Is Scott McTominay a Defender?
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Manchester United’s midfield pair of Fred and McTominay have been struggling together. Scott McTominay, however, has shown signs of leadership on and off the field. So could he thrive in another position?
He has been known to play in defence for Scotland. So could he do it for Man United?
JJ Bull explains.
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I love how JJ managed to sneak in a detailed analysis of Scotland by pretending it was a Scott McTominay video. Well played, sir.
Is McTominay a defender?
JJ : "I don't know"
The internet : "WE don't know"
Ole: me neither
God: "Bro, it's virtually undecidable."
Even mcsauce himself don't know
"Things that let him down, technique basically"
Yeah. His physicality are his best qualities
@@mtho3509 To be fair he is physically elite, does look after himself, to bad he can't kick a ball
@@dobbyINrealLIFE he can't jump
"Fred doing Fred bits" made me absolutely crack up 🤣 yet another classic from JJ 😂
Don't worry, Ole's at the wheel regardless.
Indeed, and I as a Tottenham fan am most grateful for that.
😁😁
Don't worry Ole's got his 30 day free trial
😭😭😭
😂😂😂😂
People like you are getting annoying
Believe in Ole's coaching and tactics, he'll transform into a Ballon D'or winner box to box versatile CB/CDM/CM/ST/BENCH.
Don't know about the bench position, no way he's displacing van de Beek who has been performing well lately
van de beek and sancho should both win bench d’or the way they play on the bench under ole
Ole's gone by January!
@@Mount714 already gone
this didnt age well
Wasn't he a striker in the youth teams? When he's lurking in the DM passing shadow it does remind me of an old school No.9 hanging off the highest CB trying to break the offside trap on to a nice curved through ball from a classy midfielder...
Jupp, and he's clearly more comfortable going forward than defending. He'd be a really good player for a team like Palace, he'd basically be doing what Gallagher is doing for them. His issue is like with VDB, there's just better players who play in his preferred position.
So they got themselves scottish fellaini?
@@alvianfahmi Poor man's Fellaini
Goes to show how bad we(United) are at developing players.
McT is just a big lad with limited passing range and doesn't do well in pressured situation. People think he's the next matic but even he's defensive awareness is completely subpar. He's really just a taller Fred
"Scottish Fellaini" has a better ring to it. Gotta work on his elbow game though.
He's the replacement Darren Fletcher. Playing for the same club too. Not sure why Manchester United persisted in playing either of them for so long, honestly. Neither good enough and probably not good enough for Scotland either. Flattered by the club they play for rather than deserving of the amount of game time they saw for their country.
Top tier sides (which Man U *should* be) need technically gifted players in the middle of the park. Players who are press resistant and can receive the ball under pressure before distributing around the pitch. Think Rodri for City and Jorginho/Kovacic for Chelsea. McTominay is the workhorse midfielder typically found in the likes of West Brom or Stoke who prioritise workmate over technical ability.
lol no
watch his Scotland games wtf
ole is the idiot people are giving a free pass to
He’s Fellaini without the insane chest control and heading ability.
I've said for a while now that McTominay is a box player, rather than a box-to-box midfielder, because if you look at the stats, he is good for clearances, and last season showed he can be dangerous going forward, unfortunately it is the things in between each box that he struggles with!
He'd probably be just as good as a pressing forward as he is a centre back.
In other words, he's best at the bench. He can come in as an extra man in either defense, midfield, or attack as far as the situation calls for it.
But then he'd have to be mentally good enough to actually do the right things in these spots, and I don't know if McTom is.
@@Taeerom not the point I was getting at, but I do agree. 😂 He shouldn't be a starter for United, should be a sub to come on when the team needs more energy.
I think in terms of doing the right things in the right spots, he would probably actually be the most natural as a striker, because he played there as a kid and for most of his teens. 😅🤔
It could come down to coaching as well, because I think he is the kind of player who doesn't exactly have the best instincts or awareness, but is good at following specific instructions, such as when he was clearly intended to get forward and be dangerous in the game vs Leeds.
If he had a manager who gave him very specific instructions and roles in each game, I think he could be very effective.
@@MrLePov He's like Darren Fletcher, but a bit better, and worse at the same time
@@MrLePov yeah this is true. He needs specific instructions on how he should play thats what makes him a dangerous player
Sometimes players struggle to recreate their form when they have to play with inferior teammates. That's why he struggles at Man United compared to Scotland.
This comment is just wilfully ignorant. Inferior teammates? He is the inferior teammate
@@CMJames Bruh, it was a joke that Scotland have a better team than Man United. That said the joke doesn't work anymore because it's most likely actually true now.
