Against a team sitting back and comfortably defending against us. He had a lack of ideas, the same as the other central players but with Casemiro taking on most of the defensive responsibility its on him to help Bruno create.
This is by the way the 6th placed team in the Cypriot league and havent got a single point in the europa league after qualifying. They lost 3-0 at home to Sheriff
Now they defended well, but if you're a mid table premier league player you should be able to show the difference in quality
We had 4 attacking players in and around the box, plus two fullbacks very high. You can always say the midfield is there to create as well, and no denying Casemiro (a DM) did better job offensively than Fred, but overall I don't think it's fair to criticize midfield after a game we created lots of chances, had 30 shots and 80% possession.
This game could have ended 4-0 easily with the same chances we had, would people still moan about Fred not helping Bruno to create?
I think he had an ok game, he doesn't play regular football what always makes a big difference for him, plus I would imagine he will be more useful in games opponent is more willing to attack and we can get the ball when they're stretched. I still think he did fine yesterday.
Just watch that again if you are still making excuses for him, he lost the ball multiple times With poor control, no ability to stand to a physical challenge and generally sloppy passing. He seems a good guy and works hard but you can’t play a possession game with him.
Maybe when we defend deep and need someone to chase around midfield against better teams he has a role but in a game like that he is no addition. He could be a good buy for a bottom half team that sit back and want a high energy pressing midfielder but for us he won’t get us to the next level.
How is that a conclusion after a game in which we had 78% of possession? He was decent, nothing more, but there is a massive overreaction to his performance after a game in which we totally dominated the opposition and created loads of chances. Midfield is hardly to blame for our forwards not able to finish.
Don't get me wrong, I am not a big fan of Fred, but it seems like our forwards being bad in front of the goal gives people an excuse to bash Fred. Again, I wonder if we would be having those discussions if we finished 4-0 (what could've happened easily with the same chances we had yesterday).