We have a playmaker for a goalkeeper now, and I think ETH wants Amrabat for this as well. There will be games were Casemiro wouldnt start and Amrabat will play the quarter back role. This is not really a new idea in football. City 8s don't really fall deep all that much and Xhaka was playing fairly advance leaving the deep buildup to the likes of partey and Zinchenko.
Mate I understand the idea, I just think it's very naive. Arsenal and City move the ball much better than we do, and they have a few players very comfortable in dropping deep to contribute in the buildup. Neither of Bruno / Mount do it naturally.
In the example you gave in previous post it shows exactly what I think we'll be missing - the ball was travelling vertically, to the side, back inside and Eriksen makes that pass from deep while opposition is stretched. In that situation midfielder could as well drive the ball up the pitch. I just feel this will be easily nullified because there will be first line of defense in front of Martinez and Casemiro. They'll basically be forced to do a risky pass to beat it. What sounds like a recipe for many turnovers and counter attacks.
Onana will not be a playmaker. He will be the one to beat the press (if someone would like to press us that high) but he won't be dictating play and make risky passes outside of his box because that is suicidal.
As others have said, he's surprised me with his technical qualities and sharpness on and/of the ball but he is not on it enough.
By design and tactics or by his movement, it's going to be an issue if it continues against better teams. They simply need to man mark Martinez, have a shoulder on Casemiro, press up against Shaw and then we've fecked. Need one of either Bruno and Mount to drop faster, get on the ball and offer more easier passing lanes.
Basically this. It sounds like a simple tactic that teams which don't even press can implement easily.
I've seen many explanations that either of Bruno / Mount can drop deeper but so far they've been both playing high up the pitch.