True! And I don't think he would've accepted either role without knowing how big of a task he faced. Sure, he's never been at super rich clubs, but finding good players for smaller fees and turning them into stars USED to be United's MO and Rangnick is capable of that. Yeah, United have splashed at times, but overall it was about finding young, hungry, professional players who were looking to take the next step and I hope the media doesn't pick apart every player he and ETH want to sign, because some of them (if not all) might be goofy or "not big names".

@@StriderDSC exactly, they should be doing what liverpool (and arguably city) do, buy up and coming players that fit the system without breaking the bank, then every once in a while spending a lot on specialist players who they couldn’t get for cheap, like van dijk, allison or ruben dias

You're onto something there. Rangnick obviously isn't a great manager but he is a skilled and fearless critic, and we are in as much need of the latter high up in the hierarchy as we are of the former (which hopefully ten Hag is).

Imagine if Ole ‘the yes man’ was still about…

I now think that was the plan all along. Install him as manager and have the players reveal their true selves to him. They'd have thought it was fine, because the guy won't be managing the team for long, but Ralf was taking notes all along and establishing who was worth keeping at the club and who the club would be better off loosing. He was always going to be the future director of football, but being on the training pitch day after day gave him a real sense of the players with integrity.

Yeah I thought that, thought I was going crazy. Shows just how out of shape Maguire was because both Salah and Trent were on so much space on that right side

yeah exactly he missed the failed offside trap united tried on Diaz then Salah was in behind and it was over lol

AWB also playing on the left not the right!

@@joefirth7428 not in the beginning.

@@joefirth7428 Not for the first half. Switched at HT when they went to a back-4

Same💯

Yes problems run deep.. if this had happened during mourinhos time I sink the players will be targeted or directly lambasted by him lol

I mean, there was a stretch of games at the start of 2022 when we looked pretty good, but Ronaldo and Bruno conspired to miss a boatload pf sitters. And then, they’re the ones who throw up hissy fits about being asked to work hard?

Yeah last couple games United were really bad but before these bad games the only United problem is they cant finish their chances

The problem is that there is not structure like the video said. Some of them are divas and need to be shipped out because Jesus how do you not press and be lazy in the PL.

We all call out Pogba for not defending. But we should take a look at how many goals are conceded because Rashford has not tracked back resulting in so many crosses coming in from the left back position. Most of the time our full backs are dragged out of position because out wingers don't track back and our centre backs are caught out having to mark two or more people. Unlike last season Mctomminay and Fred are asked to go forward instead of staying behind and defending. Hence the large number goals conceded. Similarly during attack our attacking players don't run around and find space. Just coasting around for the right ball except for maybe Ronaldo and Cavani.

I see this during liverpool game..player not press enough

Its true but this is the players; they've had how many coaches now? We KNOW Pogba isn't going to press and wont track runners (in a red shirt - not a blue one anyway). You can't put him in a role which has any such responsibility.

@@ukie713 this.exactly is spot on,yesterday even against chelsea rashford gave up like a wuss and all the blame landed on telles for allowing Reece james to keep crossing into the box,and telles to doesn’t have a good postional awareness and was sticking to varane a lot almost making it a back 5 with matic dropping back and mctominay running around like an idiot with free real estate just outside the box for chelsea midfielders to score screamers like what even is this team

The problem with that is CR7 who is 37. To counter from deep you need young energetic players who can run at the opposing goal the whole 90 minutes. Ronaldo is like a heavy cannon the rest of the team needs to drag in to the box where he can shoot the leathal goal. Because of this you need to win the ball higher and keep possession higher on the pitch.

It's an absurd abuse of power by the players. Some of them think they want to press under OGS so do so individually and leave massive gaps, then a guy with a pressing philosophy comes in and they realise they'll have to work hard, so they moan and go back to a OGS shape with none of the counter attacking bright points

@@otto_jk when rashford played against Liverpool he couldn't do what you said, rangnick tried to press high with him and the fullbacks placement but rashford as usual gave up. So ronaldo can't be the problem because atleast he tries his best to score and run around unlike these young "energetic" players

Also the 4-2-2-2 is a silly formation

@@LuisFigo4 Except it is not

He was brought in as a coach his main objective is to improve what happens on the pitch

Mourinho did the same

@@hegeliandianetik2009 I disagree, he was brought in for 6 months with the view to go upstairs at the end of the season. His 6 months are almost up and now he's started to use the platform he has whilst still a manager to lay the facts out for the fans during his press conferences

@@sameerkashyap1750 mourinho was critical but it was individual players that he targetted and it came across as petty. There's a reason people took Luke Shaw and Pogbas side during that time. But he was right, there are problems with the attitudes of the players and he was the only manager that got us some level of success since SAF

@@howardrobertson2948 Manchester United did not support Mourinho as they were supposed to. I wonder what he [Mourinho] was thinking when he agreed to coach Manchester United. In this same video JJ Bull said there are some things that you can't coach (players making silly errors); when Mourinho called out players for it, the media sided with the players instead of him now see the result.

