Manchester United Match Posts

03 Sep 2024 17:37:11
Big Chances Missed:

MUFC 9 scored 2 Total 11
Liverpool 7 scored 7 Total 14
Spurs 7 scored 6 Total 13
Arsenal 7 scored 5 Total 12
Brentford 7 scored 5 Total 12
Chelsea 6 scored 7 Total 13
Villa 6 scored 4 Total 10

Given our performances we ought to have scored 2-4 more goals. It's nothing new. There are other issues, but for starters we have to start converting at an average rate.

03 Sep 2024 20:49:32
It was the supporters of Magdeburg in the German league, who after not seeing their team score in five games held large neon arrows to help the players find where the goal was.

I think this is an excellent idea we should pinch.

03 Sep 2024 21:09:07
grim

That made me laugh and maybe just the thing we need.

03 Sep 2024 21:42:34
Great idea grim. Maybe buy some of del boys flourecent paint for the goal posts too🤣.

03 Sep 2024 23:17:11
According to ETH goals scored against are actually not real. We now just run around for 90 minutes and the xG decides the score. Apparently we didn't concede three on Sunday.

04 Sep 2024 00:02:04
But seriously. There are far too many bulls**t stats these days.

Shots off target, blocked shots, entries into opposition box, forward passes, arial battles won, possession, big chances missed, and that frankly ridiculous xG, bla bla bla.

Only one that counts is goals scored versus goals against.

Yeah yeah, I’m old.

05 Sep 2024 00:13:55
The xG from Sunday tells us 2 things, our goalkeeper shouldn’t concede all 3 goals, and Zirkzee should have scored at least 1 of his chances, but we knew that without xG.

06 Sep 2024 11:17:23
Xg is just an opinion lads and used for deflection purposes totally worthless stat.
Doris the cleaner inputs the stats when the boffins are on their break as her opinion is as valid as theirs.

02 Sep 2024 09:59:30
At this point the only way I see it is the setup is all wrong. We play a 4-2-4 without having the midfield to keep the ball. Casemiro is done but we knew that last season. We press high, play a low block and leave the middle of the pitch wide open. Ugarte will help but I don't think it's enough. We get sliced open every game through the midfield. I'd prefer to have another ball playing midfielder to play with ugarte and mainoo and play 4-3-3. Bruno vacates the midfield too often and it leaves us wide open. It's actually baffling how ETH keeps doing the same thing expecting different results! His insistence on playing rashford tells me rashford must have nudes of him or something! He is terrible and I'm glad people are finally realising it!

02 Sep 2024 13:57:13
Being back Fred!

02 Sep 2024 14:10:11
If only he could pass the ball 😂.

02 Sep 2024 16:12:36
No one else can, so he will fit right in. 😀.

01 Sep 2024 18:49:05
Jesus christ that was a tough watch but not unexpected. same issues persist.

Amad done more in 5 mins when he came on then rashford has done the last 14 months.

Garnacho needed to be switched over to the left not taken off.

All the talk will be about casemerio and understandably so and I could go on about most of the team today but onana for the 3rd goal. oy my f@#kin god. we are going no where with a few of the players on the pitch but we are going absolutely no where with that guy in goal.

01 Sep 2024 21:58:30
I'm surprised he is still in goal, I said it the end of last season he ne needs to be changed.

02 Sep 2024 09:03:39
All of his signings must have a question mark against them. None of them are stand out successes. How bad would it be without Mainoo to get excited about, who we should not be dependent on every week?

01 Sep 2024 18:13:40
My mate at work is a United fan too and I said to him the other day I think we'll struggle to make the top 8.might not be far off looking at it. A lot of changes this summer both on an off the pitch yet the same issues on the pitch remain and the only constant is now the manager. No style of play, poor decision making. Our midfield gets walked through time and again and it never changes. A couple more defeats in the next few games and I think he'll be gone by next international break. 3 seasons in and he's just not the guy, no crime in admitting it and moving on.

01 Sep 2024 19:06:45
Having at least won 2 trophies in his first 2 years, despite a host of issues, he earned the opportunity to be retained, especially with all the other changes going on. When we get back from the break Ugarte will place Casemiro, who is until then our only senior DM.

Once that happens, if these performances low energy performances continue, he'll probably be out the door. But, no manager can succeed when your players give the ball away in dangerous situations, fail to move toward the pass, exhibit poor first touch, miss glorious passing opportunities and then squander golden scoring chances. The fault today lay with the players more than the manager. In particular, besides Casemiro, I think Bruno has been pretty dreadful this season so far.

01 Sep 2024 19:45:59
Absolute nonsense shawthing. What planet are you living on.

01 Sep 2024 20:19:19
Shaw just to be clear you think we should keep a manager because he won 12 games over 2 years?

Because that is all those cup runs added up to 12 games.

In the carabao we were lucky against Brighton in the semi final.

In the fa cup we were pushed farther than we should have by Newport and lucky against Coventry.

2 cups is the same as 12 games over 2 years. one of these was 2 legs.

01 Sep 2024 20:21:32
You’re entitled to that view mate, but personally I don’t see it. He’ll be lucky to make it to Christmas unless there’s a dramatic turnaround.

