Yeah, we do that with Matic on the left side when he's playing. Not too sure what I think of it tbh. I'd rather have the two sitting midfielders in front of the center backs to bypass the press.I found it interesting that he essentially seemed to be moved to RCB throughout the match when AWB was pushing forward. Maguire similarly moved wider left with Lindelof in the middle. Looked very much like a deliberate tactic.
Good game from Scott and good goal.
We’ve been doing it with Matic too (except he goes to LCB) and I’m not a big fan of it, but it works better with Mctominay in my opinion.I found it interesting that he essentially seemed to be moved to RCB throughout the match when AWB was pushing forward. Maguire similarly moved wider left with Lindelof in the middle. Looked very much like a deliberate tactic.
Good game from Scott and good goal.
No chance, he's our biggest goal threat from midfield. He used to be a striker in his youth days which is probably why he strikes the ball so sweetly.Move him to centre back. Can pass, head and isn't a complete flower.
I think this is what’s happening at the moment. Yesterday he was playing much deeper, and covering the defence by dropping into the back line when they moved forward. Very much like what Matic does. This was allowing Pogba, and later Fred, to play in more advanced positions.It's strange because I thought he was excellent defensively in the first half playing as Pogba's shield and cleaning up nicely, but in the second half he wasn't near as good alongside Fred who was a bit of a calamity today.
I still appreciate what he brings as a squad player but I'd really be more encouraged if I saw him improve positionally and take a page out of Matic's handbook.
It appears you don't rate McT as well going off your posts about him recentlyEmbarrassing how many posters were insulting McTominay out of the “McFred” partnership for being the least quality offensively out of the two. McTominay drives forward better, has a better shot, aerial presence and mentality out of the two. 50M for Fred was a joke.
Can't be our starter next season.
We need to upgrade this come next season, particularly McTominay.
Christ I'm a terrible poster.It appears you don't rate McT as well going off your posts about him recently![]()
It appears you don't rate McT as well going off your posts about him recently![]()
He was going through a poor patch a month ago. After his Leeds match he spent the next six matches bouncing between being absolutely terrible (Leicester) to average (Liverpool). Thankfully he seems to have played himself out of it and he's been good in his last three matches against Arsenal (even though he had to go off), Southampton and Everton, but it's a bit silly for anyone to base their opinion of him on either period. In reality his average performance over the last 18 months is somewhere in between - better than he showed in that poor period but not as good as he's shown these last few games. Hopefully he can continue his current form and improve further but it's certainly too early to say that it's normal.If the posts were last season or years ago I can understand. They were a month ago. Drastically changed. Glad if the player manages to change people view on him, it shows improvement in his game.
There are still people on the cafe who rank Fred as easily better than McTominay and it just baffles my mind. When Scotty gets a run of games and gets into rhythm, his high level compared to Fred's is day and night. 50m was and will always be a baffling piece of business even though Fred is a very very solid and important player for us.Embarrassing how many posters were insulting McTominay out of the “McFred” partnership for being the least quality offensively out of the two. McTominay drives forward better, has a better shot, aerial presence and mentality out of the two. 50M for Fred was a joke.
Agreed - that’s a fair assessment of McT.He was going through a poor patch a month ago. After his Leeds match he spent the next six matches bouncing between being absolutely terrible (Leicester) to average (Liverpool). Thankfully he seems to have played himself out of it and he's been good in his last three matches against Arsenal (even though he had to go off), Southampton and Everton, but it's a bit silly for anyone to base their opinion of him on either period. In reality his average performance over the last 18 months is somewhere in between - better than he showed in that poor period but not as good as he's shown these last few games. Hopefully he can continue his current form and improve further but it's certainly too early to say that it's normal.