ChristoBam:

I wanted Poch so badly then. It's so funny how things have turned out lol. Those that were dropping indepth analysis about how much of an astute tactician he was are the ones suddenly calling him mid.

The man's a really good coach and will be successful here if given time. Whatever fears I had about him he totally cleared last season.

I thought he'd be that coach that'll come in and stick to his style of play while getting trashed every week. Turns out he's the direct opposite. I compared him to De Boer then.

ETH has moved from a 4-2-3-1 to a 4-4-2 diamond formation. Casemiro at the base, Bruno and other midfielders switching positions and Rashford providing depth at left wing forward.

We used this formation a lot in the last 3 or 4 games and ETH's been changing the personnel in the misdield diamond.

With Mount and Amrabat coming in, Eriksen and McTomminay might be asked to sit out more matches.
And they won't be terrible number 2s in the diamond midfield positions as compared with 4-2-3-1.

afrodoc2:


I don’t think any academy full back is ready for the next game. I don’t know how we will do it. Maybe Dalot at LB and somebody at RB.

We shouldn't have sent Fernandez out on loan. He'd be holding down that LB position now.

Or at the very least, he'd be an option for games like yesterday's.

Expert17:
De Gea fans can't move on sha..lol

Btw I didn't get Onana's alert today 🤣

Onana is good.

ChristoBam:

Lol I know the football wasn't that great but that was the game plan. I knew immediately I saw the lineup. The target was the 3 points.

Whatever terrible football we played today, we did to protect our backline.

There's no way in hell we'd be exposing a defensive pairing of Lindelof and Evans to counter attacks.

I hope so, because if ETH eventually reverts back to old ways of just winning games with any means necessary, this season will be lost too like last season.

patrickmuf:
You are trying too hard to start a 'we vs them' scenario here and it's still not working.

If we played against Liverpool, City, Spurs, Arsenal or even Chelsea then the injury concerns will come into play but no Burnley (Fvcking Burnley!)...We had enough quality to not just win but play better than we did.

You people will agree that players are trash yet expect wonders with them
No be the same Ghostominay play today? Not the same selfish Rashford? Or weak Lindelof? Or stupid Dalot?
So where the quality to win con dey fGs?

maik99:


You people will agree that players are trash yet expect wonders with them
No be the same Ghostominay play today? Not the same selfish Rashford? Or weak Lindelof? Or stupid Dalot?
So where the quality to win con dey fGs?

so we don't have players to win and dominate Common Burnley that are guaranteed to be relegated. This season go long 😂😂

ChristoBam:
I can never say Man utd played well. I'm obviously not blind.

But I went into the game with an expectation of 3 points. Given the circumstances we're in, that was what mattered the most.

But some went into the game with agendas.

I've noticed some people here have unrealistic expectations and always refuse to factor surrounding details into their conclusions.

patrickmuf:
I hope you remember that I was the one trying to convince you to give ETH a chance even when you were not sold on him.

With our starting team today and even the options on the bench, we had enough quality to go on and dominate. You saying it was all about going out there to get the 3 pts today comes across as you making excuses.

How many players from that Burnley team will you exchange for the players we paraded? Let us praise the team when they do well and criticize when we play poorly...

You are making the mistake of thinking that criticism after a win equates to calls for the Manager's head but far from it, some of us recognize danger from miles away. We can't keep playing so poorly, we won't be always lucky.

What exactly is your criticism of the manager? Poor tactics? Bad management? Incompetence? All of them?

patrickmuf:
You know the bolded is true yet you weren't initially in support of his appointment.

My worry is that I supported him in lieu of the bolded but nothing points to the fact that he is on the way to establishing a recognizable latter of play here which is very disturbing...

There is a pattern of play which you're not seeing. Offensively it's quick one touch passes, the team has been repeatedly trying to do that since the season started (you can be forgiven for thinking they're too scared to hold on to the ball), the problem is that they're very terrible at it. Bad positioning, mishit passes, overhit passes, terrible communication, bad team play dynamics. What we need are very intelligent central midfielders, Casemiro is still the only person that is really trying to implement this style. For defensive structure, check this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uh2WR9oXFU?si=CgGf4Q3IxBx-xXd-

Coaches are not magicians, the first thing is really players that play a certain way. You can't play ETH's style with McTominay at the base of your midfield hiding from passes. You can with a younger version of Eriksen.

Rashford seems to have forgotten how to combine with team mates for some reason. Hojlund is showing he's not good with the ball on his feet, maybe it's just because he's new. We have no right winger. Our first choice defenders are all injured. Nah, I'll not blame ETH on this, we started the season very badly in terms of injuries.

