4-2-3-1 with a double pivot.
Sofyan Amrabat | 2023/24 Performances
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I was gonna say the same thing. We're now the Top G alpha club.
The halo of higher wisdom emanating from the post ...
Yes because Weghorst barely got a game did he.
Last season we were run ragged because of the fixture congestion and competing on so many fronts. Amrabat will be part of a rotation among midfielders, but I would think more in terms of allowing ETH to have flexibility in games for the tactics he wants to use. Being a loan player is a technicality. If Amrabat is any good for us, we will make the transfer permanent. A lot of good players have come to United to watch their careers die, hopefully Amrabat is not one of those.
Just seen his signing interview.
Impressed about his knowledge of the club. Some ex- players he listed aren't the ones anyone who doesn't watch us would easily remember. It's actually evident that he followed our games last season (or at least researched really hard!
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Impressed about his knowledge of the club. Some ex- players he listed aren't the ones anyone who doesn't watch us would easily remember. It's actually evident that he followed our games last season (or at least researched really hard!
)It’s a loan with an option as we have FFP constraints. He’ll be first choice by Christmas.
Some people just moan for absolutely nothing. City has Nunez, Kova, Rodri, KDB, Philips for 3 positions.
Finally proof of how inept our scouts are!!
I hope we’ve not signed another cripple. Believe he’s got a back problem. That’s 3 of our new signings that have or had an injury problem.
Is that even true
Does that 10m not get took of his actual price tag if we chose to sign him at the end of his loan? If we don’t opt to sign him then it’s an expensive loan I guess
Don’t see why it wouldn’t be… I mean the one about Hojlund signing when he was injured was true. Also didn’t Liverpool pull out of the race for him or was that more to do with him waiting for us and only wanting us.
It’s not true
Liverpool did not pull out of the race.
Reports have already said he was not injured.
So where’s the back injury come from then? Reports saying there was a minor back problem that they seen during his medical.
Really?! He isn’t injured? Thank feck for that. Has that been confirmed?
I really hope his signings means we’ll go back to the 4231.
It suits our squad better.
Casemiro, Amrabat, Eriksen, McSauce & Mainoo for the deeper positions.
Bruno, Mount & Hannibal for the #10
It suits our squad better.
Casemiro, Amrabat, Eriksen, McSauce & Mainoo for the deeper positions.
Bruno, Mount & Hannibal for the #10
Yes he is currently training with Morocco
Ask whoever reported it
Isn’t injured now doesn’t mean he wasn’t when he had his medical.
We didn't sign him for a week, we signed him for a year.
It’s not about how long we’ve got him for it’s about how long he stays fit for and plays. Hopefully it’s nothing major and he gets lots of games for us. My problem was why our players keep getting injured or why we sign players with injury issues.
You think football players are 100% fit without any minor issues?
Some are ye. Ronaldos 38 and hardly ever as an injury.
Having Injury is different from not having any minor issues.
We signed a player who is fit, fit enough to play for Fiorentina and fit enough to play for his NT. Not sure why people just moan for the sake of it, all because of some bs tweet.
He’s playing for Morocco in the break
Similar sources were reporting he was out for 6 weeks.
So if one was wrong then…
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No4 was quite commonly worn by midfielders in the past. Muhren wore it for us in the past, more recently Hargreaves and Veron.
Makalele, Rijkard and Pep also wore 4 at times.
Pre premier league era, as I recall, 4s were as common in midfield as 5s and 6s.
Probably this has roots in the traditional numbering where 4, 5 and 6 were the “half backs”. When 442 became the norm, one of these no4, no5 or no6 moved into what we now call midfield (and would have been whichever of those guys was most suited to it and then just keeping the number they already wore). That’s why we got a mix of 4s, 5s and 6s in midfield.
Why?
4231 is outdated. It under utilises the FBs and CBs, gives up the centre of the pitch and reduces ability to turnover possession high up the pitch resulting in the game mostly being played in your own half.
It may appear to suit some of our players better depending who you want to select. Until Mount comes back I suppose our formation might more closely resemble 4231 but EtH seems set on his 4141 and I wouldn’t be surprised to see Amrabat pushed up into the Mount position for the time being.
City have been playing it all season.
That would be the worst position for him. Casimero would be better as one of the 4, a lot more of a threat in the final 3rd.
Not really, no.
Having been saying this for ages. Casemiro has been one of our better offensive players, and would love to see him freed up.
Amrabat is more mobile than Case and - it’s just a thought and we’ll have to wait and see - but I don’t think Case is the man to press high up. When Mount is back it will be Amrabat v Case for the no6 starting berth, more than likely, but until then, if we have to fit square pegs to some degree, my money would be on Amrabat filling in there. His passing is decent as well, he’d do okay there I think.
He’s great of course but that position, the high no8, requires intense pressing and won’t suit Casemiro. He’s better at no6 and venturing forward occasionally.
Will there now be balance in the force?
there is always the master and the padawan, and we now have two bald, manager and player.
let it begin.
there is always the master and the padawan, and we now have two bald, manager and player.
let it begin.
Does anyone know why he wanted us so badly? Does he love us that much or was there no-one better in for him?
I know Liverpool were in for him but I'm guessing he didn't want to spend one of his prime years out of the CL.
I know Liverpool were in for him but I'm guessing he didn't want to spend one of his prime years out of the CL.