Donny has shown more in the few games he has played than McT has for the entire season (in the same position). Obviously he has deserved his chance. Obviously Ole and Carrick would both persist with Scott over Donny... they were both part of the same coaching setup. And we know that Ole was never a hands on coach. It's too early to say that Rangnick would prefer DVB or McTominay more since he's been in charge for a single game. We'll have to wait and see. But nothing will convince me that McTominay deserve to start over DVB until I see with my own eyes that DVB isn't playing any better. Also, another Fred in McTominay's position is the last thing we need. We need a holding midfielder that can dictate the tempo and control the game. I don't think Donny is precisely that, but he'd surely be a massive upgrade over McTominay in that department
He hardly does. Kante is so small yet he dominates his opponents. McTominay could hardly ever get the ball away without fouling. Even someone like Fred who is extremely small, all things considered, is way more capable of taking the ball than McT. So if you mean that he does utilize his physical advantages to great effect, you'd be wrong. And as far as his passng goes, we saw this last night when Dalot was completely open and he missed an extremely easy pass and then tried to blame Dalot. His passing is absolutely dreadful at this level, not mediocre. Fred has mediocre passing.