Yes I do understand that. I am not that big a fan of DVB but this is criminal in how he is being treated at United. He is a young man trying to make a career in football and he has been sold a lot of BS and comes to United and then never gets a chance to play or to move to another club. He has lost his International place in his national team. Yes he gets paid to sit on the bench but it is like living in an abusive relationship for him now.
Come on... Getting overdramatic will not make this any better. I am sure, DVB has the ability to terminate his contract, might be connected to a fine, might be impossible to get registered somewhere else before summer but if he wanted, he could just end it.
McTominay & Fred is our most consistent partnership, but we've seen Pogba/Matic, Pogba/Fred, Matic/Fred & Pogba/McTominay all used this season in the PL & CL.
Exactly that. The manager tried stuff in midfield, and in the match against Young Boys, Fred and Donny were the starting midfield. So acting as if the manager is only going the same people is just wrong. He has his go-to-guys, but which manager hasn't? This debate is spinning so relentlessly not because there a people thinking Donny shouldn't get a chance or more chances, it is spinning because there are so many people borderline claiming he only needs a few chances so he can finally take the place in the starting lineup. I wouldn't be too shocked, if all that only sets it up for failure because he will never be as good as some people imagine him to be. Would he be a better player in Ajax instead of Fred? 100% - no question about it. But he isn't at Ajax anymore. He is at United, a team with many flaws.
You cant apply that logic with this manager. Explain Bailley signing a new contract being ignored for a lardarse Maguire with one days training with him being the root cause of a hammering. common sense doesnt apply with Ole.
I am not sure where it was, might be Stretford paddock where they interviewed a data analyst who had a deeper look into Uniteds data. They talked about two mainstays in the team: Maguire and Shaw. They are the go-to-guys for most of the other players. They make others more comfortable because they show up for the ball and most of the time, they will deal with it. Thats why both of them play, even through injury. Without them, others would have to step up, but who would that be? AWB? Lindelof? McTominay? De Gea.
I don't want to deny your point, I agree with it. But there might be a logic in there. Not saying that logic = the right thing to do.
This. It is beyond footballing reasons. I assumed he is not getting time because Pogba is not sold last season as planned but he is not getting time even when Pogba is not playing.
Out of McT/Fred/Pogba he is the most press resistant because he is not static like others. Pogba however has higher quality so it makes sense to play him but can't find any reason why he cant replace McT/Fred few games especially even if one of them is injured. Bizzare considering we are pretty bad in the midfield-defense linkage.
There are too many 'players not happy with manager and manager getting sacked' vibes right now at Man Utd
Midfield isn't just about being press-resistant. Infact, apart from Southhampton, I didn't see many instances where we have been pressed all that much. But I guess you mean that DVBs technical level is way higher than the one of McFred so more unlikely to make mistakes and thats probably true.
I am with you, he should get a chance. At this point I am starting to lean towards just giving him a start in a difficult PL game which ends all these talks about him being great at this, this and that. I hope we aren't growing the next Pogba here. A player where after 5 years we are still unsure what to use him for.
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