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Episode 64 - Tactics Tuesday - Ipswich (A)
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On today’s episode, Kieran and Dan put Sunday’s performance under the microscope and talk about what went right, what needs improvement, and what lessons can we take into future games.
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Introduction to Tactics Tuesday
00:00:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello and welcome to the daily Manchester United. It's Tactics Tuesday. It's me, Kieran McGidley. I'm delighted to say I'm joined by the fantastic Mr. Daniel Dada.
00:00:19
Daniel
so
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Dan, how are you this evening?
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Daniel
i'm doing good i'm doing good
Ruben Amorim's Tactical Overhaul
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Good stuff. Tactics Tuesday, then after Ruben Ammaroom's first game in charge, here's a little bit more of a deep dive into yesterday, or I should say Sunday's game, given away when we record this, but never mind, as it happens so frequently.
00:00:32
Daniel
yeah so
00:00:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
You would have heard Oli and Na give their thoughts, their raw reactions from yesterday. We're going to take a little bit more of a stats-based, tactics-based dive into this. First and foremost, Dan, a lot of talk about the formation coming into this game, a lot of talk about that 3-4-3 and how it would work, and pretty much from what Ali and Niall said yesterday, we were expecting these players that have you know sort of got us, or are in 13th at the moment, to take ah like a duck to water on this new tactic.
00:00:47
Daniel
I'm doing good, I'm doing good.
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Daniel
yeah Yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Was that realistic from the get-go on hindsight?
Player Adaptation to 3-4-3 Formation
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Daniel
No, I thought I don't think it was realistic. I mean, I didn't say they are professional athletes and they, you know, they've been playing football their lives. They've been going through the academy system. They probably played different systems and styles from different, in different clubs that they've played for. so They are professional athletes, so you do expect some so some level of adaption. However, to go from what the last probably we but say eight years, we've been playing four, two, three, one, four, three, three, whatever you call it, to now switching to a three at the back formation, the high pressing, everyone's got to go up and down, up and down, up and down. It is kind of a big jump.
00:01:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it is. And it it looked like the jump was just nowhere to be seen because Rashford putting us ahead within 80 odd seconds. I mean, talk about talk about starting off on the right foot.
00:01:47
Daniel
yeah
00:01:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, it was Diallo, Ahmad, who really made that goal happen, just passing three forward defenders like they weren't even there. But it it took a bit of individual brilliance to unlock Ipswich there.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
And that was pretty much the story of the match. We'll get into sort of, we'll focus on the first half for now. but
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Daniel
Yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
I think it was more that the cross was OK. I thought it was, you know, an OK cross. I think it was the fact that the keep was just caught flat footed and Rashford took full advantage.
00:02:13
Daniel
Yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
So if anything, it was there was a good bit of play, good, really good bit of individual play from Ahmad to get the ball into Marcus Rashford. And it was a case of I think the keeper misjudges it and that helps Rashford to just tap it home.
00:02:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I mean, we'll take him if they come like that.
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Daniel
Yeah,
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Daniel
yeah I agree with you on that. At some point, that was a very good play from Ahmed. I was surprised to see him starting as a wing-back. haffu Going into the game, I was thinking more of you being that role where Garnacher and Bruno were thinking, I was thinking it was going to be Bruno and Ahmed behind Rashford. While he started at wing-back, he did a pretty decent job as well.
00:02:47
Daniel
um You know, someone that's not played as a defensive player ever in their career. He's an attacker. He's usually a number 10 on the right side of the attack. So to see him, you know, that's just what I expect from him. That's the type of levels that he brings. He's a great footballer. He's taken the ball. He's taken him about four men and he's putting a decent ball into the box. And yeah, just like you said, the the goalkeeper, I thought that he could have done a bit better. He was a bit on his, like you said, front foot and flat foot, sorry. and um He just stood on his line and rushed and just took full
Ipswich vs Manchester United Analysis
00:03:18
Daniel
advantage of it. I think it was a good start to the game. I think we were good for about, you know, the first 20 minutes. I think we were on top, we were dominating. But then I feel like...
