afrodoc2:


The system is obviously working but our front three are letting us down with Sancho being the biggest culprit. Rashford is not a CF and even Antony sometimes does too many fancy flicks without going anywhere.

We also need a CM that has better legs than Eriksen who usually gets gassed by 60-70 mins.

It also appears that in-game substitution is not ETH's strongest point. Finally, he has to start getting some of these young players like Garnacho and Iqbal some minutes here and there.

patrickmuf:
Serious headache, I died when Jorginho scored but came alive and roared like a lion when Casemiro scored with that beautiful header...

TeslaFC:
This team is funny.

When defense is on form, attack is not on form.

When attack is on form, defense is not on form.

When attack & defense are on form, midfield is not on form.

When the team is on form, De Gea is not on form

ChristoBam:
Just look at Keane's comment fgs. What did we do to deserve these ex players?

maik99:


Honestly I don't even think it's about form this time..we no just get goalscorer currently

maik99:
ETH should use Elanga more often..far better than this Sancho

maik99:


I sometimes feel these United ex players don't want d team to do well to preserve their "legacies"

"If Ronaldo played we'd won", like say Ronaldo never play this season

LostMyZeal:
Our forwards are useless

Na for only teams wey dey play reckless high line dem sabi make runs behind to take advantage of space


Other than that...

They can't even shoot the ball well

Useless wing men

afrodoc2:


It is going to be a tough game. I am interested to see how much possession we can have against another good team that is not going to sit back like Spurs.

maik99:


I sometimes feel these United ex players don't want d team to do well to preserve their "legacies"

"If Ronaldo played we'd won", like say Ronaldo never play this season

Borntosmoke:


The front 3 are useless piece of shit. We need attackers in January.

ChristoBam:
�️ Roy Keane: "Ten Hag has obviously got big decisions, he's got to win football matches, but he's not winning enough of them. #mufc are fifth in the league." [Sky Sports]

maik99:


I thought Antony was the best of d front 3 today..also finally completing take-ons..need to work on right leg tho cos na better miss be that first half chance

Rashford was not poor but he's not a striker honestly..bad in the air, can't really play with back to goal and his shooting is still very average

Sancho tho wtf? The most annoying thing about him is apart from doing nil offensively he kept putting the defenders under pressure by losing the ball in bad places and can't track back

ChristineC:
for CM, I think we should give a chance to the trio of Iqbal, Mainoo and Hannibal. these are very talented lads and hopefully Ten Hag see them in his plans.
personally, I'd hold off on another CM purchase.

starting Erikson was a mistake. I had hoped we learned from the City debacle. fortunately for us, Chelsea prepared for Fred to start. Erikson was in the game when Chelsea kept 5 in defence. an extra body was put in the middle, there went our control. Ten Hag should have made a straight swap with Fred too to counter their substitution at half time.
although the failings of Sancho in particular didn't make it an easy decision for the manager.

MRTA7:


I'm not sure we have good bench options for ETH to make effective subs.

afrodoc2:


Probably, but lets address his specific substitutions first. He should never have taken Bruno to the left leaving a tiring Eriksen on the pitch. The move at half time IMO was Eriksen and Sancho off for Fred and Elanga. That way we are more competitive in midfield and still retain pace on the wings. Moving Bruno to the wing made us less threatening and Eriksen was a short one the whole of the 2nd half.

Another thing is the timing of the first sub. Sancho should have been taken off at half time. Firstly, that means you have given your team more time with the improved line up. Secondly it means you still have 3 more opportunities to make substitutions.

Then to address the options issue. I think Garnacho can do a job on a tiring defence in the last 20-30 mins. ETH just has to be a bit brave and give those boys a chance. Garnacho has been rotting on the bench playing no football for 3 months. He is always on the bench for the senior team so he almost never plays reserve games but also never comes on for the senior team either. Lose lose situation for him.

maik99:


Considering the options i can't really blame ETH for the late subs tbh
With Elanga's Impressive cameo maybe he'll trust him more now

afrodoc2:
Casemiro is a phucking beast. If you are going into a fight you wouldn’t mind having Casemiro and Martinez by your side.