That would be fantastic because there is no evidence they've done much work on them. Even the takers are completely ad hoc. Every other team has set piece specialists whereas United's set pieces seem to be taken by whoever happens to be in the vicinity at the time.
should be doing this from day 1.I agree that DDG has made the numbers look better than they are. But still, some of the errors in the last 2 games were schoolboy-ish. Bailly was awful against Brighton and so was Jones against Spurs.
Yeah was thinking the same. Hopefully their influence will become apparent over the next few weeks. Mourinho's tactics (defend deep and hit on the break) can only succeed if the players have quick, sharp skills to execute them.
Correct take
This guy gets it. Good on you.
And in the end the only thing that matters is the future. If today is the day where we finally see the light then so be it and let's embrace the new dawn. Now it's still disappointing that we didn't put a bigger emphasis on it earlier, if that's the case, because we kind of wasted a lot of time.
Nothing to back it up, but maybe the new coaching staff had some input and Jose was convinced with the ideas.
Understood, this isn't an admission Jose woke up the other morning and decided we should maybe play some football, it has been developing over a far longer period of time than the beginning of this season.
Personally, I wasn't particularly impressed by the intensity and passing mainly because we played against a very lethargic team, our players had a lot of time on the ball and a lot of space at the exception of the last third. What I liked was the positioning and use of space, Lingard and Sanchez played wider than usual and Pogba had the intelligence to compensate when the wide players were narrow. Shaw and Valencia maintained the width very well too.
That’s the best way to win over fans. The best way to save his job is to win matches by any means necessary.
Hallelujah. I might take down my “Jose out” placard for a bit to give him chance to prove he can evolve the style of play.
Now let’s stick to the front 3 of Lukaku,Sanchez and Lingard...No more Mata on the right please,let Jesse play week in,week out on the right...We just need to figure out an ideal partner for Smalling now...Smalling should be our first choice centre back because I think he’s the best defender at the club.If we can get more out of Bailly and Fred,we can have a very strong spine to this team...
I was thinking the exact same thing
Great post. Very astute to pick up on the link with Carricks positioning...I can't recall that level of detail from those years just a vague sense of 'great football' . But definitely must be rubbing off. We saw it with Pereira even who outwardly praised Carricks influence on his game. Hope Paul continues to learn from him.
I feel like this messaging is for the fans. Most of the posts in this thread are positive and hopeful of continued improvement. Hearing it's a genuine shift in tactics and seeing it in games is a light at the end of the tunnel. I'm glad they came out and said it!
There's a nice caption above from Jose about this that you should reread. Basically Jose wanted to change our style over the pre season but struggled not having all his players here.
).Of course it doesn't, that's why I asked why not since his day 1! You made points above that may address that question. Completely changing your style from sitting deep & tactically playing the game without the ball is the complete opposite to attacking & pressing football. We saw Pep try and fail over his first season, but it obviously works when given time.
It's so refreshing to see. I can't count the amount of times I've watched Lukaku or Sanchez approach the corner of the box and I look up to see only Pogba lightly jogging into the box or Lingard making himself unavailable as he's the only United player surrounded by 5 defenders.Not just the passing. Look at how many bodies were in the box(not a video
Developing match sharpness after the summer break is probably a big part of it as well. We were far less sloppy yesterday and that can be a major difference-maker if the goal is to string more complicated, faster passing all together.
Exactly that plus some clinical finishing from Spurs which we must also achieve.
