[Houdini]

This team is so lost without Casemiro...

 

[Santoryo]

McTomminay, Sabitzer, Wout absolute passengers.

 

[Hughie77]

Take that the way we've played. Fred has to come on ... Martial should be warming up now ..

 

[bosnian_red]

Very lucky to not be behind. We got battered in play here as badly as we got battered at the Emirates, at the Etihad and at Anfield this season. It's a problem for us playing away to big teams.

Get Fred on for McTominay or Sabitzer, get Martial on for Weghorst. Tell Rashford to start playing

 

[VP89]

I don't know what Ten Hag was thinking putting McT advanced and having him work with Weghorst. Rashford and Antony have a near impossible job.

 

[Swedish_Plumber]

We need a Centre forward. We also need to stop having to carry 1/2/3 players every game.

 

[kouroux]

How, one of the worst players in the PL and Europe in WW, can play week in, week out without being threatened to be benched

 

[Pscholes18]

wtf is the Papa Johns Cup?

 

[Dazzmondo]

Back 4 has done well despite having literally no protection from our midfield. Antony was pretty decent. Everyone else really poor. We're playing on the counter but don't have a target to aim at. Either Rashford or Martial need to be moved up front.

 

[Swordsman]

is this a repeat of the mickey mouse cup final ?

 

[Charlie Foley]

The way we’ve played, I’d take that scoreline all day long. Only the back four & DDG have turned up today. Midfield and attack has been nonexistent.

Antony been our best midfielder/attacker by far

 

[Seij]

Mctom and Wout combo feels like they belong in Burnley circa 2010

They wouldn't start for Burnley.

 

[HookedOnAPhelan]

Atrocious. Not helped by a shite ref, but still.

 

[Suv666]

You can add Antony to that list. Awful.

Na what you on about he's been relatively decent. He's created 2 brilliant chances.

 

[Bobski]

Without Casemiro, we need 3 CMs in a game like this.

We are playing zero. Sabitzer isn't a DM, Bruno isn't a CM and MCT isn't a( footballer) whatever the hell role he is playing. McT struggles to get on the ball in deep positions, Ten Hag has stuck him up front, has no idea where to be, all his runs are straight lines.

Sort it out Erik, shit set up as much as the players have been bad.

 

[NK86]

Ten Hag has abandoned the dynamic front 3 with Rashford down the middle we had when we dropped Ronaldo for…Weghorst?
Our defence and pressing wasn’t a problem before we signed him. All we need was cover yet this cover has completely changed how we play

Weghourst provides nothing, absolutely nothing. Cannot hold up the ball despite his size. Understand we were skint and needed bodies, but ETH definitely needs to change something so as to not have to play him so often. Maybe an impact sub last 15 mins, but that's it.

 

[laughtersassassin]

Minimum 2 changes needed at half time

 

[Nep77]

I am sure Martinez at 6 will be positive with another CB playing alongside Varnae than trying to shoehorn other midfielders at 6.

 

[mitchmouse]

McTomminay, Sabitzer, Wout absolute passengers.

don't totally agree about McT - he's clearly been told to press high up, problem is if they get passed him, he's dead in the water

 

[Tiber]

I suppose Rashfords magical run was only going to last so long. But without him in absurd form, we are toothless going forwards

But Martial on, we can't get any worse upfront

 

[El Jefe]

It's confirmed now, Weghorst is the worst player that we've ever had that's played significant minutes. No matter how bad players in the past have been, I've never felt like we were playing with 10 men so often.

Any game Rashy struggles in, it becomes even more glaring how bad the attack is. Antony has been good but a good Antony game still doesn't offer much in the final third.

 

[Jack-C20]

McTominay is literally in all of my Fifa pro clubs drop in matches. Holds it far too long, loses it and when he does manage to get a pass away, it’s behind the player. With that said, no doubt he’ll score a jammy goal at some point.

 

[ti vu]

Hope we hold out at least for a draw. This game is too open in midfield for my liking.

Playing McTominay to support Weghorst is very unproductive. Sure McTominay is better at scoring playing higher up the pitch. However, there is no creativity to create chances. There is no chance for McTominay to put his finishing skill to use.

 

[ThinkTank@Cafe]

We must buy both ST and CM in summer.

 

[PoTMS]

Major black mark is Ten Hag's performances away to big teams.

 

[MackRobinson]

Don't see the point in Weghorst. He looks like a Championship player.

 

[PlayerOne]

Martial and Fred need to come on. We got away with it here, can't sit back and hope for this again.

 

[90 + 5min]

The main problem is lack of balance in the midfield. So I wouldn’t be surprised to see Fred start in the second half.

 

[Marcus]

Fortunate that it is 0-0 at halftime. Time for EtH to work his magic.

 

[Lay]

Weghorst is painful to watch. How on earth have we ended up in a position that we have to rely on this guy. Wouldn't start for any other side in the league

 

[saivet]

Eh? They had 3 and we had 1 shot on goal, hardly "battered" ffs, stop overblowing shit up.

If it was 2 or 3 nil we wouldn't call it lucky. They had serveral excellent chances whereas we haven't. The xg reflects that too.

 

[The Dane]

Can those who thing WW is a keeper please come forward and argue what they base their opinion on ?

 

[Siorac]

We are being outplayed but of course you couldn't expect anything else, we're basically playing with nine men. And I'm generous with counting Sabitzer as a whole player.

I wish we didn't have to play the second half. A 0-0 would be a dream result here.

 

[Shiva87]

You wonder. He needs to stop shoehorning other players in and play the good players in their best position

injuries and suspensions bro. Martial is glass and you can’t trust Scott in the midfield. Fred just came back on Friday from international duty!

 

[Castia]

Look clueless in all honesty

Dreadful half

 

[Cassidy]

Rashford to the centre, Weggie to 10, Bruno to the left, Fred on for McT.
They are cutting through us with ease.

Weggie off

 

[hasanejaz88]

Don't get why Bruno is playing deeper with McTom higher up. It's completely disrupting the balance of the midfield and making us very easy to get past.

I understand Bruno improves our distribution from deep, but it's also making us very susceptible to runs from the center by Willock. Sit deep with McTom and Sabitzer and try to hit on the counter.

Oh and Rashford really needs to help out Shaw more, we are constantly being outnumbered on the left side.

 

[united_99]

If we sign WW or Sabitzer permanently it will be really really bad.

 

[Murder on Zidanes Floor]

Feel if we had more pace on the break, we'd hurt them. Garnacho on for Wout and Rashford up top, hit them on the break when they commit forward.

 

[kouroux]

You can add Antony to that list. Awful.

And he still created our best moments in this half