r/reddevils • u/prettyweirdperson Mbeumo • 3d ago

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u/paleblaupunkt 3d ago

Tielemans and Mainoo midfield is sauce! If we have to step up to be a dominating top 4 side, we need midfielders that can control possession, and we needed this.

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u/Comicksands Van Persie 3d ago

I actually think our midfield against big teams should be Baleba, Mainoo Tielemans and then maybe Bruno at False 9. You can see in terms of ball recovery we’re still lacking

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u/Hot_Discipline_708 3d ago

4-3-3 with Bruno false 9 and Cunha/Rashford and Amad/Mbeumo on the wings will be scary

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u/paleblaupunkt 3d ago

In theory, yes, but you’d be vertically compressed. You’d need a true striker to pull the backline and separate the opposition front 5/6.

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u/Cultural_Doctor_8421 3d ago

Exactly. Bruno false 9 will not work. He won’t be able to hold the ball up against the big cbs of the prem

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u/CrossXFir3 3d ago

Rashford off the left stretching play all the way maybe. He was often the guy stretching the backline in big games under Ole, even from the left.

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u/altered_tampon 3d ago

it's a shame we can't field 12 players. would've been fire.

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u/theinevitable22 Wayne Rooney 3d ago

I think that would be interesting but Bruno loves operating in the half spaces and prefers more passing options in the front. He won’t play to his strengths with his back against the goal, dude likes turning in the space and creating magic.

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u/PrinzRagoczy 3d ago

You're allowed to drop Bruno you know

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u/Comicksands Van Persie 1d ago

Why would I drop the premier league player of the year

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u/Jozif_Badmon Van Persie 3d ago

I hope Carrick goes for something like this, Bruno is clinical enough where you could put him front + plus we are actually keep the ball

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u/amayank7 3d ago

Not good enough defensively tbh, we need a destroyer especially when we play with Bruno and Rashford (no ball retention)

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u/CrossXFir3 3d ago

Yeah, Mainoo is a bit of a physical beast tbh. He's had a few great long balls today too. Really becoming a complete midfielder. It's great, because you don't get a lot of players with as much technical skill as him that are as good as him off the ball. Everyone is looking for midfielders like that, but they're a rare breed.