Dalot Player Of The Season! Højlund Scores Again! 5 Things We Learned... Brighton 0-2 Man United

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The Premier League season is finished and it definitely wasn't a great one for us. We finish with a win however and still have the FA Cup final against Manchester City to play. Here are 5 Things we learned from yesterdays win over Brighton...
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[@davidublin]

Manioo needs a good hoilday instead of travelling with england

[@machiel5888]

I was really sad when he chose to represent England instead of Ghana. England will bring him nothing but criticism and BS

[@davidublin]

@@machiel5888 manioo representing Ghana would have being great for developing his character, England will destroy him just like rashford, sancho and to a certain extent saka

[@lancerevo9747]

Ten Hag needs to wise up and promote Gore and Oyedele to backups. They're not much worse than Mainoo and they're not gonna be jogging on the pitch

[@directorme6669]

​@@lancerevo9747when are they ever gonna play if Man united is planning on signing new midfield (s) this summer? There's a reason why most big clubs just loan their young players out because realistically they rarely get playing time! " Not much worse than Mainoo," what do you mean?

[@conbaz106]

agreed

[@NapoleonSolo452]

While many praise Rasmus for his recent goals, no one emphasizes clearly and emphatically that Rasmus was our top goal scorer this season in all competitions, and this is without much service. Rasmus, you had a good first season. Hopefully next season you will get more respect and more service.

[@seanmccarthy7591]

Big up yourself Ste. Thanks for all the effort, insight, analysis, rants and humour and for making a pretty shitty season almost bearable mate. Cheers.

[@buffywhatever1093]

I second that

[@sanele4780]

9 goals in 19 shots. 19 SHOTS!!! 38 games in a season and our only striker got 19 shots. Guarantee Garnacho and Rashford have had more shots because they think they're Ronaldo.

[@zondozondo3782]

It's madness😭

[@LT212-24]

Rashford is no more than a modern day Walcott

[@Aetos23]

19 Shots post Christmas. But I get it. Service to him has been poor.

[@chrisme5440]

He's no John O'shea

[@ShahulHaq]

😂

[@DuskPatrol]

You can tell Dalot actually plays for the badge (not just cause he kisses it when he scores). Him and ETH are locked in. And he's performing. Mourinho knew.

[@jasonjones8561]

Dalot POTY was definitely the right choice. By far the most consistent player this season and improved to make that RB position his!!

[@tommyknockers5492]

Always rated Dalot. He’s an all rounder 7/10 at everything.

[@Y4k407]

Wonder if Bruno’s injury was due to dalots epic high fives

[@user-yx4ub6vd4o]

yup... thought i was the only one noticing that... his high fives are brutal 🤣

[@johnmcgee8023]

I’ve supported UNITED since the 80s, and I’ll never stop, but this season took away my optimism

[@Statto92]

Imagine if Hojland was given even a half decent service? 20-30 goals a season

[@henkkas2698]

i'd say impact sub was the role hojlund was supposed to be, he was starter because lack of strikers. same goes for garnacho, better from bench than a starter.

[@SimpForLatinas]

Coming into the club without any striker at all makes you a starter, not an impact club. Whether he should is a different question, but he was brought in to play first team football, no impact player.

[@ForzaOwnz]

​@@SimpForLatinasmartial was supposed to be fit

[@thebiglebrowski3695]

Martial is shit. No way Hojlund was intended as his backup. ​@@ForzaOwnz

[@henkkas2698]

@@SimpForLatinas thats not hojlunds fault, its the recruitments fault. fact is he wasnt ready to be a starter. next season he will be stronger and more ready for sure.

[@directorme6669]

Thanks for saying that because it's sad to see some clueless fans going in on Hojlund! Garnacho should be an impact substitution from the bench. Imagine this are the players we expect to compete with Man City. If we want our younger players to thrive then we must build the spine of the team first. Even class of 92 found a spine of senior players who inducted and lead them

[@keithstitt9532]

1-0 would be sweet but Michael Oliver on VAR means a guaranteed penalty to city.

