Another classic stat on MOTD tonight.
Having hired a set piece specialist coach last summer, Manchester United are the only team in the Premier League that has not yet scored from a set piece.
ffs
They were on a leisurely walk in the park.
A 36 year old making the most sprints... Man how I'd like for someone like Hasenhüttl to come in and let these lazy fecks run their asses off endlessly
Another classic stat on MOTD tonight.
Having hired a set piece specialist coach last summer, Manchester United are the only team in the Premier League that has not yet scored from a set piece.
ffs
we are such a memeIt was worse than Liverpool. The performance if not the result.
I know, remember when we had Sheringham and Cole, they absolutely hated each other. My God our form really suffered in those days because of it.
The performance definitely.
Probably hired from Wish.Another classic stat on MOTD tonight.
Having hired a set piece specialist coach last summer, Manchester United are the only team in the Premier League that has not yet scored from a set piece.
ffs
It's like when we got a freekick around the halfway line and they immediately showed a quick replay of something that happened before, when the replay was over and they went back to the live broadcast De Bruyne had the ball right outside our box. I just started laughing.
I was getting annoyed that the replays were covering up the times we did have possession.
It is not laziness. This is what happens when you do not see the point, since you do not believe that the ball will be passed to you when you make the run.
It's got to be. That is another proof of Pep taking the piss, unintentionally perhaps. I imagine he didn't take players off cuz it was nothing more than a training session, so didn't need to give anyone a rest, not even KDB.
Just a reminder, SAF achieved something... Ole just failed.
And also a group of players going in with no conviction, just going through the motions.
Another classic stat on MOTD tonight.
Having hired a set piece specialist coach last summer, Manchester United are the only team in the Premier League that has not yet scored from a set piece.
ffs
Its the same with the fake pressure where too few of our players close the opponents defense. Sad.
Sprints aren't only about attacking; it also about pressing and defending. This is a lazy culture because there is no expectation to try when we defend.
This does not change the point I wanted to make. Namely, that this results from coaching, and the structure of the team, more than from a culture of laziness.
That is actually what I meant. The tactics and organisation are causing a laziness in the side; they just cannot be bothered because they know nothing will work. The longer it goes on, the more it will be instilled into the players. That will make the job the next manager all the harder.
I see. In that case I agree. At least the way to fix this is known.
It really was. Against the Scouse we tried to play on the front foot. Was it naive and a bit dumb considering you need a top drilled team to do this? Yes. But at least you could argue it was a brave approach.
Yet for some, Ronaldo is the problem
Disagree completely. For me its the gulf in quality of managers.
I applaud your ability to find a silver lining. That's impressive.
We are simply getting outplayed tactically every single game, even the ones that we somehow manage to win. You can have all the pride you want it will not help. 3 years in and we are just as clueless and disjointed group of individuals as we were. It's 100% down to non existent coaching.
It's not the fact of just losing to another team. It happens. It's part of the game. What's galling is lack of any visible effort to try to fight back. The stats quoted in the OP prove that.
Lack of a tactical plan is a cause for this. Essentially the players know it is useless if they make a run, as there is no cohesion in the team and no joint effort.
My thoughts are that van Gaal had way worse players and as dreadful as that team was, they didn't look like conceding every single time the opposition attacked. For the quality of players we now have at our disposal, they way we're getting beat every week is completely unacceptable.
Literally nobody thinks that.
