Why Erik Ten Hag's Man United Isn't Working (Yet)
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2023
- Following a ropey display against Wolves, Manchester United's first defeat of the season arrived in embarrassing fashion at the hands of Tottenham this weekend. But looking past the poor performances and the individual errors, is there actually a team on the verge of something great?
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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
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
@@jiggersotoole7823does it matter? Their job is to perform. One or two player might go through a tough time, have personal issues but not the entire squad.
Some part it like overcrowding certain areas and not having cohesion is due to coaching but these players need to carry a lot of blame.
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.
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'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
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
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
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.
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
I’ve seen all the videos on man united game analysis but this certainly stands out. Great job mate👍🏼
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
Liverpool fan, so no horse in this race, but Garnacho should not be defending. You can walk through that dude with ease
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.
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 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.😂😂😂
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
such a detailed tactical video on not just tactics but work rate which is very essential in today's game. lovely video mate!
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.
This by far the explanation video I've seen on this!! Great stuff 😎
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.
This is my first time watching you. This was a very good detailed video. Big ups!!
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.
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.
Dope video bro
First video I've seen of you, also best video I've seen about Manchester United's season si far
great analysis great video...subbing!
100% the best video we’ve seen on the first two matches. Well done, man!
What a great video, subscribed
Very nice analysis thank you for the video
Please drop links to your other videos where you explain certain footballing concepts like transition in football.
Excellent take.
This is such a good breakdown and analysis. So refreshing compared to how most pieces of analysis is done these days
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!)
Brilliant analysis. Spot on
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.
Wow - awesome presentation. this is best analysis video of Man Utd on CZcams so far.
This is a sound analysis. God bless you
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.
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 🙏
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.
Fantastic video!
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
Great analysis!
Great analysis 👍
4-4-2 aleays bring quality videos 👏 subscribed
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.
Spot on. Best analysis I have seen backed up with factual video evidence. The conclusion is also on target.
Great content
Excellent analysis of the game. Spot on.
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.
thank you, finally found a pretty detail analysis and not just whining and complaining without clear analysis...and not just showing the bad things...
Great video.
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.
Wow what an analysis mate👏👏👏you’re the real deal
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.
This is proper football analysis. Keep it coming
Awesome video. This is where your captain needs to step up, and cracks the whip and not down tool.
Nice analysis bro 👏🏻
Excellent analysis, top marks
Brilliant video
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
Finally someone who analysed a man united game without bias or an agenda. Well done
Liked and subscribed for that reason alone
So. Spot. On! Great analysis
spot on analysis mate
Perfect video ! I think that’s exactly what we’re missing just intensity. They aren’t the same as last season but it’s just the beginning as you said ! 👏🏾👹❤️ let’s go reds !
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
Adam, you totally need a snippet of the always sunny theme to play after the "ding!" in the start.
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! 🤣
Great break down.
Man's just got a follow! Solid work analysing mate.
Best analysis mate
Good analysis. Keep on. GGMU.
Amazing video
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..
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
great video
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
Quality analysis
spot on like the coach said we had created enough to score goals but we didnt....
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.
U r so so right about the analysis on this game or perhaps this man United team, intensity, urgency, hunger for something is required from these players through the 90 minutes... but somehow these players tend to stop at halfways for which I don't know whether they r trynna relax or trynna catch their breath or something.?
So in my simple conclusion, we have a better coach but he hasn't got the best players he requires to get the job done properly.
Good analysis from ur end though .
Intensity deffo was it. Brilliant mind
Best analysis.
I don't think ETH could pick a footballer if his life depended on it.
UTD look worse than last season
The only analysis I care to listen to is Adam’s. Short yet well thought out and accurate
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
Good analysis
The fitness and conditioning coaches need to do something different or be changed. Players either get too tired too quickly or they get bullied too easily.
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
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).
This video calms me down a bit 😅
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
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.
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
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,
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
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?
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
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
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
Good one.
Absolutely right!