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The room will inevitably get little, when finally something resembling of a strong rivalry in midfield will be created.I think many of us would have become a bit exasperated by the way the referee invited Athleti to be total shits. Fred has been excellent so far this pre-season, give the guy a little room...
The change in overall composure as soon as Eriksen dropped deep was immediately there.Performance dipped big time when he lost the ball which nearly lead to a Brighton goal. Off the ball, gave us energy, but I'm not always confident when he's on the ball and for that reason, it's so important we get a controlling number 6.
Agreed. While Eriksen won't offer what Fred does defensively, he will certainly offer calmness and composure, as you said.The change in overall composure as soon as Eriksen dropped deep was immediately there.
Too erratic, too rushed - like a headless chicken.
I think Fred’s a much better player than McT. Not today though. McT played a bit better than usual and Fred played a lot worse.Fred is not a #6. We've seen it so many times. ETH thinking he can make it work is a bad sign. We need a new signing to play there. His back to goal, anywhere near our box, is not a good place for Fred to be.
Still surprised that he subbed Fred off and left McT on. McT should have gone off and Fred moved to #8.
Obviously not since he wants Frenkie for that... but picking between Fred or McT for that role i would also pick Fred. So would McT since he doesnt want to receive the ball at allIf Erik thinks Fred is the one who should receive the ball from defense and be a link between defense and midfield then we are massively fecked.
Yeah. That's setting him up to fail. Years of evidence have shown he's B2B.Bad Fred is back!
He should never be our deepest midfielder, he can't do it
I thought both were very bad. I would have subbed McT. He was on a yellow and doing little to nothing.I think Fred’s a much better player than McT. Not today though. McT played a bit better than usual and Fred played a lot worse.
So depressing seeing him anchoring midfield when we all know how shit he is in that position. How can every single United fan know this and the manager somehow not realise?
Agreed. It was like an Ole match. We were so open and Fred was playing in midfield alone. It was a strange set up. There was so much space in midfield and down the flanks. I don't understand why McT was asked to play so high up the pitch. After watching Eriksen do well in a deeper role, I assume ETH will attempt to use him there instead.Not only was Fred played as our deep-lying playmaker (a position that we know he's not good enough in), he was left even more exposed today by every single one of our other midfielders playing far further forward. One of them (I would have thought Scott, but watching Eriksen drop into that role it should have been him) should have been playing alongside him.
He was poor, but he's not completely to blame when he blatantly shouldn't be playing in that role. Hopefully ETH learns something from that. There will be games where Fred will have to be used in that deeper role, but he should never be left that alone and exposed again.
People call our fanbase mental and toxic but when youre a fanbase who have had to put up with four managers using Fred and Mctominay Im actually starting to question how we still have sane fans.I think Fred’s a much better player than McT. Not today though. McT played a bit better than usual and Fred played a lot worse.
So depressing seeing him anchoring midfield when we all know how shit he is in that position. How can every single United fan know this and the manager somehow not realise?
