I Analysed EVERY Man Utd game… Is Ten Hag Actually Good?
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- čas přidán 12. 03. 2024
- Despite finding themselves 6th in the Premier League, Manchester United have been far from convincing this season and even when they win, it’s usually a struggle. So I went back and watched ALL of Manchester United’s games under Erik Ten Hag to see if any patterns emerged…
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If 6 of your out field players fail to make a simple 5yard pass Consistently u would never see a style
thank you😂
It's so frustrating watching us fail to make easy passes on such a consistent basis then have such a space in midfield due to the lower defensive line and just get played through. I'm at the games and I can literally commentate the game before it happens at this point to my aunty next to me because it's become so predictable now.
You’re forgetting who picks them every week. After all, do the players pick themselves?
@@iwantgoals1566 what do you pick? Is it not what is Available? Or you go to the moon to pick them? Ratcliffe will save man u. He has gone about dealing with the shits that makes every United manager a failure but a success elsewhere. For instance, the medics told ETH that Malacia and Shaw will be ready in January, he sent Alvaro to Benfica and Reguilon was cut loose only to realize he has no fit left back. It is easy to hang ETH, but bear in mind that man u will walk another 4 years backwards if they do so
@@iwantgoals1566 you forget who has limited resources or you'd prefer the kids for them to be slaughtered by this negative and toxic fan atmosphere
Can't wait for the: I Watched All Of Man Utd's shots conceded Under Erik Ten Hag And Here’s What I Found… video coming 2035
Even I am not brave enough to take on that task...
Ouch.
@@StatmanDave do Liverpool videos 🔜 Dave
@@StatmanDave Inzaghi, Nagelsmann, De Zerbi or Motta as the next Manchester United manager ?
Pessimistic fans.
47 injuries in 28 prem games may have something to do with it 🤔
It just might but the media won’t emphasize that
Please cry more....manure don't like it up em these days....
47?? This season? No.. 😮
Real Madrid running on 58 injuries
Fake injuries
15:06 is actually a good decision. No need to switch if you can skip the whole defense. The problem in this particular case is the individual quality. The pass must be immediate and accurate. The receiver must be fast and able to control the ball perfectly. This was what Ajax did and they've used to surprise every team. Just doing what is considered unlikely to be done. Breaking the model of play. Doing it very fast. Catching the opponent unprepared. The problem here is those players aren't a team. They couldn't do the ordinary. There is a long way before applying this model into a club that still haven't got the basics.
Knowing who you're passing to makes it a bad decision.
Fred and Weghorst actually played crucial role last season, they should have keep Fred at least instead of Mctominay. As a holding forward Weghorst played a pivotal role in Rashford form as well.
You would have said same of McTominay too 😂
It is the lack of respect and appreciation of diligent work that is killing fans. Fred was never appreciated. Ole was insulted as lacking tactics. The same they are doing to ETH. Same some barca fans are doing to Xavi. It is a crazy fan base heating up the system
@@Zaibatsualgo Its sad but who to blame ?? Everything happens for a reason and hope we could catch our rivals sooner but not for at least another 3 years. Hope INEOS do something.
Rashford had already fell off before our cup win at Newcastle.
Weg did a great job at easing pressure on Casemiro who as we can now see has to constantly be on his toes defensively! Not helping
It’s a good job mctominay has been in this season as much as I can’t stand him as a player he’s been one of the only players scoring goals and that’s saying something we’re terrible
The biggest difference from last season is that Ten Hag hasn't been able to play with a defensive high line. He cannot do that without the pace of Martinez and Shaw.
Maguire, Lindelof, Evans and Amrabat don't have pace, so we have to defend much deeper.
Bollocks
Even with martinez and shaw in the first game of the season wolves dominated United at old trafford ten hag is just an awful manager
@@crustyflakes3861maguire tried to play like martinez.. getting to middle circle to mark opponent CF, but he always fouls. Now Evans is doint that little better but hes pace is making it risky
@@sagethinker7168 Martinez was still playing on a broken foot. lmao And we also didn't have Hojlund or Mainoo for that game. The ideal first 11 has played only 2 games this season and both games were won. Sad that your ignorance is as loud as your hatred for the manager.
@@crustyflakes3861 If he plays to the strengths of the players and ends up playing low block hoof ball, then every fan will cry that he's playing boring Ole football and that United should play a better style. Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't.
Have you ever seen rashford win any header, a player who will not attempt any chance to win a header.
One trick pony
It's so frustrating. Is he scared of being injured? It's embarrassing too.
