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In the latest edition of the United Hour Podcast, we interview Duncan Drasdo of MUST - covering ticket prices, new stadium, INEOS and what fans should be demanding from our club.
Also, due to technical issues we couldn't put a notice up for the previous episode which was about the game against Bournemouth and other stuff. If you'd like to listen to it, click here.
How many of those 70 attempted passes were forward? I make it a point (I’m petty) to count how many times he passes forward every game and never get beyond 4-5 usually
I've never seen a 20 year old professional footballer fail to complete 90 mins at a decent pace. Week after week he's moving on mud. Almost like Casemiro at times but without the milage in his body. Is his cardio going to improve with age? Are we asking too much of him to be agile and get about the pitch?
I'm a huge Kobbie fan, but I think he didn't play enough progressive balls yesterday. There was one moment where mbuemo was making a great run, calling for the ball, Kobbie had his head up but played a simple pass to dalot or someone. You could see the frustrating in mbuemo .
He's young though. I think he'll add this to his game with time. And he'll get on the ball more, that's the next step in my opinion.
Bear in mind his confidence surely took a huge dent this year because of the dreadful manager he had to put up with. He's only just recently back into the team, he's gonna have ups and downs, he's far from the finished product.
How many 20 year old CMs are completing 90 mins week in week out?
Mainoo struggled with stamina under EtH but that was long back and he was probably 18. Now he is playing full 90 mins every game, and previous stat posted showed that he was covering most ground.
He has lot to improve, especially taking over the game but he is just 20, like I said, I dont see many 20 year old CMs playing in PL, nevermind dominating.
Yeah this is something he should improve, but there is a upward trajectory.
2023-24 - He was averaging 40 passes per game.
2024-25 - 44 passes per game
2025-26 - 60 passes per game. This might be skewed because of lot of games where he played very few mins, in the games under Carrick (35, 44, 49, 84, 70, 52, 73) That's a good improvement.
With more experience and responsibility, he should be better as he is one of the very few players we have who is press resistant.
Yeah mad isn't it.
The guy got injured in his first pre season, when he eventually got back he played pretty much the entire rest of the season and all through the euros so his next pre season was messed up. Then in his third season for no reason his manager decides to never play him at all for half a season. Somehow his career so far hasn't made him world class by the age of 20. Weird.
I still think he'll be a midfielder who's better further back and directing play more similar to Busquets than advanced midfielders. He's too young for that responsibility at the moment though, but I reckon he's got the talent to be something special for us. He's amazing at pinging short one touch passes around already and moving into position to get the return, and difficult to knock off the ball. A bit more aggression and positional knowledge and he'd be great in that role.
This is definitely apparent. He's getting on the ball more and he is trying to move the ball a bit further and slightly braver. I've been a critic of his and you can see there's a genuine effort.
I don't think he's shown enough improvement though to see him as the future of our midfield. Maybe that's a stylistic preference on my part, but I think his passing isn't expensive enough to counter balance his ability to cover space - teams can play too easily between the lines with him and Casmeiro in there. Maybe someone like Baleba can cover for that, but then you are looking at Martinez or Bruno to progress the ball. He's a great option when teams are camped in, but then you've also got to make sure someone can cover the space behind - Yoro is good at that, but poor in other areas. I just don't feel confident putting him in midfield next season, without having other players covering for certain aspects of his play. That's a bit of a worry.
It’s not just yesterday, it’s been that way since he broke through. He is young and has time on his side, but I see generally no development in 2 years. Not playing for half a season isn’t an excuse, he played a lot under Amorim last year.
Some serious nonsense being posted in here.
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His physical ceiling is zero and sadly his passing doesn’t bail him out of that because that’s average too. I’m not seeing the hype with him.
We can and should do better than this guy in midfield.
Hardly proved Amorim wrong has he?
A good squad player, nothing more
Tonali is 10x the player. And frankly if we want to have a shot at getting to the top we need two starting cms, Mainoo only works in very specific instances and should not be starting.
Overall been good since coming back into the team.
But that was absolutely woeful.
Epitomised the slack, low energy, nonchalant approach to the game.
Someone needs to pick him up on his style. I'm convinced part of it is a bit of arrogance. All his best games are when he is buzzing around the pitch. When he tries to waltz through the game like some midfield version of berbatov, he is awful.
