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West Ham vs Manchester United

Sutton's prediction: 1-2

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He better make sure he wins otherwise they won't hesitate to chop him off

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third successive UEL draw, here are some thoughts:

- ETH sprung a surprise by playing mazraoui in the AMC posn, the commentator noted that the intention is to disrupt fenerbahce midfield buildup play

- good performance by ugarte, tracked tadic's late run into the box and prevented a certain equaliser. tireless running and helped plug some defensive gaps, has the potential to develop into box to box MC

- i would give a D for zirkzee's performance despite assisting eriksen goal. rashford was twice in the open, but zirkzee passes were really poor and 2 potential chances were gone. the other instance was zirkzee received the ball in midfield, and he saw garnacho was out on the left waiting for the ball, but he took too long to release the ball and the pass was also poor, can see garnacho frustration boiling over

- for fenerbahce equaliser, lindelof is at fault for letting en-nesryi ghost in for the header. poor concentration is also why man u cannot hold on to a lead. ETH was decisive in subbing him off

- injury curse strikes again with antony stretchered off. i feel he won't be missed as he is unable to impact the game like fernandes, rashford, garnacho can. amad may see more action as ETH rotates betwn the 3 wingers

- next game is away at w ham, man u has slightly better form, attack is improving but facepalm at the way goals are conceded, minimum expectation is a draw

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I tot they said it started with Dalot's fault again...this guy has been causing many goals to go in to their net in the last few games because he failed to track those attacking players

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Yes, was going to hilight this.
https://imgur.com/lYgiEOC.jpg
Again, is that ai mai ai mai kind of interception which Dalot always execute.
The Maximin had been doing this all night wreaking havoc on Dalot's turf.

Ok, at least this time the pubor kia Dalot wasn't in outer space when Maximin comes jingling in.

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dalot is the 1st line of defence as he was supposed to close down fast enough to prevent the cross, but dalot style of defending is the stand off dun commit too early type, thus giving the opponent ample time to aim his cross. if the fullback cannot close down fast enough, both DCs must be good at positioning and heading. if u watch the replay, when the ball was still out on the flank, lindelof was scanning to see where en-nesyri is, but as the cross came in, lindelof focussed on the ball and his poor positioning and wrong reading of the ball's flight meant that en-nesyri was able to equalise

yes agree that the primary issue is still dalot, opponent managers identified him as the weakest link in man u defence and emphasize their attack on dalot's flank, notably pool and porto. i think man u will continue to concede goals as long as dalot is selected, thus they have to improve their attack until shaw malacia returns

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I think he is just another player who is just a load of "hot air".

I was digging some old reports and there were references made being him similar to Ibrahimovic, Batistuta and Ronaldinho....what a farking joke!

Paolo di Canio say he is "too slow". This I very early on already commented.

Now former Aston Villa striker Gabby Agbonlahor has this to say about Zirkzee.

“Everyone’s talking about Joshua Zirkzee, said he was an amazing player.
“He’s gone there, he can’t even control the ball. He’s got the time [to turn things around] but he’s been poor since the start of this season.”

I agree with him too. How much time do he need? :p

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gotta cut zirkzee some slack as this is his 1st season, he needs min 6mths to integrate into the squad and adapt to english football. i saw some highlights, he isn't a lousy footballer, just that he needs time to get used the high tempo. english football is played in such a way where technical players aren't allowed time on the ball, or allowed to turn and face the goal, or immediately closed down/outmuscled/hacked. as the season progresses, his understanding w teammates and his passing will improve. also, hope that RVN can impart his knowledge/experience to zirkzee, then we can comment on his overall performance at end of season

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When he was in epl, saint maximim was always giving man u hell haha… when I saw the scoreline I was thinking was he going to be involved and sure enough I saw an assist. Not defending dalot but because their defensive cover is so bad and expose to 1v1 all the time, I think based on the list of man u’s defenders past and present maybe only wan bissaka can match maximim 1v1 and thats on a good day.

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I find his size kind of weird for a striker. Gives me the michail antonio vibes. A 6/10 striker best used to bash thru the defenders but does not score a lot

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He didn't utilise his 1.93m frame to full effect.
At his height, you would assume he will be winning all the aerial battles.
But no, he prefer to use his feet.
Which kind of makes him less threatening to opponents and effectively lesser option for Man U during attack and defending aerial balls during corner.

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That means they recruited the wrong guy...which good prolific players needs so many mths to be embedded into the team ...if that's the case they shdnt fault baldy for the bad results after all it is reported that the new management is content with just a slow 3-year rebuild of the squad not to take the club back to it's former glory asap... get Harry Kane or Ivan Toney or likes n they will be banging in goals if not in every match....look at Kane, the moment he went Bayern he started to bang in goals which is really unsurprising

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My sentiments exactly.
If Zirkzee is good, he should be "walking on sunshine" right now rather than hide inside toilet to cry after every match.:p

They should get Kane/Toney since they are experienced old birds who can tutor newbies like Hojlund/Zirkzee.
RvN is past generation striker already, He come Utd is just treat as retirement home. What can he contribute??

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the injury list is getting longer as ETH gonna name a young bench. fernandes is available after suspended for UEL, his creativity might decide the outcome tmrw if w ham keep garnacho quiet