Hopefully he doesnt have to. I guess key will be the wages hes on. If its in a low bracket, then it gives us time to nurture others / bring in somebody else whilst keeping him here to keep things ticking. That and as long as we arent playing 2 in midfield, it should be fine.
I thought he was one and done for us. A nice boost when he joined then he would get worse and worse (and it seemed that way). I guess trying to park the bus to hit on counter wasnt working. I can see us going Matic for the big games, and the other 2 (fred/mct) for lesser games to rotate. It can / will work.
I’m not that concerned about the wages as such and I think he has shown recently he still has it even if there were issues in the last game for him but he can’t sustain this level I don’t think and I really don’t think the options of McT and Fred are the right ones to cover him.
Matic is going to need to be rotated heavily and rested to keep him playing at a high level when he’s called upon but I really don’t think we have the personal to do that without dropping one of Pogba or Bruno to play the tandem of Fred and McT.
Maybe Fred can muddle his way through as I think out of he and McT he is the one that is just better positionally and more disciplined in a role but neither really want to be doing that. I think both work well in tandem becuase they are so energetic and hardworking that this covers for any slight lapses in concentration or positioning where I feel like if it’s Bruno and Pogba in tandem with either they are going to be left a bit exposed and we’ll maybe see more of the failings in playing that role.
We can all say what we want about Matic but he reads the game well and knows where he needs to be and when he needs to do stuff Like just sit and hold or go and make a challenge. Just think the other two are make a challenge or nothing. Run forward and try stuff. (which is awesome, but not always the best thing for the team.)
Maybe Shaw tucks in to midfield like he did with Fred in the last game and that is the way forward but I’ll be interested to see what is going to happen there.