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Daniel
we kind of settled a bit too early into the game. I think, you know, we scored and we thought, okay, call out, you know, we can just sit in our shape. and Let's just try it try to make the most of this three, four, three shape and see how um we could sit behind the ball. And obviously, it's which came quite, you know, the last 20, 20 minutes, it's which came, they didn't sit back, they weren't playing that. No team that just got promoted. They thought they could really get them on this game. And eventually, they did.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I mean, if it was played like that all the way through the season, they've got no reason to be worried about relegation. Even if they get one point after one after one after one, eventually that win's going to come the streak of winning is going to come.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, they played really well. They were on top for most of that game and the possession stats don't really talk about that.
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Daniel
Yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, we had nearly 60% possession throughout the entire game. I mean, yes, and we're focusing on the first half. but
00:04:11
Daniel
Yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
the fact that Ipswich had, you know, less ah less possession than Man United but seemed to carve out more chances. I mean Smojcic and Liam Dalat both very dangerous players and then the Hutchison goal, Amari Hutchison, he was a threatening force all game.
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Daniel
Yeah.
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Daniel
Yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes, it takes a deflection off of Maserawi, that takes it completely out of Anana's reach, but I mean, you've got to, you know, if you don't buy the ticket, you don't win the wrathful.
00:04:33
Daniel
that would arrest yeah but Just like you said, um obviously I think in the first half before it went into the second half it was 50-50 in possession. of Like I said, the first 20 minutes I think was all men knew they would they were pretty much all over them and then obviously the goal went in the first but you know a couple of minutes and we were still trying to build onto that but then after about 20th minute it took the game to us and I feel that's why it was 50-50 within possession.
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Daniel
and um obviously we'll talk further on in the second half and probably why that the the possessions get the stats seem a bit skewed but yeah like you said they had more chances than us and the last that's literally it we just had the ball and they they were having the ball and throwing in positions and Murray Hutchinson was through this class I think obviously i I feel a bit unfortunate for Johnny Evans you know you he's come in he's coming is not really expected to you know be way where playing this high octane tin 3-4-3 formation
00:05:28
Daniel
and, you know, and Mario Hatcherson sent the best out of him yesterday.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:05:33
Daniel
Dannoq didn't really help him, I have one as well, but I think it was a bit different when Luke Shaw came on.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
It was good to see him back as well. And yeah, whether or not he was back just in time for Ambrum's first game or not, we'll leave that to you to decide.
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Daniel
Yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
But I mean, it was good to see him back on the pitch. Good to see him playing football again.
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Daniel
Yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
And what I thought he's going to be, he's going to sort of develop into that left centre back role, which I think is going to suit him.
00:05:55
Daniel
Yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, it won't focus on him running up and down the field too much.
00:05:57
Daniel
Very much so.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
It will focus on him being solid in the defence and perhaps playing out from the back, leading it out to the, well, I want to call them wing backs. They pretty much are at that point. I thought Ahmad did well.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
i think yeah I think he showed his defensive frailties, which sort of led to a couple of chances for Ipswich.
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Daniel
Yeah.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
But that's to be expected for Ahmad, who's pretty much the entire time he's been at United or the entire time he's been out on loan, he's had to focus on going forward, getting into the box and taking shots on that way.
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Daniel
Yeah.
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Daniel
yeah
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Global Sports Podcast Network
This whole tracking back to him, you know it's not going to be easy to pick up for an offensive player by any stretch of the imagination. So a little bit of time there and perhaps maybe a chance for Ahmad as well to try a little bit further up the field.
00:06:32
Daniel
literally yeah
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Global Sports Podcast Network
I thought Gonaccio was quite quiet. The chances he did have, I think he just took too long in the ball. He dwelled on the ball at at some points. He was trying to wait for that perfect opportunity to either pass or shoot. And when that opportunity seemed to shoot to try and curl one in, he just hesitated and decided
Spotlight on Key Players: Shaw, Ahmad, and Anana
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to pass it away.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
So I think The confidence in the tactics as well, it needs to be taken into account. But I mean, I can't talk much more about the tactics without talking about our hero and the man of the match, Andre Anana.