@@CMJames bro stop lying
hey, genuine question here. What software or app can I use for this digital ‘tactical board”?
Scott McTominay is a very elaborate contingency plan.
At United he does absolutely nothing for himself.
He covers Wan Bissaka, he covers Fred, he covers Maguire, he covers Lindelof, he covers Greenwood or whoever plays right wing.
That's all fine, but he does absolutely nothing else and because Solskjaer and Mourinho never wanted anything more from him he really hasn't developed his game at all as a midfielder.
Mou would have developed him tbh
he was more into defensive positioning under Mou's coaching
Fred gets all the stick but he's not really any better
I think McTominay at best is a bench player at Man United, but even so I don't think he's good enough to play for a club that has very high ambitions. He would be a decent B2B midfielder in a midtable team though.
Mctominay sings very well. His best position will be on the bench singing to Fred and Maguire who should be next to him.
On the surface it's a bit strange how in depth you guys go on a fairly average player, but it actually makes a lot of sense. He's an interesting player.
Also let's JJ talk about Scotland
Tifo is quickly morphing into a Scott McTominay fan channel and I'm absolutely here for it.
In short, he equally distributed all of his xp to all of the traits so he isn’t super good in one position but it makes him a good all around player.
I wrote “very good” instead of “good” by mistake so that is what the replies about.
a "very good" all round player? I'd say he's 6/10 and 7/10 at best
@@joergensven5930 yep…. He needs to do better in big games… gets easily boxed in…
@@joergensven5930 7/10 consistently is a good score
he isn't very good though. He's crushingly average. He wouldn't get in any starting line up of at least the top ten teams.
@@WOOOPdoctorFROGhere prob not top 6 teams but defo would be a starter in a top 10 team like wolves, etc
We're talking about a Scottish man named Scott McTominay, who plays for Scotland. Feels like a tongue twister.
He's a championship level midfielder who gets skinned regularly.
Ive always thought of him as a right back who can tuck in to provide cover
"Fred doing Fred bits" 😭😭
Should Manchester United play Maguire at CDM and Scott McTominay at CB?
I vote for both on the bench.. please!
@Beach Please nah, Maguire is way too immobile to be an effective DM
They should be on the bench
@@diogocosta1305 That's a wrong assumption. In a high line, which most of the top teams have to play, pace is far more important for defenders who have to chase strikers in transition, whereas a defensive midfielder can just use his positioning to mark space in front of the backline
@@corpse6193 I was curious to see Maguire play as CDM tbh, Maybe Varane x Lindelof are a better duo...
He played as an attacking midfielder at the United Academy, so he's been used almost all over the field. But he's clearly not good at defensive positioning, passing and technique, or off the ball movement. His only plus is his engine and athleticism.
I think he should just be designated Runny Boi.
Hold on, last week you were telling me Ole is playing him too deep and that he did his best work as an attacking 8/10 making forward runs… no wonder Ole can’t get it right!
He seems to have a mismatch of strenghts that make him not that good at every position - he has the enegry and tackling of a DM, but not the passing and positioning, the build of a CB, but not the defesive sense, and good attacking movement, but not the technique to play an attacking role. A bit like Fellaini minus some elbows, he could work in a limited system, probably as a sort of target man/10 hybrid
@@wwanimator Kind of my thoughts. Maybe one could apply him as a kind of mid block specialist. Like a defensive midfielder playing higher up the pitch in order to break opponents' build-up play or transition into counter attacks early on, but without too many responsibilities in terms of progression. The caveat, of course: you'll need an additional defensive midfielder behind him as well as a genuine progressor or playmaker next to him.
@@lonestarr1490 or not use hi at all and find an actual footballer
Great insights as ever
So what I’ve gathered is that he’s best as a defender in possession and a midfielder when defending. Basically keep him away from the ball.
he's probably the worst centre midfielder at the club atm, shows you how much standards have fallen at united
The admin of the United page posted him with the caption "engine" I think last week. Standards are indeed low
Worse than McFred?
@@VoltronKnight ??
@@VoltronKnight u mean worse than Fred?yes lol
@@VoltronKnight didn’t know McFred was a United player 😂
'I don't know?' ;D
Classic!
JJ: "I don't know"
I haven't known for the last four years either.
JJ please more Scotland content
I liked the ending!
