I really would like to know the back story on why we signed Mount. At least with Antony and Onana the idea was self-evident, but with Mount there’s no justifiable idea absent replacing Bruno, which we never sought to do.
We were not scoring nearly enough goals last year and Erik thought he would play Mount and Bruno in midfield with a single DMF, transforming us into more attacking side.
That idea backfired in a spectacular way when our midfield started getting overrun immediately. Bruno loses ball all the time, and Mount is poor in defense.
Erik miscalculated on tactics that lead to him desiring Mount so badly. Much bigger feck up was from the club allowing us to pay 60 million for an injury-prone player that didnt even have much time left on his contract
But what else is new, Richard Arnold and Murtough were clueless morons
Interestingly, I think Mainoo is wonderful in the role Erik wanted Mount for. Our wonder-kid is a fabulous #8 - both great defensively and apparently a capable goal-creator and scorer in attack. In the first half of the game against Wolves last week, you could see what Erik wanted to do.
As long as Mainoo can play alongside Casemiro's #6, and if Casemiro finds his form again, Erik may get his tactics, just not with Mount