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Man United v Leicester

SCORE PREDICTION: 3-1

[lacoruna69]

Originally Posted by ilovepantyhose

its not entirely hojlund's fault, supply to him is limited as all 4 wingers style are mostly attack the flank, then cut back to penalty spot area (hojlund already in 6yd box by then), or cut to strong foot and shoot, maybe 1-2 times out of 10 they cross into the box. if hojlund had the supply from beckham giggs like RVN did, he would be scoring loads too one recurring issue is the poor quality of the final ball when attacking, must practise until they can do it with their eyes closed

so many issues to resolve, amorim plate will be overflowing when he starts

Yes, this is what I observe. I always presume it is Hojlund's bad positional sense. I'm not sure how they trained strikers nowadays.
I ever read somewhere in an old soccer magazine that the great Jürgen Klinsmann says in his youth training days, he was blind-folded in the box and will need to use his natural instinct and hearing sense to attack the ball when it comes in.
If the wingers dun want to supply crosses, no point playing out and out striker. Slow-poke Zirkzee also admits he is a 9.5 forward. Meaning will drop back for link-up play.
Might as well slot in extra midfielder to beef up the middle of the park.
Move Bruno up as false nine since he is cannot defend type.

Throw Zirkzee back to Serie A since he will be redundant.

[ilovepantyhose]

Originally Posted by lacoruna69

Yes, this is what I observe

for man u, the inverted winger sort of started with januzaj, and then rashford. the standard moves were to run directly at opponent, try to beat him with dribbling or with pace; if attack down the flank in the penalty area, he would try to shoot from a tight angle, if cannot then try to square pass or cut back; if the winger dribble and cut the ball to strong foot, its to shoot (like the usual rashford move). the winger also had the option to pass to teammate who overlapped to create overload at the flank

but under ETH, he go and invert the fullbacks and end up nobody overlapping to provide an option out wide for the inverted winger. so its very easy to defend against, just put 2 players on the winger, if dribble will find himself 1v2, if shoot also likely will be blocked, so more often than not, he passed backwards. the burden on the winger is huge because he is expected to conjure something magical all on his own when the ball is passed to him. in theory inverting the fullbacks sounds nice as man u can overload the midfield, but in reality, their flanks were so exposed whenever they lose the ball, sigh ETH too stubborn to adjust his tactics

now under RVN, the fullbacks are back to being traditional, where they operate on their flank, and also overlap to provide an option for the winger. BUT BUT BUT both rashford garnacho aren't the tracking back type, so the fullbacks cannot overlap all the time like G.nev evra did

because of the inverted winger fad, the role of the SC has changed, rather than being the focal point where teammates pass to him and he score goals, he has become someone to startup an attack, usually to hold up the ball, and quick release to open teammate. hojlund's current game is more of that, and making runs to drag defenders out of posn. if want hojlund to score goals, it means that man u cannot invert their wingers and must play them as traditional so that they can provide crosses into the box. it also mean man u transfer policy is self contradicting as they sign inverted wingers and traditional SC and expect them to be effective... in football manager game lah maybe

still too early to judge zirkzee, gotta give him time to adapt

[ilovepantyhose]

leicester will be fielding a full strength side to try and get a result at OT. RVN will restore de ligt martinez as his central DC pair, amad has a knock vs PAOK, hope he can recover in time to face leicester. i would prefer rashford as AML as garnacho still inconsistent with final product

both teams form are soso, hope man u can make full use of home ground advantage to go for a win as RVN interim period comes to an end