The problem with United is consistency. It happened last season where they would play a disappointing first half only to salvage something from the second. Top teams play with consistency week in and week out and at the moment United doesn't look like one.
Finally...someone that is able to analyse! This is indeed spot on. Can't believe these players were talking about an intense preseason and yet are falling behind in the second halves of matches THIS EARLY in the season. Let's see how they pick up in coming weeks. Great video. Just earned a subscriber!
But it’s exactly that. Training hard works like that. They have just finished their grueling preseason, some of them (antony, bruno, casemiro) will be gassed bt the second half. It will open up soon, the season is long.
Very good video. Most reactions I see from this game are bashing and blaming whereas you guys include a proper analysis on the positives that can be taken to improve upon.
@@jiggersotoole7823 I don't care if it is deliberate or not. Fans are not paying money to go see garbage performances at OT. We have good players, a good manager too and we should be sitting on 4 (if not 6) convincing points at this stage of the season. Wolves got robbed off a draw by the refs and we got hammered at spurs. Stop making excuses for shit players
I'd like to see Mount moved wide right and Antony moved to Spain, or Italy or anywhere. It's nice that he chases back but it's not really his primary role. Garnacho should be back on the bench, the team loses too much by not having Rashford on the left, even if it means putting Sancho or Martial through the middle till the new guy is ready.
Absolutely right but Antony on right with Rashford on left will work out coz thts when Antony will get a lot of space unlike how Garnacho is getting space and Antony is getting closed out.
easy to say, but if u put Rashford back on the left right now, who's gonna be the striker? Hojlund is apparently injured. Martial.. who knows. Sancho false 9 maybe? I still think Garnacho could become a very good player, but it's probably too early for him to be starting regularly. Should be a super sub. Maybe starting in some cup games.
A HUGE problem with Man United is part of the media and the fan base. We lost ONE game. We had TWO bad games. It’s a long season. Have patience. It seems like the media is always ready to burn everything down that has to do with man united when they’re not winning the league or trophies every year/season. Man City’s treble winning team wasn’t built overnight. SAF didn’t win the treble his first season. Have patience and just support them
Great analysis. This reflects my feeling that the beginning of the game has the best Man Utd performance I’ve seen in a while, which was gone 30 mins in.
I swear to God man there seems to be a witch-hunt in the media for Eric Ten Hag because the Tottenham game wasn't as bad as they're making it to be, he really made them wait so very long to have a go at him
I feel bad for Casemiro because even though individually it looked like a poor performance, it was a case of the system leaving him defenceless rather than him leaving the team defenceless. I mean realistically even Casemiro at his prime would not be able to single-handedly cover an ENTIRE THIRD (at least) of the pitch alone.
if they cant sign a mid they need to start playing a box midfield with an inverting fullback to help out Casemiro. Otherwise they're just gonna run him down due to his workload
This body language / attitude thing is a problem since Sir Alex left. I have no idea why, the squad (and manager) was overhauled 5 times since, but this problem persists, so it has to be something else..something deeply rotten in the club. I stopped trying to find the reason...
I can tell you what is happening in Borussia Dortmund for example, who have similar problem. And it's been the same for 10 years. In the 2019 season they were leading Bayern with 9 points, go to Nurnberg and play 0:0 draw, not even trying to play. Later, Dortmund are still in front of Bayern, and play Bremen. Dortmund are leading 2:0 and just stop. Bremen score twice, and the title is lost. This happened last year as well. The reason is the boss Watzke. He buys Bayern's failures (like Rode and Sabitzer) and lets his best players (like Guerreiro) to go Bayern for free. The boss is a serial loser, so the whole team plays like that. Also, the whole team is made up of loser. The overhaul doesn't help. Because when a player with a drive comes in, he is disliked and dismissed by the losers already in the team (like Bellingham for example). But again, when the president has a loser mentality, so will the players. I've got a feeling something similar is happening in United. And yes, the players show loser mentality. Look at Bruno. Yes, he runs a bit, and then just stops and starts talking to his teammates. This is not a hard working player. Maybe he appears to be, but he is not. He shows lack of character, professionalism, work ethic, and a drive to win.
you've highlighted a nice pass block/interception by Mount there ... the problem is he really doesn't do many of those and its hard to see him as defensively capable as a result. He had 18 last season - fred had double that in five less games. Its not Mount's natural game.
I think Ten Hag should make them run again because what I saw now show some players are just not doing thier work or they should bench them like Anthony, Garnacho so that they can lift their heads up. And also playing the players in the right positions
Can’t give lack of running as a reason to bench Anthony. Just in this analysis alone you see that he has no problem with full-speed defensive runs. It’s just his defensive intelligence that needs to be worked on, like when he made it to the edge of the penalty box and stopped running. That was more to do with not knowing what to do than just being too lazy.
Very good take. I was worried during preseason tbh. Felt like we were playing too many games and travelling way too much at the cost of off the pitch work (tactics, technical work, fitness etc). With ETH planning to evolve our style of play this season I would have expected a lot more time in preseason dedicated to training, especially given we know how limited time for training will be in the season with so many matches.
Love this. Our fans already want blood for Mount which is ridiculous. I do think the intensity thing is a problem but I think it mostly stems from fitness. Our boys looked knackered after half time, especially Casemiro.
Fr. Mount and Antony have been getting a ridiculous amount of hate. Both do need to improve, but they are absolutely not the reasons for why we are struggling. Mount has actually been pretty good for the most part imo. Our fanbase is the worst in the world for supporting our players, it’s embarrassing. I agree with everything said in this video, but I do also think that ETH has got it tactically wrong as well. For example, the amount we are giving the ball away from being TOO direct, leading to us being awful in possession. The way our chances are created, we are way too reliant on Bruno, and no one else is creating anything. We are giving away way too many chances and look incredibly open. That was even the case in the first minute of this game, and it continued in the first and second half. There’s more than just this, but I will say that the lack of intensity/poor attitude/lack of fitness is the most worrying thing of it all, whatever the reason for it is.
