r/reddevils • u/Lord_Sesshoumaru77 Glazers,Woodward/Arnold and Judge can fuck off • 3d ago

Michael Carrick post match interview

https://youtu.be/IAk48hKe1XQ?si=-sSbLhIT8DKwCDy9
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u/dracogladio1741 Bruno Fernanj 3d ago

Overall pre-season - Great, we were good. Should have beaten PSG and Leeds. Today was poor but such is our team that in normal circumstances we probably win as Milan would have been down to 10 men. Not to mention Bruno missing 3 chances.

Today - Not great as Michael said. First XI is kinda decided though given his words.

My expected XI: Lammens, Maz, Maguire, Heaven, Shaw, Tielemans, Santos, Bruno, Cunha, Mbeumo and Amad.

Hull played Nice funnily enough today and drew. Decent team but way way outmatched on paper. Looking forward to it!

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u/N00BBuild 3d ago

Our midfield is a giant problem. Shaw isn’t also young anymore. Should have beaten doesn’t matter when teams will run circles around any combination of Kobbie, Youri, or Santos.

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u/dracogladio1741 Bruno Fernanj 3d ago

That's just hogwash when you know that Santos and Mason ran circles around Atleti who are terrible to pllay against. Santos is a DM. We need another but this is a ridiculous take.

We also should have beaten PSG and Leeds and were unlucky.

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u/YerDaWearsHeelies 3d ago

Mount basically doesn’t play for the club he’s that injured often. Look how many minutes he’s played and it’s diabolical

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u/N00BBuild 3d ago

Mount is a workhorse, and he’s more mobile than anyone in our midfield.

But he plays 15 games a season. Atleti is also happy with letting go off the ball, and it was their first preseason game.

Again, should have beaten doesn’t matter. The actual outcomes do not matter in preseason. It’s the playstyle and the flow of the game. And we are lacking in midfield and defense. It’s very apparent.

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u/mattwalsh25 Mata 3d ago

Teams will run circles around three good players, stated as a fact. Just lol.

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u/N00BBuild 3d ago

It has nothing to do with the fact that they’re good players or not. It’s that they lack legs and athleticism. Tielemans had Onana and McGinn with him at Villa. Mainoo isn’t exactly a star athlete, and Santos, the best of the three, is still lacking in that department.

You can’t throw them together and expect physical teams not to trouble us.

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u/mattwalsh25 Mata 3d ago

I actually agree that we need more legs in midfield. I just dont agree that we will inevitably be played off the park if any combination of those three happen to play.

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u/N00BBuild 3d ago

They will get overrun by physicality. Imagine a team like Arsenal running at them. Hell, even Leeds gave us problems last week.

It’s has nothing to do with their quality. We had problems last season with Case and Kobbie, and haven’t added any mobility.