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As bad as he was today against stoke, and he was pretty bad, the irking part to me was his inability to stay on his feet... with a lot of it being blatant dives in my book.

Luiz technique with more concentration and composure, but less physical. Great player to have and a fantastic prospect going forward, considering he does not need to improve that much at all.

Still think Kante and him is just too much of a good thing. He's not that technical relying on his physique way more than technique. Well at least thus far. wasnt crazy about his performance today at stoke.

But but it wasnt raining...

The press is doing what it does: selling news and United has more fans, local and abroad. It's just natural Matic is getting more attention now than when at Chelsea. Speak for myself of course as I never wanted Fabregas to replace Matic in the starting XI... Let me put it this way: Baka and Drinkwarer still have to produce several!! MotM performances, in pretty tough away matches too, to properly replace matic in my book. Yes, Matic had bad patches and a bad season, just like Hazard. It happens esp when players overextend themselves as they did in Jose's winning season. Now he already has MotM performances for United (well at least one), which is totally unsurprising to me. Perhaps he's just a very good player?

While he did not have a great first touch he had great passing (and range) and could score with long shots. So I would t say essien was technically poor, just not great. For me he was the definition of the all-rounder.

Heh I wasn't really hyping rlc but rather saying Barkley never really did anything remarkably that much better. considering he had the minutes and support rlc never had.

Ox failed the medical too: some problem in the head. Honestly, at this time, RLC looks like the better prospect. The fact he is playing so well away from Chelsea, does not look good for our coaching staff.

wonder how much influence Kante had in this deal; talking to both the player and the club. And of course the club prob expecting to benefit from the chemistry between the players.

Welcome! good player: good technique (esp passing), makes good runs, has power, and is a good team player. a bit more agility (perhaps our top notch coaching staff could help here) and he could become a really important player in the squad - my 2 cents.

Right now he's a terrible player... like really fucking clueless. does he need minutes to improve? Well because of our lackluster transfer window he will def get them... not super optimistic tbh but hope he proves me wrong.

Fair enough. However, I do believe that sometimes players aren't better than others, just different. Sandros pace is the clear preference of some here, but I think in the right system,ours, Alonso is just as good. heh matic was never appreciated around here despite his several motm performances, but I digress.

I get that, but you don't get a 70m player (Sandro) to sit on the bench right? so getting Sandro would have displaced Alonso and frankly he does not deserve it considering his motm performances (this and last season). I know they don't mean much around here - see Matic....

Not me. Count care less about Sandro. alonso has been one of our top performers and it would have been criminal to remove him from the starting XI at this time. striker, rwb (Moses has been inconsistent), and attacking mid. we have one striker. Make no mistake. Bats is a bet at this time.

The concern is also over the number of players, not just quality. how many strikers do we have? Is bats useful at this time?

If he really demands playing in cm, then no thanks!

Wijnaldum that was an impressive performance (vs arsenal)!

(Our best player) still needs to sign a new deal...

first thing any of those (or really any) manager would do, when taking over Arsenal, would be to spend big on at least one ball-winning midfielder: Matic, Baka, Kante, Cam It's such a glaring deficiency in their squad that makes one question Arsene's philosophy.

It's a crazy seller's market out there. Seems like the perfect time to invest on youngsters esp for squad depth.... I guess that ship has sailed at least until jan.

Yeah get Benteke which might actually help RLC

Yeah that's actually quite common: players develop, esp mental mentally, at their own time and it is obviously different depending on the player. However, youngsters in general do lack mentally and that's why you don't see many of them starting games at the same time in the pl (for any team).

Agree that a dm needs to control the tempo. I feel luiz actually did it hat beautifully especially in the second half with composure and smarty short passes mixed in with runs and long balls. we just can't ignore that we had not possession up the field here William and morata had only moments. You just can't control tempo without outlets to pass the ball to. When we play all defense counter attacking like today we will not have much of the ball no matter who plays. for luiz to play more in the midddle we'd have to change the system. 4 in the mid would do wonders for him and fabregas too btw!

Sorry to say but at this time it is better to play with 10 man on the field than play bats. I hope he breaks this cycle and improves, but thats something for him to do in practice sessions not on the pitch when we have to win. If it is difficult for Bats, imagine youngsters... That's why it is so difficult to give minutes to young players when you have to win games.

Great play considering the situation. just feel he's more of a Kante type of player than a fabregas and what we need is a player like fabregas with a bit more physique and athleticism. Someone like RLC apparently... a bit worried, not only about depth but also balance of the squad. competitive for the pl but not CL imo.