abailey123
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What a poor first half. We’re so vulnerable on the counter. Thank Christ Moreno is injured
it’s not a 433. it’s a 4231 until we get the ball then pogba goes and stands up frontIt's not really a 4-3-3, Bruno and Pogba are totally detached from McTominay.
That glaring hole in midfield that anyone could see wasn’t resolved in the window. It’s so bad that the quality everywhere else just can’t resolve it because we can’t control games and can’t keep teams at bay. It’s a colossal mess in central midfield.Wow, I'm usually an optimist but geez so hard to watch this. We have one of the best squads post Fergie and this is currently the best we can do...hurts to see.
Can't wait for Europa.
This fanbase is lost.Matic on, Mason off and protect that fecking back 4
You say that like it’s any different when we play two defensive midfielders. It isn’t.Our defensive organisation is a complete mess. Consistently open all the time. As negative as it is to play 2 holding players, we simply don’t have a DM of sufficient quality to not do it. It’s excruciating that we didn’t resolve this in the transfer window.
It’s not playing for a 0-0. It’s playing for stopping the inevitable goals we concede in the second half if we don’t change it.Yeah, let's play for a 0-0 at home in a game we need to win....
Remember when we were so bad that DDG was constantly our man of the match? Thought I'd never see those times again.
Same, I try not to jump on throat and look for the positives mostly, but that was a horrific first half.Wow, I'm usually an optimist but geez so hard to watch this. We have one of the best squads post Fergie and this is currently the best we can do...hurts to see.
Hey, he made several very good saves!‘Positives’ implies there was more than one.
if we could actually control the game and move the ball accurately with pace we might be able to give him something to do.Telles and Dalot are so shite defensively. We're playing with one man midfield aka McT doesn't help either. Sub Ronaldo off he doesn't do a shit and bring on another fecking mid before we lose this game.
People see his energy and work rate and mistake that to be qualities of a DM though. Yes, top quality DMs often have that in their locker but what makes them great is the know-how of where to be and when.McTominay is good, but not of the quality and knowledge to play that DM role by himself.I think Scott McTominay looks a decent defensive midfielder only when the ball comes to him. Problem is, he's often not anywhere near the ball because his positioning and reading of the game is not good enough.
Felix Zwayer