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- Goals
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- Assists
- 6
- Yellow cards
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- Red cards
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The way he plays, it is really easy on the eye, he is not only an enforcer and protector of the defense who is tough tackler, he is also technically adept and superb passer of the ball, and his care for the ball is second to none, even his interceptions/blocks lead to a pass themselves.
In front of the goal, he has a good shot on him and can be in good positions during attacking phases of the game, but he is quite unlucky there sometimes.
Past it, mercenary, panic signing. Plodder on the ball.
Guys a beast, physically, technically and mentally - it's been so long since we've had this kind of midfielder, I'd probably say Keane was the last all round midfielder we had which shows how dire our recruitment has been.
Casemiro and Martinez are by far my favourite players in our squad right now, I've said for ages that our players have been mentally weak (constantly bottling semi finals, finals and top 4 fights) but with these two hopefully more will come.
I must admit though, I didn't think Casemiro was this good at the other side of the game, I always viewed him as the protector, allowing Kroos and Modric to shine by playing simple passes to them allowing them to dictate everything- turns out this guy was the glue holding that midfield together, no wonder they're trailing Barcalever in La Liga without him.
Please adopt me Casemiro.
Casemiro and Martinez are by far my favourite players in our squad right now, I've said for ages that our players have been mentally weak (constantly bottling semi finals, finals and top 4 fights) but with these two hopefully more will come.
I must admit though, I didn't think Casemiro was this good at the other side of the game, I always viewed him as the protector, allowing Kroos and Modric to shine by playing simple passes to them allowing them to dictate everything- turns out this guy was the glue holding that midfield together, no wonder they're trailing Barcalever in La Liga without him.
Please adopt me Casemiro.
He's the greatest steady Eddie of them all.
What a fecking player, love him.
What a fecking player, love him.
Well, you don't pay €80M for a 30yo if he is a bad player.
Glad he is doing well.
Glad he is doing well.
He’s what I’d imagine a post-2002 injury-free Roy Keane to have been.
Absolute class, I thought he'd be a good signing for us but I must admit I underrated him.
Hoping he doesn't play a minute in Brazil's final group game though!
Hoping he doesn't play a minute in Brazil's final group game though!
I still cannot believe a guy who actually played in the same spot, could have such a outlandish and daft opinion about Casemiro.
It's bizarre to me. Souness was a great player and as you say played the same position, how he could stick to his initial opinion despite everything showing him the contrary smacks of big-headedness and more bothered about being right than just admitting 'he's a lot better than I realised he was.'
Yeah you are spot on. Its the same with his stance on Ronaldo vs Ten Hag. Even after the interview and everything he just stubbornly sticks to his first point of view. Odd behaviour. Was a cracking player though, like you said.
Comforting to know we have one bona fide world class star in our team. Figured he'd be good based on what bit's I'd seen of him coupled with him being widely described as the 'best in the world' in his position by loads of sources. Even so, it's nice to be even more impressed than originally expected. My favourite current united player, literally everything you want.
Will be so integral to our team over the next 2 - 3 years. Excellent player to build around.
Will be so integral to our team over the next 2 - 3 years. Excellent player to build around.
@TheReligion - I didn’t realise Yagami was gone till you mentioned it. Then I noticed this gem. I would have left too! 
I always felt that Brazil players never really ‘dreamed’ to play for United so it’s great to see Casemiro and Anthony here who are world class or at least has potential.
Hopefully it brings the future generation Brazilians to us more often than not.
Hopefully it brings the future generation Brazilians to us more often than not.
It seems to be more of a thing these days, where someone makes an assessment and vigorously sticks to it regardless of evidence showing a different view just so they can say there were 'right' in the end (which they might not be anyway). Seems like people are less willing to admit they were incorrect in the first place.
These players will never win the Balon D’or will they?
Souness is the same guy who gave minutes to Ali fecking Dia. How he's a mainstay pundit is beyond me.
Yeah it's the same with the fellow in here that kept insisting Case would flop. Rather than just admit he got it wrong and get on with it, he seems to have left the forum instead.
The Benzema of CDM?
Pretty good comparison actually. It takes a special player to adapt their game depending on what's best for the good of the team. These players have that !
I honestly thought he was a panic signing, afterall why would we get somebody still in their prime from RM.
How glad I am to be wrong, the guy is a BEAST.... a glorious beast!
How glad I am to be wrong, the guy is a BEAST.... a glorious beast!
WHAT.
and he even only got nominated for Ballon D’or ONCE in his career and receiving only 1 vote.
another Paul Scholes (nominated 3 times, receiving 0 votes) at Balon D’or.
Probably doesn't give a feck either. Just gets on with his business
Two of the worst posts of all time.
Probably, mate. Many thought Benzema was good, but not THIS good. He had like 5 years without a single competitive game for France NT.Too old to be playing football. Carried by Modric and Kroos. Madrid must know something we don't.
Or something like that
Or something like that
Best Mid in the Tourney so far. He destroys people when he needs to, and then seems to immediately switch to being downright elegant on the ball. Remarkable.
Was that not more due to being involved in the blackmailing of Valbuena moreso than ability though?
Yeah although for the latter part, you know there was a very specific context to that, right?
Reasonable. 5 years out? He still played some friendly games though, so he was actually eligible but just not good enough (according to France NT manager).
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I seem to remember a thread where I was defending his honor seemingly on my own. Benzema made Ronaldo.
I seem to remember a thread where I was defending his honor seemingly on my own. Benzema made Ronaldo.
If memory served right, some of his finishing was really bad when he was under Ronaldo's shadow. But then, he can't be Madrid's main striker for a decade and won so many domestic and European trophies without being one of the best.
From memory he wasn't even shooting at some point but the rest of his game was exceptional and he was a difference maker despite not scoring much, he also had a fair amount of assists.
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