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2022-23 Performances

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6.4 Season Average Rating
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He did do some nice passes he should basically be Fred's REPLACEMENT. I mean Fred is 29 and Case is better at everything. I don't see why we store these players and don't try to offload in the summer. Signing Cas is the perfect opp to release Fred once and for all
 
MOTM yesterday - class performance. Seeing him alongside a fully fit Pogba would have been brilliant.
 
Excellent player, and slotted in probably better than I expected him to, in terms of adjustment to the league.
 
He doesn’t need Fred beside him as he can really hold his own in the midfield. Need a more creative player beside him like Eriksen. Heck, you can even play Bruno beside him and slot another attacking player up top
 
Stacks said:
He did do some nice passes he should basically be Fred's REPLACEMENT. I mean Fred is 29 and Case is better at everything. I don't see why we store these players and don't try to offload in the summer. Signing Cas is the perfect opp to release Fred once and for all
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We should be getting rid of Fred asap. Awhile back I thought Mctominay had to go but he's been decent under ETH. Fred has gone to pieces. We can only have so many technically mediocre footballers.
 
SATA said:
Heck, you can even play Bruno beside him and slot another attacking player up top
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Massive improvement on McTominay. He is a defensive midfielder who has quickly become one of our most creative players.

xA - 1.11 (xA per 90 - 0.39)

McTominay:

xA - 0.02 (xA per 90 - 0.00)

Also, he is much better defensively:

McTominay (2.3 tackles per 90 ; 1.5 Interceptions per 90) - 3.8 total per 90
Casemiro (5.5 tackles per 90 ; 2.1 Interceptions per 90) - 7.6 total per 90

Gets far more involved, also:

McTominay passes per 90 - 33.8
Casemiro passes per 90 - 64.9

Night and day.
 
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Massive improvement on McTominay. He is a defensive midfielder who has quickly become one of our most creative players.

xA - 1.11 (xA per 90 - 0.39)

McTominay:

xA - 0.02 (xA per 90 - 0.00)

Also, he is much better defensively:

McTominay (2.3 tackles per 90 ; 1.5 Interceptions per 90) - 3.8 total per 90
Casemiro (5.5 tackles per 90 ; 2.1 Interceptions per 90) - 7.6 total per 90

Gets far more involved, also:

McTominay passes per 90 - 33.8
Casemiro passes per 90 - 64.9

Night and day.
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He's probably still world class. I get the impression he really wants to get us back to the top as well, I don't think this is just a pay day for him.
 
MUFC OK said:
MOTM yesterday - class performance. Seeing him alongside a fully fit Pogba would have been brilliant.
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Oh good lord, I can't believe there are still believers in this guy around here. I'm so glad we don't have to watch that bum jog around the pitch anymore, the dark cloud is gone.
 
Stacks said:
He did do some nice passes he should basically be Fred's REPLACEMENT. I mean Fred is 29 and Case is better at everything. I don't see why we store these players and don't try to offload in the summer. Signing Cas is the perfect opp to release Fred once and for all
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Think Fred is out of contract in the summer so he’s likely gone by next season.
 
He's not played - so far - as I would've expected him to.

Not sure if that's a good or a bad thing, actually.
 
Casemiro looking great, I did not expect him to be so involved offensively. That cross on Rashy was delicious.

I’m delighted.
 
Brwned said:
Good thing he’s played against better opposition many times before in his career, including at a higher level than the EL, most recently in a CL final in which he was the best outfield player on the pitch. And over the course of the season he won more tackles and was dribbled less often than Fabinho, one of the best DMs in the league and a player he keeps out of the Brazil team. So he might have some idea how to play against better opposition.
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Good thing we have a couple of battle-tested colossi in his position to replace that underachieving donkey. Otherwise, we'd be fecked.
 
Lecland07 said:
Gets far more involved, also:

McTominay passes per 90 - 33.8
Casemiro passes per 90 - 64.9
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This is the most important stat. Statistically, all of our midfielders over the past 2-3 years were pretty much bang average in terms of passes per game. Casemiro averaging 65 a game puts him around 90th percentile. It's so important to have a midfielder who not only shows for, but actually plays the ball around the middle of the pitch.

Bad to see that McTominay is still abysmal in that regard.
 
MUFC OK said:
MOTM yesterday - class performance. Seeing him alongside a fully fit Pogba would have been brilliant.
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Yeah, if only they played 15 games together, then Pogba might have had one good performance, and man, that could have been amazing... or Pogba would have put a spell on him or something, who knows.
 
I'd imagine his style is probably a little different here to how he had to be at Madrid because all the noise around the signing was don't expect much buildup or in the passing department. When you've got Kroos and Modric next to you, you just give them the ball. Anything else would be ridiculous.

With the likes of Fred making up the numbers you have to do a bit more and I think the mnaager will be demanding that, and he probably is smart enough to realise that as an experienced player. So I think this probably explains why he has been trying to play quite creatively for a no nonsense DM. With Eriksen it's a slightly different balance but he's not always going to be playing with him.
 
What a bad boy this guy is! Absolutely disgusting performance. Ran the show from start to finish. His positioning and passing is something else. What a great signing he will be. :drool:
 
Where’s the fecking idiot who moaned we were ‘stuck with him’.
 
Been exceptional for the last fortnight, and the difference he makes is huge, just quality and efficiency in everything he does, and he just knows how to play the role.
 
Absolutely dominant performance tonight, Casemiro in CL mode. Fred did his fair share alongside him as well.
 
Solius said:
Where’s the fecking idiot who moaned we were ‘stuck with him’.
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There’s quite a few who’ll be deleting posts in here. Embarrassing claiming he was a waste of money when he barely even played.
 
Replenish said:
I hate to say it but am I ever wrong about a new signing. This guy is finished, Madrid sold us a dud. No wonder Ten Hag doesn't start him. He doesn't suit the type of football Ten Hag wants to play. He's a destroyer type DM and what we need is a possession based DM like Carrick/Busquets. It's another 60m down the drain and he'll probably just be a last 10 minutes off the bench player which is what he should be at most. Early days I know but I don't think he's going to be a good player for us, he's another player that lacks mobility like Maguire and they struggle in the premier league. Clearly he's not as immobile as Maguire, but he's not the quickest and not the youngest which is going to cause him problems.
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Replenish said:
It's early days I know, but I'll be proven right unfortunately. I've never been wrong in my judgement.
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Soo, are you wrong yet? The guys world class.
 
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