Exactly. What I've been saying all through.
The set-up of our team is too basic and too easy to play against.
And it's not luck other teams have better controls than us, it's our midfield. It's the root cause of all our problems.
Bring Scholes and Odergaard in this team, next season without even any other signing we win the league. A midfield of Casemiro, Scholes, Odergaard as a 10 will give us balance, recycling of the football, and control of creating chances going forward.
But now we have some poster midfielders who do nothing at all to recycle or control the game, with zero physicality or higher technical ability to mask their limitations.
Every game is a transition game.
Midfielders who can't hold the ball more than 5 seconds when pressed, either they fall over or get disposed or misplace a pass.
Midfielders who can't dribble, or run with the ball.
Our midfield doesn't offer ball progression, nor game control, nor pressing game, nor football recycling nor physicality/athleticism then you wonder why we get overrun everytime, it's just pure delusions from us the fans.
It's incredible that others can't see how obvious our midfield issues is the main problem we have had ever since.
My take on Ten Hag capabilities will be during summer, if he doesn't sign 2 competent midfielders then his obituary as a United manager will be short.
Football game is 90 minute affair, you need to get a plan (tactics) of how you will control the game for that long. If it was 10 minutes game then fair game, then be transition team but 90 minutes you need players and ways of how you will remain with the ball for most of the time, then use it effectively.
