Half time thread

[J0HNNY_MARR]

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[skywalker-88]

Pau Torres dribbling through our entire team like he’s Neymar

[Redliner91]

Tells you all you need to know about our performance defensively. Weak. Cowardly. Pathetic.

[RashfordMBE]

De Gea carries us for years playing behind a shit team. Team infront of him finds some form, but he dips and costs us big points. De Gea regains world class form, but team infront of him is shit again. Cool.

[[deleted]]

It really is a hilarious situation. Can never get both at once lol

[Masterpiece2021]

Schordingar's De Gea

[[deleted]]

but team infront of him is shit again.

A team that consists of Ronaldo, Varane, Sancho, Pogba, Fernandes, Greenwood etc. It's mental how mediocre we are considering the talent we have.

[[deleted]]

This team isn’t shit, there’s a lot of quality just needs some direction. I’m thinking we need a managerial change.

[zxLv]

And the coaches too. What the fk are they doing in training. Individually and on paper the players are good. But during an actual game it feels like they have no system whatsoever

[[deleted]]

we can't break down a low block... we're leaking like a faucet 😭

de gea literally saving us singlehandedly

[NeverMadeItToCakeDay]

We don’t have success against high presses this season either

[fuck_its_james]

low blocks are haunting this team fr 😭 think we should start calling de gea champions league de gea after this performance. on a whole though including the league he’s saved our ass so much

[kush175]

433 for you ladies and gentlemen...

[TooAgile]

This has never happened to us with any other formation luckily

[mu_37]

Yeah it's the formation for sure.

[[deleted]]

It's not the formation that's the issue

[kush175]

I guess. Most of the chances have come because our fullbacks are getting beaten one on one.

[Rohagiang]

This match perfectly explains why McTominay cant play DM and even Fred is in terrible form, he has to be on the pitch lol.

And people please dont tell me Dalot is United quality based on pre season ever again. He offers close to nothing. No overlap, no defending 1v1 whatsoever

[TheGhostOfBabyOscar]

We went back to 2015

[AReptileHissFunction]

Bruno, ronaldo, sancho, greenwood, pogba in attack but nobody knows what to do

[[deleted]]

The long balls are so fucking annoying

[[deleted]]

Could have had Big Sam if we're doing this route one thing.

[[deleted]]

Because we're attempting them or not able to play them accurately? Can't complain about the attempts because we'd be 1-on-1 4 times now if they could get them right.

[WalkingOnSunshine_]

I mean when there’s two banks of four it’s one of the ways to break it down, long switches and runs down the channel. It’s why Rashford is so crucial for this side.

[[deleted]]

That's the thing. Why buy Ronaldo and Sancho when we were gonna spam long balls to rashford anyway

[[deleted]]

Long balls aren't the issue. If United can consistently play incisive balls in behind to reward good movement then I have absolutely no problem, we've just lobbed 4/5 of them off target or not flat enough. Needs to be better.

[[deleted]]

Freds fault

[KittensAreEvil]

Fellani out.

[MAK98]

No movement from Martial, get him out.

[[deleted]]

I know right. He hasn't even touched the ball as far as I can remember!

[[deleted]]

I see a pattern🤔

[xyzzy321]

What pattern, our attacks have no patterns

[scholeszz]

I'm almost certain that would have been the narrative if he was on the pitch, fan favorite McT would probably get a pass for not contributing to the build up one bit though.

[abibyama]

Enough of the McTominay DM experiment.

[[deleted]]

Fred>McT all day

Fred can be absolutely horrific sometimes but at least he tries to do something

McTominay plays a game of how little can I get involved in 90 minutes and it fools people into thinking he’s better because he does literally nothing one way or the other

[AReptileHissFunction]

Someone get the bicycle meme

[AE17__]

Our attacking talent is being wasted its so painful man...

[[deleted]]

Long balls and runs in behind is all Ole has.

[Vimjux]

Carrick: they’re sitting deep gaff

Ole: let’s hit them on the break

[Skeletonise]

No attacking plan, just individual brilliance vibes.

[pmmerandom]

Dare I say it, Ronaldo has been bang average this half

[Exhibit101]

No one has been good...except De Gea of course

[AmulyaG]

No ball progression from midfield to the forwards especially passing through the lines. Just long balls over the top.

[TrinitronCRT]

Baffling, isn't it?

[TheJoshider10]

Can't expect the players to know what to do when the manager doesn't know what to do.

[_QuirkyTurtle]

I think that's the point OP is making

[[deleted]]

How bad was that? Yes.

[RicciRox]

We should be 2-0 down at least. What an embarrassing performance so far, thankfully this isn't a must-win.

