I’m happy we go in 1-0 up but theres something systematically wrong with the way we set up because regardless of the opposition we lack control in every game we play. We’re incapable of retaining possession for any real length of time and I’m not buying that it’s simply down to personnel because teams with inferior players to us seem to pass the ball around better a lot of the time.
FA Premier League
Manchester United 3:0 West Ham United
Old Trafford
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- Sun, 4 February 2024 @ 2:00pm GMT
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Discussion Your Lineup Prediction
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I love Lisandro Martinez
Happened against Wolves as well. As soon as Casemiro was taken off, Mainoo's involvement in the game doubled.
Amad will look like a great option for precisely as long as it takes for him to get a run in the side.Mainoo tidy but deferring. Needs to get himself more involved, quality is there when he gets on it.West Ham much better team, and the only good thing about this half is result and Hojlund's goal and his overall performance. Everything else terrible and it is just a question when, and not will we concede. Our idea of controlling the game is if we stand still and pass around, hoping that something will happen. It is unbelievable how bad this team is trained. We have absolutely no idea what to do with the ball when we are in possession.Bruno is leggy but he’ll have to play through it. We need better wing play in the second half.
Partly due to us and mostly due to Moyes shit tactics away from home.
Just constant shit balls from wide into the box after camping out 30 yards from their own goal“The most shots of any David Moyes team in the first half at OT…including when he was United manager”
54:46. We've had plenty of the ball, just been very cautious with it and lacking a bit of tempoMartinez and Maguire have been great, Casemiro and Bruno less so, Rashford and Garnacho are not getting any change out of their full backs either.
I think you deserve another Højlund goal, don’t go anywhere.Cheers guys
Indeed and it isn't close, nothing sticking and his finding no one with his passing. Getting bullied.
I would go with Amad who has better ball control in slow tempo games. Feel he would provide better passing range going forward but we know it will be Antony.
Oh thought it was some weird English countryside tradition like morris dancing
Moyes moved to a back 5 today to nullify the threat of our wingers. Maybe they need to come inside more, bevause there's quite a lot of room in the middle.
The wide players don’t … much.
I think the midfielders would happily do so but our tactics takes us wide the majority of the time. Where we have players who want to cut inside and shoot… a disconnect that needs sorting.Winning at half time is good, the rest is not that good
West Ham 13 shots to our 4 is shockingOverall, I'm pleased with how that half went. We are still too static in the midfield with players waiting for something to happen instead of attacking space to make things happen. I don't feel that West Ham have looked too threatening.We'll need another today to win I think.....West Ham with 12 crosses in 45 minutes. You can tell, who their manager is.The number of shots we concede a game is ridiculous.
There is absolutely nothing about this game we are in control of. Honestly Ive seen west ham a lot. They’ve had 14 entries into our box and 13 shots. Most games, even home games West Ham struggle to get 2/3 shots/entries into the box in. It’s a bad, bad performance. Our cbs, halaand and onana have been good but everyone else has been so below par.
id love that but can’t see ETH doing it sadlyThe lack of urgency and threat when building up the attack is making this a drab performance. However, bar set pieces I really don't think West Ham have done anything threatening, for all their shots.
We're just - for some reason - incapable of sustaining pressure. We lose the ball most times when entering their final third, which means it gets turned over and before you know it West Ham are seemingly stringing a few passes together, or blagging a corner. Set pieces are grim, which is where West Ham have looked most threatening.
Martinez, Maguire, Casemiro, Mainoo are all bringing an element of composure, it's just that the majority of that composure is happening in our own half. The minute the ball is moved further up field we are either panicking, picking the wrong pass or simply getting tackled.
Makes for an infuriating game of football. Please can we just batter a team for once.
He is refusing to play any progressive football. Its like somebody told him “no spammy passing today Bruno” and this is his reaction to that.
Alright, thanks!
Me too! Can’t honestly understand comments around his rash plays at times but that’s really what makes him special and a Utd player. He has passion and is really committed. Ok sometimes it goes wrong but you have to look at it as a 80 20 case. Like no one can be perfect!
He is our Cannavaro
Victim of following instructions I feel. The other night, he was a different player as soon as Casemiro was off and he was given different instructions.“The most shots of any David Moyes team in the first half at OT…including when he was United manager”
Some speculative efforts making it seem more impressive than it wasI think it is mostly fine. It is just that attacks stop when the ball goes to a winger. Garnacho has been terrible and Rashford not much better.Apart from one great stop from Onana early on, what else he had to do? Those 17 shots mean feck all if 90% of them are pot shots from outside the box. They did have some passages of play but we haven't been troubled much. They are just looking to get JWP a set-piece at every opportunity they can get.Brilliant goal from Rasmus on his 21st. Defence have done well and all but the midfield and wide forwards need to get more involved in the game or we'll be asking for trouble as this goes on.
Exactly, one of the rare realistic posts about this half here, what are people watching saying West Ham had those tons of imaginary chances? Oh yeah, they are watching useless stats instead of the actual game. West Ham did feck all this half.
Solid and effective first halfThink we'd be better getting Dalot to support Garnacho more than this tactic of moving in to add numbers in centre midIt would be nice to dominate the ball and play with a bit more control. We just make it look like everyone we play has a reasonable chance against us, which just shouldn't always be the case.
It's strange because that xG number thingy shows that West Ham have scored over one goal and yet the scoreline makes it seem like they're losing the match and we have had more shots on target... That can't be right surely?!- Status
Post-match discussion
Man of the Match
Runners-up
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16%
Lisandro Martinez
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7%
Rasmus Hojlund
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7%
Diogo Dalot
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2%
Kobbie Mainoo
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1%
Andre Onana
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1%
Casemiro
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1%
Bruno Fernandes
Player Ratings
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Compiled from 249 ratings.
Score Predictions
133,12,14
- Man Utd win
- West Ham win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 29% Man Utd 2:1 West Ham
- 14% Man Utd 3:1 West Ham
- 13% Man Utd 2:0 West Ham
- 11% Man Utd 3:2 West Ham
- 9% Man Utd 3:0 West Ham
- 4% Man Utd 2:2 West Ham
- 4% Man Utd 1:1 West Ham
- 3% Man Utd 1:2 West Ham
- 3% Man Utd 4:1 West Ham
- 2% Man Utd 1:0 West Ham
- 1% Man Utd 4:2 West Ham
- 1% Man Utd 2:3 West Ham
- 1% Man Utd 1:3 West Ham
- 1% Man Utd 0:0 West Ham
- 1% Man Utd 5:0 West Ham
- 1% Man Utd 2:6 West Ham
- 1% Man Utd 5:4 West Ham
- 1% Man Utd 1:4 West Ham
- 1% Man Utd 0:1 West Ham
- 1% Man Utd 0:2 West Ham
Match Stats
- Man Utd
- West Ham
- Possession
- 51% 49%
- Shots
- 12 22
- Shots on Target
- 5 3
- Corners
- 5 8
- Fouls
- 10 5
Referee
Andy Madley
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Victor Lindelof
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replaced by Scott McTominay
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replaced by Antony
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