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That's what I hope for. However, Jose seems to trust Fellaini a lot so let's see who will be pickedAh right yeah, I agree he won't use him as a 6 but I think he'll trust him enough to use him as an 8
That's what I hope for. However, Jose seems to trust Fellaini a lot so let's see who will be pickedAh right yeah, I agree he won't use him as a 6 but I think he'll trust him enough to use him as an 8
But you've not actually responded to the point in my post, just to the first line. 'This kid is amazing, and one of the best I've seen - he could be a great player for us one day' is not the same as 'this kid is so talented he will definitely make it and become a first-teamer.' Regardless of talent, the chances of going from youth-team talent to actual first teamer are ridiculously small. We could have a teenage Leo Messi in our academy and it would still be stupid to guarantee anything. But it doesn't make the original assessment wrong, or naive.Disagree. A lot of them get overhyped.
Vardy scored against both Atletico and Sevilla in the Champions League last season. He's a player with lots of quality who happened to hook it together for an entire year. Aspas has none, but still smashed La Liga.A player like Vardy, who was barely a professional a few years ago got 20+ in a season, and another 10 or so the next term. English football is not that good at all. In fact, Aspas also scored against England themselves at Wembley.
Pereira will be fine.
Aspas seems to have hooked it together for a year too and scored against Sevilla, Barcelona, and Real Madrid. Even has a couple caps for Spain.Vardy scored against both Atletico and Sevilla in the Champions League last season. He's a player with lots of quality who happened to hook it together for an entire year. Aspas has none, but still smashed La Liga.
Didn't he score against similar calibre teams domestically? And Jamie Vardy's England.Vardy scored against both Atletico and Sevilla in the Champions League last season. He's a player with lots of quality who happened to hook it together for an entire year. Aspas has none, but still smashed La Liga.
He will be fine. There are not much players who can hold the ball against RM and Modric. This guy did that during his loan. He will be more than finePlayed pretty well, especially on the ball. Good corners. Will be interesting to see how he copes with a stronger opposition midfield, like in the Int'l Champions Cup. Hope he can stake a claim to a squad role this season.
Gif / video?That turn and run when surrounded by 3 opposition players was superb. His ball control, retention, dribbling and crisp passing in tight passes is bar none in our squad. He lacks the tenacity of Herrera but nonetheless is a very good option at the 8 role. Starting to show his worth to the team. Hope it continues for long.
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Pereira's physicality seems a potential issue, but it depends how they set out. If he plays on the right with Herrera the deepest, he'd be on the move a lot more, finding his own space. If he played as the deepest, more ike a DLP, I'm guessing the other two would be charged with giving him a lot more protection. He seems composed enough to not panic when under pressure/getting pressed, but yeah, we've obviously not seen him in the Prem properly.Only saw the highlights but looks like he played well today judging on your guys reactions.
Could we line up with a potential three man midfield of Pogba-Herrera-Pereira? Would it work? Possibly a bit lightweight.
I agree. Let's play Herrera deeper, he has anyway much more grit and tenacity. Pereira would be perfect in a transition role to bring the ball forward and be creative with his passing. Pogba can then be even further upfront and help creating chances like he did so well at Juve.I don't think he should be given too many defensive duties. Let him express himself.
He was playing a transition role and taking the ball from the defenders and playing it forward, he was being creative with his passing, he frequently cut LA open with quick direct balls through to forward players. he has a ton of tenacity and grit.I agree. Let's play Herrera deeper, he has anyway much more grit and tenacity. Pereira would be perfect in a transition role to bring the ball forward and be creative with his passing. Pogba can then be even further upfront and help creating chances like he did so well at Juve.
In a way, I hope Jose wont be another midfielder and play Pereira but then again I doubt he trusts him just yet
He was continually involved in defensive work, his positioning kept cutting off passing lanes and forced LA to go wide when going forward. He was very disciplined sitting in front of the backline and shut down space all the time.Difficult match to judge him on, given so much space and didn't have to get involved in too much defensive work. I can say we were much more open when he was on the pitch. Hope he gets more game time on the tour.
That must have been why we looked more open, he no Carrick. I don't see where he's going to get major gametime, he's not a holding midfielder, not better than Herrera or Pogba. But we will play a lot of games, so he can do the stand in stuff, unless of course we sign another box to box midfielder. I see a lot of over rating him in a game where as a good young midfielder, he got a lot of time and space and was tidy.He was continually involved in defensive work, his positioning kept cutting off passing lanes and forced LA to go wide when going forward. He was very disciplined sitting in front of the backline and shut down space all the time.
Have they cut out "bad moments" from that video? Because if that's all his touches, then he didn't give the ball away even once. And some of his passes, and especially his turns, were sublime. Although even in this performance you can see he's more suited to a CM rather than DM role. I think Herrera is better there, if needs must.
Its gonna be MaticHave they cut out "bad moments" from that video? Because if that's all his touches, then he didn't give the ball away even once. And some of his passes, and especially his turns, were sublime. Although even in this performance you can see he's more suited to a CM rather than DM role. I think Herrera is better there, if needs must.
Personally I feel that with Pogba, Herrera, Pereira and Fellaini (who brings something diferrent with his height) we are basically sorted for CMs. But we will need a specialist DM with Carrick nearing the end and TFM not yet ready for a starting role. I hope we move for Fabinho.
Nobody's over rating him. He's a promising young lad. Try to watch his games against Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico, he was running rings around some world class CMs.That must have been why we looked more open, he no Carrick. I don't see where he's going to get major gametime, he's not a holding midfielder, not better than Herrera or Pogba. But we will play a lot of games, so he can do the stand in stuff, unless of course we sign another box to box midfielder. I see a lot of over rating him in a game where as a good young midfielder, he got a lot of time and space and was tidy.
Be nice to see how he performs against better players on the tour.
That's only the case if you've missed the part where he played in La Liga for a whole year. Not only has he been good there, but one of his tidiest performances last year with a video doing the rounds was against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu. I'd say their midfield is a decent test for any young midfielders, wouldn't you?That must have been why we looked more open, he no Carrick. I don't see where he's going to get major gametime, he's not a holding midfielder, not better than Herrera or Pogba. But we will play a lot of games, so he can do the stand in stuff, unless of course we sign another box to box midfielder. I see a lot of over rating him in a game where as a good young midfielder, he got a lot of time and space and was tidy.
Be nice to see how he performs against better players on the tour.
I hope notIts gonna be Matic
Thread is performances 2017/18?That's only the case if you've missed the part where he played in La Liga for a whole year. Not only has he been good there, but one of his tidiest performances last year with a video doing the rounds was against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu. I'd say their midfield is a decent test for any young midfielders, wouldn't you?
Some of us have been watching him for a number of years.That must have been why we looked more open, he no Carrick. I don't see where he's going to get major gametime, he's not a holding midfielder, not better than Herrera or Pogba. But we will play a lot of games, so he can do the stand in stuff, unless of course we sign another box to box midfielder. I see a lot of over rating him in a game where as a good young midfielder, he got a lot of time and space and was tidy.
Be nice to see how he performs against better players on the tour.