Adds nothing. A passenger in our team. It's not his best position to be fair but as it stands he shouldn't be in the team ahead of Matic or whoever else
39
Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 37
- Goals
- 2
- Assists
- 1
- Yellow cards
- 10
- Status
Why is Derren Gibson v2 a regular starter for Manchester United?
if he was under 6ft he wouldnt have broke through
I think that terrible pass he made when on the counter attack was enough for Rangnick. Pretty much took him off straightaway.
It's the type of incredibly loose pass that Rangnick had been going on about since he arrived.
It's the type of incredibly loose pass that Rangnick had been going on about since he arrived.
That's true and for me, it comes down to playing a midfield consistent of players more suited to a box to box/supportive role, instead of a specialist.
Fred and McT don't have the vision, technique, passing range and positioning to dictate a midfield by themselves. They need a Michael Carrick type of player to be their point of reference (instead of having each other and following each other out of play), to be the director of the orchestra.
Of course this is nothing new and has been discussed a lot.
For me, at least he puts the effort. Until he was subbed, for me It didn't felt like we were gonna concede.
unfortunately matic is 33 and can’t play 90 minutes week in week out. We have no other option. We lack depth there
Comically bad. Apart from the usual hiding away from receiving the ball all game, when he did get he either can't pass or runs with it up a blind alley.
Also defensive work is massively overrated. Constantly in the wrong position and when he's by passed he jogs back in.
Awful "footballer".
Also defensive work is massively overrated. Constantly in the wrong position and when he's by passed he jogs back in.
Awful "footballer".
Agreed
He's not good.
And needs to see significantly less playing time next season.
And needs to see significantly less playing time next season.
fecking shite
This really a weird stick to beat Mourinho. Mourinho brought McTominay in, but he did not have prominent role. Even as rotation back up, he's still behind Fellaini, Herrera, Matic. Even Lingard played in an advanced central role at time. Pogba issue with Mourinho gave him minutes but not that many. Fred came in and couldn't settle during Mourinho's final months. Yet McTominay was not starter then.
It's the Ole's cultural reboot campaign that saw McTominay dubbed as Mr.DNA. SAF is the biggest lobbyist for McTominay as seen even under Mourinho, when SAF jokingly (?!) caught telling Mourinho to play McTominay more. Under Ole, SAF did have this interview:
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/56846136
You know how much Ole tried to emulate SAF. There is no doubt Ole got influenced by this SAF school of thought about players like McTominay, which resulted in the mess of squad building we now inherited.
I'm sure you guys will have other candidates but for me he may be the worst "footballer" I've seen playing for Manchester United.
Though I'm not sure if he's worse when he's in or out of possession of the football.
Tragic today
Though I'm not sure if he's worse when he's in or out of possession of the football.
Tragic today
We've obviously had worse players at United than McTominay, but he is certainly amongst the worst in recent memory out of those who have been first team regulars over a prolonged period of time.
Blimey,Fergie.
Blimey,Fergie.
He has become senile in his old age. First Moyes, the Ole and now McTominay.
I'm sure maguire was pointing to him where to go and run as he wasn't making a move to get into position. Ehh
They've both got those fancy Scottish passports though.
Language barrier.
Ole should be blamed 100% on McTominay position on this team. He made him a starter almost nigh undroppable during his tenure. He was not that yet under Mou. Any other manager would have sold him or made it clear he is a bench player at best. DNA my ass. As the result of his blind trust we did not buy any midfielders and inherited his mess. Cleverley was 10x better than him and he played for Watford ffs.
Even Daron Gibson was better than this joker in all honesty
Fergies next to be, the same fergie who left with us with a washed up Vidic, Evra, Rio, RvP and a suggested Moyes.
His biggest ever mistake was thinking that squad and manager was ready to be left alone
His biggest ever mistake was thinking that squad and manager was ready to be left alone
One of those games where he’s invisible. Shame we can play Leeds every week. Needs to be a squad option next season, simply not consistent enough to be a regular. Needs to earn a starting slot and get dropped whenever he reverts to that type of performance.
He has some power but that's about it, which is a Championship midfielder unless he finds the right system for a bottom half team in the Prem.
He’s good enough, just not as a starter and def not CDM.
I came to post this. The best he can aspire to is a relegation prem team side. Yet he starts regularly for Manchester United and is treated with unfair favoritism. At this point, it would be better to start someone from the youth team.
I used to like the lad and believed he had what it takes to become a top midfielder. Now I don't even want to see him in a utd shirt. Train wreck of a player! Reminds me of that effin Nigel de Jong who used to play for city. Dangerous bastard! That lunge of a tackle yesterday was a leg-breaker. The tackle that broke Luke Shaw's leg was one of the worst I've seen on a football field. The guy who did it: Moreno was allowed to stay on the field. How McTominay didn't get red- carded is way beyond me.
