Nottingham Forest 2:1 Manchester United

#07 · Dec 30, 2023

I'd be open to bringing McTominay on for Antony and playing him up top so that Rashford can go left and Garnacho right. The current set up isn't working. We look toothless and our possession around the box is mostly going nowhere. Antony a big part of that with his dawdling.

Wing Attack Plan R · Dec 30, 2023

It’s altitude sickness for Antony: Netherlands are below sea level and Manchester is 125 staggering feet higher. He can barely breathe out there.

Walters_19_MuFc · Dec 30, 2023

Eriksen needs to push higher and allow Mainoo to sit as the single pivot. At the moment, they are both taking up the same areas and it looks a mess in midfield.

Dinghy · Dec 30, 2023

Insane drop of quality going from watching Wolverhampton playing exciting football to this absolute garbage. Ten Hag needs to get the feck out, this is nowhere near good enough.

glasgow 21 · Dec 30, 2023

SKY should stop having Neville on United games. It like listening to someone at a AA meeting. Everyone is crap everything is useless. Yeah Gary state the obvious.

stu_1992 · Dec 30, 2023

Dull half of football. What did we have, 1 shot? And no real oppottunies of note. We need to literally anything else second half.

Red Rash · Dec 30, 2023

SB16 said:
That's one of the worst halves of football I think I've ever seen

I've probably seen a dozen or more as bad from United in the last 3 or 4 years alone. That being said yeah this is a terrible game.

RedUnited86 · Dec 30, 2023

You just know he's going to bring on McTominay soon.

ayushreddevil9 · Dec 30, 2023

Enjoyed our amazing waves of attacks.

Buster15 · Dec 30, 2023

Doracle said:
Was it in answer to the question “name the best and worst Manchester United wingers of the past 20 years?”

Ha ha. Made me smile.

r0663664 · Dec 30, 2023

1 f RB and RW who can't cross. I am thinking piss with what ETH has done to this club. We are suppose to pull the ball into dangerous area, not having 3-4 players on the RW doing nothing. WTF is his tactics, going for draw. I predict it is 0-0 or 1-0 to Forest, back to square 1 Erik. This has everything to do with your tactics. A group of players wasting their time playing boring football.

Heinzesight · Dec 30, 2023

Christ, the lack of any quality from both sides is appaling.

redom · Dec 30, 2023

Really disjointed half, from the pressing to the passing and movement, everyone seems to be on a different page. Front 3 have been anonymous and it looks like we're going to struggle again if the opponent doesn't give us space to run in behind. We need to take fewer touches on the ball and up the tempo because we're just allowing Forest to reset all the time.

Fooza · Dec 30, 2023

Pathetic

if we don't get in some loanees at least, pack up the season because this club ain't serious

Who's Kissing Cameras? · Dec 30, 2023

TsuWave said:
Antony has 16 prem appearances this season - 0 assists or goals

Yeah he’s fecking shit too. Just saying Sancho isn’t much better.

TMDaines · Dec 30, 2023

Game is there to be won. Get anyone else on the right flank for Antony, or get someone to occupy the centre, so we can have Rashford and Garnacho on the flanks.

El Jefe · Dec 30, 2023

No one should be surprised at this point, we’ve put in too many dog shit performances for this to come as a shock.

The Chelsea and Villa games we looked good because our opponents set up to be open. Any team even remotely compact and playing with some smarts will give us trouble.

Godfather · Dec 30, 2023

Bobski said:
Villa came at the perfect time for Ten Hag, playing offside 45 yards out with no pressure on the ball. Ten Hag football is simplistic kick and rush into the channels or wait for a moment of individual quality.

Yep. It's the only football these guys can play half decently. Bruno can pull out his balls over the top to Rashford who has all the place in the world.
Problem is that we play against teams like that about a handful of times a season. The rest knows we are clueless when they defend deep. And ETH has no idea how to coach these guys against teams like that. None. We look as clueless as ever.

Gandalf · Dec 30, 2023

daveskimufc said:
Get rid of awb. Get reguillon on at lb. Might actually offer something

Dalot is on the left and considering AWB offers more going forward and has better attacking stats Diogo is the one needing to come off, that is unless you are suggesting Sergio play RB in which case you are mental.

LDUred · Dec 30, 2023

Got to feel for the fans who've bought tickets and travelled 80 miles to witness that.

Pexbo · Dec 30, 2023

RedUnited86 said:
You just know he's going to bring on McTominay soon.

Hope so, he would inject some tenacity into the middle and is always a goal threat.

