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Even then Dele Alli had more to his game, he could strike it from range, he moved around more and got involved in play, he could also carry the ball and wasn't so safe with his passes, but yes movement was big for him.
Nobody at United that I can think of.
I can't believe that people are seriously saying that in order to "unleash" DvB, we need players with outrageous passing skill and vision to match his brainless runs. Look at what you're typing.
I was joking
Jesse Lingard when he couldn’t find his goal scoring boots?
Oops! Apologies, it's just you never can tell in this thread. I mean, energy saving was used as an excuseI was joking
Maybe Lingard when he gets to 45 and can't run anymore. Closest comparison I can think of.
Thomas Müller, though Müller is better at everything. Others are Klaassen or Guus Til, who also both failed outside the Dutch league.
He's not in great company!
I forgot Siem de Jong (Luuk de Jong's brother). Was also good at Ajax (scored a brace against City in the CL I think) but failed completely outside his comfort zone.
Because Erik said thats his best position. He's a pass and go type of running AM just behind the striker
But it's not entirely true. He's never played as high up the pitch as the preseason matches(not counting the first 15 minutes of the second half today).
And yet
Look at the goal, and that's pretty much what Erik said. He's good in the box, getting inside, opening up space, and that will be needed when we play on the front foot. I agree, though, that both Bruno and Eriksen will get in the team before him.
DvB is a very system dependent players. With our better players, he is fish in water. Then as soon as the subs came on, DvB disappeared again.
Yeah he didn't play that high for Ajax, he was like an advanced B2B not a 10.
Yup this. Everything about our play was better in the first 15 or so minutes of the second half when he replaced McT.
So basically second striker role, and we already have a bunch of players who are in front of him (you can count in Sancho as well I believe). Why not use him in midfield? It's just weird, if Ten Hag sees his as second striker then he will get even less minutes than under Ole. If he's going to be used, it'll be in midfield.
He'll play plenty only because we do not have other options, unless the plan is to run McFred into the ground and see what happens between van de Beek, Hannibal and Garner.
I'm not so sure, there will be another midfield signing most likely. Eriksen may play deep. Bruno is a very fit player so that 10 position will not often be available. He'll get some opportunities yes, but there are enough players there that he's not just going to play by default and that's before even getting into the youngsters.
I highly doubt Eriksen will play deep often, simply because I don't know who can play with him. But even if he does play with one of Fred/McTominay, surely they will rotate. Donny is unlikely to feature in no10 role with Bruno and Eriksen around.
Do you think you better than Ten Hag? Who has worked with him for years?
You can actually look back all of his heatmaps. He's never played this high.
That's where I always wanted him to be played. He has the vision, technique and a is a great link up man around the box but he's also great at beating the press in midfield.
I think Eriksen is just as capable as Donny of playing deep often. That's not to say I'm a huge fan of the idea until I see it demonstrated, but what has Donny shown that suggests he's any more viable? Eriksen gives a lot of ability to take the ball, I don't know what Donny gives there.
Not sure that Darwin Nunez’s defensive header supports your point that well, but kind of agree. Maybe ETH can get something from VDB as a sub, though.
Can we compare him with Mctominay now?
Wow, I must have missed it, we signed Frenkie?
