Tottenham Hotspur 2:0 Manchester United

garelo · Aug 19, 2023

Woodenlung said:
From yesterday's embargoed press conference Ten Hag made it clear that United's problems against Wolves are easily solved. It was all about poor execution and losing possession in Wolves half which led to them countering. I expect to see us keeping the ball much better today.

My major concern is the massive Greenwood shitshow enveloping the club. United are rightfully getting hammered by politicians, charities and celebrities for their stance. Couple that with the Antony situation and things could go badly on the pitch if we make a poor start.

Stop playing Rashford as no. 9 will be a great start to solve the problems.

Tony247 · Aug 19, 2023

Unpredictable match.

DJ_21 · Aug 19, 2023

cyberman said:
It clicked at game week 3 last season. We didn’t forget how to play football, it’s simple adaption. If we aren’t better today v Spurs and a lot better v Forest then I’d really be shocked

We should be battering forest though to be fair. We need top performances against better sides.

DJ_21 · Aug 19, 2023

garelo said:
I'd like ETH try Mount in Fred's position, reading comments on Mount's thread seem many quite dont find him quality player at all but surely hes better than Fred?

I’d say Mount has more quality but Fred offered better defensive qualities which is why we played better football with him and Casemiro together.

Crimson King · Aug 19, 2023

wolvored said:
Luckily

Happens all the time. We've lost plenty of games where we've been unlucky and should have won.

Cee90 · Aug 19, 2023

I know it’s only the second game of the season, but for some reason this feels like a really important game for us, especially after a shoddy performance against Wolves. I feel like it will help shape my expectations from the season ahead and the kind of character we have as a team.

Curious to see if ETH mixes things up, and if he can get a positive reaction from the group.

prateik · Aug 19, 2023

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Conceded 7 against Liverpool.. 6 against City..
Still cant pass the ball.

Let's see if we actually play any football today or just try to hit them on the counter..

cyberman · Aug 19, 2023

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Gonna have to start better that, starting today.

Let's fecking GO!

Honestly, 75 points in spite of that is stupidly impressive.
What that? 14 odd dropped points in every other game?

Carl · Aug 19, 2023

Bruno up front please. Mount in the 10. Casemiro and McTominay in midfield.

Plastic Evra · Aug 19, 2023

cyberman said:
Honestly, 75 points in spite of that is stupidly impressive.
What that? 14 odd dropped points in every other game?

Monster defense (or Goals Against...) and home record. I'd be very happy to see those two trends confirmed this year but that was maybe an outlier. Definitely need to get more points away and score more.

BluesJr · Aug 19, 2023

Not confident. Think the Greenwood thing has become a massive distraction.

Kaos · Aug 19, 2023

Carl said:
Bruno up front please. Mount in the 10. Casemiro and McTominay in midfield.

When has that ever worked well for us?

Bilbo · Aug 19, 2023

Brentford cut through Tottenham fairly easily last week. If we get given the same sort of space I can certainly see us scoring 2 or 3. This will suit Mount's late runs into the box. Can see him scoring today

slored1 · Aug 19, 2023

Onana
AWB - Varane - Martinez - Shaw
Casemiro
Bruno - Mount
Antony - Rashford - Sancho

I'm feeling a loss today. 2-1 Spurs.

Carl · Aug 19, 2023

Kaos said:
When has that ever worked well for us?

That's how bad the options are...

Also, I think Mount in behind might make it work a little better.

I'd rather him in a 9 or false 9 than on the right anyway.

Carl · Aug 19, 2023

A poor 60 min from Nacho (when everyone was poor) and everyone wants Sancho back in, despite him having a poor 2 years.

Kaos · Aug 19, 2023

Carl said:
That's how bad the options are...

Also, I think Mount in behind might make it work a little better.

I'd rather him in a 9 or false 9 than on the right anyway.

Why not just play Sancho in the 9 then? Bruno and Mount have to learn to play with each other whether we like it or not.

maniak · Aug 19, 2023

That rare occasion when I want you to win. Injury time victory with a dodgy penalty for bruno please.

Carl · Aug 19, 2023

Kaos said:
Why not just play Sancho in the 9 then? Bruno and Mount have to learn to play with each other whether we like it or not.

Because Sancho is awful. We may as well play with 10 men.

redshaw · Aug 19, 2023

We went 2-0 up last year at Spurs very easily but second half we were really poor, think they were on a bad run and temp manager yet we couldn't see them off. Apparently Spurs at half time got really angry and pumped themselves up.

Walters_19_MuFc · Aug 19, 2023

Carl said:
A poor 60 min from Nacho (when everyone was poor) and everyone wants Sancho back in, despite him having a poor 2 years.