I agree but also ETH needs to ease off training too much and leave them energy for the game. Roy Keane mentioned it I think that could be the issue as they are so knackered so early in the season. of course they look unfit too after the break
@@oscarjenkins7505Dude what are you talking Mount and Antony has combined less passes completed than Pape Matar Sarr and we are not paying Mount that much money just to run around like headless chicken or £100mn for Antony just to track back. Antony should have atleast tested GK with that first shot over Bar if he is so one footed not to say burying his second chance and for Mount just watch Bissouma who just dropped shoulder and off he go forward. I agree Mount and Antony getting more criticism but it's not unfair especially for Antony. Everyone has figured out he is one trick pony going to cut and shoot even that is not good. People are calling out Ten Hag for favouritism which is not wrong. Also fitness levels of these players are abysmal and as usual Bruno is getting slagged for being foreign player. He can't do jack if there is no one clever enough to finish chances and as we all know he is not possession based player so he is going to be frustrating at times.
@@rudreshkalgutkar Imo Mount is very intelligent off the ball which created some important chances for Utd, it's clear that he suits the system but definitely needs support from other players. Antony though doesn't really offer much to the team yet.
I think last season, ten Hag had a lot of success by sacrificing some of his own play style to cater for the players he inherited who couldn't play in that style. This season there's been a notable change in emphasis to being much higher up the pitch, with the idea of being camped in the other team's half and keeping the ball. Even though he clearly thinks he now has the players to execute this, there is bound to be some pain as those players have to get used to it.
These players are annoyingly slow learners if what you said is true and they lack the emotional self ctrl to not just default to their old useless habits. Like Antony constantly shooting from obscure locations and not being able dribble with his right foot.
fantastic analysis. You have quickly become one of - if not THE - best football analysis pundits on youtube. your videos have become a must-watch for me to understand the game. amazing job.
Such a great video this. Other than finding scapegoats in the team we should focus on what exactly isn't working and this really helped in understanding it. Would also like to see if a signing like Amrabat or Mainoo does help in us adjusting to the system better
• Mount is way overrated and I can't see why we got him! • Antony goal conversion is rubbish and he was bought with an unjustified price tag. • Greenwood, a potential star in the making, has sadly gone. • Antony is now tangled with domestic abuse saga. • Eric Ten Hag is struggling to enforce a clear philosophy. I'm not optimisitic one bit while Ten Hag is still at the helm.
I like the analysis. My concern is our wingers need for tracking all the way. I like the 4231 better, when there is the two holding midfielders job to cover the fallbacks. There's nothing wrong with Ten Hag's tactical dispositions pr say. But I'm worried we don't have the players to do this job. Both Garnacho and Antony should be given more freedom to create, rather than tracking back
@@stuckupcurlyguy So explain to me. Who is supposed to help the fullbacks defensively in a 4231 as we played last season. And who's got the responsibility with this seasons formation? It's the wingers. And how will it affect their attacking game? With players like Rashford, Garnacho, Pellistri, Antony e.g Take a look at Pep and City. They sold Sterling and Sane. And now they use players like Bernardo, Foden and Grealish on the wings
As a United fan this has given me some comfort int he style of play. Hopefully with Hoiljund starting soon, having a striker can adjust the team to execute the game plan better.
We need this channel to blow up and have people run this rather than channels like United Stand, United View and all these other channels that like to complain and give no tactical overview for what happened..
Eric needs more than one season to rectify Manchester Utd. When he came to us last year he had not only the issue with the team and dead weight players but also had to change the entire culture at the club too. I believe that the consistency will come but a job as big as rebuilding a club like he is doing wouldn't happen in a single season for anybody.
Rashford is a good example of a player that is not putting in a shift. Never tries,walks about, never presses, never covers back. At least Antony is trying. Hate this agenda against him, works hard for the team. Part of the issues at United are: 1. A alleged rapist returning a dress room where no1 wants him. And righty so. 2. Maguire, Henderson aka the leak merchants sitting in a dressing room where no1 wants them 3. Players hoping the glazers sell and don’t therefore nothing changes
This is reminding me of the same problem Ole had in 21/22 before he got sacked. The gap between the defence and midfield were so big. It was fixed last season but not sure what happened here
Very good video! I do wonder if the pre season tour was actually too much for them. Erikson said in an interview the travelling across US was too much. Could be fatigue rather than not fit enough. Hoping things turn around and we get Amrabat (as per your recent vid!)
This is perfectly analysed! We seemed to at least take a step forward from the week prior against Wolves where not only was there a missing intensity, but also a tactical issue around the free space in the midfield for runners. We seem to have got the idea against Spurs but still seemed super leggy as with wolves. I'd prefer Rashford on left, keep Antony on right and just put anyone else upfront, even if we have to use a false 9 and allow both wingers to cut in more (Antony not needing any more encouragement there).
unfortunately the whole "its all about catching city" rings true... Pep is getting/ trying to get rid of the players that are becoming complacent and dont want to fight for those same titles anymore (Mahrez, Cancelo, Laporte) Yet we sit here having players who don't win anything on a massive pay check that they haven't earnt making it impossible to get rid of them.
That lack of ctrl in midfield is quite concerning though. Watching us is like watching a basketball team. No pausa on the ball and we’re too willing to fire the ball too directly into the channels. The faster you get rid of the ball the quicker it comes back to you and I think we forget that. Casie is also playing way too aggressive for a lone 6, he needs to chill. We shouldn’t be finding him on the edge of the opponent’s box but he needs to have triangular movement in front of our defence.
Good video and great analysis, the lack of effort is a big concern and the body language of players doesnt look good. Lets hope they are just not fit enough.....yet.
I liked this but sometimes getting this deep into it can be overthinking. Sometimes a team just doesn't have good individual players in the right players working as a team. A press to me isn't one guy takling one guy. It's when at least a few players pounce on somebody or go to. Usually seeing a few players coming after you forces a pass with is often bad because of the pressure. To me that is more like pressing, personally.
