Is WanB gonna come on or whaa?
Manchester United vs Perth Glory (Sat 13th July, 12:00 UK time)
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Can we never play Martial at striker again please, he always looks shit there. His position is lw, pretty much every great performance he's had has been from that position. Stop switching him to the centre and the right!
Yes there will be 11 subs at half time.
Yup. Most pre season games are the same.
Even still, when we do well in pre season we usually start the season shite.
Chong should be loaned out, he isnt good enough for now.
Anyone got a river?
Jose bus seems to have turned up down under...
It's natural to lack the cohesion, most of these players never had a game together. This is what the pre-season is for, get the understanding and chemistry between the squad.
James, Axel are looking good. Martial needs to find his feet in the new position. Happy with the work rate the team is putting up.
not going to rush to judgement on a few of the players performances, even though I am slightly worried. On the whole though, we've got some style to our play now, which is good. Interested to see how that carries over into the second half.
We need a couple of CMs.
Its not only about personnel we are playing Perth Glory.
We need a tactical plan for these types of games
I'd like to see James with more of the first team, but other than that - hopefully!
feck sakeNot since LVGs last season.
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Hope to see Gomes and Garner in second half.
Worry about us creatively....I do wonder where the goals are coming from this season....
It looks like it, unfortunately, but let's see, plenty more games to play on the tour.
Decent workout.
Looking forward to seeing the second half team. Particularly Wan Bissaka. Really hoping he proves me wrong as like many, I have concerns about how uncomfortable he looks on the ball. For all the lambasting of Ashley Young on here - he is better on the ball than Wan-Bissaka, comfortably so in my opinion. If AWB can improve in this area he’ll be a hell of a player.
Want to see what Pogba is looking like too, as he is of course, our most important player.
Looking forward to seeing the second half team. Particularly Wan Bissaka. Really hoping he proves me wrong as like many, I have concerns about how uncomfortable he looks on the ball. For all the lambasting of Ashley Young on here - he is better on the ball than Wan-Bissaka, comfortably so in my opinion. If AWB can improve in this area he’ll be a hell of a player.
Want to see what Pogba is looking like too, as he is of course, our most important player.
I didn't like Martial at all in the middle. He wasn't checking in and holding up play and he wasn't making runs. He created a couple chances for himself when he got the ball in the 18 but he wasn't a classic #9 and wasn't working hard enough for me...
Definitely feel we should bring in another left footed leftback,promoted or brought. Cant have Shaw competing with turn-back-onto-right-foot-Young for the spot.
You watch football for names?? Odd..
high press but still not doing it right, a better team would move around us with ease
shit movement in the final third as per usual, people standing, ball to feet, 90% going through the left and shit crosses
first game though, I guess it's more about fitness
shit movement in the final third as per usual, people standing, ball to feet, 90% going through the left and shit crosses
first game though, I guess it's more about fitness
So is Shaw coming on at LB? I heard he was on the end of a rough challenge in training, maybe Rojo will be tried out there again.
Good setup. Meh performance.
Hope the second half has more to offer.
Hope the second half has more to offer.
It's the first preseason match, so you can't read too much into it. Even moreso against a team not looking to get forwards.
Positives:
- James looks fine, linked up well with Young for the first 20 mins or so. Certainly not out of place
- Axel was the best player on the pitch, admittedly with little to do. I'm guessing will be the Smalling alternative
- We did close down high up the pitch
Less positive:
- Chong
- Our movement in the final third is just not good enough, and so far from our 'peers' that it's embarrassing. It looks like quite a mild evening too, and the players know they're only getting 45. Should expect more, am just not sure our coaching is up to it.
- The main playmaker this half was our left back, who is Ashley Young. We're not going to get far with that being the case
- I just don't see what we're trying to do. We have 3/4 quick technical players up front, but there's no pattern of movement to enable 1-2s. We can get the ball wide, but either don't cross it, or cross it high
Positives:
- James looks fine, linked up well with Young for the first 20 mins or so. Certainly not out of place
- Axel was the best player on the pitch, admittedly with little to do. I'm guessing will be the Smalling alternative
- We did close down high up the pitch
Less positive:
- Chong
- Our movement in the final third is just not good enough, and so far from our 'peers' that it's embarrassing. It looks like quite a mild evening too, and the players know they're only getting 45. Should expect more, am just not sure our coaching is up to it.
- The main playmaker this half was our left back, who is Ashley Young. We're not going to get far with that being the case
- I just don't see what we're trying to do. We have 3/4 quick technical players up front, but there's no pattern of movement to enable 1-2s. We can get the ball wide, but either don't cross it, or cross it high
Whats up with people and "they aint good enough right now" when it comes to youngsters, it never was about them being good enough or not, it was always about them being not worse than what we already have (thinking on older players than them on way higher wages).
Pogba's going to score a hat trick or something similar now isn't he
I was reading the Busby book recently, and there's an apt quote in it - "the ball should never stop moving". We just seem to sit with the ball for a few seconds when we run out of ideas
We're progressing well, but when we hit their defensive wall we just turn around and recycle it back to our CBs.
We're far too slow in possession and have been for years.
We're never going to improve unless there's a serious improvement in our off the ball movement and quick passing, feels like I've been saying this for years
We're progressing well, but when we hit their defensive wall we just turn around and recycle it back to our CBs.
We're far too slow in possession and have been for years.
We're never going to improve unless there's a serious improvement in our off the ball movement and quick passing, feels like I've been saying this for years
AWB on.
Hope not, he's a disaster there.
I wouldn't mind that to be honest.
This
Those fleece's Dennis Irwin and that guy are wearing are lovely. I want one.
I know but Darmian is MIA so what can you do? Maybe we can get Irwin on.
Watching that video package on the training session with the kids visiting really strikes the point that Gomes is tiny. He's the same size as those pre-teens. God damn.
And unveil a “Zidane come and get me” t-shirt underneath his Utd shirt.
Minumum you would expect from this is a comfortable win to provide some feelgood factor after the awful season we have just endured.
Not being able to score even one in that first half is not encouraging.
Second half Perth Glory likely to bring on their 15-year-olds so might not give us much in the way of pointers.
After one half against a workmanlike team it is all just more huff and puff and a bit duff.
Not being able to score even one in that first half is not encouraging.
Second half Perth Glory likely to bring on their 15-year-olds so might not give us much in the way of pointers.
After one half against a workmanlike team it is all just more huff and puff and a bit duff.
Mate he's been crap and should be released on a free or moved to coaching.
It seems nobody at the club is wondering though, including Ole, our manager. It’s pre-season and we’ve not added to our attack at all, surely Daniels James is one for the future.