Scott McTominay signs contract extension

Just seen he’s signed a new 5 yr deal.

Good for the lad. Always good to have youth players coming through the ranks and making it. Not sure he’ll ever nail down a first team spot but good player to have in the squad.
 
In my opinion by 26 he will be captain material, he still has plenty of improvement potential and he has the will and mentality to make it happen
 
Your captain isn't always your best player it's who sets the best example and McTominay certainly seems to have his attitude spot on.

Ability wise just needs to keep improving learning the game don't think he's a nailed on starter probably needs to add a bit more attacking intent to his game but time is on his side.

Getting him tied down on a long deal is a positive now hopefully he puts in the work and keeps developing.
 
I'm a big fan of this kid. He is still learning and improving, and with better players to watch and play alongside, he will continue to get better. Being able to watch Bruno and learn how he can make 1/2 a yard and craft a shot from any angle will be a good thing for McT to emulate. I see him being a starter and captain also.
 
I don't see him being a nailed on starter at any point. He's not good enough at any position to truly nail it down. He's a solid 6 at a lot of things and that will help the squad. He's 23 I could see what you were saying if he was 19. He's only 2 years younger than Bruno. Maguire is only 27 he's not going to be going anywhere at 30 for the captaincy to be taken off of him.

After that if you're looking at the leader of this team it'll be Rashford. And there's not a single doubt about it imo.
 
He'll need to improve an awful lot before he's a nailed on starter, let alone captain.
I have actually been impressed with his attitude and progress, hampered by injury in recent times. We certainly missed him when he was injured and he returned from injury in impressive form. i expect him to kick on and become a mainstay for us
 
I don't see him being a nailed on starter at any point. He's not good enough at any position to truly nail it down. He's a solid 6 at a lot of things and that will help the squad. He's 23 I could see what you were saying if he was 19. He's only 2 years younger than Bruno. Maguire is only 27 he's not going to be going anywhere at 30 for the captaincy to be taken off of him.

After that if you're looking at the leader of this team it'll be Rashford. And there's not a single doubt about it imo.
Many young players only come into themselves in their early 20's for a variety of reasons. Also, I said I thought he would become captain material, I did not say he would be given the captaincy as that depends on other factors. It remains to be seen if Maguire is a worthy captain at United, but admittedly I do expect he will improve and grow into the club and prove himself to be.
 
I don't see him being a nailed on starter at any point. He's not good enough at any position to truly nail it down. He's a solid 6 at a lot of things and that will help the squad. He's 23 I could see what you were saying if he was 19. He's only 2 years younger than Bruno. Maguire is only 27 he's not going to be going anywhere at 30 for the captaincy to be taken off of him.

After that if you're looking at the leader of this team it'll be Rashford. And there's not a single doubt about it imo.
I think Maguire is vastly overrated. I don't know if I'd say he's shit, but he should be 3rd choice CB (behind 2 CB we don't currently have). I am not at all convinced Maguire was a good buy. I also believe the captain should be someone looking forward not looking back to the rest of the team a la forwards. McT will be a great captain. Matic is a better reader of the game and probably a better passer than McT but he is on his last legs and should not get a contract extension. After Matic, McT is the best we have in a sitting or defensive role.
 
I’d love to see McTominay become the sort of player you guys appear to think he will but I don’t see it.

He’s a decent player and if he was going to be captain material you’d have seen it by the age of 23. You say players develop at different rates but how many top players take until 23 onwards to nail down starting places?
 
I’d love to see McTominay become the sort of player you guys appear to think he will but I don’t see it.

He’s a decent player and if he was going to be captain material you’d have seen it by the age of 23. You say players develop at different rates but how many top players take until 23 onwards to nail down starting places?
As another poster has suggested, it is debatable as to whether Maguire is worthy of his starting place presently . It could be Lindelof is taking some blame that actually belongs to him. I think Bailly has much to offer if he could only keep himself fit and it could be he makes a good partner to Lindelof as opposed to Maguire.
Regarding nailing down starting places, just who has done that in midfield for United in recent years? There has been casualties at United during the shitshow Moyes/LVG/JM years and McT is likely one of them. What chance did Mct have when Fellaini was around?
 
I’d love to see McTominay become the sort of player you guys appear to think he will but I don’t see it.

He’s a decent player and if he was going to be captain material you’d have seen it by the age of 23. You say players develop at different rates but how many top players take until 23 onwards to nail down starting places?
Here’s another question: are you a Fred fan or not? I’m wondering if maybe we just like different types of players. As in, I never liked Lukaku and wanted him gone early on, because I don’t really like his type of forward. So when it came to discussion on who should play that role, I was all for giving Greenwood the chance because in my view Lukaku would never become a goal machine whereas Greenwood might. I see McT as being the workhorse who makes others take more risks because he will cover their defensive duties. He’s not Pirlo, he’s not Gattuso, he’s more like a more mobile Fletcher.
 
If he can force his way in to being a week in week out starter then he's got the right approach and mentality to be a captain. But if Maguire is the captain then I don't see United switching? Not sure that would work.
 
Here’s another question: are you a Fred fan or not? I’m wondering if maybe we just like different types of players. As in, I never liked Lukaku and wanted him gone early on, because I don’t really like his type of forward. So when it came to discussion on who should play that role, I was all for giving Greenwood the chance because in my view Lukaku would never become a goal machine whereas Greenwood might. I see McT as being the workhorse who makes others take more risks because he will cover their defensive duties. He’s not Pirlo, he’s not Gattuso, he’s more like a more mobile Fletcher.

I like both Fred and McTominay. I rate Fred higher I just need him to pass football a little more often with a little more accuracy. I just don't think they're of the required quality to be starting players in a championship winning side. Do either of them start in the Liverpool, Chelsea or City sides? Do either of them even start in the Leicester side?

I would liken McTominay to Fletcher too. A good player to have in the squad but someone that never nails down the starting position as their own. A very good back up to the likes of Carrick/Scholes/Hargreaves and I loved Fletcher. I am glad McTominay has a new contract. Just don't agree he'll ever be consistently starting 40+ games a season for us. For the next 3-4 years it'll hopefully be Pogba/Bruno and one other. I don't think McTominay is good enough at the role to be the one other. Fred possibly. I also hope both prove me wrong and do force our hands in to knowing that we don't need another CM.
 
if Pogba is staying, what we need is a real ball winner who gets the ball to Pogba or Bruno quickly. Basically, Roy Keane
 
I think what we have in Pogba, McTominay, Matic and Fred are 4 genuine box to box midfielders they're all rounders who do a bit of everything and do it all pretty well. In Bruno I think he's a flat out attacking player does his hard work but you want him as close as possible to the opponents goal so it's all about finding the balance with the other 2 to make a 3 man midfield work.

None of them are a specialist holding midfielder like say Carrick was sit him in the middle of a 3 and he'll take the ball off the defend and feed the other midfielder and also protect the 2 centre backs. I don't think any of the box to box lads have that quality.

If you want to play that system you also need a front 3 that are going to press the life out of your opponent and make that when you do lose the ball the opponent doesn't get a chance to counter attack.

In a 2 we've seen Pogba work wonders for France with Kante alongside him but we don't have anyone who's anything like Kante was at his best the closest we have to that is probably Fred but his passing is weak so I'd rather give McTominay that role and see if you can blend him and Pogba as a 2 with Bruno just in front.

Fred for me comes in for games where you want to be a bit more conservative.
 

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