I'd have to disagree.
Don't get me wrong, I thought we were good against Villa, but we were two goals down and booed off in the first half. Whether they were set pieces or not, we still looked vulnerable, and actually, who's to say that McTominay wouldn't have helped us in that regard?
As for the most control statement you made, what are you basing that on?
Other than using this false agenda that united can't control games when McTominay is in the team, how are you measuring ''control''?
According to
sofascore, during the first half against Villa, the possession was 50-50, where we made 213 passes to Villa's 205. In the second half, we had 41% to Villa's 59%, with 180 and 257 passes. That gave the two teams a total of 393 amd 462 passes, respectively.
Against Chelsea, with a mdifield of Palmer, Caicedo and Enzo, in the first half we had 235 to Chelsea's 260. In the second, we had 162 to Chelsea's 252. Total of 397 and 512, respectively. Possession finished 45% - 55%
Against West Ham, where ten Hag identified how we
'controlled' the game for 70 minutes, consisted of a midfield of Mainoo, Bruno and McTominay. We made a total of 626 passes to West Ham's 321.
Now, one would argue that every game is different, but I'm merely showing you that the statement you made about the lack of control with McTominay in the team is false, and an agenda that everyone has picked up and ran with for a long time - similar to Wan-Bissaka being poor in possession.
Is McTominay going to give us what Eriksen can give us? No, and vice versa, but his role when in the team is to play in between the lines, where the other two centre midfielders (Mainoo, Bruno, Eriksen, Amrabat) get on the ball.
We ''controlled'' games with Fellaini in the middle when we had Matic and Herrera as the more ball playing midfielders.