Top top video! Of course the result will tower that we have form. We have useful plays. We lack finishing, and even if we have intensity the small-part consistency for every run, for tracking every pass, run or player, on and off the ball, we get punished when we switch off.
Liked & Subscribed. This breakdown is pretty impressive. Getting to see that it's not all going wrong, neither are they clueless. What I am concerned about though is chance creation outside of the press, can Utd play from the back as has been highlighted, and also ball retention is a bit of a worry at this point in time. I feel they need to be able to better keep possession, to control the game better, as well as creating openings, and not forcing the long ball over the defence all the time.
I agree totally. Bruno is so frustrating because he seems to have no middle ground, its just amazing thru pass/flick on or turnover on every touch. and every time Onana clears the ball I cringe thinking about how he isn't supposed to be doing that.
Class video 👏🏽👏🏽 Spot on with everything I’ll add another issue is squad depth, 90% of these players played nearly every game in all comps last season. We look leggy, need some depth to help, especially in cdm position as Casemiro isn’t young anymore.
Think that's a very fair assessment. Been disappointed with individual performances, and the overall fitness levels of the team. Think there needs to be a change of personnel up front and positional changes/responsibilities. Clear from general play that we lack a striker and we're a midfielder or two short currently.
Nice review. But I think that attitude problem is part of stamina, part of confidence. Players weren't believe this new tactic is going to work. Because it's unlikely to see Mount successes on No.8 and Casemiro, Varane pushing up high will work, they're 30+ now, they just don't have that pace. If you're going to play mad dog pushing up high tactic, it has to be a bunch of young, energetic, aggressive and strong players. Well, I think most of United players are not physically above PL average level. That's why Erik ten Hag wants some muscles in this transfer window. But the club failed to sell required players yet. Which comes to a problem, United were using their own profit to buy players, Glazers didn't put in a penny since they acquired the club.
Midfields tracking runners isn't a solution for everything!! They have to be intelligent enough to know when there's capacity in the back line to pass the runner on. And Utd are currently awful at that. Also - it's not always down to the midfield. E.g. Describing Shaw as "nice and tight" @ 8:06 isn't a virtue. Not in that position!
By far and away the best analysis I have seen on this United team. Everyone always just tries to blame Maguire, McFred, Martial for being injured, The Glazers. But the starting 11 never run with any real intensity especially in defence (and I would argue in attack too, when you need to make unselfish off the ball runs to create space for team-mates).
The game is played for a full 90, you cannot play 20,30,or 45 minutes of good football there needs to be consistency throughout the game if united players start doing this they can really start dominating teams because not every team is wolves you miss chances you pay for them
This is an away game and if Utd scored 2 goals in those 40 mins, they could’ve sat back in low block and countered Spurs and scored more as the game would’ve opened up in search of goals…. Finishing is the biggest problem of this team.
Yes, we got a unproven striker, Mount that is not needed as he is not a box to box player but just a mediocre Bruno, no back up for casimeiro and we didn't sell what we had to. In short we are in the same situation as last year but other teams got better
FINALLY! Someone talking sense! The first half really had something positive to take from, albeit, apart from the penalty that was out of our control, the two 1v1s against Spurs goalie didn’t work out. The second half for some reason just fell off the gap for us. Not sure if it was fitness issues, frustration or something else. The game had a lot of similarities with the first game under Ralf.
The only thing they need to fix is getting a top class goal scorer. The rest is crap. They could have Real Madrid's midfield of Modric, Kroos and Casemiro and they still would have problems...........cause they can't score. Fernandes would still suck at finishing in the big moments, Antony would still hit goal posts and Rashford may or may not score. I mean all this tactical analysis stuff, look at it this way.......don't we think Ten Hag knows more about his tactics that we do? So all this stuff is like.....maybe Erik should ask the fans and the pundit Channels what the problems are and how to fix them. Just get a consistent top goal scorer for crissake
Spurs were knocking at thr door from the first half only. You need someone who can defend and can carry the ball forward along Casemiro. Casemiro will be exposed if he plays alongside Bruno and mount. Amrabat will be perfect alonside casemiro. 2. Bruno should be removed from the captaincy. His attitude is not right on the pitch. He blames other players, loses ball so many times, his body language is awful. Casemiro or Varane should be the next captain. 3. Sign Ivan toney in Jan
This is spot on, during the game I man utd looked entirely too relaxed was they were missing easy chance after easy chance, then they went down 1-0 and they still looked too relaxed as if they just expected it to work out
The issue is the glazers and the players having no respect for them. What the point in busting a gut if the glazers can’t threaten to sell players when tbey don’t perform. Look at maguire £30m gets excepted and he legit just said no I’m not off. So why would any other player care with the wages there on
Couldn’t agree more on the intensity part. It also boils down to the player’s mentality. Being 1-0 down they look beaten and happy to end the game. To think that towards the last quarter we could have nick something and get back into the game considering we also had 9 mins of added time given,
You’re spot on man. Every minute of a game has to matter. And it seems our players tend to forget that. You’ll barely see City let up ,that’s always been the blueprint to success. United need more players ,more competition for positions(quality players) that’s the first step imo
Casemiro at RMA played with two central midfielders who helped out defensively but both Mount and Fernandes are purely attacking midfielders. Other teams that play with purely attacking 8s, like City and Arsenal, usually support the pivot with a defender. United is neither inverting a defender nor playing with central midfielders.
But both are not quick and that's the danger in transitions when the opposition gets the ball (if they have a runner, he will leave them for dead - this is what we saw against Wolves repeatedly) they are out of the game quickly
@@Spuzzellthe video ignores a lot of stats. For example the "defensively excellent Mount" had half as many interceptions as Fred despite playing 5 more games. Bruno has good defensive stats due to pressing high, not defending deeper, or more importantly defending in transition, where him and mount are poor.