@@shawnross7169 just collecting huge wages like the rest
Tbf, he did score contested headers last season
Eriksen’s cross to Rashford to head it home against West Ham last season
I think a major problem Ten Hag has had is the ability to move players on. Maguire was sold but still stayed and apparently Mctomiany was allowed to make his own decision if he stayed or left. Hiw can you rebuild a club if you can't move Players on ?
The big problem is our second 11 is championship level, well the first 11 usn't that great either. Losing Martinez and shaw has been huge, especially Martinez. Casemiro's level hasdropped massively and he doesn't have the legs any more. As Ralf said, the squad needs a massive overhaul. Pretty much there are only about 5 or 6 players that the team and squad should be built around, the rest need to be replaced. It will take at least another 4 transfer windows to sort the mess out
We'll have a good starting XI with the next window, just need depth from then on. Really just need Varane and Casemiro replacements.
Championship could be a stretch too😂😂😂
Remember Coventry?
United need to buy at least two centerbacks this summer who are fast and ballplaying this would make ETH job so much easier. united biggest defensive problem is most of the center backs are slow and like playing in a low block {apart from martinez} leaving huge space in midfield
And we midfielder who actually wants to and can play.
Remember how people laughed when we wanted to get Rabiot.
Imagine getting upset at United wanting him, but happy to settle on McT 😂😂😂
At the start of this season, EtH actually said he wants United to play very direct. It seems like during the summer, he changed his mind about wanting United play like his Ajax. He's probably convinced the players aren't good enough after first hand observation the whole season. They're tactically hopeless so the best way is let them play off the cuff football.
but it is obvious that ten hag is trying to play a proactive high pressing tactic. the problem comes with our backline who simply to not have the pace to connect with the high pressing midfield. Which is why Licha is so important to us, and the team just clicks when he is on the pitch. Harry Maguire, Evans, Varane, Lindelof, despite them pulling of stellar performances this campaign (not so LIndelof but he has been decent), they are the main reason why our press is so disorganised (I wont blame Varane much). They are simply of an opposite profile which Ten Hag desires.
He’s full of crap, he spent 400mill to get the players he wants and he was hiding behind that Ajax system. Ajax have played that way before him and they will continue to. He benefited from the club/board bringing through the players but he himself has garbage talent ID. It was all on a plate for him. If he really knew what he was doing he wouldn’t change his methods, he’d play his game just like Mourinho and LVG did.
@@thebizness5596what a casual take, the price point of what the club spends isn’t dependent on ten hag, it’s the board. So you can’t use that as an argument against him. As for Ajax, yes they’ve always been a powerhouse but as soon as ten hag joins they jump from second to first four years consecutively. In addition he brings them to a ucl semi final for the first time in 30 years. You can’t ignore facts and label it as “lucky” … lmao what a foolish and ignorant comment.
You prayed and yearned for him to come. Now, he is at united, you want to make a light walk of his abilities. Just like what barca is doing to Xavi. Many man u fans like you reason with their hearts and not their heads. I see some calling for Ole to return. Whereas, they are doing exactly what they did to Ole to ETH. No respect! @@thebizness5596
That would explain why he’s pushed all the ballers away which makes it even worse imo. Cause we wanted him to bring his Ajax philosophy to United, instead he ended up yielding to rubbish counterattacking football. That’s something LVG never did.
Great video Dave. So frustrating how little the media talks about our injuries but we are told every week how Liverpool, Newcastle and Spurs are struggling with injuries
Being Manchester United we are not allowed that luxury no matter how factual it is,that injuries to key players has hindered us from being our best...that's what happens when there's no quality depth in squad
Blame injuries, blame the ref, blame VAR.....when I started following footy, teams had one sub.....it is what it is....on a brighter note, a mate of mine, a lifelong utd season ticket holder, has recently told me he's stopped going to OT...."to spend more time with his kids".....arf,arf....
It’s not the number of injuries, it’s the concentration of injuries in the back 4 that has decimated this season, and is so different from the other clubs.
That's a lot of research. Kudos!
Play more ball players in midfield Statman says. More ball players in the squad i exhaust my eyes looking for. At this point any analysis is a waste of time. The lack of quality in the squad is evident, ten Hag, a coach who built his career on ball playing principles has not suddenly forgotten the principles, he is simply suddenly landed in a club that lacks a squad capable of doing it, very few players who are actually capable of doing it at high enough level consistently. The answer will be replacing ageing defence and deep lying midfield with young potential, yes potential, because United is financially hamstrung, we will need some years to fix the squad, ten Hag will need time, and fans will need to understand that the squad will not be consistently champions league side in this process. Also, i have a simple question Dave, can you see any of the managers you mentioned in the end, be able to implement their ways with Varane, Maguire, Casemiro, Lindelof and Evans as the combination of players in the base of the defence?
