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Terrible.
Give him bench role, and let him fight for his place.
Give him bench role, and let him fight for his place.
Recently he's played more as a box to box midfielder. Definitely not his position- he is pretty good at no 10 in an attacking 4-2-3-1, we just rarely see that at the moment.Our next number 10...... jeez.
Okay, I'm being harsh here.Terrible.
Give him bench role, and let him fight for his place.
Yes, it pains me to see him playing as a deep midfielder because Fellaini is up the pitch chesting down long ballsPlay him in his favorite position and we see the confidence, goals etc
Play him out of position and he’s not as effective
It’s not rocket science
He was in his favourite position last night. The position he's scored all his goals from anyway.Play him in his favorite position and we see the confidence, goals etc
Play him out of position and he’s not as effective
It’s not rocket science
I'm not sure about that, several times in that game he was the deepest midfielder, he was at times a partner to Matic as well.He was in his favourite position last night. The position he's scored all his goals from anyway.
Average positions don't say much, it could easily be that he was too deep for large parts and far forward in other parts. So he has a normal average position.Average positions from last night. He was clearly playing about as advanced as he could have hoped to play.
Hardly. It's not unusual for number 10s occasionally to pick the ball up from deep. You can poo poo the average positions all you want but it couldn't be more obvious that Matic was playing as a deep-lying midfielder and Lingard was not. What might skew the stats was Fellaini frequently pushing high up the pitch to get on the end of these godawful long balls out of defence we constantly resort to, when he was generally sitting deeper in between those instances.Average positions don't say much, it could easily be that he was too deep for large parts and far forward in other parts. So he has a normal average position.
Fellaini's average position was meaningless, because he was all over the place. We tried a long ball to the left back, right back, and centre back.
Lingard a few times in that match, picked up the ball from the back 4. Which is problematic for him.
Perhaps so but it didn’t help when we were bypassing most of the midfield anyway. We’d have been more effective getting the ball into feet and trying to find space rather than this Wimbledon style. Hell thats probably a disservice to Wimbledon!He was in his favourite position last night. The position he's scored all his goals from anyway.
That map screams to me to get back to basics, 442 with 2 lightening wide men
Average positions from last night. He was clearly playing about as advanced as he could have hoped to play.
We were crap. Our tactics were crap. Lingard, individually, was crap. And this last fact can't be blamed entirely on the first two.Perhaps so but it didn’t help when we were bypassing most of the midfield anyway. We’d have been more effective getting the ball into feet and trying to find space rather than this Wimbledon style. Hell thats probably a disservice to Wimbledon!
Anyway point is why pick lingard when you’re going to play football in the clouds? No wonder he was ineffective
I disagree that he was crap. In the opening minutes when we got the ball on the ground he was finding good space. Then we went to launch it upfield mode. Anyway I’m not saying he was great but there were worse, I thought he was unlucky to get hookedWe were crap. Our tactics were crap. Lingard, individually, was crap. And this last fact can't be blamed entirely on the first two.
I thought he was pretty terrible. First 10 or 15 minutes he was decent (as were most of our team) but it went downhill rapidly from there. He was one of many underperformers on the night (I think only Matic and Lukaku played well) but it was definitely a poor individual performance from Jesse on the night. To be honest, I don't even know why he was on the pitch. I think he's been a revelation this season and feck knows where we would be without him but after the impact Mata had against Palace and Liverpool it's a complete fecking mystery why he didn't start ahead of Lingard.I disagree that he was crap. In the opening minutes when we got the ball on the ground he was finding good space. Then we went to launch it upfield mode. Anyway I’m not saying he was great but there were worse, I thought he was unlucky to get hooked
Rashford too narrow? Seems like he's the only one that provides the width. I think the map doesn't take into consideration his change of position to the left 2nd half, hence combining it to look like he's playing centrally.
Average positions from last night. He was clearly playing about as advanced as he could have hoped to play.
Well, exactly. With Sanchez and Rashford swapping flanks at half time I think we can pretty much ignore whatever those images tell us about how wide they allegedly played.Rashford too narrow? Seems like he's the only one that provides the width. I think the map doesn't take into consideration his change of position to the left 2nd half, hence combining it to look like he's playing centrally.
That aside, yeap, our attacking players are playing too narrow, that's what you get with both playing Lingard centrally and Sanchez on the left. Sanchez will move narrow anyway, and won't provides the width on the left, he needs the LB for that. Both Lingard and Fellaini are too narrow, and they're all over the place. Both at times playing like they're at CAM #10.
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No good structure. No way this team tonight are able to move and keep possession upfield and start attacks from the backs. Our defenders also struggle because of this and had to rely on long ball strategy, maybe that's the only game plan. Bad tactical selection by Jose.
Thanks for finding and posting this.
Average positions from last night. He was clearly playing about as advanced as he could have hoped to play.
Our next number 10...... jeez.
Recently he's played more as a box to box midfielder. Definitely not his position- he is pretty good at no 10 in an attacking 4-2-3-1, we just rarely see that at the moment.
For someone who suppose to be our 10 , the guy can't even pass the ball in front of player's feet ( triangle in fifa ) . Use him as impact sub instead , his movements is useful against tired opponentIt was him that had Sanchez in space inside the box behind him but didn't know he was there wasn't it? Criminal from a number 10 to lack that awareness. Everyone seemed to lack it tonight though.