Ten Hag STUMBLES To A Hollow Victory! 5 Things We Learned... Coventry City 3-3 Man United

Manchester United are through to the FA Cup final... but we made it a lot harder than it needed to be. Here are 5 Things we learned from yesterdays game against Coventry City...
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[@wilder17]

I remember the same thing happened a lot in LVG's time with the club where we would look absolutely panicked when trying to hold a lead. it has to do with the transition from being a counter attacking team to a possession team, average players and all the negative pressure around the club. Casemiro said "we panicked". He's not lying. professional players playing to half their ability when the pressure is on... its been happening all season and I don't buy that its down to tactics.

[@asruluveira]

go watch fourfourtwo. They break down how coventry make two simple sub to exploit the space behind awb and the mid and how ten hag did nothing to change it. If you wanna believe what casemiro said lets believe what garnacho said too. That ten hag will throw the player under the bus to cover his azz

[@SJH.95]

I genuinely think the United staff would benefit from watching these videos from you Ste. Valid points every time, no idea why they can’t try something new.

[@Prime-R9]

Anyone can support a team that is winning - it takes no courage. But to stand behind a team to defend a team when it is down and really needs you, that takes a lot of courage. Preferably I still would keep Ten Hag despite how poor we've been due to many reasons but sadly I think the pressure/noise that has been bubbling/building up from the loud majority has effected him & the players. You can see the players have mentally checked out/called it quits. Like I said I would prefer to keep the manager & focus on the players. I rather stick it out with the manager as he gradually improves the team with the support/backing of the club & fans but the damage has already been done by the impatient, spoiled, moany, obnoxious fanbase 🙂 You all played your part in getting another manager sacked - If the shoes fits wear it. The issue is that nowadays there's too many wannabe football coaches/managers & not enough real football fans. They do everything but support the team, they treat & try to control real life football like it's a video game. When things go how they wanted/invisioned/expected they'll soon be shouting manager out again. Too short-sighted & impatient to ever see something out. Always focusing on the surface level. GGMU 🔴

[@IONS-LEGACY]

Thank you for this essay. Could not have put it better myself.

[@cashmontoks]

You stand behind the team when the players show they care which way his lazy lot don’t

[@compostsmurf5519]

​@cashmontoks we support the club not individuals

[@dmurr1070]

ETH has got us to 3/4 cup finals, we can’t forget how well we did last season bc of how bad this one has been.

[@k4yser]

The club which is the pet of clueless American bankers, who can't be more happy about people like you and the OP, because it makes them money? I have already issues with the club for the stated reason, but I can't get behind a team, which consists of players who don't give a shit. 0 passion on the pitch, 0 passion from me. I can't believe the attitude of the op. You argue like a cuckold. I'm not married to united, no unconditional love from me. I care, because of its history, which solely lives in the badge, that is currently worn by people who don't play for it.

[@verum-in-omnibus1035]

Resting young players at 3-0 up and trusting some very experienced players to see out the rest of the game is not the gaffer's fault... Not sure how you can't grasp this Ste

[@Drwn4945]

finally someone with a brain and adult feelings management. The amount of bitter prats shouting abut the managers is astonishing

[@seeteasea5497]

I think you’ve missed the point Ste was making. Doesn’t matter the age of the player, Mainoo has shown that he is the best midfielder in this team and taking him off was a mistake regardless who came on. Ten Hag has made the same mistake week in week out for the entire season and at some point enough is enough.

[@pgc99]

Taking the two best players off whilst leaving the same shite on every week (e.g. Rashford, Bruno, etc.) Is 100% on the manager.

[@michaelkabaso8587]

​@@seeteasea5497That is the reason why mainoo needed to be rested. He is a teenager and the best midfielder in the team. The team is 3-0 up and is decimated by injuries playing against a team that is a league below, so what if Mainoo remained on the pitch until the 90th minute UTD win 5-0 but he goes down injured and out for a month. Would you be hear congratulating the manager for keeping him on until the 90?

[@TPH250290]

@@seeteasea5497 We were 3-0 up for god's sake.

[@goodraking730]

Biggest thing for me. As soon as the first goal went in I knew it was going to only end one way. Horrible feeling as a fan

[@hunchoc6448]

Same

[@TheNaz1996]

Yeah a red flag popped in my head after the first goal too

[@TonyField]

Nah . we're United .bring on the FA cup 🎉

[@ShahulHaq]

i stopped watching after that

[@Jericho642]

Cant complain about the team selection/formation; we were cruising at 3-0 up. Garnacho coming off shouldnt be a reason for our capitulation

[@andyp9203]

Ten Hag is that maverick at work who you desperately help to keep his job but he keeps putting his foot in it constantly

[@_mckenna_99]

It’s the players mate.

