What's Wrong With Manchester United's Defence?

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After 20 games in all competitions, Manchester United had kept only 1 clean sheet - the worst of all the Premier League teams.
Their volume of goals and expected goals (xG) wasn’t much better, 14th in the league.
So Manchester United have a defensive problem, but what’s going wrong?
Written by Mark Carey, illustrated by Henry Cooke.
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[@udbhasmitra6776]

"What is wrong with manutd's midfield?" "What is wrong with manutd's defence?" "What is wrong with manutd's coaching?" "What is wrong with manutd's board?" "What is wrong with manutd's ownership?"

[@elky85]

To summarise: what is wrong with Manchester United?

[@elchemanpessi3060]

Ole

[@AeonQuasar]

@@elchemanpessi3060 If you honestly belive that, then you are as much of a sucker then everyone else. He might not be the solution, but are he the only one to blame, definetly not.

[@ilhadi]

Man Utd is quite generous in providing content to our friends at Tifo.

[@elchemanpessi3060]

@@AeonQuasar Sacking ole solves most of their problems

[@africareigns]

19 EPL clubs think there's nothing wrong with Man Utd's defence. I agree.

[@MohammedMohammed-rr8jh]

Lol

[@greyman6353]

MU are a United Nations points distribution center for needy clubs

[@Michael-yo3vu]

We could not even get a single shot on target, that too playing at home against them! Their defence cost our manager's job! 😥

[@garthvader9916]

😂

[@thewackykid]

yes i think their defence is perfect... 😂

[@snakeobias]

He's not winning arial duels because opposition don't feel they need to cross any more. They just pass and run through us.

[@itsmeprasad1987]

Or Fred doesn’t have anyone in front of him to pass to….

[@elchemanpessi3060]

Run? More like walk

[@everyone1liesd459]

@@itsmeprasad1987 Rashford or Ronaldo never play centrally, they run in from wide So if Fred doesn't hit a simple cross field ball to find them, then he isn't good enough

[@snakeobias]

@@elchemanpessi3060 haha. I laughed. But then I started sobbing because it's true.

[@spek888]

But look at city both goals against us crosses into the box which harry or shaw or the other 5 players in the box didn't win

[@rishavsingh2390]

Solskjaer has discovered vertical defending, it's gonna be a revolution in football 😜🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@friendlyneighbourhoodstoner]

🤣🤣🤣

[@adedamolaayo-onita8603]

The man is a genius. Give him a lifetime contract. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@wespicedmemes]

Ok this was actually funny☠️

[@lubondochilekwa]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@andrikurniawan1654]

Vertical defending. You remind me about vertical drainage.

[@Daxboy16]

"Normally, the day before a game, we train tactics based on how the rival team is playing. However, United at the moment change their tactics so many times that we don't even know how they're going to play. So the training before the derby Pep said "I don't know what they'll do, so we need to see." and we stopped training after 10mins having barely done anything that day." -Kevin De Bruyne in a recent podcast.

[@joncoish]

Is that true lol? Changing tactics around like that and keeping the opponent guessing probably wouldn’t be such a bad thing if the tactics you were using and changing around were sound and worked.

[@reinrassigerStuhl]

What podcast was that? I would really like to listen to this episode because that is just hilarious

[@georgemill8822]

So Man City LITERALLY had a training session in Old Trafford. lol

[@raymondqiu8202]

@@georgemill8822 lmao

[@RobFera]

@@reinrassigerStuhl MidMid podcast, but it's in Dutch :\

[@gunmuratilban8667]

They have a weak midfield on the defensive side. Pogba is a big guy but he's never been a two-way midfielder and he will never be. Juventus surrounded him with midfielders like Marchisio, Khedira, Vidal, Pirlo over the years to take the pressure off of him, so he could just play in a free role where his lack of concentration and consistency didn't hurt the midfield. In ManU, managers and fans just didn't give up on expecting a Vieira out of him. To play both Pogba and Fernandes in the midfield gives the team a huge hole in the midfield. Fred or McTominay are far from elite players and they're expected to carry the load whichever plays. So I think at this point they need to part ways with either Pogba or Fernandes and to create a reliable midfield.

[@dasomannen]

Agreed, also they wan't McTominay to be a 6 I guess but he 's more of an attacking minded box-to-box midfielder. Their only real CDM is Matic who doesn't play, which isn't so strange since he is in decline. Overall though it's a tactical issue with their press, teamshape and lacking cohesion to be fair.

[@gunmuratilban8667]

@@dasomannen I agree; but I don't think even an elite CDM would be enough to carry after the duo of Pogba-Fernandes. You can have one of them in your midfield while at least two other rock solid midfielders covering after. Another example is 2018 French national team where they surrounded Pogba with Matuidi and Kante. That's the kind of midfield you need with either Pogba or Fernandes.