I think the lack of intensity is because most players got frustrated by the fact that the first half chances were not finished by Anthony, Bruno, Garnacho and Rashford. All four were absolute shit. The morale goes down in a football match when you see your forwards wasting golden chances. To be a winning team a striker is not the only one who should score. Wingers midfielders need to contribute. And that does not happen a lot at Man Utd since last season.
Totally agree, they just don't seem match fit. Same problem as the end of last season, they were on their last legs. They lack any squad depth too so need more solid players to be able to rotate and keep up the intensity all season long.
I think your analysis is spot on Like everything over the last 10 years though , ultimately the issues at united come from higher up. The lack of passion and really caring start above and seep down. With management (not Ten Hag but above) that care , and have passion and truly want to win , i think we see this team click ... we all keep looking at individual players and signings but i do not think that is the issue anymore ... sure a CF gets us a few more goals , but the problems at Ol Trafford are more institutional ... look at how we have bodged the handling of De Gea , Maguire , Greenwood ... the business side is sorely lacking
Great points! I also think the front 3 of Rashford, Ganachio and Antony are not technical enough to hurt the opposition. Maybe the Dane will help - but if you're not punishing the opposition, you're inviting trouble.
Another problem with United not just this season but a couple of seasons running has been their mental strength, basically they start games guns blazing and if things don't go their way early in the game they don't score, they lose focus as the game progresses, it seemed last season alot of times they were overcoming that block at times but it's looking now like it's all coming back
Adam, sir, you are a kindred spirit. I love watching all of your Trek, Sci-fi, wrestling, and now footy content! Who knew you were so versatile and knowledgeable! 🤣
Finally someone who saw the real issue, the patterns were well set by the team on the pitch, but the drop in energy was evident, and more than a demoralised loss of energy, it looked more like empty tanks, ten Hag a reputation of knackered looking starts for seasons with how intense gisbpre seasons are, not sure if that's the case, still you cannot play with this intensity when you know your team isn't completely ready fitness wise.and expose your 6 all alone. Anyway, as long as ten Hag is using his multicolour pen, I'm sur he'll fix things
Again a great insightful unbiased analysis. Actually I worry more for Man U after this. Ten Hag did an amazing job last year getting them to 3rd when we all thought their problems would take years to fix. But some of the underlying problems clearly haven't gone away. Can the players adapt, or will they buy in to the new system? It seems a bit reminiscent of Solskjaer, good start but then things gradually went wrong. An underlying long-term malaise in the dressing-room? From what, or whom?
Luv how u example everything well 👍🙏 could you please make an video focusing on Mason Mount on what he is doing wrong and what he is doing right please 🙏
Great explanation, I used your defensive videos to help my lad who's new at CB brilliant. This will help us both relax as man utd fans😂 at least for a week
@8:30 saying they're 'pretty well set.....other than the player entirely unmarked' is just such a stupid thing to say. It's like saying 'they had a great game....other than the 10 goals they conceded'. There is absolutely no reason why the LB (I'm guessing Shaw) shouldn't be over covering the wing. He's in complete no mans land doing almost nothing to deter the attack, with no opponent within 20yards of him. If he's out there marking the man, it at least makes it a much tougher cross or needing to take him on. I've no idea why we see this so consistently, they value shape and formation above actual marking and defence, and it leads to goals like this time and again.
The problem with United is consistency. It happened last season where they would play a disappointing first half only to salvage something from the second. Top teams play with consistency week in and week out and at the moment United doesn't look like one.
I thought it is the other way around, United do well in the first half but lose their focus in the second half
@@vlsui66 the comebacks always happened in the second half, so I assume it's that way. You can say it's first half 49% - 51% second half.
No striker except Rash out of position
In order to play consistently the team needs to have chemistry and overall quality which clearly is not the case.
@@Haych222 city were something like this...once with pep in charge
Finally...someone that is able to analyse! This is indeed spot on. Can't believe these players were talking about an intense preseason and yet are falling behind in the second halves of matches THIS EARLY in the season. Let's see how they pick up in coming weeks.
Great video. Just earned a subscriber!
But it’s exactly that. Training hard works like that. They have just finished their grueling preseason, some of them (antony, bruno, casemiro) will be gassed bt the second half. It will open up soon, the season is long.
I think that's the best video I've seen about man utd this season until now
Have you seen Tifo's?
Agreed. Thanks 442
So 2 game weeks
So true
@@JohnUzojrhe's a troll not an analyst
Very good video. Most reactions I see from this game are bashing and blaming whereas you guys include a proper analysis on the positives that can be taken to improve upon.
There is nothing wrong with bashing and blaming. These are overpaid players who are underperforming
@@tercel9710 What, you think they deliberately under perform because they are too rich? If so, that would be the case with every team.......
@@jiggersotoole7823 I don't care if it is deliberate or not. Fans are not paying money to go see garbage performances at OT. We have good players, a good manager too and we should be sitting on 4 (if not 6) convincing points at this stage of the season. Wolves got robbed off a draw by the refs and we got hammered at spurs. Stop making excuses for shit players
This exact thing! All Man United fans wanted is calm, clear analysis of the situaytion and this is the only video I've seen that does that.
I'd like to see Mount moved wide right and Antony moved to Spain, or Italy or anywhere. It's nice that he chases back but it's not really his primary role. Garnacho should be back on the bench, the team loses too much by not having Rashford on the left, even if it means putting Sancho or Martial through the middle till the new guy is ready.
Absolutely right but Antony on right with Rashford on left will work out coz thts when Antony will get a lot of space unlike how Garnacho is getting space and Antony is getting closed out.
easy to say, but if u put Rashford back on the left right now, who's gonna be the striker? Hojlund is apparently injured. Martial.. who knows. Sancho false 9 maybe?
I still think Garnacho could become a very good player, but it's probably too early for him to be starting regularly. Should be a super sub. Maybe starting in some cup games.
