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U23s - Manchester United vs Reading
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
Looking forward to seeing Dalot and Rojo get some minutes! Wonder if Chong will play after internationals?
Looking forward to seeing Dalot play again.
Just got back of hols but might go....
Beware of Danny Loader - from what I have read about him, he is supposed to be special.
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No surprise Sbragia drops Buffonge who's been the best player so far this season. Guy is beyond useless.
This has been the worst 20 minutes from the reserves this season - and Dalot looks pretty far away from being ready for the P.L
Score?
0-1 House scored - and Reading by far been the better side
So Dalot is garbage based on 20 mins ?
The bits I have watch he has looked really good going forward. O'Connor is a problem at the back.
Decent strike from Rojo.
Hm...not ready for P.L - in your mind that means he is garbage ?
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Boyui equlized after a low cross from Dearnley
We are taking defensive blunders to a new height...but miraculously aren't punished 
Reading taught us a real footballing lesson in my opinion.
For "the most talented full-back in Europe" to be far from ready for PL can't mean much else. I only saw the last ten minutes and didn't get to see much of him, was he playing RWB? I almost never saw him in his right-back position.
You're a game late. Got dropped for the Stoke game, came on as a sub in that match. Started the first three matches.
Bohui's goal was his first at this level, in his 15th start. Dearnley with his first assist, in his 13th start.
Ro-Shaun Williams with his 43rd start at this level. He is now older than the average PL U23 player by 5 months. Josh Harrop left United having made 42 starts in the U23 league, Devonte Redmond 45, Joe Riley 47, Will Keane 48, Vermijl 62, Tom Thorpe 65 (according to transfermarkt).
By the way, game finished 1-1.
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In all the video clips of him, I thought he looked more like a RWB (his positioning and style of play).
Maybe all part of Jose's plan to go 532 next season. Or maybe not.
Which of our youngsters played best?
Nobody really impressed me much tonight. We couldn’t handle their press and gave the ball away a lot as a result. If I had to pick, Chong and Williams played best from what I saw, although I did fall asleep at half time and missed the first 10 mins of the second.
Roshaun needs a loan in January I think, although even if he does well then he'd still be behind TFM and Tuanzebe in bigger picture.
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Ugh, I can't stand Sbragia.
Least said about the rest the better, but James Garner continues to impress, FUC and FEC methinks
He is not garbage - far from it. But he did not stand out - like he should at this level. What concerned me more was that he seemed to struggle the few times Reading got physical in the 1 half. When he can't cope better at this level - he will struggle at first team level. So we could have another Evra-situation here, where he needs 6-7-8 months before he learns to deal with the P.L
He was a rb in a 4-3-3 - but going forward quite a bit.
He was really good defensively and made some fantastic tackles. Looks a class player.
That didn't really impress me as much as his general willingness to play under pressure. A lot of midfielders will play it back as soon as they get pressured and Garner did the opposite. He would find a way to escape from pressure and also calm enough to pick out a better pass from that. Very impressive.
He does but he has a strange way of going into tackles I saw last night where he sort of turns away from the opponent as he puts his foot in for the tackle.Good defensive mid though with decent passing range.
Really nice goal tbf.
Still not sure about Garner myself. Lack of pace and strange balance may hurt him at the top level. Not a bad player by any means but I'm not sure he's much better than Pearson was for example. Still, he's very young and has a lot to like about his play as well.
Garner the best player on view for us.
I actually like Levitt more than Garner but he's class no doubt and defo a "Mourinho player".
Hamilton and Buffonge made the step up at the same age and looked comfortable, then fell away sharply, don't think this lad will
Wouldn't be surprised if Garner is a first-team regular in midfield, or central defence by the time he's 19 whoever the Manager is