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Fantastic work-rate in the team with Bruno, Mount and Antony.
But not enough composure on the ball uo top it seems.
Fantastic work-rate in the team with Bruno, Mount and Antony.
Mbappé isn‘t extending his contract.
But not enough composure on the ball uo top it seems.
Although if we were owned by Qatari scum some players might think twice.
Yeah I 100% stand behind the scum comment. Might want to read up on what is going on at PSG.Are you the poster that called Jassim a ‘misogynistic goatfecker’?
And now it’s ‘Qatari scum’.
Classy. Nothing dodgy going on here.
Right on. We have been doing that a lot last season, often it looks like 325 as well.
The extra midfield player can be a full back at the base or top of the box. Shaw and Malacia have played as the second 10!
While there’s a group of English players who are clearly overpriced and overrated I believe there are also English players who are underrated because they are English, and usually it’s the latter group who are the most technically gifted and most suited to European football.Is Mount really creative though?
I find this to be an underwhelming signing but hopefully proven wrong.
2021-22 | 32 | 11 | 10 | ||
2020-21 | 36 | 6 | 5 | ||
2019-20 | 37 | 7 | 5 |
While there’s a group of English players who are clearly overpriced and overrated I believe there are also English players who are underrated because they are English, and usually it’s the latter group who are the most technically gifted and most suited to European football.
2021-22 32 11 10 2020-21 36 6 5 2019-20 37 7 5
Look at these league states for a player. If this was a signing from any European or South American league would anyone be questioning his creativity or attacking credentials?
Now it’s likely that if he ends up playing in between Bruno and Casemiro he won’t get as much numbers but I’ll guarantee he’ll be involved in a lot of our attacking play.
Although ETH could surprise us and play Mount further ahead of Bruno. So Bruno plays as a 8, and Mount more ahead. Because one thing I noticed last season is that on the edge of the box we lack the killer or right pass. Bruno isn’t that player as he usually shoots and his best passes come from deeper. So it ends up being Casemiro but as a CDM he is rarely on the ball in on the edge of the box.
So maybe ETH will play Mount more advanced than Bruno. And Mounts stats will remain constant.
But not enough composure on the ball uo top it seems.
4141/325 was the most used system last season.We tried a lot of different approaches last season, but non really seemed to stick. I'm positive that we bought Mount to exactly fill that role and not to be a like for like backup for Eriksen or Bruno, he will most likely take Eriksen's place though.
Interesting video, question marks remain over whether he can play as a deep lying playmaker when situation calls for it.
He seems like a really likeable fella. Looking forward to seeing what he can do on the pitch for us.
He seems like a really likeable fella. Looking forward to seeing what he can do on the pitch for us.
his dad's a red. explains the whole "ronaldo inspired me" thing
his dad's a red. explains the whole "ronaldo inspired me" thing
Why did you spoil it for everyone?They are Pompey supporters. He brought his son for the match at OT when Ronaldo scored THAT freekick.
Yeah it makes sense and it seems for a manager like Ten Hag he wants more attacking contributions from his midfielders and is more reliant on the defenders for build up and ball recycling. There is also a possibility of doing with Martinez what Pep did with Stones given how adept Shaw was at CB after the Martinez loss and how good AWB is defensively.Having given some more thought to the purchase of Mason Mount, I think I have changed my mind quite a bit. My initial reaction to his signing was that we were signing a second player to play in a double pivot or even as a 10 to move Bruno out wide and I didn't like either of those options.
But now I realise there might be another plan. As we saw last season, a lot of teams have started to switch from a midfield triangle to a midfield box. City have been doing it for a while now and this season we have seen a lot of other teams adopt this strategy, most notably Arsenal and Brighton.
Essentially, what many of these teams are doing is moving one of their double pivot players higher up the pitch, effectively becoming a second number 10, and moving one of their defenders from the back four into the double pivot. Often it's one of the FBs, or in City's case, a CB, who takes up the defensive midfield position.
We tried this at times last season, with Eriksen and Fred in particular, while Shaw or Dalot moved into the double pivot. Shaw usually did this when AWB was playing and Dalot when he was playing.
The problem we had was that Eriksen didn't have the legs to play such a demanding role and Fred didn't have the tactical discipline or the skills to be a consistent threat in attack.
Mason Mount solves that problem. His work-rate, ball-playing ability, tactical nous and attacking threat would make him a good candidate to succeed in the role, and if we remember a while back, he was enjoying arguably the best period of his career as the second number 10 in Tuchel's system. If ten Hag really plans to use him in this way, and I think he will, Mason Mount could be a really good player for us.
He's definitely United's new social media poster boy, likeable guy.
his dad's a red. explains the whole "ronaldo inspired me" thing
Confusing me. What’s his big appeal?
He doesn’t have that many followers on Instagram (6 million) compared to other footballers. Garnacho has more followers than him, for example, and has more of a wow factor.
English, 7, not a punchable face like Maguire.
All you really need I guess, although our actual "poster boy" is and always has been Rashford
Mount’s followers will increase now he is at United.Confusing me. What’s his big appeal?
He doesn’t have that many followers on Instagram (6 million) compared to other footballers. Garnacho has more followers than him, for example, and has more of a wow factor.
his dad's a red. explains the whole "ronaldo inspired me" thing
Mount’s followers will increase now he is at United.
Just wait until he plays a few games for us and scores a couple of goals and he will most likely overtake Garnacho on Insta.
I do think so. As you say, not that it matters, but I will reach out to you once Mount overtakes himNot that it matters, but I don’t think so.
Garnacho is 5 years younger and has already got more followers after limited exposure. Plus Garnachos posts all regularly get 1.5 - 2 million likes. MM posts mostly gets 300 - 700k. Just shows the appeal. Again, doesn’t matter, as they are both United players now, I just don’t see MM as a poster boy.
his dad's a red. explains the whole "ronaldo inspired me" thing