Every team knows every other teams patterns. It’s not like they could much about it at OT or the first half yesterday. This was obviously much more than sussing out our tactics
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
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- Clean sheets
- 21
- Goals
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- Assists
- 7
- Yellow cards
- 11
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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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A second half performance straight from the deepest pit of hell. Most perplexing because he was our best player in the first half!
2? This was a -1/10 at best.
The basic error he made for Gakpo's 2nd goal was unacceptable stuff from a professional footballer, Martinez get's stretched out wide and Shaw has to cover the middle, but while he's tracking back, he's worried about Salah beating Martinez and never looks behind him to check if someone is making a run.
his attempt at a clearane for 6th was pathetic
His pass inside to noone was read like a book. He played it without looking and they knew he would play it.
That’s an execution problem. Who makes a pass to no one?
For as good a he can be he epitomises the issues that hang over the current squad. High ceiling but a ridiculously low basement level of performance.
I simply can’t see us competing for top honours consistently with him. Talent wise it is there but mentally I just don’t get it with him.
I simply can’t see us competing for top honours consistently with him. Talent wise it is there but mentally I just don’t get it with him.
Shaw when he believes the pattern he is used to is on.
Alright. Anyway it’s a decision making when things go tits up one, which is obvious rather than a training ground issue. He’s usually a quality passer but not sure what happens between the ears with this lot when the heat is turned up
He was absolutely rubbish, as was the rest of the team. He was not only horrendous in the second half, but everything worked against him as well - so very poor and extremely unlucky. He lost any form of intensity in this match, and that never works - why did he stop when he ran past TAA for instance? He was ahead. He could have cut inside, gone to the byline to cross, but he just stopped, indecisive.
He'll bounce back.
He'll bounce back.
They targeted him 2nd half and he really struggled. I mean really struggled. At times like this support from your wingman would be nice. Antony had other ideas. I feel a little sorry for LS.
Wasn't Antony on the right?
I think at least 3-4 goals in the 2nd half came on his side. Totally gone mentally. Him and Bruno have to be dropped for Betis. No other ways.
He was but evidently he should have run diagonally across the pitch to come help Shaw. Any excuse is good for a bit of Antony bashing.
Its a strange one, there are countless memorable examples of Bruno having a horror show down that side. One think Antony can't be accused of is not protecting his full back, he does this very well
Man Utd 4:1 Real Betis
Nice assist for Bruno's goal. Happy he recovered and got a bit of a rest after the nightmare showing on Sunday.
If he is running out of steam, give him rest. We don't want Shaw to revert to old form.
Thought he was fine, give him a rest vs Southampton.
Now that it's 5 subs and we have a good backup who seems to relish coming on and being annoying to opponents, I could see him getting a lot more 70 minute games.
I've always thought of him as one of our better players since he came back out of the wilderness. But is it just me or has he recently been getting caught too often drifting into the centre and drawn towards the ball when defending leaving people unmarked behind him?
First half he was poor, got square on attackers, something he does all the time and obviously slow to react for their goal. Fantastic delivery for Fernandes' goal and better 2nd half against a really poor Betis.
Probably unlikely to get a rest though as we'll want to win the game early and then hopefully give Malacia minutes so he can find some rhythm to go into the Betis game, where he may start.
It's not a recent thing. He's always been lacksadical with his boxing out and closing down the space. It's why he works as a centre back so well at times as he has a natural tendency to drift inwards towards the penalty box and doesn't like facing attackers down the channels/in open space. He's very capable of doing and shutting players down, it's just not a consistent thing of his.
No one is criticising him for another half arsed defending for the goal?
Not even after he did it for probably 3-4 goals last game too, and you would expect he would improve on that.
Not even after he did it for probably 3-4 goals last game too, and you would expect he would improve on that.
Fair enough. There were probably even worse offenders before which meant I didn't notice him as much!
Man Utd 0:0 Southampton
Solid game today. Makes me think what the hell happened at Anfield.
He tried hard to win us the game but in return, his whole side was open for Southampton to attack freely.
Terrible start to the game
I said it before but with Casemiro out now I’d be tempted to try him at #6.
Shits himself when he sees a Sala(h)d
Thought he was ok yesterday but both he and AWB were vulnerable when Southampton came forward leaving men with far too much space. It was only Southampton's poor passing or control that meant they didn't punish us as they could have done. Shaw did at least try and offer something going forward too which some of those in front of him seemed incapable of doing...
Overall though I thought the whole backline did well yesterday playing for so long without Casemiro in front of them.
Overall though I thought the whole backline did well yesterday playing for so long without Casemiro in front of them.
Man Utd 3:1 Fulham
His world class period lasted how many months before turning into pretty poor defender again?
Awful defensively once again.
Awful defensively once again.
Thought he had a very poor performance, seemed like the level of performance he had under Mourinho but great assist nonetheless.
He needs to recharge his batteries.
Below average performance, good assist though.
Reed was running circles around him. Quite literally at points.
Another player who needs some rest.
Stormed at the ref, not for nothing. 
Complains about fatigue in the post match interview. Such a convenient excuse for a poor performance. For all his talent he's always struck me as the kind of guy looking to blame anything/anyone else when things go to shit.
He's fecking world class at his best. But I still don't trust him.
He's fecking world class at his best. But I still don't trust him.
Shouldn't be going with England if that's the case.
Wasn't great defensively again but another good assist.
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