I don't see why that matters, Herrera has played as the deepest of the three at times this season and playing a holding midfielder against the weaker teams in the league isn't really necessary. We just need more depth in midfield in general, there's no way we should be going into next season with Carrick and Fellaini as the best options after Herrera and Pogba.
We need to stop that from happening. He would improve them so much.
What's wrong with Herrera having competition?
Every player in the Bundesliga is linked to Liverpool.
Other than hearing him called the African Iniesta once, not much. Looks a talent from the one game I"ve seen him in and we need the options especially in MF. Will no doubt need CL to have a shot at him.
I wouldn't compare him to Vidal. Keita is far more dangerous in the last third of the pitch. He has much better dribbling and a really great ablity to play the last pass and set up an opportunity.
Most of these articles are written by kids in college to make a buck on the side.
And that's a bad thing because?
Isn't it obvious? Its not coming from someone with any expert knowledge about the field, its often not even based on the person in question having followed the player the entire season, etc.
I'd go as far as saying that this might actually be more research than most journalists at big papers would do.
Why not take Fellaini's place? Apart from aerial presence what does Fel offer that should guarantee his place in the starting XI?
I doubt that or well, atleast I hope that's not true because I've seen first hand how little effort goes into such pieces most of the time. In any case, I don't put much credence into articles by journalists either unless the guy is known to be knowledgeable about the team or the piece contains extracts from coaches etc.
Important goals, chest trap to die for. Aside that he's not a guaranteed starter, he's a squad player.
I can guarantee that it is about true in some cases at least. Sport journalism is an absolute disaster. Journalists for big papers basically spend most of their time networking and trying to come up with bullshit articles about why Neymar might leave for Tottenham or something like that.
absolutely. The source for 99% of the transfer rumours is the journalist's ass which isn't that reliable really. I was actually talking just about the various articles that come out about players at clubs.Even those aren't nys good I'd say. I've read articles about our players that had absolutely nothing to do with them. Many journos basically look at the players position and then write down the usual stuff you'd associate with the position.
)Sad state of affairs.
We seem to play with 3 CMs in most games and Fellaini gets a crap load of starts. He's above "squad player" status at the moment for me. Young is a squad player.
100% agree. Right now our central midfield options are Pogba Herrera Fellaini Carrick. Next season I'd like to see them as Pogba Herrera Pereira Kieta Dier.
That would be the dream. Pogba, Herrera, Niguez, Keita and Pereira maybe even Tofu-Mensah in a couple of years depending on how he progresses. Sorted for quite a while.
Not really. The best way I could describe Keita is Kante who can attack. He is immense at getting the ball forward, but also has that engine and drive Kante possesses. He is a top, top prospect and my muppet signing, it's a shame we don't seem to be looking at him.
You really can't have both Keita and Pogba is the same midfield. Fellaini should be a squad player at any rate.
Huh? Why not
Because they both do the same thing. Keita is even more attack minded than Pogba. If we play a 2 man CM which we do very often it's an extremely unbalanced combination. You'd have to have Pogba sit in behind which is a waste.
For some strange reason I read that in Louis Spence's voice...
