will be interesting to see if they can keep hold of Eze and Olise, if they have release clauses will be very difficult. I can imagine Newcastle would be after Olise as that's a position they've wanted to fill since the takeover, Man U (bad idea frankly), maybe Liverpool as a long term replacement for Salah.
@@oitoitoi1 Should be interesting either way. If they stay; we may get to see how high the ceiling is. If they go; we find out how much their current success is down to the new manager/system. It's unfortunate they only got it all together this late in the season.
@@S14N9LS like with Vieira, it was the personnel. Funny how Olise and Eze come back and things improve. Conor Gallagher left Palace to return to Chelsea and Palace immediately dropped off
Palace fan here. As a team that has pretty much always used a standard 442, 4231 or 433, this new formation seems like pure magic, it feels like we always have an extra man on the pitch in most situations. So simple too, as you said here.
It's great to see how a good manager can impact a side especially when it's a club like Palace. I hope you can keep you bear players, unless of course they wish to play for The Toon Army 💪
@@samhallows3498 Will be hard to see Guehi, Eze and Olise go. Hopefully we can keep one or two. But with how Glasner has got Clyne, Hughes and Mateta in particular playing, I fully trust him to get the best out of whatever players we end up with next season. Honestly any club other than United or Chelsea are ideal, we want to see them succeed in their careers.
@@oniondesu9633you have a lot to look forward to with the top quality scouting network you have. Just in January Wharton and Munoz seem to be very good signings, the future is bright with a top manager and top signings.
ffs the first comment I read beat me to it. Everyone expected it and it happened. Those players only try hard at home when their own fans are watching them.
...and we got SO much abuse from other fans claiming Blackburn rinsed us by selling an "average championship player" for £18-£22m. Thirteen appearances later and a lot of those same fans probably want to see him in the Euros squad.
So grateful for this youtube vid. Everyone is talking about how Man United was terrible, but people forget Palace beat Liverpool, Newcastle and now Man U with Glasner.
I've always thought Palace's squad was actually really good but they just need the appropriate playstyle and that's definitely happening. I don't support them but i think Palace will do very well next season and I hope they do
From a youth coach: That move from Olise in between the defenders then baiting stepping towards the pass and deflecting - chef's kiss; also from a youth coach: every United defender and their mom jumping on the bait with no communication nor spatial/situational awareness - dafuq?!
Really enjoyed this Adam. I would like to see a full video on Palace. And I’m not a Palace fan. Would like to see more tactical breakdowns on the “not big six” teams too - Wolves, Fulham, Bournemouth
@@FourFourTwoIts obvious a team like United the players try harder when their own fans get on their backs. Away games they just settled into not trying and obviously bad tactics.
Weird how 343 seems such a mad as hell formation but its actually simple as setting up squares instead of triangles means your less technical players have an extra pass on what with squares being one more pointy bit than a triangle. Matetas finish was just pure class old school hammering it enjoyed that one more than Olises
I love this video. I really like how you focused on Palace because yes we really have milked how bad United is this year. I was always a fan of Munoz in the Belgian league so I was hoping he would turn out good. It seems like he has quickly found his spot in this system. Wharton is so good as well two very good signings. Do you know if Oliver Glasner had any part in those signings?
He wasn’t the manager when they were signed so presumably not, also Dougie Friedman has been scouting Wharton since his first match for Blackburn so I think its unrelated
Palace fan here. Munoz was signed with Glasner in mind as he was originally supposed to takeover in the summer but Wharton was a Dougie Freedman signing.
Well done Adam for focusing on how good Palace are now and why. Kudos to Glasner. They've been giving plenty of other teams trouble recently (Liverpool, Newcastle, West Ham). It's helped that Eze, Olise and Mateta are all fit and firing. If they can keep them all, Palace could be a real surprise package next season. Likewise Bournemouth, both impressive after poor starts. Fascinating though to see how Glasner has also used the adaptability of the unsung heroes in defence and midfield (though a mathematician might say they are rather oddly shaped squares! Quadrilaterals, at any rate.)
@@konzza they have far, far bigger squads than Newcastle with better quality in the depth too, so they are far more capable of absorbing injuries. Newcastle have had literally 10/11 first choice players injured at various times this year.
