haram
New Member
- Joined
- May 28, 2017
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Played 18
Won 14
Drawn 2
Lost 2
Goals scored 37
Goals against 9
Second best home form in the league with the best defensive record.
Our away form (along with Arsenal) has let us down a bit with some of it being down to not dealing with the press well enough and not having the most effective transitions into attack from defence on counters.
At home however, whenever a team sits deep we seem to break them down, which as all United fans know was a problem for us last year with all the 1-1 draws. I do not think we get enough credit for our attacking movement and link play in this sense, with Mata being one of the players perhaps overlooked in terms of importance on the right. I dont think the 4231 is dead, I just think perhaps in away games we just need another man in midfield to help soak a press so we can counter and rectify our record on the road. We are the only team to beat Arsenal at the Emirates and our counters on that day were outstanding, so I have confidence for next season that we can do this more consistently.
I think there has been improvement in our attacking play against parked busses which was a problem last year and it doesn't get enough attention or recognition. We did manage to break Burnley down, the only problem was we were 2-0 down (should have started Lingard instead on Ibra!), and the other game was Southampton where we missed Lukaku through injury. Those are the two draws. The loss was of course against City but we were trying to play on the break that day.
Won 14
Drawn 2
Lost 2
Goals scored 37
Goals against 9
Second best home form in the league with the best defensive record.
Our away form (along with Arsenal) has let us down a bit with some of it being down to not dealing with the press well enough and not having the most effective transitions into attack from defence on counters.
At home however, whenever a team sits deep we seem to break them down, which as all United fans know was a problem for us last year with all the 1-1 draws. I do not think we get enough credit for our attacking movement and link play in this sense, with Mata being one of the players perhaps overlooked in terms of importance on the right. I dont think the 4231 is dead, I just think perhaps in away games we just need another man in midfield to help soak a press so we can counter and rectify our record on the road. We are the only team to beat Arsenal at the Emirates and our counters on that day were outstanding, so I have confidence for next season that we can do this more consistently.
I think there has been improvement in our attacking play against parked busses which was a problem last year and it doesn't get enough attention or recognition. We did manage to break Burnley down, the only problem was we were 2-0 down (should have started Lingard instead on Ibra!), and the other game was Southampton where we missed Lukaku through injury. Those are the two draws. The loss was of course against City but we were trying to play on the break that day.
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