Lmao simply explained!
Donny Van De Beek, baller sent on loan. Pellestri, baller sent on loan. Amad, baller sat on the bench every game. Alvaro Fernandez, baller sent on loan. Mainoo, baller, shackled with McT. Sancho baller, ETH fell out with. Eriksen baller, sat on the bench every game. Martial baller, fell out with him before the surgery.
You starting to see a pattern here?
@@iwantgoals1566 you are unbelievable. So, inexperienced Alvaro Fernandez, the regularly injured and lazy Martial, inconsistent VDB and lightweight Pellistri are all ballers in your eyes. You should have saved face a little by mentioning Daniel Gore or even Hannibal or iqbal. The reason you even see these guys wearing united shirt (bar Amad) is because of failed recruitment strategy. And if you see like you try to make us understand, you will see that nearly every manager that came bought players that suit him and his bias. Now, ETH is the one they are dumped on plus his own wrong player choice (Antony instead of Kudus) due to poor football operations and director to say no to a manager..The arsenal you see after 4years+under arteta finished 10th two consecutive seasons. ETH boasts 61% win rate, a country miles ahead of both Klopp and arteta within same duration of appointment. Unbelievable why not even an angel can succeed as a man u coach.
Hmmm Ten Hag has integrated the following players into the squad Onana GK Martinez LCB Malacia LB Casemero DM Mainoo DM Amrabat DM Eriksen CM Mount AM Antony RF Hojlund CF Garnancho LF. Thats 11 players integrated into the squad with only the RB and RCB not being addressed. I am sorry the excuse of why he cant play his style of play doesnt wash bar Casemero all the players integrated were his choice.
@@miaavashow1751which most of them where 3rd choice options.. he wanted dejong he got aged casemiro and amrabat, he wanted kim min jae he got 35 yeas old johny evans , he wanted kane he got an inexperienced youngster which he has HUGE potential but still he played only in 1 good league which he was on loan, he wanted another striker and got stuck with useless martial ,he wanted a lb and he got non cz malacia is injured all season now, wanted to sell maguire mcsause martial but board didnt allow him. Had to deal with new owners , a depressing dressing room cz their mates were schooled for discipline errors , sancho being a bitch, unwilling rashford, bruno that want to make hollywood passes and not just use possession, mcsause ghosting in the midfield just to be in the position of our striker. And if y noticed he cant bench most of the players because he knows they got big ego and will give up on him so he has to manage all of this and players know that they wont be benched so they act like it. If we talk about the players he got last year and was NOT injured he had a successful campaign and a trophy and champions league place dont forget that. This season we had 47 injuries overall 48 now with case
Let me guess, all those goals are randomly scored and nobody has any idea what's going on.
Yeah, pretty much.
I think you're right that Fernandes needs to be pulled back from the '10' role and do more of what Eriksen did for us last season as an RPM and/or Casemiro dropping between our CBs as a halfback. Mount (if he can stay fit) should fulfill the 10 role - it might be his only chance at playing his way back into the England setup.
We desperately need reinforcements at centreback who can play in a high line, depending on who goes this summer it may be worth also investing in another left-footer with Martinez and Shaw being out injured so frequently.
Shaw was fit all last season? Don't forget the back 4 was the same every game playing in 38 PL games, got to 2 Cup finals and played in the Europa league. Plus a world cup in December which most United players went and played in. Then the long pre-season in America. The players were bound to get some sort of injury. Only City played more games last season. City have 2 players for each position so it hasn't effected them as they could rest players United could not rest players.
Fernandes cannot be a roaming playmaker like Eriksen. He's not a good carrier of the ball and loses the ball as often as Casemiro does. Better to cancel this season, sell most of the players while getting new ones and praying they stay injury free as well
@@femi_danjuma no
@@chriswood753Shaw was fit all last season but that was very far from the norm for him. We cannot gamble on him staying fit for a whole season. And we CERTAINLY DID NOT have the same back 4 for every premier league game, are you smoking something?
Only thing is. Eriksen made some errors leading to goals from there.
Bruno would be a higher risk unless he receives balls with him always facing forward and our wife players, like what Garna does, taking responsibility and dropping into midfield to take up that pass immediately, like Wout did last season. We all know Rashford would only think the finish line at the GK is where he would need to be all the time
I will answer you.. 1) he wanted FDJ, they couldn't get him. When they got hammered by Brentford, the board hurriedly signed Cassie. Not as a FDJ replacement but for them to play differently. David DG was asked to go long henceforth.
2) who are the ballers? Only Ericsson and Amad qualify as ballers on that bench. Amad is still adapting. Still will take his chances as they come. Ericsson has the brain but the legs are gone. One close marking and it is a one vs one with Onana.