They press less than under Ole, Ragnick’s a joke

He won't be allowed to in all honestly, names on shirts and commercial success means more to the board than the manager actually constructing a squad that works. I also doubt he'll be able to pick his coaching staff either given Fletcher's recent undermining of Rangnick.

@@miloudbouchefra200 any evidence of that sir?

@@miloudbouchefra200 its not edited, you can see if it is, look at this one😂

@@AnonNomad How has Fletcher undermine Rangnick?

They were too gassed and he probably scaled back after that realising it was unsustainable, unfortunately

@@TheShadowofsparta I agree. The players unfortunately were not fit and disciplined enough for the pressing game. Even Dan James called out United’s training saying it was subpar to Leeds, a mid to bottom table team. I guess complacency and lack of discipline occurred under Ole’s tenure in training and now the current team is paying the price for it in not being able to play actually structured football instead of the sit back and defend tactics Ole used.

@@alexs.818 I did not mind the sit back and defend as long as it won games. Pretty much what Saf's team did against all the top teams. Many games under Ole was vintage United. The counter attack was probably the best around. But I genuinely doubt that modern football rewards any team using that approach.

People aren’t taking about this enough, thank you for mentioning it. Despite being a horrible human, as the evidence suggests, Mason Greenwood is a generational talent. I’ve never seen someone so naturally gifted on both feet. But also what he did can’t have been easy for his teammates to deal with mentally…

@@tobyhellewell5981 Gifted with both hands as well

Greenwood would have made no difference. At best he'd have had about as much an effect as Elanga. Greenwood is the most overrated player from uniteds massively overrated academy. The boy had no idea how to pass, couldn't tackle and contrary to what idiots think, he wasn't two footed. He was very clearly left footed hence why he tried the same tired 'cut inside shot' like a rubbish version of Arjen Robben. His attacking was at predictable as a metronome, get over this myth that he was on course to become world class.

@@WOOOPdoctorFROGhere he was definitely two footed even if he preferred his left. He took pens with his right foot

@@WOOOPdoctorFROGhere you’re kidding right? Like the comment says below, he literally took pens with his right foot. While I agree with you that other parts of his game lacked a bit, he’s also only 20 years old and already had a deadly finishing ability that most players in the world would dreaming of having. He would’ve had certainly made a difference…getting us into top 4 maybe not. But if anything he was another first team player who could’ve helped with our injury crisis.

Not a myth. Ole by his own admission never coached and nor did Phelan. Carrick and McKenna coached and I suppose you have to throw Ramsey in there as well on set plays.

@@bowlingaz I never heard him say that, though he did say he was more hands-off during training. I doubt Pep and Klopp are out there putting down bollards either. I imagine they set everything with their coaches and then oversee, jumping in when they feel they need to. Either way, I wasn't referring to the idea that he was physically coaching them himself but that coaching and tactics were poor under him in general.

@@stephen301281 Yeah, 100%. I don't know about Klopp but Pep has mentioned before that his style is one of a hands-off manager, letting his assistants run most of the regular work.

Metality of Marketing United's players are too weak

My dad called Ronaldo's return a "marketing move", basically a way to sell more jerseys. I think he's right in this regard.

@@chanachon56 everyone besides Ronaldo fanboys can see that it is a marketing decision.

United hasn't won a single match without Ronaldo this season. Be that under Ole Gunnar or Ragnick. Would you care to explain where this so called fast counter attacking style gone in those matches?

@@ItisAbhisek1220 I'm no expert but I can give my opinion on that. Whether it be pressure from the board or just the pressure in general to try and fit Ronaldo into the system, both managers have tried to cater to playing around him instead of maintaining their own philosophy. Ronaldo is an amazing goalscorer, no one can deny that. He can single handedly win matches because of that, again, hard to argue against it. But he doesn't really provide anything else on the pitch. This works in superior teams like Real Madrid or Juventus in their respective leagues, when you expect to dominate games and just need someone to finish the job. I imagine if he ended up at Manchester City he would have fit perfectly, just because of how they dominate games. Man United lack the quality in areas around him to dominate games in the same manner as the above clubs, and I think the attempts to try and shoehorn him into their system when it isn't a fit OR change the system to suit him have put them in some kind of limbo where you don't really have a clue what they are. Perhaps you and other people will disagree, but I vaguely remember an interview quote with one of Juve's players saying how they are a better TEAM without him. The situation at United in regards to him seems kind of similar.

@@chanachon56 I did indeed, son.