[@mickfoskett6629]

Spot on,he's their insurance policy!🤬👹

[@mickfoskett6629]

Spot on,he's their insurance policy!🤬👹

[@philtaylor8863]

It’s insane The Butcher was back and we instantly keep a clean sheet he just raises the standard and confidence. Please could we have him for a whole season.

[@CarKiller92]

Actually using McTominay to get defenders tired physically really seem to benefit Hojlund's lategame. It always looked like Hojlund was gassed in the second half, getting pushed around. Hope to see this "no striker for 60minutes" play against city, looks like what we did under Ole when Bruno first came in and it worked wonderfully.

[@dalexlewis]

Football gods, please forgive me for what I am about to type (oh boy)... Have McTominay and Rasmus run the forward line. Hear me out (can't believe I'm thinking like this). Rasmus should scare cenre backs all off-season. Scott can be an effective bruiser for 60 minutes before being subbed for Rasmus or the pair of them for the final 30 minutes would be a nightmare for most centre-back partnerships. Save some money on the forward line. Start Amad and Rashy (if he stays). We can give Bruno a break with those two up front late in games, let Kobbie or Chritian play the 10. Scott can score - his finishing can only improve. Not saying the above should be the plan, but it's an option we have.

[@jiggersotoole7823]

​@dalexlewis if it goes to extra time we need Rasmus and Rasford fresh to terrorise city defence. So start them on the bench. Or Rasmussen and Nacho

[@dalexlewis]

@jiggersotoole7823 Agree with that. If they can come on late with the game tied, or us 1 down. That should definitely make a yuge difference.

[@philiq18]

We can't look like a "well-drilled team" when we were constantly coerced to switch out players all season because of injuries. Remember those? Now that we have key players back, we have five days to train and play the strongest Starting XI and build some organization. After the tumultuous anomaly of a season that we've had, it's miraculous we stayed in the top-half of the PL table.

[@lindltaylor5596]

Newcastle and Brighton have had as bad injuries as us this season. I'd still call them well drilled teams.

[@100bmusic]

Miraculously Stayed on top half of the table??? This is the height of delusion

[@daviddeepred8446]

@@lindltaylor5596not all in the same areas though. That’s a huge point.

[@boudewijnvandesande4568]

@@lindltaylor5596 But they did finish the same place.... I also think ETH does not have the right personnel for his way of play, which makes it look undrilled.

[@Boylo2492]

​@@lindltaylor5596they really, really haven't though.

[@DallTV85]

Thank you for the season and thank you for the vids :) happy holieday =D

[@3chords490]

Dalots attitude puts Rashford to shame.

[@PoundlandPELE_007]

The best favour Southgate can do for Utd after not becoming our manager is give Mainoo the summer off.

[@directorme6669]

City winning 4th title in row, mainstream media still obsessing on Man united and ETH!

[@simongoddard7692]

Agree. Dalot has veen vastly inproved this season. Hes been better defensively and going forward has provided some great moments, definitely one to keep around IMO

[@scotthazz]

2-1 win ❤ united fa cup winners 🏆

[@Yoshimo_]

I noticed Amrabat was especially levels below every other player on the pitch when he was given the ball and shortly after losing it, making it all the more surprising how often he showed for the ball. In contrast, he was slightly above average out of possession defensively. There's no way we can keep him with the in possession deficiencies though

[@ctb1977]

United may be 8th, but Howson and Stratford paddock are still easily 1st in the league table of fan football channels

[@Fonzworth000]

Dalot has been great this season. Definitely our most improved player over the last couple of seasons. And I feel like he’s got another level

[@rwalker0130]

and half the season he was out of position at LB as well - he was good but he can be world class now at RB

[@banditbaker1675]

Dalot has put in a good consistent performance this season and deserves the Player of the Year accolade👍👍👏👏

[@ShahulHaq]

Hope the fa cup has a surprise and this lot win their last trophy before they leave United