Great to see Colin Hendry is still playing at the back for Scotland
Great answer at the end
Please do a video on wolves who i feel can finish 7-6th, as they have an amazing coach and their best player is yet to come back
JJ is my spirit animal
My 2 stupid cents:-
McT reminds me a lot of Henderson - the version of Henderson that was at Liverpool before Klopp - he had the potential to be a B2B midfielder but need the right coaching to get him there.
Provide the same to McT and he will right up there.
Conte would have done that for sure.
Also i think can play as a Wide Midfielder in the old school 4-4-2. (Saul / Koke played the same position under Simeone, i think.)
A lineup i would like to see:-
McT Matic Fred
Donny
Rashford Greenwood.
Diabolical analysis on his passing. He doesn't play through balls over the top a lot but he does have a fantastic ability to hitting driven or floated cross field balls. He doesn't show for the ball enough when the back 4 are in possession but as Alex pointed out recently, for passes over 30 yards he has a fantastic completion rate.
Mctominay is a CB, definitely doesn’t have the skills to roam around the CDM area properly
Even as a CB he is a liability. Imo just not a good enough player for utd.
LOL! What a video. So basically McTominay is particularly good at nothing, but teams are still persisting to try to get him into the team because of his physical attributes
It’s a shame seeing him be relatively mediocre at Man Utd, when you just know he’s the type of player Alex Ferguson would have made into a beast
Like gibson? 😂
like Jones and Smalling?
Like Fletcher
Shut up, he's not a good footballer. Just find a better one
Alright, but the lad already plays fairly well as cb at Scotland, wont he perform much better training in his club on a daily/weekly frequency? Great managers like Guardiola are notable for exploring players in different positions. I think Man U would rly benefit with him as a cb
‘Box to box and ball winning midfielder’ - I suppose in theory…. Shame he isn’t very good at either.
Only at Manchester United can you be so popular, while also be an absolutely bang average player.
Would like to see how a good coach like Erik ten Hag will use him but I doubt that will happen with Rogers being linked with the job.
"When Scotland are playing against worst teams...." what do they do against the other 194 countries?
Is just a dumb question, he is a very good midfielder. He gets more stick than he should because united play too many attacking players which puts too much pressure on mcfred.
He's just 90 mins of headless chicken 🐔 doesn't defend can't pass doesn't move stands next to players and fred basically does the same so we got 2 headless midfielders.
Thank god Andreas Pereira ain't getting a look in, that'd be some midfield 3 that😂
@@CharlieThomasMorris At least the man tries.
That kit is atrociously glorious
me too, i don't know
"because he is Tall." ahh yes the John Elway school of player scouting
I think Wan Bissaka could play as right CB in a 3. He's good defensively, he could press up when the team attacked from the right and that would allow a proper attacking right WB on the team (maybe Dalot or even Sancho if they wanted to risk it)
Positioning, communication, aerial ability, would let him down, amongst other things. He was a winger in youth so he doesn't have the traits of a CB at all. When he presses down the right he often overcommits and leaves space in behind. He'd also be a pressing trigger for opposition because of his tendency to take loose touches or make bad decisions. It would take a lot of coaching that probably isn't worth it, and he'd rarely be able to use his 1v1 prowess effectively
@@shane4362 those are excellent points. But I'm not so sure about the not worth coaching part. I see this as a cost vs. benefit thing. United aren't good at the back anyway, and I feel they could at least maintain the (not so high) level, merely changing an average defender for another. But I believe the attacking could improve substantially since he's pretty bad going forward. Of course all of this is not ideal, it's just their squad is so poorly put together (no logic behind it).
I don't even know if he's a midfielder, let alone a defender. I think he would be a good track & field athlete.
question, in Man U's back 3/5, wouldn't AWB be the best option as the right sided CB? Either way its a desperate shame they even have to play this formation.
Bang average midfielder who should be playing for a team in the lower half of the table. Protected in the media because he’s British and an academy graduate.
Do a video on real sociedad tactics
He is a box to box he is a class player and going forward is great two look at his goal vs city
hes not a premier league midfielder he constantly hides from the ball and has no outstanding qualities
He can take the box-to-box striker role
Never understood why he doesn't play in a 3 with Pogba and then Matic sitting. Would be like Vidal who complimented Pogba at Juventus
Oooh another Athletics tactical demo about something relevant & important. A way of answering an important Manchester United question.
JJ Bull (The man who knows everything): I don’t know
Souttar would give you the best of both worlds on the right of a back 3
It would definitely be interesting to see if United tried it
Fred gets so much criticism when he’s not even at fault. McTominay is always hiding behind players never coming deep to ask for the ball or helping out his midfield partner. He’s basically useless on the pitch, but because Ole loves him he starts ahead of VDB
Would be class for Newcastle
McTominay isn't a defender. He just provides legs and covers grass. McTominay and Freds best performances have come when Man United sit in a low block out of possession.