[@miguelbraz2629]

Agree although Khedira came in after Pogba

[@waggna469]

Or sign Rice

[@korneas8828]

Bringing in a world class DM along with making pogba and Fernandes more disciplined would greatly improved the midfield scenario of man U

[@dhomatluby9721]

"it's a mess" what a good word 😂😂 Not just defence but the club is a mess 😂😂😂

[@iwantgoals1566]

And keeping Ole in charge has confirmed that we’re finished.

[@maverikk521]

Is it really, or are people just spoiled because they're not the powerhouse they once was?

[@matthewvaughan8192]

@@maverikk521 It’s a mess by those standards, of course. By normal standards, it’s still mediocre at best

[@EnglishforFOOTBALLFANS]

Defence ✌️⚽️

[@horyalpr]

@@matthewvaughan8192 it's a mess by any standards that exist

[@mattlc16]

Man United must be a goldmine for any football channels, websites, pundits, etc. The tactical analysis of what they are doing wrong must be some of the easiest work these guys have ever done. I think even the most casual of football watchers or players could probably point out issues. If I had a football channel, I'd devote a video a week just to point out whatever tactical deficiency United showcased in their latest matches and watch as the views and ad revenue rolls in.

[@fearlessformidableferociou8623]

I thought the same thing, maybe in utd fan cams best interest they perform so poorly, otherwise there's nothing 2 talk about, good news don't sell

[@kapudanuderya]

So true man

[@horyalpr]

We are truly a laughingstock

[@fearlessformidableferociou8623]

@@horyalpr ...and it doesn't hv 2 be that way, united's success was not built on being 'friends' with the manager, i mean Beckham was much more of a commercial asset than Pogba, but after the boot inci, SAF told the board he wants Becks gone, that's when he went to RM...it's like my one friend, he plays chess with his brother's 14 yr old son, but he told the boy, I'll play with u but u still hv 2 respect me as your uncle...so i think any manager driving into Carrington Rd is gna hv quite a tough time...good luck 2 whoever is up 4 that challenge...

[@ultimatemachine457]

Spot on lmaooooo

[@joshuagunaydosiemuel9593]

You know that your defense is bad when the united goal keeper receive more shoots from his own defender members than the enemy strikers (See City vs United 2-0, De Gea really fought well)

[@greyman6353]

Have to credit the MU defense, they are really keeping De Gea on his toes since he has to watch both the opposition players AND his own defense

[@adam6543]

You got it mixed up Manchester United defenders had more shots at their own goal then at ederson. Not more shots than man city's attack who had alot of shots which de gea saved

[@stephenkay3048]

X u ole keep up the good work

[@EnglishforFOOTBALLFANS]

Defence ✌️⚽️ (I use football topics to teach English - new videos every week. Please take a look.)

[@samuelbiswas615]

There’s no excuse for ole and the back line . However we have a much better record defensively with varane which a lot of people don’t point out

[@sykethecasualcoach6021]

I always go back to the Maldini sentiment of “if I have to make a tackle then I have already made a mistake.” Defending is all about positioning, body shape, and anticipation. The fact that Maguire has more tackles and fewer interceptions and aerial wins means that he’s putting himself in positions (or is put in positions) where it’s too late for him to win the ball before it reaches its target. As a CB, you’d much rather try winning the ball going forward than tracking back or coming across (duh). It’s such a simple concept (something I’d try to teach to my players), but it’s so hard to execute when only a portion of the team is in the correct positions.

[@dumps891]

He’s the only defender I always see out of position or just let’s the ball roll by him in the 18 without clearing it or waiting for someone else to do his job

[@DougA333]

No CDM, no LW/RW tracking back to help LB/RB. Maguire played no matter his form/physical fitness. Coaching staff learning on the job. No leaders, no captain on the pitch. Embarrassing from the coaches and players.

[@el-youtub3r402]

That 1st goal conceded to Liverpool just shows how PATHETIC that defence truly is How do you concede a goal like that against Liverpool AT HOME within the first 15 MIN?!

[@mac_-mtlmcal]

@@el-youtub3r402 For me it was actually the second goal that they conceded against Liverpool that was something that I have never seen in the EPL, there was not one but two unmarked Liverpool players in the 6 yard box ready to tap in the cross lol. fkn pathetic by Man U, there are no words

[@el-youtub3r402]

@@mac_-mtlmcal I get what you're saying But the 1st goal is worse for me. Wan Bissaka's judgement in that play is criminal, he's really been woeful for a long period now.

[@crisis_07]

@@mac_-mtlmcal the second goal yeah, the one where I saw Fred and McTominay walking and watching the ball when Liverpool was in their box, and then a man came from behind McFred and got passed the ball for the goal..

[@harrisiskandar8356]

Lack of positional awareness I reckon. The first goal tell that how can a full back not covered the winger.

