IrishRedDevil
Full Member
Mata and Matic - coastal erosion is quicker than these two.
We can’t regularly start games with the two of them on the pitch at the same time.
I don’t think we will buy a defensive midfielder unfortunately, so we will probably have to accept Matic starting alot of games. If so, Mata can’t be starting.
We are trying to press from the front, but when Mata is involved, the collective press is simply not effective. Opposition players can easily bypass Mata no matter how much he painfully plods around. The high press needs 4 dynamic players all relentlessly hunting in a pack but Mata just hasn’t got it in his locker, so we are pressing but not fully committed to it meaning the system breaks down. I’ve seen Martial and Rashford literally stop pressing when they look around and seen the others not in the correct pressing positions or not fit to spring a press.
The team looked far better when Mata and Matic went off and were replaced by Fred and Greenwood (I know it was only a preseason game).
I think I’m just annoyed that Mata started preseason games ahead of Gomes/Greenwood. I’m away for a beer.
We can’t regularly start games with the two of them on the pitch at the same time.
I don’t think we will buy a defensive midfielder unfortunately, so we will probably have to accept Matic starting alot of games. If so, Mata can’t be starting.
We are trying to press from the front, but when Mata is involved, the collective press is simply not effective. Opposition players can easily bypass Mata no matter how much he painfully plods around. The high press needs 4 dynamic players all relentlessly hunting in a pack but Mata just hasn’t got it in his locker, so we are pressing but not fully committed to it meaning the system breaks down. I’ve seen Martial and Rashford literally stop pressing when they look around and seen the others not in the correct pressing positions or not fit to spring a press.
The team looked far better when Mata and Matic went off and were replaced by Fred and Greenwood (I know it was only a preseason game).
I think I’m just annoyed that Mata started preseason games ahead of Gomes/Greenwood. I’m away for a beer.
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