I notice that McT could perform well only when he was placed one simple task to man-mark / cancel opponent's pivot point. If he successfully got into rhythm and able to catch and get close to the pivot point player, he actually is quite efficient to muscle out him and recover balls . Then usually his 1st pass after recovering the balls is really quite "safe", which makes his presence quite visible as he would be the main source of ball recovery and the start of transition.
With his technical limitation, he could never be Carrick who distributes balls well and control the rhythm, or Yaya Toure who is box-to-Box player and support the attack from second lines. Nowadays he is placed too many tasks which expose his weakness, and he seems not knowing where to position so jogging around but never get close to impact the game.
With his technical limitation, he could never be Carrick who distributes balls well and control the rhythm, or Yaya Toure who is box-to-Box player and support the attack from second lines. Nowadays he is placed too many tasks which expose his weakness, and he seems not knowing where to position so jogging around but never get close to impact the game.
How's he doing for Scotland in a back three?
Says it all. Our starting midfielder is a CB for his national team and a national team that hardly has a embarrassment of riches in midfield.
The most luckiest footballer in recent memory. Has no business playing for a club like united. Just picked out from the academy being endorsed and backed by Fergie, played by a manager for his personal vendetta to prove a point, cemented his place under the next manager and ex player citing DNA and cultural reboot, now a regular and first name on the team sheet under an interim just because we don’t have anyone else to play there. All of this football journey from an average academy player to an undisputed first teamer for this player under different managers and none of it based on merit.
Now another manager is about to come in and tasked with a massive job to clean up the place with more than 10 players to go before we even can think about his place in the team. So we can safely deduce that he is gonna stay for the foreseeable future and maybe gonna retire at United given the way things has gone in his career. Some people are just blessed with luck, in his case being a Scot and an academy lad. Better lucky than good they say and he is the epitome of that.
Now another manager is about to come in and tasked with a massive job to clean up the place with more than 10 players to go before we even can think about his place in the team. So we can safely deduce that he is gonna stay for the foreseeable future and maybe gonna retire at United given the way things has gone in his career. Some people are just blessed with luck, in his case being a Scot and an academy lad. Better lucky than good they say and he is the epitome of that.
He's definitely not an elite level Midfielder and never will be. However to his defence he's being asked to play a role he simply can't do.
All of Mctominay's best moments come from the edge of the box.
All of Mctominay's best moments come from the edge of the box.
Should be a bench player at best who is brought on late in the game if we need a goal or some energy in midfield.
We have quite a few issues in the team but I think the team yesterday with Ronaldo upfront and even just a decent midfield and we would be much better placed in the league.
We have quite a few issues in the team but I think the team yesterday with Ronaldo upfront and even just a decent midfield and we would be much better placed in the league.
The role of a footballer, I agree that's too much of a ask for him.
Awful today, as usual but we were worse when he came off. We really need new midfielders.
I don't despise Scott like I do half of the squad but he's simply not good enough to be starting 40 games a season at United, his level is mid-lower level PL teams at best. Mediocre performance after mediocre performance under 3 different managers he must train like a Gattuso/Pirlo hybrid because feck knows how he constantly starts games a semi finished Matic is still twice the player of McTominay.
If Scott was at a club like Norwich he wouldn't even stand out, his play is so average it's unreal.
If Scott was at a club like Norwich he wouldn't even stand out, his play is so average it's unreal.
He scored like 9 goals last season from midfield. We've tried to turn him into a DM which he will never be.
He will never be a top player though I agree.
He’s not and never a DM, we have better players in the number 8 so I don’t really see a place for him even for a squad role next season.
the rest maybe, but blaming Fergie for leaving us RVP is ludicrous.
Nice write-up but you can't deny Mourinho's role in plucking McTominay from the reserves and propping him up by labeling him as 'the best player' at the club. Mourinho went as far as to even create an award for him
https://talksport.com/football/1028...-mctominay-man-utd-candlestick-holder-trophy/
The evening started at 8pm, and at about 9:30pm we got wind of the fact that Jose wanted to give out an award. Maybe it was earlier but it was halfway through the night.
“It was the Jose Mourinho Player of the Season Award, which Scott McTominay won.
“But with an award, you need a trophy. So they ended up giving Scott McTominay a candlestick holder. It was long, silver and had a little bend in it – that was all they could find.
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/man-utd-news-mourinho-mctominay-17398524
"Yes it's very important, Scott McTominay is only the best player at Manchester United," Mourinho said. "Raphael Varane is one of the best players in the world, yes, it's fair criticism."
- Status