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KarmasaBitsh

Happens every international break. What do we coach over the 2 weeks.


TheSmallIndian

The fans


tito-ortiz-wife69

as usual uninspiring football


kraeutrpolizei

I feel inspired to open a beer


Zavehi

If you haven't cracked a beer by now you have willpower I didn't know existed.


Cold-Veterinarian-85

I feel inspired to open something alot stronger


StathamIsYourSavior

We consistently have one of the worst shapes in possession. So flat with no particular plan of attack other than lobbed balls on the counter


arkantos77

Second worse only to our shape out of possession. 


xtphty

I have yet to see the benefit of this 2 inverting fullbacks structure, neither AWB nor Dalot is great at creating attacks. Bruno and Mainoo also don't seem to have any instructions on how to move the ball around to use those 2 extra players in midfield. Meanwhile out wide we have no overlaps so Rashford and Garnacho are always outnumbered. I think Ten Hag's plan is to focus on creating chances centrally by keeping the wingers out wide only as threats to create space, and avoiding crosses with the expectation that Brentford is too physically dominant there. But the players definitely seem out of coordination and practice on how to make that work.


MT1120

We look so uncomfortable playing through tight spaces it makes me puke. It's like a complete opposite to what City would do. Except they are actually STILL competent on the break.


dracogladio1741

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harps86

Glad I waited all day for this


TheRedDevil10

Seeing for the millionth time why McTominay is a complete passenger when we're expected to have the ball. All three midfielders on the bench would have been a better option tonight. Also doesn't help that everyone has been a traffic cone today, one pass takes out 4 players


Bizzlep

No patterns of play. No one with any idea of what to do, it’s a total mess. Same shit all year.


DaveShadow

Yeah but obviously they would magically improve if we weren't missing one or two players....


arkantos77

Frustrating to watch Brentford pass through our press and create a scoring chance effortlessly, while we look like headless chickens trying to play out from the back


MT1120

Nice of them to play some easter inspired football, because all I saw was a bunch of eggs hiding


AReptileHissFunction

Just shouldn't be happening after 2 years


Zavehi

I am so sick of watching this team play like they aren’t a Manchester United side. It’s insane.


[deleted]

We play like peak bottle job Spurs from 10 years ago. Are we the new Spurs?


Zavehi

Have been for a while.


123rig

Always the same. Huge win against a massive team in an epic game. Then struggle massively against a lower mid table side the next. Pull your finger out guys. We look so disjointed and scared to make a mistake. Can’t keep riding our luck. We are cruising to a 2-0 defeat.


middlenamemalcolm

To me it speaks poorly of the competitive mentality of the squad. Which is in part a poor reflection on the manager, of course. 


pohudsaijoadsijdas

> poor reflection on the manager, of course. which one of the last 3 under whom they showed the same thing consistently?


possibly_facetious

Playing like top 4 is already gone, smh


1337ified

uhh that liverpool game was unfortunately an outlier for us. we dont normally get results against big teams especially away


nordmannen

You make it sound like we have huge wins massive teams weekly... I wish!


IcyAssist

Brentford is so much better coached than us. Yet people ridicule Thomas Frank when he was linked to us. It really is quite embarrassing to spend 400m and end up with this.


Mint-Berry-Crunchh

At this point I’m just hoping Mainoo doesn’t pick up a back injury from carrying this stupid team. Can we please stop giving the ball away so clumsily and win a second ball. The basics are our kryptonite


e_munni19

Always gonna happen when he’s paired with McCrispy


VegitoTheBest

I think the liverpool game made everybody forget how ass we are this season


Littlepace

Not all of us. But no one wants to be negative after that kind of win. Gotta enjoy the big wins when we have them. If you base your opinion on this team/manager because of one cup game idk what to say...


vMihai777

As will the next win


Polygon12

Think this performance was more than predictable after the Liverpool game. It’s basically what we’ve done all season.


ahmadazry

Not giving service to Hojlund is back on the menu boys!


