*Progressive passes* are a reasonable substitute for progressive carries in a direct style of play. Your real problem was shit pass completion in the opposition half. Our 42 touches in the opposition box were more than double your 19, and we completed over three times as many passes in the final third of the pitch (168 vs. 47). Just 12.2% of United’s successful passes ended in the final third-the second-lowest figure put up by United in a League match since that statistic became part of the record in 2006-07. *Your second-biggest issue* has to be of lack of depth at centre-back. You cannot play a pairing of Harry Maguire and Jonny Evans when your sole style of play (at least against the top sides) is to sit deep, absorb pressure, and counter on the break-especially with so much injury time being added on for the foreseeable. *In any case,* Bruno, Eriksen, and Rashford are all excellent ball-carriers. Casemiro isn't particularly speedy or creative but he isn't wasteful with the ball, and the addition of Amrabat wil free him to be a traditional six. Onana is obviously good with the ball at his feet, and Martinez feels more like a converted left-back. I'd say it's only your actual left-back, Luke Shaw, ranked in the 46th percentile with 1.97 progressive carries per 90, who is as dreadful as you think (even Wan-Bissaka is in the 79th percentile with 2.81 per 90)-which only serves to reinforce my earlier point: a fit Luke Shaw always gets the start because his 5.31 progressive passes per 90 (82nd percentile) are critical to the direct system in place at United.

Successful United teams had at least two midfielders who could beat a man with the ball, it opens up the wings, or we had a Carrick who was brilliant at setting tempo

Time to give McSauce a chance

Bruno is a good ball carrier.

@@aflow- that's a joke right? Fdj, Bernado Silva, Mattheus Nunes, kovacic, Modric, foden, kdb etc are all ball carriers. Even McSauce is a ball carrier just thay most times his decision making after or during those runs are crap

In the Arsenal game that was fixed by pushing him forward, or rather keeping him away from initial build up

I feel ETH was royally fked when FDJ rejected him and they could not find anyone similar to replace him.

@@finding_aetherArthur vermeeren Antwerp

Ten hag was. That matters more

Honestly man,just shut up,Tottenham were bombarded at home,United created chance after chance and Tottenham couldn't do nothing,if at least Antony and Bruno could fuckin aim properly they would be winning 3-0 in half time with a penalty given, United fell off in the second half but it is something that occurs on football especially when they pressed so hard in the first half,so I really don't know what you are talking about,bias aside United should have won the game and all the goals Tottenham scored were lucky.

Preseason hype? They lost almost every game if not all of em

@@Juiced_Lemons If you watch some of videos of people predicting the 2023/24 EPL league final placements on KZfaq you'll see that United were frequently predicted to finish 3rd or even 2nd. Among the BBC pundits two predicted 2nd, 10 predicted 3rd, 11 predicted 4th. Out of 27 only one predicted outside the top four. Losing friendlies has nothing to do with hype (even though it perhaps should do).

@@aakarmamtora3470 Ten hag was what?

Amrabat is class, he will make a big difference

​@@QuotidianStupiditymadrid fan here, support United but you guys've been saying this for every signings now. That boy hojlund rlly showed positivity in the arsnl match, lets hope amrabat can do the same and him wont turn out to be like mount.

And then the problem will be if Amrabat & Casemiro are good enough on the ball to pass from deep midfield to the more forward players or progress the ball like Erickson can?

@@thanhtrinhngoc2444 I’m a Spurs fan mate, but I really enjoy watching Amrabat

@@QuotidianStupidity yeh me too, i mean watching him in the WC, i dont watch seria A that much tbh but lets see if he can deliver. I think yes a player can be good, but it's hard playing under a toxic fan base. Its the same in Madrid anyway. We made several seem-to-be good signings at first but then it turns out to be a disaster because players cant handle the pressure. So i kinda feel it for United fans here.

Ten Hag is a poor mans Louis Van Gaal

@@erikpuka2627 Credit to what he's done at Ajax but NOW Ten Hag got to show some excellent in-game management at United or else sack Ten Hag NOW since United's season pretty much done and dusted. Glazers OUT at the same time

You say united doesn't have a debruyne type of play its coz we dnt have debruyne at united but have something grt too thus Bruno Fernandes...

