One of the biggest reasons Bruno Fernandes hit the ground running in England and continues to tear it up week after week is because he is the perfect fit for the position/role he's playing in this system.

Perfect system for him, perfect player for system = good results #MUFC
Now compare and contrast that to Paul Pogba and Donny van de Beek. The two are immensely talented players but in this system they're square pegs in rectangular holes.

They're not perfect fits. They can get the job done but you're not getting the best out of them #MUFC
It's early days for Van de Beek. He's young. There's plenty of time for him to grow into this system, find his role in it, and adapt his game to that. Maybe the system evolves to more adapt to him.

It's possible he'll be really good but never fulfill his true potential #MUFC
At one point in the last 5 years United played a 4-3-3 and put Pogba in his preferred role. Not surprisingly he dominated.

But they didn't have the personnel to play that way and had to shift away from it and Pogba had to adapt #MUFC
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