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Garncho and Rashford offer no defensive press. They're useless without the ball. Weghorst is not a midfielder and just bouncing around but he offers something without the ball. Our midfield is not good enough to have 2+ players useless without the ball. Hopefully we manage to take our chances while keeping it tighter at the back

chrisley024:
a second delay would've made it offside

I even thought it was offside because Rashy was too clear

Great pass from Bruno. Quick thinking

Can these players just be more aggressive and show they want it more?

Newcastle is actually very impressive. A player down and it doesn't show at all

larride:
Unpopular opinion

I'd bring on Maguire for Malacia and switch Shaw back to LB.

Lewa dey use height chance Shaw

We need speed

Who is tracking Alba?

I'm just reading about some Fred stats from last game on Man Utd app and heard he got skysport MOTM. Those that know ball know ball

Ellexy:
Anyone questioning his ability doesn't know ball. The talent is very clear for all to see and he has the arrogance and self belief to match it.

I don't want to dwell on the last game seeing we've moved on already but if players have a bad game, it's not wrong when they're correctly called especially when it directly affects the result negatively. It's normal.

There were comments like we shouldn't be playing youngsters, like bro there were 10 players on the pitch and most under performing. Only one was a youngster

Ellexy:
Garnacho's last week dragging was deserved as well as the praise he's getting today. Had he buried even one chance in the first half last game, the result would have been different.

Players lose chances occasionally, it happens. That's not a reason to question the player's ability. You're killing the youngster before he has the chance to fully develop.

Rashford played that wing today and was anonymous until he moved to the center. At least Garnacho managed to get into goal scoring positions from that wing

adebayo201:
Eph12 😂😂😂

Baller!

larride:
Have you not seen me complaining about almost all our players today?

We know how Garnacho was singled out and dragged for last week result, but its okay

eph12:
I can see how Leeds are blocking our defenders from passing to our CM. Why can't Weghorst drop into the midfield to provide another option. Bruno or Sancho should be there too. Why is ETH not seeing this? All Leeds needs to do is block passage to Fred and Sabitzer and we're done

Thank God ETH listened and moved Weghorst to hustle for ball in the midfield, allowing Rashford to see some space

odizeey:
Na only Garnacho no fit lose ball. Others can.

Just be watching

larride:
Did anyone see how Garnacho lost that ball?

That's what everyone was saying in the last match

Did you see how every other player has been losing the ball? I know you won't see those ones

I can see how Leeds are blocking our defenders from passing to our CM. Why can't Weghorst drop into the midfield to provide another option. Bruno or Sancho should be there too. Why is ETH not seeing this? All Leeds needs to do is block passage to Fred and Sabitzer and we're done

TeslaFC:
Bullseye. The playing pattern matters a lot too. What we have going for us so far is counter-attacking football.

Which is worrisome to me. That can't be our pattern for many obvious reasons

olabode89:
The issue was not about Garnacho's inability to beat Ayling. It was him running recklessly and losing the ball giving away unnecessary turnovers. If you cannot control the game it is very difficult to beat very athletic teams like Leeds.

So hope we're controlling the game now?

odizeey:
When I spoke about it that day they said Ayling no even do anything spectacular. Say na Garnacho dey quick do gra gra

Its how people like to single out who they don't like for some stupid agendas when the whole team is not playing well, then turn blind eye to their own favorites that are playing absolute rubbish

TeslaFC:
Looks like we’ll just have to manage things as it is and wait till transfer window opens. A UCL qualification is fine by me.

For me, all I need from this season is to develop a playing pattern that allows us to create many chances and dominate teams we should be dominating. We can build on that with the right players from next season.

My people how did Rashford fare against Ayling? What has he done that Garnacho couldn't do and was dragged for?

nitrogen:
Abegi. Our CBs are not starting. Case and Eriksen are out. Sabinus and Weg are interns. We will replace them next summer. Rauf was smoking Igbo when he said 15 players.

In those players that are not starting absence, more sensible players will start. Its about squad depth with solid players. You're the smoking igbo if you think your players won't suffer injuries or need to be rested

LMAO shey it was 15 players ogbeni Raulf said we needed?

TeslaFC:
Before going down an endless rabbit hole here, let’s not make it seem like Ten Hag himself went for Casemiro.

Casemiro’s arrival at United was simply a matter of time and chance, not some masterpiece stroke from ETH like your comment might infer.

ETH preferred target (FDJ) evaded us all through the transfer window and we won’t have gotten Casemiro if Madrid didn’t deem him surplus to requirements.

It will be wrong to pin our failure to get a good DM on the previous managers when it’s no secret how inefficient our scouting network has been in recent years hence causing us to go for mercenaries every time.

I’m just pointing this out because it’s beginning to look like we can’t get things wrapped up if Casemiro isn’t on the pitch and that doesn’t reflect well on the team as a whole, manager inclusive.

I'm not sure I understand your position here.

It was glaring our midfield was out of sorts since like 4 years ago. If ETH failed to see that and failed to get a DM, he would have paid the price sooner or later. At the end of the day, the buck stops at the coach's table and he knows what his team lacks the most. If DM was never a top priority, that is his own fault and failure. He can NOT blame someone else if he's blind to see the obvious crack in the team. You can't come and start painting those coaches as the victim here. Its different if they didn't get any money to spend but they spent a lot of monies, and also offered enormous wages to players that don't deserve them

TeslaFC:
Casemiro especially. It’s as if the floodgates open whenever he’s not on the pitch.

And this partially vindicates previous United managers who had to constantly use a team that had no DMs to compete for trophies.

Why did they try to use a team without DMs to compete for trophies? It's not a case of no money because they spent a lot on players

Ellexy:
I'm expecting us to win the Carabao and I'll be disappointed if we don't win it.

That will be a great test of the team's mental resolve, not even talent for me.

Ellexy:
Hope say you no dey put mind for that game. I don forsee us collecting shaa.

I'm actually not expecting any trophy this season. We've not really played as good as I would have liked in a while even when we have won games. I still see a lot of gaps

Can we beat fcb like this?

Just see as the wall opened for that free kick smh

olabode89:
I just dey para joor... he is just doing the same thing over and over again... at least fake once, drop a shoulder, do the stop and run. Baba go just dey run always, Ayling knowa it and is just making easy blocks and tackles.

This is exactly what he's doing

Expert17:
I would recommend Pedro Goncalves (Bruno's replacement at Sporting) or Sergej Milinković-Savić of Lazio.

Unless they're defensively very solid, I don't think that's what Klopp needs at the moment. The way they're drinking goals, they need to fix up immediately. When you stop conceding chances and goals, the attack will get better. TAA and Robert will be able to bomb forward and support the attack the way they used to

JayKayMaybachz:
Apt.. 💯

The solidity from the midfield has disappeared. But instead of Klopp fixing that first, he's buying more attackers