3) it is nonsensical to say the best teams play the same way no matter who is fit. As an elite manager, you must be pragmatic in some games. Sir Alex lost 2 UCL finals becos he chose to go toe to toe with barca when he knew he didn't have the right weapons. How do you make of Tottenham's bench? The quality is way ahead that of united. How do you also make of Tottenham beating Aston 4 nil and going to lose 3 nil to Fulham the next game? In summary, it is a miracle for man u to still be alive in a competition and still 6th with all that ETH had had to handle this season. It is debatable if someone else would have done better. I feel sad that diligent and progressive hard work is undervalued. Look at the disrespect Xavi is getting after cleaning up barca mess? If you guys keep listening to crooked Coach agents looking for jobs for their average clients, you will wake up too late to realize they've done you dirty. Just like some are calling for Ole to return. And the team starts from 0 again. ETH is still the man
This is extremely insightful and thorough Dave. I hope Erik watches it and takes some notes. Good work 👍
Well thought out and researched. Very persuasive!
Disagree with a couple of points here. One of the reasons why Brighton, Tottenham and Aston Villa have been able to stay consistent in their styles is because of many years of focused recruitment and sporting direction. All of their players can come in and still contribute to the gameplan. For united however, two thirds of the squad simply aren't cut out for it since we've basically had Ole and Jose as our previous two sporting directors, two managers with completely different philosophies to ten hag. When these players are forced to play because of the numerous injuries in key areas, this lack of stylistic depth in the playing staff becomes more apparent. The squad has much more quality than the ones mentioned, but not in terms of suiting the style of play!
The other point that I disagree with is this idea that ten hag wants to play direct and wants to play counter attacking football. I believe that is the case for this season, but definitely not as a long term goal as it is made out to be. Currently it's a necessity because of the playing staff, or we'd get nowhere near as good results as the already terrible ones, and he could quite possibly have been out the door already.
I feel looking at how the u18s play as an idea of what ten hag wants from the team is hugely relevant! When he came, one of the first things he did was to ensure that all of the youth teams play the exact same way that he wants them to, so they're ready when the time comes. The u18s are much more moldable, and the results aren't anywhere near as important as the first team results, even though they have been doing much better, so the compromise in playing style there hasn't been necessary.
I definitely agree that this season hasn't been good enough, but I do believe it's mostly an awkward phase that will be over once about ten players leave, and five or six of the right players join, which will lead to an injury crisis like this season not nearly having as great of an impact on our stylistic approach.
Apt 💯
Finally, someone that knows the game.
Many deadwoods in the team, injury-prone key players that are affecting the balance of the team, giving average players new contracts, overpaying for deadwoods (ETH is partly to blame for this actually)
But somehow, people praise these players.
Some players who are not even worthy to play for Everton, not to talk of Man Utd.
My own point is there are many problems that need to sorted out. Instead of putting every goddamn blame on every manager that'd managed the team, overlooking the other problems.
And whether we like it or not, we'll all have to be patient. People want fast success.
Liverpool had injuries last season, and they were 5th on the table. People fail to talk about that.
Yet Ten Hag has spent more than them. The number of years is irrelevant. He had enough money to build an entire squad.
@@thebiglebrowski3695 attributing price to player quality.... A big big error.
Is 85m Antony better than Saka?
Is 80m Maguire better than van dijk?
Is 115m Caicedo better Rodri?
Son is better than most forwards bought with big money.
1 billion squad Chelsea is struggling
Judging players by their prices is a flawed assessment..
Yeah, ETH is partly blamed for endorsing most of the deals... No doubt.
But Man Utd just has to stop giving the manager the full freedom when it comes to transfers.
I think it's not a one-man job
It has affected almost all our managers, not just ETH.
Ole spent too, so did his predecessors.
Yeah I don't believe for a second he doesn't want us to be a high pressing possession team. He wouldn't keep us pressing with the lower back line if he wanted to be "transitional" and sit in. The gaps are there because half his plan is there. If we get the right (faster and better passers) in defence, we might actually see what he's trying to achieve.
@Stegibbon A good manager works with the tools that he has. A bad manager spends 450m and still somehow doesn't have the right tools and persists with a half-baked style that isn't working.
We can't camp in the opposition half with Maguire or Evans at CB and Lindelof at full back. 1 ball over there heads and the opposition scores a goal.
