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Matic was very good 2 years ago...not at his best but really good. But I still think McT and Fred aren't CDM but some kind of energy B2B players with some limitations who will "put a shift in".
Brilliant? He is a bloody first choice midfielder of Manchester United who can't control the ball and his general technique is just awful. In which area he is good exactly? Because he scores a goal then and there?He’s a brilliant squad player and brilliant in the first XI too.
This forum just has very short memories, I mean this just resembles the comments at half time where Ole should be sacked.
We need another midfielder but it doesn’t mean Mctominay won’t play the big games, the whole team was shit in the first half.
I believe he’s a much better player than rodri.
If you watch games with him and games without him it's night and day. He is a big reason why we're solid in the middle nowadays.
I think that’s more because Fred is so much more visible on the field - even when he’s doing poor. McTominay is so peripheral that when he’s playing poorly it’s masked by the sheer fact he’s nowhere to be seen.
He definitely did. First half he was having one of his invisible games, but second half he stepped up and performed how he should be doing all the time. If he did that all the time we'd be in a much stronger position, as the main problem with the McFred combo is that we are normally relying on Fred to do way too much instead of sharing the duties between the two of them.
They both treat the football like a hot potato at times. Its not good enough.
McT thanks you for the support. He was poor today. I’m not sure he’s started too many games recently - perhaps a bit rusty. Whatever the reason, he wasn’t good. However, we’ve seen enough of him to see that he’s very useful, and unfortunately for the ‘haters’ he’s one half of our most effective midfield.
We barely have midfielders, you say that like we have options. Look, the guy can't play no matter how much support he gets. He's not even bad in regards to his basic qualities but he simply doesn't process quickly enough on the pitch.
He picked up an injury didn't he. Is it since then?
He contributes what any half decent midfielder in the Premier league would offer. The likes of mcginn are far better players.
When you check their pass completion stats it's very good but when you watch the game you always get the impression that they are never in control of the ball.