The man is still unbelievable

I'd say he's still very solid. He routinely wins 1v1 against forwards and his confidence is still spot on. Although, Liverpool's defence as a whole has not been super airtight lately due to their high line and occasional mistimed offside traps. But that's a tactic problem not Van Dijk personally

I think his quality definitely slopes down a bit, but he's still a world class defender by the modern standard.

Maybe, but still if you could have him in your back line would you? Yes you would because he is just a massive presence.

I will forever hate Pickford for that challenge, and I'm not even a LPOOL fan...

I don’t completely agree on the chance to reset, leopard can’t change its spots. That is the same for some of these players, I think they may be good in training but seem to lack game temperament.

Why is it that Maguire should be given a ‘chance’ at this point?

well said mate, never in a hundred years is he a front foot defender - not agile or quick enough

Also some players think they are big enough to not put the effort either Rashford (who knows how he is valued by being english and from the youth sistem, so at least he'll get a chance with ETH) or Pogba (who knows big clubs are already making offers to his agent)

@@brothatisfunny the only **big** club going for Pogba now is PSG or Italian clubs (because Italian clubs play much more slower and defensive).

@@jepayotyei3231 i think real madrid is a stretch (but media still uses it), but anyway, juve and psg offer better chance at titles and CL progress than man utd at the moment

Not 15 but 21

Well no. Fans criticize him every day They poke fun at the fact that he was at Lokomotiv Moscow before he came to United.

JJ isn't English

@@bri1085 well if there's a union jack pattern in your flag you apparently have to take maguires feelings into account on every tactical discussion wether you're an analyst, ex player or journalist and it's honestly bullshit

@@joelroman7732 Keane has gone in Mcguire hard for a long time

@@zaneplatt3533 Roy would go on a 2 hour rant about his mother putting too much salt in the soup , the fact remains the British media, every other ex United player like neville and scholes and rio and most sports analysts refuse to criticize maguire and I'm fed up of it

Well tbf, he did have a go at Maguire several times.

Maguire is massively overrated from 1 good tournament performance where England had the easiest path, not playing any of the favourites until a semi _(and of course because he's English)_ He has always been average at best. I mean how many "partners for Maguire" do Utd need to go through before they realize the problem. He isn't a ball player, he isn't a stone wall, he isn't overpowering in the air, he's not faster or particularly stronger than any other CB in the league...

You’ve been watching far too much mark goldbridge mate

@@cherm722 you’re joking right? I don’t watch that clown

@@onetimebear5681 He is also the easy, convenient target for the United abuse when the problem starts with the United forwards not doing their job properly when they don't have the ball. The video showed this clearly. They don't press, the midfield and fullbacks then have to abandon their positions to do the forwards pressing for them, good teams like Liverpool know how to play through this, now McGuire has to cover for the fullbacks and midfielders who are out of position because they were covering for the forwards who did not press properly, and it's a goal. McGuire is an easy target, but if everyone ahead of his is in position, he knows what to do from there. He must, because he did enough to earn an 80 million transfer to Man United. You don't do that by being wank.

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And that Solskjear is a way better manager

@@jorregritter3669 u must be joking. comparing a mnager with a proper tactical pedigree to solskjaer who was a former legend and a novice who rode his luck. Ole has come and gone. Get over it

@@tamunotamuno3564 Its a bit disrespectful. I mean, Ole is no Arrigo Sacchi, but the guy took that crap team to third and second and that's no mean feat.

@@abhirammsd3728 he managed a team that finished 2nd and 3rd. Credit to him. But how many issues at man united were caused by him being in charge and the previous board during his tenure? He is one of the reason why the team are heavily reliant on rahsford and bruno playing well. He didnt make a cohesive team. He made a team that relies on its best players on their best days. Also, compared to rr, he doesnt have a proper tactical pedigree. Its blunt but ole doesnt have much of a tactical pedigree compared to the average standard in the premier league. And did he ride his luck? Yes he did! Do you know how many matches we should have lost last season solely based on overall performance.

Ngl, if I was playing in this team and I look at who's infront of me...i wouldn't leave my line either. Knowing at any given moment an error may come, would really not instill the confidence to go forward. Alisson, Ederson know that they have world class players capable of playing from the back and keeping control of the ball...easy for them to keep their calm with their teams. Not saying De Gea is a sweeper keeper, but in this team, I understand why he wouldn't leave his line

@@kylejanse2632 Sure, his lack of confidence in what is going on in front of him is going to encourage him to do what is most natural and safe to him, stay on his line, and if it was working better in front it would be easier to try and get him to come off his line. Like I said he isn't "The Problem" (neither for that matter is any individual player there, who could all be either a starter or a good squad player in a coherently built squad), but it is still interesting to note that his weaknesses are in areas do make some of the weaknesses elsewhere worse or more obvious. He isn't causing Matic and McTominay et al. to sit in the cover shadow and not be decent passing options, but the fact that he isn't remotely an option does make pressing traps on the midfield and CBs easier. Likewise he isn't the cause of Maguire being sucked completely out of position like JJ showed, but the fact that he will be standing pretty much on his line when it happens means that the space is huge and that the weight of the pass can pretty much disregard any chance of him sweeping it up and makes that pass easier to make as you only need to make sure the weight is far enough ahead to outrun the defense, and not have to make sure it is also short enough he won't reach it. It shows the importance of thinking not simply about individual players in isolation, but how they fit in with the other players around them too.