[@mjay3820]

They got Spider-Man playing as right back😭😭

[@rameshs1129]

I don't think Bissaka is bad...if he weren't there they would have been even worse... Maguire has done so many errors since his signing and it continued even this season

[@Joel-ox9bz]

@@rameshs1129 if we changed manager to a defensive manager, maguire Shaw and wan bissaka would all improve, if we changed to an attacking manager I think wan would be sold

[@elchemanpessi3060]

And a Fridge as centre back😭😭

[@danminju]

Aaron is good this season??

[@raspberry4782]

@@rameshs1129 hes not bad but he's just nonexistent.

[@rohithraman6488]

"Man Utd have a better defence than Chelsea" - Paul Scholes

[@sf7890]

Looks like Tuchel brainwashed people

[@bereal2366]

He is so jealous of us , thought he will shut up about us (Chelsea) after the beating he took from LIV and City ,, nah he kept talkin trash the jealousy n the salt is oozing from him lol.. hopefully we got everyone fit when we face them ..😁

[@CloudzieGamer]

@@bereal2366 jealous of you lot? Are you deluded? Scholes has more trophies than your entire club so pipe it down mate.

[@kennethchew1563]

@@CloudzieGamer lol cringe utd fan

[@fearlessformidableferociou8623]

On paper and in price tags yes

[@SujoyChakravarthi93]

After hearing that truly damning indictment of United's abysmal defence, having the Tifo jingle at the end means I have run the entire gamut of the human emotional spectrum between sheer agony and joyous delirium. Top marks People 👏🏼

[@griffith7615]

Damn shakespeare Singh those vocabs are above my level

[@SujoyChakravarthi93]

@@griffith7615 I will take this as the best compliment ever

[@abhinavsk8292]

Please tell me good sir , how to attain your level of English speaking skills

[@SujoyChakravarthi93]

@@abhinavsk8292 Listening to Tifo's Joe Bovine is the answer to all of Life's secrets

[@nooftaheri3502]

@@SujoyChakravarthi93 Joe Bovine😂

[@banthachannel5132]

Ole: There's nothing wrong. Its Fantastikkk

[@bigman2745]

Ehh the boys they do their best don’t they eh?

[@spek888]

We go again were a wounded lion well bounce back

[@SpiredRapidity]

Spurs fans just vibing rn, all because the Glazers said “we have Conte at home”

[@sejn195]

The worst part is Ole won by doing what Id describe as a tactical impersonation of Conte

[@jeffvox]

As a United fan, I laughed and then cried at this comment.

[@Michael-yo3vu]

@@sejn195 Yeah 😂

[@joco2826]

“THERE IS NOTHING WRONG” - FANS OF THE 19 PREMIER LEAGUE CLUBS

[@greyman6353]

Ole forever!

[@BatmanKnightfan]

Can’t come out with better comment.

[@shilpaprajapati4801]

Even Norwich! LMAO 🤣

[@vin8754]

And we will still finish above a good 16 of those clubs even with a PE teacher as a manager and a fridge defending for us.

[@muradtalukdar4401]

When you don't have the ball, most teams aim to have 11 defenders. United only have 4

[@ouioui446]

The real question is : What isn’t wrong with Man United

[@shilpaprajapati4801]

CR7 and Bruno

[@solarmaru49]

Real question: why doesn’t Harry Maguire have the decency to leave football

[@Thunder_Cheek01]

Ole is the manager.

[@sebastianstammer9265]

Bad manager and inbalanced midfield

[@RGNRK-rm1eq]

De Gea, his numbers are insane

[@brnb91]

You should've shown Trent's position too in the first goal. He was running down completely free just above Keita. Even if Keita was marked he would score

[@MasqueraeTheCreator]

I respect Ferguson more and more with every season. I never thought I'd get used to being heart broken by my team. It's also so addictive my God...I quit drinking but I can't quit Man United. Ooh the pain, lemme just laugh 😆😆😂😂😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@SouthwesternEagle]

Become a Liverpool fan.

[@ramengurung9913]

SouthwesternEagle why would they want to support an oil club (Manchester City)

[@SouthwesternEagle]

@@ramengurung9913 Oh? That's what they are? :C Nevermind!

[@lo-stretch5836]

@@SouthwesternEagle must be only a liverpool fan since klopp took over 😂 sad so many fans switch allegiances

[@animalcol1]

@@lo-stretch5836 45 years pal. That how long it is for me. 2/3 of it waiting on a league win. We were knocked off our perch. It's your turn now. And fergie did utd no favours. Welcomed in the yanks by driving Magnier and McManus out over a horse he didn't own. Sold off a fabulous team. Handed over an appalling one to Moyes. He was superb, but the years since the Rock of Gibraltar he ruined the club

[@davidwalsh9807]

Mcguire is a fridge when he moves, it has been clear since he started playing with lindelof a couple of seasons ago. Add that together with the fact he is clearly not a leader/ captain but is now playing in a team who has true world class players/leaders is Bruno, Ronaldo and Varane whom have bigger voices and zero respect for him(as he has zero passion) his confidence is shot. Plus Ole continues to pick him despite his mistakes is leading to team being disjointed and unsettled

[@fearlessformidableferociou8623]

Thx fir that 80 mil payment in full united, nice doing business with you 🤝, given we've paid Hull 17 mil 4 him 😅

[@joshuagunaydosiemuel9593]

After watching city vs united, i think De Gea is better to hold captain position.