00:07:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's what one one of those saves, point blank range. ah It's unbelievable.
00:07:14
Daniel
on.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
He was unbelievable in that last game. He kept us in it.
00:07:18
Daniel
Yeah, I think I think he's one of the unbelievable ones all season. I feel like last season has, you know, kind of derailed the way people look at it. And I think I personally saw from towards the end of last season, I think he's a pretty decent goalkeeper, albeit he had a very bad start to the last season.
00:07:34
Daniel
You know, the Champions League, he single handedly kind of got us knocked out in the Champions League and all the mistakes he was making. But I can tell that there was a goalkeeper in him, even from Intel, that Champions League final. I can tell there's a goalkeeper in him that he's a class goalkeeper in this season.
00:07:45
Daniel
He showed it that he's cut out all the mistakes he was making. He's he's making big saves against Southampton. He saved the penalty for us. He's making big saves he's making. he's he's Obviously, adding the day, we know what our honor is. He was ball-playing ability. He still got that. He never lost that ball-playing ability. And now he's adding the save on top of it. So I think he's having it' been great all season. He's got the most clean sheets in the Premier League as well. And yesterday, again, he was just outstanding. Unfortunately, he was unfortunate with the mensory deflection because I think he was probably going to get to that if it wasn't for the deflection.
00:08:15
Daniel
hes He's been outstandable season. and
00:08:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
He really has. i've I've really enjoyed him and you know kept the most clean sheet so far in the Premier League, speaks for itself. And I'm sure we'll have more stats that favour Andre Arnana, our man of the match. We'll be back after this message.
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was a hard charging first half. Then we got to the second half and it seemed to just dull down a little bit. no I mean, the highlight of the match was probably going to be Anana save against Liam Dallap. Dallap was all over us like a cheap suit in that game.
00:09:20
Daniel
Yeah.
00:09:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
He was absolutelyset he should have probably had a brace, maybe even a hat trick at one point. but Anana kept denying him and you know the defence where they could were able to stop him. But there were too many moments in that game where Ipswich managed to just penetrate into the box and really carve out a really good opportunity.
00:09:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
And on any other day against other teams that perhaps may have more prolific strikers, and um' not trying to do dilapid disservice here, I think he's a great striker at such a young age, but a more clinical striker would have punished us time and time again.
00:09:45
Daniel
Yeah.
00:09:50
Daniel
No, I agree. I think Lee Andalap, I've been watching him over from the Academy times. Obviously he played at City Academy. He used to score bags of goals, always PL2
Defensive Challenges and Critiques
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Daniel
top goal scorers. I've always been quite high on him. I wondered how he would do it in a professional game. and today with my first time, um well yesterday with my first time actually watching him play a full night and bro that guy he he's showing us levels I think obviously for a big strike or to have that level of technical ability as well he was you know showing off with his feet good passing and the strength as well he even has that bit of aggression to him obviously he saw him and Mazaroui kind of getting at it as well he has that bit of aggression to him as well so I think yeah he
00:10:30
Daniel
Like I said earlier, Manu, the the reason why the possessions were a bit skewed because was because Manu had the ball, but we weren't having the ball in dangerous areas. And the way Ispich were dominating the game was because they were having the ball and in in very dangerous areas. Sammy, like you said, Sammy Smoczic or Mario Hutchison, they were all just getting on the ball in dangerous areas in the final third and easily the lap got a score. But again, Anana just shows up with a big, ah big big save. I think um it's goingnna it's going to be kind of a a process with this three, four, three formation. I feel like a bit of the the defenders, there was ah those was points where they were kind of, they weren't sure where to be in the box. I feel like the laps and all these guys, they kind of had a lot of space in the box that, you know, the ball to be found to them. And it's cause I feel like the defenders didn't know where they really needed to be. ah Obviously the differences were with a full back formation, obviously the full back's meant to be marked in certain players, the centre back's meant to be marked. And you have full backs that are playing centre backs now. Like you've got Luke Shaw playing centre back, you've got Mezuri playing centre back. They're obviously, they're not
00:11:28
Daniel
100% sure on the position of where they're supposed to be. So I thought that's why there was a few gaps defensively as well.
