is the worst central midfield this club has ever had and I'm filled with dread and despair every time I look at our line up and notice both of their names on the team sheet. This opinion is based on the entire season and not just one game.
They are absolutely atrocious and perhaps more than anyone else, epitomize everything that's wrong with this team:
1. They are physically inferior to nearly every other central midfield in the league, they have no way of imposing their presence on the football pitch. Mascherano runs around and tackles a lot, but that's not enough to boss the game. His whole abilities are dependent on reaction to the other team's players, therefore he can only be as good as the opposition is, which is one of our team's biggest symptoms.
2. They have the mental capacity and football intelligence of the breeding experiments of Titus Bramble and Emile Heskey. They commit silly fouls, their decision making is terrible and they constantly put us under pressure against lesser teams.
3. They have no technique. They can't pass, they can't properly control the ball under pressure, and if they somehow succeed in doing so it's the exception rather than the rule and is probably the result of an accident, luck or statistical anomalies.
4. They have no abilities in creating an initiative, organizing an attack, or maintain long periods of possession, which is crucial elements of any midfield, which makes them the biggest culprits of our **** football this season in my opinion.
In conclusion, they are ****. I will not shed a tear if both of them are sold in the summer and we start from scratch. The truth is, Mascherano is overrated and nowhere near worth the price tag talked about. He's a role player who can compliment a star studded team and act as their water carrier.
He's always going to look good when we're under pressure, and he's always going to be useless when we have the ball, so if people are going to mention his good performances and how we've missed him last year against Chelsea or how him and Lucas were studs when we beat the mancs, I already know that but that doesn't defeat my argument. They can only be as good as the opposition and a top team can't afford these kind of players.
A cheaper player with far less reputation can do the same job Masch does, and if he's more capable of passing as well as being bigger in stature and better in the air, he'll be a superior player in my book.
Lucas, enough said about him. I've been patient with him this season, at the start I was willing to give him a chance and supported him. But the problem is that he's not very good. He can keep passing sideways, backwards and sideways again somewhere else.
The team will continue to be the antithesis to how football should be played as long as both of them are in the line up. We have other problems obviously but there isn't a clearer and more obvious one than this.
They are absolutely atrocious and perhaps more than anyone else, epitomize everything that's wrong with this team:
1. They are physically inferior to nearly every other central midfield in the league, they have no way of imposing their presence on the football pitch. Mascherano runs around and tackles a lot, but that's not enough to boss the game. His whole abilities are dependent on reaction to the other team's players, therefore he can only be as good as the opposition is, which is one of our team's biggest symptoms.
2. They have the mental capacity and football intelligence of the breeding experiments of Titus Bramble and Emile Heskey. They commit silly fouls, their decision making is terrible and they constantly put us under pressure against lesser teams.
3. They have no technique. They can't pass, they can't properly control the ball under pressure, and if they somehow succeed in doing so it's the exception rather than the rule and is probably the result of an accident, luck or statistical anomalies.
4. They have no abilities in creating an initiative, organizing an attack, or maintain long periods of possession, which is crucial elements of any midfield, which makes them the biggest culprits of our **** football this season in my opinion.
In conclusion, they are ****. I will not shed a tear if both of them are sold in the summer and we start from scratch. The truth is, Mascherano is overrated and nowhere near worth the price tag talked about. He's a role player who can compliment a star studded team and act as their water carrier.
He's always going to look good when we're under pressure, and he's always going to be useless when we have the ball, so if people are going to mention his good performances and how we've missed him last year against Chelsea or how him and Lucas were studs when we beat the mancs, I already know that but that doesn't defeat my argument. They can only be as good as the opposition and a top team can't afford these kind of players.
A cheaper player with far less reputation can do the same job Masch does, and if he's more capable of passing as well as being bigger in stature and better in the air, he'll be a superior player in my book.
Lucas, enough said about him. I've been patient with him this season, at the start I was willing to give him a chance and supported him. But the problem is that he's not very good. He can keep passing sideways, backwards and sideways again somewhere else.
The team will continue to be the antithesis to how football should be played as long as both of them are in the line up. We have other problems obviously but there isn't a clearer and more obvious one than this.
, Mascherano captain of Argentina and Lucas a Brazilian international the worst centre midfielders this club has ever had!!!
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