Clearly this season Ole wants the team to press high in a 4-2-4 but the team isn't up to it cause they don't press in packs.
next video idea; “is Fred even a footballer?”
Ole somewhere there telling Phelan to write this down
You see Fred doing Fred's bit where he shuffles around 😂😂
Love how everything is about united at the moment. When they were doing reasonably well at the beginning of the season, nothing but as soon as they falter content comes out.
De bruyne not being in form and grealish being underwhelming and not having enough goals or assists for man city isn't even mentioned anywhere. Lukaku though injured atm hasn't scored in a lot of games recently, but forget it let's talk about how ronaldo may or may not be a problem for united even though he has 8 goals in 11 games.
United has the bigger fanbase and this get the most clicks is not that deep bud
Yeah nobody cares about man city.. Thats why
JJ Bull just didn't say Kante does not have technique. Kante is disrespected man
He's an anchor through and through
Fellaini was the best box to box midfielder in the post Ferguson era for united
J.J. is doing better at explaining to ManUtd how to fix their McTominay problem than their own coaching staff is. Honestly, I still don't understand why DvdB hasn't unseated him.
i dont know
Hey Tifo, can you do a video about why the Glazers won't get a new manger and bring in football people into the board?
I watched the video because I didn't know. Now I have learnt a lot of new things and I still don't know.
Well, how about him as a wingback, while Wan-Bissaka plays the RCB in a back 3?
He seems like he has the lungs to go up and down the flanks, while enough defensive capabilities to track back.
that's a catastrophic idea. They're bad enough in their strongest positions, moving them out of position would just be self sabotage. I don't know who is more ill suited to it. Wan Bissaka is too brainless to play RCB. You mustn't have ever watched United live as you'd have surely seen Wan Bissakas atrocious positioning. Mctominay at right wing back, no pace, can't cross it, can't dribble, can't work in tight spaces, can't even tackle.
So, basically, he's a (at least decently) talented player who rarely gets to play to his actual strengths due to the roles he's asked to play? And United still spent 100 mil or whatever on a wing they don't use instead of a world class holding midfielder? The sheer incompetence...
Great breakdown as always, though.
If ole wants to keep his job by playing a back 3 bring scott in rcb shaw as lcb varane as the central play telles,dalot as wing backs play donny and matic in mid field with bruno cavani and cr7 upfront rotate as much as possible for smaller games and dont just smile after losses make quick subs when needed stay on the heels during a match pinpoint the flaws and stick to a particular set of tactics only then are they capable of surviving in the top 4 else they may not finish even in top 6 with spurs, everton, leciester and arsenal competing for the spot.
This is a video about Scotland tactic disguised as a McTominay video. JJ you sneaky 😂
I'm sure if they ran a "McFred" special in McDonald's it would be a better success than what they serve up on the pitch.
Can we have another football manager challenge plz..?
Ole thinks McTom is the new Roy Keane. Can anyone explain why this new Roy Keane for Ole cant even nail down CDM/CM position in a Scotland team but considered best CDM for United team?
Worse Teams? It is a very low bar.
JJ ;)
"and you got Fred doing.. um... doing fred bits..."
I just find it funny that Man Utd probably had a much better midfield when they had Herrera and Fellaini.
Everyone talks about Fred being crap but focus on McTom against Liverpool's game show how bad he is
Not good enough for United in midfield AND not good enough for Scotland in defence? Crikey
😂😂Well at least you asked the question
McSauce is the Scotland version of MIlimlovis-Savic! Ole just gotta let him loose!
I do feel like a better coach might get McTominay to become a fully-formed 'something'. But Ole's very obviously not that guy.
Why does no one mention AWB could play RCB.
He is literally described as a RB who can't go forward, why not play him RCB so he can cover the RWB and the other CBs.
And Dalot played RWB for AC Milan and done pretty well......
Now that's a t shirt
What point of the video if at the end you say I dont know 🤔🤯
It's the journey, not the destination. Don't be so impatient.
Not two weeks ago you were saying he was better as an attacking midfielder.
“Fred doing Fred bits” 😅
Steve Clarke is a better coach than Ole so I wouldn’t be surprised if he would notice MCT’s true position
He's a great championship player
Hahaha, i don't know
scottish stamina how can you explain it ?? unbelievable phenomena
JJ please never put mctominay and Kante in the same sentence again