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A Carrick/Pogba/Herrera midfield is promising, but I feel as though Blind deserves a shout there soon (self.reddevils)

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First just a little word on yesterday. People spoke yesterday about how well Carrick controlled the game, slowed it down at the right time etc.

I remember posting a thread on this almost a year ago, last season Carrick and Herrera had a couple of games there together and they played brilliantly. We then had a couple of games where our midfield wasn't strong enough, or quick enough. This is where the Herrera Carrick idea stopped.

What I like about a 3 man midfield is that Pogba has all the qualities that the midfield was missing at that time. So it could potentially be a successful recipe.

Now onto my point. Carrick is a great player, but he can't control every game like this, also not for that much longer. He is now 35 and we can't rely on him every game. Someone else who I think could do this job very well is Daley Blind.

I really feel as though Blind should be given a chance alongside Pogba.

He is just such a calming influence on the pitch. He has an amazing pass on him (when I went to see us at Old Trafford recently his passing was really something that stood out as quality play), a great football brain too, which he shows at vital match times. Also actually very good defensively.

What are your thoughts on this?

How do you think he would fair?

Thanks :)

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[–]damien_aw 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Carrick won't be able to play 90mins every 3/4 days so he's not the answer to our midfield problem.

I think it's clear we still need to recruit, maybe even in Jan, Weigl from BVB looks ideal and played well with Mkhitaryan last season.

[–]pfc2497 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Should he get a chance? Yeah absolutely. Should he get it against Leicester? I think that's asking for another 5-3.

There is no doubt that Blind has an excellent range of passing, he has put it on display for us all to see the last 2 seasons. However, the times he has played as a CDM and been faced with a high press, he has been ran rings around; the fact of the matter is, neither Carrick nor Blind can really play when the opponent presses as ferociously as Leicester do. Since Scholes left we were meant to plug this hole in our midfield, and frankly we haven't done that properly yet.

What Blind makes up for with his vision, I think he lacks with the mobility required to play as a CDM. I think having Blind and Pogba as the two in a pivot might just be disastrous, considering Mou might not exactly shift to a 3 man midfield soon.

Not bashing Blind or anything, I think against smaller teams in the EFL or even in the Europa League he could potentially play there, however I think the pace and physicality of the EPL might be a bit much if the opponent presses high.