OrcaFat · Dec 30, 2023

Tom Van Persie said:
Get Amad on

When Forest get tired, yes, why not.

calodo2003 · Dec 30, 2023

MEN…

Onana

No saves to make. 6

Wan-Bissaka

The only one to have a ‘shot’. 6

Varane

Slashed at a clearance close to his own goal. 6

Evans

Solid again. 7

Dalot

Little attacking. 6

Mainoo

Quiet. 6

Eriksen

Quieter. 5

Antony

Dire. 3

Fernandes

Ineffectual. 4

Garnacho

Underused. 5

Rashford

Wandering. 4

DJ_21 · Dec 30, 2023

El Zoido said:
Neville talking about Antony being a “young player” that can develop, the lad’s 23. The core of his game is done.

Neville’s dreaming as always. Don’t think I’ve ever watched one of our games he’s commentated on where he hasn’t mentioned a city or Liverpool player. Guys a tool

InspiRED · Dec 30, 2023

just sold my caaaarr for sweeeet feeckk allll

redshaw · Dec 30, 2023

Feel sorry for Sir Alex turning up for this.

It's not like Forest are camped in their half, we just can't create if we face a defensive line

Ceteris · Dec 30, 2023

Why should he stay after serving up that week in week out?

What else do we want to see

utdalltheway · Dec 30, 2023

The TV production crew focusing on Antony a lot. Also pointed out his stat of 1 goal in the last 18 PL games.
Watch now he’ll get a brace in the 2nd half. Maybe for us.

SB16 · Dec 30, 2023

Red Rash said:
I've probably seen a dozen or more as bad from United in the last 3 or 4 years alone. That being said yeah this is a terrible game.

They've all just blended into a fever dream of depression in my mind these days

Telsim · Dec 30, 2023

We are just such an awful footballing side. Watching this team play drains the spirit if you have any love for the game. It's somehow even worse than it was under Van Gaal.

frostbite · Dec 30, 2023

I am very happy for ONE extremely positive thing about this match: I am watching it in my living room, I did not have to buy a ticket and travel to the stadium.

Josep Dowling · Dec 30, 2023

Get Garnacho right, Rashford left. Antony off for either McTominay to play CF or Bruno false nine and a midfielder on. Instead Ten Hag will carry on with the same crap until the 70th minute when he will take off the wrong player.

the hea · Dec 30, 2023

The front 4 has been a disgrace, no tempo and no urgency just slow paced football with minimum 5 touches before they are able to release the ball.

Oranges038 · Dec 30, 2023

Camy89 said:
So rashford has a great game on the left against Aston Villa. Garnacho had a great game on the right against Aston Villa.

so the next game we start rashford up front and garnacho on the left? Replacing an electric garnacho with a petulant fidget spinning bellend Antony.

EtH, make it make sense. Jesus Christ.

Hojlund is out. He had very little choice, Martial is nowhere to be seen. The only other choice he had was to put McTominay up there.

Dannn411 · Dec 30, 2023

We have no choice but to bring on Amad. There is literally nothing else on the bench. Or alternatively, just stick Antony up top and minimize the number of times he touches the ball.

Solius · Dec 30, 2023

We’re just dull.

laughtersassassin · Dec 30, 2023

Absolutely abysmal.

ETH should be sending Unai Emery a big Christmas present. The fact they didn't shut up shop at 2-0 was idiotic.

There's a reason that was one of the only games this season we played well.

Massive changes needed at half time. Shape, substitutions etc.

Front 3 cannot be the same as first 45. Get Garnacho on the right and Rashford on the left.

McT can play up front or Amad at false nine or something. We've got nothing to lose trying to mix it up.

always_hoping · Dec 30, 2023

Lowest quality half of football I've watched this season. 1 tame effort from Wan Bissaka the only shot on target. Two sides struggling to string three consecutive passes together.

The switch of Garnacho to the right and Rashford to the left will hopefully improve things for the 2nd half and United grab a win no matter how scrappy the performance.

the_cliff · Dec 30, 2023

Our attackers make you want to sleep. I'm surprised they don't score by boring the opposing defenders to death.

Oh and Bruno is just so bad. This is his normal performance and has been for years now yet people will think he's had a belter of a game if he ends up with an assist.

Antony is our worst ever signing, no question. Bebe and Obertan looked more of a threat. The most UnBrazilian Brazilian I've ever seen.

Lay · Dec 30, 2023

The right hand side is technically inept. No threat coming from there. Erikson is far too weak too. So many problems with the team

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