Yeah, he's probably not a DM for a possession based style. That was the main difference between him and Busquets at Barca. I still think Casemiro is a brilliant player, one of the best midfielders to ever wear our shirt and of the best DMs in the history of the game in general.
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 31
- Goals
- 5
- Assists
- 4
- Yellow cards
- 10
- Red cards
- 1
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
If Amrabat is going to start a lot of games I wonder if we will see Casemiro score even more goals.
Arsenal 3:1 Man Utd
Looks finished
Brutal watching him on the ball in tight spaces. Was never his game at the best of times.
Brutal watching him on the ball in tight spaces. Was never his game at the best of times.
What has happened?
At least we got half a season out of him.
Likeable fellow, but time to take him round back and hit him over the head with a shovel.
Likeable fellow, but time to take him round back and hit him over the head with a shovel.
Amrabat will have to be a direct replacement with how he is moving. Aged 5 years in months.
Not even joking, he is a problem right now.
Not even joking, he is a problem right now.
It's nice seeing people say what was obvious before he even joined us.
Better late than never, eh? Awful, short-sighted signing. And no, he wasn't good last season either. He had way more stinkers than, at best, acceptable games.
Better late than never, eh? Awful, short-sighted signing. And no, he wasn't good last season either. He had way more stinkers than, at best, acceptable games.
Probably worst player for us today, atleast among the starters. Pedestrian in that second half
Cartman didn't have a great game today.
Hope he improves his performances as the seasons wears on. We should be assessing our options though so that if the Saudi's come in next summer we aren't caught in a situation where we are scrambling for his replacement.
Can't see him lasting too long on this league. He was struggling to keep up at times today.
Can't see him lasting too long on this league. He was struggling to keep up at times today.
Watching him run is painful, legs were always going to go but fact it’s happening so quickly is bit of a nightmare. He was an incredibly indulgent signing, I doubt even Woodward would have agreed to it.
Legs are slowing down a bit because like Varane he's had so much mileage for Real. That was my only worry about the fee as otherwise I was always a big fan of his.
That said though hes still useful for all the positions he takes up. Hopefully he can prolong his full physical decline for a few years yet.
That said though hes still useful for all the positions he takes up. Hopefully he can prolong his full physical decline for a few years yet.
Amazing how quick opinions change. A few months back he was irreplaceable
Sofyan will displace him.
Saudi need to take him in Jauary.
Very good game as far as I’m concerned, and I’m not seeing this finished player that everyone else is. Class player.
Then his legs went last season, since then he hasn’t been. Opinions change because players change, especially in their thirties.
Anyone thinking we were getting 3 or 4 really good seasons out of him was living in a dream world.
Don’t think he was that bad today, was definitely his best game of the season,
It is crazy. But it was the same for Ronaldo.
Sell to Saudi in the next window if they come in with big money, he was only a stop-gap signing anyways. Legs are gone.
Chasing shadows for the whole game. Very worrying.
Need to re-watch that second half then, any decent play from Arsenal involved someone just ghosting past him as he was a second late to everything
Thought he was quietly poor. Got bypassed constantly.
People are getting carried away. I saw him win the ball plenty.
He really looks off the pace. He couldn't keep up with some of their players.
It looked like his feet was stuck in cememt. If last season was all we got out of £60m, we've been absolutely robbed again.
Game absolutely passed him by in a game that we couldn't afford it to happen.
Struggling.
I think we need to bring Amrabat in and clog things up for a bit. Get some more presence in there. Bring on Eriksen late.
Christ, if he carries on like this he might be the one getting replaced by Amrabat!
I think we need to bring Amrabat in and clog things up for a bit. Get some more presence in there. Bring on Eriksen late.
Christ, if he carries on like this he might be the one getting replaced by Amrabat!
He was poor, but never felt super threatened by Arsenal either.
Felt the overall midfield structure was better, but Casemiro didn't seem up for the fight today.
Felt the overall midfield structure was better, but Casemiro didn't seem up for the fight today.
His defensive game has been terrible which is a big worry because that was the one thing you can rely on him for.
Of course we’ve been robbed but the clowns who run the club can’t see it, Real don’t sell their best players in their prime and keep them if they know they can still get something out of them (Kroos). They probably couldn’t believe they got a huge offer from us, and used that to rebuild their midfield for a decade.
He was okay, but again looks tired by the end. A bit worrying tbh.
It was a desperate signing. As soon as we bought him you effectively needed to start thinking about replacing him but we don’t have the funds or expertise to do that.
He is so slow off the mark it’s causing huge problems and not much you can do about it. Hopefully we have sense to sell him to Saudi Arabia next summer even if his form improves.
0 tackles, 0 interceptions, 0 blocks and 3 recoveries in that second half. That plenty for you?
Eriksen has betters numbers than him in that half of football
What? He was among the top 3 players for us last year.
He was dreadful at the start of last season as well. Maybe it just takes him a while to get up to fitness? 
If we can get new owners in place I’d throw the kitchen sink at Fulham for Palhinha in January. I love Case, but even if this is just a temporary blip, he’s going to need replacing in the next 18 months anyway.
Hopefully, he passed the ball reasonably well today, lots of interplay with the CB's and Onana, and none of the erratic ones that he sometimes throws in. Nice for the offside as well, problem is any time he gets isolated defensively he looks in trouble.He was dreadful at the start of last season as well. Maybe it just takes him a while to get up to fitness?
His general play been poor since around last Feb bar chipping in with a few goals(which have tended to be big goals tbf to him).He was dreadful at the start of last season as well. Maybe it just takes him a while to get up to fitness?
Didn't notice him being off it as much today. Amrabat will help him loads.