[@davidhoward4541]

The simple fact is that Martinez, Shaw, Varane, Lidelof, Mount, Amrabat and Evans were not available. Not even going to mention Martial. Mainoo has an issue with his engine and Eriksen is not the player he was. On top of that the second goal was a freak and pen was dubious, exactly the same one was denied at Everton on the same day. Flip side is there is no demonstrable playing style which after nearly two seasons is a concern. Still reckon I'd give ETH another season with some support from the new management structure and the removal of at least 4-5 players.

[@martysmith2851]

That Ratcliffe joke LOL, think that flown over most peoples head, but I loved it!

[@user-id8fz5nj5g]

Chin up Ste, we won and are through to the FA cup finals at Wembley. You give ETH lemons and asked him to make lemonade. So it works sometimes, not all the time. A football team and system is not perfected in one day. I sometimes feel that the fan base are too emotionally invested to be objective in their analysis. Ganacho is failing in his defensive role, and when removed for some one else - it caused an uproar among the fan base. The first goal conceded was with Mainoo on the pitch. The 2nd and third goals have some element of bad luck, a deflected shot that looped high over the goal keeper, and a penalty from a hand ball - unlucky. NB: One caveat - A professional footballer should never turn his back to block a shot - it is unforgivable. He should also not stand off a player and allow them time and space to take a shot, because the chances of blocking it successfully is slim.

[@godsplank.ugwujapendullum4927]

Garnacho is one of our hardest working wingers defensively.

[@tonybowen4439]

AWB is a wb who always closed di play done early now he is not bcas fucking tenhag is telling him to llay like todays FB that killing awb he wernt cut out like that now it killing his game to adjust to that type of scenario

[@kavianwray9565]

I listen for 5 min and give up wen your finish listen to this and see how much sense you make specially with you trying to figure out a starting line up but hey lets put Bruno on the wing but wait didnt he did this b4 and gotten demolished by you and others

[@EKensai]

I almost commented on the match review. I cannot for the life of me understand Howson. Spent all season backing ETH. Today critising team setup and starting line up? Suggesting we should have played actual kids? This was a semi final of the FA Cup not a random league cup game. I dont see how ETH could have done much more with that squad of players im not defending him to the hilt but youd think after a day he'd have got his thinking head on. I fully understand the reasoning around learning from the repeated issues thats plagued us all season however the only logical take here is that ETH is sticking with the system because he has to. Everyone seems to forget that Erik is actually really pragmatic a simple example is last season start brentford and then liverpool. An Ajax days example is he managed to adapt the team after selling all the stars in a summer and changed the system, bought Haller and turned him into a goal machine. Its like Gary has been saying they cant use injuries as excuses... they still have 9 of their best starting... The issue is it isnt 9 good players, its more like 3 or 4 good players for a particular system and 3 or 4 for another system that hes having to tape together with a sticky plaster. AWB cannot play LB. Whats the choices? Only a youngster on a fine u18 season not even u21, imagine bringing another youngster into an already disjointed team and watching him get smashed and ruining his career potentially? I dont know what more people want from Erik with the team its not even bare bones, bones are missing. Peace.

[@doejeleuk1]

Finaly some sense. AMEN

[@MrBprice820]

I find it hilarious to hear the talk of ETH when they were up 3-0 in the 70th min... brings on 4 fresh legs, of them being established veterns and 2 younger players but everyone cries for Amad. Those players need to look into the mirror, didnt follow the runners and couldnt keep the ball. This is more of a player issue then a ETH issue.

[@sivispacemparabellum3056]

Of course this is a player issue they are on the pitch they are paid to perform no matter what !! They don’t do their job properly that is it ! The coach do with the players available he has but on the pitch they need to work hard together as a team and run and defend… A player like Mc Tominay get criticized and I don’t understand why…!! He is not the best midfielder we have OK fair enough but he is working for the badge and scoring goals when he is on the pitch… He is a midfielder still he has a lot more goals than Antony and other wingers and striker in the team and that is A FACT 100% !! Rashford is good when he has space to attack if not he is inefficient

[@sido6992]

I agree about Rashford (probably the most predictable of our forward 3), can't play a low block. Garnacho was okay in attack. Hojilund looked lost in regular time, but in extra time, once Amad came on, he was good in coming short and link up plays.