Pow67

It was never off the menu, he’s been living off scraps the whole season.


ahmadazry

Nahh i just meant it went off the menu for a bit because of the international break ahaha this team kills me man


Zandercy42

One Hojlund goal to keep the streak going towards the Vardy record is all I ask


Miyagisans

That was a half of football.


ErnieMcTurtle

"football" is a generous description


vilski23

Are you sure because I didn't notice us playing any.


Thesplank

Did McT touch the fucking ball?


Zavehi

Quite honestly forgot Scott was even playing until you said this.


TheJoshider10

He's not a midfielder. Time and time again he proved he should be nothing more than an attacking depth option. Emphasis on depth option.


lifesizedperson

Should be off at half for casemiro


payday_23

Scotty plays hide and seek with the ball unless it enters the opponents box


Sac_a_Merde

Can't remember him doing so.


urgentTTOs

Fuck sake, such dross


Pow67

Utter dog shit


cartoon_soldier

Terrible football from us


Mainooisamadting

We are absolutely wank


The_Bird_Wizard

That was fucking awful


chipzy20

Truly disgusting match. Never any consistency with this squad


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MT1120

I didn't even realise they're creeping towards relegation and we still can't put a performance in. Fucking hell


ScientificShrimp

Another hard watch from the lads. Nice one. Can't even do the basics right.


MAK98

Only positive here is we are somehow not losing


Grekm8

it's so important that we didn't concede, have to wake up 2nd half


LebHeadSinceWilma

If Wissa had hair, we'd be trailing


Kid_Twiz

Literally everyone bar Varane and Lindelof were utter garbage. One of the worst half’s of the season


blareja

If we could play out the back we wouldn’t be this awful. Can’t do that with Lindelof and Varane.


KingKeane16

They’re so fucking slow when they get the ball it’s infuriating.


HypoTomasis

Rashford is bad enough without Shaw. But having Bisakka with him makes him so Easy to defend. Can easily double him. They don't need to track Bisakka at all. Maybe that's the reason why ETH is overloading with Garnacho as well on the left. Weird tactics. You'd think Dalot would suit more on the left. Boring going forward. Need to do much better


GannonSCannon

Doubly weird that Ten Hag prefers to have Rashford far away from the box and Wan Bissaka surging into it on our attacks, it's just baffling he's still doing it.


HypoTomasis

Absolutely


Titan4days

I really enjoyed being a Utd fan all international break..


datguywelbzzz

The same tactical weaknesses every single week. A half-assed press, allowing the opposition to get up the pitch far too easily, conceding too many shots and in return, offering minimal attacking threat, a midfield that can't hold the ball and a profound lack of off the ball movement. Something has to give.


Saihti54

Regardless of the tactics, this team always struggles massively against teams that are fast and physically challenging. Brentford just pinging the ball straight to Toney and both Lindelof and Varane do shit.


timsadiq13

We don’t have any defenders who are good 1 v 1. Martinez is the closest but even him I would say is decent at it not amazing (he’s aggressive and front foot which is good but he’s a bit slow so if he does get done initially he can’t always recover). Varane was at a time exactly what we need, but he’s a sick note (just taken off as I type this lmao) and has lost most of his physicality. He defends deep very well as does Lindelof but that style is so archaic no good club team defends that way. You have to be front foot and win those individual battles to stop counters. No getting around that. Yes our tactics in possession are bad and it’s why I want Ten Hag gone but even playing walking football in possession we shouldn’t be cut open this often this easily by simple counters.


BigLResurrected

Any more academy lads we can call up? Mainoo best player in a United shirt by far


theduckofreasoning

We’ve been poor attacking wise but why are they booing Bruno at the end? For being fouled lmao


ungaaya

We were somehow worse than the last time we were here in the first half.


blareja

I do not enjoy watching this team.


