Manchester United 3 - 0 Leicester City - Post Match Thread

[Finnegan]

10 hours ago, BakerLCFC said:

Just rewatched the highlights back for the first goal as thought when I watched it live that Justin was at fault, again; but then realised that he was trying to mark Amad and Mazaroui while we have 6 Leicester players marking each other in the box! @StriderHiryu looking forward forward to you ripping apart this shocking display!

 

The midfield three holding hands near no United players is horrendous

 

[CUJimmy]

15 hours ago, Blue fox LE2 said:

I am really afraid of same thing happening while bodgers was here. While some of the fans wanted him gone there was still a lot that still felt he deserved time and felt we was too good to go down. 

We are in a similar position now where some fans want him gone but there are others that still keep banging the drum that we are not in the bottom 3 etc. 

The performances we are putting in should be enough for everyone to see it's not good for us. Eventually it will all catch up to us and we will be in relegation spots. We need to be pro active and get it done as soon as possible not wait till it’s too late again. We need our leicester city back!!! 

On paper Rodgers’ squad was too good to go down but the game isn’t played on paper.   We had a terrible start as we know but before the World Cup looked to have turned a corner.  When the season resumed we reverted to being terrible but the board, and a lot of fans, managed to convince themselves it would turn back round again and by the time they came to their senses it was too late.

 

Whatever some people might like to think this group of players is not a mid-table squad.  Even well coached we would always be hovering around the bottom 6/7 so the aim is to be in the top half of that mini-league.  We need a manager with a track record of success at doing that, given his time at Forest the board thought Cooper was the man but he clearly isn’t so needs to go now.

 

Much as we would all like to see free flowing football that is not going to happen this season.  To stay up we need someone in who can coach this group of players to be hard to beat, basic job descriptions that everyone understands (see Fuchs, Huth, Morgan, Simpson), be a bit cynical and nasty when necessary etc etc.

 

Stay up first then look to rebuild from there but it will be a slow process.

 

[Vowels]

3 hours ago, Finnegan said:

 

The midfield three holding hands near no United players is horrendous

 

Fatawu is in a decent enough position there; but what the 3 centre mids are doing is absolutely beyond me. Its like zonal marking but with three players allocated to a tiny area with no oppo players in it.

 

Its so so bad.

[Filbert Fireworks]

That's a horrendous image if it was anything more than a fleeting moment. 

 

Soumare's positioning and tactical awareness was none existent. 11 games in amd still no idea what our best line up looks like. 

 

It's a horror show. Nearly gouged my eyes out watching. They couldn't take anymore. 

[Richmondfox]

4 hours ago, Finnegan said:

 

The midfield three holding hands near no United players is horrendous

 

This is Coopers defensive tactics, hoping that the players mop up the ball rather than stop it.

 

Im sick of seeing Justin look over at a player in space, leave him to go into the middle where Faes is.  Then once the player in space has the ball, which is obvious he rushes over and stretches his leg out. 

[Fox92]

1 hour ago, Vowels said:

Fatawu is in a decent enough position there; but what the 3 centre mids are doing is absolutely beyond me. Its like zonal marking but with three players allocated to a tiny area with no oppo players in it.

 

Its so so bad.

It's a still image.

 

Our players had only just got back from an attacking corner and their thrown in was taken so quickly. Which is why I think our left back is in between our centre backs. I don't know all the ins and outs of tactics but you can see even for us we haven't got back into shape right.

 

But I blame it all on Kristiansen anyway who let the ball bounce which then led to the throw in. 

Edited 11 November 2024 by Fox92

[Vowels]

3 hours ago, Fox92 said:

It's a still image.

 

Our players had only just got back from an attacking corner and their thrown in was taken so quickly. Which is why I think our left back is in between our centre backs. I don't know all the ins and outs of tactics but you can see even for us we haven't got back into shape right.

 

But I blame it all on Kristiansen anyway who let the ball bounce which then led to the throw in. 

Yeah so in summary our defensive transition is all over the place.

[moore_94]

Anyone else get Madders vs Southampton in the relegation season vibes from this?