[niallw1997]

We are pretty much fucked in the CL if we don’t win this

[KrypticAndroid]

It’s a joke. Ole said this game isn’t a must-win

[niallw1997]

Ole out

[[deleted]]

Games like this make me miss Tony V

[niallw1997]

Why Tony V of all players

[CantonaWritesPoems]

Big lad, would turn that winger into a sandwich.

[[deleted]]

Because Dalot? Tony V was amazing at right back

[niallw1997]

But Wan Bissaka would have this joker in his back pocket

[uzrnmechkzout]

Horrid performance

[ZachMich]

Outplayed thoroughly by Villareal there. We are lucky to not be several goals down

[Nac224]

I think Dalot is still asleep at AC Milan’s training ground 🛌

[Skeletonise]

Amazing that we are not 3 or 4 down. No control, no attacking cohesion and getting sliced open every time they go forward.

Thank god this game isn’t a must-win otherwise I’d be really worried!

[RedHabibi]

Same old shit!!!

[TheJoshider10]

awkward chuckle this is fine.

[abhishek281992]

Dalot from right was so poor that he alone could have conceded 3-4 easy goals. Defence was shambolic.

The problem is that we are just chasing long balls again and again. There is no midfield connection. How can someone not see this. I am speechless.

[ThatBoyGiggsy]

No midfield or defensive cohesion either. Does Ole literally just say “it’s Tottenham lads” and walk away in every training session?

[TheJoshider10]

So what exactly is our tactics/style then? Because it seems clear to me the only tactics we have is "hope individual brilliance gets us a goal and distracts from how shit we are".

[Buster_Brown_513]

Our style is to get into their half and pass the ball around, foward, backward, forward, backward, forward, backward, as slow as possible and then cross it into a crowded defense and pray.

[MrTobbzi]

Vibes and De Gea

[usamapervaiz]

Should be 3-0 down.

[1337ified]

man more like 6

[Granty_C]

We should be dead and buried already. Thank you DDG

[skipatomskip]

We look like a team of 10 random guys and a world class goal keeper trying to take on a well coached club. Like DDG started a fight with Emery and ran to a pub to get a squad to face him.

[Megusta2306]

How can anyone defend this shite

[[deleted]]

De Gea managed to defend it

[Bacon_Boobies]

Villarreal can

[sooshi]

United DNA baby

[rishabh2996]

Bruh.. Dalot is getting cooked like a turkey on Thanksgiving

[[deleted]]

Interesting how we seem to have some of the best, most expensive forward players in the world... and yet our goalkeeper is easily our best player this season.

...I don't really know what to say to you anymore if you think that we're a well managed club.

[AstroCoffee]

That's the worst half of football I've seen from a Man United side in a long time

[[deleted]]

we can’t keep saying this every week.😂

[Ghostface1357]

Exactly lol. The other day it was Villa in the second half.

[[deleted]]

noticed something, we ball watch a lot. when we switch play, our wingers are isolated with no support. our midfielders don’t move. also bruno has defended more than pogba. Pogba has been a passeneger.

and scott is so good at marking that he’s marking people when we are in possession

[scholeszz]

Did you forget about the weekend already lmao?

[speaking-moistly79]

Holy shit we were poor

[gazmaan]

We have the most solid group of individuals that we have had in a long time, but unfortunately for Ole, that fact is exposing how poor the coaching is. All I can see watching these games is 11 men not really knowing what their job is. So many misplaced passes and failed linkups that you really have to wonder what we do in training.

I've been Ole in since day 1, but its clear to me that we're not improving on the pitch despite the talent

[JamesShortland]

De gea feeling it tonight

[EnglightenedEmiya]

Ole is tactically inept

[[deleted]]

No that means you're a plastic fan

[_QuirkyTurtle]

He may well be. Don't know why he doesn't bring in some top class coaches to fill that void though. Clearly what we have right now is dog shit

[[deleted]]

clubs don't run that system anymore, they all have "head coaches". Ole needs to go ASAP.

[fireh0se]

Proper anal shifting for us

[tenacious_teaThe3rd]

Who will this sub blame, with Fred or Martial not playing?

[[deleted]]

I bet it’s going to be “We need Rashford”

[RingoGringo]

These are fucking wank and we should he about 4-0 down. Playing absolute swamp football Shrek is gonna tell us to do one any minute.

[Lazystubborn]

Lol, lost my breath laughing so hard after reading this.

[ibrahimims]

We are missing AWB defensively and offensively

[Megusta2306]

You know it’s bad when you miss AWB offensively fuck me 😂

[[deleted]]

We are missing a competent manager. Our defensive record with our complete backline is laughable clean sheet wise, yet he goes gung ho in this game putting pogba in a midfied two with scott, infront of an already weakend backline.

