Style of play

comment by kinsang (U3346)
posted 9 minutes ago
I know it can easy for us fans to come up with ideas that can sometimes be a bit crazy.
But it doesn't seem to be rocket science that we are wide open with the 3 we play upfront and those 3 behind them.

I would play 2 up front so rotate between Rashford, Garnacho and Hojlund. You have Bruno behind those 2, and then we have an extra body in midfield, so Mainoo and any of the other 2 we have.

We just need more bodies in there, as teams just play through us so easily
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More importantly than numbers in there, is closing the gap between midfield and defence. You either need the defenders to stick to the plan and risk getting caught in behind, or your midfield drops 15 yards.

Cant go 4-3-2 and drop Bruno and a forward. We score too few already.

Sorry, 4-3-1-2

Too narrow, plus we don't have 2 CFs

comment by The Mainoo Man (U23147)
posted 59 seconds ago
Sorry, 4-3-1-2

Too narrow, plus we don't have 2 CFs
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Let's be honest, we don't score many, we let in too many, so barring playing 12 men, we're fooked .
But I would just play either Rasfhord / Garnacho with Hojlund up front. Our FBs would need to provide a bit of width, and dare I say, the team would have to run about a bit......
But it could allow both Bruno and Mainoo to create a bit more with the extra midfielder

I just don't see Dalot and AWB providing wnough crisses for Hojlund, or Rashford or Garnacho being effective in a CF pairing.

comment by Darren The String Fletcher (U10026)
posted 1 hour, 25 minutes ago
comment by Diafol Coch 77 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (U2462)
posted 10 minutes ago
Just a thought this.

If we beat Coventry next week with Ten Hag as manager if you were Ineos, and had made a decision to sack him in the Summer anyway, would you sack him then and get an interim who would have a better chance of setting Utd up to beat City?
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We aren’t Tottenham.
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We've become pretty small time for the comparison to be valid!

comment by The Mainoo Man (U23147)
posted 30 seconds ago
I just don't see Dalot and AWB providing wnough crisses for Hojlund, or Rashford or Garnacho being effective in a CF pairing.
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To be fair the current set up isn't giving him much service either so may as well get more solid in the middle.

comment by The Mainoo Man (U23147)
posted 1 minute ago
I just don't see Dalot and AWB providing wnough crisses for Hojlund, or Rashford or Garnacho being effective in a CF pairing.
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Honestly, I wouldn't be suggesting this if it weren't for how we were playing at the moment.
But we don't provide enough crosses anyway for Hojlund. They're not super effective as a front 3, so may as well shore up the midfield

We’d end up even more vulnerable in the middle and wide areas, and even worse going forward, if we switched to a diamond.

3 man midfield of Mainoo Mount and Bruno

Drop Rashford for Amad, who works a lot harder.