Manchester United Thread 25/26 - Teamtalk/Transfers/Gossip Mod Note in OP 26.09.24

I like Glasner but I can't be dealing with 3-5-2 or any variant any more.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-15097687/Andre-Onanas-Trabzonspor-debut-Turkey-mistake-Ruben-Amorim.html

Some things never change.

hmm sesko

Early days but I’ve seen nada yet

I'd love to get Kane or Halland on loan for a month, solely to confirm once and for all whether it is the system or the striker that has been the problem. Because both Hojlund and Sesko are unproven then we really can't be sure why it is that so often it appears to be 10 + 1 on the field.

Next game Bruno in left 10, Amad rwb and change the midfield.

Could Maz play in a mid 2 with Mainoo or Casemiro.

Ugarte offers nothing, watching motd and he just runs to the ball when theirs no danger creating pocketsnehind him

Bad enough its a 2 man midfield but to have Bruno playing it and not suiting his style to having Ugarte running to the ball leaving spaces.

Maz had the engine and is able to be able to track players around him more.

Maz and Mainoo?

Could be absurd but the midfield duo's we've tried don't work.

Fair enough but I don't see it as a deflection, he was just adding additional context to an assertion made by a journalist. No problem with it tbh.

Ad for ETH, I remember getting really annoyed by his dishonesty in the media. He would rarely engage seriously with tactical questions and just parroted the same 'two trophies in two years' response every single time.

After that performance (entirely expected) and that interview after, is there any reason not to sack this joke of a manager first thing this morning?

I'm not going to call Amorim names or call him a joke or call any players ****. I think we've reached a breaking point where the manager isn't optimising what is available to him, the 3421 just isn't getting the most out of the squad as it currently is. Either RA needs to change the system or a call needs to be made on his future. Whether it's 442 or 4231 or 433, I'm now to the point that I need to see RA adapt his system if hes to continue.

I'd now be looking to see what system/formation will get the best from Sesko, M'Beumo, Cunha & Amad. If its 442 with wingers, lets do that. If its 4231 with inverted wingers, lets do that. Bruno can't be accommodated in CM just because hes Bruno, its not working. And I'll hold my hands up and say I thought it would work.

One thing I can say for certain after yesterday is that Luke Shaw is done as a PL footballer. He was awful yesterday and hes not exactly been prime Maldini in the previous 3 games either.

Altay/Lammens

Maz Yoro MDL Dorgu/Leon

M'Beumo Ugarte Mainoo Amad

Cunha

Sesko

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Altay/Lammens

Maz/Dalot Yoro MDL Dorgu/Leon

Ugarte/Case

Bruno/Mount Mainoo

M'Beumo Cunha

Sesko

Theres the squad laid out in a 442 and a 433. The squad isn't bad. There's enough there that we should be doing much much better. If RA and those around him aren't willing to change then I think the management team above him need to act because things arent getting better. Its been almost a year and we dont seem anymore comfortable in 3421 than we did against Ipswich last November.