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Manchester United 0:3 Bournemouth

Old Trafford

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Sun, 22 December 2024 @ 2:00pm GMT
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  • Hope we don't give up an early goal 2nd half.

    Every looks like they want to be on holiday instead of playing.
     
    Well, that half was terrible. Sloppy passing for about 30 minutes, then some impotent attacking in the final 15. Bruno profligate again.
     
    Sassy Colin said:
    Guess what, again, no final ball :confused:
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    This is the most concerning for me. It's all well and good changing formation which obviously affects the shape of the team and can affect the defence, but the fact the team still looks very inept in creating chances from this system makes you wonder if this formation will work in the PL. Still relying too much on individual moments and balls over the top, rather than building patterns and partnerships. And how can we develop those patterns or partnerships when he rotates the team every match? For me Amorim is a bit naive so far, you rotate once you've the players know the system, not when you're trying to coach it into the team
     
    Seriously, does Amorim think Malacia, Dalot and Zirkzee bring us goals? Why do we need to make sub in order to score? Why Malacia deserve to start this game? Does Dalot deserve to start every game? Any successful cross from Dalot? All United manager has the same issues, starting crap players week in week out.
     
    Top said:
    Won’t change anything. They get nothing to work with.
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    Our xG is 5 times theirs and we had more chances in the last 5 minutes of the first half than they did all half.

    Malacia and Zirkzee haven’t been good, otherwise it was a decent half.
     
    Ace said:
    Do you think ten Hag is watching or aware of just how terrible the squad he assembled is? Has there ever been a worse “rebuild” in the history of football?
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    Why would he. It is and was not him who bought players. Get basics right.
     
    Concede from a set piece and at the other end of the field not clinical. Old habits die hard and let's be honest it's such a frustrating United team to watch in action.
     
    Malacia, Maguire, Zirkzee have all been terrible. Mainoo was also dreadful until the last 5-10 mins.

    The set piece issues are becoming infuriating now, especially with our terrible attack we can’t keep having to come back from being a goal down.

    Bruno needs to take his chances.
     
    Can someone help me understand why our players are incapable of defending set-pieces? Like, what quality/knowledge is missing in our players? Courage to get to the ball with their heads?
     
    Hester_manc said:
    Eriksen should come on from the second half.
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    And get pressed into oblivion by their front four? Nah. We need more from our wingbacks. Malacia has to come off, and probably Zirkzee who has done nothing
     
    We need to come out for the second half and play the same we were in the last 10 minutes and we'll claw our way back. Our set piece defending is killing us, but the good thing is that should be fixable eventually.
     
    Mainoo won't be the superstar some think. He might be comfortable on the ball but he looks like he is running through custard. So painfully slow.
     
    Sleepwalked through the first 40 minutes, but overall even half. Shouldn't be behind, but that's set pieces against this team for you.

    Malacia isn't up to it. Mazraoui is completely wasted as a CB, but I guess no one else there.
     
    Cpt Negative said:
    Bournemouth throwing themselves to the ground and the ref buying it every time. I don’t think half the fouls we’ve conceded were actually fouls at all.
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    The one they scored from looked pretty soft. Even the commentators on my stream were a bit perplexed
     
    We should have scored at least 1 in that half.

    Anyway time to make a minimum of 3 subs at half time. Get out better players on
     
    We are playing quite good but should have scored at least from the chance where mainoo Bruno and zirkzee were 3 on 2. and we have to stop conceding from set pieces
     
    Some of us are watching the game in the full sense of it not just shooting and Brunos been bad. He’s shown his weakness in that he can’t take care of the ball when there is not a shot to take his dribbling abiliy under pressure is on full display today.
     
    I'd replace both Dalot and Malacia. Not good enough in those wide positions. Perhaps Diallo RWB and Maz LWB? I'd get Hojlund on too.
     
    When either Zirkzee or Hojlund start they are shite. Maybe he should start neither of them and bring them on as subs.

    Finished the second half well, need to create more around the box.
     
    Same old story. Not awful, but wonky at a set piece and failing to finish our chances. More possession, more shots, higher xG but not good enough when it matters in both penalty boxes.
     
    Too many players lacking quality. Ugarte and Bruno are doing all the heavy lifting, but being exposed all around them.

    This system demands fullbacks who routinely create the overload and a centre forward who can hold it up to bring others into play. Malacia, Dalot and Zirkzee are doing nowhere near enough.
     
    ken11 said:
    Can someone help me understand why our players are incapable of defending set-pieces? Like, what quality/knowledge is missing in our players? Courage to get to the ball with their heads?
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    Look at that soft cnut Zirkzee. Barely wants to get his shorts dirty let alone stick his head in where it hurts.
     
    Zirkzee might not be the one but feck me, he or any other forward are so isolated. He's basically up against 2 cb's on his own...
     
    Very cheap goal conceded, Bruno, Mainoo, Zirkzee and Amad not working well together, they need to do better, and our WBs are either very bad or not being involved enough to stretch Bournemouth.

    Big 2nd half needed to score more than once.
     
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Manuel Ugarte image Manuel Ugarte 54% of 124 votes

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Score Predictions

128,16,16
  • Man Utd win
  • Bournemouth win
  • Draw

Detailed Results

  • 29% Man Utd 2:1 Bournemouth
  • 18% Man Utd 2:0 Bournemouth
  • 15% Man Utd 3:1 Bournemouth
  • 9% Man Utd 3:0 Bournemouth
  • 6% Man Utd 2:2 Bournemouth
  • 4% Man Utd 1:1 Bournemouth
  • 4% Man Utd 0:1 Bournemouth
  • 3% Man Utd 4:0 Bournemouth
  • 3% Man Utd 1:2 Bournemouth
  • 2% Man Utd 3:2 Bournemouth
  • 1% Man Utd 1:0 Bournemouth
  • 1% Man Utd 4:1 Bournemouth
  • 1% Man Utd 0:2 Bournemouth
  • 1% Man Utd 0:4 Bournemouth
  • 1% Man Utd 2:3 Bournemouth
  • 1% Man Utd 5:0 Bournemouth
  • 1% Man Utd 2:6 Bournemouth
  • 1% Man Utd 1:3 Bournemouth
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Match Stats

  1. Man Utd
  2. Bournemouth
Overall possession
60% 40%
Shots
23 10
Shots on target
7 5
Total touches in the box
45 15
Goalkeeper saves
2 7
Fouls
11 11
Corners
13 1

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Craig Pawson

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