[Stookie]

Much more of this and United could be in a relegation battle.

 

[Classical Mechanic]

How so?

He's been outcoached. Brighton have shut us down, closed all our passing lanes and pressed at the right time to do that. It's a game of two halves though so Ten Hag needs to make the adjustments. Eriksen and Fernandes on the pitch together isn't working. His first moderately sized test.

 

[The Hilton]

We can see the difference in the way we're trying to play, but like under Rangnick, we're just not very good at it. We've got an incoherent press, which led to their second goal, and a lot of our players aren't great at playing the ball in short spaces, poorly weighted and directed passes, etc.

We're trying to play in a manner similar to Brighton, but at the moment they're better drilled and have better suited players.

 

[laughtersassassin]

So 3 signings or really 5 needed or the season is already done

 

[JPRouve]

Whose fault is it if we continue with the same players?

Why do you ask me?

 

[ElectroManiac]

Yep. I was just thinking as the camera panned over to Graham Potter that we'd be in the same spot right now if he was our manager instead.

We can have Klop and Pep join together and we will still have the same issue

 

[sparx99]

Still we do win the Bangkok Century Cup.

 

[Blood Mage]

We're in a lot of trouble. I predicted 6th place but that is looking generous right now, Brighton look levels above us.

 

[MonkeysMagic]

Having a team of players that lack any footballing intelligence is just crippling us. They have to be constantly told what to do and where to be as tgey simply cannot transfer the training to the match. ETH mat be good but with these bunch of players he is achieving nothing.

 

[VorZakone]

Brighton's Caicedo had a good 1st half I thought. Only 20 years old?

 

[Ekeke]

Play silly games win silly prizes

Fred & McTom nightmare

Other players could also have done better on the first goal. Maguire with Welbeck's run, Lisandro letting the ball across and then Rashford, Fred and McTom should have been back to the box helping out. McTom also gave the ball away to begin with

Fred no defensive awareness to clear the 2nd goal. Also given the ball away several times messing up easy passes and gave the ball away in his defensive third. Common Fred problems. Never a DM

 

[Leg-End]

Most this 11 is the same from last season, losers breads losing. We so obviously should have dumped 4-5 of these and did what was needed, if ETH thinks he can turn this lot around he's wrong, he won't.

Recruitment now.

 

[Keane's Prawn Sandwich]

Don’t back the manager. That’s what you get

 

[Camy89]

It was like this under Ole, it was like this under Rangnick and now we’ve had 1 half of it under ten Hag.

When will people admit this is not just the manager, it’s the sub par players we have who lack ability?

 

[GDaly95]

Normally this thread is full of knee-jerk reactions, hyberbole, toxic sensationalism and unnecessary panic.

Not today. Sound the alarm. Hit the panic button. Sound it from the rooftops. We are still spiralling, we are still incompetent as a club, this will not get better.

 

[sixdwarf]

When your best player is Maguire. It says it all. There is no energy. No will. No running. Nothing. Our central midfielders don’t want ball. Our attackers are non exsistent. Our defenders are like our defenders.

Fear runs through the whole team.

 

[Red00012]

Good decision to walk away from Moises caicedo

 

[Marcus]

DVB for McTominay please

 

[groovyalbert]

Could be a memorable comeback

 

[Cassidy]

Bloody hell

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[Nikelesh Reddy]

Harry Maguire is a bloody joke!!

 

[Bocca9978]

45 minutes in and already I can't be arsed with the season.

My son is in tears. Think he realises it’s going to be a long season.

 

[My only Eric]

I have a feeling that the first coach to bin mcfred will be the successful one.

Until then, they’ll keep getting fired

 

[Godfather]

I blame Pogba

 

[Buster15]

Great half of football from Brighton

Yes indeed. They are just doing the basics right. Unlike United.

 

[Reyoji-Utd]

You can look at Brighton players and how they celebrate to know how low we are now. They dont even care to celebrate much, it looks like its just a match with some random teams in the EPL.

 

[Chief123]

Wow Brighton have had 12 shots and it’s only half time.

 

[Walters_19_MuFc]

The problem is, as has been the case for a few years now, is that we have no ball players in midfield.