[@ua697]

Hojlund needs some proper wingers that can make a pass into the penalty area

[@larnx1692]

@@ua697Hojlund needs to learn how to control the ball

[@ua697]

@@larnx1692 Haaland has scored one more goal than Hojlund in CL 2023/24, but I suppose he also has problems with his ball control 😂

[@larnx1692]

@@ua697 he does lol as evidence by his non existent performances against Madrid in the champions league and arsenal in the premier league. Haland is playing incredibly poorly at the moment

[@CarKiller92]

6:40 until a dig at Scotty, must be a record in 5things :D

[@simon0044]

He is shit though

[@andrewtomlinson5237]

Yeah, the weird thing is, that Steve and the Paddock boys complain that the midfield don;t create enough chances for Hojlund, yet most of McTominays goals this season have come from him being in the position a centre forward should be in when the ball does come in from the wings. McTominay has the highest League goals to minutes played ratio (of anyone who has scored more than 2 goals) in the team. We win 52% of the games in which he plays Making him 4th after Varane (60%) Lindelhof (59%) and Evans (56%) and the highest of any player who isn't a defender. For someone as obsessed with stats as Howson, he's awfully fucking selective in which stats he uses to support his beliefs.

[@sgoredraw1455]

Can you change the title of each of these series to “ 5 things we didn’t learn ( again ) “

[@steve13191]

ten hag has embarrassed this club this team this fanbase more times in 20 months than jose ole rangnick moyes van gaal in 8-9 years combined. van gaal used to perform well vs big teams, ole performs against mid table teams and city but hopeless against liverpool. jose couldnt handle city and liverpool but you go into every other games knowing you would have a plan, if he lost the previous game the next time we play them he would come up with something different he will try things. with ten hag we go into every game expect to get outplayed and carved open by everyone. big team small teams newport coventry it doesnt matter. they will play through us.

[@NextChapterRapper]

The arrogance among pundits is through the roof now. I think they genuinely think they know more ball than Erik ten Hag. Ste saying the 3-0 had nothing to do with tactics is silly to me. The opener was literally right off the training pitch. The Bruno goal should be cleaner if Rashford would have any decision making so he had to fluke the ball to the right instead of passing but Bruno scoring that is a pattern I’ve seen last game as well. Even scoring from corners is something I haven’t seen in a decade until Ten Hag came. I guarantee you that Harry scored most of his goals under Ten Hag and that too is no coincidence. Same for Casemiro by the way. Does that have implications for the rest defense that haven’t been properly crystallized yet? Absolutely. But this whole “no style of play” narrative seems so ignorant to me.

[@geoffreymorley9906]

Agree with most but the fact is there were 8 or 9 internationals on the pitch at 3-0. Surely its not unreasonable to expect them to hold that lead? How on earth does United become a team that falls apart when 2 teenagers are substituted? They should be coming on for the final 20 minutes not be essential starters

[@TPH250290]

Exactly my point. Mainoo might be the best player in the team and Garnacho might be the biggest attacking threat, but you should still be able to rest them with 20 minutes left and see out the game. Literally every manager in the world rests his best players when his team is 3-0 up. You trust your other players to get the job done.

[@ua697]

@@TPH250290Mainoo was on the pitch, when Coventry scored their first goal

[@shabba7829]

@@ua697That doesn’t change anything. Taking off 2 teenagers shouldn’t cause a “premier league level” side to capitulate against a mid-table championship side.

[@ua697]

@@shabba7829 Indeed, but there is no need to sugarcoat the performance of Mainoo and Ganacho or for that matter to underestimate the performance of Coventry's substitutes.

[@shabba7829]

@@ua697 It’s not sugarcoating anything. They’re pointed out how weak the mentality of the more “senior” players in the team is. Substituting Mainoo and Garnacho shouldn’t even be a sticking point.

[@InvadedOath]

How dare you say Anthony didn’t do anything. I saw him kick it with his right foot once. That’s huge progress for him

[@TonyField]

People forget and have shown a lot of disrespect to Coventry , because they got back into the match and gave us a game and like they didn't have the right to do that .that's what the FA Cup was always about as a kid. The Under dog always had a chance of an upset . But anyway .united didn't get there the way they wanted but showed a lot of caricature to get there and a lot of desire in the end .why didn't they celebrate because it's a huge achievement to get to second fa cup in two years .at start of the season I'd of taken that and beat Liverpool on the way , hell yeh ..

[@MrLePov]

If that performance didn't convince Ratcliffe he needs to sack Ten Hag, then I assume that City slapping us around in the final will do it.

