AngliaRed
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I hate to say this but a Casemiro, McFred midfield and Erikson as number 10 would of been a better option today.
Agree, tracking back non existent, no bite in the tackle either. Watched him closely today, was ambling around with little effort, which could be forgiven for lacking sharpness; but theres not abother atandnout characteristic to his game, at least Fred has an amazing engine, can tackle and effect the game through sheer force of will. Donny was on the half way line for the 3rd ffs! Should be called Van de Meek!Absolutely dire. No way VDB plays again.
I don't know, you tell me, don't know if I can share my opinion in order not to upset you.feck me, you’re a bit dense aren’t you
Agree with this. We looked tired and the squad is thin.Perhaps understandably the team seemed tired, with two tough away games in 3 days. Martinez was noticeably affected, with mistakes for all their goals and his worst match since the initial games of the season.
Beyond that though a huge part of the blame for the defeat has to go to ten Hag. Maybe he still has distant memories of VDB being useful at Ajax, but he's beyond redemption at Utd and a waste of a shirt.The win should have been more important than his desire to give VDB yet another undeserved try. The obvious choice to start the game would have been Fred or McT alongside Casemiro, with Eriksen pushed up. No way would Villa have had it so easy with that. He must learn from this.
Shifting an in form Rashford out of position to accommodate a still raw Garnacho was also a mistake; if he wanted to give Garnacho more minutes he should have been on the right instead.
Ronaldo also was a waste again, but with Martial still not fully fut and the squad lacking in depth there wasn't much else to pick.
Ten Hag was also too slow in rectifying what obviously wasn't working - the subs needed to happen at half time when Utd were still in the match.
Overall a difficult game for a team struggling with so many fixtures on top of a thin squad.
I feel it would free up our attack and make us quicker and more energetic in pressing.The sooner Ronaldo is gone the better, he is holding this whole team back.
My sentiments exactly. Although it always sucks to lose, we are still trending in the right direction with the usual suspects doing what they do.Irrelevant result. The upward trend is good but we were always going to have bumps and lose to poor teams. Especially with the schedule and injuries.
Onto the next one.
he really is notETH deserves all the criticism he gets today. Very poor team selection, subs and game management. Say what you want about Maguire but he’s a better defender than Lindelof and should be ahead of Lindelof.
Alright bungalowI don't know, you tell me, don't know if I can share my opinion in order not to upset you.
He really is.he really is not
Watkins gets away from Maguire even easier for the first, Licha gets dragged out ever so slightly and allows the space behind for Bailey. Both CBs were really poor today, Martinez could sort out his feet and passing was poor.ETH deserves all the criticism he gets today. Very poor team selection, subs and game management. Say what you want about Maguire but he’s a better defender than Lindelof and should be ahead of Lindelof.
Martínez, are you kidding???World class peformance from Martinez. Same from Caseimiro, the rest were dog toss all game.
this, just hope we have enough in us to get that UCL spotYes, disappointing today; deservedly beaten. After four very positive performances I was confident; our record at Villa Park is superb. That said, I haven't been getting carried away; it's early days in the Ten Hag re-build and there will be setbacks. I'm still positive about the overall trajectory of the team, but there will be defeats; we aren't yet ready to go on a long unbeaten run. Just a poor performance all round, which is hard to explain after four good results.
Anthony Taylor