Where Bruno will fit in? Who will protect our 2 CBs? Midfield 2 will be destroyed.I actually think we could try a 4-4-2 at times with Cavani and Greenwood up top, I reckon they'd do great. Amad, RM.
Where Bruno will fit in? Who will protect our 2 CBs? Midfield 2 will be destroyed.I actually think we could try a 4-4-2 at times with Cavani and Greenwood up top, I reckon they'd do great. Amad, RM.
His passing is always fine when he actually does pass it. He has become very one dimensional this season which is why his goals have dried up. Today was better but still moments that have you screaming at him to look up and passHis passing was fantastic today. His interchange play with Bruno, his spreading it out wide. His crosses into the box. He has an appetite for goal like all top strikers do but his passing was great.
Then change the scheme.Hes not a long term #9. Not in this kind of scheme anyway.
I think rashfords confidence makes him better than Greenwood at the moment but that comes with time.Mason is ALREADY better than Rashford at:-
1. Running with the ball
2. Going past defenders
3. Linking up play
4. Holding the ball
5. Passing to open teammates
6. Mason is stronger
Rashford is better than Greenwood at:-
1. Tricks that he rarely uses in games.
2. Maybe, pace although Greenwood looks absolutely rapid when he needs to as opposed to Rashford who goes steaming into groups of 4 or 5 defenders.
3. Dipping freekicks
This is all without mentioning Greenwood's signature quality, his finishing. I don't think Mason is meant to be a CF, he is much more a wide forward, an actually two-footed CR7 clone who is going to absolutely dominate.
I think you've nailed it. Again like RVP in his earlier years. He has the talent to score amazing goals right now. Has all the attributes and link up of a second striker right now, but lacks the experience of movement for the 9 spot, something which playing in that role long enough will get him. Play him for the rest of the season in as many games as possible as a 9 to prepare him for next season.Unlucky not to score last night. The goals will start flowing soon. He's got too much quality for that not to happen. Two things through
- He could add a few more types of finishes to add variety to his game.
- Needs to play a lot more as a 9 to truly suit the position. He still plays like a roaming forward/second striker for me, like Griezmann. That's a hard role to justify in the modern game when you don't play with two CFs and he's young enough to mould his game as a CF.
I think Rashford has a better body control, and remember he still feel the pain on his back after last season injury. He is better at running off the ball too, his positioning was on point. Greenwood has lost his signature finishing this season, so Rashford is still a better player now.Mason is ALREADY better than Rashford at:-
1. Running with the ball
2. Going past defenders
3. Linking up play
4. Holding the ball
5. Passing to open teammates
6. Mason is stronger
Rashford is better than Greenwood at:-
1. Tricks that he rarely uses in games.
2. Maybe, pace although Greenwood looks absolutely rapid when he needs to as opposed to Rashford who goes steaming into groups of 4 or 5 defenders.
3. Dipping freekicks
This is all without mentioning Greenwood's signature quality, his finishing. I don't think Mason is meant to be a CF, he is much more a wide forward, an actually two-footed CR7 clone who is going to absolutely dominate.
I think his strength is pretty good as the sequence you mentioned shows. If you’ve played football at any level which I’m assuming you have, you know when the ball is coming to you with your back to defenders if you’re overly focused on bracing yourself for contact your first touch isn’t going to be very good. He’ll figure it out as he gets more playing time.I was furious to see the referee blow for a foul at one point when Greenwood held off a defender while receiving then holding up a long pass forward to him. It's a really crucial element he'll need to add to his game as he gets stronger if he wants to be a #9 permanently, and he'd done it so brilliantly against a much bigger defender. Not a sniff of a foul, I've no idea what the ref thought he saw.
Oh I know he will. He's got quality and he's got the frame for it too. It was just such a good sign of progress and for the referee to immediately punish it was infuriating.I think his strength is pretty good as the sequence you mentioned shows. If you’ve played football at any level which I’m assuming you have, you know when the ball is coming to you with your back to defenders if you’re overly focused on bracing yourself for contact your first touch isn’t going to be very good. He’ll figure it out as he gets more playing time.
Not necessarily talking about starting with a 4-4-2 but in these games against a low block I think it could be effective. Bruno or Pogba with Fred or McT.Where Bruno will fit in? Who will protect our 2 CBs? Midfield 2 will be destroyed.
The wing is the right place for him now, and there's no rush, but he'll definitely be a #9 or an old-fashioned #10. You don't put someone who is such a natural goalscorer out wide where he won't get as much opportunity to shoot. Especially as although he is very good on the ball he's not really a dribbler; he's never going to want to beat his fullback on the byline.I don't get this obsession with playing Greenwood up top. His big weakness is awareness. He often beats a man only to miss the target or not find his teammates. There was a moment like that this game where he missed Bruno.
It's so much easier to play on the wing than centrally if you lack the awareness. He has the pace and the ability to make something happen. He's a winger.
One of the few forwards that was dangerous, he really deserved a goal.