Manchester United 1:2 Brighton & Hove Albion

#07 · Aug 7, 2022

DJ_21 said:
Excited to see how Fernandes and eriksen work together and what positions they take up. Both offer us plenty of creativity.

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sglowrider · Aug 7, 2022

I like Danny Simpson on MUTV. Improved a lot since he first started.

TheReligion · Aug 7, 2022

Spielmacher said:
Sorting by shirt number, you think you're spanish or something?

More impressive I called the team a few days ago

ITK

Darkhorsez · Aug 7, 2022

TheReligion said:

Well played my man!

SAFMUTD · Aug 7, 2022

Good to see Ten Hag didn't fold against Ronaldo. Let the cnut on the bench.

Disappointed in VdB, that's 3 managers now that rather start McFred. There goes away my theory about him being a starter under Ten Hag.

christinaa · Aug 7, 2022

hope we start the league on the winning foot

Forevergiggs1 · Aug 7, 2022

mancsarered said:
Ten Hag's first real stamp on the squad. Didn't cave to pressure of Ronaldo.

Ronaldo made the decision easy for him by not turning up for most of pre season. He was never going to start after only 45 minutes play time and I'm sure he didn't expect to start himself.

Mr Pigeon · Aug 7, 2022

MyOnlySolskjaer said:

hellhunter · Aug 7, 2022

TheReligion said:
More impressive I called the team a few days ago

ITK

We found the leak

VP89 · Aug 7, 2022

glad Elanga didn't start

kouroux · Aug 7, 2022

Could Bruno playing on the left mean that ETH won't hesitate benching him if he doesn't play well ?

SirAnderson · Aug 7, 2022

Leftback99 said:
And we couldn't win either. While Brighton were beating Espanyol 5-1. Hopefully we'll be a lot better than last weekend.

I believe we will, those fixtures would have given the impetus to help make sure we improve, I definitely think we will be much more better.
Helps Eriksen starts from the beginning, as well as Martinez.
Can't wait to see Varane fit and firing, pairing up with Martinez would be the ideal for me.

OpenIntrovert · Aug 7, 2022

Leftback99 said:
And we couldn't win either. While Brighton were beating Espanyol 5-1. Hopefully we'll be a lot better than last weekend.

Relax and watch the game. Sometimes supporting a club is not about hoping that we will dominate teams, but always believing that we will get a chance and win. I am fine even if Brighton has 80% possession and we win 1-0.

Swordsman · Aug 7, 2022

2-1 to united.

Mcfred the best midfield duo ever is playing.

Lights Out · Aug 7, 2022

Hope we win comfortably. Use 5 subs and leave Ronaldo on the bench.
Perfect day

lex talionis · Aug 7, 2022

I don’t recall seeing the name Harry Maguire mentioned here today. Time for him to restore his reputation.

TheReligion · Aug 7, 2022

Darkhorsez said:
Well played my man!

Thank you!

Come on United!

Rustyspider13 · Aug 7, 2022

Really excited for this. Hopefully Martinez pings balls out to the wings and Bruno, Eriksen and Sancho serve up some sexy passing in the final third. Let's go!!!!!

Leftback99 · Aug 7, 2022

El Jefe said:
This is definitely going to be a bit tough and I'm happy we will play a challenging team.

They use the ball very well and overload in central areas so our pressing game will really be put to test.

Will also be good to see how Martinez deals with Welbeck aerially. If he gets through this witbout problems, I can't imagine his height should be an issue as there aren't many strikers more challenging than Welbz in that respect.

Set pieces will be the challenge for us. Open play less of an issue.

OpenIntrovert · Aug 7, 2022

El Jefe said:
This is definitely going to be a bit tough and I'm happy we will play a challenging team.

They use the ball very well and overload in central areas so our pressing game will really be put to test.

Will also be good to see how Martinez deals with Welbeck aerially. If he gets through this witbout problems, I can't imagine his height should be an issue as there aren't many strikers more challenging than Welbz in that respect.

Maguire should be marking Welbeck rather than Martinez. Anyway Brighton are not a long ball team, so we should be seeing more of on the ground possession.

bosnian_red · Aug 7, 2022

kouroux said:
Could Bruno playing on the left mean that ETH won't hesitate benching him if he doesn't play well ?