00:11:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's going to take some time to sort of get that moulded, isn't it, for the players. that Some of them very much not familiar with the 3-4-3.
00:11:37
Daniel
Yeah.
00:11:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
The closest we could come to is maybe Luke Shaw has sort of played in that five in the back system under van Gogh. I mean, that's probably the closest you could come them to sort of saying, oh, yeah, it's sort of that type of system.
00:11:46
Daniel
Yeah.
00:11:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
But this seems a much more aggressive system with the three centre backs and it is your wings who are pretty much providing the width not only offensively but defensively as well just constantly up and down the pitch making sure that everything runs seamlessly between defence and midfield and that's a tricky thing to do you know do we have the players that could do that i think you know playing dalo on the left hand side of that one i think first off if you're going to play dalo as a full back or a wing back you're probably going to play him on the right i think he plays his better football there
00:11:52
Daniel
Yeah.
00:12:06
Daniel
Mm hmm.
00:12:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
um And I think, you know, talking about left-sided players, would you see Carnaccio playing that sort of role on the left-hand side? No, I don't think so. I don't think Carnaccio would be expected to track back. He is much more of an offensive player. I just think he was very quiet in this match and it was a shame because, you know, his let the criticism get to him a little bit I would really love to see him you know take on players like it's nothing and take on a shot every now and again but it just looked like it it wasn't working for him he didn't have the faith the belief in himself and he needs to find that again because we do need it we really do need it as well as that we saw uh Heuland come on I think yeah Heuland making those chances trying to get us back into the lead and yeah I
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Daniel
No.
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Daniel
yeah
00:13:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
struggled to see why he didn't start, maybe it was an injury concern, I'm not too sure, but I mean, let's face it, I don't think, and this is me being very critical here, if Heulen's on the pitch for that first couple of minutes, I don't think he gets that goal, which is really weird for me to say, but I think Rashford
00:13:20
Daniel
Hmm.
00:13:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know, taking advantage of that keeper mistake. i'm I'm not too sure, to be fair, but either way, Rashford's in the right place at the right time.
00:13:28
Daniel
Yeah.
00:13:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Does Hoyland have that ability yet? um I'm not too sure, but, yeah, good to see him, though.
00:13:32
Daniel
Yeah.
00:13:36
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And, yeah, I think, as well, Garnach, I just want to come back to Garnach, actually. like There was one particular moment where he was running in behind goal, he'd broken the line, he'd managed to find his way through and he was caught by Cayuste in the midfield who would manage to track all the way back to put the tackle in and concede a corner and I thought at that point that's not that's not Garnaccio.
00:13:46
Daniel
Yeah.
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Daniel
Yeah.
00:13:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Garnaccio's taking that on, Garnaccio's sprinting as fast as he can to try and get himself into the box and for some reason he just lost half a yard of pace.
00:14:05
Daniel
I think more i think ah it was at a chance where it was him in Rashford where he could have he had the chance where he could have passed it to Rashford and the midfielders tackled him.
00:14:12
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Yeah I think so.
00:14:14
Daniel
I think he was kind of in two minds. I feel Garnacher, the Garnacher that we know, he is his his full process is to score first and I feel like you said a lot of the criticism about him not being it like not really passing the ball and that people call him greedy and he holds onto the ball for a bit too long.
00:14:29
Daniel
I feel that in his head he was kind of in two minds. He wanted to, you know, probably take on the, take on the play and try score, but he saw a restaurant in the corner of his hands and was thinking, oh, okay cool, maybe I can try it. And it i got to a point where he held the ball on for too long to the point where when he tried to pass it now, it's got to the, it's too late.
00:14:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah yeah and yeah go on Dan.
00:14:47
Daniel
I thought, no, no, no, I was, I was, yeah, what were you gonna say?
00:14:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
No well I was just going to say yeah exactly that caught in two minds and for a player who's sort of thrived on being you know the one to take the stronghold I don't think there's any anything particularly wrong with being a selfish player especially if you're on the offensive you know if you're striker or you're a winger at some point you're expected to be selfish and say no I'm going to take this chance for myself I'm going to go for it.
