Completely different league, only 3 big clubs. Easier opposition. Much easier job.
That is just one of many...
So much Space for Spurs. Maz doent know to hold in the line or come out to his man.
Time and again, the bodies are just in the wrong area of the field.
His lack of adaptability, or rather unwillingness to adapt is what will cost him his job unfortunately.
That graphic posted above by @gaffs is quite telling. Absolutely criminal and naive tactical set up which will get you decimated in the PL, and so its been the case!
Such a shame, I really wanted it to work out
Jesus wept
433 or 4231 not 3421 that is worrying and there’s seems to be less connection between youth and full men’s team than ETH had with Nick Cox, apparently Ruben is very closed and insular, and really only confides in his own coaching team, yes he calls them up for training but he’s showing lots and lots of rookie traits as a Man United head coach right now.
I love how the number keeps creeping up.Wow this is 5-1-4 out of possession with Bruno trying to press the left back, the 5 Man defence is crazy at sporting one of the spare CB’s go into midfield, but MDL and Maguire both lack the pace to do that, Maguire is capable on the ball but needs a Varane type fast peak elite CB next to him, Jesus we are starting to realise how good Raphael was even though he was only fit 65% of the time?That is just one of many...
So much Space for Spurs. Maz doent know to hold in the line or come out to his man.
Time and again, the bodies are just in the wrong area of the field.
This is largely untrue outside of England. Managerial tenures don't last that long and managers can be fired, unlike players, therefore clubs usually prioritize their squad over their manager. Guardiola is often used as an example, but Bayern Munich did not reshape their squad in his image when they signed him.
They really don't, and you'd think we'd have learned by now that following such a playbook is usually a recipe for disaster.
The squad in 22/23 was worse than this one, yet Erik finished 3rd. I do think you are right though, it will be hard to finish fourth next season. Stranger things have happened though.
True, but it's not like we were better against Palace, Leicester and Brighton.
Not a chance.
Are the people above the manager as convinced as he is by his system i wonder.
Tactical principles are more important than the formation. For example a 4231 with a narrow front three (possibly inverted wingers) and attacking fullbacks can utilize the same players as a 3421. You only need one CB more and one AM less.
Oh absolutely - our managers have just steadily spend more and more as time has gone on. Think LVG was like £275m and that seemed ridiculous at the time.
He should be your hero too if you call yourself a United fan . The fact that I'm in a minority shows exactly where this club is headed.
I never said he could. But honestly I would have taken borderline top 4 finishes with some good thrashings against minnows and occasionally challenging for cups for a few years to stabilize the squad and move forward. But we had to make perfect the enemy of good. We were elite for 20 years. We didn't need to go broke looking for that high again all the time. But that's capitalism for you.
"To ham and egg" means to do something in a basic, ordinary, or mediocre way, often implying a lack of skill or effort, similar to how a simple breakfast of ham and eggs is considered plain and straightforward
Yeah but he was just a PE teacher putting out cones. No tactics, just told the boys to express themselves.
Oh yeah we played poorly for sure. I disagree that we played with a flat back 5 though. You can look at the average positions and its much more of a back three. Also, there were plenty of times where Mazraoui stepped into midfield to form a 4231 shape when Bruno pressed high. The formation is just numbers on a page, the reality in game is often much more fluid than people on here make out.
What a stupid comparison. Wenger took over a team that was already doing ok under Bruce Rioch and was 5th the season before. Only reason Rioch got sacked was because of a fall out with David Dein.
He started in October so had the majority of his first season in charge, taking over a team that won 5, drawn 2, lost 1 under Pat Rice.
His first team....
He also had Dennis fricking Bergkamp and Anelka in his squad.
If Amorim had this kind of talent at his disposal, then maybe he could win a league.
It's pretty clear to me that Maz was supposed to jump into midfield in this scenario. It happened many times during the game. He's marking nobody and Spence(?) is unmarked in midfield. If he had done so we'd have been in a pretty solid 4231 shape.
The problem was compounded by the central 3 being in a straight line, so when either of the 2 outside players dropped, it was really easy to take them all out, and when they did drop it left our midfield even more exposed. It was a bad day at the office.