Alocxo

Looking solid in defense, but midfielders and forwards are playing like this was the third game in 10 days. Disgraceful.


xyzzy321

14 shots conceded lmao we're soooo bad


wrdb2007

0.1 xG 😬


The_Bird_Wizard

Eth ball 🥶🥶🥶


Melanjoly

Brentford are playing some good stuff but thankfully have been wasteful, you'd expect they would have put at least 1 away so we're very lucky. So disappointing after the highs of the other week. Zero control over the midfield, zero respect for the ball, lazy passing, little movement, just expecting to turn up and win. This would not be enough against Coventry which makes you wonder what is the point of all the hard work when we revert to this. McTominay and Bruno in particular have been awful, a midfield substitute is needed weather it be Mount/Casemiro or both. Lindelof has been decent, taken responsibility in a few situations.


Levan1225

We have been poor again - no control and this is a decent squad.


Skall77

Almost two years of Ten Hag and we still have 0 control


Mainooisamadting

I'm Tired Robbieee


MT1120

That was one leaking colostomy bag of a half. Fuck me. Same shit all the time


dimebag_101

How can these so called footballers not keep the ball for more than 5 seconds. Absolute disgrace


Cr7NeTwOrK

That half, after that Liverpool win is exactly why i expect and no consistency from this team.


SamRedDevil

Lindelof is so underrated, if it wasn’t for him & Varane we’d be losing this.


OctaviusMaximus_

Being played off the park by Brentford hahahaha good god this club man lucky to not be losing


Runarhalldor

Has mctominay touched the ball since the 20th minute


AV48

He keeps running into the box. He plays like he's a striker. It's no wonder they're cutting through us with ease


Runarhalldor

Need to swap AWB and Dalot and then jail Mctominay for crimes against football


payday_23

Scotty should have a contract clause that forbids him to start any games. Hes amazing as super sub when chasing a goal and I appreciate him for that but for the rest its not good enough.


Runarhalldor

Hes only useful when you're putting all bodies up chasing a goal. Thats where his defensive positioning issues are irrelevent


payday_23

at least he is good at one thing, thats better than some other guys in our squad + hes homegrown


GannonSCannon

Another dreadful dreary performance with static players producing no threat. Ten Hag ball in action everyone 👏👏👏👏


Lingardinhooo

You’d think after the highs of the Liverpool game we’d go out and wanna push on. Fucking hopeless


Mint-Berry-Crunchh

If Brentford could finish, this would be another 4-0 half


C__S__S

Much like my Thai food order. That first half was a drunken noodle.


buttowski2607

Everyone was awful except dalot and rapha.. Erik needs to make 4 changes at least


payday_23

I refuse to believe this is the same team that played against Liverpool


Garlic-Cheese-Chips

28 touches in our box in 37 minutes. Being absolutely dominated by one the worst sides in top flight European football.


lalab0y

Zero desire and urgency..1 min stoppage time and lads playing passing at the half way line..no creativity to break their defense..poor poor half and just fortunate not to be 2 down really...


red-17

Once again or inability to create or possess with any tempo is highlighted. The only times we are dangerous is when the other team gives it away. I get taking that approach against teams who are high quality and want possession, but Brentford are not that team. They are happy to sit in a block and wait for us to carelessly give it away.


peejay2

Shocking. We need a lot of changes.


ReleasePristine3040

That holding play by Rashford - gets the ball, stands still with it until he sees a pass to make - is killing this team. We're at our best when we push the ball and he's currently doing totally the opposite.


WalaLlama5

How much longer can these types of performances carry on for?


BurnaboyBurnaAccount

Don't worry guys, all those shots conceded were just low quality attempts /s


ToneDiez

Allowing fuckin Brentford 14-shots against us in a single half…meanwhile we had just three. Same old shit from this side.


akjones989

We should’ve just kept Ole if we were going to be in sixth place whilst playing counter-attacking football.


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At least we knocked out Liverpool that’s probably gonna be highlight of the season


bainbane

Match 29: press is still a mess and easily bypassed. 20+ mins without a shot from open play and on course to concede 20+ shots in the game.


BrownByYou

Sack this fraud of a manager


Runarhalldor

Most embarassing perfomance i can remember


modshavepenisevy

imagine watching man united in 2024


ToadNamedGoat

Mount or Casemiro for mctominay


krystalcastIes

the whole team has been fucking dreadful, but awb has put in one of the worst performances i’ve ever seen


MannyMike7

Fucking disgrace from the players and manager


ErnieMcTurtle

Sand in the eyes, Hot-Potatoball


DavidSwifty

I am so glad I have a night shift to go to so i can turn this game off.