@@konzzaMaybe in numbers alone they're worse, but it got so bad for us at Newcastle that when we played PSG in the Champions League we had to start a 17 year old who had only played a handful of games before, and our bench consisted of 3 goalkeepers and 2 from the youth squad. It was embarrassing how thin the squad was tbh.
If David Moyes tried to watch this video, he would fall asleep during the first couple of minutes as he doesn't understand tactics as they go straight over the poor OLD MAN'S head
palace are now fully utilising their potential I have always said that that palace lineup is full of young players with so much talent and potential no doubt if palace keep a hold on ghuehi, johnstone,eze, Olise, mateta they can get top 7
Palace fan here with a strong vote in favor of a deeper analysis of Glasner's set up and what you see in the player performances. He told us when he joined that he's no magician, but 5 wins, 18 points, and a +8 GD later it's hard to see how he isn't.
I’m a Palace fan and it’s amazing seeing the difference in the quality the players are putting out compared to how they were under Hodgson. Clyne, Richards, Hughes and Mateta look great and it’s all down to some very simple changes in the shape and playing to the players ability which is very high. I can’t thank Roy enough for what he did for Palace but this team could be unleashed next year. Also, as a Tunbridge Wells local, what’s with it at the side of the pitch?
Imagine the season Palace could have had if Eze, Olise, Doucoure and Guehi had been fit for most of the season, under Glasner? If Palace can keep hold of their best players, they could push for Europe.
Adam once again single-handedly propping up the channel (and the editing team of course!). Great analysis as always. Glasner working his magic in such a short space of time. Eze and Olise are arguably the best double act in the Premier League if they can stay fit for an entire season. The ntuition and understanding they seem to have is unreal. Mateta improving this season demonstrates how players just need time, hence why I have immense faith in Jackson improving without a doubt. Teams and players all need time.
Casemiro has been a warrior at the highest level for a decade! A true inspriation for young footballers with limited talent, showing that heart and willpower can still outperform the so called gifted ones… But even the toughest ones will be exposed when fighting a lost battle for a dead team. In fact its even more honorable that he’s even trying! ❤
Great analysis. I'd never spotted those squares - but I've never been much kop at understanding formations anyway. I said before the game that Man Utd can be very good on their day but, with the way we have been playing, I was fairly confident we would win. I did think they would prove to be a much sterner test than they were though.
I'm a Palace fan so obviously enjoying how things are panning out these last 5 weeks - my son supports Ipswich Town so we're both looking forward to next season. the last time Palace had three in a row was about a year ago and all those teams went south - this time all wins were all against top ten teams. Good times.
Not regarding this video or the prem or even champions league but a week ago you guys made a video about Arne slots tactics and how they would be dominating every stat and metric if it were not for PSV, would love to see a video analysing PSVs tactics and how they have been dominating the eredivisie.
In fairness, sticking a kid into these situations is pretty unfair. It's very hard for any young CB to make their senior debut in the PL at the best of times. I can barely think of any in recent years. It's much more forgiving for attackers and even full backs to an extent.
Yeah it would be interesting, especially since they are particularly poorly understood in the mainstream football media. But unfortunately I suspect they'll get far fewer views than ones which cover the bigger names, which might not make it sustainable to do too often. Hope I'm wrong, though
As a united fan, I'm no longer surprised at anything this season. - I think ETH is going in the summer, no way ratcliffe is sticking with this guy. - How can you go an entire season playing the same formation and tactics, teams worked this out months ago yet he doubles down on it and still thinks it's a great formation, when it works literally 5% of the time and we get lucky when other teams have an off day. - Getting to the FA cup final is just handing city another cup, they can't beileve thier luck at facing us again. - coventry deserved to be in the final after that display by united. - embarassing.
Ten Hag's got some issues with injuries sure, but his reaction to them has been hilariously inept. while you see Pochettino trying new shapes and systems all season with a lot of them failing, Ten Hag's stuck rigidly to his 4-1-2-3 system, there are solutions if he was more adaptable. For this game for instance: a better line-up would have been: Onana AWB- Evans- Amrabat Dalot-Casemiro-Mainoo-Antony Mount- Hojlund-Garnacho putting a CM into a back three is more sensible as it allows them to drift in a less costly manner, Antony does track back so he's a suitable LWB, This way you have good crossers on both flanks and Mount/Garnacho cutting into the half-spaces while a M-Shaped defensive structure maintains solidity behind them.
