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Some decent threaded balls but he needs more protection next to him against teams that break with pace.
Agree. He was a lot better after a shaky start. Surprised he played the full game after coming back from an injury though.He looked a little rusty at first but worked well into the game, and helped us control the match. Had zero forward runners to pick out so was limited to tame passes into feet, but overall we definitely needed him back.
Don't think we had many options, schneiderlin could have come in but he wouldn't have offered much in the forward passing stakes, it was quite a slow tempo all game so I think that helped keep his legs really.Agree. He was a lot better after a shaky start. Surprised he played the full game after coming back from an injury though.
He's having a stop start season but I'd have his quick passes into the forwards above Schweinsteiger and Schneiderlin's backward passing any day.Thought he was awful today. Plenty of forward passes to please some but nearly all of them pointless hospital passes. Offers feck all protection as well.
Looked completely fried by the end to boot.
He's done.
its harsh on him, he was trying to be positive, thats a plus from me, but that should come from the whole team... but its carricks mobility which has been a problem last couple of years, 31 yo sweinsteigger who feels at times like 38 yo next is to him not helping at all...Thought he was awful today. Plenty of forward passes to please some but nearly all of them pointless hospital passes. Offers feck all protection as well.
Looked completely fried by the end to boot.
He's done.
That's rubbish. Not every ball came off yes, but some of them were down to mis-passing. Added urgency when United needed to, to please "some"? Well that includes me as I'm sick to death of this zombie passing. Look how many chances United had compared to West Ham in the first halfThought he was awful today. Plenty of forward passes to please some but nearly all of them pointless hospital passes. Offers feck all protection as well.
Looked completely fried by the end to boot.
He's done.
If he looks done then I worry about Schneiderlin.Thought he was awful today. Plenty of forward passes to please some but nearly all of them pointless hospital passes. Offers feck all protection as well.
Looked completely fried by the end to boot.
He's done.
This is it, he's still our best passer but he really struggles out of possession these days, we need to get a CM that does what he does on the ball but is about 10 years younger.His passing is good, but when harried, he turns to jelly and the opposition win the ball back with ease. Off the ball, players seem to walk through him and he's not mobile enough to recover.
His forward passing is among the best in the squad, along with Blind, but he looks so easy to win the ball from or take on.
Those type of wingers are dated and offer no goal threat, the fullbacks need to take up that wider slack in modern football.We have no one in our midfield that can play those penetrative passes into the front men. Every time he did that, there was danger. I think this is why we need to play with two wingers who hug the touchline. It will stretch teams and allow Carrick to find more of those passes to the attacking midfielder and forward.
That he is.His thread quiet again. He was class as usual. He showed urgency and wanted to attack every time he got the ball.
Yes he left us exposed a few times but he was trying to score. We were at Old Trafford.
he is better than BFS and still our best midfielder. Id like to see him with Herrera and Morgan.
Still our best CM when it comes to passing, be it the tempo or range of it. BFS's mobility makes him more suited to play the midfielder who supports the attack though.His thread quiet again. He was class as usual. He showed urgency and wanted to attack every time he got the ball.
Yes he left us exposed a few times but he was trying to score. We were at Old Trafford.
he is better than BFS and still our best midfielder. Id like to see him with Herrera and Morgan.
I agree and id like to see BFS deployed further forward when Herrera isnt playing.Still our best CM when it comes to passing, be it the tempo or range of it. BFS's mobility makes him more suited to play the midfielder who supports the attack though.
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Yeah, shocking the difference when he is in. No one can ping in the passes into the middle like he can, it seems. BFS is more likely to try penetrating via pass & move or even trying to dribble through, but he doesn't have the pace anymore to be as effective as previously, while Schneiderlin seems to favor the diagonal to the corners (which he is effective at), but then the move tends to die there as we're less able (or less willing) to get a good cross in. TBH, if it was Rooney or Mata who was the target of some of those passes, we'd probably have been able to nick a goal, but it was Fellaini. Granted, he did well, but he turns like a battleship and we needed a cutter.His thread quiet again. He was class as usual. He showed urgency and wanted to attack every time he got the ball.
Yes he left us exposed a few times but he was trying to score. We were at Old Trafford.
he is better than BFS and still our best midfielder. Id like to see him with Herrera and Morgan.
Yup, he's looked vastly improved.Anyone else think he's played really well? Actually looked to pass it forward which improved things.