Starts tonight vs Belgium
37
Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 27
- Goals
- 3
- Assists
- 1
- Yellow cards
- 3
Mats Wieffer
| Highest net spending (2014-2023) | |
|---|---|
| 1. Manchester United - £1,196.6m | 11. Aston Villa - £414.3m |
| 2. Chelsea - £885.5m | 12. Liverpool - £395.3m |
| 3. Paris St-Germain - £865.8m | 13. Al-Hilal - £391.3m |
| 4. Arsenal - £746.9m | 14. Juventus - £385m |
| 5. Manchester City - £733.8m | 15. Everton - £336.1m |
| 6. Newcastle United - £575.2m | 16. Crystal Palace - £322.3m |
| 7. Barcelona - £568.4m | 17. Bournemouth - £294.9m |
| 8. Tottenham Hotspur - £522.1m | 18. Bayern Munich - £294.1m |
| 9. AC Milan - £467.3m | 19. Real Madrid - £277.6m |
| 10. West Ham United - £451.9m | 20. Nottingham Forest - £265.8m |
I think for now a sitting midfielder is probably his most suited partner as it’ll allow him to learn the midfield role overall so to speak without exposing the team.
Ideally though I still like him coming deep to collect the ball as some of his over the shoulder passes directly to the forwards can be an asset. He can be the orchestrator too. Thus a box to box midfielder that’s physical and tactically aware is his best partner for me. That way they can pivot of each other and allow flexibility in transition.
Excited for him to show what he is about tonight.
Ideally though I still like him coming deep to collect the ball as some of his over the shoulder passes directly to the forwards can be an asset. He can be the orchestrator too. Thus a box to box midfielder that’s physical and tactically aware is his best partner for me. That way they can pivot of each other and allow flexibility in transition.
Excited for him to show what he is about tonight.
Onana vs Mainoo in some capacity tonight? Gonna be scouts watching this one with intent!
Excited to see Mainoo in an England shirt tonight.
Does he play in central midfield now? He was a forward/winger originally.
I wouldn’t say it’s overlooking — more acknowledging he’s an 18 year old who has thus far played in an absolute blender of a midfield when it comes to cohesive patterns and players having specific profiles. It’s a flaw, but you’d imagine it will come with time (and a better system than what we currently play).
For him to become the top level player he has potential to be, I think there’s three areas that need gradual improving into next season:
1. Off the ball positioning;
2. Ownership of the ball - I.E. demanding play more and having more touches and passes per game; and
3. Increasing the range and variety of pass he makes.
I was wishing he'd get about 30 mins. This is not ideal with the game on Saturday.
He’s 18, his recovery levels are very different compared to the more experienced players. Doubt he’ll play more than an hour anyway.
He’s been playing a lot as a number 8 recently
It's only Tuesday night.
He's young
Lovely bit of play before the goal.
Mainoo made that England goal. He's keeping his place
Playing in a weird position tonight, more like Fernandes position to be honest. Been utterly excellent in a nervy England team (besides the world class Bellingham of course)
He's just a natural. Effortless flow.
Bellingham must hate that he was only the star of the show for 5 minutes.
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He'll come off on 70 mins. His confidence was already high and he'll be still buzzing on Saturday.
He’s having another good game
True. Reckon he’ll only be on first half though.
I think he might be the best player in the world
Each time I look down to type I miss a piece of Mainoo brilliance.
But but but…Harvey Elliot
Robbed of an assist.
Clarence Seedorf's love child...
I checked FotMob and he has a rating of 5.9. Didn't expect to see this hype in the thread.
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He's not as involved as I'd like him to be but he's looked quality any time he's been involved.
I'm not watching either but those rating apps are usually bollocks
Quality, just needs to be involved more. The midfield looks class.
Everyone will be talking about him from now on.
I think the England players are reluctant to pass to him when he's in tight spaces or marked. First goal proved that shouldn't be an issue.
He’s too far ahead of rice for my liking. Is a bit isolated because of that. Needs to drop 10 metres back to get properly involved into the game. Having said that he’s still having a good game. You can still see his class. An awesome awesome player.
I'd swap him and Rice, and have him as the deepest midfielder.
They really are. That one and Sofascore are fecking criminal sometimes (both good and bad ratings)
Honestly they just need a better RB instead of Gomez that can provide real width outside. Right now they are trying to build with almost 4 players behind the ball and it makes it difficult for Mainoo/Rice to do anything other than ping it sideways.
I think its deliberate, he's pushing up when foden or bellingham drops and then drops back when rice goes forward. I think his role in this game hasn't been to sit next to rice or be the first to come deep to get the ball but instead pick and choose when to drop and when to get forward.