It hardly ever showed in the way united played to say confidently that we used to work on quick passing before.Except it doesn’t, it implies that we’ve been working on it more than normal lately and it’s paying off with performances like we produced at Burnley.
Not really concerning to me. We all knew from the evidence shown that we've basically run around Carrington practicing defensive shape in every training. It's more exciting to me, as we finally are going in the right direction. A few weeks of McKenna seemingly getting more influence and we've already tripled our chances per game.The lukaku quotes are really concerning to be honest.
It took such a long time and a pathetic start to the season to start practising quick and short passing? What did they practise before? What a strange club.
Martial is more competing with Sanchez and Rashford than Lingard/Mata I guess. Which means he will not have that many opportunities. When he cites doesthe chance, he needs to seize itSadly yeah, Martial isn't very adaptable. To get him playing at his best, you need to see him in one specific role. However it would still be interesting now that we have a normal LB who would give overlapping opportunities
I never said we did, I’m just trying to explain what Lukaku meant in baby terms to the other fella.It hardly ever showed in the way united played to say confidently that we used to work on quick passing before.
Exactly this. The building of a team takes time and it's a gradual evolution.@Adisa @girish @AgentP Training process changes over time. Last year, the team focused on structural and tactical work - to make sure the team shape was good and we don't concede. This took a bit away from the attack. Now that the players have a good sense of the tactical system, the focus is on the passing lanes/ movements and systems. It's natural to do this in a team building process.
Also, I'm sure McKenna and Carrick are more attack minded coaches than Rui Faria. They will probably coach the midfielders to use space differently when we have the ball. For example, a bunch of times yesterday, Pogba was sticking to the right wing byline like a right winger! That's not something he did at all last season. I remember Carrick used to move over to that side a lot during the 2008-2012 period to put crosses in.
The down side of this fluidity was seen over the last 2 games - where our CBs were exposed in a few situations and we conceded 6 goals. (Unlikely that this would have happened with Faria in charge - when both our CMs were first responsible for protecting the CBs, before getting involved in the attack)
I find it really frustrating when we hit a team on the counter, reach the half way line and then come to a dead stop because the player has no confidence in his own ability to charge towards the opposition GK and beat him 1v1.Mourinho's tactics (defend deep and hit on the break) can only succeed if the players have quick, sharp skills to execute them.
I believe there's plan to start thinking about some decent corners pencilled in for training sessions starting in 2020
Did you watch Rashford yesterday?The statue of liberty moves quicker than him.
I would rest him and give Rashford the forward striker role.
Rashford couldn't hit a barn door from 5 yards. Relying on him to finish chances is what disasters are made of.The statue of liberty moves quicker than him.
I would rest him and give Rashford the forward striker role.
Martial-Sanchez-Lukaku?Been dogshite lately. So has the team but still. Almost zero contribution on all aspects. I don't know if he is the man for us.
I'd try him on the right wing maybe.
Rashford is atrocious as a sole striker. Unless we change to two upfront (very unlikely), Sanchez is the one we'd want to try there if we were to rest Lukaku.I would rest him and give Rashford the forward striker role.
Rashford is a shite No 9 and has had a handful of good games (Liverpool last year) there since his breakthrough season.He looks better on the right and he has a very good cross on him. He always finds his man with a cross for good scoring chances. I would rather have Rashford or Martial in the center for their quicker acceleration and Rashford is better in the box than on the wing imo. Rashford is an instinct player who does not do well when given too much time to think or make decisions far away from the box.
Wouldn’t even say that was a good game, he scored a good goal but other than that he was quite poor.Rashford is a shite No 9 and has had a handful of good games (Liverpool last year) there since his breakthrough season.
I don’t remember the game after twenty minutes in fairness. Buzzing to hanging on.Wouldn’t even say that was a good game, he scored a good goal but other than that he was quite poor.
Sanchez as a target man wouldn't be a good sight.We should play Sanchez as striker. That's the position where he excelled at Arsenal. Even in the pre-season friendlies, he did well in that role.
Yes and I am not a massive fan of Rashford but my point is that Lukaku needs to be taken out for a game or two plus we need to try something different.Did you watch Rashford yesterday?
Might as well just give it to Sanchez or Martial.
If only you were in charge of training."Working on our passing the last few weeks"
FFS. Don't work on passing. You're pro's, you should have that shit down by now. You work on team moves!
Lukaku? As a 10? Lukaku?I don’t remember the game after twenty minutes in fairness. Buzzing to hanging on.
He’s never going to be a good enough lead striker for us, off the wings or as a 10 possibly if he improves a lot.
Well, he's almost as static as Riquelme, so that's a start.Lukaku? As a 10? Lukaku?
well, he's almost as static as Riquelme, so that's a start.
Rashford. Read the previous message before replyingLukaku? As a 10? Lukaku?