skippy2015 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 McGregor,.Jack, mcLean, Armstrong and Fleck. Only one of them is a defensive midfielder too, and Brown is way better than him.Mctominay is our best defensive midfielder and is a level above brown 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Placida Domingo Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 1 minute ago, skippy2015 said: Mctominay is our best defensive midfielder and is a level above brown Mctominay isn't a defensive midfielder. People just think he is cause he's tall. He's the best we have at that but it's a bit of a waste of his talents. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 54 minutes ago, craigkillie said: It's not necessarily about who he is individually better than, it's about what he brings to every team he's part of, his drive and leadership in a team which is short of it. I'd argue only McTominay and McGinn are definitely better than him as a footballer too. Your starting midfield 3 would be McTominay/McGinn/Brown? You said he would walk into the team. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Placida Domingo Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 1 minute ago, Marshmallo said: Your starting midfield 3 would be McTominay/McGinn/Brown? You said he would walk into the team. Tell you what that's a fuckin great midfield. Great balance great quality free up McGinn to go. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bing.McCrosby Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 13 minutes ago, Placida Domingo said: Mctominay isn't a defensive midfielder. People just think he is cause he's tall. He's the best we have at that but it's a bit of a waste of his talents. He's not playing as an out an out defence mid at man u currently. But he has done for them and done well. Agree he could be deployed as a box to box midfielder for us. But we have them. We need a defence mid and he's excellent at it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Placida Domingo Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 6 minutes ago, BingMcCrosby said: He's not playing as an out an out defence mid at man u currently. But he has done for them and done well. Agree he could be deployed as a box to box midfielder for us. But we have them. We need a defence mid and he's excellent at it. He is the best we have at that but it's not really his game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremiah Cole Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Yes he would, we don't have any other defensive midfielders except Jack and Brown is better. Ber, except for Scott McTominay obviously 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremiah Cole Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Mctominay isn't a defensive midfielder. People just think he is cause he's tall. Yes he is.People just think he is because that’s the position he plays. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremiah Cole Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 He's not playing as an out an out defence mid at man u currently.So if McTominay hasn’t been Man United’s defensive midfielder this season, who has? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 "Defensive midfielder" is a massive misnomer when it comes to players like Ryan Jack or Scott McTominay. Neither of them are doing a Makelele type role. They're box to box midfielders. We need balance and fluidity in midfield, not a rigid "you don't cross the halfway line" and "you have a free role" type set up. Some sort of combo of Jack/McGregor/McTominay/Fleck/McGinn gives us that. Brown would too btw but not because he is a "defensive midfielder". -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bing.McCrosby Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 5 minutes ago, Marshmallo said: "Defensive midfielder" is a massive misnomer when it comes to players like Ryan Jack or Scott McTominay. Neither of them are doing a Makelele type role. They're box to box midfielders. Exactly, man u aren't playing him as a screener type player like that. He can play like that tho, the guys adaptable and an excellent player. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bing.McCrosby Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Mctominay was playing as a forward or attacking mid till he came into the utd first team. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremiah Cole Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 "Defensive midfielder" is a massive misnomer when it comes to players like Ryan Jack or Scott McTominay. Neither of them are doing a Makelele type role. They're box to box midfielders. We need balance and fluidity in midfield, not a rigid "you don't cross the halfway line" and "you have a free role" type set up. Some sort of combo of Jack/McGregor/McTominay/Fleck/McGinn gives us that. Brown would too btw but not because he is a "defensive midfielder".So, at the start of the season when he was fit, Paul Pogba was fulfilling the defensive duties alongside McTominay?[emoji23] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremiah Cole Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Mctominay was playing as a forward or attacking mid till he came into the utd first team.Paul Hegarty was a striker when he joined Dundee UnitedBut that’s not relevant either 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremiah Cole Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Exactly, man u aren't playing him as a screener type player like that. He can play like that tho, the guys adaptable and an excellent player.Paul Pogba was doing the screening then?[emoji23]The cluelessness on this forum never ceases to astound me 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonksy+HisChristianParade Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Fleck is currently a key midfielder in a top half Premier League team - pretty obvious he’s a better player than Scott Brown at the moment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Fleck just scored 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bing.McCrosby Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 4 hours ago, Jeremiah Cole said: Paul Pogba was doing the screening then? The cluelessness on this forum never ceases to astound me It shouldn't really, your responsible for a large proportion of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Fleck creates second. McBurnie now on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grazza Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Is Scott Brown then not making himself available for the play off? That's one thing if he did but if he doesn't and we did qualify the absolutely no chance. We have known for a year we have these play offs and it would be unlikely we would finish in top 2 and very quickly that we would definitely need these play offs. If in that time he has made no indication that he would make himself available in 2020 then how much does he really care? That all being said is he any good at centre back? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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