The starting XI can be impressive, but the weakness of Manchester United's overall squad was brutally exposed tonight with some of those subsitutes, who offered absolutely nothing. You don't win games by bringing on Ugarte, Dalot and Malacia (!)
I just wanna focus on Maguire’s preparation to defend that effectively assists utd to turn defence into attack
Responsibility as the first defender, blind scans as the ball moves, crossing cue = drops tight to Barry to match run + make contact to knock balance.
🚨Phil Jones on Kobbie Mainoo:
“I mean, he’s not played all season. He’s had zero minutes hardly. Hardly probably even be able to train at that level because there’s been so many games that it’s hard to train at that level & replicate that in a game.”
“But he’s just so good, the way he offers himself in build up, the way he takes the ball on the back foot manipulates it so that the defenders can’t even get a knick on the ball. And the majority of fans will probably watch it going yeah he’s played well but when you actually analyse the game and look at the timing to receive the ball, the timing to move away to come back to receive the ball, that little triangle bounce pass out to the right back, it just paints a whole different picture.”
“He sees the game, he has a picture in his head, he knows what’s behind him. He’s an incredible player. It’s so refreshing to see.
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Manchester United have spent a total of £150m on Jadon Sancho when you include transfer fee and salary over 5 years.
He is without doubt the worst signing in Manchester United’s history.
Well done Jadon, that is some achievement.
FAMILY STAND U16 SEASON TICKETS
I’ve had a lot of questions about how existing adult ST holders can obtain STs for their current non-ST holding U16 kids, and have now received confirmation from the club.
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You are a hypocrite, @Carra23. You tell football fans how to feel for a living.
You were telling Casemiro to retire. You've told Manchester United fans how to feel for years about their club, players, manager, new stadium, ownership.
You were telling Myles Lewis-Skelly how to celebrate a goal & Arsenal fans how to feel celebrating a win. You were telling West Ham, Aston Villa & Everton fans how to feel about losing Rice, Grealish & Gordon.
Now that it's Liverpool, nobody can give their opinion on the situation. Could you be more of a walking contradiction?