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

Still there for me.

I've it downloaded,but don't think we're allowed upload here.

⬆️ How can you share the ‘Comms’ video with mates via WhatsApp?

Do they need to be on Twitter in order to open it?

TIA

A few sites can download the video to your phone.... most have annoying adverts though.

https://en1.savefrom.net

I must say I'm surprised at this, hopefully the club can help him improve.

📊 Patrick Dorgu compared to other Premier League fullbacks this season:

• Most offensive duels won
• Most key passes
• Most touches in box
• Most fouls suffered
• Most duels per 90
• Highest chance creation ratio

(via DataMB)

Yeah comparing a wing back (even a middling one) to a full back for things like touches in the box, chances created and fouls suffered is a bit misleading.

Just find the goalkeeping issue fascinating in the two games.

It's been a genius move by Amorim to be ultra conservative when the ball is at Lammen's feet. It's basically Packie Bonner stuff. But it takes away all the pressure and really minimises the risk of a big mistake.

The second thing is that we just launch every kick long and the world as we know it hasn't collapsed in on itself. We still make as many chances but reduce the risk of turnovers in our final third. Hope to see it again on Saturday but with Sesko up front.

Among all of Slots moaning on Sunday evening about us playing in a low block and playing "long balls" there was a great stat of long balls played :

Manchester United 93

Liverpool 85

Playing more direct is popular right now. In general I'm enjoying PL games, not just United games, much more this season because less teams are playing the passive possession game.

Long balls and low blocks is where it's at. We should just get back to 442 and pretend the last 30 years hasn't happened.

but the opposition also can't score during your 40 pass move.

Passing isn't just about creating, its about reducing the opportuninty for the opposition to attack or try to control where they can attack from.

A long ball has a high chance of losing possession and if you lose possession you increase the chance of the opposition scoring. thats just a fact.

We mitigate that though, on our part, by the number of defensive players so that losing the ball of a long pass doesn't create an immediate transitional problem - and vs Liverpool we effectively let them win the first ball and swarmed the second, which worked well in the first half. less so in the second.

I think that style also works best against teams like Liverpool, Arsenal, City - even Chelsea. Maybe less so Newcastle cause their physicality is off the charts - but any team that tries to play their own way and dominate against it, this will have a decent chance of working.

Against 'smaller' sides who may sit in, invite us on and look to hit us on the break - it won't work as well,imo. We will need to be able to play more, move the ball better and manipulate their positioning with controlled possession and movement more.

It was good analysis showing us getting bodies in a narrow space.

That's because it's literally a core tactic of other teams to manipulate Utd into situations where they pass to him as the free man. Opponents view him as an offensive weak link for us. Somebody talked about this on a tactics podcast a few weeks ago.

Well both things can be true.

We actively try to get the ball to Amad more. But the opposition often has a pressing structure that attempts to manipulate us in a way that makes it more likely that the ball ends up with Dorgu in the attacking third. This doesn't always succeed, hense Amad sees plenty of the ball. But it's their intention, and there's many times in each match where Dorgu gets the ball in a promising position only to inevitably end up achieving some low grade outcome like a corner or get the odd free kick.

It is also fair to say that the wingbacks seeing a lot of the ball in the final third is a product of the system.

Looks likely we will be getting 40m or so for Rashford this summer. Can only help the funds for MF and more.