[@jean-paulwalters8855]

@@fearlessformidableferociou8623 Has your defence really been good, with or without him, seems like you keep bottling top 4, because you're team lack the mentality or just ain't good enough, you say thanks for the £80m, but since, Soyuncu, hit & miss, does he even still play, Vestegaard, whose turns like a semi trailer, Evans, has probably been your only consistent defender, and even he's now getting old

[@danielwebb8402]

Bruno is a flat track bully. Doesn't do much vs other top 4 / good champions league opposition. He's not world class.

[@fearlessformidableferociou8623]

@@danielwebb8402 runs around like a headless chicken, and nicking the ball v WHU in Carabao was an embarrasment to the united jersey

[@tholiunathi23]

2:31 McTominay/Fred should drop and make 5 defenders . You cant have 4v4 Greenwood should block the pass to Robertson using a cruved run or don't press and block the pass to Jota.

[@airynod]

Just imagine that all City players have high football IQ that Pep doesn't need to teach/instruct them anything. With Ole on the wheel, even we are playing 9-0-1, we will still concede tons of goals ridiculously.

[@ShaniAce]

@@airynod Ole or not doesn't matter. United's players simply don't press and make terrible decisions, as this video has showcased.

[@airynod]

@@ShaniAce No, Greenwood had pressed, but in a wrong way. The manager made poor decisions that putting players in difficult situation, just like Jose Mourinho, even though Lukaku is playing well as a target man in front that proves Mou's vision was right. Lukaku didn't know how to play/reluctant to play as target man, that's on Mou. Pep and Klopp are always training players how to press/move as a team, Ole didn't do it apparently.

[@WOOOPdoctorFROGhere]

Years ago when United were regularly losing at home under Moyes and Van Gaal, Danny Murphy pointed out that the size of the pitch of Old Trafford is no longer an advantage for United and is actually detrimental to them, such is their lack of fitness and how bad they are on the ball. This isn't changed all these years later (due to repeatedly appointing coaches that have no idea how to set them up offensively). They remain a downright lazy team as they hardly run, pogba occasionally breaks into a prance, maguire moves like a toddler and bruno just points a lot rather than closing down the space. They therefore don't benefit from the extra pitch space, neither defensively nor offensively. Why they've still not realised that they should reduce the pitch dimensions to that of say, Selhurst Park is beyond me. It's like there's an arrogance that "we're man ya-nited, we have the biggest pitch because we have the best players". Stoke practically survived their first few seasons by putting out the smallest pitch they could get away with.

[@jsquared1013]

According to a quick internet search, OT's pitch is only 4m longer than Selhurst Park and the same width.

[@yoyomama99]

@@jsquared1013 the playable part is not the same as the full pitch

[@jonathanvillalba3214]

What? Wouldn't fifa regulations make all 1st and 2nd divisions teams have the same size pitch?

[@DecathlonGamer]

@@jonathanvillalba3214 No, they have min/max length and width. Just have to keep it within a range.

[@tcleung4228]

@@jsquared1013 tbh 4 meters is quite a substantial amount

[@Abilimarvellous]

The approach to games is the most worrying we're constantly getting outplayed by teams even in our own backyard. Our defensive struggle owe much to the fact we do not hold the ball in possession, we are clueless anytime we have the ball for more than 10 passes ultimately giving the opponent the ball and in bad areas too. When we signed Sancho I complained about this and unfortunately we have no ball retainer in midfield someone with a clear head who can think in pressure and apply that calming touch, bar Matic who can't play 2 matches in a go. What Liverpool, Leicester and Man city have shown is that any team with a dedicated system can beat this united team and do it easily. Our defence didn't go that bad, the approach to games have been terrible and the coachIng is the biggest culprit.

[@WOOOPdoctorFROGhere]

agreed apart from the bit about ten passes. United are lucky to string more than 3 forward passes without losing it. It's become a mini game I play during each laborious viewing of united games, count how many forward passes they can string together before they lose it or go backwards. It's hardly ever more than 3. The first pass is out of defence so that hardly counts then the next two are nervy passes and then it all breaks down and ends up going out for a throw; or hoofed back to de gea to start the process again. I watch a lot of football and there's no other team I can think of that plays such atrociously bad football. They have absolutely no idea what they're doing. It's made all the worse by the fact that moron in the dugout seems to think playing out from the back suits these players. It's nothing more than an invitation for the opponent to have a free shot at goal. United have conceded at least 5 times from playing out from goal kicks yet haven't created a single chance this way, yet they persist with it. Even now, with Ronaldo up front, who wins most aerial balls, the penny still hasn't dropped that you won't concede booting it up to Ronaldo but you probably will concede if you pass your goal kick to maguire and watch him comically trip over his own feet.

