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  • If today was his floor as a player, then I think he would be alright, but today was probably one of the better performances he put in in terms of effort and general play. Still way too many opportunities where he has a one v one and just doesn't...
  • Absolutely wild take here. He was the only player who did anything the whole first half and nearly had a hattrick this game. He also defended well and had to take the duty of helping with build up play taking it off the center backs because...
  • Another example of a player who will stagnate development wise if we don't change things drastically. He is not playing well recently, but top sides still should be creating a few half decent chances for their number 9 even if that striker is...
  • Red-17 replied to the thread Casemiro | 2023/24 Performances.
    Probably the signing that typifies the Glazer leadership more than anything. Big name player who is a great player on paper but completely ignorant of any of the contextual factors that any well run club looks at. If he was a free agent or even...
  • Red-17 replied to the thread Casemiro | 2023/24 Performances.
    It remains baffling that we went from chasing De Jong to him. You couldn't find to more opposing players if you tried. Completely rudderless leadership last summer (and to 10 summers before that) costing us now.
  • Our set up highlights his biggest weaknesses and hides his biggest strengths. If this was youth football I would understand trying to get him to work on his weak areas, but right now he is just going to develop bad habits and fail to fulfill his...
  • It's becoming increasingly more clear that a Rashford hot spell really carried what were relatively underwhelming overall performances around new year last year. Combine him going ice cold plus a big spell of injuries and a decision to switch our...
  • We saw flashes of competent football between him, Mainoo and Bruno for a short spell but the manager seems allergic to any scenario that gives us the requisite control to get those players on the ball regularly. There’s a player here in Amad, but...
  • Red-17 replied to the thread Are Bruno and Rashford a problem?.
    Our tactical plan is shear chaos so of course that is the way he plays. Guarantee those two players would also look shit playing in our current set up
  • Red-17 replied to the thread Are Bruno and Rashford a problem?.
    He's also shown he can play with composure today which can't be said of our 60 million pound multi UCL winning midfielder who looks like he won a charity competition. Anyone thinking Bruno is our primary problem has lost the plot.
  • Willy making mistakes I can forgive, Casemiro doing what he is is just shameful. Bring on Mount for him and move Bruno deeper and at least we will have players who can trap a football in our midfield. How Ten Hag wants us to play this style with...
  • He criticizes him all the time...
  • Exactly, you see players like Rodri get into the box plenty despite being a defensive 6 because City actually are capable of pinning teams in allowing players to cycle in and out meaning a midfielder or defender can make a forward run and not be...
  • This is exactly my point. He plays literally every game and every minute of every game. If he was not doing what the manager wanted, surely he would have subbed him off at least one time right? I don't buy this argument that Ten Hag is telling...
  • He is telling them to play transition heavy football which means you need to go right away when winning the ball back. That inherently means playing risky forward passes. We clearly have no plan on building up outside of that, so what is the...