Seriously underrating him
Sergej Milinković-Savić
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So potentially occupying the same areas as Eriksen/Bruno?
Not yetIt's not a criticism
Just noticed you had quite a few posts on this page and thought I'd ask if you've given up on FDJ and SMS is your new target?
You compared him to Fellaini though, such a lazy big player good in the air comparison
He's much more comparable to someone like Yaya Toure.
He is significantly more wasteful than Yaya Touré, I don't think that they are comparable. SMS is a way more direct and risk happy player, maybe a young version of Hamsik would be a better example?
There's a reason ETH was holding out for De Jong, there are other midfielders who can be better than Mcfred but might need upgrading themselves in a short while themselves.
I wasn't directly comparing him to Yaya, just saying he's more of that type of player than he is a Fellaini. I agree with Hamsik also, I think he'd be a really really good box-to-box midfielder for us.
Who do you think is available that will be an upgrade for McT then? That we can realistically sign this season?
Edit: To clarify, as an alternative to SMS since you are convinced he's not good enough.
Not seen him play a lot, seen him a few times, never overly impressed me that much, but certainly better than what we have, which probably isn't a great barometer right now re quality. I feel these links are nothing more than a smokescreen to force Barca/ De Jong hand. I still thing De Jong is the priority, and this is nothing more than a distraction.
He's probably going to say Tielemans or something.
I think he can keep it simple and yet move it quickly especially coming to ETH possession based set up.
I am one of the first to defend McT in many situations but to say he looks good in a highlights reel is absolutely nonsense. He is at a rough ceiling, he should be a squad player for us or a starter for those in the lower half of the PL. I personally am happy to keep him as a squad player. I'm not a hyperbolic crying baby about him, he does a job when there's nobody else to do it. But SMS is a league above the guy for sure. Only thing I'm not certain on is whether SMS is more a McT position player or a Bruno position player. Seems to score a lot of goals which you would think suggests he would do better in Bruno's spot, but we have two other players competing with Bruno for that already. I'm sure he'll be an upgrade on McT in his position regardless.
I'd argue based on stats that McT is a better player defensively.
He's definitely closer to that thoughTo me likening him to Yaya Touré felt as bad as likening him to Fellaini.
I think Tielemans is an upgrade tbf. Not a dream signing but an upgrade
At this point no obvious option, but we waited to be spanked by Brighton to confirm what we knew all along.
Signing this dude will feel like if we had eventually signed Sneijder, Gaitan or Garay
Maybe he can but he hasn't, so while I can't and won't disagree with you. I will say that his career shows a very direct and wasteful player.
Yeah, that cracked me up tooFirst highlight is him giving the ball away
But it's not hard to find an upgrade on McTominay you said and now there are no obvious upgrades?
Weren't we linked with Bruno for a fair few seasons before we got him, too? Can't remember.
Probably because he most likely has free reign in the Lazio team for the most part.
People need to wisen up if they're going to be sucked in to this
Could a rumor be more agent driven, this has been about 7-8 years in a row now. Must have the same agent as Gaitan
Nobody reliable will report United's interest because it isn't true. It's that simple.
Could a rumor be more agent driven, this has been about 7-8 years in a row now. Must have the same agent as Gaitan
Nobody reliable will report United's interest because it isn't true. It's that simple.
I think he's a "clutch player" for Lazio that's why. My biggest issue is his mobility.
18 months we were linked to Bruno
I like how every single pass in that sequence was fecking shit and it ended with McT completely miscontrolling the ball.
I think you are overstating this.
Just please bid for him so I can ignore the Rabiot thread
Ya, I understand why people are frustrated by our window, I am too, but they're so wrong on this one honestly. SMS has been one of the best players in Serie A for years now and is coming off probably his best ever season. It might not be the position we most need upgrading but he's not far off world class. He'd improve us significantly.
He should be about 32 by now
If he happens to make the move we'll find out.
He's only 27 by the way. Should be coming into his prime now.
He was also a pretty good player back then. SMS though has far more grit and intensity in his game than Pogba has ever had. I think he'd be fantastic in the Premier League. He'd also give us much needed physicality (Fred is weak, and McTominay, while big, is too unintelligent a player to utilize his physicality to any effect).
It’s obvious why there’s moaning. I don’t think it’s specific to do with this player. More so the scattergun approach of the window. It’s a shambles.
Possibly. But you will agree that if we try to summarize his profile, his career style and stats indicates that he is a sub 80% completion rate player, that loses possession at a relatively high clip and is in general not known for organizing his team possession game?
Rabiot-Eriksen-SMS
Our new midfield
Our new midfield
Yes, that's a fair description of his career so far. I think his technical ability would indicate he would work in a possession-based system though.
On paper he does give the impression that he has enough technique to play in a possession team but the most important aspect is the mentality and if he is able to adopt possession game principles, that's not a given.
Also, if the rumour are true the goal may not be to play a strong possession style, it's not as if ETH was Guardiola.