00:14:54
Daniel
Yeah.
00:15:09
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But I think you have to find the balance between being selfish and saying, yeah, this is my chance. I'm going to curl the scene. And in the moment thinking, right, I might not be able to do that, but I see Marcus is in a better position than me.
00:15:15
Daniel
Yeah.
00:15:21
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I'm going to try and lay it off to him. And it's trying to find the right moment to to either make the pass or make the shot.
00:15:23
Daniel
Yeah.
00:15:28
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But either way, you've got to do something with the ball. And yeah, even if he tried to make the pass didn't come off, you would have heard audible groans, but at least he tried something.
00:15:36
Daniel
Yeah, and I feel like that's the main problem with our natural and I'll if actually say he's a dangerous play that's taken on players. he He does have the ability where he can score goals as well. But I feel like the main problem is it's just a decision making. Obviously he's still young and he's still learning as he grows and he's just what is probably his second full actual Premier League season. So he's going to make those mistakes. People kind of do have to kind of expect it from a young player. I feel like the way football was going nowadays because we're seeing so many young talents like Jamal and all of these young talents be so experienced like they you were watching them and you feel like they're experienced players because of how they play on the football because you expect people that are what 1920 to just you know just be perfect which is not the case that the end of the day that's just that's just not how how football works unfortunately so he is gonna make those mistakes like he is gonna hold on to a ball for too long but I feel like that is the main that's that's that's probably his main problem right now he just needs to work on
00:16:18
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Mm.
00:16:29
Daniel
knowing when to release it, knowing when to shoot, knowing when is the right time to pass and that's probably, for what he fixes that, that fill out the United fans that are getting onto him for those certain things that they're all going to stop at the end of the day.
00:16:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, decision making, you know, that that does develop and it takes time to develop at that as well. So yeah, we look forward to seeing that and we'll have a ah sort of lesson learned. What can we take into the future? We'll be back after this message.
00:17:01
Daniel
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00:17:26
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So what did we learn from Ruben Amorubo's first game in charge? Well, this tactic seems
Ruben Amorim's Tactical Insights
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to favour possession, but I think we struggled in trying to get the defence into the midfield. We struggled with getting through the middle there. And for Ipswich, this Ipswich side that loved to press, that loved to try and minimise the time we had on the ball or the time to make a decision, I think we did struggle in that moment in trying to actually transition the ball through the midfield and try and get it to the likes of Bruno or go home and actually in the first place.
00:17:54
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So, yeah, the passing was good. I thought Anana looked, as always, very comfortable on the ball, very unphased by any pressing there, ah able to play his game the way he wants us to.
00:18:04
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Fantastic game he had. But I think, yeah, from him and the defence, we struggled to get the ball into the midfield.
00:18:06
Daniel
Mhm.
00:18:10
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And at some points we, you know, resorted to route one again towards the end of the game. Nothing wrong with that when you're looking for you know the goal in the last five minutes to go route one.
00:18:14
Daniel
Yeah.
00:18:19
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It's always going to be the name of the game.
00:18:19
Daniel
Yeah.
00:18:20
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But I think we struggle to make our mark in this game.
00:18:23
Daniel
Um, yeah, like you mentioned earlier about that lot obviously playing on the left side as a, as a, as a hugely, hugely more frat side dominated. But I read earlier before, just before, it was a couple of weeks before, um, Amarin started training with the work and I saw that.
00:18:40
Daniel
he likes to play right footed players as has the left wing back and left footed players as the right wing back and it's obviously so that when they receive the ball their first instance it's not so possible why that's their first instance it's the possible inside and I thought that's probably why he did play that law at left wing back and I'm at the right wing back because they have that first instance to pass inside and I feel like what it was was Bruno, at the end of the day, we know Bruno, Bruno's not gonna stay in one position, he's not gonna just stay, he's obviously playing high up the pitches, but he's not gonna stay there. Bruno kept dropping in, and he was giving Ahmad that extra pass, that wasn't just, you know, Ahmad, it was obviously the triangle was probably Ahmad Casamira and Bruno, but Bruno would drop in sometimes, drop deeper, so it gives that extra, and I don't think that lot had that with Garnaxo, I feel like that, Garnaxo was more holding his fish in wide, and staying further up the pitch than doing what Bruno was doing.
