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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) look forward to a new life under Ruben Amorim. What system will we be playing? What players will impress? and how will it all go? We also say goodbye to Ruud Van Nistelrooy and review United's 3-0 win at home against Leicester City.
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They've lost itFfs. The circus never ends does it ?
All of this because fecking Maguire has to be protected at all costs
People are deluded themselves if they think he will come good. Half an hour of watching him play for United and you can see he isnt cut out for this level.
We need to cut our losses and sell him in January. Then use the funds to buy a RB or DM.
We need to cut our losses and sell him in January. Then use the funds to buy a RB or DM.
If I were him this would be the point at which I'd tell my agent he shall find a way out for me
What the hell.Imagine Grealish at RWB
This needs a new thread.
This must be a joke. Imagine buying one of the most productive player in the world and turn him into Wing Back.
I called this after the Spurs game. Imagine Sancho getting the space AWB does in a back 3. He could be phenomenal and it’s a huge question for the opposition to solve
Pretty damning indictment on the scouting team and coaching staff.
You don’t pay £70m for a player, to them play him in a position he’s never played before.
You don’t pay £70m for a player, to them play him in a position he’s never played before.
And an even bigger issue defensively for us. Wingbacks still have to defend too
Don't laugh but...
Telles-shaw-varane-wan bissaka-sancho
Why not?
Telles-shaw-varane-wan bissaka-sancho
Why not?
If he actually plays as right back then we've spent £120m on two right backs, one who can't defend and one who can't attack
Not to mention Sancho isn't the quickest either and is more of a playmaker and the reason AWB gets that kind of space is because he is useless on the ball put anybody decent there they won't be given same kind of leeway by the opposition .
I don't have much of a problem with it either. Full back used to be the position for failed wingers but in the modern game they're key attakers, see Trent, James etc. If he can do it is a different question.
This^^
Player performance threads aren’t mega-threads for everything about that player.
I call bullshit, not even our coaching staff is inept enough to try out something so ridiculous.
I don't care if it's The Athletic reporting it, I can't believe that until seen on the pitch at which point Ole and his coaching staff should be sacked on the spot.
I don't care if it's The Athletic reporting it, I can't believe that until seen on the pitch at which point Ole and his coaching staff should be sacked on the spot.
Remember that time we played Alan Smith as a central midfielder?
Oh god my head hurts.
Its most likely true to be honest
Makes perfect sense. Let's take one of the most creative wingers in Europe and turn them into a RWB. Hasn't even played as RW for us, never mind wing back
To be fair he did better than what we see with Mcfred
Ha, true....oh god.
I fecking hate this club right now.
So we bought him to be our long awaited rw
But Ole can't run that tactic without us conceding 5 so he's going to have to turn into a rwb. Disgraceful.
But Ole can't run that tactic without us conceding 5 so he's going to have to turn into a rwb. Disgraceful.
This is what happens when a manager is under pressure , he loses the fecking clue.
I watched winger who is not really that good in defending like Carrasco and Odoi being used as wingback by Simeone and Tuchel. So it's not like it's impossible to play Sancho as wingback depends on how you are using him for in that 352, the coach could instruct him not to drop deep in defense too much and use McFred to cover for him or something like that. But this requires very detail coaching which I doubt we have someone who are capable to transfer this imagination into reality. This really is like experimental, trying many different things.
But you could adjust for that? Who would even attack down his side if they leave the other side of the pitch open for them?
I’ve said this since CHO was moved back there for Chelsea. Any world class winger with an ounce of defence acumen would be lethal in those wide positions. It’s just that every other team doesn’t have the spare world class wide man to fill in.
Wingbacks are usually caught out up field anyway, they’re weirdly asked to do less defensively as WB
CHO plays there when James isn't available and Chelsea didn't buy him for a lot of money to play for a completely different position.
Truth be told, it'd be kinda humiliating for him too. Besides this formation with wingbacks is something Ole has stumbled upon, they never planned for it. This is all a big joke. I swear if we had played and beaten Spurs with any other experimental setup, it'd be the one tried vs Atalanta and City too.
Nothing is planned by Ole and his team, just pure fecking luck when some things work in some games. Tuchel has earned a lot of cred to try stuff like that. Ole cannot even get the basics right in terms of collective pressing/defending/attacking.
Sancho as a wingback, Mctominay as a sole holding midfielder I really hope their not that stupid and it’s just rumours but who knows.
Simple fact is Ole would have been better keeping Dan James rather than buying Sancho. James would have been starting most weeks and he fits Ole’s simple, defensive tactics but Sancho never will.
Simple fact is Ole would have been better keeping Dan James rather than buying Sancho. James would have been starting most weeks and he fits Ole’s simple, defensive tactics but Sancho never will.
I don't see the luck, we only won one of those games and dominated none of them.
But we haven't done this in any previous season Maguire has been here.
Yeah, because he had a real firm grasp of that clue before...
He is too slow to play there
I don’t understand the logic of using this specifically against teams that “sit deep”. If they’re sitting deep, why do we need 5 at the back?
Maguire has never been as rubbish as he has been recently. Instead of benching him, we do that 352
What's funny is, Daniel James, who we sold, would have been much better suited to this wing back role than Jadon Sancho, who is more of a playmaking winger than a direct one.
Going forward, Ole needs to revert back to the 4231 and give him a run of games on the right. He hasn't even had the chance to build an understanding with any of the full backs yet. Put him down the right, with Rashford or Lingard on the left and see how it goes.
Going forward, Ole needs to revert back to the 4231 and give him a run of games on the right. He hasn't even had the chance to build an understanding with any of the full backs yet. Put him down the right, with Rashford or Lingard on the left and see how it goes.
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