ArsenesCoatMaker
Established Member
I feel for Casemiro. At Madrid, you got Kroos and Madrid taking all the pressure, you can have space to play simple passes.
Now at United they expect him to be their Xavi with Bruno scampering around the penalty box and Mainoo who is just undercooked also?
He's rushed at every opportunity so he just plays these first time Hollywood passes under pressure, he can't handle it at all.
I mean it's the fastest most physical league in the world and he's 32 and out of shape. At 29 he performed pretty well but the physical decline was always going to happen unless he was a consummate pro. Yes at Real, he simply had to cover the back 4 and let Kroos and Modric take up the creative burden. So there is that too. It was a very stupid signing, given that drop off looked odds on to happen. Let's take Real's 29yo water carrier for big bucks, what could go wrong?
But it was also hilarious because United fans were claiming 12 months ago that Casemiro was better than Rice. It wasn't long ago they were rating Sancho over Saka too.