Mbemo's first touch of the ball was actually pretty good, and he was able to get the ball into the right position on many occasions, and he was very composed when shooting. His ability to control the ball is indeed his shortcoming, but his ability to protect the ball in place is still good.
This season, he was basically the forward arrow when Manchester United counterattacked. Most opponents were wary of his speed and would focus on him. In the first half of the season, he was also the first place to receive the ball after Manchester United's big kick in the backcourt. He took on many tasks of fighting with the opposing full-backs and even central defenders. No matter how strong his small body is, it is difficult for him to take advantage of such a confrontation. At the same time, he has a very heavy defensive task. He has to return to the defensive third zone to help Dalot stabilize the wing. Under frequent wing returns and high-intensity confrontation, he is actually the one who sacrifices the most.
Lao Zhan has not participated in scoring in the past three months. I think it has a lot to do with Xie Sheke's starting position.
Previously, when the trio of Mbemo, Diallo, Cunha or Indogu started in the frontcourt, although Manchester United did not have a solid first point in the frontcourt (in fact, it does not have one now), it maintained strong mobility and was quite aggressive when grabbing the second point or even high pressure. They are capable of playing multiple positions, and these people have excellent ball-holding and passing abilities. They can also play some wonderful coordination even when B is not on the court. With the help of frontcourt pressing and position rotation, Manchester United can often create enough space for Lao Zhan to handle the ball, allowing him to participate in enough goals.
On the contrary, although Shesheko has continued to score goals in recent days, due to his young age and lack of foot skills, he often has to rely on B fees to connect, so that he can devote himself to the frontcourt attack better. When B Fei was absent, Lao Zhan was actually isolated on the right. Opponents often arranged special personnel to mark him in order to prevent him from playing behind. He was unable to reach a sufficient tacit understanding with Shesheko to penetrate the opponent's defense (the last game against Liverpool was an exception. In the first half, the opponent's Robertson intervened to a great extent, but Slott did not arrange personnel to mark him. To defend against Mbemo, so Manchester United frequently passed threatening balls from the right at half-point in the opening half), they could only rely on Dalot's insertion and the approach of B Fee. It takes time for teammates to get closer. This time is enough for the opponent to complete their position and form a complete defensive formation, and his lack of dribbling skills is destined to be unable to achieve a single-point breakthrough when attacking on the strong side. So, we have also seen that during this period of counterattack, after LeBron received the ball, it was often difficult to directly create a threat on the right. Instead, he continued to pass back to find small-scale cooperation.
When it comes to defensive consumption, during the Amorim era and even in Carrick's first few games, Lao James was actually the center most of the time. What he needs to achieve when defending is to press high in the frontcourt and act as the first line of defense when defending. His depth when returning to defense is not as deep as it is now, and the sprint distance when counterattacking is not that long, so he can use more energy to participate in scoring goals. What needs to be mentioned is that from my point of view, for most of this season, Lao Zhan actually gave Manchester United the frontcourt confrontation and back-up capabilities that have been lacking in the past two years. Although this ability is not particularly stable, compared with the previous Hoylen and the current immature and jerky Xie Sheke, I conclude that Lao Zhan is not outstanding in height and is not burly but small. He is as powerful and powerful as the mighty God of War, and has a strong ability to dominate combat.
At least, I feel that if Lao Zhan wants to regain his past style, it depends on the results achieved through various trainings throughout the summer, as well as Xie Sheke's further transformation in the subsequent stages. Carrick needs to plan how Sheshe and Jancu can get along, how to achieve more efficient cooperation between Dogu and Diallo, and use the opportunity of pre-season training to figure out more small tactics that suit their characteristics. Xie Sheke must focus on improving the degree of compatibility with other teammates except for b fees. Not only must he have the ability to create opportunities for his teammates when holding the ball, but he must also form a better and more effective tactical understanding with his teammates when pressing in high positions. If the key points mentioned above can be realized, then it should be more likely that the three players of Giancuco will score more points next season.