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Once again his passing stood out. Miles ahead of the rest (and Morgan in fact) at passing the ball forwards quickly and incisively. What he lacks in athleticism he makes up for with quality

 

Boy did First time forward passing stand out at old Trafford.

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Excellent first half, always looking up.

 

However, he struggled second half as United were able to drive much more through the heart of our midfield.

 

The Romeu sub couldnt come soon enough at which point they became much more one-dimensional again, restricted to the flanks through the square-pegs-in-round-holes wingbacks.

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Excellent first half, always looking up.

 

However, he struggled second half as United were able to drive much more through the heart of our midfield.

 

The Romeu sub couldnt come soon enough at which point they became much more one-dimensional again, restricted to the flanks through the square-pegs-in-round-holes wingbacks.

 

I think that was more down to the massive gash down the back of his knee.

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Getting better game by game

 

Good to wait a little before writing someone off I reckon

 

 

It takes time for players to adjust to a new team. Some may need more time, whilst others hit the ground running (like Charlie Austin yesterday).

Some fans are too quick to say...he's no Schneiderlin , or so-and-so isn't as good as Clyne (who was way out of his depth in the first few games after he arrived)

 

Martina's critics were silenced by his goal v. Arsenal, but he hasn't made any match-losing moves in his brief game time, and now Cedric looks better in every match,

and I still can't forget the " footballing genius " on here who wrote ....savagely comparing Mane to Ali Dia ..after his first few games.

 

Clasie was unfortunate not to have had a full pre-season with the rest of the squad, and then picking up two awkward injuries before he came into the team.

He maybe short in stature, but I think he showed yesterday that he can give as good as he gets and some of his long passing is inch perfect for the receiving player.

 

He may surprise us all and become Player of the Season.

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Wow - Wouldnt have called that, there have been some matches this season where he has been poor. Steven Davis for me so far, but not sure Van Dyke has had a poor game yet.

 

United at home probably his worst while still bedding in ? Pots is still wide open imo everyone has flirted with good form but no one consistently yet !

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Clasie was excellent today, certainly one of his best games for us.

 

If he manage to start against Bournemouth on Tuesday and then Sunderland on Sat then thats all my doubts dispelled.

 

His recovery tackle on Willian first half was superb.

 

And if RK choses to not pick him you will still doubt him? Bit harsh/daft

 

ANYONE can see now he is a real good player without any doubt

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Clasie was excellent today, certainly one of his best games for us.

 

If he manage to start against Bournemouth on Tuesday and then Sunderland on Sat then thats all my doubts dispelled.

 

His recovery tackle on Willian first half was superb.

 

Was watching a very different game to you.

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Was watching a very different game to you.

 

you mean ....you were watching another channel ?

 

I think Clasie is improving all the time. After his injury-marred start ....he drew a lot of criticism from some impatient types on this site, but he does look better now.

 

Now ...he only needs to score /assist a few vital goals and he'll be Player of the Month .

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Slight dip in form of late after having a good spell.

 

Leicester will be a high tempo game, I would probably leave him out for that one with Wanyama now available.

 

He is tidy on the ball but physically has struggled a lot at times, including today (tempo as much as height/strength). Wonder how he will look to combat that longer term?

 

Our midfield with him and Romeu is quite slow and lacking agility which is fine when defending deep and with 3 centre backs but was highlighted numerous times today in the first half when we were so, so easy to counter as there are no midfielders with recovery pace.

 

He will massively have benefitted from this season, but will need to find ways of being effective for 90mins more often to be a long term success, especially if he will be here when Koeman perhaps isn't.

 

NB: not criticism, just how I am seeing it.

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Clasie usually gets ratings of 4 to 6 out of 10, with the comment that he passed well but was weak defensively and allowed the opposition midfield to control the game. I agree that Clasie is a neat footballer but I'm not sure that he can cope with the central defensive midfield role we bought him for. Maybe he might be better as an attacking midfielder but so far we have seen no assists or goals from him. Players do improve at Southampton so let's hope there is more to come from him.

 

Player ratings:

 

http://www.goal.com/en/match/netherlands-vs-france/2165477/ratings

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He needs to be far stronger to succeed in this league.

 

Good technically, mind

 

Agreed, next season will be decision time for Clasie. He says he's at 75% at the moment so there's room to improve. But I do have my doubts if 25% improvement will be enough for him to cope with the power in the PL for a full season.

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the game completely passed him by today

 

You must have been watching a different game? We started with just 2 specialist midfielders so both Wanyama and Clasie had to work hard against an, admittedly, poor Newcastle side. I thought both did very well and were constantly involved. Clasie is improving game by game.

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