Most people, including myself, want to see Sancho as a false 9 where he put in some good displays, albeit pre season. It also means Rashford can play in his favoured position on the left.

Ayoba · Aug 19, 2023

On my way to the stadium now, absolutely buzzing. Fingers crossed we play well! Oh and we win

Swedish_Plumber · Aug 19, 2023

Just wanna see hints at some nice football and more of a midfield. Didn’t even have a spell of dominance on Monday. Was just one moment of good play for the goal. Not good enough.

AjaxCunian · Aug 19, 2023

They have been poor for years, new manager, lost their star player, haven't replaced him adequately yet. We should be favourites for this match, and take the game to them.

I expect sadly, for that not to be translated to the pitch at all.

garelo · Aug 19, 2023

Kaos said:
When has that ever worked well for us?

Against Leeds in the opening week of 21/22? granted it was Bielsa's Leeds but still Bruno scored hattrick that day.

Gordon S · Aug 19, 2023

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Gonna have to start better that, starting today.

Let's fecking GO!

-20 gd… That is shocking numbers.

Infra-red · Aug 19, 2023

prateik said:
Conceded 7 against Liverpool.. 6 against City..
Still cant pass the ball.

Let's see if we actually play any football today or just try to hit them on the counter..

We know Spurs will have most of the possession - that's how Postecoglou wants them to play.

Against Brentford, they focused most of their attacks through the middle and we obviously looked very vulnerable to that on Monday night. We'll need our front three pressing their CBs to prevent easy balls into midfield, something that they didn't do at all against Wolves.

Spurs looked vulnerable to attacks through the middle too against Brentford, so that is where we'll probably look to focus our counterattacks.

I think it's not a bad time to play them. The manager won't have had time to properly instill his ideas yet and they have just lost Kane. I fancy a score draw.

Gordon S · Aug 19, 2023

Carl said:
Because Sancho is awful. We may as well play with 10 men.

He really isn’t that bad.
Certainly not when comparing with our other options. Garnacho and Antony wouldn’t have produced less on monday if they played with their eyes closed

christinaa · Aug 19, 2023

Carl said:
A poor 60 min from Nacho (when everyone was poor) and everyone wants Sancho back in, despite him having a poor 2 years.

Till now Nacho has shown that he's best at entering late in the game.
He's got to do better when he starts

Carl · Aug 19, 2023

christinaa said:
Till now Nacho has shown that he's best at entering late in the game.
He's got to do better when he starts

I agree, but he's literally wasted one chance. How many has sancho wasted?

Redplane · Aug 19, 2023

Negative nancy's way too early into a season where several of our incomings have barely played a competitive match yet, or at all. Especially when in the first game the fitness level was to me the most shocking thing, which naturally can only be expected to improve. Ironically though Kane leaving makes this a bigger question mark bc that seemed to be the only top player we d have in our pocket every time we played them. All I want to see is match rhythm progression today/less lethargic effort.

Gavinb33 · Aug 19, 2023

I see this place is a negative as usual crikey

Catt · Aug 19, 2023

Oh, so we call Garnacho Nacho now. Real head scrather for 10 sec's there :lol:

christinaa · Aug 19, 2023

Catt said:
Oh, so we call Garnacho Nacho now. Real head scrather for 10 sec's there

Use your brain grey cells!

Catt · Aug 19, 2023

christinaa said:
Use your brain grey cells!

Jess

croadyman · Aug 19, 2023

Bilbo said:
Brentford cut through Tottenham fairly easily last week. If we get given the same sort of space I can certainly see us scoring 2 or 3. This will suit Mount's late runs into the box. Can see him scoring today

Well people with Chelsea connections seem to enjoy playing in that stadium,however knowing our luck Mount is gonna buck that trend today

Michael T · Aug 19, 2023

We're better than Spurs - we'll win. 1-3

tenpoless · Aug 19, 2023

Squawka usually posts good stats about United. But since they smell ABUs coming out this week, they join in the fun.

OrcaFat · Aug 19, 2023

Walters_19_MuFc said:
Most people, including myself, want to see Sancho as a false 9 where he put in some good displays, albeit pre season. It also means Rashford can play in his favoured position on the left.

I wouldn’t say most people. I don’t like false 9 at all. It’s better when you have two wide strikers with a strong goal threat. We have one, which is a start. I could see it happening today as I think Garnacho needs to come out and our options are limited.

Annihilate Now! · Aug 19, 2023

Really can't call how this one will go. We could have our shit together and smash them, alternatively they could just run through us and score quite a few.

So 0-0 it is then.

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