As great as he is going and as much as I want to see him play, I would be tempted to rest him against Sunderland.
He didn't start against Southampton, he can play two games in a row.
As great as he is going and as much as I want to see him play, I would be tempted to rest him against Sunderland.
Assume you meant Sunderland.Schneiderlin and Herrera for Southampton, Carrick and Bastian for Wolfsburg.
Assume you meant Sunderland.
I think we will lack legs in midfield with a Carrick-BFS combo. Would like Herrera and Carrick against Sunderland with BFS-Schneiderlin against Wolfsburg.
I just feel we might get overrun with those two there. Much like how Scholes and Carrick were both technically brilliant but we kept getting mauled in midfield. Need someone like Schneiderlin to add bite. IMO Carrick and Herrera would work really well together as well.I really liked Schweinsteiger and Carrick together against Liverpool (true it was only Liverpool, but still) - I think Bastian has enough running in him, and combined they're easily the most intelligent football midfield in all the land.
I just feel we might get overrun with those two there. Much like how Scholes and Carrick were both technically brilliant but we kept getting mauled in midfield. Need someone like Schneiderlin to add bite. IMO Carrick and Herrera would work really well together as well.
I just feel we might get overrun with those two there. Much like how Scholes and Carrick were both technically brilliant but we kept getting mauled in midfield. Need someone like Schneiderlin to add bite. IMO Carrick and Herrera would work really well together as well.
Every half-decent team who strolled through our midfield, which is why everyone on here were craving for midfielders.I'm not familiar with that ever being a "thing". Who exactly kept mauling us?
I agree but a lot of that had to do with neither Scholes (at that age) and Carrick having the legs close teams down.Scholes and Carrick got overrun because we played a less compact system. Rio and co would drop much deeper than we do now and leave big holes in midfield.
I don't think he'll be rested and rightly so.
He's 31, not 36 and it's early in the season still where they're match fit and working towards peak fitness. Playing games will help that. It's not like he's been played to exhaustion recently and we don't play til Wednesday. The more he plays, the more he'll settle into a rhythm, we don't need to think about managing his game time like that until we start hitting 3 games in 8 or 9 days over Christmas.
Extremely noticeable when he's not on the pitch. I understand he's being saved for other games but we really miss him when he's not playing. Imagine if we wouldn't have signed him?
Quality bit of composure and skill.Around the 80th min he was in a tight spot but some quick feet helped him get out of it and he played a wonderful ball to Valencia who was in acres of space. Was beautiful to watch..
I just feel we might get overrun with those two there. Much like how Scholes and Carrick were both technically brilliant but we kept getting mauled in midfield. Need someone like Schneiderlin to add bite. IMO Carrick and Herrera would work really well together as well.
They played really well together when Scholes came back from retirement too, didn't they?Have people forgotten 06/07 already?
Nope, but we don't have an attack like that of 06-07, plus 11-12 is fresher in mindHave people forgotten 06/07 already?
We were crying for a midfielder because Scholes had lost his legs and Carrick was never the terrier type. We regularly got run over in midfield by mediocre teams.They played really well together when Scholes came back from retirement too, didn't they?
Carrick and Scholes was the best midfield combination we've had in many a year. If we get a partnership that good going, I'll be very happy.