We're still being bullied.

JakeC

Last Man Standing 2 champion 2020/21
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All season we've been technically better than most sides, but not by enough to balance out our clear lack of physicality.

Discuss.
 
We are just soft. It reminds me of Arsenal towards the latter years of Wenger when they did not qualify for Europe etc.
On paper technically good players, but just don’t have the guts to “earn the right to play” on the pitch. Pussies basically.
 
Bunch of soft as shite cnuts who have no pride, they'll pull out of 50/50s, shirk physical contact and just don't know how to use their body to protect the ball.
 
Why can we never get a keeper who can command his box? DDG was fantastic for us but had the same issue.
 
Our players don't care. Dont want to run. Dont want the ball. Only want their fat pay cheque.

This basically. A lot of them just don’t give a feck. There’s a reason why Rashford has been completely omitted from match day squads and Casemiro barely ever plays.
 
We're soft through the middle unfortunately. I think Chelsea's Conte are the blueprint for this formation and they had Kante and Matic through the middle.

I've said for a while, but the way to make this work is with Casemiro and Ugarte. And then play with more expansive wingbacks, and be willing to give up space/attacks down the wing while maintaining a rock solid middle
 
If we don't have players who want to protect their goalie, or a goalkeeper who has the authority to get his defenders to help him out, then what's the feckin ' point?
 
Half of the players are never ready to receive a pass, we seem to be constantly flat footed, it's shit I have to coach out of my Under 10 group. Unreal shit.
 
This is not Amorim's team.

I am baffled as to why he signed with you guys mid-season. He could have signed in the summer if possible. He will be judged for it but none of these players are his and none of these results shouldn't be on him whatsoever. I am not sure if the club committed Jan to him but I really believe there should be a clear out in Jan if he can and some funds from the sales.

Your situation reminds me of us but I feel Arteta had a better team when he joined compared to Amorim.
 
They are shite in all aspects. Small. Weak. Slow. Unable to pass. No fire or fight or desire. Awful dribble success rates. Technically inconsistent in small spaces. Truly, the worst United squad there's ever been.
 
I hate to bring it back to tropes, but our "characters" would be the soft ones in teams of old.
 
All season we've been technically better than most sides, but not by enough to balance out our clear lack of physicality.

Discuss.
I disagree. Our players haven't really shown that they're good technically.
 
They are shite in all aspects. Small. Weak. Slow. Unable to pass. No fire or fight or desire. Awful dribble success rates. Technically inconsistent in small spaces. Truly, the worst United squad there's ever been.
We play well in phases, triangles close to the touchline before switching the play. You can see how we're being coached. It's not working. Just like ETH, Jose, Van Gaal. Club needs a total Ralf style reset.
 
Since Amorim, we are less brittle and there are no matches where we concede 20+ shots

But the formation is so defensive that we offer nothing going forward

There just has to be investment in Jan, sell whoever has any interest
 
Since Amorim, we are less brittle and there are no matches where we concede 20+ shots

But the formation is so defensive that we offer nothing going forward

There just has to be investment in Jan, sell whoever has any interest
We offered nothing going forward under EtH and we looked even more exposed / brittle.

Our forwards, based on current ability (not potential) are relegation standard. Amad had a decent season in the Championship, Hojlund looks like a fawn on ice on rollerskating, Bruno is a disgusting disgrace and Garnacho is a brainless child.
 
It's not just a physical weakness, it's a mental weakness as well.

Both are compounded by the fact that we're naive and don't use any of footballs dark arts at all.

The refs in this country are awful, but instead of taking advantage of that fact, we just allow it to happen to us every single week. If the opposition are making heavy fouls as we make passes and diving constantly without punishment then we simply have to do the same.

There's nothing to be gained by being known as an honest team. And, let's face it... It will never even be acknowledged anyway.
 
With Dalot and Fernandes we may as well play with 9 men. We actually played better when Bruno was sent off.
 
It’s not. I hate most of them with a passion.

we're unfit. i dont want to see any stats or anything, we simply cannot compete with other teams. its embarrassing, and on the players and whoever is in charge of their conditioning.
 
Too weak for sure, but we can't even pass to a team mate ten yards away without hooking or slicing it.

We're just shite. I'm sure someone at the club has a checklist of all of our problems and it could fill a toilet roll.
 
It’s only gonna get worse…Onana is shite at collecting crosses and the defence is a bunch of weaklings. Add to that, there total lack of any in-game intelligence and it’s an opposition managers dream.