Ekeke
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Strange to moan about him tonight really
Not at all. He had a shocker in the first half, he was decent in the 2nd. If decent is enough to justify a 10 million loan then we should have got a 20 million loan fee for Sancho
Strange to moan about him tonight really
I got the feeling we switched to a back three in the second half, and Poundland Veron was pushed into midfield, even then I'm not sure where he was playing, he was all over the place.Not at all. He had a shocker in the first half, he was decent in the 2nd. If decent is enough to justify a 10 million loan then we should have got a 20 million loan fee for Sancho
Not at all. He had a shocker in the first half, he was decent in the 2nd. If decent is enough to justify a 10 million loan then we should have got a 20 million loan fee for Sancho
I got the feeling we switched to a back three in the second half, and Poundland Veron was pushed into midfield, even then I'm not sure where he was playing, he was all over the place.
I got the feeling we switched to a back three in the second half, and Poundland Veron was pushed into midfield, even then I'm not sure where he was playing, he was all over the place.
I got the feeling we switched to a back three in the second half, and Poundland Veron was pushed into midfield, even then I'm not sure where he was playing, he was all over the place.
Getting a midfielder to pick up the ball in between the defence is a consistency in Ten Hag's system. Just so happens he had a midfielder at full back so it made sense for him to cut in and do the job, allowing casemiro and McTominay to just stay further up.Pretty sure ETH and he dont know where hes playing either. Its fullback on paper, its "inverted fullback" in theory and in practice its... He comes towards the guy on the ball and offers a passing option
Horrible first and a pretty bad start to the second too - but he found his feet the last 30 minutes, when Forest wasn't threatening much and his passing clicked. It looked to me like he switched sides with Dalot at a certain point, and he looked much more comfortable on the right.
Perhaps a controversial take, but I still think he could be a decent squad option for us if the price is right (as a midfielder, of course.)
Your idol innitAldi Andrew Tate
At the very least those mid to long range passes played with some zip remind us what a proper midfielder should be doing.
Do not keep.
But in the meantime, start him ahead of Casemiro as DM, with Mainoo alongside to do anything more complicated than running, tackling and pinging the odd diagonal out to the wings.
No chance he is being signed. 0%
nah, the big mistake was the mount signing. That price couldve got us 2 shrewd midfield signings. Mainoo needs to be back in that midfield in the city game.decent second half from Amrabat and hope he plays against City alongside Casemiro
still would have been better off hanging onto Fred
I don't think it's crazy just because we need to add so much in midfield. It wouldn't shock me if we keep him and look like this the next 2 seasons. He has his faults but he knows how to play DM and we could always play Mainoo there a bit if we have a proper #8 come in the summer :
24-25
Bruno-Mount
CM-Mainoo
Casemiro-Amrabat-Mainoo
(cheap 7th midfielder of some kind, like a Brighton-y buy)
25-26
Bruno-Mount
CM-Mainoo
DM-Amrabat
(cheap 7th midfielder of some kind, like a Brighton-y buy)
which is only adding one midfielder per summer, but considering we need 2 defenders (a left-sided one and a right-sided one), a ST and a winger this summer, that might be what ends up happening.
We all love Mainoo but he can't play 60 games a year.
We only signed him on loan because we failed to sign Amadou Onana and then Youssouff Fofana from Monaco on loan. McTominay not willing to leave put paid to the Amadou Onana deal with a attempt made for Fofana late in the window before settling on Amrabat. To say we signed Amrabat because he was a ten Hag favourite isn't correct, because had one of the aforementioned deals materialised then I don't believe Amrabat would've been signed on the final day of the season.
And the reason we were in that situation was due to the previous regime not dealing with the numerous positions in the team that needed upgrading from the GK, midfield and central focal point, where previously we had De Gea, McFred and Ronaldo occupying roles where initiating attacks in the build up (GK), creating plays in midfield (McFred) and applying the press in coordination with your team mates (Ronaldo) was below the requisite level in comparison to the benchmark set at clubs like City, Liverpool and now Arsenal.
Signing Amrabat on loan after prioritising the signings of Onana, Mount, Hojlund and blooding young Mainoo was fine because it then made further acquisions more difficult.
From what I saw yesterday from Amrabat, I don't understand why he doesn't start ahead of Casemiro. And it's no surprise that we had the bulk of the possession with Amrabat starting and him wanting to keep the ball and build play rather than go for vertical passes constantly like Casemiro is accustomed to going for. 97% pass accuracy with 7/7 long passes completed and also being a superior ball carrier to both Bruno and Casemiro should warrant him starting far more games than he has done thus far.
I don't believe we should keep Amrabat, but I think if the aim is to play football through the thirds and build play from the back with a varied passing game, then Amrabat should be starting next to Mainoo due to the upgrade in possession and ball carrying ability.
That’s what ETH wants from his FB, we’ve seen Dalot do it tons this season. It’s how pep plays, with the FB coming inside to create like a back 3 or an extra midfielder when in possession.Amrabat moving into central midfield from his LB starting position was the main reason for United keeping 61% imo.
With the CB pairings being slow and having to stay back all the time, having a defender move into the midfield to fill a few holes was very helpful.
If that's our midfield next year we are getting obliterated.
Casemiro has been pretty crap all season. I didn't have a issue when he was signed because it was stated that the dressing room at the time was at a all time low and needed leadership with players like Mainoo yet to emerge who could then be guided by players like Casemiro.Yeah with how much worse Casemiro is in duels this year he doesn't justify the auto start ahead of Amrabat especially with Mainoo alongside him. Those two actually can keep the ball decently.