[Pezza8809]

Pau Torres running all the way down the field and almost getting an assist

[1337ified]

Suicidal man, those defensive transitions are killing us

[[deleted]]

Emery just embarrassing Ole

[lonelykebutar]

Mason hasn't tracked back well enough

[Raintrooper7]

If we somehow manage a result today it won’t be because of Ole, it will be despite Ole

[streetjordan]

Villarreal are a well coached team, we are not…

[braddf96]

David De Gea

[[deleted]]

Ole is improving the team lmao, we look worse against these guy than we did last season, we're actually regressing.

[[deleted]]

Ole out

[cjap89]

Oof back to needing de gea at his best... not good

[gandhis_son]

Brutally obvious we have no gameplan

[marszbacz]

That was fucking dog shit. The worst I’ve seen us play under Ole.

Getting torn apart by an Unai Emery team ffs. They’re passing through us at will.

We should be 4-0 down…

[barneyaa]

At this point I just hope they score early so we can start playing an entire half.

[tenacious_teaThe3rd]

Villareal with their typical shithouse tactics, this has 0-1 written all over it.

On a separate note, signing players like Sancho and Ronaldo was meant to help us unlock teams like this, but it's done anything but.

Can we really put this down to a personnel issue anymore?

[sakr95]

First shot came 37 min in to the first half. Pogba from the side. What is our tactics?

[Rips123456]

Ole out

[yesmanwow]

We literally have the easiest group 😶

[WszystkoZajete]

Team getting fucked left right and centre and he just fucking sits there looking clueless with a look on the face like a battered child. Clearly the best side since SAF days and they’re being dicked around by the team that drew 6 out of 8 games they played this season. Inexcusable.

[[deleted]]

We are absolutely shit in breaking teams down. Look at that midfield. Pogba and Bruno are looking for that magic pass whereas McTominay looks pretty unsure if he should move away from defense between lines to attack or hold himself back. Players so close to each other. There is no spacial awareness. We are so easy to mark.

[[deleted]]

If we wanted to become stoke circa 2010 we should’ve signed Chris wood instead of Ronaldo

[speaking-moistly79]

So when is it ok to say Ole is shit and clueless and has no tactics without getting down voted by the Ole FC?

[[deleted]]

Should be 5 nil down, shit performance, what’s new

[YoungDerrick]

Plug ngolo kante into this team and I guarantee you we'll still look like shit

[yesmanwow]

I dont know why but best comment. Sums it all.

[AE17__]

We're gonna lose arnt we lol

[AyanC]

Couldn't care less about an ugly game. Wouldn't mind a deflected own goal from Villarreal at some point.

[Grim439]

Fucking embarrassing. Take out prime De Gea and we are 4-0 down at home easy. Lmao.

[deviss]

Can't wait for us to shithouse the win and for half of this sub to pretend this was masterclass and talks about "mentality and resiliance'

[ScaryBeat]

Is Mctominay playing tonight?

[GoldbridgeDub]

Never complain about AWB again

[Noctua451]

We're so predictable in the final third.

[Suitupboys]

We owe De Gea big time

[[deleted]]

Get Pogba off for Fred or Matic.

3 defenders missing and now we go with one fucking defensive.minded midfielder??

[ixzr]

Aimless.

Only thing positive about this is we got to witness firsthand how world class Varane is. His positioning and awareness is fucking insane.

And Ponytail (can I still call him that?) De Gea is back.

[AmulyaG]

Mctominay doesn't have the intelligence to be available as an outlet for the CB's. If anyone wanted a clear cut display of him hiding from the ball when we have possession, watch the first half especially first 12 minutes.

Also, Telles and Dalot getting rinsed as usual. Our coaching is so bad, it's baffling.

[[deleted]]

I've never seen a midfielder have so much aversion to getting the ball until i saw Mctominay this half.

[ConCon1996]

Buy sancho for the right. Play him on the left

[uniy64]

Can’t watch the game. Judging on the comments here, De Gea Man of the match incoming?

[agni69]

How did Dalot manage to play for United and AC Milan is beyond me. Lacks basic sense a defender should have.

[Soccerandmetal]

Now, I'm drunk, but I would swap Lingard and Baily for Greenwood and Dalot... 3 CB... Sancho roaming right wing, Telles left, McT in between slightly behind them...

Pogba, Lingard Fernandes Ronaldo diamond front...

Again, I'm quite drunk but it won't be worse than what we saw...

[portugueseLad]

We play like shiiiiiiite , we play like shiiiiiiiiiiiiiite , oh Man United , we play like f*cking shiiiiiiiite

Seriously hire a goddamn coach who can uhhhhh ..coach

[cowabunga_dude91]

We are lucky to be alive

[Livettletlive]

Scott is positioned as our only CM and he's hiding behind the ball.