[@paulwood5803]

When I heard Kambwala was injured, I was expecting McTominay to fill in at CB, he has played there for Scotland and it would negate his shortcomings in midfield. That would have allowed Mainoo and Casemiro (who did a decent turn at CB btw) to play a double pivot. Agree re Antony, he needs to be shifted out, for free if necessary. As the game progressed with us 3-0 up Garnacho would have posed a threat which would have pinned Coventry back a bit. I think if there was a clear candidate of the right quality to replace EtH this summer then he should go. I don't think there is but INEOS do seem to have a knack of springing the odd surprise (Omas Berada anyone?).

[@raylannister9722]

Yeah I mean is easy to say than done isn’t Ste? Did you remember when SAF played against a team that pretty much sat deep, he didn’t alter his line up either. You’ll get scrutinized for not starting Hojlund, and you’ll get scrutinized if you do. I mean folks said we were luck to win, sure but Coventry were extremely lucky to be gifted a wicked deflection and a penalty that not too long ago wasn’t given and in our case as well were never given this season. Yea ETH has questions he needs to answer for sure but how do you expect him or the team to prevent a wicked deflection? Again by no means we were good but I still don’t understand how do you expect us to avoid the last two goals. Preventing them to shoot? How? Those were desperate shots that in 99% (exaggerated number here) wouldn’t result to anything.

[@MrBobjimharrypete]

I was watching the game with a Liverpool fan and I said to him as soon as he made those subs, that Coventry will come back to 3 3

[@timwright4676]

Well said about antony humility

[@conbaz106]

First goal: Casemiro - out of position cuz he's not a CB Second goal: Dirty deflection Third goal: Not a pen Still of course should see out the game comfortably, but there are mitigations and I think Ten Hag can survive this spell

[@MichaelEnright-gk6yc]

Great Stephen keep it up . You mean we played like a 3rd division team for the last 20 mins. Casemiro was at fault wandering around the box instead of marking a player.

[@eamonnpotts5063]

EtH never changes anything. That’s why every team, including a championship side in Coventry knows how to play against us because of ten Hag’s lack of coaching and changing nothing! Robbins needed to change things at HT and he did so and our inept manager did not react as ever! A humiliating win ffs!

[@tjunazo5183]

This was a hard listen, I play football and coach football. And i have been at a club coaching and everything was a shambles, you had to pick certain players because other players were intimidated by the so called stars and would decline a start there would be pressure to start players that were underperforming the were good upcoming players with a character flaw. Like Amad is so good but when he took his shirt off knowing he was on a yellow card and knowing the team needs freshness, the crowd is calling for him and even challenging the coach they are trying to keep in a job for him and he chooses to make himself unavailable for the next game. Ten Hag is having a hard job guys believe that. If you coach your Sunday league team and can see and predict patterns then so can Ten Hag. The real question we should be asking ourselves is what is going on in that club. Ten Hag is doing the opposite of what he did last season and yall thinking he has gone dumb? Come on respect the intelligence you have and realise there is something sinister going on there. And really how many coaches managers are we going to change before we realise that the Glazers we wanted gone are still here and maybe thats why

[@jamiemorgan2972]

The starting 11 picked itself really as the bench was pitiful. If ETH had started with Diallo, Eriksen, and Antony (who were the only real options as alternative starters) then he would only have had to Bring on Rashford, Garnacho, and McTominay anyway as subs later in the game. Penalties have been costing Utd dearly of late.

[@napoleonwilson155]

Cheers

[@DidIMakeYouThink]

Yeah, I've seen some people trying to copy this 5 things. I'm happy to report, I don't think you have much competition from those cabbages lol. Although, they do say, that imitation is the best form of flattery, sooooo. LOL. BUT i give props to people trying to do this KZbin thing, it aint easy and takes a lot of balls.

[@richarde.4826]

The way Rashford has been playing has definitely been silently poisoning Erik Ten Hag's management of Manchester United. It's necessary for Ten Hag to get rid of that gangrene.

[@brianandersen8842]

As a united fan, Coventry got robbed. We didn't deserve to go through. Shambolic performance. And when is the British media going to call out Rashford? Already dreaming of those PSG money...

[@rougherdam]

This guy is so good. Can listen to his rant all day man. Wish Man U all the succes that they are bound to have. But, i genuinely enjoy this guys authenticity when Man U sh*ts the bed. A solid bloke🔥

[@johnanthon4264]

Right on the money again!!! Wish SJR can see this video and decides to make you coach Ste!

