. Once Schweinsteiger gets back to fitness I think he'll be right up there as the best midfielder in the league, if he stays fit of course. A great problem to have in terms of player selection though, no matter the combination we pick in midfield, I don't think I'll be that annoyed at our midfield 2 or 3. They're all top players and all 4 are better then any midfielder in the league bar Matic/Fabregas. Quite a change from the Fletcher/Cleverley duo we saw a year ago.
I thought he was pretty average to be honest. He didn't stand out to me or anything. Not saying he was bad, just don't understand all the praise he is getting.
Probably right.
My point was that he's in his 10th year, being subbed off at 60mins, a rare situation for him and people are chanting for another clubs legend. It seemed fickle to me.
Nothing special from Schwrinsteiger in his cameo, as some of the passes were sloppy and it was quite obvious he is not really match fit yet.
He did OK, a few nice passes, a few mistakes, clearly needs match fitness. The yellow card was a bit meh
If you play him infront of defense in the 4-1-4-1 we played last season he would absolutely boss it.
Indeed. Even Scholes, his last 'full' season where he was playing 90 minutes week-in week-out was in 06-07 when he was 31/32. Playing 60 minutes or being rested for games is good for Carrick.
To become more of a team player he has to stop communicating with his teammates?
Just gonna leave this here 
Why do you think it would be a disaster?
The most pleasing thing about Basti when he came on, was how he was barking instructions at the other players.
A proper leader on the pitch, and a decent performance too given he didn't start.
A proper leader on the pitch, and a decent performance too given he didn't start.
Yesterday he showed glimpses of how he can control games...by no means was it a brilliant cameo but nevertheless you could see how he'll run that midfield of ours once fit.
Brilliant player but looked a little out of condition still. Think he will be a great signing though.
Neither are agile enough to cover the others deficiencies, and both want to be on the ball, dictating from deep. Which, in effect, would probably be too defensive and leave the attack sort of disjointed. It'd sort of be like the issue that Bayern had with Alonso and Schweinsteiger.
Leadership advice for Bastian fecking Schweinsteiger from 712. Not much more to add really.
What on earth is this post?
One of the worst posts I've read this weekend, and that's saying something.
That flick with the outside of his boot to spin the ball around the Spurs player and land at Shaw's feet is one of the best things I've seen on a football pitch in years.
If?
Yep.
Especially those one touch passes/flicks with outside of his foot when he has player on his back, haven't seen anyone doing that in our team since Scholes, or Berbatov to some extent.
Getting to match fitness isn't really a worry in my opinion. The question mark is whether he can avoid injury for enough of the season to rack up 30-40 appearances and in turn have an influence on our season.
I think it's fair to assume that he'll get up to match fitness and be able to get stuck in and run about for 90 minutes.
I think he will be an amazing signing. Finally we won't be completely falling apart if there's no Carrick.
I think we should go back to the 3 in midfield though as having two DM's sitting back might be too defensive
I think we should go back to the 3 in midfield though as having two DM's sitting back might be too defensive
Well yeah, that's the point I was making EDIT: Or trying to make. Being fit overall requires the player to be available for the vast majority of games. Which I'm pretty confident he won't be.
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