Yep, which makes me think what is Carrick asking for… we were way more compact in his first few games. You can’t press high but also want to defend deep. Unless the team moves together through that transition.Yes I thought out defensive structure was completely off, with Sesko and Bruno pushing high and Amad and Mbuemo very wide.
I think we don't have a clear, cohesive plan how to defend. We try to push high with the attackers, but midfield and defence stays in mid block. We actually never really get the ball back with high pressing so we might as well stay compact in mid block.
Funny thing is, once the initial pressure is bypassed, we back off into the deep block and defend the box. I'm tempted to say we would need another midfielder to make up for Casemiro lack of legs, because the distances between out players in central areas SEEM huge.
Game was end to endSecond game running too passive at home.
You have your opinion. I have mine.Game was end to end
Neither were passive
Lets be fair, Casmiro and Mainoo were saving our hides with their tackling in deep areas though. Our press team wide was none existent all game (the passivity I was alluding to earlier). It wasn't just down to having an old Casemiro. We allowed them to dictate the game to us at home. To the extent we had to revert to a back 5 yet still hang on in the end.People need to calm down
Brentford are a solid outfit, they’ve had some good results not been easy for any team in the league
Love Casemiro, but against these teams we will always struggle in the middle due to him being a slow
Same here. Brentford were unbeaten in 6 before they came up against us. Too many people have only one outlook - a negative one.I'm still confused as to why people are being so negative.
Only because they scored a goal of the monthLets be fair, Casmiro and Mainoo were saving our hides with their tackling in deep areas though. Our press team wide was none existent all game (the passivity I was alluding to earlier). It wasn't just down to having an old Casemiro. We allowed them to dictate the game to us at home. To the extent we had to revert to a back 5 yet still hang on in the end.
People think it's still 2011 and we should be dominating games, the entire season.I'm still confused as to why people are being so negative.
We did play poorly, just lucky to get away with a win. Just because we finished at half time with 2 goals, it doesn't mean we have dominated the game, and we were far from domination in 2nd half.I'm still confused as to why people are being so negative.
If we conceded a load of chances that could have easily been goals in the first half and made a tactical shift to stop that happening as often, to the extent that we won the game, the change wasn't a bad one.It doesn't mean we can't question whether the decisions made are optimal. Particularly when the manager is looking like he'll be made permanent.
We lost the 2nd half after the changes, I'm not pretending that makes the change a good one.
Where we are at the moment, we aren't going to dominate many games, even really good teams don't dominate every game. You don't have to dominate games to win matches, as we've shown repeatedly.We did play poorly, just lucky to get away with a win. Just because we finished at half time with 2 goals, it doesn't mean we have dominated the game, and we were far from domination in 2nd half.
IMO we played better against Chelsea
Yep, which makes me think what is Carrick asking for… we were way more compact in his first few games. You can’t press high but also want to defend deep. Unless the team moves together through that transition.
I do think with Maguire especially he automatically brings the defensive line deeper so it becomes difficult to maintain during a game.
We deffo need a new midfielder anyway but more importantly team needs to be coached better and not revert to old habits.
I'm still confused as to why people are being so negative.
I think this is a very real thing which makes people have completely unrealistic expectations about us and thinking other clubs are well run and play dominant total football week in week out.Where we are at the moment, we aren't going to dominate many games, even really good teams don't dominate every game. You don't have to dominate games to win matches, as we've shown repeatedly.
Yes we might ride our luck at times in games, but clearly we have the ability to score enough goals and keep enough out to win more matches than we lose. It is that simple.
If we were genuinely poor then we wouldn't be third. The football isn't pretty, but obviously we have been effective since Carrick took over.
I don't think many people watch enough football outside of watching United regularly and maybe the best European sides, it's not the norm for teams to tear it up and completely dominate games uncontested.
We were thoroughly outplayed and only bad finiahing stopped it from being a loss. You can't possibly be clueless as to why people were not happy about that performance unless you didn't watch at all.I'm still confused as to why people are being so negative.
Yep. He can be a squad player for us, but he should never be a locked in starter. His lazy running back after losing the ball is another trademark. He has his good games but he is just not the player we need at RB.Mathias Jensen scored an excellent goal for Brentford, but Dalot ducking to avoid getting hit by the shot is just so typical Dalot - that was actually I first thing I was thinking when I saw the goal again.
We were thoroughly outplayed and only bad finiahing stopped it from being a loss. You can't possibly be clueless as to why people were not happy about that performance unless you didn't watch at all.
Yeah, it's dumb. This team isn't perfect, in fact it has many flaws, but we got the win vs. a pretty decent side. Sometimes you ride your luck a bit, other times it goes against you. People forget that we also won games like this under Ferguson at times.I'm still confused as to why people are being so negative.
That’s Redcafe these days.I'm still confused as to why people are being so negative.
That’s redcafe alwaysThat’s Redcafe these days.
Casemiro
Amad Diallo
replaced by Leny Yoro
replaced by Noussair Mazraoui
replaced by Mason Mount
replaced by Joshua Zirkzee