[@simonw.2206]

I was a United fan living in Southampton in 1976 when we played them in the FA Cup final. They were in the Second Division at the time and yet we lost to them. It happens and it didn't feel good. The following year we made it to the final again and beat the favorites and league champions, Liverpool. This was the second last time we were in back to back finals and was achieved by Tommy Docherty forty-seven years ago!!! Of the managers who followed and who were at the club for at least two years the following failed to achieve this again: Sexton, Atkinson, van Gaal, Solskjaer. Several other managers didn't even last two full years. Of course, as ​@rickoneillable corrected my original comment (thank you!), SAF did achieve three back-to-back finals: In 1994 - we lost to Aston Villa in the League Cup Final, but beat Chelsea in the FA Cup final. This was in SAF's seventh season at the club. In 1995 - we lost to Everton in the FA Cup final. In 1996 - we beat Liverpool in the FA Cup Final ETH has not only been in back to back FA Cup finals but he has also won the league cup in his FIRST TWO years at the club. Can't we just appreciate this please?

[@wilder17]

nope, too many entitled fans, nothing is good enough because of Manchester United "standards" that haven't existed in a decade...

[@stephentrotter8895]

A lot of fans also think under Fergie we were always fantastic to watch … remember going late eighties and we were shocking …. That fa cup win in 1990 100 % saved his job , I don’t care what anyone says.

[@rana1561]

Finally someone stating the obvious, thanks. People are blinded by this style obsession

[@wr9209]

@@stephentrotter8895mate, the last season we won the title we were pretty garbage, we just somehow seemed to muck wins. Also, remember when we finished third in the early 2000s and you had fans calling for Fergies job then. We are one of the most fickle, entitled and spoilt fan bases out there.

[@robertbrown7408]

We played with a back four of two left backs, a midfielder whose legs have gone and Harry Maguire. Our midfield sub was a slow Eriksen !

[@robertmorrissey2838]

Totally agree especially comments on Antony

[@jeffrejr1]

Antony is in a final who cares. You don't know what they were saying to him.

[@Amarudontv]

Agreed Stephen

[@fatbelly27]

How come a professional athlete like Casemiro suddenly lose all pace and stamina when he hits 30?

[@tartantam1927]

Players players players are the problem not ETH

[@gisburnroad]

I do agree but he keeps pickign players that underperform and don't run and display zero urgency - tempo is a big thing that decent sides have, we have zero.

[@rosssloman1309]

I think he is beginning to be the problem as he picks the team and sets it up. He also made the substitutions. Yes we have injuries, but it’s ridiculous that he can only play how he really wants with a perfect 11 fit. In modern football you rarely have everyone fit.

[@LT212-24]

Ten hag is not the solution either

[@Alloyd876]

Tuchel is available and wants to return to the premier League

[@rosssloman1309]

Not sure we want TT - a less successful and charismatic version of Mourinho. Causes trouble too. Premier league proven though at least, which is what we need. Emery is a shout, as is Ange.

[@mazdakmorati2297]

5% ? You are very generous !!!!

[@kevanmachan9893]

An honest man !!

[@free_gold4467]

Incredible that you managed to rant for so long about how bad McTominay is! We were winning three nil until he was taken off but obviously he's the problem.

[@russtownley498]

And also that 1st line up worked

[@BENPOTTS-yv2rr]

At 60 minutes I said we need a 4th. Fucking mad

[@kes9684]

Actually frightning thinking about it, when will we ever feel safe with a lead, we've let a 3-0 lead go in 20mins, why not 4-0 next time?

[@jeffrejr1]

They started wasted chances. Trying to get personal goals

[@craigbarlow8204]

5% I will take it

[@JamesHardwick]

Its definitely damned if you do, damned if you dont. I actually thought tactically we were set up ok, with both fullbacks inverting. AWB was poor, but I thought Dalot played well. His determination and passing quality were what created that first goal. Unfortunately most of the others need to learn from him. I think the tactics for the 2nd half were poor. Like Ste said, you're 3-0 up, time to keep the ball and not push so high with the fullbacks. Very difficult with our lack if CBs, but there were definitely better options for managing the game. To me it comes down to the players though. They clearly can't follow direction in game, cant adapt.

[@wilder17]

yea the players have shown they can't carry out any tactics when under pressure. when you see all the basic mistakes that allow a Coventry team to dictate play, this is down to nerves causing lack of execution. you don't need a guy drawing x's and O's on a whiteboard to know how to keep possession and see out a game.

[@brendanmillward7399]

When you talk about playing certain individuals such as Scott and Christian it’s not like he has other options. What is he supposed to do? Our best CDM is playing in Defense. He made subs for tired players. I just don’t understand what he is supposed to do. You have to trust your squad.

[@lukekingsland4813]

I'd also go easy on maguire. Think he's carrying an injury yet he's still standing up to be counted. And it would be easy for him to sit it out because ten hag wanted rid

[@kaylabruce7755]

Btw ste we were up 3-0 with Rashford Hojlund and garnacho in the game.

