Yeah Pogba was playing very deep in the second half. Not to take anything away from Pereiras brilliant goal, but him and McTominay as a CM pairing makes us look very shaky in the middle. Granted they are young and have hardly played together, but with the two of them together we look very naive in midfield
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
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Got the crystal ball out? Just over the last 18 months, we've seen so many posters left with egg on their faces over calls like this. Why not give him a little time and see how it turns out?
Pereira's positioning didnt help him in the first half, they marked Pogba out of the game which meant he had no outlet. They pressed him, but that said his defensive positioning was poor.
Just a pòor performance all round the middle really.
Just a pòor performance all round the middle really.
He is solid at best. He always looks like he's got composure when in reality, he is consistently struggling to get his head up and pick a pass. He takes ages to get going, always has to make last-ditch toe-poked passes, and mentally seems to be 2-3 seconds behind the play everytime. He shouldn't be starting in midfield for a top side.
Championship level midfielder. Good work ethic and seems a good bloke, but he's extremely limited and not excellent at anything at all.
He'll become a very important squad player like Fellaini, Phil Neville etc
Echo of what others said. Not a good game by him yesterday, but he'll live and learn and improve. He's only 22 after all. He's coming off the back of a couple of very good performances so he's built some credit anyway.
He makes a decent enough squad player and who knows, maybe one day he'll be good enough to be a starter on merit. Onwards and upwards.
He makes a decent enough squad player and who knows, maybe one day he'll be good enough to be a starter on merit. Onwards and upwards.
Sir Alex would love him.
Like he loved Cleverley?
Just by reading this article, I get the impression Sir Alex would like having not just as a player but as a person a guy like Scott around.
https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sp...-alex-ferguson-scott-mctominay-david-beckham/
“I would say he’s almost a replica of Darren — tall, thin, great stamina and a great attitude to the game. “He’ll have a really good career.”
He still offers nothing in our game. In defence he is not some kind of destroyer who covers whole pitch and wins balls and in attacking play he seriously lacks technique and creativity.
I am sorry but he is a player who will play a lot of games for us because he is the only one who can play on dmc so we should search for another player for that position.
I am sorry but he is a player who will play a lot of games for us because he is the only one who can play on dmc so we should search for another player for that position.
PSG 1:3 Man Utd
If that is the level he can get to consistently, he's ready to replace Matic.
Incredible tonight. Man of the match for me behind Lukaku.
Incredible tonight. Man of the match for me behind Lukaku.
Epic epic game. Stood up to all of them and is such a calm head under pressure. His game enabled fred to also relax and keep the ball rolling.
There were some real heroes today . Take a bow
There were some real heroes today . Take a bow
Classic Fergie style squad player. How anyone can doubt this after Chelsea & PSG away would be insane.
Where's that cnut who said 'you can't polish a turd' about McTominay earlier this week?
He was grear tonight and hopefully the haters can get off his back
He was grear tonight and hopefully the haters can get off his back
Best of our midfielders tonight. With Fred not too far behind, but behind. Lots of character, gave away a few cheap freekicks but kept battling and won the ball fairly a good amount too.
Not usually a fan but tonight he was class.
He seems such a solid bloke. Extremely useful player, too. Very good game by any midfielder's standards.
Another fantastic performance, the writing was on the wall when he played a faultless match away to Sevilla last season.
Keep proving them wrong Scott.
Keep proving them wrong Scott.
Hero
He lead the charge to the away fans at the final whistle. He loves the club, and we should love him.
He's a player, no doubt about it.
I thought he was out of gas around the 80th minute, but he just kept going and going.
Incredible perfromance. Holy shit I didn't think he had in him. Amazing.
He’s a credit to the United academy. We’re amogst the best at readying players for the step up - irrespective of whether they go on to play for the United first team or not.
What an absolute amazing mentality strength this boy has !! He always delivered in any big match he played in midfield. We should be proud of having such a young boy !! He's a real man!
Wow I really didn't think he had that level in him. Immense.
Magnificent
He made a midfield that should have been our weakest link tonight rock-solid for most of the game. So, so proud!
Massive performance, a young lad playing CM away at PSG is a big ask but he didn’t look phased or out of place at all, great game.
We’ll all turn on him again next week though I’m sure
We’ll all turn on him again next week though I’m sure
You can see he was watching and learning from Carrick, those hard medium length passes...
What a fantastic performance in such a massive game. Well done to him, he really put a shift in.
His best game for the club by some distance.
Well done, he also pulled Fernandihno and Kante in one tonight
What a game he had. Defensively good and kept on fouling Verratti.
Well done, he stepped up tonight. I was not convinced up to this. Maybe it will not work out here, but if he can perform like this consistently then he will be some player.
Thought he was good, played a bit naively at times giving away fks on verratti when he was facing his own goal but expected with his youth.
Ran himself into the ground!
Ran himself into the ground!
He thrives in high pressure games where we sit back and play exclusively on the counter. Put in a superlative performance today.
Thought he was excellent tonight. Hadn’t seen it before, but real mature performance. showed some quality passing range too.
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