To be fair that bench could age quite well with Diallo, Gore, Mejbri and Kambwala. Not having a striker on the bench is insane though.In terms of potential game changers, can anyone list a bench from another top half PL team which is worse than what we had available yesterday? Can anyone name a worse Manchester United bench at any time in PL history?
- Bayindir
- Reguilón
- Diallo
- Pellistri
- van de Beek
- McTominay
- Gore
- Mejbri
- Kambwala
I don’t really know how we ended up here but our lack of firepower on the bench is really quite something. PL teams aside, the gulf in quality between our subs and those of top CL sides is astonishing.
The point is that it’s rubbish right now .To be fair that bench could age quite well with Diallo, Gore, Mejbri and Kambwala. Not having a striker on the bench is insane though.
For opposition team.To be fair, McTominay did come on and change the game
Christ.When we beat Arsenal 3-2 at OT under Van Gaal, this was our bench
Januzaj, Romero, McNair, Pereira, Weir, Riley, Fosu-Mensah
It could age well but right now it’s atrocious.To be fair that bench could age quite well with Diallo, Gore, Mejbri and Kambwala. Not having a striker on the bench is insane though.
Ok that’s terrible too. Would have looked a lot better if LVG hadn’t made shitty decisions like getting rid of Jonny Evans and Welbeck.When we beat Arsenal 3-2 at OT under Van Gaal, this was our bench
Januzaj, Romero, McNair, Pereira, Weir, Riley, Fosu-Mensah
You could probably also add Greenwood to this, who ETH probably thought he was going to have available this season. Theres still not enough being said about how many injuries we've suffered from this season, every game we've had atleast 8 players missing.For various reasons the bench could also have been:
Martinez
Casemiro
Mount
Maguire
Martial
Shaw
Hojlund
Sancho
Lindelof
Amrabat
Malacia
We can’t use it as an excuse but we really are suffering from absentees.
The lack of depth we have in the one position Fergie used to prioritise over all others must be driving him up the wall.Fergie always had 3/4 strikers as well. We have an injury prone couldnt care less player, a raw young but good potential player and a LW player who occasionally turns up. Not one of them are good enough to be what should be our main striker and two out of the three should start on the bench. Hojlund should be the go to striker when our main striker needs the odd rest or late into the game coming on. Martial should be sold imo asap and Rashford should be looked at end of season.
Since then, Jose, Ole and ETH have spent about a billion, so we might expect a slightly better squad in general.When we beat Arsenal 3-2 at OT under Van Gaal, this was our bench
Januzaj, Romero, McNair, Pereira, Weir, Riley, Fosu-Mensah
The club have spent a billion.Since then, Jose, Ole and ETH have spent about a billion, so we might expect a slightly better squad in general.
I don't really care who's spent it. The fact that the money has been spent so badly is fecking shocking. The squad is a mismatch of nonsense.The club have spent a billion.
You’ll have to quote the post which made that excuse. I can’t find one.Are we seriously trying to make the subs Bench as an excuse for man united not being able to beat Notts forest......
Hojlund, Casemiro, Lindelof, Martinez, Martial, Maguire, Mount, Sancho, Shaw, Malacia & Amrabat would have no doubt strengthened that bench had they been available. As we're missing an entire out field team, it's never going to look good.Over a billion spent over the past decade and this is the squad we end up with.
The state of our squad in general after such heavy investment is more my point. Yes, that bench yesterday was particularly bad, but overall, our squad is poor and disjointed.Hojlund, Casemiro, Lindelof, Martinez, Martial, Maguire, Mount, Sancho, Shaw, Malacia & Amrabat would have no doubt strengthened that bench had they been available. As we're missing an entire out field team, it's never going to look good.
Exactly. We dont score enough goals, we got strikers who are not very good, we have very limited options upfront, we dont score enough goals...its like a never ending circle.The lack of depth we have in the one position Fergie used to prioritise over all others must be driving him up the wall.
Irony.To be fair, McTominay did come on and change the game
That was good for a laugh. ThanksTo be fair, McTominay did come on and change the game
We don't have a striker. It's criminal to pin all hopes on a 20 year old kid. Management should have got one experienced striker in the summer.Exactly. We dont score enough goals, we got strikers who are not very good, we have very limited options upfront, we dont score enough goals...its like a never ending circle.
City have invested as heavily as we have as an example. Out of interest how would their bench look if they had Dias, Stones, Akanji, Gvardiol, Lewis, Rodri, De Bruyne, Kovacic, Grealish, Haaland and Alvarez out?The state of our squad in general after such heavy investment is more my point. Yes, that bench yesterday was particularly bad, but overall, our squad is poor and disjointed.
We have an astomishing injury list, literally all season long. Not to mention a key talent missing through self suspension (Sancho) but most people prefer to pretend we are at full strength and have just recruited badly.In terms of potential game changers, can anyone list a bench from another top half PL team which is worse than what we had available yesterday? Can anyone name a worse Manchester United bench at any time in PL history?
- Bayindir
- Reguilón
- Diallo
- Pellistri
- van de Beek
- McTominay
- Gore
- Mejbri
- Kambwala
I don’t really know how we ended up here but our lack of firepower on the bench is really quite something. PL teams aside, the gulf in quality between our subs and those of top CL sides is astonishing.
People really need to stop conflating fact with excuses. Its stone cold fact missing that many first teamers hurts us badly. Because we are not a City nor Arsenal level of team.For various reasons the bench could also have been:
Martinez
Casemiro
Mount
Maguire
Martial
Shaw
Hojlund
Sancho
Lindelof
Amrabat
Malacia
We can’t use it as an excuse but we really are suffering from absentees.
