Keeps the ball? He appears to cough it up with great regularity. His passing is poor, his shooting good once every blue moon and his crossing unbelievably bad. Some seem keen to give him credit for his ball retention abilities but it appears to me much of that is just him passing the ball backwards because he can't beat a manI love how Anthony keeps the ball and gets us up field, also love his passion and determination. But for the love of god I wish he’d go on the outside Atleast once, I don’t think I’ve ever seen him beat a man on the outside and go on a run. It’ll get easier to defend against.
Hoping he improves this with time.
We don’t have the squad right now for major repercussions. Hopefully Sancho and Sabitzer getting more chances but really it’s this lot he has to whip back into shape.Was thinking about what the consequences for this are?
Ten hag has maintained that everything has consequences so far. How does cover for this one?
Change the full XI and make those who played today earn their place back. And Bruno should be fined.Was thinking about what the consequences for this are?
Ten hag has maintained that everything has consequences so far. How does cover for this one?
Yes, because xG tells you all you need to know about the shambolic defending in the second half.
They scored from half chances because we allowed them to play pinball in our box. The fact we've got away with it before doesn't meant today wasn't a shambles.
This is obviously not the right thread for it, since EtH gets a pass from me but this kind of statement is bloody pathetic.
I wonder, do you want to go back and find the xG for the Arse 8-2? Do you think that'll make Arse fans feel better?
Losing 7-0 against Liverpool is fecking inexcusable.
Some of the goals conceded weren't even about tactics.
Tactics can be thrown out the window when the other team just wants it way more. I don't think we won a single 50-50 all today and almost every goal they scored in the 2nd half came from 2nd balls being won by them or even the 3rd ball.
Just an awful day.
Is this genuine or are you mocking those types of people?
That was weird and was apparent in the 1st half when we didn't even play badly. The players especially in the middle were either hesitant or refusing to go for any 2nd ball and almost every time backed off the Liverpool player going for the ball.
A very bizarre game.
What did he say?
He’s missing the part which ironically seems the easiest, it weird. I do think the issue is exacerbated by not having a good CF though and he’s young.I love how Anthony keeps the ball and gets us up field, also love his passion and determination. But for the love of god I wish he’d go on the outside Atleast once, I don’t think I’ve ever seen him beat a man on the outside and go on a run. It’ll get easier to defend against.
Hoping he improves this with time.
You say this but I’ve found it terribly funnyYou’re nowhere near as funny as you think you are with these sarcastic parody posts. And if you’re serious then that’s much worse (for you).
Genuinely not. This was a shock. Those results were inevitable. In isolation it’s worse but I’m confident he’ll get a response.
I wasn't unfair. Our football has been slowing up game by game, and that's why I'm not surprised we got beat today (although the scale was unnecessary). But yes there are reasons for that. He's working with a limited squad.Don’t think that’s fair. We’ve been going for every competition with an unbalanced squad. Can’t always play champagne football.
He does pass back an awful lot instead of beating a man but my thoughts were he is genuinely hard to dispossess and if he does lose it he fights to get it back, may be wrongKeeps the ball? He appears to cough it up with great regularity. His passing is poor, his shooting good once every blue moon and his crossing unbelievably bad. Some seem keen to give him credit for his ball retention abilities but it appears to me much of that is just him passing the ball backwards because he can't beat a man
I’m not surprised. If you find that funny you’ll find anything funny. Not a bad thing to be easily amused I suppose.You say this but I’ve found it terribly funny
You’ve seen nothing yet, cupcakeYou've made some epically shit posts today. It's actually impressive.
ETH said after the League Cup win that the players must know only with sacrifice can they keep winning and good is never enough. Today is a great example of that. The result hurts but if it reminds our players that taking their foot off the pedal can result in humiliation like today and spur them on henceforth then good. But feck me, this score line is seriously fecked up.Luckily for him, he's experienced a couple demolitions already this season and has managed to pick up the pieces. This one may be a little harder as we were in some good form, so much harder to explain. Thankfully, we are still in a couple other competitions and can quickly put this result behind us by progressing in those and refocusing the minds.
I hope he makes the whole squad watch that game in full a couple times this week. That can never happen again.
He’s got a natural talent for gutter level postingYou've made some epically shit posts today. It's actually impressive.
Perhaps I came across poorly, but the reason for these silly posts was the reactions in the match thread about ten Hag, Casemiro, Rashford et al, every reaction was OTT which was the reason for my idiotic comments. I was trying to emphasise how stupid those reactions were. Obviously, the result is miserable but we’re still a very, very good team with some very good players who had an off day.I’m not surprised. If you find that funny you’ll find anything funny. Not a bad thing to be easily amused I suppose.
Yep a one or two goal loss could have been down to the tactics but this is just a dereliction from the playersWrong tactics and/or team selection can and will lose you games, but when you ship 7 with something approaching your strongest line-up, there's a lot more going wrong than tactics or team selection. The players could be managed by a chat bot and you'd still expect them to have enough pride and fight in them to avoid that.
That's because he doesn't need to, to a certain extent, if the players had followed his game plan that he put to them at half time there would've been no collapse. It's all on the players for just giving up for some weird reason. We played well the first half, there was no need to change things straight away at half time when only 1 down.He has just called the players unprofessional, which they were but not once did he take any responsibility for his part
Deserves sacking on the spot. Worst result in our history. There’s no coming back from this, there just isn’t.
I also wouldn’t start a single one of those players again all season.
Imagine my pain being sat surrounded by Liverpool fans at the pub
Literally the story throughout the day.
We showed absolutely no pride nor professionalism throughout the game.
It was a disgrace.
You answered your own question there buddyWhy do all the terrible posters have their profiles set to private so you cant easily ignore them
Yep and not only 2nd balls, how many headers went uncontested today?
Genuinely not. This was a shock. Those results were inevitable. In isolation it’s worse but I’m confident he’ll get a response.
A well balanced and sensible post.I think this will be (a) the reality check some around the club need and (b) a chance for ETH to deliver some home truths to the squad.
This was an anomalous, freak performance and result and his job now is to pull everyone back and consign that result to the history books.
As hard as that result is to stomach we must remember the goals of the season; top 4 and maybe a trophy. It’s only through his incredible impact that we’re in the position where we are, having competed on four fronts, playing every 3.5 days for as long as we have, with a wafer thin squad without a real striker is an amazing overachievement.
We keep the faith and see how he responds to what’s going to be a challenging few days. If it’s anything like how he responded to the last one then hopefully it’ll remain onwards and upwards.
In my opinion, ETH got the set up wrong. He himself ended up undermining Rashford, Bruno and WW with their positions. Surprised he didn't change it at half time.
Big test of his and this team's character now.
Well, at least he didn't get beat by a little shit team (Southampton) and then blame the colour of the jerseys on it, like AF.Erik ten Solskajer, least Ole lost with a bit of dignity