Mount is even less of a winger than Anthony
Mount should be moved to Saudi
you got me on the first half not gonna lie
A HUGE problem with Man United is part of the media and the fan base. We lost ONE game. We had TWO bad games. It’s a long season. Have patience. It seems like the media is always ready to burn everything down that has to do with man united when they’re not winning the league or trophies every year/season. Man City’s treble winning team wasn’t built overnight. SAF didn’t win the treble his first season. Have patience and just support them
Great analysis. This reflects my feeling that the beginning of the game has the best Man Utd performance I’ve seen in a while, which was gone 30 mins in.
I swear to God man there seems to be a witch-hunt in the media for Eric Ten Hag because the Tottenham game wasn't as bad as they're making it to be, he really made them wait so very long to have a go at him
I feel bad for Casemiro because even though individually it looked like a poor performance, it was a case of the system leaving him defenceless rather than him leaving the team defenceless. I mean realistically even Casemiro at his prime would not be able to single-handedly cover an ENTIRE THIRD (at least) of the pitch alone.
if they cant sign a mid they need to start playing a box midfield with an inverting fullback to help out Casemiro. Otherwise they're just gonna run him down due to his workload
yes he can.
I’ve seen all the videos on man united game analysis but this certainly stands out. Great job mate👍🏼
This body language / attitude thing is a problem since Sir Alex left. I have no idea why, the squad (and manager) was overhauled 5 times since, but this problem persists, so it has to be something else..something deeply rotten in the club. I stopped trying to find the reason...
the owners obviously
I can tell you what is happening in Borussia Dortmund for example, who have similar problem. And it's been the same for 10 years. In the 2019 season they were leading Bayern with 9 points, go to Nurnberg and play 0:0 draw, not even trying to play. Later, Dortmund are still in front of Bayern, and play Bremen. Dortmund are leading 2:0 and just stop. Bremen score twice, and the title is lost. This happened last year as well.
The reason is the boss Watzke. He buys Bayern's failures (like Rode and Sabitzer) and lets his best players (like Guerreiro) to go Bayern for free. The boss is a serial loser, so the whole team plays like that. Also, the whole team is made up of loser. The overhaul doesn't help. Because when a player with a drive comes in, he is disliked and dismissed by the losers already in the team (like Bellingham for example). But again, when the president has a loser mentality, so will the players.
I've got a feeling something similar is happening in United. And yes, the players show loser mentality. Look at Bruno. Yes, he runs a bit, and then just stops and starts talking to his teammates. This is not a hard working player. Maybe he appears to be, but he is not. He shows lack of character, professionalism, work ethic, and a drive to win.
Bad energy around the owners and the greenwood situation
@@corgansow6173 Well, hopefully it gets better when United becomes the next oil club. xD
such a detailed tactical video on not just tactics but work rate which is very essential in today's game. lovely video mate!
you've highlighted a nice pass block/interception by Mount there ... the problem is he really doesn't do many of those and its hard to see him as defensively capable as a result. He had 18 last season - fred had double that in five less games. Its not Mount's natural game.
Fantastic analysis, much better than what I've seen from other pages
I think Ten Hag should make them run again because what I saw now show some players are just not doing thier work or they should bench them like Anthony, Garnacho so that they can lift their heads up. And also playing the players in the right positions
Can’t give lack of running as a reason to bench Anthony. Just in this analysis alone you see that he has no problem with full-speed defensive runs. It’s just his defensive intelligence that needs to be worked on, like when he made it to the edge of the penalty box and stopped running. That was more to do with not knowing what to do than just being too lazy.
Very good take.
I was worried during preseason tbh. Felt like we were playing too many games and travelling way too much at the cost of off the pitch work (tactics, technical work, fitness etc).
With ETH planning to evolve our style of play this season I would have expected a lot more time in preseason dedicated to training, especially given we know how limited time for training will be in the season with so many matches.
Do you know what, an objective assessment of the United's performances so far is so refreshing. A lot of United fsn pages are having a meltdown atm.
Love this. Our fans already want blood for Mount which is ridiculous. I do think the intensity thing is a problem but I think it mostly stems from fitness. Our boys looked knackered after half time, especially Casemiro.
Fr. Mount and Antony have been getting a ridiculous amount of hate. Both do need to improve, but they are absolutely not the reasons for why we are struggling. Mount has actually been pretty good for the most part imo. Our fanbase is the worst in the world for supporting our players, it’s embarrassing. I agree with everything said in this video, but I do also think that ETH has got it tactically wrong as well. For example, the amount we are giving the ball away from being TOO direct, leading to us being awful in possession. The way our chances are created, we are way too reliant on Bruno, and no one else is creating anything. We are giving away way too many chances and look incredibly open. That was even the case in the first minute of this game, and it continued in the first and second half. There’s more than just this, but I will say that the lack of intensity/poor attitude/lack of fitness is the most worrying thing of it all, whatever the reason for it is.
I agree but also ETH needs to ease off training too much and leave them energy for the game. Roy Keane mentioned it I think that could be the issue as they are so knackered so early in the season. of course they look unfit too after the break
The season just started...how can they have fitness issues rn...it's ridiculous
@@oscarjenkins7505Dude what are you talking Mount and Antony has combined less passes completed than Pape Matar Sarr and we are not paying Mount that much money just to run around like headless chicken or £100mn for Antony just to track back.
Antony should have atleast tested GK with that first shot over Bar if he is so one footed not to say burying his second chance and for Mount just watch Bissouma who just dropped shoulder and off he go forward.
I agree Mount and Antony getting more criticism but it's not unfair especially for Antony. Everyone has figured out he is one trick pony going to cut and shoot even that is not good. People are calling out Ten Hag for favouritism which is not wrong. Also fitness levels of these players are abysmal and as usual Bruno is getting slagged for being foreign player. He can't do jack if there is no one clever enough to finish chances and as we all know he is not possession based player so he is going to be frustrating at times.
@@rudreshkalgutkar Imo Mount is very intelligent off the ball which created some important chances for Utd, it's clear that he suits the system but definitely needs support from other players. Antony though doesn't really offer much to the team yet.