But that was absolutely woeful.
Epitomised the slack, low energy, nonchalant approach to the game.
Someone needs to pick him up on his style. I'm convinced part of it is a bit of arrogance. All his best games are when he is buzzing around the pitch. When he tries to waltz through the game like some midfield version of berbatov, he is awful.
Liability. Should be nowhere near the starting line up. Probably needs a loan.
A huge backwards step tonight for him. He got utterly humbled and humiliated in midfield. He looked like a toddler playing against sixth formers.
Don’t get the hype with him. I don’t think he can become the answer for us in midfield.
I don't think it was deliberate. He just couldn't cope with the intensity of it. Incredibly unathletic player, who can't compensate enough in other ways (yet)
Casemiro has been carrying him.
He should have been starting under Amorim and Kobbie + Case is clearly our 2 best CMs.
Having said that, its been clear for ages that we need to bolster that midfield. If we get in players of the likes of Tonali and Elliot Anderson then Kobbie will likely find himself on the bench but rightfully so rather than because the manager wants to play Bruno in CM.
Having said that, its been clear for ages that we need to bolster that midfield. If we get in players of the likes of Tonali and Elliot Anderson then Kobbie will likely find himself on the bench but rightfully so rather than because the manager wants to play Bruno in CM.
Feel sorry for Casemiro being asked to take on a 3 man midfield with Kobbie.
Not sure what to do with him.
Not sure what to do with him.
Mainoo is the player we should be bringing on when we need to change a central midfielder. He’s nothing more than that - he was dire tonight and what’s the excuse? He’s match fit, been fluffed up in the press, starting every game. He’s been the weak link and so easy to play against. He starts because we have no one else.
He's playing like a marginally better Cleverly. Missing most the time and when he gets the ball his first instinct is to look sideways
Yes he was poor in today's game but also he is going to be inconsistent for us. Yes we need better players in our central midfield but also I think its worth keeping him as part of the squad as there's plenty to grow for him as a player. I think all those things can be true at the same time. There's an expectation for him to be the finished player which is just a side effect of being a homegrown united player but it takes time.
He always struggles against Newcastle. It’s like gamestates at St James Park really illustrate all the flaws in his game
I am a big fan of him, but that was likely his worst game for us, ever
The reason we need two first team midfielders is because Kobbie has some excellent attributes, but he's massively let down by the ones he doesn't have, an ends up being a complete passenger in matches like this. We need some midfielders to be able to bench him and only play him in the appropriate matches.
There’s no intensity to his game. Maybe that works in a perfect midfield though? 
Knew he’d struggle tonight. Newcastle have players who are better technically and who will bully him physically. We need 3 or 4 CMs in the summer depending on how many of Ugarte and Casemiro leave.
I think his is that he doesn’t run with intent or intensity. It’s why Ruben didn’t play him. Then when he got back in the team it seemed that he had started doing this but the last few games he’s gone back to jogging about, standing still watching his pass instead of moving in to a position to receive the ball.
He just can’t physically compete and I worry that the only way to see the best of him is in a 3 man midfield.
Just incredibly lazy coasting through games at times.
He just can’t physically compete and I worry that the only way to see the best of him is in a 3 man midfield.
Just incredibly lazy coasting through games at times.
Maybe in Europe but not in the Premier League where you are going up against physical beasts running around at 100mph.There’s no intensity to his game. Maybe that works in a perfect midfield though?
I think he’s a quality little player, but wonder if there’s room for him in the modern game. The sheer size and athleticism of footballers today makes me think he’s never going to control the middle of the park against bruising sides like Newcastle.
If we suitably upgrade our CM then he’ll not feature much. At which point him and his thick as feck family will start trying to turn our numbskull fans against whichever poor sod is in charge.
He’s being doing the bare minimum since coming back in to the team, yet some think he’s been great, I’d take Tonali, Ramsey or Joelinton over him, if Mainoo stays he’s going to be a squad rotation player.
Simply doesn’t offer enough right now.
Simply doesn’t offer enough right now.
He's been poor since the last few games. Doesn't deserve to start at this stage but he has 0 competition so ya...
Appalling. Has no pace or athleticism and was totally destroyed by Tonali and Joelinton tonight.
Summed up all my thoughts really.
He just had zero influence on the game again tonight.