[Escobar]

If the person next to me was bastian schweinsteiger id be deferring the ball to him a lot too. There's no point in schneiderlin trying to be something he's not, if we wanted a brilliant ball player we would have signed gundogan or we'd be playing Herrera there more often. We signed schneiderlin to break up play and solidify our team which is exactly what he's doing. That's why arsenal have coquelin, city have Fernandinho, Liverpool have Lucas and Chelsea have Matic. Every quality team needs these players and we can't criticise him for being something that he isn't.

I fully agree. Even Carrick did that with Scholes and Carrick's passing used to be brilliant. It's clear that if you have a Scholes, Pirlo type of player next to you you leave that part mainly to him. Schneiderlin's main job is a different one. I critisized him at the beginning for not being good enough with/on the ball but recently he showed improvement.

 

[Sied]

Worst performance in a United shirt. Absolutely woeful.

 

[Amar__]

Yep, did nothing of note defensively(at least I didn't notice much), and absolutely nothing attacking wise.

 

[Sammyjunn]

Was good in the first half, absolutely terrible 2nd.

 

[justboy68]

Slightly knee jerk because I've just had to witness that horrendous performance, but given the way he was hyped up by the caf I've been fairly disappointed with him so far. He is a woeful passer of the ball, even on a good day. I'm hoping he'll improve significantly over time anyway.

 

[bosnian_red]

His worst performance for us by a distance. Terrible in that second half, kept giving the ball away or just passing back to Smalling or lumping it pointlessly. Him and Fellaini our 2 worst today IMO.

 

[Devil81]

Why he wasn't withdrawn instead of Schweinsteiger I will never know, looks a little bit out of his depth in Europe.

 

[m1y2]

he had a great first half but really poor second, what the hell actully happened in the heads of all players after the halftime... we were actually trying to rotate rooney and fellini somehow in midfield, instead of putting on another playmaker in pereira who is twice footbller thn the two mentioned we just end up with this shit. But schneiderlin should defo do better in the second half, it lmost looked like he didnt care, thts when cptin should come and have his words with players.

we will get thrashed by leicester on the weekend

 

[Djemba-Djemba]

He was absolutely horrific tonight. Unbelievably bad, missing tackles, terrible passing, he even missed a couple of half decent chances.

It's only Fellaini playing tonight that didn't make him the worst player on the pitch.

 

[Cheesy]

He was very poor. Ridiculously non-committal on the ball and just constantly wanted to make simple passes back to defence. Smalling and Blind were creating a lot more whenever they hit a long ball, or burst forward, then he was.

 

[m1y2]

Why he wasn't withdrawn instead of Schweinsteiger I will never know, looks a little bit out of his depth in Europe.

becuse he was clealry much better till that..

 

[space]

Terrible today

 

[Wednesday at Stoke]

For a defensive mid to be giving the ball away in his own half under no pressure is criminal.

 

[El Zoido]

He played well in the first half, but his legs had clearly gone in the second. It's a bit concerning that our players are flagging already and it's not even December yet. Our thin squad may be our undoing this season.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Why he wasn't withdrawn instead of Schweinsteiger I will never know, looks a little bit out of his depth in Europe.

Schweinsteiger was marginally worse. His legs have gone. He can't play two games in quick succession. As soon as he went off Schneiderlin fell to bits completely but there was no way Schweinsteiger should or could have played the full 90.

 

[diarm]

Had a very poor second half but he was really good in the first 45. Yes he was awful in that last half hour but I think people are being unfair saying he was the worst on the pitch and ignoring his good first half.

 

[Sir A1ex]

Made me do a bit of sick in my mouth the number of times he played 5 yard passes to PSV players in the last half hour. Was he pissed?

 

[Sied]

Schweinsteiger was marginally worse. His legs have gone. He can't play two games in quick succession. As soon as he went off Schneiderlin fell to bits completely but there was no way Schweinsteiger should or could have played the full 90.

That has become much more obvious (to me at least) since Carrick's injury. Schweinsteiger is being forced to play more minutes than he's capable of.

 

[Mojo_pin]

Slightly knee jerk because I've just had to witness that horrendous performance, but given the way he was hyped up by the caf I've been fairly disappointed with him so far. He is a woeful passer of the ball, even on a good day. I'm hoping he'll improve significantly over time anyway.