Hi Dave, While your analysis of the 3 games (United, Arsenal & City vs Sheffield United) is great, I think it is a bit naive of you and other United analysts to always skip the fact that we are missing KEY players for United's system to work. In the game you analyzed, United was missing 11 players through injuries, 7 of whom would have played the game. The game in January against West Ham would have been a better game to compare where United had almost all players available. Ange is doing a similar job ETH did last season but ETH outperforming him in points, number of time spent in the top 4 and trophies won.
We are missing key players, ETH is a manager who needs specialists in his team, and we see gaps in the midfield because of the profile of players in the backline not having pace leading to no pressing and gaps due to the CBs dropping deeper.
Arteta had one injury last season (Saliba) and their footballing ability dropped leading to City winning the league, Klopp lost VVD for a season and they finished 6th, and Pep lost Rdori for 3 games and lost all 3 games. ETH is missing between 7-10 players every game and you want his style to remain the same? C'mon, Dave!
lol, that’s literally the very first thing he mentions after analysing the Sheffield game at 16:06
ETH have had to adjust a lot due to unusually many injuries and so being restricted in shaping a consistent style IMHO.
When Ten Hag put Weghorst in the 10 vs Barca in the nou camp UTD looked very dangerous. Their link up play through the middle was sharp, bringing the wingers and dlp into the game. Had a positive impact on pressing structure as rashford pressing centrally hides his reluctance to track back. Would love to see UTD in a 2-1-4-3 build up structure like De Zerbi has at Brighton next season. As you mentioned having a rcb, cdm and wing back would facilitate that structure well
Pogba was the perfect player as a 6 great vision, good passing , good at shooting, can hold up the ball, can dictate play good defensive work
If you’re not consistent all those qualities mean nothing!
@@onpurpose1896 that's what i mean but who on this team is consistent?
@@FATEH4x so far, dalot is the only one (plus garnacho cause he's too young to be dependent on)
@@darwinlitaf7544 yh and rasmus and mainoo as well
You can feel Dave's anger when he talks about tenhag's tactics😂
I was expecting Mainoo to play the Eriksen role as the deep lying mid cos hes press resistant, can run with the ball and plays the ball forwarf very well. Casa should play further forward alowing him to gamble on pinching thr ball high up.
Still won't work cos he's surrounded with players who can't pass to save their lives
Mainoo has no vision. He makes short simple passes, usually backwards.
mainoo is still too raw to play an advance position as a deep lying mid, that's why eth has been chasing de jong for the past 2 years
This season is about the injuries. Very few managers can do much with such a mish mash of players from previous eras and constant turnstile of players in and out
That’s an important point that is rarely made. Utd have had several managers with very different styles of play and therefore different player profiles. EtH is dealing with the fruits of that. If they sack him and bring in someone else it’ll just exacerbate the problem.
@@bethmcmullan7686 this is why i see eth getting sacked as a huge downfall for us, we'll never know how good he could've become and we'll be stuck with his players for another decade
In the Defence of ETH, it's hard to assert a style of play when your players are getting injured. You might practice the whole week to have amrabat to play in midfield. He has trained for that, then all of a sudden, Shaw is out with an injury, making him use amrabat on LeftBack. Our academy isn't showing signs of development ecen when we've debuted a lot of starters. A left back is needed. As im talking right now. Casemiro will miss the liverpool match because of injury
Kobbie's goal against wolves shouldnt be used as evidence that he can play in the final third. He is much better as the defensive midfielder. Also, Bruno shouldnt be played deeper because he loses ball wayyy too often. Another problem with having another player in midfield is that it will make the team vulnerable against teams like Liverpool, that has 3 strong and pacey forwards. We already have a slow defense.
I always thought ten hag just doesnt have the players to play how he wants to
Lisandro mount Mainoo Amrabat Shaw Malacia Hoijlund Awb are all ball player but have you seen them this season?? Everyone I've mentioned are ball players but have been out injured and some are still out injured these players will make a massive difference to how utd play but have been unavailable for selection
Hiya Dave can you possible do a video on Hansi Flick and Barcelona as he is the favourite to take over and look at is formations,tactics and possible signings.
1. Maguire, Evans, Lindelof and Varane aren’t fast enough to push up and back up the press hence Casemiro being left in acres of space for the opps to attack
2. Their is a significant lack of depth in the squad given by the fact that we have 2 u23 players holding down starting berths in the team. A lot of ghost workers like Martial, Sancho and Antony need to be shifted.
3. Injuries. Martinez, Shaw, Mount and Malacia could have done wonders for our form
4. Underperforming players like Rashford who see Mbappe anytime he sees himself in the mirror but won’t be picked if we had replacement and Eriksen who seems to have lost his legs
Good video Dave. I see these artificially generated counter attacks though - which we haven't too many goals from but is clearly intentional - drawing the press and then counter attacking. I watched your Ajax videos and I didn't see how ETH can move away from being transitional with these players.
