Recent content by Dr. McBeasty

Don't feel particularly confident in either, but Dalot seems like he'll fit in better if Ten Hag is prioritizing a high defensive line that aims to keep possession. Dalot's final ball delivery has been awful, but his general technical ability to work the ball up the field and complete passes in...

It may not apply to you necessarily, but there does seem to be quite a number of posters in this thread dismissing him on height alone. Either way Who Scored has Timber as winning 58% of aerial duels, which isn't fantastic by any means, but by comparison Ben Mee is only at 61%. Lindelof is at...

There's plenty of defenders in the PL < 6ft that do just fine - Ben Mee, Ben Davies, Cesar Azpilicueta, Marcal, Malang Sarr, Ake, Guehi. Sure, some play in a back 3, but point is looking at height isn't really the best gauge. There are plenty of occasions when Burnley of all teams have started 3...

Any time I try to imagine what our team will look like in the future, I just can’t see how he fits in anymore. Will probably still be here next year for one last chance (not even sure what clubs would want to/be able to buy him), but it’s hard to have any hope.

Stay. With that said, we still need to buy a new striker. Having another quality option to rotate can help keep Ronaldo fresh, while also taking some pressure off of the new signing and give them a bit more time to settle in. Even playing Ronaldo off of a main striker could be a good idea to toy...

Roma selling Schick for €27M. Perhaps now they’ll have the money to buy smalling permanently.

Wasn’t his best game, but was a solid effort. Came alive in the second half, created some good chances and routinely pulled off incredible skills and excellent interplay that probably doesn’t get appreciated as much as it should. Really hope he extends his deal now, losing him would cripple the...

Our best player tonight. As many have mentioned already, he seems like he should be the captain next season. Scary to think where we’d be without him.

Think he’ll come good eventually, but clearly isn’t all the way back following his injury. Not sure if it’s still physical or just mental at this point, but once he gets shaw back on the overlap and some confidence, don’t see why he won’t get back to the player he was earlier this season.

Bruno 10/10 - absolutely transformed our season, small dip in form recently is way overblown. Maguire 6.5/10 - you expect more for that kind of money, which isn’t his fault. Needs to work on his passing (both quality and speed). AWB - 7/10 - faded a bit recently, but was a rock defensively for...

I see him as a true 8, but one that has the same technical ability as a 10, but the intelligence and positioning of a 6 (almost like Thiago, just flat out good enough to really play anywhere). Id think he and pogba is defensively sound enough for like 80% of our matches, can bring in a more...

In a match full of world class mids, he’s really standing out. The thought of him and pogba in a double pivot is absolutely mouth watering.

Of the “non-starters” making a case for more starts, have to say Romero, bailly, and possibly Fred made the strongest impressions. If lingard can keep this up, I think he’s worth keeping as a squad player. Chong looked pretty good in his cameo, almost seemed to look stronger than earlier this...

If only he could stay healthy, he complements Maguire quite well. His confidence borders on irrational at times, but I’d rather see that then timid play.

His decision making just isn’t there. hopefully it’s a fixable issue, as he got himself into a few decent positions, but just made the wrong choice or took too long. I do wonder if a loan move might help him out, get consistent game time and take some pressure off.