I agree. His play is far too frustrating, predictable and disappointing from an offensive contribution point of view.

 

[Devil81]

Schweinsteiger was marginally worse. His legs have gone. He can't play two games in quick succession. As soon as he went off Schneiderlin fell to bits completely but there was no way Schweinsteiger should or could have played the full 90.

Yeah I suppose you are right, god knows how we're going to get through the Christmas period.

 

[Kevin]

Like Schweinsteiger, he has been underwhelming so far. We thought we had our midfield fixed when we signed these lot.

 

[kundalini]

Lets be generous and call it one game too many this week.

 

[marjen]

He was asked to be a one-man midfield.

Fine in the first half, knackered and poor form the moment Schweini went off. Too much space to cover.

 

[Manny]

This is the problem with schneiderlin constantly deferring to Schweinsteiger. Soon as Bastian went off, he was lost.

He has absolutely no ability to control games

 

[Annihilate Now!]

It is incredibly frustrating how long he spends on the ball deciding who to pass too... Say what you want about Carrick, but at least he knows what he wants to do with the ball as soon as he gets it

 

[Kag]

He was shite, but our attackers hung him out to dry.

Rooney decided he had no interest in receiving the ball off of him whatsoever.

It was clear after about eight minutes that he was screaming for runners to drop short.

 

[Hed Zitin]

He was dire, but honestly what did he have to pass too? The movement off the ball in this side is pathetic.

Look at the amount of lovely one touch passes PSV played tonight.

 

[Joemo]

He was poor, but I feel sorry for him being paired with Fellaini in midfield. If Pereira had been brought on I don't doubt that it would have raised Scheniderlin's levels.

 

[Erictheking7]

Too many passes either backwards, sidewards or to an opponent. He's better than that.

 

[Boycott]

Diabolical in the last half hour.

 

[sullydnl]

Imploded in the second half.

 

[Cheesy]

It is incredibly frustrating how long he spends on the ball deciding who to pass too... Say what you want about Carrick, but at least he knows what he wants to do with the ball as soon as he gets it

Even worse when he then just ends up passing it back to defence.

 

[itso 7]

This is the problem with schneiderlin constantly deferring to Schweinsteiger. Soon as Bastian went off, he was lost.

He has absolutely no ability to control games

This.

 

[SkeppyRed]

Had a shocker but at least he keeps showing for the ball.

Also he's involved in so much that he can't cruise through games. He's either great or shite.

 

[sammsky1]

Too many passes either backwards, sidewards or to an opponent. He's better than that.

Is he? I mean, really, is he? Based on what evidence?

Does not look like a top elite midfielder to me, more like a mid ranking journey man.

 

[Mciahel Goodman]

Really not very good at this passing lark, is he? Great at winning the ball back, and works well next to Carrick (or BFS usually), but his range of passing isn't what you'd expect. Decent short passes, fairly poor medium to long range passes. Ball retention isn't his strong point.

 

[Kraftwerker]

Like he was playing on Valium towards the end.

Started very well pinging it forward. Finished the game much worse than anything he's put up before.

I'll cut him some slack as been one of our stand-out performers of late but that was shit.

 

[FC Ronaldo]

Stats:

2 shots.
1 on target.
1 off target.
76/91 passes.
15 failed passes. At least 8 were long passes.
83.5% pass completion.
0/1 crosses.
0/1 take ons.
9 ball recoveries.
1/7 tackles.
3 interception.
2 clearance.

 

[Irrational.]

He was shite, but no worse than Memphis or Schweinsteiger.

Guardado showed him how a midfield should be run, and Hendrix/ Propper had the Schmidfield shackled comfortably.

 

[justboy68]

Stats:

2 shots.
1 on target.
1 off target.
76/91 passes.
15 failed passes. At least 8 were long passes.
83.5% pass completion.
0/1 crosses.
0/1 take ons.
9 ball recoveries.
1/7 tackles.
3 interception.
2 clearance.

That's what really stood out today. His passing is always hit or miss but 1/7 tackles is shocking for him, he's usually much better in that area. In the second half players were walking past him with the ball.

 

[facund]

Played alright first half and hit a few nice diagonals but turned to sh*t in the second and became increasingly sloppy.