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Use this thread for general daily football discussion.
This thread can also be used to discuss Transfer rumours and to post Tier 4 sources.
I’ve been watching highlights on the Palace V ManU game and United do not look cohesive in so many aspects. Their defending and goalkeeping aside, it didn’t look like they knew their roles for some of their set pieces.
On one of their free kicks, Eriksen is telling the United players lined up in the attack what to do. I know the team discuss what roles/tactics they are going to use, but it didn’t look like anybody knew what they were supposed to do.
You can see Eriksen giving Evans instructions, then Garnacho, then he steps away from the ball to go tell Antony and others lined up instructions. And even after that Evans looks kinda clueless on where he should stand. Give him the benefit of the doubt and maybe he was just trying to position himself according to the defensive line.
This is really interesting analysis. From looking at their lineup I assumed their defense was the weak point. But that’s not what you’re seeing, and given that you watched some of the match, I trust your judgement.
I’m not surprised Eriksen was trying to call the shots. He was/still is a quality player with a good footballing brain. I guess Mainoo, Hojlund, and Garnacho are still young so they’d need guidance. Rashford doesn’t seem to give a shit any more (can’t blame him in this case). And Antony ‘beyblade fidgetspinner’ is just an idiot, so no amount of instructions will penetrate that thick skull to the empty space within. I’m not familiar with the others.
I really hope their morale stays in the basement this weekend. If so, and if we stay focused in defensive midfield, and don’t have any brain farts in defence, there’s a very reasonable chance we can thrash the ever-loving shit out of them.
I’m no expert, and it was only highlights, but it just stood out. To me, it looked like Eriksen was trying to set up for the attacking set piece in the moment, which maybe indicated it wasn’t one they ran drills on or practiced.
I guess, also to the point you made, they seem to be short on leaders, which is something we suffered with for a while too.
There’s so many reasons this should be an easy fixture. But it is Manure who have a player or 2 who can pull shit out of their arse and have it turn to gold.
Thinking about the space between the United defence and midfield, this could be a game Martinelli could do well in with his pace