I think last season, ten Hag had a lot of success by sacrificing some of his own play style to cater for the players he inherited who couldn't play in that style. This season there's been a notable change in emphasis to being much higher up the pitch, with the idea of being camped in the other team's half and keeping the ball. Even though he clearly thinks he now has the players to execute this, there is bound to be some pain as those players have to get used to it.
Exactly. Teething problems. Part of the process.
These players are annoyingly slow learners if what you said is true and they lack the emotional self ctrl to not just default to their old useless habits. Like Antony constantly shooting from obscure locations and not being able dribble with his right foot.
@@iwantgoals1566 yes 80M for one good foot ,so two would cost 160m i suppose....
@@nickg2431 Makes sense
@@nickg2431This comment deserves Ik likes.😂😂😂
fantastic analysis. You have quickly become one of - if not THE - best football analysis pundits on youtube. your videos have become a must-watch for me to understand the game. amazing job.
Such a great video this. Other than finding scapegoats in the team we should focus on what exactly isn't working and this really helped in understanding it. Would also like to see if a signing like Amrabat or Mainoo does help in us adjusting to the system better
This is a sound analysis. God bless you
• Mount is way overrated and I can't see why we got him!
• Antony goal conversion is rubbish and he was bought with an unjustified price tag.
• Greenwood, a potential star in the making, has sadly gone.
• Antony is now tangled with domestic abuse saga.
• Eric Ten Hag is struggling to enforce a clear philosophy.
I'm not optimisitic one bit while Ten Hag is still at the helm.
I like the analysis.
My concern is our wingers need for tracking all the way.
I like the 4231 better, when there is the two holding midfielders job to cover the fallbacks.
There's nothing wrong with Ten Hag's tactical dispositions pr say. But I'm worried we don't have the players to do this job. Both Garnacho and Antony should be given more freedom to create, rather than tracking back
If they are not tracking back then fullbacks will be very exposed and if the opponent has excellent wingers then it will be disaster
You're living in a previous era of football, can't have passengers in the modern top flight (4231 is questionable as a formation as well)
@@stuckupcurlyguy So explain to me. Who is supposed to help the fullbacks defensively in a 4231 as we played last season.
And who's got the responsibility with this seasons formation? It's the wingers.
And how will it affect their attacking game?
With players like Rashford, Garnacho, Pellistri, Antony e.g
Take a look at Pep and City.
They sold Sterling and Sane.
And now they use players like Bernardo, Foden and Grealish on the wings
As a United fan this has given me some comfort int he style of play. Hopefully with Hoiljund starting soon, having a striker can adjust the team to execute the game plan better.
We need this channel to blow up and have people run this rather than channels like United Stand, United View and all these other channels that like to complain and give no tactical overview for what happened..
Eric needs more than one season to rectify Manchester Utd. When he came to us last year he had not only the issue with the team and dead weight players but also had to change the entire culture at the club too. I believe that the consistency will come but a job as big as rebuilding a club like he is doing wouldn't happen in a single season for anybody.
This is such a good breakdown and analysis. So refreshing compared to how most pieces of analysis is done these days
Rashford is a good example of a player that is not putting in a shift. Never tries,walks about, never presses, never covers back. At least Antony is trying. Hate this agenda against him, works hard for the team.
Part of the issues at United are:
1. A alleged rapist returning a dress room where no1 wants him. And righty so.
2. Maguire, Henderson aka the leak merchants sitting in a dressing room where no1 wants them
3. Players hoping the glazers sell and don’t therefore nothing changes
This is reminding me of the same problem Ole had in 21/22 before he got sacked. The gap between the defence and midfield were so big. It was fixed last season but not sure what happened here
Man this is the best video to explain what exactly is wrong with man Utd and with the right personnel. Things will improve. Good job
Greenwood's treatment got me pissed
When Utd get the high turnovers Antony and Garnacho still waste them. Worst stats for wingers in the big 6
100% the best video we’ve seen on the first two matches. Well done, man!
thank you, finally found a pretty detail analysis and not just whining and complaining without clear analysis...and not just showing the bad things...
Very good video! I do wonder if the pre season tour was actually too much for them. Erikson said in an interview the travelling across US was too much. Could be fatigue rather than not fit enough. Hoping things turn around and we get Amrabat (as per your recent vid!)
This is perfectly analysed! We seemed to at least take a step forward from the week prior against Wolves where not only was there a missing intensity, but also a tactical issue around the free space in the midfield for runners. We seem to have got the idea against Spurs but still seemed super leggy as with wolves. I'd prefer Rashford on left, keep Antony on right and just put anyone else upfront, even if we have to use a false 9 and allow both wingers to cut in more (Antony not needing any more encouragement there).
unfortunately the whole "its all about catching city" rings true... Pep is getting/ trying to get rid of the players that are becoming complacent and dont want to fight for those same titles anymore (Mahrez, Cancelo, Laporte) Yet we sit here having players who don't win anything on a massive pay check that they haven't earnt making it impossible to get rid of them.
This is my first time watching you. This was a very good detailed video. Big ups!!
Wow - awesome presentation. this is best analysis video of Man Utd on UA-cam so far.
That lack of ctrl in midfield is quite concerning though. Watching us is like watching a basketball team. No pausa on the ball and we’re too willing to fire the ball too directly into the channels. The faster you get rid of the ball the quicker it comes back to you and I think we forget that.
Casie is also playing way too aggressive for a lone 6, he needs to chill. We shouldn’t be finding him on the edge of the opponent’s box but he needs to have triangular movement in front of our defence.
Thats because he was isolated, if he didnt move forward how could he link up with mount/bruno/rashford?
First video I've seen of you, also best video I've seen about Manchester United's season si far
This by far the explanation video I've seen on this!! Great stuff 😎
Brilliant analysis. Spot on
Finally someone who analysed a man united game without bias or an agenda. Well done
Liked and subscribed for that reason alone
Good video and great analysis, the lack of effort is a big concern and the body language of players doesnt look good. Lets hope they are just not fit enough.....yet.
