Manchester United had three and a half weeks without a competitive fixture and it looked like longer as Leeds swarmed them in the first half at Old Trafford.
Harry Maguire was a big miss on the night as United’s unfamiliar back four struggled and the Yorkshireman may yet miss the trip to Stamford Bridge. Lisandro Martinez almost certainly will after his controversial red card for pulling Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s hair.
What does this result tell us about United’s squad depth, the mentality of the fringe players, and Michael Carrick’s game management (particularly his reluctance to make changes)?
Most importantly, will there be a reaction when the team head to West London next weekend?
Various-Low4016 on
biggest concern to me was how toothless we looked in the 1st half.. we could’ve been 4-0 down. Not sure why it took that stupid red card to Licha to play us on the front foot.
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dellywally on
Senesei on a free should be a no brainer. We have three senior CBs of which two are injury prone
It was the “best” time to lose given the results around us but we now wont have comfort which is so invaluable
Downtown-Rice_ on
The loss itself just means United have a smaller margin of error against the remaining teams they play who are outside of the top 5. And now they must get results against Chelsea and Liverpool.
Either way, United will have to continue to earn their way back into the CL, which is fine/normal.
It is the matter of how they lost, especially the first half, which is shocking and concerning.
What also continues to be overshadowed or ignored because Amorim is no longer manager + a few more wins papered over cracks…the team’s lack of quality depth, lack of cohesive pressing that taps into intensity and is a mechanism for momentum/tilt via tackles, quick attacking transitions into space, pinning teams back into their own half, and overreliance on a 10 in a 4231.
L__K on
Was eagerly awaiting the Louis van Gaal “sex masochism” reference and was not disappointed
Goudinho99 on
Bit dissapointed in Carl.
Saying that you tell kids don’t pull hair – sure, but you also expect they won’t smash into toddlers with their elbows, try to get their nursery-mates sent off.
It’s was such a delicate mini-tug (phrasing could use some work) that this should never be a red.
ltmikepowell on
The referees are the problem, they clearly show bias.
chog_nastii on
I’ve been holding off saying it for a long time, but as painful as it is, Yoro just isn’t up to the standard. He’s weak as piss and doesn’t have the mentality to be a top premier league player from what I can see. I don’t honestly understand how he gets minutes over Ayden Heaven when he’s funnily enough shown the complete opposite. He must train like a fucking donkey, I don’t get it.
Haddocktintinsnowy on
We need to make sure we drop not more than 6 points more than Chelsea in the 6 games that remain. We are level on GD so that could go up and down.
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Manchester United had three and a half weeks without a competitive fixture and it looked like longer as Leeds swarmed them in the first half at Old Trafford.
Harry Maguire was a big miss on the night as United’s unfamiliar back four struggled and the Yorkshireman may yet miss the trip to Stamford Bridge. Lisandro Martinez almost certainly will after his controversial red card for pulling Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s hair.
What does this result tell us about United’s squad depth, the mentality of the fringe players, and Michael Carrick’s game management (particularly his reluctance to make changes)?
Most importantly, will there be a reaction when the team head to West London next weekend?
biggest concern to me was how toothless we looked in the 1st half.. we could’ve been 4-0 down. Not sure why it took that stupid red card to Licha to play us on the front foot.
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Senesei on a free should be a no brainer. We have three senior CBs of which two are injury prone
[Youtube is up.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QKRgy13gGc)
It was the “best” time to lose given the results around us but we now wont have comfort which is so invaluable
The loss itself just means United have a smaller margin of error against the remaining teams they play who are outside of the top 5. And now they must get results against Chelsea and Liverpool.
Either way, United will have to continue to earn their way back into the CL, which is fine/normal.
It is the matter of how they lost, especially the first half, which is shocking and concerning.
What also continues to be overshadowed or ignored because Amorim is no longer manager + a few more wins papered over cracks…the team’s lack of quality depth, lack of cohesive pressing that taps into intensity and is a mechanism for momentum/tilt via tackles, quick attacking transitions into space, pinning teams back into their own half, and overreliance on a 10 in a 4231.
Was eagerly awaiting the Louis van Gaal “sex masochism” reference and was not disappointed
Bit dissapointed in Carl.
Saying that you tell kids don’t pull hair – sure, but you also expect they won’t smash into toddlers with their elbows, try to get their nursery-mates sent off.
It’s was such a delicate mini-tug (phrasing could use some work) that this should never be a red.
The referees are the problem, they clearly show bias.
I’ve been holding off saying it for a long time, but as painful as it is, Yoro just isn’t up to the standard. He’s weak as piss and doesn’t have the mentality to be a top premier league player from what I can see. I don’t honestly understand how he gets minutes over Ayden Heaven when he’s funnily enough shown the complete opposite. He must train like a fucking donkey, I don’t get it.
We need to make sure we drop not more than 6 points more than Chelsea in the 6 games that remain. We are level on GD so that could go up and down.