Great content. Just a quick suggestion, maybe use a compressor to equalize the volume levels across the whole video. That way there will be no spikes.
Really enjoyed that. Well done mate
Love brother. 🫡
TOTALLY AGREE!!!! (Didn't know the stats, of course) up to 25min
But re alt plans a "we LOVE to pass" attitude in addition to the flying wingers approach in possession, but this might have been what your were saying anyway...more ball players
And, at the back, cover for Martinez too - I just don' trust his consistent fitness, AND for the Central two strikers - see the Hojlund injury,
Well United seem to do well when Licha and Shaw are there because having 2 left footed players clearly help United in the build up and majority of this season they have missed that, it adds so much to the game..
Eriksen was class last season, shame he hasn’t had a sniff this season
Varane and Casemiro really hurt our ability to play from the back too. We lose the ball so many times in the midfield whilst our players are too high up the pitch and thats why we are so vulnerable especially because there’s poor coordination between our defense and midfield. Once we fail to counterpress in midfield it leaves a huge gap between defense and attack. For me 2 problems, 1. The squad we have might be incapable of playing the way Ten Hag wants
2. Injuries have really hurt us this season and because we have a poorly assembled squad it has been difficult for the manager to find solutions
3. There might be some obvious coaching issues too
"Play Casemiro as a CB." God that aged poorly
Yeah I never understood that it's mindbogglingly
Why not let one of the reserve cb's have a chance
It's really not hard to do
@@2010dame We did, he got injured somehow aha. And it’s not like Kambwala was out for a game or two it’s been ages now.
But whatever we do against Arsenal it cannot be Casemiro CB.
I love your content, would be nice to see you go into actual coaching methods too. Yes you've identified what's missing now show us what he can do in practice on the training pitch to bring it to life. Call it Assistant Coach Dave or something
😂😂 Would be sacked after 2 games
I think playing Mainoo was the plan all along. Watch eth’s interview on the bbc a couple of weeks ago.
Injuries has derailed this season big time. Just like they did to Liverpool last year.
This team has a lot of growth in it with the right players coming in, in the next couple summer windows.
There are players who make the team play good without the statistics. If you perform to your maximum, if you perform to your best and you helped your team-mates and make the process better, it is enough.
Ten Hag never changed, only the players ability to keep the ball, especially those in front, the ones playing for stats instead of the team
Lack of control in the midfield is why we get out played and why our midfield dont create for our strikers
Yes the coaching is the problem. Most of the focus is on attacking play so there are more players going forward and pressing high up but no one is actually making those defensive overlaps. Plus our LB & RB plays more like attacking wingers and they don’t stay wide for some reason. Which leaves holes in the defense. Creates chances from the wings for opponents and when our defenders are dragged to the wings it creates spaces through the middle
Yes Dave! 🎉 Love it!!
I think united need to switch to a back three and will help a lot in the attacking phase and can reduce the amount of spaces left behind in midfield and avoiding being countered
I think you're really understating the impact the injuries we have. Only Liverpool i think has as many injuries as us or close to. Other teams you've mentioned didn't have as many players out as we do, especially long term injuries
Think you'll find that when you only have two creative threats, and one of them being the GK, it's really hard to get any sort of attacking flow.
All opponents have to do is to frustrate Bruno Fernandes and he takes himself out of games, alternatively they can just man mark him with a shadow on Bruno's back. Then the only threat comes from Onana long balls to Rashford and Garnacho, both of whom will try to take on their defender and finish from impossible angles. Meaning the long balls from Onana will be pointless against many teams who will sit deep and then counter back at us, which is also very easy with Evans and Maguire being among the slowest defenders in the league.
The defenders can only really play a low block, the attackers don’t press consistently, the midfielders struggle in possession and to cover lots of space. So we should play deep and hit teams on the break. But that style will get ETH criticised for not changing the style of play like he started last season.
How about a video on what tactical changes you’d make right now to prevent ETH getting sacked rather than talking about new signings?
Exactly. He tries to play ETH ball with shit players due to loads of injuries = "Wow, bad manager can't implement his style." He tries to play low block hoof ball = "Wow, just another Ole. What a terrible manager." No matter what he does or how he attempts to play, there will always be critics that are disappointed.
Maybe over 20 injuries to key players and squad players this season ( especially the defence ) may have something to do with it ?? Everyone in the media ignores Utd's injury problems but as soon as Liverpool or City get an injury they are all over it .
Why doesn't Ten Hag grab a shirt, a pair of shorts and bring himself on ? He knows Ten Hag-ball better than anyone in the world, speaks English fluently, knows the league now and most of all, he has a valid work permit.