Fred did well in pre season but as soon as he gave away that pass, he started hiding. To be the ''connector'', as ten Hag has described him as, you have to show for the ball and almost command the ball off the centre backs, who have been far too slow in possession.

You then have McTominay and Bruno playing ahead, who have not been able to receive the ball through the lines, and when they have, they've not done much with it.

I would personally change things up. Ronaldo on for McTominay, with Fred and Bruno as the 8's, and Eriksen as the 6.

There's still points in it for us, but we need to move the ball quicker like we did in the first 10 mins.

 

[Shark]

First game already boos… worst thing is that… fully deserved

Fully deserved indeed. Enough is enough.

 

[fergiewherearethou]

Brighton are a great side. They've got a great manager who has a specific system and has the players he needs to play that system.

ETH needs better players. The same players who were the problem last year are the problem this year, too. We can't play better football until we get better players. This is like asking Meg White to play drums for Tool. You can give her some pointers, but she hasn't got the fecking technical ability to do it the way it needs to be done.

Brighton are a great side? What the hell....then City and Pool are what? Guardians of the Galaxy?
We are playing against a solid mid table side and we are all over the place.

Yes ETH needs better players but you can't sit high up the pitch and play adventurous football with Dalot, Maguire, Fred and MCT. One of the qualities of a good manger is realism and acknowledgement of your assets.

We are getting clearly beaten by a mid table side that's the reality we have to face...we are in for a long season.

 

[DJ_21]

I don't fecking blame them at all. Are you there to witness that?

Neither do I. And there to witness what?

 

[Teja]

Dalot got proper exposed today, can't deal with Trossard at all

McFred - I can't imagine how you'd start that after watching them in training for the whole summer.

I'd give up on the build up play and hoof it long + counter press. That's not been terrible atleast.

 

[joedirt87]

welbeck is dominating this defense with his movement, luckily he can't score or this is 3 or 4 to nil. same old crap, midfield getting completely dominated. bruno giving it away anytime he touches it. wingers missing as they cant get the ball. he's gotta make changes to get a forward central and get control. get bruno off, get mctominay off. hell I would probably move rashford to striker and bring garnacho on for the left wing. move eriksen back to CM to see if he can control things a bit more for United.

 

[sebsheep]

I can see why we won’t give up on FDJ. McFred. Jesus wept. This midfield can’t even play in the championship.

Considering 2 players make up that partnership, we need more than FDJ in there.

 

[devilish]

We’ve spent all summer looking at the one central midfielder he wants and not targeted any alternate options at his behest; signed two players specifically from his league (one of which we threw out our scouts choice to sign), and we’ve only just recently balked at the outrageous figure his old club want for a winger who scored sub 10 goals last season. Definitely need some more attackers and it hasn’t been perfect, but we’ve definitely supported him thus far.

How so, haven’t the club been going balls deep to get him FDJ, also got him Malacia, Martinez and Eriksen.

If Erik couldn’t with his own fecking eyes see how shit these midfielders are and could not find even one better player in the whole of world football who’s name isn’t FDJ…then I certainly have no sympathy for him.

Last season United were embarrassing. This season we lost Greenwood, Cavani, Pogba, Matic, Lingard, Mata and Periera. Meanwhile Henderson and Telles had left on loan. Do you really think that buying a CB from Ajax, a backup left back and a free transfer fresh from Brendford is 'supporting the manager'?

 

[Judge Red]

There’s no reason to expect anything other than more goals for Brighton. How sad.

I think we lasted about a quarter of an hour this season. Then there was that half assed attempt on goal from Bruno and the entire team took that as a cue to give up for another year.

 

[Born2Lose]

Shame we can't play friendlies every week, I knew the usual suspects would go missing when the pressure was turned on.

 

[kouroux]

Why is McT so fecking advanced ffs ? Why ??????

 

[PieCrust]

Not addressing the midfield this summer is dereliction of duty from the club. Eriksen was a nice depth signing, but he's not a replacement for McFred, next to Maguire, the biggest frauds on the team.

United's transfer policy is just a joke.

 

[JJ12]

Much more of this and United could be in a relegation battle.

1st 45 mins of the season