On the same line of what I was thinking. Man United are 15th in the league for expected points based on XG for and against. He has watched diabolical football since the wolves game at the start of the season yet stuck by it because, and I honestly believe this, he's a narcissist. He is happy to loose if eventually he has a 4-3 against Liverpool type game and he can go, 'See I was right, it works'. He isn't playing to win, which would be a counter attacking mid block, he's playing to feed his own ego.
@@joemac9249 He presses and man marks with 5 attacking players but then doesn't commit anyone else leaving the space between the defense and midfield. I don't think the man marking is what makes it boring, it's the lack of consistent methods of attack Vs a block. It ends up being cross Mctominay.
Another thing I like is that I know Newcastle used injuries as an excuse but it was much more valid for us. Man Utd, Spurs and Chelsea jumping on that bandwagon has felt cheap at times and used to cover for blush worthy episodes which they don’t really justify or excuse.
I'm a United fan, but I think people have to stop saying that United has "unbelievable individual quality." Outside of Bruno, who is honestly world class, the squad is very average. Mainoo, Garnacho, and Hojlund have loads of potential but they can't carry a team in the Prem (yet). Most others can show glimpses of brilliance but are average/subpar the majority of the time. Outside of the relegation fodder, I'd be surprised if United players made up 6/11 players in any combined XI in the Prem. A fully fit United squad could easily be top 5-6 but we haven't seen a fully fit United side for more than 60 minutes this season. Most other teams have more quality and depth than us, and clearly understand their manager's gameplan.
As a United fan this is painful. What's worse is that the entire footballing universe can see what is wrong - apart from Erik ten Hag. What do you think goes on in his brain? Maybe like a lot of Dutch, he's partial to a bit of the old MaryJane and the new, stronger strains make him see things that aren't really there? It's possible, just saying. Anyway, love your work Adam, always entertaining and informative.
This video really shows how overpowering back 5 formations and box shape in the middle really is. This is Ten Hag's fault yet again. Don't forget Klopp did similar thing with his usual 4-3-3 at Anfield in 22/23 season where Liverpool win 7-0
Adam concerned he didn't have more stats and graphs, while I'm concerned he didn't sell his Warhammer friends out enough for the lolz 😂 Awesome vid, never change!
but we have to also acknowledge ManU didnt have first choice players fit, and ManU really played badly as a consequence. That midfield added with forward players who refuse to defend.
I don't think I'd call Glasner's style pragmatic (it allows plenty of room for expression, for a start), I'd call it adaptable. Little tweaks make it work in different ways depending on game situation. If the 10s need to be wide, they go wide. If someone needs to step up into midfield, our centre backs can do it. If we need to weight one side, we can. We can be patient in possession (Eze's goal vs Liverpool), we can hit hard and fast in transition (Mateta vs Man Utd), we create through long passes from Andersen and dribbling from Eze and Olise, as well as through balls to Mateta and crosses from wide areas, especially central midfielders drifting wide (Hughes for Olise's goal vs West Ham, Wharton for Mitchell's goal vs Man Utd). Glasner's system kinda does everything, so what the game situation calls for in the moment is always available for us. Weirdly, this was a hallmark of Fergie's Man U teams; playstyle wasn't a fixed thing, it varied based on match situation, opposition, the players available, sometimes Man U played completely differently from game to game, playing patient possession against a low block one week, pressing high and attacking quickly the next, and sitting back to invite pressure and counter in a midweek Champions League game, all sorts.
I like Kobbie great talent but the amount of hype the lad had should’ve really went to Wharton. Chelsea were linked and I loved it but he chose Palace and it’ll be the best decision for him. The young man is incredible and will be an England main stay eventually.
Cool review but, to say that Eze and Olise are our best players is pretty dismissive of all the others that are absolutely fantastic and to quote Glasner, without them the chances/opportunities would not be there.
Nothing against Palace personally but everyone is somewhat over analysing this. Man United have had 64 individual injuries, to 18 different outfield players and 31 different back 4 combinations in 35 games and only 12 fit senior outfield players in the entire squad, their back 4 against Palace consisted of 2 right backs (one playing out of position), an aging midfielder who’s legs are gone and a CB they sold themselves 10 years ago for not being a top 4 player. Yet people are somehow suprised they struggled so much against a good team thats bang in form with a full squad.
