Then what did Ole do?
Erik ten Hag - Manchester United manager
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She has become the mouthpiece of the club now.
She is now working for a paper and her job is to cover United. Similar to how she used to cover Liverpool.
She clearly has first hand info, almost like the club directly feeds her information.
What are the odds, even with our new signings, that our starting 11 for the game against Brighton will be
De Gea
Dalot
Maguire
Lindelof
Shaw
Mctominay
Fred
Bruno
Sancho
Martial
Rashford?
I think there's a very high probability and it'll be interesting to see how good we are if it is.
De Gea
Dalot
Maguire
Lindelof
Shaw
Mctominay
Fred
Bruno
Sancho
Martial
Rashford?
I think there's a very high probability and it'll be interesting to see how good we are if it is.
I think Martinez would start
Its possible.
She replaced James Cooper at Sky and he was like a mouthpiece for the club most of the time.
It is tough to break down a compact low block or parked buses even with a defined playing style. That is why Klopp resorted to using TAA as a long ball provider to get past the shape or at times getting the forwards to dribble into spaces.
So individual "magic" will always be necessary when the opponents are too compact as they are blocking out spaces. You will certainly need the players to dribble and draw out the defenders.
I think it is coming from the interview she did with ETH rather than the club feeding her info. There are alot of processes that are confidential in the club where the only way media can get their info is via interview, press conferences or statements made for critical matters.
Quick passing and interplay would be vital, that's why we need to improve the technical level of the team
Martinez isn't even signed yet
Quick passing can work very well if the players can find spaces. In a very compact shape where the opponent is marking each player closely and aggressively, it is not going to work very well. Look at how Mourinho stopped Barcelona in 09/10 champions league season.
"Cultural reset".
Woodward and Ole were frauds masquerading as competent people.
Teams sit back against City all the time, they break them down via quick exchanges, they also use dribbles especially in wide areas and the occasionally shot from distance.
We'll need all the tools.
Seems doubtful, there are just 8 days training until then. I'd say it'll be Maguire with Varane or Lindelof and Mctominay in midfield. Martinez and Eriksen will be eased in, seeing as they haven't had a full pre season (especially Eriksen).
If we go into the season without signing a striker, we are doomed.
There is a huge gap in ability bellow Martial, Rashford and Sancho.
We need to discount Ronaldo even if he stays.
There is a huge gap in ability bellow Martial, Rashford and Sancho.
We need to discount Ronaldo even if he stays.
They're not with the squad yet though. I can see us playing Ralf's 11 with Martial up front for the first few games.
It mightn't be pretty
Exactly. So we cant rule out individual effort completely.
We will be fine. ETH has very good understanding of the player's true positions, so he will place them in the right formation. I am more impressed with his tactical approach than his style of play.
What will the formation be do you think? Will it be that eleven I've put up?
Yes, i think people got frustrated because under Ole it was individual brilliance or the counter attack, no well worked team goal against a low/mid block.
Want to bet?
If this is true (which we don’t know) it worries me more as it read like a manger has come in and had to tell the the DOF how to do his job.
Sure how much do you want to bet the visa is outstanding?
Depends on the player's match fitness and the opponents we are facing.
From your 11, Shaw might be replaced with Malacia and Lindelof with Varane, otherwise the rest are about there. Formation wise it looks like he is playing a 4-1-2-3 with Sancho and Rashford acting as inverted wingers and Martial as the most advanced forward.
In midfield, Fred is the defensive midfielder while Bruno and McTominay are playing in the CM positions.
Are you of a nervous and worrying nature?
Whatever you like. Martinez will play.
I wouldn't be surprised if Malacia starts, after how easily Bailey ran past Shaw. I too think Eriksen & Martinez come straight in...
De Gea
Dalot Maguire Martinez Malacia
Eriksen Fred
Sancho Bruno Rashford
Martial
Dalot Maguire Martinez Malacia
Eriksen Fred
Sancho Bruno Rashford
Martial
A counter attack is actually a well worked team goal. The problem is that these fans think that there is only one way to play football and that is tiki taka style of passing in triangless.
Ole's tenure has also produced moments where the team scored after good passing such as the 3-1 victory against Tottenham in the 20/21 season and Anthony Martial goal against Wolves early in the 19/20 season. Not that many, but it also wasn't that few.
He gave everyone cool nicknames.
You aren’t forgetting Chongy or Masey any time soon are you?
Eriksen spent a month or so training under Ten Hag last season & Martinez has spent the last three years playing for him. There is a good chance they already know his gameplan better than our lot who've been on tour anyway. Same goes for De Jong if/when that gets over the line. He's purposely gone for players that will bed straight in this summer.
Finish ahead of Liverpool, and Chelsea twice?
I can't believe we're less than 2 weeks away from the opening match of the season and we're still stuck with McFred as our starting DM's. Sigh.
So 1(Fred) sitter rather than 2 (McFred), and Mctominay played further forward.
Yeah I do think Mctominay is better further forward but I still think that midfield is press leaky. None of them are good under pressure despite who the manager is and I can see Brighton causing us trouble.
That's fine, not questioning suitability to ten hag, but there's the suitability to team mates, suitability to the premier league, getting your exact role in the team (Bruno won't be benched so Eriksen would have to adapt to playing a bit deeper probably), and more than anything - getting match fitness. Training alone or separately is always different to training with the main group, and it takes time to get up to speed. I would assume the first couple of games they won't start.
Ignore them, they have selective memory disorder. Thankfully, the actual fans who come to the stadium have recognized Ole's contributions as compared to these "fans".
Not particularly, are you of the overly trusting nature?Are you of a nervous and worrying nature?
I personally don’t find the idea that the incoming manger who has already had to clearly identify all the targets and your now saying is having to tell the DOF ( who was apparently only hired by the previous CEO to be a DOF in name alone ) how to restructure the club very comforting.