Andersonson
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Fred has also had MOTM gamesJanuzaj was one of our best players for a short period
Fred has also had MOTM gamesJanuzaj was one of our best players for a short period
Exactly.Thos stats reflect exactly what we saw (what I saw anyway). Started extremely badly - with some awful early brain farts - then went on to have a solid performance. As I said in another thread, people just see what they want to see with Fred.
Bruno, Ronaldo/Cavani +1 up front? I don't know. We've been doing transfers without much planning so we have to find some solution.So Fernandes up front?
Where do Ronaldo and Cavani play then?
I'm sceptical about it myself to be honest.
TrueFred has also had MOTM games
I agree 100%, he is an idiot for staying and losing his spot to mcfred, never even given a real chance. Donny should be in there NOW and Fred on the bench... If you look at stats, Fred on paper isn't bad at all, but you watch him on the field and you want to turn the channel from his stupid passes it drives you insane. Ole, PLEASE give Donny a fecking chance or let him go b/c you are killing this kid..Donny watching him from the bench must be close to a mental breakdown. I’d be straight into the office with a transfer request.
This. He's not even the worst midfielder who regularly starts, in our current squad. He's also trying to do the entire midfields job on its own when mctominay isn't there. The only player on earth who can do that even half competently is Kante.Matic is pretty terrible aswell
I don't know the answer but I don't see how Bruno, Ronaldo, Cavani, Rashford, Sancho, Greenwood and Martial fit into 3 spots.Bruno, Ronaldo/Cavani +1 up front? I don't know. We've been doing transfers without much planning so we have to find some solution.
The only thing I do know is even Ronaldo up front isn't going to help if we can get xG=0,6 (like against Wolves).
Once we have fully fit McFred I think we will be fine. But until then I think we need to find compromise. Rashford is out, Martial and Cavani are barely match fit, and Sancho looks a bit overwhelmed so I think it won't be that difficult to pick a front 3.I don't know the answer but I don't see how Bruno, Ronaldo, Cavani, Rashford, Sancho, Greenwood and Martial fit into 3 spots.
If we can't come up with a way for Bruno to play in a midfield 3 then I think we just need to get midfielders capable of playing in a 2 at a high level and allow Bruno to play where he has been operating.
Let me guess, easy setting on fifa 21?Fred has also had MOTM games
Look at the players Man City did not buyFred is not good enough for where this club supposedly intends to be. If the team wants to hobble around 4th he's the ideal candidate. It seems even pundits have spoken vehemently about the quality of the midfield. If Fred was half as good as many make out, the central areas would not be identified as a weakness / priority.
As soon as a defensive midfielder is signed Fred will no longer have any use in the team. He only offers balance in a double pivot, brings little qualities outside of this description. I also think there's shortfalls in the management which causes him to be less versatile tactically. If the team maintained possession more effectively from the coaching side of things, Fred would likely be more useful but this is hypothesis not reality.
The mans played significant roles in cup wins ffs! give your head a wobble.Lingard and Welbeck for me.
Gibson too but I guess he was a semi-regular at best.
There’s another - extremely famous - name you can add to that list, as of a few days ago.Look at the players Man City did not buy
Fred, Sanchez
Enough said.
Let me guess, easy setting on fifa 21?
According to some stats, Fred is as good as Jorginho. I am not a fan of Jorginho, but some press claim he is 1 of the best in EPL. By mathematical equation, Fred is 1 of the best.Maybe. Like said already, some players just become the focus and people convince themselves that replacing them fixes issues that are far more entrenched. What I genuinely don't understand is if it is so obvious, why does Ole play him. If losing costs you your dream job, why would anyone pick a player that's gonna cost you it? What we do on forums is an opinion, what Ole does is factual.
Passing accuracy stats cam be misleading. A player could complete their pass, but if that pass was to a team mate who was being marked and lost the ball immediately after receiving it, it would still be a completed pass.I watched the game. Fred played in central midfield. A position where nobody, at any level, can a receive a ball and ask another player where to pass it before releasing the ball. Never mind in a PL match where the opposition has had one of the most intense high presses of any team in the league so far this season.
91% of Fred’s passes found their target. This has nothing to do with any other player. If you think Pogba was somehow operating Fred like a ventriloquist dummy you’re out of your fecking mind.
He has a habit of zipping balls into forwards at much to strong a rate and the forwards just can’t control them. I’m not sure who’s told him this is a good idea but I see it happen all the time.Passing accuracy stats cam be misleading. A player could complete their pass, but if that pass was to a team mate who was being marked and lost the ball immediately after receiving it, it would still be a completed pass.
All these passing completed percentages shouldn't distract you from the fact that he made two mistakes that led to goal scoring chances in the first 4 minutes alone.
It's literally how a five year old thinks - no grey areas just extremes.I think this thread says more about how "in living memory" now means "since yesterday" than it does about Fred.
Kids of today. I don't know. /mumbles
I more or less agree. I think we could certainly upgrade on Fred but in reality the bigger issue is who plays alongside him as I think he offers more in most games than Matic/McT and as you say the issue is more the other midfielder. If it's McT/Matic alongside Fred, then Fred is our best CM which isn't great (but with our attack I think it's something we can work with) and if it's Pogba how he played against Wolves (albeit 2nd half was better from him and the team in general) we're leaving ourselves exposed as Pogba doesn't want to do the hard work that comes with playing there and we compound the situation by how high we push the attacking players to try and beat the offside trap.Fred has been terrible recently but it’s quite ridiculous that he is getting so much stick when the problem is due to the managers team selection. It’s been clear for some time that pogba isn’t good enough for us in a pivot. There is also the issue of the Ole being content with both our midfielders getting overrun.
Fred is our best progressive passer. Both him and matic are the only midfielders willing to pass through the middle. He is pivotal to us getting the ball forward very quick. Let’s lay off these silly threads.