We were shet in pre-season games and first game against wolves at OT where they should have scored more than 3 goals, and we had full squad back then. Its tactical problem you have to be completely blind if you still cant see it.
The reason why Man United are bagel fc and have nothing in the middle is because if any of our current CBs, Maguire, Casemiro, Evans take a foot into the starting XI, it doesn't even matter who the other defenders are, we'll be playing a deep line. Why? All 3 of the above are slow. They cannot play a high line. So then why is ETH pushing the midfield up? Isn't that ultimately the reason why there is a gap (midfield high, defence low). Yes that would be true. The main difference being, ETH by his own admission is trying to play his style of football, ie defending from the front to try and win the ball back in the opponents half. This is because he doesn't want the players to learn a certain type of playstyle, ie park the bus and counterattack which is what they've been used to for so long. Forcing them to learn this new style while making mistakes means that when the starting CBs are actually back we can seamlessly transition to ETHs style of play. Does it leave us extremely vulnerable at the moment? Yes it does. Hopefully ETH has had some sort of mutual agreement with Ineos to play this kind of way since the season is pretty much over, ie short term pain long term gain.
Been sayin' it for weeks; Palace is a whole different animal when fit and firing.
Yeah! This guy's been saying it for weeks! Listen to this guy!
will be interesting to see if they can keep hold of Eze and Olise, if they have release clauses will be very difficult. I can imagine Newcastle would be after Olise as that's a position they've wanted to fill since the takeover, Man U (bad idea frankly), maybe Liverpool as a long term replacement for Salah.
@@oitoitoi1 Should be interesting either way. If they stay; we may get to see how high the ceiling is. If they go; we find out how much their current success is down to the new manager/system. It's unfortunate they only got it all together this late in the season.
Arguably one of the most underrated manager appointments we'll see
@@S14N9LS like with Vieira, it was the personnel. Funny how Olise and Eze come back and things improve. Conor Gallagher left Palace to return to Chelsea and Palace immediately dropped off
Finally someone who has actually complimented Palace and explained why they were so good. Nice one.
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"From Roy Hodginsons Four at the back. No sex please; Were british." "To three-four-three, i dont care if your husband finds out!" 😄😁😆😅🤣😂😂😂
...or if he wants to join in
It was a slip of the tongue, this. I meant to say "I don't care if your husband hears us"
@@FourFourTwopure gold my guy🤣🤣
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@@FourFourTwoworks either way mate!
Palace fan here. As a team that has pretty much always used a standard 442, 4231 or 433, this new formation seems like pure magic, it feels like we always have an extra man on the pitch in most situations. So simple too, as you said here.
Well glasner did win the Europa League with the 3-4-2-1/3-4-3
It's great to see how a good manager can impact a side especially when it's a club like Palace. I hope you can keep you bear players, unless of course they wish to play for The Toon Army 💪
@@samhallows3498 Will be hard to see Guehi, Eze and Olise go. Hopefully we can keep one or two. But with how Glasner has got Clyne, Hughes and Mateta in particular playing, I fully trust him to get the best out of whatever players we end up with next season.
Honestly any club other than United or Chelsea are ideal, we want to see them succeed in their careers.
@@oniondesu9633you have a lot to look forward to with the top quality scouting network you have. Just in January Wharton and Munoz seem to be very good signings, the future is bright with a top manager and top signings.
@@oniondesu9633 the 343 is always a class formation, but takes time to execute well and is underrated.
I don't think we need a explanation to destruction😂
Hey it keeps me busy
@@FourFourTwo it's all fun and jokes,keep up the good work!
fr people acting like cause its man U they should be good but the name holds more weight than the squad it just aint surprising
ffs the first comment I read beat me to it. Everyone expected it and it happened.
Those players only try hard at home when their own fans are watching them.
facts
So sad to see a once mighty club reduced to beating man u by just 4 goals.
Bwaaaaahahaha, I'm losing it 😂
Trophy 🏆
I know United are, in Mark Goldbridge's words, "shite", but Adam Wharton, what a player he's been for Palace
...and we got SO much abuse from other fans claiming Blackburn rinsed us by selling an "average championship player" for £18-£22m.
Thirteen appearances later and a lot of those same fans probably want to see him in the Euros squad.
So grateful for this youtube vid. Everyone is talking about how Man United was terrible, but people forget Palace beat Liverpool, Newcastle and now Man U with Glasner.
