Fred has at no point been one of our better players like some point out, he just improved from an awful start. He is also not one of our worst ever startes either that is going overboard.
The whole balance of our midfield has been wrong for some time now. We havent found the right combination of players and there hasnt been good balance around them. There have been cocnerns over the defence behind them and the width in front of them. You could say this has been addressed with the signings whic it has, but the movement of the side yesterday just showed it is deeper than that.
It is difficult at the moment fo rany midfielder in this current side I feel, all are struggling...........BUT we do need an intelligent player that is good all round to play there with a lot of energy as well.....and for me that certainly isnt Fred, Pogba, Matic. McTominay can do a job but I dont think is intelligent enough, the only player that is.....is VDB. Bit like Blind that someone mentioned though, for me,,,,,he isnt actually all that good though, just does everything decently with a good football brain and technique. We desperately need an addition there before the window closes in my opinion. As mentioned tactically andmovement wise need addressing as still doesnt solve, but until we have the RIGHT player there which Fred isnt, we have no hope of winning titles as is a lack of quality both player wise and tactically