He’s not really, especially at the very top. More an 8.
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 10
- Goals
- 1
- Assists
- 0
- Yellow cards
- 3
Very mature performance. He wasn't shy to get stuck in and didn't hold onto the ball for too long when getting closed down (unlike Eriksen this season). In my opinion he leapfrogs Eriksen and Mctominay in the pecking order now.
He has some engine.
Today, he played as a 10, with Casemiro and McTominay as the pivot.
If anything, he'll be competing with Mount when he's back, not McTominay.
Tidy, worked hard, moved well, passed well. Nothing brilliant but a better brand of middling to fair than most of out team today.
Indeed, the key is to earn trust, and after tonight, the manager probably won’t have a problem to put him in again. He’s established himself as part of the midfield rotation which is a first step.
This is how you take your chance. He should be in the first team mix. Gave everything for the team from minute 1 to 90. Wasn't just a workhorse either, showed glimpses of quality and composure. Hope he keeps getting opportunities and keeps taking them.
Great engine a bit erratic but was a really positive performance.
I saw he played as a 10 today, I just don’t feel it’s the best use of him personally.
Agreed.
There were a few moments where he played the ball forward from deeper which were lovely passes, but other times he received the ball on the turn higher up and didn't utilise it well.
Hannibal's energy and physicality will still be valuable deeper on the pitch, but his vision and passing would be welcome upgrades on McTominay (who was abysmal in the first half).
Of all our midfielders in this match, he was the one who was by far the most comfortable with the ball at his feet, and his work rate is also impressive. If it wasn't for Bruno's goal(and I'm one of Bruno's criticizers), I would say that he was our best midfielder today. Towards the end there was one beautiful pass to Rashford on the counter where Rashford had 1v1 and opportunity to score.
He deserves more playtime, definitely. Pretty decent and promising performance. Looked unfazed by the occasion, first start in an away PL match for Man United.
When Mainoo and Mount return and Amrabat settles, I expect McTominay(especially) and Eriksen to be our 7th and 8th choice midfielders. Eriksen doesn't have the legs to play at this level anymore. Hannibal should be 6th choice at least.
He deserves more playtime, definitely. Pretty decent and promising performance. Looked unfazed by the occasion, first start in an away PL match for Man United.
When Mainoo and Mount return and Amrabat settles, I expect McTominay(especially) and Eriksen to be our 7th and 8th choice midfielders. Eriksen doesn't have the legs to play at this level anymore. Hannibal should be 6th choice at least.
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Thought he looked solid. Did the basics well which unfortunately is more than can be said for others. No real quality there though from what I can see.
Our possession is 38.5% against the bottom Burnley!
Not that bad when you realize no one made over 29 passes from the team apart from the centre-backs.
And so I can only comment on what I saw tonight, yet countless people are saying play him instead of McTominay. Makes no sense!
The team as a whole didn't have much of the ball.
And we won.
He's definitely PL quality. Good technically and great engine. Seems to cover a lot of ground.
Difficult to know if he's a potential first team player for us or a squad player.
I prefer him to McTominay and Fred at least, although I've a soft spot for Fred.
A good all round performance and very promising. One thing I liked was his harrying opponents who had gotten through the midfield, did enough to slow them down or knock them out of stride without conceding a foul. Too often opponents get through without any hassle.
Tragic!
It makes perfect sense when you consider that we are not commenting only on where he played tonight. I mean, why would anyone want a player to play a certain position exclusively based on where he played his last game, as opposed to his entire career? It’s like saying Bruno is a RW because he played there tonight.
Absolutely, skill set screams #8.
He could be a goalkeeper he’d still offer more than McTominay
Good stuff.
Needs to be an 8. .Nice game and needs more minutes.
Very good today especially 2nd half, with time and proper minutes in games, he'll settle nicely as a solid squad option and maybe get to start a lot more in the coming weeks/months
According to ETH “Hannibal did a perfect job”
He's capable of playing both. So far ETH has only played him in more attacking positions in competitive fixtures, but I think most people who have watched him quite a lot think his long-term future should probably be as an #8. From memory his best performances in preseason were in the deeper role.
Good game tonight. Didn’t look out of place at all, I think he’s played his way into first team contention.
This is it in a nutshell, made a few mistakes on the ball, had one chance to put one of the forwards through and delayed too long, but other than that he was really good. The energy he brought to the midfield was vital, he had a few really important interventions on the edge of our box, and played some good stuff most of the time too.
Happy he got minutes and played alright. Don't think there was too much to be excited about but afaik there weren't any shockers and he usually handled the ball well. Hopefully he will be played on a regular basis. His mobility is definitely needed.
Was decent tonight. Looked like he’s been playing in the first team for ages. Only 20 years old and showing up the likes of Rashford. First game I’ve seen him not booked aswell.
Why has it taken this long to get any game time? Took the whole squad getting injured to get a game, madness.
Looked good and will only get better. He runs around non-stop, that puts him above most of the squad already
Looked good and will only get better. He runs around non-stop, that puts him above most of the squad already
A Jisung-like tenacious performance from him and tidy on the ball to boot. Voted him as my man of the match.
Great game, hopefully this is now him replacing Eriksen as the preferred 8 between the two.
I actually liked him being up there behind Hojlund, he pressed intensly and made some good decisions in passing quickly, I am sure he can also do well deeper but I like him up there as well
Good game. He has some nice passes in him and can be a threat. I'd try him as an 8 against Palace.
Then he will probably be benched in next few matches.
Kind of erratic but full of energy. Loved his pass at the end shame it was to Rashford.
Did well though at times lost possession too easily. The Rashford through ball though was class.