00:19:30
Daniel
So it was kind of hard for that lot of times where he would receive the ball and Ericsson, he's only one person. they If they're marking him out of the game, he can't he's not going to be able to get on the ball that easily. And Casimir, that's not really his game. Casimir doesn't really like being in that first baseman for the way he's getting the ball off the defenders and all of that stuff.
00:19:46
Daniel
So it was tough, and Johnny Evans was struggling as well. At the end of the day, he didn't have many passing options. Obviously, with Garnax just staying far and wide, and only having that lot, he didn't have that many passing options.
00:19:58
Daniel
So I feel that's probably why we struggled to transition the ball from defense to midfield a lot of the time, because I feel like maybe when Kobe comes in, and all these more technical midfielders that come in with it, they're better receiving the ball off the defenders.
00:20:09
Daniel
I feel like it will look a bit better.
00:20:11
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Yeah, I think we missed Martinez as well today in in a big way, you know, he's a very competent player on the ball.
00:20:13
Daniel
Yeah.
00:20:17
Daniel
Yeah.
00:20:17
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He's able to just sort of, you know, calm the play down a little bit.
00:20:20
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I mean, there was nothing wrong with Maserati. I thought, as always, had a really good game, you know, filling in the centre back there, that right hand side centre back.
00:20:24
Daniel
Yeah.
00:20:26
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But I think this felt like a game we did miss Martinez quite a bit. And as you say, um once we bring Colby Mayno into the mix, you know, as ah as you know a deep-lying, well, but I would say a deep-lying playmaker, he's more of a box-to-box at this point, able to just sort of run up and down the field, try and get that channel in.
00:20:38
Daniel
Yeah.
00:20:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Then it's, ah you know, Niall and Oli were talking about last night, about when you bring Coby Maino in, who's the most ideal midfielder to have alongside? And you probably want someone who's more of a defensively sound player, who's able to sweep up, you know, or able to cover,
00:20:53
Daniel
Yeah.
00:20:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
copy just in case the ball's lost and he's caught up the field you want someone back as a kind of like a destroyer to win that ball back or at least try and hold up the play so to allow the attackers to retreat as much as possible.
00:21:03
Daniel
Yeah.
00:21:09
Daniel
I agree. I agree. um Obviously, going forward, I think if we are going to have Kobe, we have to have a partner with him. That's, you know, a lot more defensively sound like like a ugata or a customer who you're going to do the cleaning up, the sweeping up type of job. However, I feel like in games where we're playing, you know, teams that have just been promoted or like we're going to play on Thursday, like a bodo game or something.
00:21:29
Daniel
I feel like we can be a bit more offensive and you know go like an Ericsson, Colby Midfield, where there's two we have two midfielders who are willing to get on the ball, two midfielders that are ready to receive the ball. And like you said, we did miss Los Angeles. And I feel like it was a lot different when Luke Shaw came in at left centre back and replaced Johnny Evans because we had somebody that was comfortable, just like how Maseru is, but had somebody on the left side that was comfortable receiving the ball off the goalkeeper. He can loft balls over to guard natural, he can pass inside, he can break land. so Yeah, once Lucendro comes back, I saw today, unfortunately, he's out for the next two to three weeks, but Luke Shaw's gonna get fit. Once Lucendro's back, I feel like it's gonna be a lot more different as well.
00:22:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, and I was just having a look but at back at some stats. We love a stat here on Tactics Tuesday, and this is according to the analyst. It was just the second time that Manchester United scored inside the opening two minutes of a Premier League game and then failed to win.
00:22:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Yeah, the ah the other two times, 2-2 with Liverpool in October 1995 and losing 6-1 to Spurs in October 2020.
00:22:19
Daniel
Wow.
00:22:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
So not a great history at that point, but you know it was a case of scoring early and as you said rightfully earlier on we sort of sat back and we let those old habits die hard I guess.