I don't think he directly answered the question in the title. Also all the people alluding to injuries as an excuse - even the man himself says that while having injuries has disrupted the team, it's not an excuse. if he himself says so, what's the point of making it for him?
Do you reckon Hojlund is yet showing the quality when he's deeper, back to goal at this moment to be enough of a good foil for Rashford?
Manchester United had this problem for years. Our players simply can't recognize space quick enough and take advantage of it
I feel like martinez has been the missing link more than any other player in our team
Hello statman Dave please, who do you think is gonna be the best partner for Kobbie Mainoo in our Midfield for years to come. Neves, Javi Guerra, I think Jobe Bellingham is also a good option. Looking to hear from you!
Good video.❤
If this is an audition for Ten Hag it’s going terribly. I think the situation is untenable now and it’s inevitable ETH will be sacked. Some of the candidates as his replacement is definitely take but I’d love to see Marco Rose at Leipzig considered. I think he’s an amazing coach that plays a 4-2-3-1 that would suit Man Utd and would work perfectly as a coach under a Wilcox/Ashworth regime
You've totally missed the main reason why we've not scored many goals this season, which makes me wonder if you watch the matches properly.
Erik Ten Hag deserves a chance to work with competent people around him.
Stat man Dave 👍👍
Dave the man!!! Stats don’t lie. Baldie so bad with numbers and stubbornly refuse to acknowledge the numbers and change! Wish Dave is the manager of Man Utd!!!
Playing Casemiro as a CB comment aged like milk.
I still feel that signing Hojlund was the worng signing. Positional sense that is. If we have a goalscorer the thing we need to do is to compliment him or to have someone cover for him in his absence. A player like Fellaini is required especially with players like Garnacho, Rashford and Antony all 3 who fancy scoring than assisting. I like Hojlund but we needed something else.
If Brighton are the best at everything they do…then i have 1 question.
Whats the position of Brighton on the EPL table ?
I've always thought of the best midfield trio as Busquets, Xavi and Iniesta, is it too simple to use them as a template to fit players with similiar (although most likely inferior) skillsets?
If replacing Fernandes is not the answer, changing his position to free up space to try something new could be.
please do a video on JOSHUA ZIRKZEE of bologna!!! he has got the harry kane qualities in him!!! he can be a really good pair with hojlund!!! he can also be running the team if bruno is out or something. i think with him we can even go to the fergie 442 system.
Am absolutely loving reading the comments. Isn't football derisive? Everyone is an expert. Everyone is certain that they are correct. Everyone else is wrong.
I think EtH has been let down by the quality in his squad, but has also made a lot of weird decisions.
I still cant get my head around why Mount was his number 1 transfer priority.
Babe wake up new statman Dave just dropped!
The medical team is questionable. Also players getting injured then coming back a few days later is questionable
1:00 sole holding midfielder is not a “6” they are called a “5”. Everyone says we need a 6/8 hybrid to replace Casemiro.
No we need a “5” that can play as a CB as well.
the answer is: Yes.
he's not great at selecting players, but he is a damn good coach.
Yet somehow we look like uncoached team.
Having a game plan that put 11 players behind the ball 90% of the game might explain why non counterattack goals are rare!
It's not even putting 11 players behind the ball - earlier in the season the wingers would stay high as counter attacking threats - it's the laboured defending. Never thought I would say this but I miss Pastor Fred, he stood out a lot when watching games from last season
@@StatmanDave we definitely miss his energy.
@@StatmanDave Well you said Fred would be a beast for utd in a vid when he first signed for utd.
@@StatmanDave i think the problem is not replacing him rather then selling him
mainoo seems good, but he does not have quality of eriksens master passes
He doesn't have the players to do what he wants but he should have known this and adapted the style to suit until he does. He went went for a ball playing GK when he should have focused on the outfield more as although De Gea may not have been what he once one he was not the most pressing concern. Casemiro and Varine should never have been signed too old and slow for the league. The midfield is a huge issue it is not working and they end outnumbered with a player passed his best as the main man but he is out of position most of the time with no pace to get back. ETH is continuing to make poor substitutions also and he stuck with players too long I.e. Amad seems like a decent option but left on the bench. He is too stuck in his mindset
The new flying left wing back should be Antony. Good defensive stats, poor attacking output. Make him the new Valencia, Young, Dalot etc.
Buy a new left centre back plus a ned cdm n also transform lisandro martinez to a cdm bring back greenwood plus a backup striker , lets say braithwaite, alan varella,p.neto,
The problem with bruno playing deeper is he doesnt seen to keep d ball well dis season ....hes reminding me of pogba ..anyti.e dey lose the ball there we concede
If you have so many injuries you cannot use your best tactics
Signing these new players makes no sense if ten hag is still the manager
It makes complete sense when they're players that will help him realise his vision. Very shallow thinking on your part.
