RUBEN AMORIM - TACTICAL BREAKDOWN THREAD 🧵

- Tactical Identity
- In Possession -> Build-Up, Chance Creation
- Out of Possession -> Press, Settled Defence

- Adaptation to United Squad
- Possible Team Selection
- Demands Per Position With Ruben Amorim arriving in Manchester with A LOT of work to do to get United performing in the short-run, but also to work alongside INEOS to restore some long-term consistent success at the club, what can we expect from the former Sporting manager?

United’s first training session under Amorim, player positions:

RCB- Yoro
RWB - Antony
CM- Casemiro (slightly staggered 6s)
CM - Mainoo
LWB - Malacia
RAM - Amad
LAM - Mount
CF - Rashford

Amorim looking at his watch, asking for the move to be sped up.

Next clip trying to move the ball around a measured press, we can now spot:

CCB- Evans
LCB - Shaw

Manchester United vs Brentford- Tactical Preview

- Duality of Press + Settled Block
- Technical Quality
- Challenges and Solutions for United

A Thread 🧵 Drawing upon Brentford’s performance vs Man City:

Starting with the lineup, we notice one interesting, perhaps unusual selection, the use of a CB (Ajer) at RWB- we will revisit the use of him later.

Typical Brentford setup against top teams though, with the back 3.

Manuel Ugarte to Manchester United - Video Scouting Report

Strengths, Weaknesses, Tactical Fit

+ Transfer Window Summary With United signing Ugarte from PSG for an up-front fee of £42m, I will break down Ugarte’s profile and highlight his strengths, as well as potential drawbacks to his profile that may show up in the PL.

+ a bonus summary on United's transfer window this summer.

Using Dalot as the single #6 in build-up.

Examples of good + bad execution.

🧵 Play through:

- split CBs
- outside to inside shift from Dalot to receive
- Mazraoui first touch opens up forward passing lane
- Garnacho drops deep to link
- Dalot arrives into space

Poor final ball.

Matthijs de Ligt to Manchester United - Video Scouting Report 🧵

Strengths, Weaknesses, Adaptation to PL 👇 With Matthijs de Ligt moving to Manchester United for approximately £38.6m, it has been regarded as a very shrewd signing. With United now signing Yoro and De Ligt this summer, CB depth looks better.

Just how suitable a fit is De Ligt?

Noussair Mazraoui to Manchester United – Video Scouting Report 🧵

Strengths, Weaknesses, Tactical Flexibility 👇 With Manchester United signing Noussair Mazraoui for an initial fee of approximately £12.8m, I will provide a summary of his profile, proposing how he is a very good tactical fit for Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United.

I will follow up with some concerns about the transfer.

Leny Yoro to Manchester United - Video Scouting Report 🧵

Strengths, Weaknesses, Suitability👇 Basic Information

Age - 18
Nationality - French
Height - 6ft 3
Former Club - Lille
Position - RCB

Joshua Zirkzee to Manchester United – Video Scouting Report 🧵

Strengths, Weaknesses, Suitability 👇 Basic Information

Age - 23
Nationality - Dutch
Height - 6ft 3
Former Club- Bologna
Positions - CF/SS
23/24 Serie A Goal Tally - 11

A Thread 🧵

Erik ten Hag on if he is concerned by shots faced: "As long as we get results, no.”

Erik, you’re in your second season and your first season was a success. You’ve completely thrown everything away this season. We’re not bothered if we lose games, it happens. It’s HOW you lose games.

The results are not the most important thing at THIS STAGE of your tenure. It’s HOW you play. I honestly wouldn’t care if we were sat in 6th, 7th, 8th with an injury crisis, but I could see your vision and we could see it was simply player quality letting you down. In fact, it would feel like a relief to know that within 2 summers, we could really strengthen the squad, get the new footballing structure into place and try to shift the unwanted players out of the club.

It would be a relief to know that you were the man and we could put trust in you for what we can see in your game model. Unfortunately, we just can’t see it, well I certainly can’t. A lot of the underlying data has Manchester United amongst the teams battling for relegation.

