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Our midfield
Terrible performance from the midfield again.
Obvious answer is to buy better midfielders. But if, as is likely, we don't do that, what are our options? Fred and The Scottish Player appears our best pairing, but not a single supporter thinks that is good enough. Swap one out for Matic from time to time and it's very hit and miss. Swap one out for Donny, some seem to like the idea, Ole doesn't, could definitely be a risk. Play Pogba in a two, we all hate that, Ole keeps trying it. Truth is Pogba should be able to play in a two, he has all the attributes, would just mean going against some of his natural instincts and putting in some unselfish performances, showing discipline and keeping things simple when needed. Last option is to play 3 in midfield, but who? Also which one of the front 4 gets sacrificed? What do you do with Bruno? Been a great summer of signings, but I fear unless Ole can find a way to make one of the above options work, it will all be for nothing. |
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Nothing wrong with The Scottish Player
Him and Neves could form a very good partnership imo Beek obviously isn’t fancied at all by Ole so we may as well cash in. Fred is a problem and although I’ve defended him in the past he’s just otgood enough. Problem is we’d never make our money back in him so he’ll have to stay as a squad option. |
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I don't see us signing anyone this window now, and I think the club will focus on getting players sold to recoup some cash, and free up the squad. James, Lingard, Jones and possibly Martial will be the players they try to shift.
The midfield is a problem, but I can't see the Glazers spending more when we have Fred and Matic on the books, both who cost £100m thanks to Mourinho. I think we'll make-do until January, when we'll then be forced to sign someone who would still be eligible for Europe, like a Ruben Neves. |
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Maybe only Arsenal’s midfield could perform to a worse level than our midfield did in the 1st half
Going to be a millstone around our necks all season Ole has to learn from his mistakes You can’t play Pogba in a midfield 2 against a pressing team especially away from home Surely there is a stop gap loan signing we can make that is an improvement on Fred Can’t get Ronaldo and then just leave the midfield to hold us back all season |
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arsenal are unlucky that partey is injured. I'd take him over fred any day. but we need to buy two or three midfielders. £#%&! knows why we let garner go out again, but we need tacklers. or we need to convert some defenders £#%&!ing quickly. the way wan-b plays when he has the ball, I dare say he'd be a better dm than he is a wing-back. |
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As bad as Fred was, he was left to do it all on his own. Any time they got past him, they had an overload of players in attack. |
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we used to have wingers who defended, too. |
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I have it.
Seriously. Armchair did a good call with Jones but…l. Lindelof. Would cover his aerial weaknesses, he is good enough to win the ball and just bloody pass it to a better player. As per the game v Leeds, he can certainly deliver a decent ball. Not saying it is the perfect solution but any combination from Lindelof/Beek/Fred/The Scottish Player is better than Pogba/Fred. We could have Ronaldo, Brazilian Ronaldo, Bruce I’m Hard Lee and Thor upfront but they will still not score unless our midfield is less floppy than cheap slices of bread from Iceland. Ceteris paribus and without injuries… DDG Juan Bissaka TMNT Slytherin Stopper Shawberto Lindelof The Scottish Player Greenwood Fernandes The Pogster Ronald ‘O. We would still have more options than a derivatives trader the morning after getting drunk and going ‘buy’ crazy. |
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The full backs need teaching if one goes, one drops, and if both FB’s are forward, a midfielder or 2 drops off. |
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From him and why he isn’t good enough,, but the point is that a player should be able to be able to give the ball away in an attacking area without the opposition bearing down on goal as a consequence. As you say, someone needs to cover. It reminded me of that goal we conceded to Demba Ba in Turkey last season. Said it in the match thread: Fred got no help today AND he was shit. Doesn’t have to be one or the other. |
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