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Originally Posted by lacoruna69
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Terribly at a loss for words.....unbelievable.  |
not only unbelievable, its also inexplicable, man u are in good form having won the EFL cup, won in the FA cup 5th round, were unbeaten since the 3-2 loss to arsenal back in january. yes playing at anfield is always tough, fans expect a closer contest with pool dominating possession and giving man u alot of pressure. even if lose, it would be a 1 or 2 goal margin, not concede 7 goals w/o reply. PTSD perhaps? pool did a double man u last season, scored 9 conceded 0, 4-0 at OT and 5-0 at anfield. i thought man u would have more fight in them to prevent another drubbing
ETH fielded the strongest team available, there was DDG, varane, martinez, casemiro, fernandes, rashford... they are not lousy players. even when pool scored just before halftime, the situation was still salvageable with either a substitute to change things or swapping of player positions (rashford->AML, fernandes->AMC, WW->SC). but after a concession of 2 quick goals after the second half started, everything was lost as the players simply gave up. DDG, shaw, rashford apologised for the display, but there were so many apologies last season, i feel they are just paying lip service. stop apologising and start by cutting out errors, some of which are basic
ETH may have to introduce an additional aspect to their training sessions: midfielders and attackers to have some coaching and overload training on all defender positions, how to defend as a fullback and as a centerback. in the event where a defender is pulled out of position, the midfielder or attacker can temporarily cover at the said position until the defender returns to his own position. for pool's first goal, dalot was pulled out of position and fred tried to cover at DR position... but he was caught in no man's land, whether to track gakpo's run or to close down robertson? but he did neither and pool scored as a result