General Premier League Thread 2022-23 - mod note in OP 12/03/23

A large reason behind the fatigue has to be ETH's reluctance to rotate.

The only players that seems to get rested are the CBs. And even then, he is playing Shaw at CB instead of giving Shaw a rest. Shaw had a shocker today.

Playing a full strength team against lower league teams in the cups. Largely the same team starts every game. You don't do that when trying to complete on a few fronts. For example why is Sancho not being trusted more?

Bar sky I don't think anyone thought united were title contenders surely? Ten hag has progressed them but it's not a side capable of 85 plus points no chance.

When did I say I was fearful of United under Ten Hag?

Absolutely not. Its been a very poor season ans we've been awful for nearly all of it. Despite that we are only 7 points behind United though. Sums up where the clubs have been at over the last few years though. I wouldn't say confident of taking all three points but more confident then I was this morning. Today's performance was like the ones we've seen them deliver for the last few seasons, everyone knows Liverpool can deliver performances like that week in week out as they've done it before.

The Indo would definitely agree with me they just wouldn't admit it.

They know the game.

If Bruno Fernandes was captain of my team, I’d change my team. A desperately selfish individual who shows you what he’s made off when you need help the most.

He should also get banned for that incident with the linesman. A pathetic Captain. A loser of the highest calibre who should be run out of that club.

The players are playing every game - there is very little rotation. And maybe this is the start of a tricky run for ETH perhaps, because players are being over-worked?

For example is there a need to start Casemiro, Eriksen, Bruno, Fernandes etc in a home cup tie against a lower league side like Reading? It's the perfect opportunity to rotate the squad. Correct me if I'm wrong but is that also the game that Eriksen got injured in? He brought Casemiro on as sub in another cup game against Charlton for 30 mins. Man Utd had the league cup semi final in the bag after a comfortable first leg win away from home. What does ETH do? Plays a full strength team at home to Notts Forest who were more concerned with avoiding relegation. Again, no need to do that. Casemiro, Bruno & Fred all played 90 mins here again. He subbed Rashford on, while the tie was still 3-0 and comfortable. Both these cup games were 3 days apart. They are not the primary competitions.

Why has Shaw being played as a CB while 3 CBs sit on the bench? That's a choice the manager is making. It's not being forced into playing because of injury, and it's a double hit here - extra mins in the legs of Shaw while also degrading the likes of Maguire and Lindelof, telling them that they cannot be trusted. If you don't rate them as a CB for a team that wants to be at the top, fine. But they are good enough to be rotated in to play cup games against a very bad Everton team for example.

Casemiro, Shaw, Rashford, Antony all put in bad, tired perfomances today.

You can't blame fatigue and scheduling on bad performances when the manager isn't helping things.

Watching MOTD and Anthony was an embarrassment today. Didn't break sweat at all.

You’re comparing a mistimed tackle to what went on yesterday? That’s a nice take. And what was the score at that time? A captain who was angry that he wasn’t taken off yesterday when the team had their backs to the wall? Ran around moaning. Even Gary Neville hates him. The difference with Bruno is that he’s at every time his team are struggling and even when they aren’t.

I wonder will the FA give Bruno a ban for pushing the linesman?

Edit: and a classic Bruno move. Throw yourself to the ground as soon as you feel something tip you.