@@jakehyams8659 This is why Man U have not improved. They hoped for a quick fix and it failed again and again. If they focused on buliding the foundation with players similar to James Milner and Jordan Henderson rather than buying players like Pogba, Ronaldo, Mcguire etc. they would have been in a stronger position. You need hardworking, less talented players as a foundation from which the talent can shine, Man U is all about talent because it is sexier. Man U essentially buy Ferrari's but forget that they need fuel.

This is what I think Rangnick is doing. He's making it obvious to everyone where the issues, so they can be weeded out by the new management team. It's the players, its the recruitment, its the medical staff, its the coaches, and ultimately its the board for creating this culture of mediocrity. He's called out the recruitment, the medical staff, and the players in a professional but obvious way. I'm hoping that his "advisory" role is more like a member of the board which advises on footballing matters, so he can stop the rot at the top too.

Klopp struggled because vvd,gomez,matip,fabinho were all injured and he was forced to play midfielders at defence and it affected thiago's game because he had to keep dropping deep to defend

Klopp doesn't rotate VVD for a reason. His win % is affected when he isn't there. I agree that most of Pool's CB's were out but I'd argue Fabinho is still better 1one1 defender than Magurie plus he's got better recovery pace.

@@lerickdsilva2016 agree with everything you mentioned. What I dont understand is, why was maguire trying to conduct a high line and play the offside knowing that wasnt the game plan. And why is he still starting every game?

Liverpool were top of the league with van Dijk out, the problem started when Gomez and Matip also had their seasons ended by injuries. The Liverpool actually coped well with injuries while players could be played in their actual positions

We won’t get 10 points

@@Godsboxer I don't think United have been able to get 10 from 15 at any point this season but against the likes of Chelsea and arsenal I'm sure this is going to be the worst United team in the premier League era

Haha incredible? You're another one that bought all this nonsense about how he's the godfather of German football. It started badly and got worse. There was no incredible period you donut

I wouldn't say they were incredible at all, United were scraping wins and changing system frequently, there's not been a consistent high point all season except the first two/three matches 😅

They weren't lmao, come on, lucky wins. Only games we've actually dominated under him were Watford (0-0) and Middlesbrough (1-1), both against bad opposition.

Definite sausage, there was another pass out to the right before a driven ball across goal

I would try 343 With wan bissaka as right CB and Sancho as rwb

That just speaks more about how pampered, spilt and unprofessional the United squad is, right? And now the consequence of their behaviour is that despite Arsenal, West Ham and Spurs' botch jobs at getting into the top 4, United have slid even further down the table.

It's pronounced Run Nick with a smooth transitional g between the two.

legend of failure

as if LVG and Mou never did the same things rangnick did nothing butt disgrace as united's interim manager

he almost splitted pogba's skill in half

Nah ngl he’s just shite, when it’s Varane or lindelof, we concede in different ways

I find they focus too much on McGuire, not enough on their entitled, lazy forwards (and Pogba).

@@jakehyams8659 Agree 100%. The only reason to go to Manchester United is to make big money and not to improve your career or win trophies. Mercenary players only with no career ambition, only money grabbers.

Maguire's biggest failure is not being a worthy captain.

@@jackphillips6742 united's last captains were Antonio Valencia and Ashley Young. Spanish clubs have about 5 captains and it is only based on the time they've been at the club (so marcelo is real Madrid captain). This English obsession with captains is boring - giving an armband to Bruno or de gea instead of maguire wouldn't have changed any outcome this game

@@liamthelad I totally disagree. On field leadership is vital to all teams. I think if De Gea were Captain from the start of the season, the defenders would conceed less since at least De Gea would structure a defensive line properly. I see a point that goal dif doesnt matter if the game is still an L. Which it would be. United have urgently needed options in the midfield, so I agree with your other points.

I'm also not English or in the U.K.

@@jackphillips6742 you think a captains armband is the sole reason de gea hasn't done that already? God forbid a football team has multiple, non designated leaders who can speak up

Funny enough, the Irish Guy predicted Rashford's downfall about 3 years ago.