I thought he was very good in patches today and really gave our build up play an extra dimension, shame the entire team faded but he himself was very strong.
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I thought he was very good in patches today and really gave our build up play an extra dimension, shame the entire team faded but he himself was very strong.
I thought before the knock he was good. After that he seemed to drop away a bit.
Turned out to be a cut on his ankle, sounds like it's nothing serious thankfully.
Hope he is ok.
Shame he's not fully fit yet. I'd have kept him on if possible. Carrick on for Schneiderlin.
First game - 20 mins or so (iirc)
second game - 30 mins or so
third game - 45 mins
fourth game - 60 mins
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second game - 30 mins or so
third game - 45 mins
fourth game - 60 mins
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Played well. Getting back to fitness slowly but surely. He will be very important for us.
Thought he was very good today. His passing isn't quite as penetrative as Carrick's, but he's still capable of driving with the ball to draw defenders to him, which is something we've really missed in central midfield the last few years.
Dont think he was too good
Not good enough yet to replace carrick
Not good enough yet to replace carrick
Still not fit, you could see at times when he was tracking back he'd put his head down as if he was knackered. But having the quality and experience of Bastian "fooking" Schwensteiger still makes me smile.
Don't think he has been all that great yet. Certainly is not fit enough and has made more bad passes than I would've expected. I hope he comes good for us.
Carrick was not good when he came on and not great against Brugge. I'd say they're on par.
When Scweinsteiger is playing, Schneiderlin sits in front of the defense. When Carrick is playing Schneiderlin moves further up. At this point I'd think that Carrick is competing with Schneiderlin more than he is competing with Schweinsteiger.
He was rubbish. Needs to shed some weight.
Rubbish! Although he might not be dominating, it has nothing to do with his legs and it's only the first game he starts. Of course everyone is full of expectation. The time he's on the pitch, he showed he's still got it, IMH0. Give him time t0 get get fit FFS. To make this kind of assessment is amateurish.
Why do these signings cause so much polarization? Every game hes either been very good or crap.
Hes been alright, certainly better than what you had. Anyone expecting the Bastian of 5 years ago would have been a fool anyway.
Hes been alright, certainly better than what you had. Anyone expecting the Bastian of 5 years ago would have been a fool anyway.
Based on four half games. Riiiiiiiiiight.
He certainly wasn't rubbish....
Haha, yes, what a strange conclusion of the article.
This. He was definitely better than the Carrick of the first two games, so that's an improvement. I honestly don't know what people expect of him.
People seem to always love dealing in extremes. But yeah, he's been okay so far, although you'd hope he still has a lot more to offer us even if he's not at his best level as such.
Neat and tidy, but not physically at it. It's understandable because he's not match fit.
As an aside, Van Gaal needs to pick a more adventurous midfield.
It sounds like you're trying to convince yourself that's the case more than anything else. He's potentially the best midfielder in the league and that's not remotely exaggerating.
I think Herrera should have come in instead of him, not Carrick.
Yep.
Schneiderlin's passing doesn't convince me. Slows down / breaks down a lot of moves. Early days, mind.
No. But in all seriousness hes hardly been crap, hes certainly a more calming influence on the team in midfield than it was, it no longer gets so easily dominated.
Start him, start him etc. Today showed why LVG has been gradually easing him in, he's clearly not fully fit yet.
It's not his job though to do the pretty passing though, but he's still been very decent, he's in a new team playing, in a more restricted role. He's been fantastic at breaking up play + adding a bit of steel, his primary role for the team.
True. Makes you worry for Chelsea's midfield though, really. If they couldn't even manage more than 30% possession at home to a United midfield containing Rooney, Fellaini and Herrera then what chance do they have against Schweinsteiger and Schneiderlin.
Bastian is not ready to play 90 minutes and that was painfully obvious today. He ran out of fuel 40ish minutes and could barely move after that.
To be fair to him, he took a sore looking whack to the heel/ankle. He ran it off a bit, but eventually had to come off as he didn't look comfortable. BT confirmed he had a gash as a result.
It could be the reason but then again why did he play injured for so long if it was?
We'll have 25% possession, we'll win 2-0.
Because he's Bastian fecking Schweinsteiger
No, I agree, he should have been taken off earlier if it resulted in a cut, or it could have been made worse. Perhaps he didn't know about it right away. I did like what we saw of him starting though. And I like the dynamic of bringing him off and swapping him with an equally adept player of similar quality with fresh legs. Swapping Carrick for Schweinsteiger, and vice versa, has given our play a good injection of composure each time. I hope both can stay fit with such rotation for the length of the season.
Easily good enough for that. Just needs to get his fitness levels back up.
Nowhere near his best but lacks match fitness so I guess he'll improve.
I wouldn't say he's been poor. I would say he has been underwhelming though. That's probably down to fitness however, just needs to keep building.
Not a bad game but he still looks a bit rusty.
Thought he did well. Still has a bit to go but the signs are there that once he gets going, he will slot straight in.
He was great until he got that foul in the back then was just good thereafter. Still not ready for 90 mins in the PL. I hope it's nothing a little rest won't fix (i.e. leave him on the bench for Brugge if possible).
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