De Ligt really has made a huge difference. For the first time in years, we seem like a threat from set pieces because of him.
Amorim has improved us in this area.
Ruben Amorim - Manchester United Head Coach
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De Ligt really has made a huge difference. For the first time in years, we seem like a threat from set pieces because of him.
Amorim has improved us in this area.
I sincerely wish like other good teams we had a good back-up keeper. A goal keeper and a striker are the two most important positions in football and the bedrock of any team's success. We have of bog standard players in both those positions, who are chiefly responsible for our current position on the table. Both Onana and Rasmus are so so bad.
I am ready for Chido and Harrison. Now that we are safe, let's gamble away.
Ipswich made that call.
Hilarious watching the Amorim-haters still falling over themselves trying to discredit him after this result. Such pathetic cretins. Save it for when we lose at least. If our players (Onana and Dorgu) didn't go through their usual brain fart moments, we'd have won this comfortably. Great set pieces, system worked, made the right subs taking off Garnacho (he even talked about why in the presser later), and team showed great resilience playing with 10 men. Morons who get off when we lose didn't get what they wanted, how sad.
People who called him names and wanted him sacked in the 5th minute disappeared at 2-1. Then came back at Garnacho sub and disappeared again nowhere to be found.
Won't be hearing from them until next time we concede a goal!
Those who think Amorim isn't an improvement from ETH or does not show something to be positive for is clearly just forget how awful we were under Ten Hag. I mean the 7-0 alone deserve a sacking, let alone having that result against Liverpool and losing to another rival 6-3
No you are right. He is done at least 4-5 games ago. He is just going with the flow now.
This team is night and day defensively when playing in a low block vs when asked to maintain a high line.
I know this is rather unpopular, but I prefer one heavy beating to three medium sized ones, and so does the table. Not easy to stomach those defeats of course
Good result considering we gave up two goals from brainfarts and a dumb red card.
I‘m still concerned with the lack of opportunities created from open play, and feel really bad for Højlund.
I‘m still concerned with the lack of opportunities created from open play, and feel really bad for Højlund.
We have gone from being unable to defend set pieces to now being a genuine threat from our own attacking set pieces.
It's the one improvement Amorin can point to I guess.
That complete lack of threat from open play is still a massive concern though.
It's the one improvement Amorin can point to I guess.
That complete lack of threat from open play is still a massive concern though.
It has been obvious from day one. One of the major reasons we have failed every time we have tried to play front foot football under any manager from Ole to Amo is that slowness of our defense. Still we see weekly sin graphs of 'Arry's performance discussions on here. I am glad Ruben finally expressed it so explicitly what many have been saying from the day he was bought. Or for that matter from the time we were linked with de Ligt this past summer. Those two simply cannot play in a high line due to their slowness and lack of agility. Playing in a high line requires you to cover large spaces and that will not happen with one or both of them in the team.
I hope we are in the market for a beast of a player to play CCB this summer window. Without that Ruben, or any other progressive manager, is not going to succeed at this club. They'd all eventually would have to resort to a low block in order to get results.
Anyway, that solution will only come out in the transfer window. Until then I hope he keeps experimenting in the league as we are relegation safe, but goes with a low to mid block in both the cup competitions. We have to try to win one of Europa or the FA cup, and we can only win either playing in a low block.
That 7-0 was a freak result. Had the same xg as the 0-0 the year after basically (ie 3-0 type result).
Unsure what you're trying to debate. I'm not saying we are struggling to create. I am saying we are not depending on counter attacks by design, nor were we trying to be too defensive before the red card.
That utd hoodie suits him.