@@irvinbrianchimedza8651 Bruno's profile not the profile wanted. Next KdB is the one United got to find and replace Bruno. Bruno's profile basically ruin the gameplan actually. We got to have someone to do the KdB role basically

@@johnlau6749 yeah replacing the only creator in the team will indeed bring more G/A right? 🤦

It's not overdone it will take time for them to adapt, took Arsenal, Liverpool and City time idk why our fan base is so impatient. We are getting rid of managers too quickly, we finally have a good well rounded manager we need to give him the time that Arteta and Pep had

@@swiftyyy870 It was over-done. Onana is a very good GK and Utd will benefit from his range to be a sweeper or extra passer from the back. But his passing ability was over-hyped, as he clearly benefitted from having a very strong Inter Milan defensive unit protecting him. A GK's most important ability is his shot stopping ability. Period. De Gea has a weakness for passing, but the main issue was the weak pressing from the forward to midfield line that exposes the defense. He wasn't the root cause of Utd's problems.

@@mariahlin5556 You can't have a overhyped passing ability? Ur either a good passer or not and in the past few games he's had more impact than most of our outfield players with passes. I get everyone's frustrated with UTD now but come on. Stop using that frustration to come up with bs like this. Onana is still a good shot stopper obviously not on De Geas level but we've been making too many mistakes at the back and midfield. Even De Gea would've had a rough time at the start and people would be saying De Gea out still. I'm getting really fed up with our fan base right now focusing on the wrong issues that people make up. I'm not hating on De Gea here I loved him at UTD but he wouldn't have done anything special to win us the games we lost so far since the goals weren't the GKs fault.

@@swiftyyy870 U know what's even worse? WHY in the hell leaving Casemiro and those 2 center backs alone every single game so far this season1!!?😡😡 Even more raging is that the exact same problems when United played vs Wolves keeps on happening FAR TOO OFTEN😡😡🤬 STOP the 3-1-6 attacking gameplan IMMEDIATELY and deploy defensive gameplan and backup plan NOW or else another 7-0 loss incoming for sure. One more thing is United players' disastrous positioning on and off the ball. I mean wtf was that😡😡

@@swiftyyy870 Don't forget the fact that Pep ONLY use that 16/17 season to solve Man City issues. After that, Man City keep on winning trophies after trophies. THIS should be the blueprint for top England teams to follow. NOT the LONG progression bullshit & nonsense

Yeh. Would have been good to hear a few more recommendations or discuss how introducing new types of players may help. My only takeaway was that the single pivot doesn’t work in the premier league.

He does mention solutions but United cannot implement them because they lack the personnel, or they are injured. E.g. He mentions using inverted full backs to provide a second pivot defensively and second outlet offensively but united do not have anybody like Zinchenko or Walker that can do it effectively. In the midfield, Mount is supposed to free up Bruno from having to fall deep all the time but he's injured. The squad is simply poorly constructed.

Lol overreact m9re

How can you lot blame glazers for everything is beyond me you spend 200 million for what 5 6 straight years or even more years and yet you say about signings players internal issues can be a matter but signings is not aissue u can put on glazers it's managers failure for appending 200 million and yet saying lack of signings

@@vadulekars7698 They have spent nothing (not a single dollar) for this club. They bought the club with a loan, which they haven't cleared. The 200mil you're talking about is the amount that United as a club generates annually through its global fan-following and outreach. Ronaldo came after 20 years and still found the same equipment/facilities being used, which means no improvement in 20years. Just look at Real Madrid's infra-structure and the stadium they're building, you'll see that the Glazers are f'ing clowns who don't care about this club! Internally many of the staff don't even know if they have a job because the owners are meandering with the club sale. 5.5billion pounds were offered, but they want 7.5billion or more - what a joke!

@@lordgrey6239 I said internal issues can be a matter but how does it affect ten hags tactics and players mentality

@@vadulekars7698 Bro you said "How can you lot blame glazers" and so I replied with regards to that statement. They are at fault for most of what's going wrong at United. The transfer strategies have been absolute bs. We paid 95mil Euros for 30mil worth Antony, 75mil for a 20mil youth player who just started his career. They waited till deadline day to sign Amrabat. We were scouting Kim Min Jae, but in the end we couldn't buy him. Who's responsible for these transfer disasters? The scouting team? Who's hiring them? The questions lead back to the irresponsible owners of Man United. Don't you think this affects management decisions of Eric Ten Haag? Everyone is out for his throat, but I think we should give him a bit more time. This just his 2nd season and 9 main players are injured - you have to cut him some slack. But I will say this, that some of his tactics were questionable. With Antony and Sancho out of the team, why isn't he using Pelistri or giving him a chance? There's something horribly wrong with that midfield and Mount isn't the answer. He needs to figure that out.

