His stamina is phenomenal. He's going to get better with time and be a brilliant player for us.
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Very steady and efficient player
Contributes to all phases of play and is brilliant at winning the ball back. I also have a sneaky suspicion he will nick a few important goals with his late runs in to the box.
Not the most polished on the ball but more than good enough considering the good work he puts in elsewhere. Definitely a big part of looking more defensively stable.
Not the most polished on the ball but more than good enough considering the good work he puts in elsewhere. Definitely a big part of looking more defensively stable.
Cut out a couple sloppy touches/errors, he'll be fecking great. As someone said on the page before, I think we'll really see the job he does against someone like Chelsea.
He will play exactly as he has been all season but he will suddenly have "settled in" once he does it in a big game.
Maybe its early days but he doesnt look better on the ball for me than Blind. Great to have him tho, his stamina, interceptions and tackles are world class. It's great to have a stopper in front of our defence. Our defence looked great 2nd half. We got the ball almost immediately, Brugge were shit tho.
His 'sloppy' play on the ball isn't even the norm for him, if anyone has watched him at Southampton. He will cut it out.
His passing in the final third is kinda dodgy. Plus he sometimes gives it away in dangerous areas
This. Though I do hope he will get some support in the middle. Although Schweini is 2x the mobility of Carrick, them two in the middle park won't be dominating midfield battles on their own.
They're valid concerns but for me, it's mostly irrelevant. Those passes we're seeing isn't someone lacking technique or guile, those passes are off because we're watching someone making dozens of high intensity runs to intercept, to break up play, to get involved in the attacking front despite being on his own at times, 'insert any half decent valid argument against Carrick in a 2 man midfield'.
You could ask him to be more wise/conserve that energy but imo then we'll have two Carricks in the team offering great 'positioning' and 'shepherding' of the game but at the same time not really affecting above standard defensively or offensively.
Basically let's find him two more mobile and forward thinking midfielders and you will see his passing 'improve'.
I do worry about his physical durability during the whole season. I'm not saying we need to protect him but we will need to rotate to keep him fresh. Right now, he is a one man destroyer and no matter how fit or prepared you are, if you play game after game your levels will decrease (look at Matic 2nd half of the season).
Is brilliant in his off-the-ball stuff. Still a little sloppy with touches and passing but I expect that will improve.
His on the ball performances will improve, said himself in his interview he knows he's given it away cheaply sometimes and that he's looking to retain it better as he approaches full fitness.
Yes, actually surprised by his lack of awareness, which was IMO one of his strengths in possession for Southampton.
I think he does a good job marshaling and locking down the midfield as he has great positioning but the physical qualities to cover and recover. In the final third his passing isn't as assured but that's not his role. If he can grab a few goals over the season with late runs, while doing a good job in midfield we're set. His passing is good from deep and good enough with the others around him
we are laughing at 24 million .. hes been great for us and how the boss wants to play. Very good purchase, just like everyone else we have bought.
Tough one deciding who's the best value for money from the summer signings, Schneiderlin certainly has a shout at £24m.
They all were well priced in fairness. Even Romero looks a trick on a free
Now Bild are saying we got BFS for £6m.They all were well priced in fairness. Even Romero looks a trick on a free
I really like him, and he's only going to get better in my opinion.
Was anyone else in for him? It's hard to believe none of the other top teams were interested, especially at 24m.
This is the best description yet, so accurate
With his agility and technique I feel there is still a lot more to come from him on the ball. My one concern is we could run him into the ground given how much grass he has to cover with his CM partners in the double pivot not being the most athletic or quick at this stage of their careers.
he is the type of a player that does his thing efficiently without much people realizing it. nothing fancy but solid all the way.
Did really well yesterday with the exception of a few sloppy passes and losing the ball unecessarily in the middle. I'm sure he can cut that out of his game and improve even more.
His close control is amazing. He balanced a ball on the line again when fighting a Club Brugge defender off. Like somebody said earlier, his passing is not his strength. However, I'm really starting to like Schneiderlin and I can see now that he's top club material.
Mo 'Farah' Schneiderlin
Tops the league of distance covered so far this season, unsurprisingly.
We'd score feck all goals but by god we'd outrun the cnutsImagine him and Fletch
One or two sloppy passes but so had Carrick, apart that fantastic performance and so far the best one for us. His reading of the game is phenomenal, showed he is not only a hard tackler. Very underrated passer too. Also think he will score some goals and important for us like Fletch used to do. 70-meters midfielder, stronger and less technical/creative version of Herrera although I think he can carry the ball out of midfield/defense really well.
He is performing just as i expected, but will get better with time. Have had him in my ideal United lineup for 3 years now. Just pumped that we actually signed him. Exactly what we needed in our midfield, an all action midfielder. Now if we can only incorporate Herrera and Schweinsteiger in to the same midfield, then i would be ecstatic.
Obviously it's been a disappointing few days/weeks in the transfer window which has depressed a fair few of us, but taking a step back and looking at it objectively we've done well this window. Convincing me of that opinion not least is Schneiderlin, fecking delighted he's ours and I think he's gunna have a solid season. Settled in so quickly it genuinely feels like he's been here years.
Don't forget Park
Pretty much the perfect Van Gaal midfielder. I'd hope there's more to come in terms of ability on the ball though.
Needs to improve his passing. Other than that he's been solid.
Agree, I was delighted when we signed him. Had been a big fan for a couple of years now.
And I think he's been very good and a definite reason for why we have looked so solid. But as you say there's more to come from him on the ball, have full confidence we will see even better performances soon
I think he's going to be one of our most important players for years to come. He's everything we've been missing for ages; once his awareness and passing is back up to what it was at Southampton then we'll have an absolute monster on our hands. Definitely a potential candidate for a future captain, I think.
In what fashion? So far he's had 44/51, 51/59 and 81/90. Those are pretty consistent numbers for the type of role he is playing, I mean, yeah he could probably improve on those already extremely credible numbers.. But I think it would be harsh to point it out in this type of context. As if improving this would make him even more of one of our best players so far despite all of his other fantastic contributions.
His spatial awareness when he receives the ball and gives it needs a bit of work. Also he'll sometimes underhit a pass or play it slightly askew of where it would best be played. Both those things will come with fitness and understanding of his teammates though. Very good player.
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Hes frustrating as feck on the ball, always takes like 4 touches before doing something
He needs to be our real CDM, dont like him on the ball too much.
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