kouroux
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Keep playing him. He will improve a lot.
I think he needs a Matic rather than Pereira. Remember he played with Stepanenko, tall man who shielded defense. This was the first game in his comfort zone, someone clearly to shield him and Pogba in front of him, not in his side taking away his space. With Pereira we get that same problem of the roles not being clear.
He's a well rounded box to box. Not really a master of 1 thing but good at everything.Strange player. Still not sure where he's supposed to be playing or what type of midfielder he's meant to me. Very unorthodox the way he appears in random places. Not sure Mourinho will depend on him very much but perhaps he'd flourish in a more high tempo, pressing side. Did some good things today though.
I watched a game in the champions league against Man City where he looked like an amateur for 20 minutes. Then he started to control all actions, played really well, scored a goal and Shakhtar won the game. Its really strange. He tends to look poor in the first minutes.He seems to regularly start games quite poorly but slowly and surely gets better as the match goes on. He's done it a couple of times for us, and I know he also did it against City last year when he played them in the CL.
Good thing he doesn’t need to compete with Jorginho for a place in the Brazil’s squad.Can’t help but think he’s the worst out of Arthur and Jorginho as a Brazilian midfielder.
Good thing he doesn’t need to compete with Jorginho for a place in the Brazil’s squad.
I would happily see a 442 diamond with Herrera at the base, Fred right, Pogba left and Mata in the hole. Martial front left and A.N. Other front right. Lukaku in form, his skill set would be suited best there imo, he’s best drifting to the right I think. But any of the 3 could go there.
Could swap in Fellaini for Herrera/(or Fred and move Herrera into Fred’s spot) if against a direct team, or Pereira/Lingard for Mata.
Good game, definitely justified his recall. I still think he's a bit undisciplined. You never really know where he's going to be. I guess that'll improve as he gets used to the team.