He's not on the left. Its Eriksen false 9.

Fanta Stick · Aug 7, 2022

El-Manos said:
I’m a slow learner.

Are you from Offaly?

Stadjer · Aug 7, 2022

Had hoped for no McT so left him out of the predition and put Elanga in.... 10/11. McT

90 + 5min · Aug 7, 2022

I don’t think people understand how important it was to get rid of some players. I look forward to this season without some of pretenders.

Herman Toothrot · Aug 7, 2022

Counterfactual said:
A moan about the moaners?

I give up. See you after the came, try to fecking enjoy yourselves.

SirAnderson · Aug 7, 2022

Sancho is the player I'm most excited to watch this season, followed by Eriksen.
Sexy football will be a norm!!

MyOnlySolskjaer · Aug 7, 2022

Surprisingly a pretty strong bench.

Loony BoB · Aug 7, 2022

El Jefe said:
This is definitely going to be a bit tough and I'm happy we will play a challenging team.

They use the ball very well and overload in central areas so our pressing game will really be put to test.

Will also be good to see how Martinez deals with Welbeck aerially. If he gets through this witbout problems, I can't imagine his height should be an issue as there aren't many strikers more challenging than Welbz in that respect.

To quote Karan Tejwani's article on this:

Numbers show that, on average, the Premier League has slightly shorter players than the Eredivisie, with the English league’s average height standing at 182.29 cm and the Dutch top-flight’s average height being 182.52 cm.

Furthermore, the competition Martinez will also be competing against will also be of similar stature: Premier League forwards are, on average, shorter than Eredivisie forwards.

Additionally, forwards in the Premier League also engage in fewer aerial duels than those in the Eredivisie, the big change would be the quality Martinez comes up against while he’s at Manchester United.

In terms of the ball being in the air, Eredivisie matches generally see more crosses being played – in the last season, there were an average of 35 crosses a match, with Martinez’s Ajax crossing the ball the most.

Contrast that to the Premier League, where there were an average of 23 crosses per match, with Manchester City being the most at 16 per match.

Stats show that Martinez also has the best duel success rate of any player in the Eredivisie, winning 154 of his 222 contested, showing that he can hack it against physical players.

Away from numbers, he’s also often shown that in Europe over the years: the best examples come against Victor Osimhen in 2019, as well as against Edin Dzeko and Erling Haaland in 2021.

If he's bad, it won't be because of height, based on this.

Swordsman · Aug 7, 2022

bosnian_red said:
He's not on the left. Its Eriksen false 9.

thought bruno better as false 9 ?

Von Mistelroum · Aug 7, 2022

Does anyone happen to have any rivers?

Would love to see this one!

GDaly95 · Aug 7, 2022

Wish I was capable of not oversharing as much as ten Hag.

SAFMUTD · Aug 7, 2022

Forevergiggs1 said:
Ronaldo made the decision easy for him by not turning up for most of pre season. He was never going to start after only 45 minutes play time and I'm sure he didn't expect to start himself.

With Martial's injury a lot of us were worried that we'd had no other choice. Gladly Ten Hag didn't fold.

Loony BoB · Aug 7, 2022

Swordsman said:
thought bruno better as false 9 ?

Seems it's a bit of both, favouring Eriksen, based on what ETH said. He'll know better than we do.

Rayman96 · Aug 7, 2022

ETH pre match interview on Sky. She hasnt asked a question that doesnt have Ronaldo in it yet.

sglowrider · Aug 7, 2022

Fanta Stick said:
Are you from Offaly?

Terry Chango · Aug 7, 2022

Anyone got a decent river for a man at a wedding please ?

Edit. It’s not my wedding.

Bebestation · Aug 7, 2022

Yes I wanted to see Bruno as our CF!

Maybe not a perfect false 9 but will be able to make passes and shoot.

Zippycup · Aug 7, 2022

Come on United.

Strats · Aug 7, 2022

Huddlestone should be starting over McTominay

Josh 76 · Aug 7, 2022

Rayman96 said:
ETH pre match interview on Sky. She hasnt asked a question that doesnt have Ronaldo in it yet.

It’s so Fecking silly.
The guy is not match fit. End of !

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