He's somewhat become shit defensively but looks very good around the opposition box. I'd be tempted to see how he performs in a more advanced #8 role next to Amrabat.
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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?
Yeah, 4 or 5 is fine. I just thought he was obviously one of our worst performers. Both fullbacks played better than him. Rashford too. Arguably Hojlund. He was really very poor at all the stuff he’s on the pitch to do.
He’s still the one I trust the most in the midfield. He’s just playing in a midfield that badly exposes his flaws.
His two biggest weaknesses are his ability to cover big spaces and being good in tight areas. Playing him alongside Bruno and Eriksen/McT/Mount does little to hide this.
If he played next to Rice and Odegaard for example he would look far better.
At this point he needs someone deeper to collect the ball and players around him that don’t lose it also. These players also need to be young and fast.
His two biggest weaknesses are his ability to cover big spaces and being good in tight areas. Playing him alongside Bruno and Eriksen/McT/Mount does little to hide this.
If he played next to Rice and Odegaard for example he would look far better.
At this point he needs someone deeper to collect the ball and players around him that don’t lose it also. These players also need to be young and fast.
It's probably worth remembering that he didn't hit any kind of form for us last season until midway through October, and his drop-off came after his flow was interrupted by two suspensions in quick succession. For now I think it's still safer to assume that he needs a run of games to get into his stride than saying he's just 'past it' or whatever.
The other big issue is that the way we're playing asks far too much of whoever is in that position. Even if you go back to the Carabao Cup final, we largely beat Newcastle because Casemiro took it upon himself to be a one man double pivot and extra defender all at the same time. You can't be asking anybody to do that every week, because they'll fail more often than not, regardless of how good they are.
The other big issue is that the way we're playing asks far too much of whoever is in that position. Even if you go back to the Carabao Cup final, we largely beat Newcastle because Casemiro took it upon himself to be a one man double pivot and extra defender all at the same time. You can't be asking anybody to do that every week, because they'll fail more often than not, regardless of how good they are.
Agreed. Amrabat is hardly a saviour, but he did well as the first receiver in a very positive Fiorentina side last season that also left him with quite a lot of space to defend, so he could (hopefully) turn out to be a really good fit once we actually have him available.
Case started as a striker, thats his original position in his youth days.
We need to slowly alter his role in the squad. He should be next to the guy who picks the ball up from defence and gets a bit of license to be box to box and gradually becomes a squad / rotational player. The whole lunging into tackles leaving everyone out of shape is becoming a recurring theme.
We finally buy a world class DM and he somehow morphs into an attacking midfielder.
i really hope that we get new owners in and they are smart enough to make sure we transition away from needing Cas. Fitness wise you can see it isnt going to get any better. Really hope saudis come in for him and give us some good money and we have new organization at the top that can scout and assess proper talents to make sure we are a better team for it after.
I've been one of Casemiro's biggest critics, but I though he was our best player last night. Some really nice passes.
Nowadays? He’s used to playing alongside Kroos and with the industrious Modric pulling his weight in his own half.
I’m not sure what we expect from him playing with Eriksen and Bruno.
I’m hopeful having Amrabat and Mount on the field with him should give his legs a rest and allow him to play with his head a bit more.
Probably our best header of the ball since Vidic
I hope these 2 goals give him a him a huge boost. We need him in out MF badly
Form is temporary, class is permanent.
I guess you have to give him time to work himself into form, but it's worrying how bad he has been.
I think he needs a solid partner in there.
Last season, Eriksen did a lot of work defensively, which was often overlooked. And then his legs were gone by the 60th minute. Since he's come back, that part of his game ceased to exist.
Fred obviously was a coin toss on what you got, but we need that kind of player(style-wise) alongside Case.
Pretty sure everyone is in agreement that Mctominay is a nonexistent midfielder and Eriksen's creative output is no longer justifying the defensive instability.
Before we can say Casemiro is finished, we really need to have a situation where he is not tasked with being the entire midfield presence.
Hopefully Amrabat is fit soon, and hopefully he can ease some of the burden.
Last season, Eriksen did a lot of work defensively, which was often overlooked. And then his legs were gone by the 60th minute. Since he's come back, that part of his game ceased to exist.
Fred obviously was a coin toss on what you got, but we need that kind of player(style-wise) alongside Case.
Pretty sure everyone is in agreement that Mctominay is a nonexistent midfielder and Eriksen's creative output is no longer justifying the defensive instability.
Before we can say Casemiro is finished, we really need to have a situation where he is not tasked with being the entire midfield presence.
Hopefully Amrabat is fit soon, and hopefully he can ease some of the burden.
One of my friends is a massive Madrid fans and we used to watch games together for the last 7-8 years.
He always started slowly and we would complain his legs have gone since he was 26. Nothing to worry about, he just needs a stable midfield so he can know for sure which areas he needs to operate in and not run around like a headless chicken.
Burnley 0:1 Man Utd
Thought he was by far our best player today. He covered a lot of ground, made some important tackles and was composed on the ball (second half especially).
Looked a lot better tonight
That's a bit more like it
Brilliant performance.
I’d like to see him further up and getting involved in attacks with Amrabat sitting back.
Didn't look slow today at all.
He obviously needed games and a bit of help in midfield. No matter how good you are, too much has been asked of him.
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He looks like Muhammad Ali.
I thought he was absolutely immense, everything about his game seemed back to his best from last season.
He sure does like diving in 
Maybe his best performance this season?
Maybe his best performance this season?
We really need to listen to Madrid fans who said he plays himself into form/fitness, because he looked world class today.
No surprise he looks much better when there’s someone else close to him, the double pivot definitely helped. Swap McTominay for Amrabat going forward and I think he’ll get back to his best in no time.
Better tonight. Better.
With Amrabat sitting thinks he's gonna win lots of balls in transition. Reads it so well.
This was his best game of seaosn. That was because he was playing with McTominay and they hade very good game playing compact in the middle of the park. Casemiro and Eriksen can't play together.
Finally resembling the Casemiro we loved last year.
Still worrying he's not up to his usual level and its almost october now.
No surprise. We have to adapt to the fact that he is not very mobile. Having McTominay next to him plus hannibals energy ahead of them was good.
Looked better because he had someone sitting beside him. Hardly a surprise. He can't cover the whole midfield on his own at this stage of his career. Hopefully Amrabat can help him out.
Did well today. Not sure I like the "immense" and "best" posts as overall, it really wasn't a good game but he looked alright and positive. Hopefully this is the start of his upward trend in form.
With someone next to him in Scott that’s the best our midfield has looked (shape wise) all season. The obvious change if he’s not now our left back is Amrabat in for McTominay.
He was brilliant tonight Casemiro one of the best players on the pitch by a country mile.
He was brilliant tonight Casemiro one of the best players on the pitch by a country mile.
Another thing to note - why is he wearing gloves in September
Much better. Still wish he’d stop doing those last ditch lying down tackles that make him look like a dog rolling over for tummy tickles.