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Originally Posted by lacoruna69

Yah, I'm not sure why baldy opt for false 9 again. Probably being cautious.
I was seriously thinking he will start Zirkzee.

i think ETH retained the same lineup because he intends to further the consistency/cohesiveness/understanding; and lack of striking options - hojlund out and zirkzee still adapting to eng football. if u remb the 99 squad, there were 4 strikers vying for two spots, SAF first choice usually yorke+cole and sheringham/OGS ready to come on in case of injuries/suspensions, and schmeichel g.nev stam johnsen irwin were the settled defence. 2 SC is not enough to handle the workload of a football season, ETH will want one more SC signing... see if the transfer dept can bring one more in. goals won't come until hojlund recovers and zirkzee is up to speed

inconsistency and weak mentality continue to plague the squad, gut feeling is we will witness jekyll and hyde performances this season again haizzz

to add, vs brighton, one thing peculiar was dalot's duties when defending corners, he was DL but tasked to defend the right goal post area, the DL should be defending the left goal post area, dalot was on the right which was already crowded, nobody was defending the left side and ultimately led to the goal

actually in the first half, man u were better in terms of intensity, pressing and attacking play, but after mount went off and as the players fatigued, man u gradually lost the midfield and the game