Manchester United 4:1 Melbourne Defeat (Fri 15th July, 11:05 UK time)

[No Idea For Nickname]

But but they are tall

 

[Murder on Zidane's Floor]

Whenever I watch Maguire, I feel like it's on slow motion replay. Worrying, Martinez isn't known for his pace.

 

[Infra-red]

You have some people wondering why we signed a CB

Martinez is pretty slow himself. He's a lot better than Maguire or Lindelof on the ball, but a bit of a worry that we'll be trying a high line this season with three slow CBs and a perma-crocked Varane!

 

[frostbite]

DOWN UNDER CENTURY CUP CHAMPIONS

 

[avgp_1]

Dalot playing as RCM at times

 

[sdb4884]

Better play, I wish we had a world class striker

 

[groovyalbert]

Is it also their pre-season?

 

[Tom Cato]

Ten Hag Sack Watch?

 

[Houdini]

Maguire is so fecking slow...

 

[No Idea For Nickname]

Where’s the new style of play?
Where’s the high tempo pressing?
This is the same team and same patterns of play as last season, struggling to play out from the back and just playing the ball around between the defence and midfield.

They did it against Liverpool, now they are done with it for the rest of the season.

 

[Banana Republic]

Hang on a minute. Is this live, or is it a re-run of last years pre-season?

 

[Tom Cato]

Ten Hag Sack Watch?

 

[Infra-red]

Is it also their pre-season?

Yes - this is their first game, I think.

 

[SungSam7]

I'm confused... Is this a Champions League second leg away? Not on Melbourne Victory player in our half when we have the ball. It's a friendly, experiment with things.

 

[van Persie]

Love hearing Ten Hag screaming his lungs out on the sideline. Already about to lose his mind with this bunch. Beat Liverpool in a friendly and they think they made it

 

[MonkeysMagic]

Playing against deep lying packed defence really calls a team technical ability and movement to pull defenders out of their positions, our players just lack that ability and no amount of coaching from ETH is going to change that!

 

[tenpoless]

Season ruined before it even begins.

 

[avgp_1]

Martinez is pretty slow himself. He's a lot better than Maguire or Lindelof on the ball, but a bit of a worry that we'll be trying a high line this season with three slow CBs and a perma-crocked Varane!

He is not slow at all. He is pacy enough just not rapid

 

[jameyzane]

A manager that screams and pushes the team.

 

[MUFC OK]

Looks like we've reverted to our old ways here. Good test playing against a team sitting in and parking the bus.

 

[Ollie Derbyshire]

How's Elanga doing? I don't see much more than a squad playing in him to be honest.

 

[sglowrider]

They finished 3rd or 4th.

2nd

 

[Godfather]

We really should be looking for a new RB.

 

[Adisa]

Dalot playing as RCM at times

It's intentional. To get control of midfield

 

[Castia]

Fred breaking play down every time

 

[Delano]

Maguire is so fecking slow...

On the ball and off the ball. It's a bigger sin for EtH that he slows the game down.

 

[JJ12]

Martinez is pretty slow himself. He's a lot better than Maguire or Lindelof on the ball, but a bit of a worry that we'll be trying a high line this season with three slow CBs and a perma-crocked Varane!

His pace isn’t comparable to Maguire/Lindelof.

 

[Mcking]

It is still early days. Ten Hag will need more than one and a quarter of pre-season games. I love the fact he is trying to get into the game from the sidelines.

 

[YikesSchmeics]

I'd love to say the Australian league is Maguires level. But these lads finished bottom of it and they're utterly outclassing him.

They're currently 2nd and won a cup, but yea. HYSTERIA

 

[Rightnr]

Lots of possession but no shots, poor defence on their counter attack goal

Appreciate it.

Sounds like a typical United performance against a park-the-bus team.

 

[groovyalbert]

Yes - this is their first game, I think.

Imagine they'll drop off then, they're looking fitter so far.

 

[No Idea For Nickname]

Whenever I watch Maguire, I feel like it's on slow motion replay. Worrying, Martinez isn't known for his pace.

He is F1 compared to Maguire.

 

[diarm]

I'm glad this is happening here. Ten Hag will be seeing first hand what the big issues are.

Would've been a disaster if we'd breezed through preseason looking like a new team, only to default to this setting once the season started properly.

 

[Real Name]

Playing against deep lying packed defence really calls a team technical ability and movement to pull defenders out of their positions, our players just lack that ability and no amount of coaching from ETH is going to change that!

Actually that's exactly why we brought ETH.

 

[the_cliff]

Playing against deep lying packed defence really calls a team technical ability and movement to pull defenders out of their positions, our players just lack that ability and no amount of coaching from ETH is going to change that!

That's what I'm noticing so far, Mctominay hiding and doesn't want to receive the ball from the defenders. Fred is the only midfielder trying to play forward passes, some bad touches from Martial and Bruno have given it away far too often.

 

[GaryLifo]

Passing is very poor and the energy and speed of transition are not high enough

 

[van Persie]

Ten Hag, Ten Hag, what you gonna do? We're not bringing a centre midfielder for you

Stuck with MacTee and Fred, how's your day ayyeeee

 

[ha_rooney]

This is a required reality check after Liverpool. You can see why we’re so desperate for FdJ & where Eriksen will be useful.

 

[SuperiorXI]

We seem to be a lot slower today...

 

[sglowrider]

Not seen a Back 6 before.