I liked this but sometimes getting this deep into it can be overthinking. Sometimes a team just doesn't have good individual players in the right players working as a team. A press to me isn't one guy takling one guy. It's when at least a few players pounce on somebody or go to. Usually seeing a few players coming after you forces a pass with is often bad because of the pressure. To me that is more like pressing, personally.
I don't know why people are focusing on casmerio look at luke shaw there is lot of space in the left
Top top video! Of course the result will tower that we have form. We have useful plays. We lack finishing, and even if we have intensity the small-part consistency for every run, for tracking every pass, run or player, on and off the ball, we get punished when we switch off.
Liked & Subscribed. This breakdown is pretty impressive. Getting to see that it's not all going wrong, neither are they clueless. What I am concerned about though is chance creation outside of the press, can Utd play from the back as has been highlighted, and also ball retention is a bit of a worry at this point in time. I feel they need to be able to better keep possession, to control the game better, as well as creating openings, and not forcing the long ball over the defence all the time.
I agree totally. Bruno is so frustrating because he seems to have no middle ground, its just amazing thru pass/flick on or turnover on every touch. and every time Onana clears the ball I cringe thinking about how he isn't supposed to be doing that.
Seem united don’t want to hold the ball for too long without an end result like arsenal that’s why the forwards are all trying to up their shot ratio
Class video 👏🏽👏🏽
Spot on with everything I’ll add another issue is squad depth, 90% of these players played nearly every game in all comps last season. We look leggy, need some depth to help, especially in cdm position as Casemiro isn’t young anymore.
Think that's a very fair assessment. Been disappointed with individual performances, and the overall fitness levels of the team. Think there needs to be a change of personnel up front and positional changes/responsibilities. Clear from general play that we lack a striker and we're a midfielder or two short currently.
Spot on. Best analysis I have seen backed up with factual video evidence. The conclusion is also on target.
Nice review. But I think that attitude problem is part of stamina, part of confidence. Players weren't believe this new tactic is going to work. Because it's unlikely to see Mount successes on No.8 and Casemiro, Varane pushing up high will work, they're 30+ now, they just don't have that pace. If you're going to play mad dog pushing up high tactic, it has to be a bunch of young, energetic, aggressive and strong players. Well, I think most of United players are not physically above PL average level. That's why Erik ten Hag wants some muscles in this transfer window. But the club failed to sell required players yet. Which comes to a problem, United were using their own profit to buy players, Glazers didn't put in a penny since they acquired the club.
What a great video, subscribed
The only analysis I care to listen to is Adam’s. Short yet well thought out and accurate
Midfields tracking runners isn't a solution for everything!! They have to be intelligent enough to know when there's capacity in the back line to pass the runner on. And Utd are currently awful at that.
Also - it's not always down to the midfield. E.g. Describing Shaw as "nice and tight" @ 8:06 isn't a virtue. Not in that position!
great analysis great video...subbing!
This has to be the best analysis I have seen of the game. So it means the system works but the players are just being lackadaisical
Hate to say it, but Maguire did at the very least look active and attentive in defense.
By far and away the best analysis I have seen on this United team. Everyone always just tries to blame Maguire, McFred, Martial for being injured, The Glazers. But the starting 11 never run with any real intensity especially in defence (and I would argue in attack too, when you need to make unselfish off the ball runs to create space for team-mates).
honestly hope it never does work out. watching man utd last season was boring as hell (apart from that 7-0 game). need a bit of entertainment back
Awesome video. This is where your captain needs to step up, and cracks the whip and not down tool.
The game is played for a full 90, you cannot play 20,30,or 45 minutes of good football there needs to be consistency throughout the game if united players start doing this they can really start dominating teams because not every team is wolves you miss chances you pay for them
This is an away game and if Utd scored 2 goals in those 40 mins, they could’ve sat back in low block and countered Spurs and scored more as the game would’ve opened up in search of goals…. Finishing is the biggest problem of this team.
@@sp3949exactly
@@sp3949exactly I’ve been waiting for some one to say this
I don't think ETH could pick a footballer if his life depended on it.
UTD look worse than last season
Yes, we got a unproven striker, Mount that is not needed as he is not a box to box player but just a mediocre Bruno, no back up for casimeiro and we didn't sell what we had to. In short we are in the same situation as last year but other teams got better
FINALLY! Someone talking sense! The first half really had something positive to take from, albeit, apart from the penalty that was out of our control, the two 1v1s against Spurs goalie didn’t work out. The second half for some reason just fell off the gap for us. Not sure if it was fitness issues, frustration or something else. The game had a lot of similarities with the first game under Ralf.
This is proper football analysis. Keep it coming
The only thing they need to fix is getting a top class goal scorer. The rest is crap. They could have Real Madrid's midfield of Modric, Kroos and Casemiro and they still would have problems...........cause they can't score. Fernandes would still suck at finishing in the big moments, Antony would still hit goal posts and Rashford may or may not score. I mean all this tactical analysis stuff, look at it this way.......don't we think Ten Hag knows more about his tactics that we do? So all this stuff is like.....maybe Erik should ask the fans and the pundit Channels what the problems are and how to fix them. Just get a consistent top goal scorer for crissake
Spurs were knocking at thr door from the first half only. You need someone who can defend and can carry the ball forward along Casemiro. Casemiro will be exposed if he plays alongside Bruno and mount. Amrabat will be perfect alonside casemiro. 2. Bruno should be removed from the captaincy. His attitude is not right on the pitch. He blames other players, loses ball so many times, his body language is awful. Casemiro or Varane should be the next captain. 3. Sign Ivan toney in Jan
spot on like the coach said we had created enough to score goals but we didnt....
This is spot on, during the game I man utd looked entirely too relaxed was they were missing easy chance after easy chance, then they went down 1-0 and they still looked too relaxed as if they just expected it to work out
Excellent analysis of the game. Spot on.
