James McCarthy

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davek said:
Schneiderlin: isn't he a game specific player though? I'd say it would be less sensible to play him against a lot of teams who stand off and are compact. Schneiderlin is at his best when screening a back four and/or punishing pressing teams by releasing the ball long in behind them/out wide behind attacking FBs.

The issue for me with Koeman and his CM fetish is that we have a lot of players who do specific roles and the only constant will be Gueye.
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Nah mate schneiderlin will become that player that everything starts with a bit like Carrick was/is for United or Barry was first season he was with us, only with better mobility and more physical presence.
 

davek said:
Schneiderlin: isn't he a game specific player though? I'd say it would be less sensible to play him against a lot of teams who stand off and are compact. Schneiderlin is at his best when screening a back four and/or punishing pressing teams by releasing the ball long in behind them/out wide behind attacking FBs.

The issue for me with Koeman and his CM fetish is that we have a lot of players who do specific roles and the only constant will be Gueye.
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MS is the first CM name on the sheet for me. Liked him a lot at Southampton, and in his 2 starts for us, have seen that he appears to have a touch of class on the ball that we've been missing. Clever passes splitting players. Seems to have the intelligence of Barry, but younger and still got his legs.

Think MS and Barry are similar - read the play well, good passing range. For me I'd play one or the other, not both together as on Saturday.

Gana, McCarthy and besic (when fit) are similar - tons of energy and pressing/tacking.

Davies seems to have a bit of all of the above, but may be rotated this year due to age.

As I said somewhere else, I'm genuinely not sure of our best 11, but having good players fighting for a place, and options from the bench is a must if we aim to break the top 4.
 

If that's true it's the worst possible timing for him. Was looking like he was going to command a regular place but could even fall behind Besic now
 


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