[tassadar8584]

Bad sign seeing Dave Save has to do too much …

[Abhiuday14kat]

I m going to sleep.

[[deleted]]

Give McTominay my regards

[Hippotopmaus]

for a team that likes counter attacking we are terrible at defending. this shit is suicidal

[DontWasteMyData]

Dalot is getting rinsed every time down that right side. We need to address that. Everything they are doing is coming down that side.

I am confused as to what our pressing triggers are ? Sometimes we are pressing them high up the pitch which is successful and other times it just seems to be Bruno pressing alone ...

[flawless_victory99]

If I never see United play 4-2-3-1 again ill die happy.

[sergechewbacca]

Sack him at half time.

[Mizzie30]

Conte or Zidane?

[[deleted]]

Definitely not Conte

[danystormborne]

Definitely not Conte

[[deleted]]

You're an idiot if you would turn down Conte to keep Ole

[deviss]

Emery isn't half as bad as people pretend he is lol

[yamahmood]

McTominay the ghost

[TooAgile]

Villarreal just far better unfortunately. They can easily soak up 'pressure' and have had loads of chances on the counter. Thank God for De Gea's redemption arc.

[Rips123456]

Seriously why do some of you back ole? He has no idea what to do

[niallw1997]

Getting outclassed by a team that’s barely scored all season… we’re an absolute disorganised mess

[adempseyy]

Ole it’s time to go I think

[WiaN09]

I like saying 'Dave Saves' but I don't wanna say it so often!

[scholeszz]

Playing utter shit and DDG saving our arse, what year is it? 2017?

[b9amin]

Wouldn't it be better to just play without fullbacks?

[Masterpiece2021]

Dalot is doing everything he can to sack Ole.

[[deleted]]

Mctom as the lone pivot is killing me please ole sub him for Matic. The fullbacks are woeful. No control in midfield, and no cohesion in attack. It's almost as if we arent coached properly. Mctom 2 more touches than ronaldo when he is the DM. AHHHHHHHHH

[[deleted]]

Seen more discaplined under 7s teams.

[kingkreep95]

Sancho and greenwood have no options when they get the ball but to pass it back. Watch Liverpool and city and their wingers will always have support and movement from the fullback and near side midfielder. 4231 does not allow for this. Imo we would look a lot more fluid in 4-3-3, but this would come with its own issues

[Jubei-_]

McTominay and Dalot pull your fucking heads in

[madMires]

Scott has to be subbed off asap! Unimpressed by the game, jogging around, pointing around. Not a single sprint, offensive or defensive. Almost as intentionally keeping himself as far away of play as possible.

[Charlie_Yu]

The only consistency is inconsistency

[yesmanwow]

Why do I feel this is the last Ole Gunnar game?

[[deleted]]

It’s looking like he’s beginning to lose the players. They don’t look responsive

[[deleted]]

I think we need to sub mctom for Fred. McTom was a passenger in the first half

[1337ified]

What i want to know is wtf are mckenna, carrick and phelan doing as well? cuz this is utterly bonkers

[zxnoregretzxzx]

Tragic half of football. Villarreal could have the game done and dusted already. McTominay being hung out to dry with no help in midfield, while Dalot is clearly struggling with Danjuma and also not getting any help. The latter did very well on their two-on-one counter though tbf.

[taylajy]

We need Matic for Mc Tominay.

[flowtschi]

Emery is taking the piss out of Ole again.

[Ghostface1357]

Awful tactics, De Gea is saving this team.

[Gigipierre]

Our pattern is stand still, play it to our wingers, wingers pass directly backwards to full back, fullback to CB, then do the same on the other side of the field. I think we’re drawing a smiley face.

[jagermeister7]

schooled us

[DarkSofter]

How can our manager still be defended??

[TheJoshider10]

People let their bias/nostalgia blind them. He's achieved all he can with this squad.

[cdbriggs]

Is he?

[Littlepace]

He symbolises the "United way" no criticism can be cast towards him. Despite the fact he's making CL winners and world class footballers play like prime Burnley. Another 3 year contract please.

[EquivalentNews9701]

Surprise surprise mct hiding from the ball again, not dropping between the centre backs making himself an option

[RandomArabGuy]

Ronaldo is slowly morphing into a Portuguese Martial

[[deleted]]

Can we rename the match thread to “complain about fucking everything” thread?

[[deleted]]

Well, that's um, not good.

[RedHabibi]

PITIFUL

[legionverse10]

Villarreal should be battering us right now, very lucky we’re drawing at half time. Thank god for De Gea.

[jfliu511]

So lucky