Who should have played instead of casemiro and erikson because mainoo played against spurs and wovles so he had to be rested and colleyer is not ready apparently

The Zirkzee situation highlights just how badly the squad has been managed. He's still relatively young (23), and this is his first time playing in the Premier League, so he needs to get adjusted to the physicality. If we had a solid squad, he'd be on the bench getting mop up minutes in comfortable wins. In this squad, we need players who can contribute immediately from almost every transfer just to remain somewhat competitive and hopefully get the bounty of European football. For all the fact that it looks like Zirkzee won't be able to adjust to the Premier League, at least he's young and could improve. Too often in the past, those "plaster over the cracks" players have been at the tail end of their careers and probably only a have another season or two before they also need to be replaced. That just makes the problem worse as those are even more transfers you have to make. To be competitive for more than just European football and the occasional domestic cup, United need to stop plastering over the cracks and rebuild a solid foundation in the squad. But that's almost certainly going to take time, with United likely out of European football for a couple of years barring cup wins during the rebuild.

From ChatGPT-Manchester United's struggles can be attributed to a combination of factors, including: 1. Poor Recruitment and Squad Building The club has spent heavily in the transfer market, but many signings have failed to live up to expectations. A lack of cohesive strategy has resulted in an imbalanced squad with inconsistent performances. 2. Managerial Instability Frequent changes in management since Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement have led to inconsistent tactics and philosophy. Each manager has had different visions for the team, resulting in a lack of continuity. 3. Ownership and Leadership Issues Criticism of the Glazer family's ownership has been widespread, with fans arguing that their focus on commercial gains has come at the expense of footballing success. A lack of footballing expertise at the executive level has led to questionable decisions. 4. Decline in Player Standards Several players have underperformed despite their talent or price tag. A perceived lack of leadership and accountability on the pitch has been a recurring issue. 5. Competition and Modernization Rivals like Manchester City, Liverpool, and others have modernized their operations and footballing structures, leaving United behind. The club has struggled to adapt to modern football trends, such as data-driven recruitment and tactical flexibility. 6. Cultural and Psychological Factors The weight of expectations and the shadow of past glories often seem to burden the team. The club lacks a winning mentality and resilience that characterized their success under Ferguson. While Manchester United remains one of the world's biggest clubs, returning to their former heights will require addressing these systemic issues comprehensively.

We are paying £100k+ per week for these football players and THEY COULDNT make 5 meters pass. Now, INEOS banned January transfer? WTF!

Quick solution: play 3 good midfield players in midfield. At the moment we only played with 2 not good midfielders. We need a midfield that can pass the ball over the top or pass it wide faster.

****** = Amorim

AJ I think most of the players are just awful and that’s a known thing. Most of the managers need an apology at this point because they all look incapable with most of those player. It’s ridiculous!

The positive is just a sigh 😂😂😂😂😂

Man United vs Stoke city Derby in the championship gonna go hard

Fan base was an embarrassment boing a young man off like that!!!

Hi AJ! Do you think maybe Lisandro should be in the midfield? I’ve always seen him as a DM I think he is wasted in CB

The Liverpool game will be so bad that something will change on Monday.

That’s how we press with ugarte and Bruno in especially if amads at wing back and mazouri in rcb and de lit in cb it’s a personal issue . Trust is a big issue in this team I see it in every game they don’t trust hojlund with the ball (rightfully so) but they need to give him passes to run on to not control. Onana and the other df don’t trust maguire with the ball under even the slightest player. We rarely trying passes through to the mid when there under pressure as if they don’t trust whoever will keep the ball……

Why did we allow Ten Hag to get rid of De Gea?

Just bring 2 wingers and 2 leftbacks and 1 right back from the academy . I doubt we wil get players in january.

That was not Casemiro, that was Joel from down the street. Seriously, it's like he's never played football before.

Lisandro was abysmal and has been all season.

Nous and Dalot are not wingbacks and should not be used for the role. Use wingers as wingbacks pls!

December 31st, 2024,some Man Utd fans still put the blame on the manager 🤣... You guys are not ready. I do not give a heck about whatever formation the manager needs to use. Do the players have the mentality? Do they have the physicality? Do they have the zeal? You have Eriksen that God saved as a Man Utd player. Mainoo that still needs to be learning from the bench as a potential, he was turned to a key player. Garnacho already feeling like he's Ronaldo. An ambitious club should not make Hojlund the first choice striker, while it might be true he does not get enough services, he himself has many flaws. There are mismatches in the squad. Unfortunately, the blame will always go to the manager. Some are saying it's because of 3 at the back, we also got beaten severally with 4 at the back. 7-0 mauling from Liverpool was also 3 at the back? Man Utd would buy known players that are either old or past their peak, but gullible will expect them to play like they were 6 years ago e.g Casemiro. Some gullible are still expecting him to perform like he performed like Madrid, therefore they believe it is the manager messing his performances up. They will never consider the fact he is older, in a different league and the fact he played with prime Modric, Kroos, Ozil, with defenders like Ramos, Marcelo and forwards like Ronaldo, Benzema, Di Maria. But since he is Casemiro at Man Utd, they believe he can do no wrong. None of the players can take a better corner kick, won't run, conceding crosses and set pieces anyhow. They won't contest aerial duels.