He is missing just one player from his Frontline of last season which is Antony. He has a new striker and could have been using Sancho if Erik 7even wasn't stupid. He could play a Frontline of Rashford, Hojjund and Sancho/ Pellistri. He could move Rashford to the other wing to accommodate Garnacho. Stop trying to act like he doesn't plenty options to go with in attack. His preferred midfield from last season is available ( Casemiro, Eriksen, and Fraudnandes). He has Hannibal, Mctom, Amrabat to call on as back up. The only place he is handicapped is in the fullback position with injuries to Shaw, malacia and Awb.

Oba Bruno strike just reminded me of RVP's strike that year. Class is permanent.

United fans and loving average players. The class didn't come out when Arsenal, Tottenham, Brighton and Bayern were molesting you but against relagation threatened Burnley you are seeing class despite the werey playing nonsense for 90mins 😂😂

If you are a winger at man u be carefulooo. . God protect our wingersoooo 🙏🙏🙏. Rashford had an accident after Burnley game!!!. Man u have been cursed!!!, who do we offend??

maik99:


You people will agree that players are trash yet expect wonders with them
No be the same Ghostominay play today? Not the same selfish Rashford? Or weak Lindelof? Or stupid Dalot?
So where the quality to win con dey fGs?

Do you accept that players can improve through good coaching?

Do you think City will be this dominant without Pep?

Fergie did a lot with average players. Some players at City won't be so good away from Pep's system.

I will understand if we come up against Liverpool, City, Arsenal and the likes and falter but not against the Burnley's and Wolves of the world...

I watched City when Pep first joined in a preseason against Arsenal. One thing was evident, his imprints on the football they tried to play. It was his first game but you could easily see what he was on about. I did not need to watch videos of analysis to see whatever he was on about as it was clear for all to see even though the players were not so good. A couple of years after you watch City play you'd see a team that has perfected the Pep style.

It's the second season and from our games, I see nothing to suggest the players train together. I just want to see the team play football that is recognisable just so I know we are headed
somewhere but no, I have not seen anything to suggest we are making progress...Maybe it is me who is not paying attention so, please help explain what you see when you watch us play.

I agree that some of the players we parade are not good enough but how about those at Burnley? How come they kept the ball better and created better chances?

Rashford go brew abi na wetin go make am bash him Cullican like that ni?

melodyogonna:
Coaches are not magicians, the first thing is really players that play a certain way. You can't play ETH's style with McTominay at the base of your midfield hiding from passes. You can with a younger version of Eriksen.

Rashford seems to have forgotten how to combine with team mates for some reason. Hojlund is showing he's not good with the ball on his feet, maybe it's just because he's new. We have no right winger. Our first choice defenders are all injured. Nah, I'll not blame ETH on this, we started the season very badly in terms of injuries.

Is it my job to bench McTom? Whatever happened to starting Casemiro, Bruno and Hannibal in a 4-3-3 and playing Rashford on the Right and Garnacho on the left?

Did we not see Klopp pairing MacAllister and Szbolzlai with Jota in front of them when they did not have enough options in midfield?

See how you guys are on about Eriksen but when we pointed out here that Mount was nothing like Eriksen you guys thought we were hating. If it is established that his style needs a player like Eriksen to thrive, why didn't he opt for a player similar to Eriksen?

Talking about injuries, it's the reason we have a large squad. Those guys get paid every week because the club think they can do a job when the first-choice players are unavailable. It is not against Burnley that we should start cooking up excuses. Look at the starting 11 of both teams and tell me which team should keep the ball better and create more chances.

A bad player at Man Utd will easily start every game for Fulham, a team that is better than Burnley.

Trevor012:
He is missing just one player from his Frontline of last season which is Antony. He has a new striker and could have been using Sancho if Erik 7even wasn't stupid. He could play a Frontline of Rashford, Hojjund and Sancho/ Pellistri. He could move Rashford to the other wing to accommodate Garnacho. Stop trying to act like he doesn't plenty options to go with in attack. His preferred midfield from last season is available ( Casemiro, Eriksen, and Fraudnandes). He has Hannibal, Mctom, Amrabat to call on as back up. The only place he is handicapped is in the fullback position with injuries to Shaw, malacia and Awb.

You should be Man Utd manager then.

All of these talks while ignoring the fact we had Evans and Lindelof as our CBs.

What we did yesterday was protect our backline and get a scruffy win. It was obvious with the lineup.

ChristoBam:

You should be Man Utd manager then.