[@Abilimarvellous]

@@WOOOPdoctorFROGhere well said brother, your concerns are as clear as mine. The match against Manchester city showed the gulf in class between both sides, the 10 passes for me was for an hyperbolic effect, sad to say. Harry was brought into the squad to help transition the ball from defense to midfield, by now I had expected we'd have phased out de gea for Henderson who I feel is better in that regard and can ultimately learn quicker... If ole is to maintain his position until the season ends, I would ask him to man the f**k up. Luke shaw needs to see the bench and I'm not joking, vdb has to be integrated and alot more quicker.

[@Abilimarvellous]

Back to my comment and we just been smashed by Watford. Honestly I'm not sure zidane is the answer.... A coach has to implement a system to this players they have to religiously follow at the moment they have no play and it shows. I hope we can prize Ten Haag out of Ajax.... Life after ole would be critical.

[@thecommentor5050]

Wan Bissaka, Varane, Maguire and Shaw make a good back four... The problem is the coaches

[@itsmeprasad1987]

Na… shaw doesn’t communicate well… just runs back…. Also a proper holding midfielder or a box to box

[@stuckupcurlyguy]

I agree. Although I think Shaw and WB are outdated in the modern game since they aren't very attacking.

[@aarush130]

@@TWOMUFC forget absence of cdm. Presence of the duo of mcfred.

[@randomgayguyman]

@@stuckupcurlyguy how is Shaw not very attacking, do you even watch them play

[@elchemanpessi3060]

A new Rb, Varane, a new cb, Alex Telles >>> this defence

[@milesm1234]

The “it’s a mess” graphic should have been the thumbnail lol

[@jatin2616]

Man Utd need a back-4 of Maldini,Baresi,Costacurta,Tasotti to be good at defending with THAT kind of pressing.

[@icy_editz9678]

Brillant Stuff. All your videos are awesome so keep up the good work.

[@HorridDave]

The simplest answer to the title question is: Solskjaer and his coaching staff.

[@ShaniAce]

Nah, they're not the ones not running or making bad decisions on the pitch. Have you even watched the video?

[@avgeek707]

Joe Devine should go into coaching. Not necessarily at Man Utd, but anywhere. I feel he'd be a great coach as well, due to his friendly and jokeful nature but serious approach to Footy. Alex and JJ as Assistant coaches would be great too lmao

[@gentleken7864]

'Hey McGuire? Nice tackle....buy my merch!'

[@fplbrunoo858]

It's like saying being good at studying business makes you a good businessman He's found his thing already

[@danirunivain3527]

Paul Scholes said that Man United have better defense then Chelsea tho 😂😂😂🤦🏻‍♂️

[@MashiatCOD99]

Talent-wise yes

[@noneedtoknowmyname1610]

On paper

[@subodhshenoy2456]

the only difference is the coach

[@kross451]

@@MashiatCOD99 only varane

[@PAUL-br2bo]

On player for player yes

[@patogames5099]

Bought Ronaldo, and Sancho, in the same window, for a heap of cash, while still not having figured out, how to fit Pogba and Bruno in the same team. Now there are several big money players, out of the team, out of form, or out of place in the "system". Speaking of systems, Ole hasn't implemented a defensive system, from what the players have shown, and as evidenced by the graphic used in this video. He claims they came to press high... what, with Ronaldo up top? He's not your press high kind of forward. Nor is the midfield trio in sync for their pressing jobs. Most high pressing teams have gone with a single holding mid, and allowed 2 central mids to push on. As Utd want to "carry" both Bruno, and Ronaldo, in their defensive set up, they get unbalanced if McFred pushes on as well. Again, evidence in this videos graphic. Ole has bag loads of money spent on this team, and there are players with bags of talent in the team. He's got to sort out their defending, and the overall team balance,, if they ever want to seriously challenge for a title again.

[@jisunggoat960]

No ole isn’t good enough nothing to do with the players sack him and get a cdm and united are fine

[@teem4800]

Is that meant to be Luke Shaw in the thumbnail? 😂😂😂

[@simonfurman8007]

At first I thought it was Kyle Walker lol.

[@shilpaprajapati4801]

Pep: Over thinks Ole: Never thinks

[@Apollo-wx6uf]

Your quality of video is amazing , very informative and easy to grasp

[@lewiskay]

You've absolutely done Shaw dirty in that thumbnail

[@honestarsenalfan7038]

Yeah ditch the press and just stay deep and play counter. They were killing teams like this. Their attacking unit is so dangerous

[@greyman6353]

This allows them to stay compact and make use of their pace in the forward line (Rashford, Greenwood), but somehow they want to play a more expansive game because that is "The United Way". Since when is losing miserably the United way?