Individual player quality is getting us out of trouble again and again, not the manager’s tactics or in-game tweaks.

I think Erik’s time is coming to an end, unfortunately. Only two teams in the top 5 European Leagues have conceded more shots per game than Manchester United this season.

How MANCHESTER UNITED Beat Wolves - A THREAD 🧵 Manchester United managed to win a dramatic game last night vs Wolves and were the first team to beat Wolves at Molineux since SEPTEMBER, but how did they take control of the game from minute one and who stood out individually throughout the game?

🧵 Thread of Quotes from Omar Berrada, Manchester United’s soon to be CEO about his time at Manchester City:

“It (winning 5 titles in 10 years) is a result of a vision that the ownership had 12 years ago - to develop a strong academy, to develop a specific way of playing football and to bring the right manager for that type of football. We also needed to bring in the right players for that. Txiki Begiristain has been building the squad for many years and ensuring that we get the right squad balance and bring youth from the academy. It is a combination of everything plus all the work that goes on behind the scenes concerning injury management and prevention, and working with Pep and the coaching staff to ensure player rotation so that all players can hit peak form at the right time.” “We are very proud of the work the academy has done. The vision was always to develop the best talent and to create a pathway so that the likes of Foden and others can break through and be significant contributors to the first team. To identify, recruit and develop local talent and in some cases, the young talent that has come from Europe, like Eric Garcia, speaks to the work that our academy director and the coaches have put in. We are very confident that there will be more players like Foden who will progress to the first team.”

My thoughts on the current situation at #MUFC ~ A THREAD 🧵 Very, very disappointed today. Felt like today’s game was a great chance to build momentum after a decent run of results in the league recently (albeit most wins coming against inferior opposition).

Manchester United’s Out of Possession Problems Exposed vs Newcastle United

⚔️Man-to-Man pressing in midfield
❌FBs not backing up the press
⚡️Tino Livramento overlapping

A Thread 🧵 Manchester United were completely outplayed and outfought in the 1-0 defeat to Newcastle last night, but why was that the case? Let’s take a look at United’s out of possession (OOP) problems and how Newcastle exploited them.

A Thread 🧵 This thread will analyse how Rasmus Højlund will fit in at Manchester United, covering:

— Strengths
— Weaknesses
— Atalanta vs United
— Current Level vs Potential

Let's Start 👇

🧵The 10 BEST Quotes from TEN HAG’s BIOGRAPHY- A THREAD I will split this thread up into different sections:

— Life at Home
— Early Football Years
— Coaching
— Style of Play

After each quote, I will contextualise what was said + explain the relevance and importance of each citation.

A thread 🧵 This thread will analyse the reasons why Erik ten Hag wants to sign André Onana, highlighting:

- Distribution + build-up
- Cross claiming/stopping
- Sweeping
- Shot stopping

(Note- GK comparison stats via @fbref last 365 days).

Let’s start 👇

Why ERIK TEN HAG wants MASON MOUNT- A THREAD🧵 — Bid Situation

Man Utd have already made 3 bids for Mason Mount, with Chelsea having rejected all 3 so far. However, it is still possible that a compromise is made.

In this thread I will be breaking down why Ten Hag wants Mason Mount. Let’s start 👇

MANCHESTER UNITED interactive squad poll- A Thread 🧵

VOTE below for which players you would KEEP, LOAN or SELL! 👇 DAVID DE GEA

MANCHESTER UNITED’S Out of Possession Approach vs Brighton- A THREAD🧵 Yesterday Manchester United booked their place in the FA Cup final thanks to a victory (on penalties) against Roberto de Zerbi’s Brighton team. During the game, I noticed a few tactical things that I want to talk about further:

-Hybrid Pressing
-4-1-4-1 shape
- Aggressive CBs

MANCHESTER United's Pressing Structure- Why Is It Problematic? A THREAD 🧵 Manchester United suffered a crushing defeat at Anfield yesterday. This thread will solely focus on United's out of possession structure, their pressing and why United are playing a dangerous game 👇👇