20 Sep 2023 22:05:16
Men against boys and that scoreline flattered to deceive.

Every team we play against look fitter, more agile, hungrier, quicker to the ball. Unless Amrabat and Mount can transform this team, it will be a long season.

Rashford is having his yearly 6 month break. Martinez looks like a shadow of the player he was and our aging midfield might as well have a walking trail through the middle of them.

I said at the end of the season that a new GK should be very far down the list of positions that need addressing. A wasted 50 million on Onana when Kim went for 30 million.

I counted 6 times Eriksen hoofed the ball blind hoping it would land at one of our players. Pep said something years ago "sign players who don't lose the ball" seems simple enough. Our inability to control games and let any opposition player stroll unchallenged to within 25 yards of our goal is why we've conceded 14 goals in 4 games.

Too many players not putting in the effort and it's a reoccurring theme with many of them. Funnily enough regullion was pretty good, probably because he hasn't been around long enough to get comfortable.

The players will put more effort into their instagram apologies than on the pitch. Could be a long season.

1.) 21 Sep 2023
21 Sep 2023 09:38:33
Eriksen has been in rotten form for a while - something not quite right there. We’re not a team at the moment that is clear, and it feels like we are playing with 9 men every week with not the lack of quality, energyand work rate. Big few months this for ETH’s tenure and future.

This is not a particularly amazing Bayern side right now, but they sliced through us with ease. 4-3 was very flattering to us I’d agree, we were never in this match.

2.) 21 Sep 2023
21 Sep 2023 09:59:26
Stuart Pearce comments:
“United are under the cosh because too many of their players have jacked it in. Rashford half running back and Casemiro half running back, ”
"Rashford was running like he has a fridge on his back”.
“Too many players who have given up the ghost and that is alarming. United are so off the pace and they are lucky that Bayern have not been more clinical. "

Pretty damning but spot on in my view.

3.) 21 Sep 2023
21 Sep 2023 10:09:58
Bruno was shockingly bad!
His passing was awful, he got bullied off the ball so many times.
Never turns up in the big games and is constantly whinging and moaning. He drives me f**king mad!
Eriksen was as bad, constantly giving the ball away and getting caught holding on to the ball too long. He just doesn't have the legs anymore to play in he midfield.
When Eriksen finally went off he was replaced by Mctominay who's contribution to the game was slipping and falling over three times. Complete waste of time and space.
Rashford couldn't be arsed tracking the Bayern full back who was constantly making overlapping runs in the first half so Reguilon was always up against two players.
How we came away with the score line at 4-3 i will never know.
Lets just hope Amrabat and Mount are fit for Saturday which will give us a bit more steel and legs in that midfield.

4.) 21 Sep 2023
21 Sep 2023 10:51:15
sim01975, Fernandes is not a good leader on the pitch when we’re up against it. He’s by far not our biggest problem but his attitude when things go south is a worry. We seriously lack any leadership on the pitch. Not one of them players can grab the game by the scruff of the neck, calm the players or organise after conceding.
His shot last night that is probably landed in Manchester, showed you everything about him.

We’re a mess at the minute with no signs of improvement. We’ve got a favourable run of games coming up with Burnley amd Palace twice. We must be getting 3 wins otherwise serious questions need to be asked of Ten Hag and his coaching team.

5.) 21 Sep 2023
21 Sep 2023 10:51:58
SIM

Bruno not having a great game might have something to do with kimmich and Goretzka sitting in that midfield and one of them was sticking to him all game, conversely they did very little themselves.

Musaila was the difference and he can make many players look slow and silly and great young talent.

Kane did nothing and had a poor game imo. They hurt us down the wings and targeted our fullbacks all game with unmarked runners coming into the box. Second goal was a replica of goals we have conceded against arsenal and brighton.

I agree we need ambrabat, mainoo, mount back, they give us a lot more mobility and options.

6.) 21 Sep 2023
21 Sep 2023 11:35:42
2toms - I completely agree but these were simple errors that could of easily been cut out.
The amount of times Bruno and Eriksen got the ball taken off them for dallying around was mind boggling and they weren't even under pressure. They had bags of time to just make a simple pass even if it meant passing it backwards.

Ahmad - I totally agree, he isn't a leader and should not be the captain, the problem is who do you give it to because at the moment i can't see one leader on that pitch.

7.) 21 Sep 2023
21 Sep 2023 11:41:21
A fresh McTominay came on, lost the ball to Upmancano and slowly jogged after him while he ran 60 yards unopposed to the edge of our box.

These players only want to play when the ball is at their feet. Which is very surprising because the first big thing Ten Hag done was make them run 13k after the Brighton game last year.

How he can watch players not track back, not pick up runners and not want to get a hair transplant only to pull it out again I don't know.

8.) 21 Sep 2023
21 Sep 2023 12:38:04
Good posts Mumbles.

9.) 21 Sep 2023
21 Sep 2023 18:25:24
Mumbles the distance covered for both teams was pretty much the same last night.

Our problem is intensity, but I don’t get how intensity is an issue under the current manager, as he strikes me as an intense person with a very clear vision, strong values and a winning mentality.

As for McTominay, his efforts are very, very disappointing. I’ve always defended him from the point of view that he puts in 100% effort and it’s not his fault that he’s been relied upon so much.

Last night, and against Brighton where I think he completed just 15 passes from starting, was a real kick in the teeth to those that have defended him.

I don’t know if it’s just the current generation, but it seems the ‘prove then wrong’ mentality does not exist in these young men. You’d surely expect somebody who is deemed surplus to requirements - especially a stoic Scotsman - to go out there and fight tooth and nail to prove people wrong.

10.) 21 Sep 2023
21 Sep 2023 18:59:57
Seriously would you work and give 110% if your boss did not want you!
Rashford friend is Sancho…
Bruno’s mate was De Gea
I dare say others were mates of McGuire
You treat people shabby you can’t expect them to help you when needed that’s just Human nature.

11.) 22 Sep 2023
22 Sep 2023 13:46:43
Dam, you’re dam right I’d work 110% to price my manager wrong if I was a footballer. I’m more baffled that somebody would NOT do this?

You’re told that you’re surplus to requirements. You get given a start at Old Trafford and a cameo against Bayern at the Allianz Arena. Hell you I’d be giving every ounce I have to prove to everyone watching that my critics are wrong.

I can’t wrap my head around any alternative response to be honest with you. Jogging around the pitch only proves that the manager is right!

12.) 22 Sep 2023
22 Sep 2023 17:26:18
Correct, Wazza. And if they do just jog around the pitch, then that's not the sort of player mentality we need at a club the size of Utd.