We look a bit shit.
Manchester United vs Real Madrid (Thu 27th July, 01:30 UK time)
- Thread starter Samid
- Start date
Genuinely what has he done? No quality
rashford just isn’t a striker. He’s a winger. Better running at people and cutting inside.
That was awful
If it doesn’t happen immediately we all know it will never happen.It's been 40 minutes
They all look lost bar AWB and Onana. Shocking display. Casemiro has been about as bad as I have ever seen a player play.
It’s too ping pong-ish.
The midfield has been out fought and too rushed in their passing.
Yeah, Real Madrid superfan on ESPN commentary.
I think anonymous is less hyperbole, but yeah he hasn't done anything most of the game.
We can't progress the ball through the midfield whatsoever
This lineup and formation should have been scrapped when Mainoo came off. Totally unbalanced. We actually need Antony’s defensive grit to shut down Camavinga and Vini.
Sell everyone. 9 months in prison for fraud TenHag.
Its an attempt to bring balance.
It’s pre season. Nothing to take from this.
Mount hate is surprising - he and Bruno are the only ones pressing like animals. Casemiro + Eriksen seem very off, Garnacho not really doing much, Rashford poor too.
Worst performance of pre season so far against the best opposition. Losing the midfield battle, sloppy passing from the back and not creating much, at least it should be further emphasising that Rashford is never a CF, Bruno is not a wide player and Mount is not better than Bruno centrally. EtH does seem a bit stubborn at times though.
Hopefully not huge changes at HT besides positional.
Hopefully not huge changes at HT besides positional.
Kind of strange to see Madrid and United both teams of staple strikers not having a striker at the club (not counting Martial and Joselu).
Clueless FC when we enter the final third. Not much has changed there then.
AWB was our best player by a mile. Midfield and forwards were pretty dreadful.
We're so bad in the final third. Can see improvements playing out from the back.
We're so bad in the final third. Can see improvements playing out from the back.
He's gone right through the back of Bruno there and to save himself from having to give us a free kick he blows for half time despite Mainoo being down for like two-three minutes. Idiot.
good first half from AWB, the guy couldnt get in the team a year ago
Good first half…the type of game that will get them up to speed quicker than 3 easy games against weaker teams.
Agree 100%
Second best although offside goal. The speed they break makes us look ponderous when we attack
This, been fairly quiet with one or two moments of tidyness
This commentator on ESPN makes Paul Merson look like Stephen Hawking
Reading some of the comments in this thread makes one think it's not a pre season game and that we're trailing Real by 5 goals.
One thing I don't like about pressing system is that if there are only a few players doing it, it rarely works. But most of our players are still in their off season form with beer belly and all that.
Eriksen is done. I'd rather keep Fred and sell him.
Decent game tbh. Offside goal for Madrid, other than that they didn't create much, we had the better chances offside goal aside.
We really need a cf that can deal with a physical presence like Rudiger. Rashford is getting bullied out there...
We really need a cf that can deal with a physical presence like Rudiger. Rashford is getting bullied out there...
Getting to the point where Casemiro and Eriksen shouldn’t be playing together.. they’re both far too leggy. You see Camavinha and Tchouameni playing together and it’s night and day between the two.
Wan Bissaka & Camavinga look like brothers out there
Not getting involved in that position is dreadful. We’re playing our best creator out wide to accommodate him in the middle. I can’t remember him passing to a teammate.
Bruno having no impact on the right
Eriksen is done man, so bloody slow
Casemiro passing is so off it's not even funny
Not sure what Rashy is doing ?
Everyone else has been okay.
Eriksen is done man, so bloody slow
Casemiro passing is so off it's not even funny
Not sure what Rashy is doing ?
Everyone else has been okay.
Turns out investing in central midfield is not a bad strategy.
Really worried about Eriksen. Shouldn't be getting many minutes this season if this is what he has left. Offering nothing on either side of the ball whatsoever.
I'll give Casemiro a pass because I genuinely think he doesn't care tonight, which is pretty much fine.
Really worried about Eriksen. Shouldn't be getting many minutes this season if this is what he has left. Offering nothing on either side of the ball whatsoever.
I'll give Casemiro a pass because I genuinely think he doesn't care tonight, which is pretty much fine.
We look like we're a week or two behind them in terms of pre-season preparations, and about four-five years behind them in terms of squad building.
Madrids Midfield quite obviously pisses all over ours which probably shouldnt be a surprise - that's the difference. They are so incisive with their passing, will be devastating on the break this season.
Refs been garbage here.
Struggled to cope with camavinga, Vini, Modrić, bellingham and how press resistant they are. Thought we did well when under pressure at the back but broke down when we tried to progress it further. We've had a few very good chances, classic United missing them.
Casemiro, Rashford, Eriksen, Bruno all putting in very meh performances. Mount working hard but a bit isolated. Garnacho doing ok.
Struggled to cope with camavinga, Vini, Modrić, bellingham and how press resistant they are. Thought we did well when under pressure at the back but broke down when we tried to progress it further. We've had a few very good chances, classic United missing them.
Casemiro, Rashford, Eriksen, Bruno all putting in very meh performances. Mount working hard but a bit isolated. Garnacho doing ok.
Nevertheless, I also hate the idea of playing against so many European clubs during pre-season. I really miss the days when we would play local clubs in Japan, China, South Korea, North America and so on. Those clubs might be inferior technically, but they can give a workout because they are in mid-season form.