He performed better than Matic would have without the ball.
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Thought he had a good game.
Whilst hes not the most exciting player and if I'm honest I thought he was shite untill recently there is something with him.
He is playing in a role where players typically don't start to excel until their late 20's and his maturity and reading of the game looks very good.
Whilst hes not the most exciting player and if I'm honest I thought he was shite untill recently there is something with him.
He is playing in a role where players typically don't start to excel until their late 20's and his maturity and reading of the game looks very good.
McTominay is much more mobile than Fellaini. Better positional sense too and therefore better defensively. He didn't try anything fancy because A. it's his first match in weeks B. it's against Liverpool, where the smallest mistake could be punished with a goal. And C. Our gameplan after 3 subs didn't exactly suited to play an attacking game
A good game by him, even though pool don't have the most creative midfield out of the top clubs. If he could be more adventurous in his passing, then I think he could be a very good player.
He did have a good game. His job was to protect the defence and he did that. He didnt look panicked when the ball was with him, and he turned away from trouble and out of trouble a few times just by simple movements.
His passing is what you would have wanted in this game, fairly safe and early. That would be his position for us as part of the squad. Hes not going to dictate games but you dont want him to if we got the likes of Pogba next to him. Get the ball and release to pogba (and be available for a return pass which he was plenty of times).
His passing is what you would have wanted in this game, fairly safe and early. That would be his position for us as part of the squad. Hes not going to dictate games but you dont want him to if we got the likes of Pogba next to him. Get the ball and release to pogba (and be available for a return pass which he was plenty of times).
He was very good yesterday. Ket the ball ticking continuously and won good number of battles
Did well and helped us being so solid when Liverpool had the ball
Developing into a good squad player, comes in does a job with no fuss.
If he could pick his head up and get the ball out of his feet quicker he would be alright. Need players who have more than a good engine or work hard.
I would like him to show for the ball when Smalling and Lindelof need an outlet instead of literally running in the opposite direction to hide in the midfield.
I would like him to play a midfield splitting forward pass like Carrick or Matic instead of playing every single pass to Young or a CB.
"I'm not asking him to be Paul Scholes. Just Carrick." 
I'm asking him to make a forward pass. How about that? Carrick did it. Matic does it. Scott needs to add some passing skills to his locker if he wants to make it at this level."I'm not asking him to be Paul Scholes. Just Carrick."
He made plenty of forward passes yesterday. How about that?
He's certainly good enough to be a backup in our squad. Considering how many other positions we need to invest in he's good enough for now and hopefully he improves.
He was very good off the ball, could have been quicker and more progressive on the ball but it's understandable that he was trying to be as risk-free as possible given the circumstances.
I have been a critic of McTominay but i think he is a good footballer. some points ( in coherent to an extent)
1. Jose used him to make an unnecessary point, it backfired and the fans now had a negative opinion about him
2. The difference a mobile midfielder makes is remarkable. He was neat and tidy yesterday keep moving and taking up space while shielding the defense quite well. It just shows how better we could have been if we had a mobile DM which Matic is not!
3. For a young player who has gotten a lot of stick he is quite good! Not a starter but is a decent squad player to have. And who knows Fletcher at this age was deemed as shit by a lot of the fans!
1. Jose used him to make an unnecessary point, it backfired and the fans now had a negative opinion about him
2. The difference a mobile midfielder makes is remarkable. He was neat and tidy yesterday keep moving and taking up space while shielding the defense quite well. It just shows how better we could have been if we had a mobile DM which Matic is not!
3. For a young player who has gotten a lot of stick he is quite good! Not a starter but is a decent squad player to have. And who knows Fletcher at this age was deemed as shit by a lot of the fans!
Wasn't bad yesterday. I'm not a fan, and I think he's a Championship player at best, but as long as he wears our badge i'll support him. Hope I'm wrong about him and he becomes a good squad player.
I agree.