[@anthonyvanwyk1001]

Nice chill info vibe about something stressful at United.

[@KareemPilot]

Good vid … hope you eventually do one about the old Celtic “Quality Street Gang”

[@JK_JK_JK_JK]

Next: What's Wrong with Man U Manager?!?! 😏👍

[@CrimsonCreationAGM]

I’ll tell you whats wrong with him, everything. He hasn’t nearly enough coaching experience to be coaching one of the biggest teams in the world. He was destined to be a player, which he was, and he was a brilliant player. Doesn’t mean he’d make a brilliant coach, and i think thats more than evident at this stage.

[@WOOOPdoctorFROGhere]

Tifo probably still like Solskjaer. JJ Bull the Bullard was saying a few weeks ago that Solskjaer is the most underrated manager in football and Alex Stewart the Stew-ard said Solskjaer is "fine" and if sacked, would easily walk into a club such as Everton.

[@Deku20235]

I feel weird seeing Arsenal on top for most cleansheets xD

[@m.aununu.musaffa7466]

Arsenal doing great after new cb can play... Right after lose from ManCity

[@Deku20235]

@@m.aununu.musaffa7466 I know I am an Arsenal fan, but haven't seen this in the past 4 years xD

[@blairwallace9681]

i'd be interested to see a video on what Steve Clarke doing right with Scotland

[@MrKeletsi]

Great video, but it doesn't really advance the conversation in my opinion. I'd love to understand what's changed in the defensive approach from last season to now. What were we doing then that we aren't doing now because it's basically the same team playing (minus Varane & Ronaldo) but we've just become so porous.

[@MrBaronCabron]

The absolute state of Shaw on the thumbnail. I'm laughing but also offended you'd do my boy like that

[@raunvk]

0:18 Tears in my eyes. Like literally. We finally made it through Mustafi, David Luiz, Petr Cech saga. 😭😭😭🥺

[@vchandrasekaran3212]

Arsenal 😍

[@tevol7448]

Very good analysis thanks

[@eluminese6206]

What do you call it when the player passes the ball that the ball goes through many players and they stay behind the ball and the opponent gets the ball and they’re no so behind that they won’t be able to do anything. Similar of how Robertson did with Wan-Bissaka when we went too high and wasn’t able to run after jota

[@nathanielpantling148]

There's only 9 Liverpool players on that pitch?

[@rishavsingh2390]

Even then they would have conceded 3🤣

[@that_megan]

Well their captain seems to be having trouble hearing based on a recent goal celebration. Can someone get that young man some hearing aids or something?

[@ScumbagKorain]

This is such a great channel. I don't even follow club football all that closely, still the knowledge and this channel's ability to convey it concisely is just too good to miss out on.

[@jimcargill8492]

When you have tried every combination of players around Maguire you must ultimately ask the question is Maguire the actual problem? I have not rated him for some time as his propensity to make mistakes and failure to contribute as a set-piece goal threat marked him as not up to MUFC standard. I think his price tag has blinded many to his actual contribution.

[@WOOOPdoctorFROGhere]

he's no better than Smalling but because he cost 80m then united will blindly stick with him. Certain players get a free pass because of their price tags, Fred and Wan Bissaka are two other lemons that should be rotation players at best.

[@ardianfarizaldi7990]

Yup, with this stat, Phil Jones and Smalling pair clearly was better than the defence now.

[@Svalbaz]

So what youre saying is I should always put a bet on the opposition scoring? Got it

[@9snaga]

Been doing this for a while now, paid well during this painful period.

[@Svalbaz]

@@9snaga least you’re making the most of a bad situation 😊

[@9snaga]

@@Svalbaz trying to bro

[@dia6olo64]