Hey Adam. Please do a palace breakdown. That will be interesting and much appreciated.
I've always thought Palace's squad was actually really good but they just need the appropriate playstyle and that's definitely happening. I don't support them but i think Palace will do very well next season and I hope they do
Buzzing for the full Glasner ball video
"Time is a flat circle" dropping a true detective quotes on man united 😂
From a youth coach: That move from Olise in between the defenders then baiting stepping towards the pass and deflecting - chef's kiss; also from a youth coach: every United defender and their mom jumping on the bait with no communication nor spatial/situational awareness - dafuq?!
Really enjoyed this Adam. I would like to see a full video on Palace. And I’m not a Palace fan. Would like to see more tactical breakdowns on the “not big six” teams too - Wolves, Fulham, Bournemouth
Main man Adam Clery giving us yet even more great analysis!
A1 since Day 1 🤝🏻
@@FourFourTwoIts obvious a team like United the players try harder when their own fans get on their backs. Away games they just settled into not trying and obviously bad tactics.
Weird how 343 seems such a mad as hell formation but its actually simple as setting up squares instead of triangles means your less technical players have an extra pass on what with squares being one more pointy bit than a triangle. Matetas finish was just pure class old school hammering it enjoyed that one more than Olises
As a palace fan it’s breath of drag air to hear someone praise us rather than point out how poor the opposition were
I haven’t seen as perfect of a fit as Glasner at Palace in a long long time
I love this video. I really like how you focused on Palace because yes we really have milked how bad United is this year. I was always a fan of Munoz in the Belgian league so I was hoping he would turn out good. It seems like he has quickly found his spot in this system. Wharton is so good as well two very good signings. Do you know if Oliver Glasner had any part in those signings?
Glasner deserves his flowers
He wasn’t the manager when they were signed so presumably not, also Dougie Friedman has been scouting Wharton since his first match for Blackburn so I think its unrelated
@@Dave-mx8xz alright thanks
Palace fan here. Munoz was signed with Glasner in mind as he was originally supposed to takeover in the summer but Wharton was a Dougie Freedman signing.
Well done Adam for focusing on how good Palace are now and why. Kudos to Glasner. They've been giving plenty of other teams trouble recently (Liverpool, Newcastle, West Ham). It's helped that Eze, Olise and Mateta are all fit and firing. If they can keep them all, Palace could be a real surprise package next season. Likewise Bournemouth, both impressive after poor starts. Fascinating though to see how Glasner has also used the adaptability of the unsung heroes in defence and midfield (though a mathematician might say they are rather oddly shaped squares! Quadrilaterals, at any rate.)
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rovers fan here. adam wharton is the guy. he will play for england soon
So very classy on the ball
So glad to see Chelsea above United considering we've lowkey been better than them all season as have Newcastle
if it wasn't for the crazy injury list Newcastle would have had a good shot at 4th.
@@oitoitoi1 Chelsea and ManU are actually two only teams, having worse injury records than Newcastle. In Chelsea's case it's been way worse.
@@konzza they have far, far bigger squads than Newcastle with better quality in the depth too, so they are far more capable of absorbing injuries. Newcastle have had literally 10/11 first choice players injured at various times this year.
Chelsea were equally as bad tbh. Don't let the recent form fool you.
@@konzzaMaybe in numbers alone they're worse, but it got so bad for us at Newcastle that when we played PSG in the Champions League we had to start a 17 year old who had only played a handful of games before, and our bench consisted of 3 goalkeepers and 2 from the youth squad. It was embarrassing how thin the squad was tbh.
If David Moyes tried to watch this video, he would fall asleep during the first couple of minutes as he doesn't understand tactics as they go straight over the poor OLD MAN'S head
palace are now fully utilising their potential I have always said that that palace lineup is full of young players with so much talent and potential no doubt if palace keep a hold on ghuehi, johnstone,eze, Olise, mateta they can get top 7
ManU single handedly keeping you employed this year
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I can't wait for sunday
Adam you are hilarious and also a genius.
Love your videos and analysis, wit and humor. I've struck gold with this fourfourtwo channel.
Great stuff.
Palace fan here with a strong vote in favor of a deeper analysis of Glasner's set up and what you see in the player performances. He told us when he joined that he's no magician, but 5 wins, 18 points, and a +8 GD later it's hard to see how he isn't.
