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2015-16 Performances

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5.7 Season Average Rating
Appearances
38
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1
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1
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dustfingers said:
Just wondering if having both of Carrick and Morgan in the same team kind of reduces the mobility in midfield. They are both #6 and aren't exactly very mobile in terms of their movement up and down the pitch, at least from what I have seen. Playing both of them at the same time seems a bit of overkill especially when we are at home and opponents usually look to play on the counter attack. I am glad we signed him though, seems a perfect replacement for Carrick (well, as perfect as possible to get) and has good experience of PL. It'd be interesting to see how he and Carrick fares in midfield tomorrow and how they provide support to attack.
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I think Schneiderlin is very mobile. Got forward plenty at Southampton, with Wanyama sitting behind.
 
MDFC Manager said:
I think Schneiderlin is very mobile. Got forward plenty at Southampton, with Wanyama sitting behind.
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Oh, that's great news. I never really took notice of Morgan very seriously before we signed him and kind of took words of commentators during the game as the evaluation of his performance. He seemed to be more like a passer than a Khedira type of player who makes run beyond the midfield though. We have such serious lack of movement in the team during last season and even during pre-season. I am just worried about our lack of movement. Apart from Shaw and Darmian, none of our players showed great movement during the pre-season with almost every one waiting to be played at their feet. I might be wrong though, but that's how I saw the game.
 
dustfingers said:
Oh, that's great news. I never really took notice of Morgan very seriously before we signed him and kind of took words of commentators during the game as the evaluation of his performance. He seemed to be more like a passer than a Khedira type of player who makes run beyond the midfield though. We have such serious lack of movement in the team during last season and even during pre-season. I am just worried about our lack of movement. Apart from Shaw and Darmian, none of our players showed great movement during the pre-season with almost every one waiting to be played at their feet. I might be wrong though, but that's how I saw the game.
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You're right to have a worry though, because even with Schneiderlin going forward, there will be spaces between midfield and defense like we saw in preseason. Wish we tried Mata in that #10 position, but even he tends to stay upfield a lot
 
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You're right to have a worry though, because even with Schneiderlin going forward, there will be spaces between midfield and defense like we saw in preseason. Wish we tried Mata in that #10 position, but even he tends to stay upfield a lot
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I know Mata is a fantastic player when played according to the system but he is really a hindrance when we try to make quick transition especially in the wings. In the #10 position perhaps he could pick up the pass and then dart forward to receive it in the edge of area to sneak-in a shot. But we have two very good passers playing in midfield who can pick up any kind of runs our forward make.
May be that's why we are looking into Pedro, to replace Mata. That way playing Morgan and Carrick/Bastian would make more sense as we have more pace on wings for vertical play. But if we play with Mata, I'd prefer Herrera -Carrick midfield combo as opposed to Morgan - Carrick simply because Herrera is more dynamic and offers better quality in terms of offensive play and forward areas. I guess we'd never know how LvG plans to play the team though as we found last season. I hope we don't have to wait till March to play with some style.
Going back to Mata, switching him to #10 would mean Memphis playing on right which would limit his attacking potential of cutting in from left and shooting. Young also plays better on the left wing as he can cut inside to open up the space and let overlapping LB make the wider runs. Sometimes it looks as if Mata is the problem, other times it looks like everything else is because we just don't seem to play to a rhythm or style.
 
Man Utd 1:0 Tottenham
I think someone needs to brief the BT commentary crew that he's not even 5'11'', they're talking about him as if he's a Toure or Fellaini type.
 
I'm a fan but he hasn't had the best start. Keeps fouling and mistiming long raking passes.
 
DWelbz19 said:
I'm a fan but he hasn't had the best start. Keeps fouling and mistiming long raking passes.
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he mistimed as many as Carrick, the start wasn't the best but no one has played well tbf, we are boring to watch again. Expected little bt more from the opening game at Old Trafford..
 
Can see what he brings, but it's just not coming off. That will change.
 
He's been decent after the goal with his pressing along with Carrick.

Everyone passing wise hasn't exactly been great.
 
DWelbz19 said:
I'm a fan but he hasn't had the best start. Keeps fouling and mistiming long raking passes.
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Yeah, not a great half. Erratic passing and three or four fouls, also lost the ball close to our goal which could have cost us, though that was partly the shockingly nervous/poor Romero's fault.
 
Started poorly along with Carrick but the two of them completely took over the midfield after the goal.
 
He played well. He was responsible for a lot of us breaking up the play and getting an early attack high up the pitch going.
 
Lost the ball quite a few times, needs to react quicker when he has the ball at his feet as Tottenham players seem to know how to press him. I'm sure he'll improve.
 
I thought he looked nervous for about 15 minutes then started asserting himself more and more. Decent performance.
 
Decent. Will become a very important Player for us. However, with him and Carrick without Schweini and Herrera we are lacking a bit creativity in the middle it seems.
 
I thought we was pretty good. I'd rather play one of him or Carrick with Herrera, rather than both (I think Schweinsteiger will need to be eased into the team.)
 
A typically combative performance from him. Took him a while to assert himself and didn't end the game brilliantly but from 20-75 I thought he was the best midfielder on the pitch.
 
Decent debut, for all new players there will still be an adjustment period even if they played in the pre-season matches. He got better as the game went on.
 
Got better as the game went on. Decent enough.
 
Great ball winner! He is very aggressive, and puts the opposing midfielders under a lot of pressure, and wins the ball quite often as a result.

As for all of our new signings, I expect it will take some time before we see his very best. Thought he struggled a bit in possession today, and it looked like he couldn't cope with the tempo of Spurs' pressing at times. I'll put it down to start-of-the-season rustiness.
 
He's a good player but I don't like the idea of him being the deepest midfielder in our team, picking the ball up from our defenders. He's a much worse passer than Carrick. Not entirely sure what the logic behind playing him deep and Carrick further forward is.
 
Looked nervous on the ball in the first half but improved as the match went on. Defensively he was very good throughout the game and just by having him in the team our defense looks better than last season.
 
Very good defensively. Not so great at using the ball, but he's shown last season he is a good ball player and can use it very well, so no concerns there. It will come with sharpness.
 
Not a good performance. He has to either build attacks better or push forward and play box to box better.
 
Personally, I thought he was great. Broke down a lot of their momentum with his interceptions. Great work off the ball from him and seemed to get more confident.
 
Good defensively, but some of his passes didn't come off, i blame it on the settling in period.
 
Thought he was ok. Felt a bit nervous when he got the ball with his back to goal, though. Didn't look assuring at all. Guess that was down to the great pressing of Spurs. Got better as the game went on, though. Put himself about and made some nice tackles.
 
RedStarUnited said:
Needs to get out of his cage. Defers the ball to others too much.
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What time of player do you think he is? He's not going to make or score lots of goals. He did what we bought him for today, broke up play and added some legs to the midfield. Thought he was good personally.
 
Off the ball we haven't had a midfielder like him since Roy Keane left the club. He's considerably better than that Canadian clown we brought in, so don't mention him.

Some iffy moments here and there, but it's clear what he offers the midfield.
 
Kag said:
Off the ball we haven't had a midfielder like him since Roy Keane left the club. He's considerably better than that Canadian clown we brought in, so don't mention him.

Some iffy moments here and there, but it's clear what he offers the midfield.
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That Canadian clown was an excellent player when he was fit. If he stayed fit for more than one season he would have been a great buy.
 
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