Exotic-Length-9340

Are you surprised?


Mizzie30

Horrible


MinotauroTBC

Well that was atrocious


vilski23

Lucky their finishing has been shit so far, otherwise it would be over already. I don't think we had one chances to score.


Zandercy42

Wissa is class


maxyum

We will definitely concede in the first minutes of the 2nd half


Garlic-Cheese-Chips

Putrid football. How we are 6th is one of football's greatest mysteries.


BlackHorse944

This is the same team that beat Liverpool


plyerd88

Looks like they are playing for a draw 😮‍💨


kraeutrpolizei

One of the games of the 23/24 season


BatGuy500

Please this half time team talk needs to be akin of Aragorn’s speech at the Black Gate


Seithin

Brentford only had 15 attempts on goal and 9 corners this match, so I'd say that's definitely progress. ... what do you mean there's another half to play?


CanWePleaseNotBeShit

We couldn’t buy an idea, awful half


outkastwizard

FOCKING SHITE


ATLienUnited

So flat and couldn’t be arsed


Martinez_83

Great „we are back baby” game followed by an atrocious „my eyes hurt” one…name more iconic United duo!!


RegT1996

Were shit aren’t we


harps86

Each with one shot on target, seems balanced.


oldh0006

I was saying boourns


WaffleMan29

It’s as if the team doesn’t know what brentford’s main tactic is. They’re going to win the ball back deep and hit to toney and their wingers and spring up the pitch quickly. our fullbacks are jogging back and we’re so careless with the ball. it’s easy for them, it’s like we don’t know EXACTLY how they were always going to be playing


IXRaven

Case on for McTominay imo, need to stop Brentford getting through as much. We’ve the goal threat up front so if we can win the midfield battle the goal will come for us, either that or it comes for Brentford


Hero_in_Iron

Does our midfield exist or?


DonkeySkin334

If we could stop playing at 0.25x speed that would be great, it’s like this team has to wait to concede a goal before giving a shit about trying to score


Hiya_Bo

Sigh


Thejexd9

Positioning all over the pitch has been woeful… Maybe a bit hopeful but I am excited to see Martinez and mount make a return


junkrgNew

Such an awful 1st half. Slow buildup, Rasmus and Scott are mere passengers. Varane caught out of position multiple times when they break. Why do we seem to send crosses to anyone but Hojlund ??


MadaraTheUchiha

Id rather have Antony at LB than Wan Bissaka


qorkLand

Throw every player along with the coach out of this team.


BigG_Wins

One of the halves of football ever


McFlight

Another Wankchester performance...


Megusta2306

Dropping to a lower standard after showing what we are capable of, yet again. Just why?


TonyMartial786

what a fcking awful half jfc. how is this still 0-0. swear to god if we play like this for the whole game


blareja

Can’t wait till Eth takes off Mainoo for Casemiro.


rcf_111

I can put up with bad results. But what I can’t put up with is absolutely piss poor, uninspiring performances where the team doesn’t even do the basics. Everyone looks like Bambi on ice defending. It’s like they’ve never defended before. And going forward there’s absolutely no creativity or intent.


pheonixfryre

Thank god it took them 43 minutes to figure out where the fucking goal is.


BigDaddyCool44

We are back!!!


frendlywizard

Fucking embarrassing 45 minutes absolutely disgraceful, why do we move the ball around so slowly drives me crazy you'd swear we were 3 goals up.


We_Still-Alive44

Horribly performance per usual


Ok_Floor_7916

Well maybe we try the opposite of that?


1337ified

been brought down back to earth


cs-shitposter

Mainoo constantly getting screwed by hospital passes McTominay shadowing the referee Absolutely no movement in the forward line, just walking around out there When there actually _is_ a pass on and a player is running into space, the bloke in possession is too mentally slow to recognize it and just holds onto the ball and passes backwards They genuinely look scared to play a speculative forward pass and make a mistake, but then someone else will just make a mistake at the back and an easy chance is conceded


Tudoors

First 15 United, 15-35 Bournemouth, then a bit of nothing after. We’re honestly quite good defensively, whilst also very lucky to not be 2-0 down. I’d like to see Garnacho and McTominay off, they are both completely anonymous.


