Devil may care
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When he came on we looked happier to push up more and leave space in behind as he covers ground better than Matic.
Fred tends to play well next to everyone, whether it's McTominay, Matic or Pogba the couple of times they've played together. I feel McTominay relies a bit more on Fred though, or at least he did last season. We haven't really seen him play without Fred this season yet.He and Fred play so much better together.
I think he's always been good, but last year this was only as a box to box midfielder and unlike a player like Khedira, he did not have the benefit of playing with a deep-lying playmaker that could defend ( like Xabi Alonso or Schweinsteiger), therefore make our midfield really uncreative and unprotected since his job was to win the ball as oppose to protecting the defence.All these rubbish talking about him being some average player.
He helps this team out to a significant standard. That's all I care about.
Overall McT will be a better player to have around the squad in the long term, because he's less likely to agitate if he's only used for certain roles/matches than Fred is. More room for improvement as well, since Fred should be entering his peak now and I don't think he's that much better than McT.I like Fred but I actually think McT is better technically. He’s an excellent player to have in the team!
McTom had one of his best game against Newcastle on 2nd half. When Fred was subbed with Pogba.Fred tends to play well next to everyone, whether it's McTominay, Matic or Pogba the couple of times they've played together. I feel McTominay relies a bit more on Fred though, or at least he did last season. We haven't really seen him play without Fred this season yet.
His not very good thats why. I dont understand why OGS is dying for him to succeed when his just not that good.On the ball, he is so so bad. Van De Beek was making run after run and he was ignoring it, playing the simple pass.
I’d say he’s one of the most consistent players in our side. He’s always bad.Inconsistent