RedRoach
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Watching us recently and damn do I miss these guys. I miss Keane's crunching, decisive tackling and recovery to then release the ball forward for our attacking players to counter. I miss his drive, his menace and his captaincy.
I miss the way Scholes (our Xavi) would completely dictate the pace of the game and how his passing was predictably outstanding, from penetrative forward passes to cross field hollywood balls to the wings and full backs. Granted his tackling wasn't up to much, but at everything else he was outstanding.
I miss the way Carrick read the game, intercepted passes and was able to calmly control and shield the ball then release a forward pass to a player in a better attacking position.
I miss the fact that we would sign excellent midfielders like Veron and Hargeaves and there would be no guaruantee that they would be good enough to claim a place in our outstanding midfield. I miss that we could nitpick as fans over the relative inadequacies of players like Fletcher and Butt (two players who were both twice as good as anything we have in midfield today) and that these players were under pressure to meet exacting standards of a quality midfield.
Mostly I just miss the days when we had an actual competent midfield with players who could calmly control the ball and execute the basics of finding a correctly placed and paced forward thinking ball to the attacking players. Is this too much to ask as a United fan?
I miss the way Scholes (our Xavi) would completely dictate the pace of the game and how his passing was predictably outstanding, from penetrative forward passes to cross field hollywood balls to the wings and full backs. Granted his tackling wasn't up to much, but at everything else he was outstanding.
I miss the way Carrick read the game, intercepted passes and was able to calmly control and shield the ball then release a forward pass to a player in a better attacking position.
I miss the fact that we would sign excellent midfielders like Veron and Hargeaves and there would be no guaruantee that they would be good enough to claim a place in our outstanding midfield. I miss that we could nitpick as fans over the relative inadequacies of players like Fletcher and Butt (two players who were both twice as good as anything we have in midfield today) and that these players were under pressure to meet exacting standards of a quality midfield.
Mostly I just miss the days when we had an actual competent midfield with players who could calmly control the ball and execute the basics of finding a correctly placed and paced forward thinking ball to the attacking players. Is this too much to ask as a United fan?
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