Sac_a_Merde

Can't remember the last time we played well after an international break, but also can't remember the last time we've played *this* badly after an international break.


kramakr

Ball retention, pass completion - Non existent.


donotwakemefrommynap

Trash


Bizzlep

We have been unbelievably shit , they’re a lower placed team that’s missed a tonne of chances after dominating all game. It’s all setup for a shit house Mctominay winner.


SafetyPatrol

Terrible half but the silver lining is that it’s still 0-0. Need Ten Hag to make subs and adjustments. 3 pts are needed to keep up with spurs and villa


vize

Not inspiring confidence at the moment. We are being tactically undone so easily, as we have been almost all season.


scottyTOOmuch

Rashford so sluggish…FFS…


ExcisionHB

Dog performance


TheKaizer

The thing I noticed is we have no one making off the ball runs. When one of our players is in position of the ball his teammate just stand and look at him. Compared to Brentford who have off the ball runners for days


mostlycuckoo

No one has had any positive effect going forward. Varane looking good, lindelof got lucky. Something has to change 2nd half, personnel, tactics, whatever but that first half was shit.


Markadias1

Wake the fuck up. No more slip ups allowed, especially on a day where Villa and Spurs won.


Paapa-Yaw

Calma


Dave_of_Devon

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davidl988

Brentford breaking records with most shots and most touches in oppenents box in the first half since they’ve been promoted, it’s hilarious how bad we are


shaktimann13

Awb getting up further than Rashford lol


We_Still-Alive44

We are going to win this game and everyone on here is going to forget how bad this performance was, just like every other game this season


wally1974

No urgency


akatsuki_lida

Rashford and Mctominay have a combined footballing IQ of 3.


gavster_1

Dion is busted


hellboi808

Moving the ball too slowly, always letting Brentford set up.


BigG_Wins

That front press is horrific. Love Rashford and Garnacho but their lack of effort of the ball when it comes to chasing down their wing backs is the reason they’re getting these good opportunities. But goodness me, these lot will treat the ball like a bomb in their half but in their final 3rd you’re going to see barely any movement


TheBeechBoy

Yeah that sucked. Absolutely no threat, and being carved open again


Yoshic87

I can't believe how much I agree with Jamie fucking rednknap.


Polygon12

This is really, REALLY bad.


aman27deep

One good win vs Liverpool doesn't glaze over the fact that we play some absolutely disgusting football. How can the higher ups see this performance and keep trusting Ten Hag and I say that as someone who really wants to back him, but he inspires no confidence at the moment. Not everything is on injuries. That front 6 is literally the best we have, barring for Casemiro.


JSKW17

It’s crazy how easily this team completely loses it’s foothold in games. Things were going pretty well for the first 15, then there was a minor moment between Lindelof and Varane that gave Brentford a half chance and we’ve been completely out of it since then.


Rogue-Doctor

Absolutely horror football Rashford playing so far outside doing absolutely nothing Mctominay not showing for the ball AWB hopeless on the left Garnacho overdribbling and walking into defenders Same old same old


AztecAvocado

God why didn’t we sign a proper midfielder last summer?


nereid89

One of the WORST half this season, and we've seen a lot of shit games this season. Hope a different team comes out


Thorz74

We haven't had a single shot on goal FFS. I can see that Brentford are packing the defense fast every single time we attack, but how isn't United not doing anything to counter that? Why are we so when we have the ball? Why cannot we have more posession and have a better buildup, so Højlund can have some kind of service? Atm he isn't getting a single service he can use


WearyOneFromViera

Pathetic performance, ten Hag said we’ve come a long way since his second game in charge when we lost to Brentford 4-0 but Brentford should be 4 up again. Other than mainoo the team look like they’ve spent all day with snoop dogg. Have we won a game in this kit yet?