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[The Athletic]Mason Mount, Manchester United and a move that has not worked out… yet (theathletic.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

ETH bought him for a system that required a CDM that can both defend the midfield and progress the ball (Rodri, Busquets). This would’ve given Mount freedom to press and roam in that other CM spot. The problem is that Casamiro can’t do that and he never has done that simply because he hasn’t had to, last season he had Eriksen next to him to give the ball to and then he had two of the best midfielders of our generation at Madrid. Casa isn’t the only one that can’t play that system either, but essentially ETH bought Mount for a system that the other players can’t do so he’s basically useless for us atm.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Kind of funny how some players are Swiss knives and can play 16 different positions under 13 different coaches in 5 different teams across Europe or the world.

Then some others become ghosts when they don’t play in that ONE specific « system » that shine the light on them during games.

All I got to see in my decades of watching football is that good players will do okay anywhere. We can write books on why mason mount isn’t there yet in his club but at the end of the day it’s also on him being a tad overrated.