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That Collyer position needs someone with an excellent first touch who can turn and burst into space and pick a pass. He’s far too timid and technically lacking right now.
 
Dear Dalot. Please take on your man. Dear rest of team, see Malacia making runs.

Was miles onside there…
 
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Shamikebab said:
Commentators getting Malacia and Bruno mixed up is a special one.
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I was about to say this combo of commentators is particularly bad. I generally don’t mind Lucy, but the other guy sounds so incredibly OTT with his pronunciations of words where he forces them to end in ‘sschhhh’, it’s distracting.
 
fez said:
Dear Dalot. Please take on your man. Dear rest of team, see Malacia making runs.

Was miles onside there…
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Malacia looks like a championship player at best. Booked early and looks terrified.
Robbo said:
There's no urgency in this team, it just looks like a team of slow midfielders with a bad striker. Awful.
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It's so ponderous all round. This opposition are nothing but we are not putting them under any pressure. Some good runs being made at the start by Mainoo and Hojlund but not picked out so they've stopped doing it now. Usual United turgid stuff. At least we have Garna and Diallo to change it up in second half.
 
Robbo said:
There's no urgency in this team, it just looks like a team of slow midfielders with a bad striker. Awful.
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No one beats their man, takes someone on, does something unpredictable that isnt a pass. Mainoo is strolling around instead of offering a pass between the lines. We do a few quick passes that break the through their lines and someone just kills it by turning back towards goal and passing it back.

You have to be able to turn with the ball and get the opposition going backwards in a disorganised way or it’s far too easy.
 
fez said:
No one beats their man, takes someone on, does something unpredictable that isnt a pass. Mainoo is strolling around instead of offering a pass between the lines. We do a few quick passes that break the through their lines and someone just kills it by turning back towards goal and passing it back.

You have to be able to turn with the ball and get the opposition going backwards in a disorganised way or it’s far too easy.
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While that's true, there's no pace in the team either. Hojlund is alright but pretty much everyone else in midfield/attack is slow.
 
Robbo said:
While that's true, there's no pace in the team either. Hojlund is alright but pretty much everyone else in midfield/attack is slow.
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You don’t need to be fast to do what I’m asking though. You just need the technical ability and confidence. I’m not expecting driving runs from deep, I just want players to take a chance. Know who’s around them and do the unexpected. Most teams haven’t got rapid players in the middle. They just have technical ones who can do it.
 
Kobbie is a bit of a concern in terms of what sort of player he is. I think he has regressed this season. He doesn't play with any swagger when his talent should allow that. Lots of people have been asking to see him in the 10 role but I'm not really seeing what he offers yet? Any other thoughts?
 
Calpol said:
Kobbie is a bit of a concern in terms of what sort of player he is. I think he has regressed this season. He doesn't play with any swagger when his talent should allow that. Lots of people have been asking to see him in the 10 role but I'm not really seeing what he offers yet? Any other thoughts?
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He's made some really good runs, had one chance he should have done better with
 
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