OldTrevil
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This kid has impressed me every time I've seen him play. Looks to have all the tools to turn into a proper baller
No plans for him to go on loan according to the Athletic.
Ten Hag is a huge fan and wanted to play him more last season but the injury stopped him.
I will believe this when I see him getting more minutes. ETH has not shown much wilingness to rotate at all so far.No plans for him to go on loan according to the Athletic.
Ten Hag is a huge fan and wanted to play him more last season but the injury stopped him.
Is he likely to end up as the deepest midfielder? I think he's played there whenever he's been in the first team?
Great analysis on him
Great analysis on him
Mc Tominay cannot cover for Casemiro, He's lost in that position. We need to get rid of Mac and get a cover for Casemiro.Pay the price for Romeo Lavia and let him learn from CasemiroThink if we keep him as the 6th midfielder of the group (so Bruno, casemiro, mount, Eriksen, McTominay and Kobbie) then that's a pretty good mix where we can cover Bruno and Mount well, McTominay can come in for casemiro and Mainoo can get his added minutes throughout the season to help him develop. Any more midfielders and he'd be blocked IMO.
Think if we keep him as the 6th midfielder of the group (so Bruno, casemiro, mount, Eriksen, McTominay and Kobbie) then that's a pretty good mix where we can cover Bruno and Mount well, McTominay can come in for casemiro and Mainoo can get his added minutes throughout the season to help him develop. Any more midfielders and he'd be blocked IMO.
Mc Tominay cannot cover for Casemiro, He's lost in that position. We need to get rid of Mac and get a cover for Casemiro.Pay the price for Romeo Lavia and let him learn from Casemiro
Ideally, yeah we'd replace McTominay. We don't have the budget for it though. And the problem with signing someone for that role assuming we'd get a fair chunk for Mctom is that you then hurt Mainoos future prospects, which depends on what timeline the club have in mind for him. Casemiro has probably 3 more years as a starter at a high level before he's phased out into being a squad player. And if the management think Mainoo can become that player to replace him, then it makes sense to just grow him into the role.You can't in good conscious actually think McTominay provides Casemiro cover. If it came down to it I'd rather Mainoo have to do that in a big match over Scott shitting himself on the ball and hiding from it.
In reality we need to buy true cover and sell McTominay. Case, Bruno, Mount, Eriksen, (Lavia/Amrabat), Mainoo should be the unit for this year and would be an excellent mix with good technicality all around capable of playing how we want.
Ideally, yeah we'd replace McTominay. We don't have the budget for it though. And the problem with signing someone for that role assuming we'd get a fair chunk for Mctom is that you then hurt Mainoos future prospects, which depends on what timeline the club have in mind for him. Casemiro has probably 3 more years as a starter at a high level before he's phased out into being a squad player. And if the management think Mainoo can become that player to replace him, then it makes sense to just grow him into the role.
Mctominay isn't a natural DM but has shown countless times that he can do a job in big games. He plays it in a different way, but he has without a doubt had enough good games as a ball winner where it's fine if he's kept on in a backup role until we have the budget to address it more. I get it, everyone hates mctominay... But he did a good job at the start of last season and in previous seasons had enough good games where being a backup is *fine*. It's better than nothing. Not only is Casemiro the only DM in our squad but he is a physical and aerial presence. McTominay is great in that aspect, his positioning isn't good which is his issue but he sticks to the task and can do a job the few times we need to rotate Casemiro.
McTominay and Eriksen actually did quite well last season. Which is my point. They aren't the starting pair, they are the backup pairing and it's not a big deal if we go into the season with them as the backup pairing in case of injuries in our midfield. Our record without him wasn't even that bad. First 2 games were obviously just a different scenario all together, but since then, in games where he didn't start we had:You're referencing McTominays performances but pretty much all of the "good" ones came under Ole with a completely different team structure, set up, and instructions. We just bought Mount with the intention of playing with him and Bruno in the half spaces and a lone DM covering behind them as we press ultra high. We'll be exposed relentlessly if Mctom is the guy filling in that role, as his positioning is largely diabolical especially as a lone DM asked to shield and he's a pretty brutal distributor as well. Simply put it's a tougher job now than it was when we relied on Scott back in the Ole days. At that time we could just ask him and Fred to provide a bunch of physicality and energy while mainly being a countering side.
As far as "hurting Mainoos prospects", if he's as good as we think he might be then he'll break through either way. But not buying an actual back up DM that fits how we see the position because we have an 18 year old academy prospect there is pure ignorance. Case is on the wrong side of 30 and our record without him last season is as good of evidence as any that we can't afford to go into this year with 0 actual cover for arguably our most important player
He just looks like he fits, so much composure and balance. Im lookingmforward to every game he gets to play, think we have a real gem here.You can see a quality player in about 30 seconds. Mainoo is quality.
Yep. That’s when you know a player has the potential to be a top quality first team player rather than a trier. Doesn’t always work out but I’d be shocked if Mainoo doesn’t have a very good career (at united)He just looks like he fits, so much composure and balance. Im lookingmforward to every game he gets to play, think we have a real gem here.
@KM You're name is taken on this forum. Unless..??I hope he can get a start in the carabao cup.
If we can have more matches wrapped up by 70 minutes then let's hope ten Hag gives more chances to youth like KM.