United was lost in the mental game from the start. Casemiro pout the entire match, was so uncomfortable and didn't care to hide it
I’m a Palace fan and it’s amazing seeing the difference in the quality the players are putting out compared to how they were under Hodgson. Clyne, Richards, Hughes and Mateta look great and it’s all down to some very simple changes in the shape and playing to the players ability which is very high. I can’t thank Roy enough for what he did for Palace but this team could be unleashed next year.
Also, as a Tunbridge Wells local, what’s with it at the side of the pitch?
I am guessing it is a Subbuteo thing as it was invented in Langton Green...
3:32 Now I've been calling him Cliff Richards as a joke since he signed, but COLIN is a new one
Imagine the season Palace could have had if Eze, Olise, Doucoure and Guehi had been fit for most of the season, under Glasner? If Palace can keep hold of their best players, they could push for Europe.
Adam once again single-handedly propping up the channel (and the editing team of course!). Great analysis as always. Glasner working his magic in such a short space of time. Eze and Olise are arguably the best double act in the Premier League if they can stay fit for an entire season. The ntuition and understanding they seem to have is unreal. Mateta improving this season demonstrates how players just need time, hence why I have immense faith in Jackson improving without a doubt. Teams and players all need time.
Casemiro has been a warrior at the highest level for a decade!
A true inspriation for young footballers with limited talent, showing that heart and willpower can still outperform the so called gifted ones…
But even the toughest ones will be exposed when fighting a lost battle for a dead team.
In fact its even more honorable that he’s even trying! ❤
Wharton deserved a mention, I’d say he’s actually been the biggest change. His ball recovery numbers are immense and his passing is pinpoint.
£400m spent to be 15th in the xPts table, you'll never sing that. God we're crap.
Great to hear someone talking about Palace rather than their opponents! Thanks! 💙❤️💙❤️
Great video. Really enjoyed the analysis.
Palace are playing such good football.
The improvement since Glasner has been incredible!
Great analysis. I'd never spotted those squares - but I've never been much kop at understanding formations anyway. I said before the game that Man Utd can be very good on their day but, with the way we have been playing, I was fairly confident we would win. I did think they would prove to be a much sterner test than they were though.
Been waiting for this!!!!!!!
Glasner is the best thing to happen to Palace for years
I'm a Palace fan so obviously enjoying how things are panning out these last 5 weeks - my son supports Ipswich Town so we're both looking forward to next season. the last time Palace had three in a row was about a year ago and all those teams went south - this time all wins were all against top ten teams. Good times.
I just subscribed for the palace video, lesgo 🦅
How r u not a tactician for a professional team? Ur analyse is insanely good!!!
This channel is by far one of the best football analysis content
Keep bringing it 👏👏
Not regarding this video or the prem or even champions league but a week ago you guys made a video about Arne slots tactics and how they would be dominating every stat and metric if it were not for PSV, would love to see a video analysing PSVs tactics and how they have been dominating the eredivisie.
This video has inspired my fifa career mode team philosophy
Are Man Utd's CB youth players so bad that Casemiro HAS to play there?
In fairness, sticking a kid into these situations is pretty unfair.
It's very hard for any young CB to make their senior debut in the PL at the best of times. I can barely think of any in recent years. It's much more forgiving for attackers and even full backs to an extent.
I really liked this video, please can you do a bit more analysis of the less covered teams like this as it’s very interesting ❤
Yeah it would be interesting, especially since they are particularly poorly understood in the mainstream football media. But unfortunately I suspect they'll get far fewer views than ones which cover the bigger names, which might not make it sustainable to do too often. Hope I'm wrong, though
Palace’s defense is playing well with Clyne as one of the 3 center backs. It’s been surprising, to say the least.
As a palace fan so happy to see us recognised we have been amassing these last couple weeks
That Colin Richards for palace, top player 🥴😅
3:32 for context
Great analysis once again but Colin who? 3:32
Excellent as always! Learning a lot! Gracias!
