McTominay just isn't good enough - full stop. Fred has shown glimpses of being a very useful player recently. Long may it continue.Fred is not a DM and neither is mct and they're both playing that role. Fred is better than mct further up.
McTominay just isn't good enough - full stop. Fred has shown glimpses of being a very useful player recently. Long may it continue.Fred is not a DM and neither is mct and they're both playing that role. Fred is better than mct further up.
He’s been a better signing than Pogba
Yeah both of their biggest weaknesses are their defensive awareness so are never more than average dms if that.Fred is not a DM and neither is mct and they're both playing that role. Fred is better than mct further up.
much better
I can’t post too many smileysmuch better
Fred has been comfortably better over the last three years. Once we take their time as a whole (Fred's terrible first season and Pogba's better first three) then it's actually quite close. Which is sad.I can’t post too many smileys
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Also its no surprise that in second halfs, we see him still pressing and running around, but helped by nobody else. His stamina is good for the most part (Maybe were over reliant on him too much)I am convinced, had he gone to Man City, he would be considered a great player.
Firstly, they wouldn't have wasted him in defensive midfield for 3 or more seasons. Since Solskjaer was sacked, Fred has been playing further up the pitch and has managed to go joint-second for assists for all CMs in the Premier League (5). All of them came after Solskjaer's sacking, so 28th November 2021 onwards. He must have one of the best assist to game ratios as CM in the league, possibly even the best. 5 assists in 14 games as a CM.
At the moment, he has a goal contribution (assists + goals) of 1 to 2 games as a CM. That is great.
Secondly, he suits a pressing team far more than what Manchester United are. Someone posted a table on here a few months back showing Fred as our top presser, but the gap to second was ridiculous. He was like 150 ahead over the course of the season up to that point.
I feel he is a player that is going to go down as one who was wasted.
I think with Fred it was a combination of shock that it came out of him tooThere really is nothing like hearing the collective roar that goes up when a player performs a piece of skill like that.
Been like that for me since last season. I like Fred and I liked James. On match day it feels like too many of the rest of them are just Ltd companies giving their brand some more exposure. Fred and James are actually Liverpool style players. Fred would have been sick in that city midfield. You can really see now why they wanted him. What a competitorFast becoming the only player I like in this team.
Ah come on that last bit is harsh, he won it well and broke well with no one to support the counter. Can't remember who was on his right (Dalot?) but he would have slipped it to the wing much quicker if he was further upProbably a default man of the match for not being completely awful. Though I thought he lost the ball cheaply on the goal.
Jeezus christ, are you serious? He's done immensely well to drive the ball forward, escaping two players only for Fernandes to jog forward and not commit in the challenge. Never change redcafe posters..Probably a default man of the match for not being completely awful. Though I thought he lost the ball cheaply on the goal.
He was breaking forward after winning the ball? He left a 50 50 ball after getting tackled. Pogba then proceeds to stroll (does he have any other gear apart from rash tackle?) out to Maddison. It was horrible. Sums up our other players level of guile and commitment! That fella is on some of the biggest money in the league/team. To stroll around and spray the Odd long ball? The game has moved onProbably a default man of the match for not being completely awful. Though I thought he lost the ball cheaply on the goal.
I mean it was a mistake that shouldnt have happened, but he's not playing as a DM at the moment so when he's the furthest man forward on a break and loses the ball there simply has to be enough about the rest of the team to defend the attack.He was breaking forward after winning the ball? He left a 50 50 ball after getting tackled. Pogba then proceeds to stroll (does he have any other gear apart from rash tackle?) out to Maddison. It was horrible. Sums up our other players level of guile and commitment! That fella is on some of the biggest money in the league/team. To stroll around and spray the Odd long ball? The game has moved on
Totally!From August 2019 till today, he is the only player - then joined by Bruno- who can hold their heads up and say that they gave all. He is a really good box to box. He has had some atrocious games as a DM because he is not one.
The biggest culprit for the conceded goal is Dalot. He was jogging slowly behind everyone thus playing Maddison onside. That gave Leicester ability to play that counter at quick pace. Be it Fred in Pogba position with all his heart, Maddison would still have enough time to put same cross in.He was breaking forward after winning the ball? He left a 50 50 ball after getting tackled. Pogba then proceeds to stroll (does he have any other gear apart from rash tackle?) out to Maddison. It was horrible. Sums up our other players level of guile and commitment! That fella is on some of the biggest money in the league/team. To stroll around and spray the Odd long ball? The game has moved on
Yup. Nail on the head.From August 2019 till today, he is the only player - then joined by Bruno- who can hold their heads up and say that they gave all. He is a really good box to box. He has had some atrocious games as a DM because he is not one.
Shoehorning and bad squad building/recruitment means that we have no DM, and have to play somebody else in Fred preferred role while forcing him into DM.Was odd we kept playing as DM for us previously