We have such a balanced side now. All hail Konte.
What do you guys think of Kante? Say compared to some of your old CMs from the first Mourinho era and the period shortly after that.
From what I've seen (not that much) he's looked great in highlights and was obviously immense last season too.
Would rather have two Mikels.
soccer?lol.
United need to sign Fabregas. He's a top class footballer.
Kante is unbelievably good. By far the most underrated performer for any PL club this season
Nah, Mikel + Ramirez partnership was much better
Conte'nt lo!
I still think Matic is a bit of a waste in this system. Don't get me wrong, he's doing a decent job from a defensive point of view with Kante beside him but considering he has a free license to attack at times he just isn't good enough. His cross field balls are horrendous and his short range passing and dribbling isn't the best either.
I personally still feel we can find an upgrade somewhere, unfortunate that Cesc doesn't have the defensive discipline but there are other CM's out there
Kante and Nainggolan for example, now that duo would tear shlt up
rather keep matic if he can get back to his best
which conte looks like he is getting out of him
kante is sublime
I saw one of those heat maps of Hazards touches from yesterdays game.
He only came into our last 3rd of the pitch a couple of times and 90% of them are now in the opposition half.
Made such a difference.
The one thing we give up with this new formation, is possession. In place of a third central ball-playing midfield player (such as Fabregas) we now have a third defender. We are bound to lose something in possession, albeit we are far better balanced. Matic and Kante together are exactly what we need to protect the defence - but equally, they are not real ball players. We are now a counter-attacking side.
In an ideal world we would have ball-winners and ball players - but Conte needed to solidify things first. How does he strengthen the team from here?
comment by BlueJ2 (U4630)
posted 16 minutes ago
The one thing we give up with this new formation, is possession. In place of a third central ball-playing midfield player (such as Fabregas) we now have a third defender. We are bound to lose something in possession, albeit we are far better balanced. Matic and Kante together are exactly what we need to protect the defence - but equally, they are not real ball players. We are now a counter-attacking side.
In an ideal world we would have ball-winners and ball players - but Conte needed to solidify things first. How does he strengthen the team from here?
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That's easy.
Zouma, Christensen, a better LWB than Alonso, a better CM than Matic and a world class attacker to complete the front 3
Adding a decent striker like Torres should help.
soccer?lol.
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posted on 31/10/16
We have such a balanced side now. All hail Konte.
posted on 31/10/16
What do you guys think of Kante? Say compared to some of your old CMs from the first Mourinho era and the period shortly after that.
From what I've seen (not that much) he's looked great in highlights and was obviously immense last season too.
posted on 31/10/16
Would rather have two Mikels.
soccer?lol.
posted on 31/10/16
United need to sign Fabregas. He's a top class footballer.
posted on 31/10/16
Kante is unbelievably good. By far the most underrated performer for any PL club this season
posted on 31/10/16
Nah, Mikel + Ramirez partnership was much better
Conte'nt lo!
posted on 31/10/16
I still think Matic is a bit of a waste in this system. Don't get me wrong, he's doing a decent job from a defensive point of view with Kante beside him but considering he has a free license to attack at times he just isn't good enough. His cross field balls are horrendous and his short range passing and dribbling isn't the best either.
I personally still feel we can find an upgrade somewhere, unfortunate that Cesc doesn't have the defensive discipline but there are other CM's out there
posted on 31/10/16
Kante and Nainggolan for example, now that duo would tear shlt up
posted on 31/10/16
rather keep matic if he can get back to his best
which conte looks like he is getting out of him
kante is sublime
posted on 31/10/16
I saw one of those heat maps of Hazards touches from yesterdays game.
He only came into our last 3rd of the pitch a couple of times and 90% of them are now in the opposition half.
Made such a difference.
posted on 31/10/16
The one thing we give up with this new formation, is possession. In place of a third central ball-playing midfield player (such as Fabregas) we now have a third defender. We are bound to lose something in possession, albeit we are far better balanced. Matic and Kante together are exactly what we need to protect the defence - but equally, they are not real ball players. We are now a counter-attacking side.
In an ideal world we would have ball-winners and ball players - but Conte needed to solidify things first. How does he strengthen the team from here?
posted on 31/10/16
comment by BlueJ2 (U4630)
posted 16 minutes ago
The one thing we give up with this new formation, is possession. In place of a third central ball-playing midfield player (such as Fabregas) we now have a third defender. We are bound to lose something in possession, albeit we are far better balanced. Matic and Kante together are exactly what we need to protect the defence - but equally, they are not real ball players. We are now a counter-attacking side.
In an ideal world we would have ball-winners and ball players - but Conte needed to solidify things first. How does he strengthen the team from here?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
That's easy.
Zouma, Christensen, a better LWB than Alonso, a better CM than Matic and a world class attacker to complete the front 3
posted on 31/10/16
Adding a decent striker like Torres should help.
soccer?lol.
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