[@StephenHowson]

What involvement did they have in the goals? What in behind characteristics did we see for the goals?

[@preetjitsingh328]

​@@StephenHowson Can't say that though 1st goal : Garnacho brilliant pass that opened game to let Dalot cross. 2nd goal: Rashford stinger shot that led to corner that Maguire scored. 3rd goal was a Rashford assist. Garnacho was good. Issue with Rashford was that he had 3 bad mistakes for 2 good ones. And hojlund was lost as usual In the end; you are right; those 3 can it start together.

[@raylannister9722]

They may not have a direct involvement, but Anthony since he came on did change the dynamism on the right. We don’t know what we don’t know Ste, but the change might have impact the team for the good and equally for the worse. One thing we know for sure we were up 3-0.

[@bixclowart2587]

@@StephenHowson You didn't pay attention to be honest. Rashford had an open goal opportunity at 18 minute from a long ball from Casemiro and he missed it. The first Goal has Garnacho involvement, Garnacho also had another chance from a long ball. Rashford also had another chance at 44 minute, that chance that generated the corner for the Maguire Goal if I am not mistaken... and Rashford lost the ball that ends in the foot of Bruno for the third goal. What involvement did they had? there is the involvement, right there... What are you talking about?

[@StephenHowson]

@@bixclowart2587 not in behind. Pay attention.

[@danmzungu3427]

70 mins great football easy controlled n by end its like as stalled but they played well twdnty mins n raffy len and deflexted again but i cant handle roller coastsr😊😊

[@w1gg5]

It's clear that Maguire never played 5 a side as a kid. He lacks the control and speed of thought you develop in that scenario. When I worked for a championship club, the coaches always insisted you should never take more than 2 touches, 3 at the very most. Receive, control, release. You should be making the pass before you've got the ball. It's basic stuff really.

[@ASTRONIGHTCORE]

Onana praise 😭😭

[@timothyeria1738]

Wan bisaka shd be on the list of those to be shipped...

[@u10722u]

The issue we have now. No matter if we go a goal or Two (or THREE) up, the opposition will still feel like they have a chance of getting back into the game. I’ve lost count now how many games we’ve thrown away from a winning position. We’ve probably let it happen half a dozen times this month!! I don’t want to throw all the blame at ETH as the players need to start taking responsibility, but Erik needs to start managing games so much better !

[@dattadendukuri9419]

Bring ole back lol the answer is in front of our faces

[@dbcooper7326]

Ole got top 2

[@dattadendukuri9419]

@@dbcooper7326 he would’ve gotten trophies if the board listened to him

[@francispjohnson]

What I saw is this. Coventry started with a back 3 and played a low block 1st half with limited attacking outlets making it easy for United to control. They switched 433 at half time giving them more width and the game became end to end same as every week in the league. Structural issue imo I want to back the manager but he’s making it very difficult.

[@PWG0LF]

Maybe the staff and players see it and ETH says "stick with the plan, stick with the process" and turns out this shite again

[@khamluong8071]

Regardless of how well we’re doing domestically that’s 3 finals in 2 seasons with a depleted squad

[@matthewgalley9981]

Are you available until the end of the season, by far the most educated fan channel 👏👌

[@pluck3y]

u were def doing 5 things after the game 1st i peeped that lol

[@clucas101]

ETH is making odd decisions under pressure. Back him, give him the full squad reset he deserves and he'll be alright I reckon.

[@danielberry4765]

Back him so we can have more of this ?. 😂 no

[@timwright4676]

So good. You feel like I feel. Utterly embarrassed

[@wg05954]

Oh get this Howson, we had to watch that Sh*t in a pub filled with Liverstool fans while they took care of Fullham....ugh

[@xxmd96xx]

We're gonna make Sheffield United look like an actual good team next I can't wait ugh

[@SkullSnax]

I keep hearing these arguments of what Ten Hag should have/could have done to get control of the game at 70 minutes. And all of them are moaning about who he brought on or who he had on the pitch. He didn't think it was the right moment to give any of these kids on the bench a debut, I'm okay with that. Who else was on the bench he could have brought on? Because people are talking like he had Kante, Rio and De Bruyne on the bench and didn't use them. He brought on every senior player he could, the only players left on the bench were a goalkeeper and some kids. Literally kids who haven't made their senior debut yet. That capitulation is on the players, it doesn't take a manager to tell you to slow the game down, to make more short passes, to move the ball side to side and get the other team to back off. It shouldn't take a manager to tell Wan-Bissaka to stop leaving that gap behind him. It shouldn't take a manager to tell McTominay he needs to sit in with Eriksen and stop bombing forward. It shouldn't take the manager for Casemiro and Eriksen with all their experience, to stop hoofing the ball forward. All things that seemed to stop in extra time because the manager clearly did have to tell them.