He has a little bit of Carrick about him when it comes to defensive positioning and awareness. He is quite good at blocking passing opportunities for the opposition ball carrier. That forces their players to play a pass they initially didn't want ot play, which forces them to play differently. He's not spectacular, but I can understand why managers like him as an option.
These are the exact things he doesnt have.
Definitely more Fletcher than Carrick. An honest, hard worker, and possible late bloomer. Doesn't really stand out in any area at this time.
When Herrera is playing matches like Scott played yesterday, he was praised as being the man of the match in here, yet for some, Scott is a championship player.
Pretty weird.
I tell you what, you wouldn’t have liked Fletcher one bit, when be came into the scene.
Pretty weird.
I tell you what, you wouldn’t have liked Fletcher one bit, when be came into the scene.
Championship player who performs well everytime he plays vs big sides 
His positioning seemed fine yesterday and he rarely got exposed. For an academy kid coming into CM in a Derby, at short notice, without many minutes recently, you'd be forgiven for expecting it to be a whole lot worse really.
Fletch was a much more attacking-minded player when he first broke through. Granted many people didn't like him on here even though you could see he's got the quality and guts.
As for Scott, I'm not sure yet what to make of him but given Sir Alex and all our coaches rate him and he does have a pair on him I can say I'll be won over before long.
I think the problem Fletch had was look who was in front of him for us at the time. Think this made him look more ordinary than he was. Fletch would walk into this team easily.....
I thought about this and sometimes I actually think it was easier back then for the young talents/new players. If, say, Evans was about to start he knew he's taken care of by his mega partners, feels stable, team's winning anyway, if I don't play well then well, I'm only a squaddie as we've got Rio and Vidic. Even if I'm not on top of my game we're gonna win anyway and nobody notices.
Same goes for attacking players.
These days, especially pre-Ole we've been stop and start. The amount of sheer abuse towards some of our players was incredible. You have one chance, sink or swim. The pressure is there even playing minnows at home and no trophies on the horizon. Play well, you may not even start the next one. If you do and suck, frozen. That's why I respect Rashford, Martial, Mata, Fellaini and the likes cause (scrap the first two) while not being good enough for what we want to be, gave us all and were mostly useful in gloomy times.
Fletcher was a good passer. That gets lost because of his other attributes and energy in his prime. He could switch play and control tempo albeit not as well as Carrick who he partnered with most of the time. McTominay as of now isn't in the same league as Fletcher ability wise.
Young players sometimes need to just concentrate on their strengths during games, especially big games like yesterday's. We don't know how much he will shine once he's fully comfortable out there. The coaches would have told him to keep it simple like they would do with any youth player.
You will never find a midfielder to come straight from the academy and start controlling tempo of the game with his passing. That intelligence can be built while playing first team football.
Great crosser, too. We were spoilt back then for that. Would have easily been the best crosser at the club right now.
Have you ever seen a poor passer become good with time? Passing, a lot of the time is instinct, when a player with vision sees a play developing, they won't just stop themselves from picking it out because they were told to keep it simple. Vision is one of those skills that players show at his age.
Needs to bring a bit of calmness in his play. He can easily get rushed by opposition opponents which lead to heavy touches, rushed passes or loss of possession
Darren Fletcheresque.
It's either United first team level or championship level. Nothing in between on caf
Some bizarre opinions on here at times. Not even given him time to develop although seen glimpses of good work like Sunday.
Yes, at least half the PL would be happy to have him, I bet.
Carrick used to pick up extreme abuse from our fans for constant sideways and backward passes. He only started bossing games in his late 20s and early 30s.
McTominay isn't really a bad passer of the ball. He just plays it overly safe at times.
Only when talking about academy players. Rashford was a championship player a few months ago.
Carrick was a good passer right from the moment we bought him. He came into his own once Scholes started to slow down. I don't see McTominay playing next to Scholes to explain away the lack of inventiveness.
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