In Fred, McT, Matic and Pogba there are the ingredients to make a good midfield two or three. However, these qualities are spread round them and the weaknesses come into focus in certain games which is why there will have to be an element of horses for courses with them.
Funnily enough, with games coming thick and fast, that may not be a bad thing in terms of keeping everyone fresh. The big question is whether Ole can juggle them all successfully.
comment by Donny The King van de Beek (U10026)
posted 1 hour, 33 minutes ago
McFred should be a staple in a every game... regardless of opposition
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And this shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the problems we have in this squad. There isn’t a staple of this midfield regardless of opposition, it’s exactly because of certain opposition, and systems that we employ, that the midfield cannot consistently perform.
We consistently struggled in midfield last season with Fred and McTominay in midfield when we were playing opposition we needed to break down.
I don’t understand how people have such shiiiiit memory that they forget this.
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It's not our sh!t memory, its your sh!t understanding of the game and players available.
You do realized during that period of struggle, we had absolutely no creative players in our midfield. No Bruno, no Pogba, no VdB, Mata playing geriatric footy. We had Perreira starting ffs!
In that situation of course you are not gonna break any team down.
However, that has changed we have these creative MFs and can play up to 3 of them with McFred in behind them and create more than enough chances.
And just as importantly, we would have real quality to bring off the bench should the starters not be able to break the opposition down!
Oh so it’s your shiiit understanding as well as memory. Even when we had creative players it was still a problem due to their inability to transition the ball. It’s not a coincidence that Ole kept on using Pogba Matic in midfield, when they were fit, so they could distribute the ball into the attackers. If it was all about Bruno those two wouldn’t have carried on playing.
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posted on 21/10/20
In Fred, McT, Matic and Pogba there are the ingredients to make a good midfield two or three. However, these qualities are spread round them and the weaknesses come into focus in certain games which is why there will have to be an element of horses for courses with them.
Funnily enough, with games coming thick and fast, that may not be a bad thing in terms of keeping everyone fresh. The big question is whether Ole can juggle them all successfully.
posted on 21/10/20
comment by Donny The King van de Beek (U10026)
posted 1 hour, 33 minutes ago
McFred should be a staple in a every game... regardless of opposition
———
And this shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the problems we have in this squad. There isn’t a staple of this midfield regardless of opposition, it’s exactly because of certain opposition, and systems that we employ, that the midfield cannot consistently perform.
We consistently struggled in midfield last season with Fred and McTominay in midfield when we were playing opposition we needed to break down.
I don’t understand how people have such shiiiiit memory that they forget this.
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It's not our sh!t memory, its your sh!t understanding of the game and players available.
You do realized during that period of struggle, we had absolutely no creative players in our midfield. No Bruno, no Pogba, no VdB, Mata playing geriatric footy. We had Perreira starting ffs!
In that situation of course you are not gonna break any team down.
However, that has changed we have these creative MFs and can play up to 3 of them with McFred in behind them and create more than enough chances.
And just as importantly, we would have real quality to bring off the bench should the starters not be able to break the opposition down!
posted on 21/10/20
Oh so it’s your shiiit understanding as well as memory. Even when we had creative players it was still a problem due to their inability to transition the ball. It’s not a coincidence that Ole kept on using Pogba Matic in midfield, when they were fit, so they could distribute the ball into the attackers. If it was all about Bruno those two wouldn’t have carried on playing.
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