MadDogg
Full Member
I remember after one game last season there were a bunch of pics posted showing how utterly alone Pogba was being left in midfield. There was Pogba in the middle, and then literally seven opposition players closer to Pogba than any Man Utd player. Our front four were all sitting high, we had Maguire, Lindelof and Matic at the back, the two fullbacks fairly deep as well because they had to try to get in position to get the ball...and Pogba all by himself in the middle completely surrounded by the opposition. And then we wonder why we can't build anything. We had a similar set up today, and it's a regular thing when we play Matic and Pogba together.
If we utilised quick attacking raids down the wings with our fullbacks charging forward it would make sense. But we don't really do that. Or if Bruno were dropping back into the midfield at the same time as Matic drops into the defence that could work as well. But without that happening it's basically us deciding not to bother playing with a midfield.
Speaking of Bruno, it does seem to be a trend that as he plays more and more games without a real break he tends to sit higher up the pitch and not help out the midfield as much. It's not something I'm particularly blaming him for as it's understandable his workrate drops a bit as he gets exhausted, but it'd be great if we could rest him sometimes to help him out.
If we utilised quick attacking raids down the wings with our fullbacks charging forward it would make sense. But we don't really do that. Or if Bruno were dropping back into the midfield at the same time as Matic drops into the defence that could work as well. But without that happening it's basically us deciding not to bother playing with a midfield.
Speaking of Bruno, it does seem to be a trend that as he plays more and more games without a real break he tends to sit higher up the pitch and not help out the midfield as much. It's not something I'm particularly blaming him for as it's understandable his workrate drops a bit as he gets exhausted, but it'd be great if we could rest him sometimes to help him out.