Alemar
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Strange performance. Absent in the build up, hid from the ball as always. But scored a very nice goal and could have scored another one
Over the top nonsenseThe worst footballer to have ever had 50 caps for us. Should never have made it through the academy.
It was a massive failing to let him through in the first place.
Tactically ETH no longer involves him in the build up phaseWow that's ridiculous. In a game that open how did he not manage to get more involved
Quoting four posts to the contrary…interesting.Garnacho had 5 passes. So what do we think there?
He is not and everything points to that. Very underrated player.
Nobody is saying he shouldn't do basics. He does that. People are just expecting something else from him that they don't expect from others.
Of course not. This is just jealousy.
Tactically ETH no longer involves him in the build up phase
That was obviously because Amrabat was on a booking. And the referee was giving us cards for feck all (unlike the Gala players). Not that long ago when half the caf was ripping into Ole for not subbing off Fred when he was on a booking. Now they’re all slagging off ETH for doing what they wanted Ole to do. Go figure.
And this is so stunningly obvious that the whining about pass numbers becomes redundant and very dead horse beating.
When he is playing deep midfield and not getting on the ball it is a different story, when he is asked to make a ton of runs forward off the ball to create disruption in the opposition defense it feels deliberately obtuse to pretend it is the same issue.
Plenty of valid things to critique in his game, we would all be happy if we had a superior option but many of the issues people are stuck on from recent matches come from managerial instruction.
Poor mans Lampard. He's not a central midfielder, but knows how to pop up and score.
He is a Tony Pulis footballer
The fact that Ten Hag has chosen to buy slight players & we find ourselves relying on McTominay for his physicality is ridiculous.
At this point he is who he is, the fact none of EtH’s signings are either available to replace him or good enough to displace him isn’t his fault.
What part of. . .An absolute myth.
This guy is a BIG liability off the ball. You never see him anywhere near it when the other teams on top of us.
He is just a big tall player. I know how this will sound but I swear a black player with his build would never get away with this guys performances defensively.
say’s he’s not a liability off the ball?we find ourselves relying on McTominay for his physicality is ridiculous.
McTom has no responsibility to hold/control/solidify midfield?
His task is solely to be a goal threat? even though United play with 4 very attacking forwards?
Hard to get my head around his role in the team.
McTom has no responsibility to hold/control/solidify midfield?
His task is solely to be a goal threat? even though United play with 4 very attacking forwards?
Hard to get my head around his role in the team.
Yes, basically. But the tactics aren’t McTominay’s responsibility, that is the fault of the manager.
What else should people think? ETH keeps selecting him every game, which means he is happy. And if ETH is happy, it means McTominay follows his instructions. But he is doing nothing at the same time - perhaps that’s exactly the instruction he’s getting?So weird that people think he’s instructed to do nothing but try and get in the box and score goals.
He is obviously supposed to help us get a grip on midfield. So weird that people think he’s instructed to do nothing but try and get in the box and score goals.
What else should people think? ETH keeps selecting him every game, which means he is happy. And if ETH is happy, it means McTominay follows his instructions. But he is doing nothing at the same time - perhaps that’s exactly the instruction he’s getting?
His average position, based on whoscored heat maps, is higher than Bruno. That’s not a position of someone who helps get a grip in midfield.
If he’s doing that against the instruction of the manager, it’s the fault of the manager for playing him and keeping him on despite him not following instructions. If he’s doing it on the instruction of the manager, then he is obviously not there to help get a grip on midfield. Which is it?
I haven’t seen these heat maps but Bruno makes a huge contribution in central midfield every game he plays.
100% of nothing is still nothing, that’s the problem.What the feck! This is a guy who gives 100% every time he plays.
And Scott doesn’t. Yet he plays the full 90. I can’t see your point, sorry.
Pretty obvious, no? If McT’s heat map is similar to Bruno’s then he is at least operating in areas of the pitch where he can influence the midfield battle. So if he fails to do that, it’s an individual failing rather than tactical instructions.
Exactly this.He's basically Ten Hag's Fellaini. We can't be expected to improve as a team with him in the midfield, but he is an effective goal threat at the moment.
None of our players would get anywhere near these teams !If he wasnt chipping in with goals we would all be demanding he’s benched. He has been utter crap postiionally all season and made a host of mistakes when he needed to do better.
Grateful for the goals but never should be starting for Manchester United. He doesnt get anywhere near Liverpool, City, Arsenal, Newcastle and Spurs so why do we persist with him.
I think when you look at how we have deployed Mount, Scott, Sabitzer and Eriksen it's pretty obvious that the manager likes his 8s to be very high. That's not on Scott, it's on the manager and the problem is that he doesn't seem to realize that we have neither the physicality nor the technical capacity to implement his tactical vision which in itself is a major indictment of his recruitment.McTom has no responsibility to hold/control/solidify midfield?
His task is solely to be a goal threat? even though United play with 4 very attacking forwards?
Hard to get my head around his role in the team.
I think a few would TBH.None of our players would get anywhere near these teams !