00:22:34
Daniel
Yeah. Yeah, I agree. I think, I'm not sure what it was. I thought that they would continue to, because the way they started the game, it was very high pressing and trying to win the ball up enough in the and the opposition's for um final third and stuff like that. So I was thinking they're just going to track on it. But maybe it's something where the players aren't one, understanding of the the system fully yet, so they kind of just reverted to, you know, just sit set in a shape and just sitting in that shape.
00:23:02
Daniel
And two, I also don't think that they're fair enough as well. I don't think they're fair enough already already to play that style of football. I think we haven't had a real system where it's pressing, nonstop pressing, trying to win the ball at all times, just like a Liverpool, Gagan press type of system.
00:23:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:23:16
Daniel
I don't think we've had that.
00:23:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:23:18
Daniel
So I feel like, we are one, them more tactically in ne but they're not tactically ready to understand the formation, and two, I don't think they were fair enough. And the manager himself has said in interviews as well that when he's he' done training and training sessions and it's the things that he wants to work on, it's obviously drillin drilling that tactic into them, as well as drilling them to be better fit-wise, going up and down the pitch.
00:23:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, and I think um Ruben Ammerim probably said it best ah in his interviews afterwards. He said, by players, we're thinking too much in the game. We had just two days together.
00:23:47
Daniel
who
00:23:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
We need more. Ipswich left us one against one many times, and we have to use those moments. It was a tough match, and we lost the balls, some balls without pressure. When you start like we did, you have to control the ball.
00:23:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
We cannot do it at the moment, but the players really, really tried. So I think in terms of Ruben, he's happy with what he's seen. But I think he realises there's a long way to go before this all starts to click.
00:24:10
Daniel
Yeah, yeah, definitely. I agree with him as well. I think it's not even just about the system. that so Also the players, I feel like there's a lot of players that unfortunately, I don't think they can play in the system. We've all played, 10 others have played his style of football, whatever his style of football was.
00:24:28
Daniel
um to play his formation and unfortunately, some some people don't fit in this in the system. And I feel like when it comes to the summer, when it comes to January, a lot of people are gonna be look in the house looking elsewhere, you're looking to get shipped because they don't fit the system unfortunately. I feel like even in terms of not just tactically, even in terms of just being able to just run and just be just, some people are just, I don't think they can do it anymore.
00:24:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's a shame, you know, I've mentioned before about, you know, the the transfer dealings have passed.
Future Tactical Adjustments under Amorim
00:25:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, we're getting in players that might be our past, their best world class players, but they've played their best football, you know, two or three years ago, you know, I speak of Iran, you know, great first season for us, but became injury prone.
00:25:04
Daniel
Mm hmm. Yeah.
00:25:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Casamiro has struggled since his second season at the club.
00:25:12
Daniel
Yeah.
00:25:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, yeah, I think there's a lot of that. And come January, we'll see what sort of signings Reuben Amram can make and what sort of signings that the board will allow to make through.
00:25:19
Daniel
Hmm hmm.
00:25:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Will they give them the full backing, which I think has been a real problem with managers of all managers since Ferguson. They haven't had the ah backing that maybe they needed to to build a new system that they want.
00:25:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
So we'll have to see about that. But Dan, for the time being, we'll put a pin in that on Tactics Tuesday.
00:25:38
Daniel
yeah Yeah.
00:25:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you so much for joining me, Mr. Member. It's been a pleasure.
00:25:43
Daniel
No problem. You too.
Closing and Next Episode Teaser
00:25:45
Daniel
No problem. Thank you very much.
00:25:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
and And thank you very much for listening along as well.
00:25:46
Daniel
Sorry for me.
00:25:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Make sure you do follow us on all the social medias, GSPN, Man United. Let us know what you think. How did you think Amorim got on on first game in charge? Make sure you do join us tomorrow as well. It's Wild Card Wednesday.
00:25:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Who knows what's on the card? Not even Dan and I know what's on the cards. So you'll have to find out with us. Until then, take care of yourself, have a very good rest of the day, and we'll talk to you soon.