[@mgroadvillain]

He was an above avg player in a below avg season

[@XboneMalone]

The club really screwed up last summer, not moving on existing players not upto it, not fully backing the manager and getting quality in defence, midfield and most importantly up front (ie 1st choice striker). To kick on, Dalot needs to maintain this consistency and iron out his switching off/errors. Think Amrabat fluffing his lines yesterday has sealed him returning to Fiorentina. There were glimpses of what we hoped he would bring, just not often enough per 90. Had he had a good 4 games on the trot, then I'd have liked the club to keep him. I doubt he'd be happy as back up though and currently that's all he has offered.

[@LemtheBeast]

Having mctomminay play week in week out has absolutely fucked us in terms of control and possession. He’s sloppy in possession, rarely makes progressive passes, is constantly in Højlands way. The guys got a great work ethic but that should be a given for a premier league player. He’s lacking in so many areas it hurts the team having him on the pitch. The only way I can see him being part of this team going forward is if he comes on for Højland as and when he needs a rest. Keep him away from the midfield at all costs!

[@rwalker0130]

we need to sell him to Rangers

[@bryannield1480]

Completely agree. Should be sold asap. Not United standard.

[@punctualwizard]

Thanks for another season of content and entertainment, despite it all going sideways you helped to make it enjoyable. Here’s hoping the cup final ends this doldrum of a season on a high. & with it just around the corner, I hope your trip for the D Day anniversary is wonderful. Glory & Honour, assuredly.

[@Nightsu]

Some context to that Hojlund stat. He's got a high conversion rate because up until Newcastle the only shots he took were clear cut big chances, whilst he refused to take low xG volume shots from passes to him. His chance conversion and big chance conversion are the same which proves it. Ever since Cole told him to stop wrestling players and focus on getting shots off (before Newcastle) he's done exactly that. Bruno's pass to him vs Newcastle and Eriksen's vs Brighton can't be classed as service, its Hojlund finally turning to face defenders and creating space for a shot instead of backing into CBs trying to holdup play (Like Lukaku kept doing). It's a decision he correctly made to change his playstyle, because hes not a target man he's a player that runs at defenders. Right now he's a super sub.

[@ciaran4579]

We needed to sell one of our 2 good RB's and this season Dalot has progressed more than AWB. AWB is a good RB and great tackling but can't head, i like AWB, but Dalot is better overall and better going forward. So probably sell AWB. But I wouldn't pay for an RB unless he is clearly better than Dalot, so I'd be content with us sign a free RB like Aina from Notts forest or even Ben Johnson, both free

[@onouphrios]

absolutely sell AWB, his 1v1 defending is world class but his positioning is way too poor and it single-handedly cost us multiple games. he's not a good of a crosser as dalot, doesn't have as much versatility and he's more injury prone

[@rwalker0130]

AWB is possibly the best tackler in the Prem and gets in good defensive positions but that is it. he offers NOTHING on offense and you can see him get physically scared if he is open for a shot! also he refused to hustle this year and was constantly jogging back. we need to sell him and cash to Palace for Olise.

[@calvinyearworth8286]

STE. IM NOT HEARING ENOUGH PPL TALK ABOUT HOW IMMENSE LICHA AND VARANE WERE FOR US! yes the whole team played immaculately, but those two man. Sad to see varane leave but if we get someone solid beside martinez we can go places.

[@TheReddances]

Approach at Wembley: start 5-5-0/4--6-0, then maybe 4-5-1, then we'll see. Aim: frustrate, cover all spaces, challenge to force mistakes (rather than necessarily win the ball) & prevent crosses into the box (Atletico!); in possession KEEP THE BALL, maybe counting 100+ passes if poss(Barca), unless spotting the keeper off the line: go for a 60yarder (Caicedo). Hojlund on second half. Retain possibility of suddenly kitchen sink abandon for last 10-15min (Siralex). 90/120 min of concentration! Probably none of this will happen.

