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[Johnbass]

Good game for Hojlund.
Malacia Is just as bad as Dalot.
Hope we find better players to cover left.

[Rickey]

Originally Posted by Marmots

I think Amorim's lineup is due to the challenges he faces, he does not even have 3 centre backs to play.
And then there's Everton to play on Sunday.

Having watched the highlights, I wonder if it was Rashford instead of Højlund, he would have chased down the ball and created the chance.

1st Bodø goal was a good one, 2nd Bodø goal was Malacia getting outrunned, and it blasted in between Onana's legs.

Højlund 1st goal had flashes of Cantona and RvN, control to volley, great goal.
His 2nd was just poacher instinct, too bad he could not react fast enough, or could have gotten a hat trick.

It is on the back of this performance, I think we maybe looking at a draw on Sunday.
Bodø is 2nd tier Europe team at best, and we grinded to a 3-2 win.

At least Luke is back, and if we can have another centre back return, we can have a decent back 3 instead of makeshift. And have Mazraoui and Shaw as wingbacks.

Højlund played the full 90 mins, may not get to play on Sunday.
I like him, he has good workrate. Need players like him, Amad and Mazraoui to create an onfield attitude.

I don't think we will have much to look forward to for Jan transfer window, too bad for Amorim.

Hopefully get a win against Everton, at the very least, do not lose.

Everton that good meh ??...they haven't scored a goal in their last few games but I believe red pussies can at least score 1 goal if not more if RA put in his best XI

[lacoruna69]

Originally Posted by Marmots

Højlund played the full 90 mins, may not get to play on Sunday.
I like him, he has good workrate. Need players like him, Amad and Mazraoui to create an onfield attitude.

Yes, Mazraoui was outstanding. That assist, sure didn't expect that.
This coming from where he is playing as CB.
Can see he was very fired up.

When he was introduced to the media, he was like a add-on with all the limelight on De Ligt. But he was the first to be thrown into the fray as wingback under Ten Hag.
Since then, he had cemented a place as wingback and a sure starter.
He is definitely a keeper.
Of course, two goal hero Hojlund starts to prove everyone wrong, me included.

[lacoruna69]

Originally Posted by Rickey

Everton that good meh ??...they haven't scored a goal in their last few games but I believe red pussies can at least score 1 goal if not more if RA put in his best XI

The pussies cannot even beat relegation Ipswich wor....
now every team cannot be underestimated.

Anyway, there seemed to be hope for 3-4-3 as I saw the pussies kept the pressure on Bodo at certain prolong periods of the match.
But I think stamina got the better of them, and they took the pedal off.

Btw, why De Ligt was sub out for Casemiro?

Casemiro commit handball on the edge of the box in the dying moments and if not for Onana, it would have been 3-3.

But good call to sub out Malacia at HT. Malacia was outruned by Zinckernagel to concede 2nd goal.
After "nuaing" for the entire last season, Malacia looks like not up to par. Better ship him out as Carrington is not nursing home.

His replacement, Dalot, fare no better. Twice do dangerous backpass. One led to Onana scrambling out and commit handball outside the box.
But luckily VAR rule the act as unintentional. So no red card.
(Sometimes really dunno how VAR function......)

[ilovepantyhose]

a comeback victory where the goals conceded were avoidable, here are some thoughts:

- in the second match running, man u scored a goal even earlier than rashford's at ipswich. hojlund did all the hard work pressing the GK and garnacho was able to kio the durian. could scoring early goals become a theme for man u?

- malacia returned to action after a long layoff. his rustiness showed as he saw alot of the ball on the left flank but his crosses were poor, and beaten for pace which led to bodo 2nd goal. will need more games to shake off all the rust

- antony put in a shift at RWB, worked hard to chase the ball back after losing it, but he is still one-dimensional playing on the right. will amorim experiment him at LWB with the sole attacking instruction of running down the left flank and putting in crosses? amad is better at attacking down the right flank

- amorim system fully utilised the flanks and the pace of the attackers, man u was more direct and penetrative, supply from the flanks benefited hojlund and he scored 2. good control and finish for 1st goal, and textbook SC goal supplied from the flank

- garnacho was overall disappointing despite scoring the 1st goal, his final product was often poor and the glaring miss in the 76' when setup by amad. also his tendency to stay out wide on the left could have forced amorim to compromise, where he instructed dalot to invert. its a matter of time the inverted wingback will backfire like the inverted fullback did under ETH, where dalot flank had swathes of space waiting to be exploited. better to use garnacho as impact sub until his final product is consistently good quality

- mazraoui is proving to be a bargain signing, solid defensively and able to contribute to offense. can't wait to see him at RWB putting in the crosses and cutbacks

- amorim can ill afford to rest ugarte, he is the engine in midfield, full of energy, running and pressing, doubt casemiro/eriksen can deputise for him properly. mount might be able to as he can run and press, but his defensive aspect and reading of the game isn't as good

- when i saw dalot coming on for malacia, i thought "jit pai siao liao", true enough, he gave the ball away cheaply on 2 occasions, the latter where onana had to make a desperate tackle in the 76'. this bloody joker is a defensive liability, amorim his best posn is on the bench!

- the high defensive line where the 3 DCs are not the fastest, something for amorim to think about as english teams will lob one over for the attacker to chase, bodo 2nd goal was scored this way

- amorim has stated publicly that rashford needs to improve, time may be running out for rashford at man u

- this sun at home vs everton, amorim will field a strong lineup with the aim to kill off the game asap and not concede easy goals, man u has slightly better form and with home ground advantage, it should be a win. if lose, the headlines will be "another false dawn"

[lacoruna69]

Originally Posted by ilovepantyhose

a comeback victory where the goals conceded were avoidable, here are some thoughts:

- when i saw dalot coming on for malacia, i thought "jit pai siao liao", true enough, he gave the ball away cheaply on 2 occasions, the latter where onana had to make a desperate tackle in the 76'. this bloody joker is a defensive liability, amorim his best posn is on the bench!

Thanks for the analysis!

Maybe should give chance to Amass.
But Dalot is Portuguese.....so naturally still got a place.

[lacoruna69]

Originally Posted by lacoruna69

Got reports indicating RvN is closing in on the Leicester job.
Will be fun seeing Leicester beating Man U at the King Power Stadium.

Confirmed deal!!

https://www.espn.com.sg/soccer/story...r-city-manager

[JonesKnows]

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