@@Stegibbon hasn't realised his vision with 400mil spent on transfers. Good managers gets better results for less...
@@anjorinkolawolesamuel2279 he's getting another cup final now so you clearly haven't got a clue what you're on about. I'm getting another Wembley trip thanks to Erik so I'll fuck you off and support my manager!
Well done! 7:59 . Send your CV to Carrington Road?
might sound abit crazy but perhaps we should play a back 3, and antony and dalot as wing backs, at least till we have quicker centre backs. play mainoo, casemiro and bruno as midfielders and rashy or garnacho with hojlund uptop like a 3412 formation
As it stands, a back 3 is apt. It will mask problems of slow central defenders(all of them are slow except Martinez) , sloppy midfielders like Bruno and Casemiro who can't protect the ball for their lives and Rashford who feels he is too big to track back and help the fullback on his wing.
You left out Alessandro Buongiorno. He'd be excellent for United at CB.
That’s a redundant question.
He’s a good manager. I don’t need to watch the video to know it.
Who else would have coped better at the current United with all the associated problems?
But I understand that you need to make engaging content, hence the title.
It's not a problem of playing style. It's a problem of perception.
The media and pundits have been trying to get Ten Hag sacked since he came.
Even after 10 wins, two losses and one draw last 13 this year, Luckhurst and the likes tries to get him sacked.
Stick by Ten Hag. He is the best guy we could have. The fact that names like Potter and Southgate shows up tells you all you need to know.
You need to put out more manchester united videos
Fast answer. MU is 17 points behind the premier league leader, while having champion ambition. Thus, no. My pleasure.
joao neves, branwthaite, balde, boniface in the coming window would be good.. considering the fact that sancho, varane and even casemiro might be heading to the exit door. These are young players and can grow with the guidance of senior pros like bruno, luke and eriksen
Sounds perfect
Sounds expensive. We'll need to sign cheaper players than those. Preferably we'd only sign 1/2 player over 50 million. With good scouting it's possible to find players of the right profile for around 15-35 million. They won't be established names, but that is the only way forward.
why would any of them come here, when we signed Sancho he was arguably the best under 21 player in the world and look at what we did with him, if I was a young player under no circumstance would I join utd.
@@coreyboachiecos Sancho is shit
Inacio over branthwaite I reckon and Todibo is a tap in. I honestly think we need to get rid of every centre back other than lisandro so need at least 3 to come in.
Please take this video to ETH and his coaching staff
We should’ve bought a centre back instead of mason mount last summer
@@timothy5221better than Klop Ange or Arteta lol calm down bro
The anticipation was that McTominay and Maguire would both leave which would have generated revenue for another player to come in. Didn’t happen so their hands were tied, and I don’t think anyone would have anticipated Martinez being missing for so long.
@@bethmcmullan7686West Ham offered money for them both but we rejected it
uh hello? we got johnny evans
You might be cooking with that Casemiro at CB idea
No no no no.
Did it at Real Madrid a few times certainly worth exploring. AWB is another converted CB shout in my opinion. Recovery pace and outstanding 1v1
@@smsm-xb1lthis positioning has still been poor
@@jangjangjangjong Who Casemiro or AWB? I feel sorry for Cass because he’s playing in a system that completely exposes him and he just hasn’t got the legs of say a Declan Rice
He’s too rash. Would be a penalty against every game.
Bruno's high chance creation stat comes from United players consistently shooting from outside the box like idiots.
Haven't even watched the video but of course Ten Hag is good. It's the players that are not up to the standard and are more up to par with the caliber of a mid table side, like Aston Villa, West Ham and Everton. Some of them are good enough, for example, Mainoo, Rasmus, Casemiro, Martinez, Shaw, and Garnacho to name a few. And with that being said, a lot of the other players like Mctominay, Maguire, Wan Bissaka, and maybe Antony are just not good enough to play Ten Hag's system
Imagine having Evans in 2024.... I don't care if he's trying.... Martial still at the club, Eriksen can't even play 50 mins in a game.
Ten Hag has shown his poor quality in in-game reading, bad at subs, he caused players training to fatigue, injury has paid off, he would be fired at the end of season
6th place is better than 8th under Ole. We have a weak scoring offense with a kick-butt defense. More high-assist midfielders needed.
Can you pls send this to INEOS? I completely agree our system & players dont fit, and its ETH fault/folly to stubbornly keep trying to fit square pegs in round holes instead of adapting.