I’ve shit on him a lot, but, yes, his best game today. Very mature and did exactly what the team needed.
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He did well. He’s looking solid enough these days. Trolled Zaha a bit too.
He'll get better with time and experience. Very useful player to have us a backup midfield option.
Right but I could always see Fletcher had some quality on the ball more. That may not matter though, he may still be a very good player for us and yes has received undeserved abuse.
I am a bit surprised he looks so fearless out there! Uses his body really well and his passing is actually sharp.
Understand why the club wanted to keep him in the team.
Understand why the club wanted to keep him in the team.
I was impressed with him today. Good backup for Matic.
Honestly quite impressed with him these last 2 games. This game in particular he showed some nice passing, ball recovery, strength ball and composure. Long may it continue, if he keeps this up he'll be challenging Matić for the spot soon enough.
Best we've seen from him I think. Even fired a few in in between the lines to attackers feet rather than the usual safe stuff. Hopefully means he is growing in confidence, if he can be a bit more aggressive in his pressing and closing down people when they get near our box (thinking off when Townsend walked across him with the ball to get a dangerous shot off) we might have something.
Played with calmness and his head up. Under Mourinho he couldnt make simple passes. Looks so much more confident now.
Would love to see him given more opportunities esp in games where one doesnt get time on the ball..such experiences will only make him a better player.
Would love to see him given more opportunities esp in games where one doesnt get time on the ball..such experiences will only make him a better player.
Matic was the injury that concerned me the most v Liverpool and the games that followed, but Scott has played well in his absence.
Seemed so much braver on the ball today than in the Liverpool one..understandably. Loved his forward passes and his temperament to not get involved in a scuffle with Zaha. If he keeps this up, he will be a big player for us.
Genuinely impressed with how well he played today. Hope it is a step forward and not an outlier.
Scott McTominay vs Crystal Palace:
100% aerials won
84% passing accuracy
66 touches
46 passes completed
24 forward passes
12 duels won
6 aerials won
5 free kicks won
3 clearances
2 recoveries
22-years old.
Ridiculous stats
100% aerials won
84% passing accuracy
66 touches
46 passes completed
24 forward passes
12 duels won
6 aerials won
5 free kicks won
3 clearances
2 recoveries
22-years old.
Ridiculous stats
Fearless would also be my description. He just looks composed and safe to be around, which is a huge trait to have in that role. Matic has some nice passing on him, but gives a lot of balls away too.
Starting to think there's a space for McTominay here at the club. Instead of buying an expensive midfielder who's a swiss-knife, spend it on creativity in front of Matic / McTominay, and let them do the physical part + pass on to the creative players surrounding them.
Another solid display, he’s a real prospect. Has all the tools to be top level just needs time to build confidence.
hes done very well. really nothing to complain about. another solid job in matic absence.
Very good summary. Only thing I want to add is that he had a big presence and moved around very well.
He is very strong physically already. If he can develop his use of strength into his game even further he might become a real beast. He might.
I loved his antics with Zaha. I love how he isn't faced at all. Seems to have a strong mentality, you can see he came up from the academy. Imagine if Fred had that, would be nice.
Have to admit i did not think he had what it took, but he looked like a player tonight. Hope he continues to improve
Keep it up lad! Seems he gets fouled quite often by opponents, advantage for us 
You can always rely on him. Good lad.
He put in a top class performance tonight. Showed some great forward passing and Lots of aggression. I hope this is a sign of things to come.
Wow. Impressive defensive stats. Actually they're ridiculous.
Happy to be corrected about him. Looks like he's been working with Carrick because he played some lovely passes between the lines tonight.
That shows me theres a mature head in there. And for all the shit I've given him, ive got to give mourinho some credit for playing him and giving him the experience, even if it was to spite Pogba at times. Last season he was still a bit raw but today he hardly looked out of place.
Solid and some of that passing was carrickesque. Beaut
Agreed
Was excellent tonight, two very promising performances. Defended well and passed even better, he looked like 2013 Carrick, he was calm on the ball and took risks. I like how he wound up half the Palace team on his own, he's showing a lot more aggression which highlights his growth in confidence.
No he didn't. If you turn it around and imagine he played like that against us for Crystal Palace, I would be thinking "damn some 22 year old they got playing, we should look into him". No joke.
Nice incisive passing through the lines at times. I am surprised that some criticize his mobility as to me that is one of his more impressive traits, most guys his size don't move anywhere near that fluidly and cover the ground that well, makes him rather effective in winning the ball and pressing. He doesn't read the game like Matic, something he will have to improve if that DM role is his moving forward, but gets about the pitch much better.
Got stuck in, did the dirty stuff well, broke up their play, moved the ball to a United player. Things he need to improve in is bringing the ball out of danger by running with it. And playing it forward instead of sideways. But today he did what was asked of him. So no complaints.
Excellent performance. If he continues to develop like this our "Matic replacement" transfer money may be used elsewhere.
Good performance, crisp and cutting passes.
Easily his best performance. He needed to add some ambition to his passing and definitely did that tonight.
Very much so. Good on the lad. Stepping up when needed.
Agree with all this. He's got good spring in his step and a nice turn of pace with the ball when he needs it too. But yes, he does a lot of recovery running which won't be necessary when he has more experience and reads the game better. Watching Matic every day is the perfect way to accelerate that learning process.
He used to play as a striker so there was always a more attacking player in there somewhere.
Agreed. It was like watching Carrick in midfield. My MOTM for this game. Long may it continue.
Cracking performance, keep performing like that he will have a long future at United.
Very good tonight I thought. Noticeable.
Definitely helps future transfer plans if he proves to be a very valuable squad player... only saw the last 30 minutes today but looked very good.
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