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Stream I was watching made a point of Rooney dropping too deep. I feel that had more to do with the fact that Morgan and Carrick wanted to remain deep and kinda play the same role. Bastian moves it forward better.
Yeah Schneiderlin ended up having a good game thanks to his second half, but Carrick was also much better in the second half as - as a team - we were pressing them harder to win the ball back when we lost it, and moving the ball a lot quicker in possession.I can't agree with that, Carrick was worse for me this game, our worst player, actually, with Rooney turning it around in the second half. Schneiderlin ended up having a good game, imo. Michael was also crap in the Saints game, but in that game Schneiderlin was also shit.
He had a really poor season so far, only good game I can remember from him is the Liverpool game. He usually is very consistent, I don't know what happened to him this season.
I can see why Bastian is ahead, because he does more flashy things and his presence has impacted games somewhat when he's come off the bench... but agree completely on Schneiderlin. I mean just look at their threads after yesterdays game... As per my reply to the post above, I can't see how anyone could watch that first half and say Morgan had a better half of football then Michael.I have no idea why he has rating of only 5.9 on here. He's been very good for most of the season when played. I can only assume people are getting giddy about our new toys in Bastian and Morgan, both of whom seem to be getting over the top praise.
People are definitely goig over the top with Morgan, if he played like this for City or Chelsea people would be calling him average or decent, nothing more. He didn't really have one standout game so far, Carrick had actually few performances that were better than anything Schneiderling has provided so far.I have no idea why he has rating of only 5.9 on here. He's been very good for most of the season when played. I can only assume people are getting giddy about our new toys in Bastian and Morgan, both of whom seem to be getting over the top praise.
He's done as a top player I think. Just hasn't looked the same this year, which is understandable with his age.Can't believe the defense is getting pretty much ALL the criticism, they've been shit but Carrick has been beyond terrible, positionally awful and so, so easy to by pass.
Like against Southampton, his passing and decision making are pretty bad at the moment.Horrendous. Looked completely off pace and couldn't place a ball to save his life.
Even when he isn't being particularly effective in possession (probably people's biggest gripe with him) he reads the game and tackles well. Perhaps most importantly he has the mobility to somewhat counteract teams who look to break with pace, there's no way we would've been 3 down inside 20 minutes if Schneiderlin started in Carrick's place yesterday.This is why it was correct to go for a player like Schneiderlin last summer. He hasnt hit the ground running but I'm confident he'll come good and we'd be in huge trouble till christmas if we had to rely on Carrick every week
ThisCarrick, Bastian, Fellaini with Rooney and Mata on the flanks is possibly the slowest midfield I've ever seen in football. Its a shame we don't have a 35 year old Gaz and Irwin on rear flanks, Bruce and Blanc as CB and Berbatov upfront
He's got to accept a squad role now as hes rightfully behind Schneiderlin, Herrera and Schweinsteiger in the pecking order, he's a good player to come out and see out a game of start for us in place of Schneiderlin against slower midfields who sit back.I'm not sure the coming on for the last 20 minutes role suits him as he tends to take time to warm up and work his way into a game.