[@1colinb]

Been supporting the club since the mid 1970's, this season's results aren't new to me however it wasn't anything I'd like to have to relive in my lifetime. The scoring stats for Hojlund speak volumes, hope those players and manager learn those lessons before next season starts. Tighten up when not in possession. Our squad's fitness level has to drastically improve before we can be honestly competitive against the teams at the front of the pack. Need to complete the Director of Football and all the transfers in the best timing.

[@kennelson7591]

Thanks Ste for keeping us sain in a disappointing season to say the least the best M U content by far lets hope next season improves

[@southernstyleful]

Appreciate ya Ste

[@querkes]

Great that Stee wants Arsenal to win the league 2 years in a row! And even better is that he'd rather come 8th every year and go to the FA Cup final than come 2/1 and play the Champions League every year ⭐️

[@bradsundberg5997]

The Butcher of Manchester is back! Be scared! Be very scared. 😂 Dalot is my player of the season. Definitely most improved, anyway. Great goal he scored. Hojlund took his well, too. Very happy for both of them. Piss on the critics! UTFP UTFR

[@jiggersotoole7823]

Piss on the critics. Huzzah!

[@Theevilbob]

I noticed something about amrabat he can't play under pressure he need always the time to focus on the ball last match i dont know what happened totally different compared to new castle game

[@avv397]

Thanks for all your hard work over the season, depressing as it all has been. Just been wondering what would Cloughie have done to prepare this forlorn bunch for the Cup Final? He'd probably take the whole squad off to Spain for the week and forbid them from touching a ball until they step out at Wembley. RIP ! !

[@christianobiora1828]

United needs to focus on signing younger players instead of old experience ones

[@TheGoodLad89]

Michael Oliver on VAR for the Cup Final, we've got a Snowball's chance in hell.

[@philtaylor8863]

Dalot is a Utd player with the right standards and mentality.

[@4Bester]

Højlund facing the opposition goal is a genuine threat. Højlund having long balls launched up to him and being forced to fight for every touch is a waste of his talent

[@IanHawksford]

Off topic, but what's the Oasis poster (the one with the football on it)?

[@FUMFgod]

Unbelievable Jeff!

[@AlanWilkinson-pc5wu]

We have to win Saturday Everything has too be right tactics formations and desision making and starting the right team amrabat and mctominay ide bench Scott can come in later see if he can score an important goal Casemiro should start Good luck boys GGMU ❤❤

[@kyle2999]

I don’t get why people think we should be selling Dalot. Great injury record, can play both sides, works hard, and you can tell he’s a good character in what at times has been a very toxic dressing room. Not saying he’s the best in the world, but he’s definitely at the bottom of the priority list. I don’t think Alonso would’ve stayed if he knew his team was getting dismantled so I don’t expect us to get someone like Frimpong this season.

[@jeremytenjo]

Licha! ❤

[@compostsmurf5519]

Wouldn't mind keeping amrabat but certainly not as a starter, dalot pots for us i agree, slim pickings sadly.

[@jtominey860]

Dalot for Captain

[@connorbutler5900]

not yet, but hes right guy for the job in future

[@marcusgraham5991]

How about, that result wasn't important, but we won? Surely, you could see that the purpose of that game was all about preparing the team for the final much more than getting 3 league points. More positives from the game... Onana got his first clean sheet in weeks - against a team who have been a thorn in our side season after season. Varane, Martinez and Evans all got minutes on the clock so, we have THREE options for central defence, we looked steady when we played with 2 centre backs, but make note that Martinez, our left sided centre back played along side Casemiro. Casemiro - After taking one for the team for weeks, playing in a position he clearly isn't comfortable in, but, every game he has been recovering from half a season injured, and he finally got to play in centre midfield, he looked fitter and up for it - he's had valuable time working on his defensive role which should improve that area of his game. So, 3 ACTUAL defenders ready for the final and a world class centre midfielder to partner Mainoo. Bruno is fit. Amad has more minutes and has proven to be one of our best forwards. Rashford, a proven big game player, is fully fit. Hojlund has shown last two games that he can be dangerous. The point about looking disjointed and uncoached? Maybe Amrabat showed why he hasn't been first choice for Ten Hag, he was awful under pressure, must have given the ball away more times than not and made erratic challenges. Ten Hag's 'style' is being fast on the transition, so, if his team is moving forward at pace, if that one midfielder is having a nightmare, stumbling, running into a cul de sac and giving the ball away in front of goal, when his team mates are expecting a forward pass, then yes the whole team is out of sync. THAT IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF TEN HAG'S 'STYLE' - Amrabat IS NOT Frankie De Jong. If we some how get Shaw back for the final, we could possibly see Ten Hag's preferred 11 for the first time this season and for our most important match - this is no accident, this is team management.