Because defending starts from the frontline, when you have players like Ronaldo in your team, that's your first line of defence wiped out and I say this as a Juventus fan who saw their defending and ultimately results getting progressively worse over 3 years with Ronaldo in the line up. In Juventu's case it wasn't just Ronaldo, they also had a midfield that let's just say was not one of the better ones so the defence in effect had little to no cover and even that is thanks to the wasted 100 million transfer fee on a 34 year old couple with ridiculous wages, basically no money left to take care of the midfield, the actual engine room of a team and part of the team that ultimately makes the difference when it comes winning and loosing games. It never ceases to amaze me how much credit forwards get for putting the ball in the net while doing precious little else while the real different makers which are usually the midfielders get ignored. United are very much heading down that same route! When United took Ronaldo off us, I was the happiest Juventus fan in the world, in my eyes he has ruined Juentus! I'm not for one minute questioning Ronaldo's football qualities, we all know what he has achieved, what people don't see with Ronaldo is how destructive his presence is to the rest of the team, Juventus pretty much stopped functioning as a team the day he arrived and it progressively got worse over the 3 years, they have gone from being a regular champions league contender to an also ran team in the Italian league and all that during Ronaldo's 3 years. Many people seem to keep forgetting it's a TEAM game, for all his qualities Ronaldo is not a team player but worse than that, the preferential treatment he gets destroys the rest of the team. A lot like Juventus, there are the same elements in place at United, no front line defence and questionable midfield cover coupled with the preferential treatment, not exactly a recipe for success. The real funny thing about Ronaldo's 3 years at Juventus is that all Ronaldo's die hard fans defend him by pointing out all the goals he scored for Juventus and that he was practically the only one to score, what they won't tell you is that the whole team was built to serve Ronaldo, everyone was expected to play for Ronaldo, only Ronaldo could take free kicks (even though he has to be one of the worst free kick takers in the history of the game). But the thing they mostly wont tell you is that while Ronaldo did OK for himself in terms of his goals quota, as whole Juventus scored considerably less goals during Ronaldo's 3 seasons than they did the previous 3 seasons and we won't even go into wining less and looking like a shadow of the team they were, the key difference between those 2 blocks of 3 season periods is that they were a TEAM in the first block and have never been one with Ronaldo!

[@spyro9087]

You can have a selfish player like Ronaldo on your team who doesn't press if your team is built around counter attacking football. it's just unfortunate that both united and Juventus playstyle is not suited for the likes of Ronaldo.

[@mochardiansah7452]

Let me add something to your detailed explanations. Since his depart from Madrid, Ronaldo has 4 different managers in 4 different seasons (it can only add more as we know that Carrick only takes care several matches before Rangnick, which his contract as a manager would end at the end of the season). It's like it's all the managers fault if their campaign go badly when they have Ronaldo in the team.

[@aldomusemburi]

Also make a video of what’s wrong with Liverpools defense this season please. (From a Liverpool fan)

[@pranavsahay467]

@tifo Please do a video on stats of ball koving forward through the midfield with a McFred double pivot! I am sure it will be dismal compared to any other pair!

[@jr_xtreme8940]

I mean even last seasons run that saved Ole's job, was mostly based on comebacks. Being able to win being down is great for a teams mentality, but long term, u achieve this less once u start to see the various factors that led to conceeding and the offensive output can't bail u out anymore

[@jaycfc3909]

Solskjaer does have 19 clubs backing him though, OLEIN💯

[@ziphelelekhumalo9429]

Tifo please make a video on why this Chelsea is doing so well this season especially their defensive game🙏🏽

[@jasonliggett1679]

I agree Man United's defence were everywhere running around like a bunch of headless chickens a few weeks back

[@korygrey6170]

Haven’t had a good morning since that Liverpool loss every day I’m reminded we’re a mess. That vertical back 4 nearly made me throw up

[@fearlessformidableferociou8623]

Take one for your team

[@nivvy19]

new graphics and animations look slick 👍

[@griseldahansen3913]

Excelente reseña muy informativa

[@bakedandhectic2096]

Maguire is trash. Never understood how he is in the Prem let alone the positions he is in currently. It's never made sense.

[@elchemanpessi3060]

If a record fee transfer player flops at City/Chelsea/Liverpool/Spurs the managers are not afraid to bench / sell them. But if man utd pays a lot for a player and they flop, they are like "Oh we paid a lot for him. So we must start him, play him often...... blah blah blah"

[@bakedandhectic2096]

@@elchemanpessi3060 Manchester have been a joke for years they spend big but do nothing with it.

[@neffalum]

Oli is at the wheel ❤️

[@fearlessformidableferociou8623]

...of the parked bus, the players are tyred and exhausted, and ole can't c the way fwd really coz the windows are covered in transfer stickers, and fatigue after a midweek game in Europe, oh well that's easy 2 explain away...they catch a lift with the sponsor's cargo plane, and there's only seating 4 3, pilot, co-pilot and flight engineer...

[@polpol1005]

i'm giving him last chance

[@owaminkosi5179]

Please put full songs on streaming services

[@footballspiritual9702]

It works like this. defense>CDM>Attacking Midfielder>Strikers...take out one of them from the jigsaw puzzle the whole thing come crashing down.. the problem for United is CDM. simple math. Both Fred and Mctominay aren't specialist CDM. and Pogba is one of the Leopard Roy Keane was talking about a few years back.