The issue is the glazers and the players having no respect for them. What the point in busting a gut if the glazers can’t threaten to sell players when tbey don’t perform. Look at maguire £30m gets excepted and he legit just said no I’m not off. So why would any other player care with the wages there on
Couldn’t agree more on the intensity part. It also boils down to the player’s mentality. Being 1-0 down they look beaten and happy to end the game. To think that towards the last quarter we could have nick something and get back into the game considering we also had 9 mins of added time given,
You’re spot on man. Every minute of a game has to matter. And it seems our players tend to forget that. You’ll barely see City let up ,that’s always been the blueprint to success. United need more players ,more competition for positions(quality players) that’s the first step imo
Please drop links to your other videos where you explain certain footballing concepts like transition in football.
Excellent take.
Casemiro at RMA played with two central midfielders who helped out defensively but both Mount and Fernandes are purely attacking midfielders. Other teams that play with purely attacking 8s, like City and Arsenal, usually support the pivot with a defender. United is neither inverting a defender nor playing with central midfielders.
The video literally tells you that isn't true.
Fernandes has high defensive numbers and Mount is excellent defensively
Fernandes and Mount cover so much ground
But both are not quick and that's the danger in transitions when the opposition gets the ball (if they have a runner, he will leave them for dead - this is what we saw against Wolves repeatedly) they are out of the game quickly
@@Spuzzellthe video ignores a lot of stats.
For example the "defensively excellent Mount" had half as many interceptions as Fred despite playing 5 more games.
Bruno has good defensive stats due to pressing high, not defending deeper, or more importantly defending in transition, where him and mount are poor.
@@paultalbot6540so did Fred and mctominay, there is no point in running a lot if you aren't being intelligent and picking the right moments to run.
Very nice analysis thank you for the video
If Man Utd were iintense as Newcastle...what a force we would have been
I think the lack of intensity is because most players got frustrated by the fact that the first half chances were not finished by Anthony, Bruno, Garnacho and Rashford. All four were absolute shit. The morale goes down in a football match when you see your forwards wasting golden chances. To be a winning team a striker is not the only one who should score. Wingers midfielders need to contribute. And that does not happen a lot at Man Utd since last season.
Man's just got a follow! Solid work analysing mate.
Totally agree, they just don't seem match fit. Same problem as the end of last season, they were on their last legs. They lack any squad depth too so need more solid players to be able to rotate and keep up the intensity all season long.
I think your analysis is spot on
Like everything over the last 10 years though , ultimately the issues at united come from higher up. The lack of passion and really caring start above and seep down.
With management (not Ten Hag but above) that care , and have passion and truly want to win , i think we see this team click ... we all keep looking at individual players and signings but i do not think that is the issue anymore ... sure a CF gets us a few more goals , but the problems at Ol Trafford are more institutional ... look at how we have bodged the handling of De Gea , Maguire , Greenwood ... the business side is sorely lacking
So. Spot. On! Great analysis
Fred was the answer for such games
Not many teams tried to do the inverted tactics in the PL.. It was just Man City... 😂
Cruyff in his Barca days
Liverpool with Trent and Arsenal with Zinchenko
Great points! I also think the front 3 of Rashford, Ganachio and Antony are not technical enough to hurt the opposition. Maybe the Dane will help - but if you're not punishing the opposition, you're inviting trouble.
Wow what an analysis mate👏👏👏you’re the real deal
4-4-2 aleays bring quality videos 👏 subscribed
You’ve summed it up perfectly. This team is not hungry
Thank you, this video is very easy to understand for me that had little knowledge about football…👍🙏
At least you acknowledge your limitations and willing to learn. Most online football fans think they’re prime Mourinho.
Another problem with United not just this season but a couple of seasons running has been their mental strength, basically they start games guns blazing and if things don't go their way early in the game they don't score, they lose focus as the game progresses, it seemed last season alot of times they were overcoming that block at times but it's looking now like it's all coming back
Adam, sir, you are a kindred spirit. I love watching all of your Trek, Sci-fi, wrestling, and now footy content! Who knew you were so versatile and knowledgeable! 🤣
Finally someone who saw the real issue, the patterns were well set by the team on the pitch, but the drop in energy was evident, and more than a demoralised loss of energy, it looked more like empty tanks, ten Hag a reputation of knackered looking starts for seasons with how intense gisbpre seasons are, not sure if that's the case, still you cannot play with this intensity when you know your team isn't completely ready fitness wise.and expose your 6 all alone. Anyway, as long as ten Hag is using his multicolour pen, I'm sur he'll fix things
Again a great insightful unbiased analysis. Actually I worry more for Man U after this. Ten Hag did an amazing job last year getting them to 3rd when we all thought their problems would take years to fix. But some of the underlying problems clearly haven't gone away. Can the players adapt, or will they buy in to the new system? It seems a bit reminiscent of Solskjaer, good start but then things gradually went wrong. An underlying long-term malaise in the dressing-room? From what, or whom?
Luv how u example everything well 👍🙏 could you please make an video focusing on Mason Mount on what he is doing wrong and what he is doing right please 🙏
Excellent analysis, top marks
Great explanation, I used your defensive videos to help my lad who's new at CB brilliant. This will help us both relax as man utd fans😂 at least for a week
@8:30 saying they're 'pretty well set.....other than the player entirely unmarked' is just such a stupid thing to say. It's like saying 'they had a great game....other than the 10 goals they conceded'. There is absolutely no reason why the LB (I'm guessing Shaw) shouldn't be over covering the wing. He's in complete no mans land doing almost nothing to deter the attack, with no opponent within 20yards of him. If he's out there marking the man, it at least makes it a much tougher cross or needing to take him on. I've no idea why we see this so consistently, they value shape and formation above actual marking and defence, and it leads to goals like this time and again.
Adam, you totally need a snippet of the always sunny theme to play after the "ding!" in the start.