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Beastman. And he's not even at his best. That accuracy is boss, especially knowing that he goes for the long cross a couple of times pr. game. That being said, Ander with 87 with all the fast plays and creativity is also impressive as feck.
Bastian tut tut
He'll be very vital tomorrow. How he does vs De Bruyne could decide the game. Him and Herrera must be 2 of the middle 3.
This is the vision and passing he showed reguarly for Southampton and he is now beginning to do the same for us.
Imagine a dynamic player besides him like Gundogan!
7:09, 7:40 those are the pieces of moves you won't see from Carrick. Everything is while moving unlike standing Carrick waiting to pass the ball, it's really refreshing to see modern elements of game in modern game. He has also quite great agility which makes him quite good in tight paces or on turn. Get him in this confident mode every game and we are not gonna have problems in midfield with anyone.
I remember how some smartassses here claimed how much better Carrick is at positioning, well I think the numbers speak for themselves. Morgan's basically everywhere he needs to be to win the ball and closes all the spaces like a boss, great to see him not being shy with his passing too, he's currently bossing it. It's also great to see someone who can run for 90 mins and not being overrun...
And this guy has just started, first season in a new club, imagine in what he can develop into when learning from Schweisteigger or even Carrick. I think he will be one of our key players in the future alongside with Herrera, Mike, Luke and Martial...
Because when those same people talk about Carrick's positioning they recognise that Carrick and Morgan screen the backline quite differently. If you want to talk about how Carrick positions himself in order to close off passing lanes in order to force opponents to play another pass, then yes Carrick is way superior. Morgan is more dynamic in that he's the one charging down and actually closing down for a tackle.
that's the exact bullshit I was talking about, or YOU are talking about now... There is no doubt Morgan is more aggressive but he closes down the space equally well if not better. just watch the game and don't repeat the same old shit again and again. The dynamism gives Schneiderlin option to quickly close down passing lines which Carrick can't reach as he's too slow. Schneiderlin showed he can play that for Soton and he's showing it to us, still there will be people who argue bout that (it's becoming annoying now) he can close down spaces and passing lanes like you said either from the deep and in advanced role. Just because Carrick can't play aggressive game anymore doesn't make him much better from the deeper more passive role. We've seen that against Arsenal who bullied Carrick like a small child. Schneiderlin is much better defensively than Carrick that's why he starts and will start every game now on..
Do they both read the game well? Yes. Can they both execute all sorts of defensive moves? Not really, Carrick simply struggles to be more proactive, his defensive work is just limited. Yes we can make compact unit with him and defend passively but who wants to watch the ball being passed around by opposition for ages. That's what we lacked for ages! A player who can make tackle/interception to win the ball for the team to set a counter.. Who do you want to play against teams like Barcelona, Bayern or Arsenal? You want palyer who can close down the spaces and passing lines quickly as well as someone who will make that tackle/interception and give us a breather.. Funny how a fact that Morgan won more balls statisitically can be turned around in favour to Carrick that he just better at closing off the passing lanes. What do we fecking do btw, park the buss? Mr untouchable's getting hits in the ring but there are still some referees who gives him good numbers for the rounds he doesn't deserve to win. Hilarious
Jeez calm down for fecks sake. Your quoting of the won more balls stat exactly highlights my case. Carrick doesn't make as many tackles as Morgan does. There was a piece done by Gary on Monday Night Football about Carrick's defensive play and if you go watch it you can see why so he's considered underrated by many and highly rated by other top midfielders.
Man Utd 0:0 Man City
By far his toughest test so far this season and he's come out looking pretty good, I'd say. Makes his absence against Arsenal even more baffling.
Doing well again. 3 impressive games in a row
Agreed. Carrick will be struggling to return as a starter at this rate.
Looked excellent the first 25-30 minutes, but it hink he didnt dominate it after that anymore, which showed because City started being more dangerous and especially Yaya got too much room.
Needs to get onto Yaya a bit quicker.
Another top half from him, his positioning is excellent and if he's in for a 50/50 you just expect him to win it.
He's fantastic.
Best signing in the summer. Martial is good, but United'd crumble to pieces without this guy.
Absolute fecking tank.
Shocking he wasn't MOTM today.
Shocking he wasn't MOTM today.
Our MOTM today.
Big game player. Another very good performance.
Yeah I went for him as motm
Another good performance I though. Looks settled now.
Absolutely brilliant again. Even if City had Aguero and Silva he'd still deal with them.
So happy with this signing
So happy with this signing
His best game for us IMO.
Very good game once again, he is becoming one of our most important players.
MOTM for me, why the feck he didn't play against Arsenal I'll never know
Fantastic second half.
Already said it, but i'll repeat myself again. He'd tackle a cactus tree if needed to.
Glad to see you changing your tune on him.
He was brilliant and these are the sort of matches he was brought in for.
Between him and Rojo for MOTM. Excellent.
Me too. Was excellent, just makes me wonder even more why he didn't play vs Arsenal
Good game again. He's settled in now it seems.
He's a must in midfield for big games. The exclusion of him vs Arsenal is becoming more and more baffling.
He's a must in midfield for big games. The exclusion of him vs Arsenal is becoming more and more baffling.
Hes starting to put in his Southampton performance, absolutely brilliant player and I'm so glad we signed him.
Very good match, he is still adapting to his new club so i expect even more from him in the future.
Very good, yet again. Love him!
Third match in row I have given him my motm vote now and on current form he is one of the best players in the league.
This is why I wanted us to sign him, absolutely brilliant and his game on the ball has gone up a few notches.
Brilliant game, showed how much we needed him in the Arsenal game. Should be a starter in every game now.
Been very impressive since the Everton game. Not Carrick yet, but very very good.
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