All of these talks while ignoring the fact we had Evans and Lindelof as our CBs.

What we did yesterday was protect our backline and get a scruffy win. It was obvious with the lineup.

What Is bad with Evans and Lindelof as our center back against relagation threatened Burnley. The Burnley who dominated you yesterday which of their center back is as good as Lindelof and Evans. You too like silly excuses. Thiago Silva is 39 and will start for Chelsea today before you think talking about Evans age will get you any points.

Protect the backline like we were up against Doku - Haaland - Foden or Diaz - Jota - Salah...

If we come up against City now, we will be entertained with a lot of footballing thesis here highlighting why we need to bring in Mou to help design a bus parking plan...People will justify why we shouldn't start a forward player at all just to protect Lindelof and Evans like they're amateurs...

akwesenana:
Oba Bruno strike just reminded me of RVP's strike that year. Class is permanent.

This is reminiscent of Ronaldo's goal at Tottenham rather....

ChristoBam:

You should be Man Utd manager then.

All of these talks while ignoring the fact we had Evans and Lindelof as our CBs.

What we did yesterday was protect our backline and get a scruffy win. It was obvious with the lineup.

Are those CBs not better than Burnley or Brighton's CBs?

One day y'all will say the truth about Erik 7 Hag 🙏🤣🤣🤣🤣....na small remain

Jokerman:


This is reminiscent of Ronaldo's goal at Tottenham rather....

Oh yeah true.

Trevor012:

What Is bad with Evans and Lindelof as our center back against relagation threatened Burnley. The Burnley who dominated you yesterday which of their center back is as good as Lindelof and Evans. You too like silly excuses. Thiago Silva is 39 and will start for Chelsea today before you think talking about Evans age will get you any points.

What's bad with Evans and Lindelof? 😂

The things agenda will make anyone say. Well, it's a good thing the pairing looked decent yesterday. Means ETH's plan worked.

Thiago Silva and Evans are not the same. So stop being silly. I hate when people do this.

And it's gameweek 5. Stop with the relegation threatened nonsense. All for agenda.

Jokerman:


Are those CBs not better than Burnley or Brighton's CBs?

Burnley, Yeah. Brighton? Are you joking?
As for Burnely, they played beautiful football with that defense. There's a reason they're where they are.

ChristoBam:

What's bad with Evans and Lindelof? 😂

The things agenda will make anyone say. Well, it's a good thing the pairing looked decent yesterday. Means ETH's plan worked.

Thiago Silva and Evans are not the same. So stop being silly. I hate when people do this.

And it's gameweek 5. Stop with the relegation threatened nonsense. All for agenda.

Alaye their is nothing wrong with Lindelof and Evans against Burnley. Stop typing silly things to defend your Big 7. Thiago Silva at 39 starting for Chelsea renders your Evans talk mute.


This nigga is acting like Burnley and Luton are not relagation threatened candidate. Anything to defend his big 7 😂😂

patrickmuf:
Protect the backline like we were up against Doku - Haaland - Foden or Diaz - Jota - Salah...

If we come up against City now, we will be entertained with a lot of footballing thesis here highlighting why we need to bring in Mou to help design a bus parking plan...People will justify why we shouldn't start a forward player at all just to protect Lindelof and Evans like they're amateurs...

Teams get injuries like that and don't take the decision to play like that.

But as for United, this is a given. Couple of poor results and injuries and you'll end up playing like that. Don't give a fvck who it is. We can play the 'what ifs game' but you can't tell until your fave manager is on the hot seat.

If he had lost the game. I don't even want to begin to say what'd have happened. One of the difficulties of managing United.

ChristoBam:

Burnley, Yeah. Brighton? Are you joking?
As for Burnely, they played beautiful football with that defense. There's a reason they're where they are.

So if Burnley play beautiful football with championship level defenders why are you now defending your big 7 from using Evans and Lindelof to the same 🙊

Trevor012:

Alaye their is nothing wrong with Lindelof and Evans against Burnley. Stop typing silly things to defend your Big 7. Thiago Silva at 39 starting for Chelsea renders your Evans talk mute.


This nigga is acting like Burnley and Luton are not relagation threatened candidate. Anything to defend his big 7 😂😂

Okay.
Evans is a solid defender we can trust.
Thiago Silva is at the same level with Evans.
Enough said.

Trevor012:

So if Burnley play beautiful football with championship level defenders why are you now defending your big 7 from using Evans and Lindelof to the same 🙊

It's funny you don't even get the point.

ChristoBam:
It's funny you don't even get the point.

You nor get any point. Go rest