Newcastle went easy on us! 😏

Hate to be that guy but I have never seen onana dive,not even once the last few games where we conceded fROm setpieces

If I was in charge of MU, I'de only keep Yoro Amad Maino and maybe De ligt and Rasmus. We need a massive clean up in our team

Stop it with this click bait titles man

Kobbie looked bettee than he has done all season. Next to Ugarte, he looks quite sluggish, but when Casi and Eriksen are around, he looks a lot stronger.

Spot on, great analysis!

lich ashould play cdm role with ugarte and lwb should be sam murray

Thanks for the analysis. While broadly, I agree with your stance, I would make the following points 1) Newcastle were worried about Amad- they were able to overmark him, bcs frankly, they had little respect for Zirkzee or Hojlund, Take out Amad and the attack was blunted. I doubt if Ineos have the funds, but ideally they would find an experienced striker and another creative inside forward. 2) The possession figures improve a lot after Mainoo comes on for Zirkzee. Is Angel Gomes still a possibility on a free? 3) Mazraoui did not have a good game, but he was beaten for pace by Gordon and backed up by de Ligt, who also lacks pace. Dispiritingly, last night''s starting performance seemed eerily similar to the kind of errors promulgated by ten Hag. i.e.2 holding midfielders lacking legs who were overrun with ease, until Mainoo came on. Ruud demonstrated that you can get something from this team if you stick to what they know and make sensible selections - I know Amorim, said it would be hard at first, but does it have to be this hard? It is not the first time Amorim has made questionable decisions.

I need evidence to make me believe that Amass is worse than what we have. Why haven't we seen him get even 30 minutes?

This club is rotten. Hiring a coach with this strange tactics was immature. I keep saying this INEOs thing is just Glazers 2.0 It will never get better. This buffoons needs to sell the club and disappear once and forever

Can we sell all these players to Saudi and get real players. That's if Saudi would want them anyways

They really need to hire you!

Can you do an analysis of the Rooney-Ronaldo era Utd team? Just as a comparison? Please….??😊

There are so many problems at this club and they are all interconnected, as time progresses it makes things impossible to fix and what we are seeing now is a death spiral. If the fans stopped living on past glories, stopped looking for a fast fix and actually supported the club over their favourite player/manager/system then that would allow the manager to start dealing with the player power and player quality. But the board/owners are also so shit that they won't let the manager fix the player issues. But you simply can't afford to undo 14 years of terrible squad building in a single transfer window so you have to keep the players and make small adjustments to the squad. So then the players know they won't be going anywhere so feel empowered to demand what they want. And even if you do sell a player their value has been so damaged, their wages are so high that you won't get the bids to the value you require to get in players that are an upgrade especially as other clubs can see the desperation in club. Its all just a viscous cycle that can only be ended with a complete reset by a party that has the money to just throw at the team. Problem is we had that chance but decided to go for ineos ahead of qatar and so the cycle continues. Honestly I think we are now seeing the end days for this once great club.

Wait, was De Ligt really on the pitch?

lets get the positives out the way that was funny😂😂😂 they have finally broken AJ

Great analysis. While everyone's over reacting, I'm sitting here wondering when Ratcliffe said he wanted to put "Manchester" back in Manchester, which club did he mean??

The list of postives was so extensive 😂

Even with the worst tactics in the world, you still have 11 professional football players on the field... So its ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS going to be the player's fault.

I think the coach should try mino as a 10. He will do extremely well

It's all down to the manager. Inflexible, unexplainable player choices, poor in game management. Unpopular opinion after we just swapped, but we were far better off with ETH.

I'm only 5 minutes into the video, so i may be doing you a disservice. But i think the problem was Zirkzee was suppossed to drop into the midfield but he just wasn't doing it. That's why he was subbed. After Kobbie came on we looked so much better.

Relegation form 😵

Mazraoui at rcb, Amad at rwb, Amass at lwb. Dalot on the bench. Casemiro and Eriksen shouldn't play in midfield together. Zirkzee and Rasmus shouldn't play together.

Amorim should move to a 4-4-2 system and the 5th defender is the winger just tracking his fullback on either side

A big problem imo is that the system calls for wingbacks, but we are playing with fullbacks, not fullbacks at wingbacks, literally fullbacks at fullback, they're too deep and never overlap

Amorim has made this team worse. The players are bad and we know he needs signing but they are not so bad. We are not talking about challenging for titles we are talking about winning 1 fcking game. This is our 5th defeat in 6 games now and this man just brags about his system. New managers don't bring their entire team with them they work with what players they have until they make some signings.

THE INTRO 😭

This biggest problem with the club is we do not follow one playing style. Look at liverpool, they signed a manager that plays exact same style to klopp and there is no change in their performance and they are doing better than before. All the players that klopp signed are doing wonders for slot but for us it is different.

We need to sell all this players They lack physicality and dalot is a nuisance

We had rojo smalling jones not saying their bad but never starts to r any of the top six