[@gavingg4761]

Been a manc all my life seen things only some man dream of seen the wonder years watched us do the treble seen the best player in the world come to us as a funny looking kid turn into a baller! That's not to mention the years of King eric and and the class of 92 literally seen it all and since the glazers came in its been slowly but surely turning to ashes hopefully jim sorts the mess out am not overly confident fingers cross we return to the glory days just seems a million miles away these days. But on a high cheers for been the only united channel worth watching big ups to you!👊

[@slim2010in]

5 things we learned 🤨 5 things deep 💯

[@oldmickymicky]

Why is no one looking at Eddie nkieteh? Prem experience and competition for Rasmus

[@campbelljames1784]

Amrabat is a prime example of jumping on bandwagons. Yes he was good against Arsenal but then so many channels asking for us to consider signing him. He’s been largely shite all season and back to normal service against Brighton. ETH tends to persist with shite players and not even he has liked the look of him. But yeah, get him signed up.

[@zelig1799]

Have you googled yourself recently, my mate? The black eye picture is the first thing that comes up lmao

[@paulf6973]

City should thump us next weekend, but this is the last stand for a number of these players, and you have to hope it prompts a performance from them

[@ricardobobadilla4885]

Those who agree that Dalot should be "player of the season" show how low our standards have fallen

[@Zamunda-]

Who would you give it too to show up your high standards??

[@asifiqballyricist]

"There is a pleasant surprise hidden all over the FA Cup Final at the fag end of a horrendous season" - an ever optimist manchester united fan.

[@stephenbadman697]

Bruno player of the year

[@danikanskywalker2119]

The bookies are giving us 14% for the game and 20% to lift the trophy... So you're not far off

[@ssheldon1616]

This is why you don’t get giddy and rewrite history when a player has one good performance. Amrabat is too undisciplined.

[@tombattisti8682]

If (?) or when United concedes control to City in the first half in the same manner as Brighton they won’t waste their chances as Brighton did

[@MrSodium271]

A few costly mistakes from him but he was good enough at that position which is less pivotal.

[@Rurles1]

Machester United look like a bunch of guys that meet at the football ground and decide to form a team and play a game of football.... u can think they dont train those ones

[@SimpForLatinas]

What Dalot never seems to lack is maturity, confidence and passion. Unlike some unmotivated English wingers, aiight Rashy, Sanch?

[@youngmurphy7556]

If we win the cup, Ste's gonna put out a video that we didn't win the right way and the stats were awful. That's been the story of Ste's season. No one's allowed to enjoy a United win anymore.

[@patrickkirby9265]

You don't have to watch this podcast.

[@markdavies2115]

last year, 3rd, 2 finals, 1 cup, europe...this season, 8th, 84 goals conceded, 1 final, no cups, no europe...2 days ago...ETH: we're in a better place than last year... How long do we have to endure his utter bollocks? Imbecile of a manager.

[@jameshunter6289]

Desperate times at Utd if Dalot is your Pots 😂😂

[@csolivais1979]

Not really anything new. David De Gea won it 5 years on the bounce. Not saying goal keeepers aren't important, but that's not something they should be winning 5 years in a row.