As a united fan, I'm no longer surprised at anything this season. - I think ETH is going in the summer, no way ratcliffe is sticking with this guy. - How can you go an entire season playing the same formation and tactics, teams worked this out months ago yet he doubles down on it and still thinks it's a great formation, when it works literally 5% of the time and we get lucky when other teams have an off day. - Getting to the FA cup final is just handing city another cup, they can't beileve thier luck at facing us again. - coventry deserved to be in the final after that display by united. - embarassing.
shoutout to Colin Richards
I absolutely love these videos!! Gives me a whole different precpective on football and helps me understand it more! So thanks for making them 😄
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Ten Hag's got some issues with injuries sure, but his reaction to them has been hilariously inept.
while you see Pochettino trying new shapes and systems all season with a lot of them failing,
Ten Hag's stuck rigidly to his 4-1-2-3 system,
there are solutions if he was more adaptable.
For this game for instance: a better line-up would have been:
Onana
AWB- Evans- Amrabat
Dalot-Casemiro-Mainoo-Antony
Mount- Hojlund-Garnacho
putting a CM into a back three is more sensible as it allows them to drift in a less costly manner, Antony does track back so he's a suitable LWB, This way you have good crossers on both flanks and Mount/Garnacho cutting into the half-spaces while a M-Shaped defensive structure maintains solidity behind them.
On the same line of what I was thinking. Man United are 15th in the league for expected points based on XG for and against. He has watched diabolical football since the wolves game at the start of the season yet stuck by it because, and I honestly believe this, he's a narcissist. He is happy to loose if eventually he has a 4-3 against Liverpool type game and he can go, 'See I was right, it works'. He isn't playing to win, which would be a counter attacking mid block, he's playing to feed his own ego.
@@georgefalconer9470Klopp was always saying how ETH man Marks in his system. It seems to work sometimes but obviously still a bland boring style
@@joemac9249 He presses and man marks with 5 attacking players but then doesn't commit anyone else leaving the space between the defense and midfield. I don't think the man marking is what makes it boring, it's the lack of consistent methods of attack Vs a block. It ends up being cross Mctominay.
wow das Guten Morgen was great almost perfect
Send this to Gareth Southgate
Another thing I like is that I know Newcastle used injuries as an excuse but it was much more valid for us. Man Utd, Spurs and Chelsea jumping on that bandwagon has felt cheap at times and used to cover for blush worthy episodes which they don’t really justify or excuse.
Erik Ten Hag had his ass handed to him on a silver platter 😭😭
I'm a United fan, but I think people have to stop saying that United has "unbelievable individual quality." Outside of Bruno, who is honestly world class, the squad is very average. Mainoo, Garnacho, and Hojlund have loads of potential but they can't carry a team in the Prem (yet). Most others can show glimpses of brilliance but are average/subpar the majority of the time. Outside of the relegation fodder, I'd be surprised if United players made up 6/11 players in any combined XI in the Prem. A fully fit United squad could easily be top 5-6 but we haven't seen a fully fit United side for more than 60 minutes this season. Most other teams have more quality and depth than us, and clearly understand their manager's gameplan.
As the best thing about being a crystal palace fan is that we still havent had our best midfielder and defender to come into the new system
As a United fan this is painful. What's worse is that the entire footballing universe can see what is wrong - apart from Erik ten Hag. What do you think goes on in his brain? Maybe like a lot of Dutch, he's partial to a bit of the old MaryJane and the new, stronger strains make him see things that aren't really there? It's possible, just saying.
Anyway, love your work Adam, always entertaining and informative.
This video really shows how overpowering back 5 formations and box shape in the middle really is. This is Ten Hag's fault yet again. Don't forget Klopp did similar thing with his usual 4-3-3 at Anfield in 22/23 season where Liverpool win 7-0
Amazing content!
kudos for the40k reference! 😂
Great videos, thanks!
Palace 5-0 Villa.
Amazing progress from Palace.
Beating ten hag's man united team is NOT a big achievement.
“Time is a flat circle” Was that a true detective ref, marra.
not a palace fan but that video sounds very interesting
“Lads… it’s Utd”
Bring on the Palace analysis. Wharton is different gravy btw and should be on the plane with Mitchell and Guehi
I can't wait to see the shape Adam draws for the back line....can we guess what it will look like everyone lol
Adam concerned he didn't have more stats and graphs, while I'm concerned he didn't sell his Warhammer friends out enough for the lolz 😂
Awesome vid, never change!
Oil Ball is electric ⚡️
I won't lie, when you said 40k I started thinking - don't you means Warhammer fantasy? They have square bases? Welcome to the square club.
