Herrera in the holding role

comment by manutd1982 (U6633)
posted 27 seconds ago
Pogba is better than Ok.
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In the role he is currently playing, I don't think there is much evidence of that.

As many of us said before we signed him.

Schneiderlin and Carrick being the only options.

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Or Blind?

comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 1 minute ago
Schneiderlin and Carrick being the only options.

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Or Blind?
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Forgot about Blind

Would prefer a more combative midfielder than we currently have personally. I'd be interested to see how Schneiderlin does.

------------------DDG---------------
Valencia--Smalling--Bailly--Shaw
-------------------Morgan-------------
------------Pogba-----Herrera-------
Mkhi---------------------------Martial
------------------Zlatan-----------------


Obviously you can change Martial, Mkhi or the CM on a game by game basis. But I think 4-3-3 is the best way to utilise this side.

If we went in for Kante it would suggest we'll be in for someone for that position in the next year. I wonder who? A rw,rb and dm of quality will give us an immense team.

Busby I'd replace Morgan with Blind, then we'll be looking good. Rooney has to be dropped.

I still think you're best swapping Herrera and Morgan. Morgan is best used in the space ahead to use his energy and mobility in the b2b role he has done well for Saints and Herrera can create from deep like Carrick does. Herrera is also technically superior to Morgan so can dictate play a little better deeper.

The Bournemouth game Herrera played quite a lot of incisive balls from deep and if you have someone like Rashford and Mhki on the wings they can really benefit form them.

comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 15 minutes ago
comment by manutd1982 (U6633)
posted 27 seconds ago
Pogba is better than Ok.
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In the role he is currently playing, I don't think there is much evidence of that.
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Because he is playing with Fellaini, who is not a deep CM.

Play him with a cm who can play that role and then we can decide whether Pogba can work in a two.

On the ball Herrera sitting behind two midfielders who can go and press and play on the front foot can work.

However, Herrera likes to dive in and commit to reading the pass or move of the player too often instead of standing his ground, so from a defensive perspective could be a liability as the last midfielder before the defence. If he can cut that out of his game though...

That said, for me Carrick or Blind should be sitting with Pogba playing the LCM role and Herrera RCM:

-----------Blind (or MC)
Herrera--------Pogba

Mobile, powerful, technical and balanced.

Problem with Herrera is under LVG he would have a couple of good games and then be dropped.
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I disagree completely.

Under LVG the fans would talk up Herrera regularly but, as often as not, he was just as ineffective as everyone else when he played. Sometimes even anonymous.

Good player but I still feel we are yet to see the best of Herrera.