There's just something about him. Ever since he's broken through, I've written him off, thought he'll never be good enough on the ball, tactically poor etc. But time and time again he produces these immense performances when it matters.
Think a huge reason why McTominay has played so poor recently is because Ole has been hellbent on playing a deep midfield of Pogba +1. McTominay just isn't the type to play that deep lying, defensive game, he's clearly more the box to box type, and to be fair, when him and Fred play together, they both usually play well.
He's becoming more of a threat in the box too. Would love to see him get in the box a little more with late runs, he could add another element to his game. Defo not a CB for me, he's a proper box to box CM. They key to us utilising McTominay and Fred as a midfield duo is getting enough creativity ahead of them. At times, as great as I think Rashford, Martial and Greenwood are up front, there's a lack of creativity as they're all strikers.
Now if you get two of Pogba, Mata, Bruno, VDB ahead of McTominay and Fred, and two of Greenwood/Martial/Rashford to provide the goal threat, then there's a little more variation in terms energy, creativity and goals spread across the middle and front third, giving us a little more balance.