01 Sep 2024 20:46:31
That's pretty much what I said. If he they continue to perform like they did today, he'll be gone.

02 Sep 2024 02:55:36
Cassemiro is a big high weakness. We needed to get him out the door, but he is on a crazy contract.

We are toothless upfront, rashford is a disgrace. His work rate is marginally better than last year, it could hardly be any worse. But this guy is our star player and he is just not doing enough.

Today rashford did lay 2 chances on a plate for zirkzee, yet he somehow managed to blunder both finishes.

Garnacho should be playing in his best position on the left, and amad on the right, who looks better that the others when he plays.

Fernandes today had a few chances to play in runners in the first 15 mins, and he kept fluffing his lines. Odegard, de Brune, foden etc play the right pass and they likely score. Fernandes seemed to pick the wrong pass, or execute poorly.

Back 4 looked better. I really hope ugarte is transformative because cassemiro and Eriksen are both done at this level, and Mainoo is a kid who is still growing and developing. Can wait to see hoyland back upfront. Praying for a game where rashford starts on the bench, if EtH is allowed to do that.

02 Sep 2024 10:16:05
Dodgy

RE: Rashford.
It's the fact that so many still view this one-dimensional, lazy, arrogant af, player as our 'Star Player' that makes things worse for the team.

He's our joint-second highest paid player simply because he's had all the tongues during a period of sporting ineptitude from the previous regime.

He's not our star player - he's just a player who effectively replaced that potential with belief in his own hype.

01 Sep 2024 17:59:41
Ineos got it wrong in the summer. Sack him now and move on from this mess. No patterns of play and the tactics woeful.

01 Sep 2024 18:10:22
Agreed. Slot has shown in 3 games what his style and tactics are. Into the 3rd year of ETH and still no clue.

Amazing how excitement and hope for the new season has been wiped out in e just 3 games. Struggled against fulham, switched off at brighton and then embarrassed by our biggest rivals. can't wait to hear ten hags post match excuses.

01 Sep 2024 18:58:16
Slot has inherited an excellent team with excellent players who know how to play together, so much so that they hardly needed to buy anyone. It's an unfair comparison. They are not light in midfield. Casemiro would have a hard time making their second team. Today he gave two goals away. But fortunately, when we come back from the break I think it will be a long time before we see him in our first team again. Collyer should move past him. I think we'll improve after the break, and if not, we can expect to see RVN take over as caretaker.

My biggest concern right now is Bruno who has started the season very poorly. He missed what should have been an easy long pass to Rashford in the first half. His shooting has been woeful. He's not captain material. With him in the team, we simply cannot hold on to the ball.

01 Sep 2024 19:19:53
@shawthing yes you are right i apologise. I should wait till erik has had a chance to settle in spend half a billion pounds on 16 or so players that he wants before i judge

Oh wait!

Yes slot inherited his team. Ten hag built his.

01 Sep 2024 19:42:01
We are still in a situation where only 2 of our highest paid players are regarded as starters. That's Bruno, who has been awful all season thus far, and Rashford, who played decently today but has generally been poor. Shaw might be a starter if he ever gets fit. Liverpool's top 10 earners are all starters.

Our recruitment has been awful, and ETH justly merits some blame for that. We can get rid of him. It wouldn't trouble me at all. But until we somehow get rid of the rest of the dead wood, and make more PSR progress, I think any manager will struggle.

There is a clear path that's being followed, a move towards building a team around younger hungrier players. It's not a one shortened summer window project. The executives will probably hold fire and wait to see if replacing Casemiro with Ugarte will make any difference. If not, he'll be gone before Xmas.

01 Sep 2024 20:21:02
Shawthing, both Ole and Jose finished 2nd with worse players than we currently have and ed woodward at the helm of things and yet you say that EtH is struggling because of those very things. Short memory? Ugarte will not be the saviour. Unless this clueless man who is disguising himself as a football manager leaves this club, we will continue to falter.

02 Sep 2024 06:56:58
I think we all know that if last seasons form continues into this one, then come Christmas Ten Hag will be gone and Ruud will be interim manager till the end of the season.

01 Sep 2024 17:49:29
injuries or non injuries, we don't know how to play as a team.

the manager needs an eternity to set up a style of play.

ETH can win the Carabao or FA Cup, but we are a midtable team now.

01 Sep 2024 17:22:07
Spend as much as you want. Put in whatever management structure you want. We’ll never be an EPL or ECL contender whilst ETH is in charge. Was slaughtered last season for this opinion. It’s not changed. The man can’t coach.

01 Sep 2024 17:01:56
2 things.

Firstly, think the BS outrage from Liverpool fans about the ref for this game is certainly paying dividends for them - Zirkzee and Kobbie pick up harsh yellows, but Van Dijk gets away with that cynical foul at the end of the half.

Secondly, why is Casemiro suddenly as robust as a KitKat?

01 Sep 2024 19:28:19
Was a dive by Bruno mate. Hardly surprising.

01 Sep 2024 16:47:48
Thank God Casemiro's days are numbered. Absolutely awful. But, TBH, no one is playing well. Poor touches, poor passing, wasted opportunities. Could have been so different.

01 Sep 2024 17:29:44
This is as bad if not worse than last year. Casemiro and Rashford should be nowhere near this starting line up today. No motivation no effort countless wasted passes and that goes for Fernandes too. If this carries on Ruud will be in the dugout before November.

01 Sep 2024 13:31:54
Zirkzee hat-trick?

{Ed077's Note - why the f not ey? 🤣🤣