Arne Engels

With Nygren and MAB fighting it out for the 10 role. Think that's how we make the most of all their qualities.

 

Yeah that was my thinking too. You could also switch it up a bit if were flat and have Nygren in the inverted role on the right to give another option, especially when AJ is back. You could then have a situation where flat balls through the middle are being pinged into Nygren, MAB and Iheanacho for a quick bit of play.

MAB could do the same on the left, and we have Hatate that could come in too.

Put Arne next to McGregor to give him more time on the ball to build confidence and show what he can do. It will take the pressure off McGregor too. Arne has the legs to run from deep and join the attack, but can also learn to pivot the attack and sweep while McGregor ventures forward into those channels.

 

Not really seeing what others are. He played a good pass for the goal but that was the only thing he did right. Ran about like a headless chicken committing fouls and could easily have been sent off for persistently fouling after he'd been booked.
I still hope he comes good but yesterday wasn't evidence of it happening yet.

 

The fact he does it every appearance tells me that no one on the coaching staff has pulled him up about it.

He had a chance on the halfway line to compete for a header and tried to go in with his back instead. Tells you everything you need to know about him.

 

Good pass for the goal but everything else was utter garbage. Needless fouls, shat out of a 50/50 and delivery from set pieces was rotten.

I’ve given him every benefit of the doubt but the reality is he’s been here for a year now and we’ve seen enough to judge him. Conclusion: he is never an £11m player.

Luke McCowan has delivered so much more value for a fraction of the cost and he’s not even good enough to start for us.

Our midfield needs badly refreshed and Engels is not the answer. We need at least 2x new midfields brought in during January window.

 

He's at a stage where he is judged much more harshly than others. You can tell he's playing frustrated which he needs to channel better but he had a positive impact overall yesterday.

Our midfield isn't clicking and McGregor is the only constant. I'd like to see Arne tried at CDM or at least a formation tweak to have him next to McGregor.

 

Such a low bar for him that a pretty standard pass is being highly praised. Has to be doing way more.