12 Dec 2025 19:17:51
With it all in the media at the minute, what’s everyone’s view on the Mainoo situation?
He’s gone from breaking into the first team, scoring important goals including the FA cup final and playing for England in the euros and starting the final to 20 odd minutes here and there.
He hasn’t become a bad or mediocre player over night. To me it seems this is purely down to Amorim and his system.
Mainoo is the best midfielder we’ve produced from the academy for a long time and he’s not getting a sniff. I find this worrying.
12 Dec 2025 20:03:30
I don’t believe RA trusts the youth players that much. Mainoo will leave in January and you can’t blame him. If the boss sees Ugarte as a better option then it’s clear he has no faith in Mainoo.
12 Dec 2025 21:57:09
Mainoo can't play alongside any of our current midfielders. Our current midfield isn't an Amorim midfield. I think Bruno and Casemiro will be gone at the end of the year and the profiles of the 2 in midfield will change.
Mainoo will fit one of those very well. It's the other one that desperately needs sorting. I think if we had got Beleba in the summer. Baleba - Mainoo would be our starting midfield.
12 Dec 2025 22:24:20
I'm not convinced he's got the legs for it. Mainoo was great when he broke through but there's always the additional love because you're an academy player. If he had cost 50, 60 or 70 million, would there be the same continual questions about why he's not in the team? I don't think so.
Has he taken his chance during his limited minutes this season? Also no. If you look at Mason Mount then you have totally different answers and opinions.
13 Dec 2025 07:59:25
Mainoo runs forward with the ball through lines in midfield. It isn’t the style the manager wants when moving the ball is key rather than moving with it. I also think Mainoo is not that good defensively from midfield, better than Bruno, but that’s another discussion. Hence why he is on the bench.