[@nellypringle2875]

For balance, you should really do a little 30 second video on everything that’s right with Man Utd at the moment. You could always pad it out by pushing more of your merch if you had to.😄✌️

[@RomeoRehn]

Time for an update

[@ramseywilliams2617]

You guys your songs are always funny keep up the good work

[@tatsuyasigh1906]

They don't know how to apply pressure on the ball the right way. Wan-bissaka constantly gets caught in no man's land trying to step up and press. The wide forwards/wingers don't track back consistently. Greenwood/Bissaka combo is a disaster

[@jrisner6535]

Send Maguire off to Sheffield United, it's where he's always wanted to be

[@polpol1005]

but.. he just scored against albania o_o

[@daiyan7973]

I think everyone knows it’s ole and his lack of tactics and no style of football 😔

[@greyman6353]

Ole is basically playing FIFA 21 with a 4 billion dollar club

[@bejlicaushaj7169]

Solskjaer just got sacked. What a sad day for other EPL teams

[@shashidharprabhu5898]

We signed Varane Varane got injured Now Maguire and Lindelof are not even marking players in the box just roaming freely. Other than that it will pe preferable to use Shaw and AWB as wing backs as both are not doing anything defensively(maybe AWB to some extent).

[@qsummerss]

HARRY MAGUIRE done video over.

[@shaktisinghbais3576]

United cant play from the back with this back four. Maguire and wanbisaka are easy targets and lose ball quite easily. If that's how he wanted to play , he shouldn't have signed them in the first place.

[@greyman6353]

Ole seems to be too stubborn to acknowledge that none of the back four are comfortable on the ball and an easy mark for turnovers when pressed.

[@ashimmondal5890]

I believe during training session he is not formulating the acts according to the setbacks but a static flow of traditional approach to all uniquely different problems.

[@normanstewartah-shung4219]

6:09 “ so where to go from here?” Change the manager !!!

[@lordmoki18]

Harry Maguire.

[@devrajbhandari2168]

Answer: ole.

[@HUZAIFTV]

Ole has been more focused on the attack rather than defense and you can see it from day 1. We have managed to score more than 5 goals under ole more times than any other manager post SAF. But as said "Attack wins you games and Defense wins you titles" you cannot carry on that attacking philosophy without building a defensive structure first. Even in his first spell we couldnt keep clean sheets and it has been a problem ever since. 20/21 season is a prime example of that too, we came from behind in almost every game that we won. Ole has failed to address that problem and seemed to be casual about it and now he's under pressure because we cannot control games that we should easily dominate, and rely on counter attacks and individual brilliance.

[@yudhabagaskara98]

should cover all of the club's bases as well

[@srbtlevse16]

There is nothing wrong Maldini and Maguire both start with "Ma" for a reason -Sincerely Other PL clubs

[@erikfrostbondorf1466]

Shaw have been awful this season and so have maguire. Lindelof and baily have played alright but nothing crazy. The only 2 who have actually played good is varane awb

[@sergioantonio1968]

Genial buen video gracias por comentar

[@facuunarvaes3551]

Muy buena información sobre los equiposs

[@jdodger1091]

Without watching this I already know the answer. The personnel aren't good enough (none of Shaw, AWB, Maguire, Lindelof or Bailly get into any of Chelsea, City or liverpool) and the manager is able to set up a defence about as well as Oscar Pistorious

[@Alienman1212]

lmao you're deluded, lindelof easily walks into any of those teams

[@jdodger1091]

@@Alienman1212 over who in any of those teams?

[@Alienman1212]

@@jdodger1091 all the Chelsea defenders, over stones and Laporte, and over matip/gomez/konate

[@jdodger1091]

@@Alienman1212 I mean you're absolutely wrong about all of those, as he doesn't even get into the United team over Maguire, and all names mentioned are better than him. Go troll someone else. The idea you think lindelof is better than Thiago Silva just null and voids your opinion

[@karimmoorad4128]

The day the United board understand that the CDM is a specialist position, it's the day we will acquire a proper midfield

[@stariqa2]

Problem looks like with the 2 central midfielders, and the 2 wingers. They don’t press at all at the opposition.

[@JoseJimenez-rc5df]

Excelente info

[@johnnysecular]

short answer the back line formation is a square that let’s passes through instead of forcing the opposing team wide. shorter answer Maguire. lol.

[@jarredmcmerrick5311]

What is wrong is that both Wan-Bissaka and Shaw leaves players free behind them every single time a cross arrives in the box

[@jarredmcmerrick5311]

Also: Maguires head is f*cking massive

[@bijanbahmani3794]

That goal example really is true for Barca this past season as well.

[@OtaconAlonsus]

I think the 40 yards of free space in front of the defence or what you would normally call Mcfred is one of the major problems.

[@harrymcmullen2227]

“Bloortech” outstanding.

[@aramanon]

People slag off Maguire but in many situations I don't know what he's expected to do. He's left all over the place and becoming more Phil Jones with confidence in the bin.

[@sebastianpiedra4025]

Excelente video!!

[@_Avaan_]

Not Just It's Defence. It's Attack is Also Not that Good( They have a Good players but There is Some Problems There) I Think Only Cavani is Playing in his Max Potential...

[@woutervangils6673]

Hahah lol, just finished seb's newsletter where he ended plugging this.