Summer mercato thread 2022-23 season (53 Viewers)
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Wat? He’s not a ball-winner at all. Never has been. Being athletic and running a lot doesn’t make him a tackler. He’s 28th percentile amongst midfielders in tackles at 1.82/90 over the past year. Rabiot conversely is 84th percentile at 3/90 minutes. Rabiot is still shit, but we don’t have to pretend Mckennie is something he is not to say so.
He covers ground and is a good goal threat, better if we had players who picked out his runs more often.
He covers ground and is a good goal threat, better if we had players who picked out his runs more often.
The way I see it is that with Pogba, Di Maria, and a returning Chiesa, McKennie is more likely to perform better than Arthur and Rabiot who do nothing. Rabiot is surrounded by world-class players in France yet never does anything useful for them so he won't get any better. I'd love them to prove me wrong but they won't. Also, with Kostic we don't need to play Rabiot on the left so who's spot will he take now? End this nightmare now.
Thank god Rabiot’s contract expires next summer. Imagine Tootsie had renewed him before leaving. Stuck with both Arthur and Rabiot until 2025 
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It really must be a slow day if we are all debating backup midfielders for multiple pages 
Don’t let McKennie’s 2 goals a season cloud your judgement here…
I’m not sure we’re watching the same players… McKennie is a headless chicken on the field, tactically he’s clueless. He runs around more than Rabiot but manages to achieve less, he rarely if ever wins the ball back, his passing is terrible and he’s not good on the ball. He occupies decent positions going forward but his finishing is woefully poor.
Rabiot on the other hand at least wins the ball back and he’s better in possession and a better passer of the ball. He’s a lazy asshole and goes missing but there’s no question between those two players who is better.
Let’s be clear, both players are nowhere near good enough and I hope the kids bench them this season. But enough with this McKennie loving on this forum. He’s not a good footballer.
I’m not sure we’re watching the same players… McKennie is a headless chicken on the field, tactically he’s clueless. He runs around more than Rabiot but manages to achieve less, he rarely if ever wins the ball back, his passing is terrible and he’s not good on the ball. He occupies decent positions going forward but his finishing is woefully poor.
Rabiot on the other hand at least wins the ball back and he’s better in possession and a better passer of the ball. He’s a lazy asshole and goes missing but there’s no question between those two players who is better.
Let’s be clear, both players are nowhere near good enough and I hope the kids bench them this season. But enough with this McKennie loving on this forum. He’s not a good footballer.
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