They just ain't trying for Ten. He does seem a horrendous personality 😂

I actually think that was the right call. Brighton we're baiting

The problem is ten hav itself rejected top sporting director available that time and preferred clueless director named murtough 🥱 The result? Uncertainty de jong pursuit, bought antony 90m while it would cost 40m if they bought it early, no spare striker for ronaldo at that time then loan weghorst after roanaldo leaves. What a disaster, ten hav were too pretentious and overconfident!!! He think manage player and transfer was easy

@@Synchronizebud If he thinks he don't need assistance in terms of player recruitment then he is delusional

Are you joking?

how can we convince him

De Gea had the most clean sheets last season.

Best comment so far. But I'll rather that ETH stays for stability and progress and I am sure he will adapt but he still need to try to play his game. However, the club doesn't give him the right personnel from the transfer market (eg. Harry Kane, Kim min jae, de jong) so he has to settle for playing people out of position. He also trusts very few players to play his style. Apparently, he doesn't trust the academy players at all except Garnacho. Seeing how short we are in defence, he sold all academy defenders for nothing including their keeper(Kovar), just to settle for Johnny Evans and Maguire in defence. Those guys would have given blood, sweat and tears to play for united (also raise their market value) but our coach is both blind and stubborn.

​@@ots5891i am all for philosphy managers but too much rigidity is bad. The likes of SAF can make a team full of average players be competitive.

Way out his depth. Conte isn't working. 😮

Any coach that can get their own players to suit their plan is nothing special. Ange is doing exceptional at Tottenham with last season players plus he lost Kane also.

the signing of mason mount continues to baffle me because it literally makes no sense whatsoever. doesn’t solve any issues we currently have

​@@ideozublake8036It was a signing to give us more tactical options and improve pressing. But it's surplus.

Can’t agree… fluidity of the team is bad, attacking players re too static always hugging the sideline to stretch, with that much gap between players and no fluidity Ball progression in the final third is so poor and when the ball is lost, recovery seems almost impossible due to the isolation and gap created in the midfield…

No Germany is poop 💩 we don’t know Germany 💩 🚽

Because the creativity player they have Sancho especially isn't the player he once was or something happened.

i 100% agree with this, if players can not play hjis system then change the system to suit those players cut the loss, ten hag is in deep shit now if hes not willing to change

He needs more signings, he has to put up with players he has no interest in playing but has no replacements for. He hasn't had the summer transfer window he wanted yet. Always getting C plan options rather than main priorities.

Lol Fred left

what if they chip through mid so u let 1v1? dont let shiny tactic fool u if it doesnt work just play simple basic system, with all those players u can easy get top 6

@@TheMaulam12345 not really. A basic is easily to breakthrough. Or did you never learn that with a long pass it basically becomes a ping pong game. Maybe most quality wise as individuals players but in a team sense,all these players I just mentioned don’t compliment each other.. at all

He is a jogger without ball. Ozil vibes with that contract 😢

today.

Fatigue and injured, 1st team player playing all tournament last season, ETH doesn't rotate with 2nd team or academy players.

hes out of position few time and also slow reaction, probably should less running around in the box and hes also try cheating block many shots and got sweeped lol

Arsenal looks better? They really don't

After United had lost in the beginning of last season, Ten Hag reverted to a more direct counter attacking style. This season he wants United to be the best team in transitions. How is he forcing his style on United?

@@amphiphil844 Good question. First we have to be clear on what he means by best team in transition. Ostensively , he's talking about going from defense to offense or visa versa quickly. That involves pressing and ball possession. He changed his GK as was pointed out to help with building up play from the back which can be part of ball possession and ball retention. These are not attributes of a counter attacking team. Counter attacking invloves holding a defensive shape inviting teams on to you and when the opportunity presents itself attack. Think how West Ham beat Brighton who had 79% possession but lost. Or how the Spanish Women's team lost to Japan 4-0 in the group stages. Counter attacking football is best for this team especially with it's two best players in Fernandes (who's always looking for the worldie pass forward) and Rashford(who is best coming at goal on the run where he just has to shoot and not think). There isn't anything wrong with what Ten Hag wants to do, I just think he's changing too quickly. He has a ball playing GK who is good at passing but he's passing to Wan Bissaka or Dalot or Lindelof,etc. He's also going to lose his GK for 1 month during the African Nations Cup which leaves him with a Backup for 4-5 games. Not to mention he could have/should have brought him along when he took over United cause he was on a free then. I just think he and United should have done whatever it took and spent whatever it required to get a consistent goal scorer, which is still their problem. All well and good with all this tactical mumbo jumbo but if they have players that keep hitting the post, heading balls over the net or just missing the net completely, what does it matter if they can play out from the back or win the ball from a press.?

@@UncrownedRapKing Yet they are unbeaten and 2 points from the top

@@trevg9450 now compare it to last season