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Keegs

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Been great first half sweeping up everything that comes near him.Some people will never appreciate players like him but I do. Best player on the pitch to bad everybody else has been shocking.
 

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Might as well play a centre back in midfield for all he gives you in an actual midfield performance. Constantly hiding from the ball.
 

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Why did he not play vs City?
Apparently Fellaini is a better holding player?
I am just fed up of these kind of crazy decisions that are costing us
To me Fellaini offers far more

Way more aggressive and physical for that role and for me a much better passer
 

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I think defensifely he puts in a good shift, but in possession he's just substandard, he cant pass or dribble and for a supposed box-to-box, thats really bad.
Which is exactly what Fellaini has been doing, but he's somehow revitalised. I think Kag has summed it up well.
 

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Because he isnt a defensive destroyer, he's a box to box. And even the likes of Kante , Dier and Wanyama are better on the ball than he is.
He's not playing as a box-to-box and the latter two are most definitely not.
 

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I think defensifely he puts in a good shift, but in possession he's just substandard, he cant pass or dribble and for a supposed box-to-box, thats really bad.
He's just a very limited player in truth. Just seems so pointless.
 

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Because he isnt a defensive destroyer, he's a box to box. And even the likes of Kante , Dier and Wanyama are better on the ball than he is.
No he isn't. He's sat infront of the back four tasked with breaking up the play. He's doing his job, those ahead need to do theirs.
 

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To me Fellaini offers far more

Way more aggressive and physical for that role and for me a much better passer
Schneiderlin is by far the better player defensively and Fellaini is the worst passing midifelder we have.
 

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That's what defenders are for. Midfielders need more to their game.
I'm talking about tonight. He's our defensive midfielder and is doing his job very well.

What else should he do when he's clearly told to sit in front of the defense?
 

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They really are, we are playing a 433 with the centre midfield pointed forwards, that insinuates 2 box to box and an AM.
No, we are playing with a sitting midfielder with two in front.
 

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To me Fellaini offers far more

Way more aggressive and physical for that role and for me a much better passer
Slightly exaggerated but I generally agree. Technically I don't think he's a better passer but he at least passes with purpose. Schneiderlin's passing is infuriatingly stupid.
 

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I'm talking about tonight. He's our defensive midfielder and is doing his job very well.

What else should he do when he's clearly told to sit in front of the defense?
Pass the ball occassionally? I love how the experts know his explicit instructions. I doubt hiding when we have the ball is one of them.
 

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His job is to stop their attacks and is doing it very well so far.
Plenty here struggle with that concept, we have Pogba, Herrera, Martial, Mata and Rashford to do the creating. He's performing his duties very well.
 

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You only need to watch the fecking game.
Carrick plays in front of a defence too. He can still pass the ducking ball into our forwards. In no way is a midfielder being sent onto the pitch with the sole instruction of diving into tackles and then scurrying away.
 

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Funny, considering that Herrera doesnt play significantly higher up the pitch that Morgan, especially when we dont have possession. When we do Morgan stays behind more, luckily, as he doesnt have much use higher up the pitch.
Hence why he sits deep? Because thats where he is useful? Typically thats where you want your defensive midfielders to play.

Herrera drops deep when we dont have the ball and plays like a traditional box to box when we do have it.
 

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He's doing ok, but he's not a holding mid, especially in a 433. Would have liked to see him in a 4231 with Pogba or Herrera.
 

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Hence why he sits deep? Because thats where he is useful? Typically thats where you want your defensive midfielders to play.

Herrera drops deep when we dont have the ball and plays like a traditional box to box when we do have it.
How is he our defensive destroyer when Herrera plays on about the same line when Feyenoord have the ball. Herrera furthermore doesnt play as high up the pitch as Pogba obviously so I dont think we play with a CVM, rather Pogba as a 10 and Herrera and Schneiderlin as box to box as the teamsheet also suggested. Probably Schneiderlin did get the instruction to limit runs and stay behind more so than Herrera. If he was solely a DM, thats an acceptable performance, still poor in possession as he adds absolutely nothing to our buildup.
 

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doing a very limited role ok.....

we'd be better with Carrick though whose passing can actually contribute something to our game
 

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How is he our defensive destroyer when Herrera plays on about the same line when Feyenoord have the ball. Herrera furthermore doesnt play as high up the pitch as Pogba obviously so I dont think we play with a CVM, rather Pogba as a 10 and Herrera and Schneiderlin as box to box as the teamsheet also suggested. Probably Schneiderlin did get the instruction to limit runs and stay behind more so than Herrera. If he was solely a DM, thats an acceptable performance, still poor in possession as he adds absolutely nothing to our buildup.
No he doesn't, but we have Rashford, Mata, Martial, Herrera, Pogba and now Ibra and Memphis to do that. His job is to win the ball back and move it on, just like a traditional defensive midfielder.

Great pass between the lines just then.
 

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He has this amazing ability to completely disappear during a game, even when he's supposed to be playing deep and there's a gaping hole in midfield. Where the feck does he go?
 

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This is probably the most invisible performance I've seen since Liam Milner. Absolutely shocking :eek::eek::eek::eek:
Na its not mate. He was just as invisible last season. I have no idea how it does it. He avoids the ball.
 

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Plenty here struggle with that concept, we have Pogba, Herrera, Martial, Mata and Rashford to do the creating. He's performing his duties very well.
Yeah it's a very difficult concept to grasp, in fairness. Takes a real football guru to get your head around it.
 

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I reckon he's in the wrong sport. Dodgeball would suit him much better
 
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