Looks fitter and more engaged this year. Hope it continues
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 20
- Goals
- 3
- Assists
- 0
- Yellow cards
- 2
I saw some comments in the match day thread slagging him off and I was really confused.
I thought he was really good, didn’t put a foot wrong.
I thought he was really good, didn’t put a foot wrong.
Looks leaner and meaner.
Seems to be looking a bit leaner, decent game from him.
Appears it was the form of everything around him & the tactics rather than him simply falling off a cliff.
Still an absolutely brilliant player when not being asked to do the impossible.
Still an absolutely brilliant player when not being asked to do the impossible.
Good game but I think getting in Ugarte is important. He is still too careless with the ball.
Very happy with him especially in the first half he was really good.
Well? He was best player today
Thought he was MoM over the course of the game. Some bad moments but generally played really well.
Never gonna work in that kamikaze shape last year… and probs won’t in anything but a compact midfield
But when the shape suits him, you can still see the quality is there.
But when the shape suits him, you can still see the quality is there.
Very good performance, made sure to win most of his challenges and some very nice passes to put teammates into chances. Main thing I would say detracted from his performance was not his legs. It was that he couldnt get his shots on target which was poor.
Looked more like the 22/23 version of Casemiro there tonight. Ugarte could be Mainoo replacement in the short term rather than Casemiro replacement. I’m still not sure himself and Mainoo work together, lack of legs.
ugarte isn't exactly the best player on the ball either.
Good performance, lovely to see. Just sign Ugarte so that we can use Casemiro sparingly.
I actually don’t like him occupying the ball and spaces so high up the pitch. Occasionally it comes off — the pass to Fernandes in the first half — but otherwise it should be left for the players who excel in those areas.
Doesn't have to be a Carrick but from his stats and his performances he seems a more safer passer and is definitely better than Casemiro in terms of receiving and playing the ball in tight spaces which is what I think this team needs more than a great passer.
What happened to him all of a sudden? He's been very good and long may it continue.
Yeah he very often gets in the way or gives the ball away and then doesn't have the legs to get back.
All over the pitch today, constantly involved and looked like the 22/23 version. If he can stay available and play like this, its a huge boost to our top 4 chances this season. The commentator on my stream was basically saying early in the first half that teams with top 4 aspirations need to have someone better than Casemiro 
Played well overall.
Looks like he's got a point to prove!
Dropped from the FA cup final and Copa America seems to have given him a kick up the ass. He's come back way leaner than at the start of last season and looks to be concentrating more, especially his passing.
It will be interesting to see what happens if we do end up getting Ugarte in.
Dropped from the FA cup final and Copa America seems to have given him a kick up the ass. He's come back way leaner than at the start of last season and looks to be concentrating more, especially his passing.
It will be interesting to see what happens if we do end up getting Ugarte in.
The way people try to downplay his performance. Was hands down our best player alongside Maguire and Mazraoui
Thought he was poor unless he was close to their box, a lot of poor passes in the middle, and frankly he isn't the DM in this formation, he is so far up most of the game Mainoo is more of the DM.
Looks like a man reborn, long may it continue.
Casemiro was fantastic tonight. He may not have the legs to go 50 games but he's got the legs to compete in the PL.
Huge surprise but was MOTM
Had the summer off and looked it. Involved everywhere. Still had some misplaced passes and getting caught diving in but you'd take that considering where we were last season with him in that dreadful midfield set up.
Still a bit hit and miss for me. He was a bit off at the very beginning and looked absolutely spent near the end... but his passing was absolutely on point tonight and he created a lot of chances. I'm still not sold on him as a starter for the season but he definitely looks way better in a double pivot.
Looks leaner and fitter. Very important to keep him fresh and going if we are to have any success this season
In centre of everything, perhaps he should scream at his mates from time to time. He's one of the experienced ones.
Yeah just don't play him all season as a 1 man midfield against 2 or 3. He didn't become crap overnight.
Definitely giving Ten Hag a fresh start as it would be pretty miserable not to and he seems to have realised how crazy he was at times but yeah Casemiro got dealt a pretty raw deal. We still need another midfielder but he will be valuable.
Definitely giving Ten Hag a fresh start as it would be pretty miserable not to and he seems to have realised how crazy he was at times but yeah Casemiro got dealt a pretty raw deal. We still need another midfielder but he will be valuable.
He’s proving there’s life in the old dog yet. He seemed to be involved in everything.
Brilliant tonight. That was first-season Case
Looked sharp. Hope it continues, especially if Ugarte doesn't happen.
Any time a player has a few bad months after the age of 30, all fans rush to call them past it but there's no real reason why a 32 year old defensive midfielder couldn't still be world class. Kroos was a few years older than that last season.
Looks sharp. His passing was very good aswell.
Looked much fitter than he has looked in a while. Had a couple of decent chances to score too
Really looked excellent today. He was involved all over the pitch and trying to make things happen. Felt that he was toast towards the end of the game, but all in all happy to have him back to his best.
Was pretty good. His fitness is still not there but looks more determined.
More like the old Casemiro there. Long may it continue.