Mateus Fernandes Official

[Muttley]

I think my big question of Mateus is could we deploy him alongside a double pivot of Bents and Tonali? Give him license to be the 3rd midfield defensively but also pull all the strings further forward and adopt a number 10 position when we have the ball.

It would seem harsh for one of the Tonali, Bents or Mateus not to be on the pitch when someone like Gallagher is playing 10.

I've not seen enough of Mateus to know whether giving him this role might just distil his qualities.

 

[thfcsteff]

I think my big question of Mateus is could we deploy him alongside a double pivot of Bents and Tonali? Give him license to be the 3rd midfield defensively but also pull all the strings further forward and adopt a number 10 position when we have the ball.

It would seem harsh for one of the Tonali, Bents or Mateus not to be on the pitch when someone like Gallagher is playing 10.

I've not seen enough of Mateus to know whether giving him this role might just distil his qualities.

Those three can certainly play together with various licenses and (depending on your taste) certain responsibilities. He really feels to me like someone who can dictate our play. He's always scanning, always seems to see things, to my eye makes the right decision pretty much all the time, and could certainly operate from slightly deeper positions. What a talent.