[@btomlinson21]

Dalot player of the season? He has improved a lot u see Ten Hag but player of the season for me is a stretch. Bruno for me

[@KiD2x2]

I can’t agree with Dalot being our Player of the Season. We lost so many mantches directly from his defensive mistakes

[@markjackson6325]

Imagine a Højlund that isn't feeding on scraps because our "providers" are all greedy and selfish.

[@khanshirus]

3 1 son to united

[@PoundlandPELE_007]

The only way Utd win the cup is if Rodri doesn’t play. Sad but true.

[@markjackson6325]

The only way Utd win the cup is if City forget to show up. Sad, but true.

[@palmer3977]

FA cup 2-1 United, c'mon the reds.

[@jonhickey8581]

Don’t you think that Dalit being player of the season shows how far our standards have fallen as a team?

[@compostsmurf5519]

Are you just noticing? We've had a gk as our best player in multiple recent seasons, that says everything.

[@ameyagokhale5123]

Dalot*

[@andrewhezekiahdaniel]

Good player, time to sell Wan-Bissaka and buy a replacement who can rotate with him.

[@jhaych]

Well in all fairness, this is our lowest ever recorded position within the premier league (not points wise) so doesn't that justify that? We know where we are and what's been going wrong over the last decade.

[@steveharrowingphotography4629]

So, only goalscorers can be great throughout a season? Dalot has been fantastic (with a few spotty games thrown in) this year.

[@ahmadal-jafre3261]

Utd were shite in the 1st half because the sun was in their eyes

[@danielchambers9423]

Impact sub 😂😂 the guy is 21 ffs and scored 16 goals in a team that dose not create chances for him he runsssss with the ball from half way line takes on players and scores he is the up graded version of a alan Shearer

[@ScarzChosenspokesmen]

Dalot was NOT player of the season. He was absolutely awful in the beginning and improved a little but he's still hella shakey defensively. Mainoo was better, Garnacho was better damn even Evans was better. Thats about it though everyone else has been shit

[@apiggy4683]

third

[@BENPOTTS-yv2rr]

City just don’t slip up. It’s F1. Boring as shit unless you support City

[@steve13191]

what a top manager crystal palace has. europa league winner with frankfurt. no transfer windows just pure coaching and he won against villa man united newcastle liverpool scoring 12 goals conceding ZERO. while some ten hag apologists think ten hag needs another 500 million to replace the 16 players and 450 million he just spent before we can keep the ball for 10 seconds 😂😂😂. this channel is one of ten hag, ole, rashford, evans main apologists. they could relegate us and this teletubbies wouldnt criticize them especially rashford 😂

[@xpkx360]

Dalot is 3rd behind mainoo and garnacho

[@Rizwaan122]

Dalot POTS cuz he played well from January to the beginning of march. Pogba was right about this fanbase

[@LocalNoob_2]

i genuinely don't see what others see in mctominay,by far the worst ever united player i have seen but people somehow like him because he had a purple patch of scoring this season

[@LT212-24]

Take it your too young to remember players like Bebe, djemba-djemba and obertan

[@catology4052]

Works hard and if not for him we finish in the bottom half. A lot more than you can say for the others.

[@markjackson6325]

He's not the worst I've seen (been supporting since 1973, so I've seen a lot of bad players), but he is gash.

[@Judas08]

Dalot is a good player, not a great player yet. If he goes to chelsea, he will be their 3rd string RB

[@connorbutler5900]

He's better than Malo Gusto and Reece James plays like 4 games a season. I'd take Dalot over both to be fair.

[@sozo7713]

Sierra Leone in tha house 🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱

[@mettycarpenter3267]

I’ve seen flashes from Ambrabat. I’d give him an another 1yr on loan. This season just needs to be forgotten about. We need transfers and players 100% fit and consistent form. Mount needs to step up, especially in Eriksson departure. But he’s just 1 of many

[@treinadoresdebancada]

When he is not being "done" by Kudus he is the player of the season

[@rickymurray]

13% sure LOL! sounds like something a 7 year old would say