I want to see Adam do a 40k battle report please
Tell your favourite batrep channels I'm available on weekends
@@FourFourTwo Striking Scorpion 82 are London based
but we have to also acknowledge ManU didnt have first choice players fit, and ManU really played badly as a consequence. That midfield added with forward players who refuse to defend.
I don't think I'd call Glasner's style pragmatic (it allows plenty of room for expression, for a start), I'd call it adaptable. Little tweaks make it work in different ways depending on game situation. If the 10s need to be wide, they go wide. If someone needs to step up into midfield, our centre backs can do it. If we need to weight one side, we can. We can be patient in possession (Eze's goal vs Liverpool), we can hit hard and fast in transition (Mateta vs Man Utd), we create through long passes from Andersen and dribbling from Eze and Olise, as well as through balls to Mateta and crosses from wide areas, especially central midfielders drifting wide (Hughes for Olise's goal vs West Ham, Wharton for Mitchell's goal vs Man Utd). Glasner's system kinda does everything, so what the game situation calls for in the moment is always available for us.
Weirdly, this was a hallmark of Fergie's Man U teams; playstyle wasn't a fixed thing, it varied based on match situation, opposition, the players available, sometimes Man U played completely differently from game to game, playing patient possession against a low block one week, pressing high and attacking quickly the next, and sitting back to invite pressure and counter in a midweek Champions League game, all sorts.
I like Kobbie great talent but the amount of hype the lad had should’ve really went to Wharton. Chelsea were linked and I loved it but he chose Palace and it’ll be the best decision for him. The young man is incredible and will be an England main stay eventually.
Loving this formation
Cool review but, to say that Eze and Olise are our best players is pretty dismissive of all the others that are absolutely fantastic and to quote Glasner, without them the chances/opportunities would not be there.
Colin Richards???
I really want to see Mateta compared to prime Adriano
You think Ten Hag is into Slaanesh? Would explain his tactics.. maybe he gets off on the pain!
Way too boring. He plays Tau.
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@@FourFourTwo I guess he gives you lots of content. For the greater good and all that.
@@FourFourTwo you just know the average taudar player was a man u fan
ten hag is a heretic
Nothing against Palace personally but everyone is somewhat over analysing this. Man United have had 64 individual injuries, to 18 different outfield players and 31 different back 4 combinations in 35 games and only 12 fit senior outfield players in the entire squad, their back 4 against Palace consisted of 2 right backs (one playing out of position), an aging midfielder who’s legs are gone and a CB they sold themselves 10 years ago for not being a top 4 player. Yet people are somehow suprised they struggled so much against a good team thats bang in form with a full squad.
We were shet in pre-season games and first game against wolves at OT where they should have scored more than 3 goals, and we had full squad back then. Its tactical problem you have to be completely blind if you still cant see it.
The reason why Man United are bagel fc and have nothing in the middle is because if any of our current CBs, Maguire, Casemiro, Evans take a foot into the starting XI, it doesn't even matter who the other defenders are, we'll be playing a deep line. Why? All 3 of the above are slow. They cannot play a high line.
So then why is ETH pushing the midfield up? Isn't that ultimately the reason why there is a gap (midfield high, defence low). Yes that would be true. The main difference being, ETH by his own admission is trying to play his style of football, ie defending from the front to try and win the ball back in the opponents half. This is because he doesn't want the players to learn a certain type of playstyle, ie park the bus and counterattack which is what they've been used to for so long. Forcing them to learn this new style while making mistakes means that when the starting CBs are actually back we can seamlessly transition to ETHs style of play.
Does it leave us extremely vulnerable at the moment? Yes it does. Hopefully ETH has had some sort of mutual agreement with Ineos to play this kind of way since the season is pretty much over, ie short term pain long term gain.
Ahh yes… Colin Richard’s 😂 still great video!
Adam is slowing losing his mind and what army does he play?
This is very similar to what Pochettino wanted to do with Chelsea at the beginning of the season
Palace vid pls ❤
Crystal Palace plays manutd and we get a crystal Palace analysis..how united has fallen...smh
This Alan Celery guy knows what he’s talking about!
I wonder who he thinks would be a good replacement for Ten Hag?
Can we just accept that ETH is playing the pay me and get me fired game?
Revival of the 3-4-3 I want the in depth look at Palace
Palace have had ballers for years, with boring managers holding them back.
Great analysis.