[@kbreslin7289]

Could United have tried Harry Amass, Louis Jackson or Habeeb Ogunneye in Centre Midfield as protection at 3-0 up.

[@richarde.4826]

Ten Hag is a great manager. All he needs to do is to make a couple of tweaks to his team to get things right. Rashford has lost the winning attitude. Put Garnacho on the left where he is the most effective. Put Amada on the right. Don't get Kobie Mainoo out. Just associate a more committed player to him. In defence, I'd rather get someone in the reserve or under 23 team. Harry Maguire is a mistake waiting to happen. If those problems are solved, we've got a chance in the finals against Manchester City.

[@grahamallan101]

The tactics to start the game clearly worked, we went 3-0 up. Eriksen only went to CDM when Scott got injured. I understand you’re upset as are the rest of us, but you’re going over board. But yes, Rashford was shit and Antony wasn’t much better. Casemiro has zero pace as does Maguire, love to see that foot race🤣. ETH has no options and we could easily get beat from SU. Chin up lad, the season is nearly over 🥴

[@lucasvanwijngaarden670]

Casemiro vs Maguire would only be close for the first 20 yards. As soon as Maguire gets up to speed he's much faster than Casemiro.

[@TheMufc123]

Mainoo should have stayed on and mctominay come off, keep hold of the ball and kill the game dead. Instead he brought mainoo off and completely lost control if rhe midfield, leaving mctominay to run off and hide and leaving eriksen in cdm on his own. Poor subs were to blame

[@Drwn4945]

@@TheMufc123 bollocks. He is 19, he never rests. Being 3-1 up and controlling the game is good enough of a reason to have another ball passer on the pitch. Stop that crap, the players should have seen it out even without management, the subs didn't hurt us, the mentality of the players did. They just stopped. The only one who didn't stop was Wan Bissaka. He is on his personal crusade to fire ten Hag.

[@TheMufc123]

@@Drwn4945 subs didn't hurt us but we were 3-0 till Antony Came on and 3-1 up when mainoo came off, your talking utter nonsense

[@Drwn4945]

@@TheMufc123 do you know that when events follow each other does not actually mean one is the reason for another? Like Ste having no beers before the game and us falling off in second half? There were very clear reasons for the embarrassment, none of them mentioned in the video. Player's mentality and Bissaka shit show. Simple as.

[@philtaylor8863]

Thomas Tuchel is a good option Ste. Despite ETH moronic decisions and selections id like him to have one more chance with better football structure in place more help and better recruiting. I like his youth development and he still has credit from last season. Patience may pay off.

[@gisburnroad]

Respect Ste for pointing out how lethargic Harry " Baresi" Mcguire is. 17 touches before moving the ball. Tempo is key in football and we build up like we're 6-0 up and it's the 80th minute. BASICS,

[@vanderclan2147]

I have to give this a like because I feel bad he has to keep making these this season.

[@preetjitsingh328]

One of your best 5 things yet. Too bad our performance sucked.

[@miloveshredding41]

Sure,blame it on anthony but gives rashford a pass,who earns more than Anthony btw and supposedly in his "prime"

[@felis1672]

He always gets a pass from Ste

[@davidmchale5890]

One thing we learned as Roy Keane has said many times before these players will get you the sack Rashford Antony Casemiro Mctomany AWB Maguire are not good enough and need to be gone before we have any chance of improving

[@Hhammer]

The ratcliffe joke 😅

[@larnx1692]

He CANNOT keep getting away with using Antony over other players

[@simonbrown3378]

Mr Howson would you like ETH TO STAY AND SOME OF THESE PLAYERS OR DO THINK THEY NEED TO GO

[@lambert8915]

Wins a win lad, crack on 😅 we know the team ran out of gas 2 month ago

[@clems4348]

Not two months ago dude, this team has been out of gas since April 2023. I thought Coventry didn't deserve to lose.

[@leonhuggins7579]

You need to do a " lets talk about UNITED" vid

[@ChronicleSkate]

No one’s pointing out that we’ve fumbled the lead in 4 out of the last 5 games, and conceded 4 90+ goals as well. There’s not learning from your mistakes, and then there’s this…

[@stephenharris5519]

I totally accept the points about ETH’s short comings this season but the fact remains that the majority of this squad isn’t fit for purpose. If it’s ETH out then so be it but they should send 15 other players out the same door.

[@ryanadverderada3973]

This is a must! ETH might not be the man for the job but there are a sizeable chunk of the roster that also need to be churned. Whomever is the manager next season, they'll need to fully rebuild the roster.

[@stephenharris5519]

@@ryanadverderada3973 roster 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@lachlananderson5247]

For the past 10 years…our best 2 players have been goalkeepers. Absolute insanity.

[@FF-oo8nz]

Bruno not a keeper though. But yeah, it's sad

[@jennifermarshall4535]

Panicking to hold a lead is psychological. Nothing to do with skills or ability. All of the players have the skills and ability. What the team lacks is the psychological and emotional strength to keep control. No amount of physical training can sort that out. Decent sport psychologist is what they need. Someone who can tap into them as a team. This is deep stuff and a totally underappreciated element of sport.

[@ivanisrael4442]

Hey Steve you have my vote for next United manager mate should they get shot of ETH (hope not cause I like the guy) but I’d rather have you than Southgate or Potter. Take that as a compliment’ you talk perfect sense. All the best from the Gibraltar reds. GGMU.

[@AEG_UK2020]

i'm not sure why you're slating MR, RH and AG when we were 3-0. They all weren't on the pitch when the team conceded, it's a ridiculous rant. If you watch CR come on he pointed SM to stay back. did you miss that?

[@Colin623]

Don't be so harsh on Utd Steve, didn't you realise we were playing with just 10 players throughout the game ? Rashford was there as a mascot 😂😂

[@felis1672]

I said last season if the club gives him a megadeal it would be football suicide and ive been proved right

[@jonff1234]

"and he did it after running the London marathon " 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rana1561]

5:00 "bring in another defender, a child from academy" but who Ste? Willy wasn't available, and to bring a child in his debut on FA Cup semi final out of nowhere? Please tell me if you have inside info on some kid performing really well in training because I am not sure any manager would push a debut like that. Are we missing a player we need to talk about here?

[@protarget1]

Didn't anyone notice what the Man U. players did, straight after Rasmus scored the winning penalty., They didn't celebrate, but turned to the Coventry players to congratulate, commiserate, with them . Only Rasmus, Onana and Erikson did any form of celebration. And Bruno in the post match interview said. Even if we win the FA Cup, it's still not good enough. We have to play many times better

[@simonbrown3378]

Amad made a difference he needs to start ahead of Anthony and Rashford

[@kelseywilson8435]

because its deeper than “how you thought “ Ste

[@mz6580]

Dunno how everyone is saying Onana hag a good game??! He was only good for the penalty save and getting into the players head for the misses Apart from that he was at fault for the first two goals. He got beat at his near post, I think that was savable. The second goal he moved to hsi right and then stops to watch the ball. He's going the same way as he ball, why did he stop??! He has had some clangers this season which can't be forgotten. Don't forget he was the reason we got knocked out of the CL. I don't get why we bought him in the first place.

[@hhjs977]

This game felt like ajax tottenham 2018/2019. Same thing.

[@ducnguyen4083]

I definitely understand the dilemma ETH is having with left backs. However, why don’t you switch your tactics a little or push Dalot to the left and player AWB in the right. How many games have you played AWB as LB and how many penalties has he given away? He cannot play on the left. His mentality is a right wingback. Why are you so stubborn? And injured players suffer from the matches, the hectic schedule? I don’t think so. Your training and playing styles drive them to the verge of injury.

[@kyle2999]

I was embarrassed by Antony’s behavior. In his defense there’s a good chance the Coventry fans were calling him a r*pist which has happened at some grounds this year. If anyone was at the game I’d love to know if this happened. I still think it’s a terrible look to do what he did after you’ve put in that type of performance

[@linds2432]

I wouldn’t call it an embarrassment. A lucky second goal and hosed by another pen. It hasn’t looked good all season but we found a way to win.

[@RyanStandring]

the thing i noticed the most was Bruno dictating players way to much every time we went forward he would tell them to shop and pass sideways or to slow down telling people where to pass and not letting the player with the ball decide where to pass so look for forward passes but because Bruno is not in the right position he tells them to wait then we move side to side at the back line which is the most stupid ego Bruno has he needs to let people decide on where they want to pass that will in turn allow movement of players looking to get the ball instead of Bruno telling them to pass to someone to much reliance on him for passes... Rashford need to be taken off the team Casemiro needs to be benched Amad Diallo needs more game time should be starting with Bruno being ahead of the striker 90% of the time Amad can fill in that spot when he's not covering right wing