Trafford them make United
against Arsenal.
Arsenal, 100% record coming into this one. They'd 15 from
five
actually played pretty well in the game. I think I'll traffic
but United run out with us. Yep, for also paid well, to be
honest, I think in a lot of spells in the game you can see
the sort of identity and how you know make art.
It has brought us this team forward, great start to the season.
Obviously it's a tough place of going Old Trafford,
regardless of the start my United.
You know, I can imagine a manager
wants a reaction from the start
and overall is a good game, but I thought are still played
really well. Yeah, they did. Let's look at the, the team
selections then. And, and how the two managers lined up at
the start. I think the interesting one particularly
from Eric 10/2 point of view,
was throwing, Antony straight into the mix. Spent big money
on him knows him. Of course, from his time, I acts
knows what you can expect from him.
He threw him straight in.
I think that was probably
one of the factors. The fact that he obviously
he knows the manager from my ex so he would and he would know
exactly what the manager wants.
In terms of, you know, the Tactical element.
And let's be honest. Now when you come from that for that
sort of fee, you know, you know what, you bring to the team
that sort of quality
and what a start to to your head, see in my united life,
you know, to get off the mark and score
and these whole performance bonus was it was good. I think
somebody's really impressed me and it's someone that you know
well as well. He actually played with him. Didn't you
yet? Spurs Christian Eriksen playing slightly deeper in
this. This setup at man United's rather than as
a number eight or a number 10 it's fine as a number six
really
the double-pivot alongside
Got my tahminae I think for me it is at this stage of his
career I think that's the perfect position for him
because, you know,
something to back, isn't it? Yeah, if he's got time on
a ball, I mean is Ranger passing. You know, we can brake lines,
he could planted an iron, you can go long. Its range of
passing is phenomenal, what a player
and you see the weekend, you know, is
again the, you know, there's times where
probably a lot of other player difference, friend might have,
you know, play short. And I bet he's always looking for that
forward Parsons interesting, though, because
The players understand, you know, we talk about the
the Sancho's and restaurants, you know, the understand. Now
the who they're playing with because you seen the games at
Eclipse way soon as he gets his heads up his head up, you know
the boys are just on their back and are running forward.
Just a quick one on Arsenal because if you look at their
starting eleven, it's probably the strongest 11 on paper. You
could pick bar maybe look hunger. I think it's Thomas
partes fit. He comes into that and that's probably his best 11
at the moment. I
think so. I think so I'm saying that your party obviously when
he's 50 plays an opportunity for plates are coming, you know
where it's like you know, players get injured or Spending
then you have to come in as why so important to.
So like when you train,
you know, everyone's got be switched on because, you know,
if opportunities come come about, you know, you have to be
ready to play. Yeah, that's going to match. That's then
Arsenal 60% at the ball against 40% for, man, united. We saw in
the first two games man. United dominating possession against
both Brighton and Brentford lost. Both the game since then
they've actually drop their possession but have picked up
some some big results.
The bot, the one at the bottom. Actually really interested me
touches in the opposition box. I'll still have 47.
Man, united only 17,
it's what you do with it. I guess, when you get into those
positions and United score three goals, of course not very
flexion. The game though. Do you think those numbers?
I think so. Like I said, mentioned before about a for
watching the game, if we know ASL pain. Well,
I think overall. Yeah. Of course, you didn't get a free
point, but I think when you look back and reflect on a game
overall,
so many positive side manager to take away.
You look at this, you know?
Yeah. And bodies forward
getting into areas where you're going to score.
You know, being ambitious, especially away from home.
Yeah.
We hope we both know, you know, you need, when you, when you
look at these, the stats and that you don't get anything
from the game, then it doesn't really matter.
I was about to say the states, that's become irrelevant. When
you look at the top one, as I say, as many 93 Arsenal won,
let's take a look then at some of the action. And man,
United's intent. And the way they set about it from the off
different phases of attacks, as well from man united, it wasn't
just counter-attacking, they played some good stuff, they
play three Midfield. You said Christian Eriksen was at
the heart of that. I mean, even here straight
away.
I'll just pick him out in the middle. There.
This is a position. I know he's playing slightly deeper,
but he's still able to get himself into those positions.
The wrong side of arsons Midfield. This is just
awareness for me, this is intelligence, where
a lot of things you can't coach, where he understands there.
Actually, there's a little pocket that way space, there's
a pocket space there where we could sort of like, if I'll get
on it and our concern.
Yeah, the fall was, hopefully
they come alive and they can run forward. And said, the, for
me, this is just his intelligence as a player, where
he knows where the space is to get these little pockets, which
you did all afternoon, to be honest and
I'm from now, you know,
he does his business, he is game, intelligence is need
Christian Eriksen but the driving forward, the driving at
PACE, you can see Runners forward that's the position.
Again, it gets himself into wrong side of the Arsenal
Midfield, they filter it, they keep the ball,
they eventually actually get forced back, the ball ends up
at that lows fit I'm going to stop it there. Yeah if I stop
it there and I'm looking at
Arsenal set up the way they are set up here.
We've got 1 2 3
4 5
6. Six, seven, eight, nine
ten. You can actually probably just about
all the eleven behind the ball. This is this is actually what
you want. When you look at this picture here
as a coach, this is exactly what you want. Nothing from
the middle middle can just that you want nothing from the middle
for some money outside. Yes, 1 V 1
but you got time to come across. There's no danger
there. You'd rather ball go here, then, through the middle.
So so you'll say there's they're basically saying,
you know what, you can,
if I just do, Arsenal's team shaping, that's awesome team
shape.
You'll talk about through the middle.
There's no wait, not even a play
through there. So what they have to do is play here, that's
the only way they're going to get around in here which it
which is what you want to be honest.
And yeah and then
the team of got time to come across. They can whereas if you
pay for the lines and they can combine and get shots at Gold
but here this is this is perfect shape from Arsenal.
Okay play on this. Ashley some in the united tried to do with
Antony
as well I just highlight this quickly as well
try and isolate him 1 V 1 with a fullback.
Yeah some of the Erickson has talked about 12 isolating 1 V 1
with a full band what you would say to and knees. The
Statewide? Yeah,
don't gamble on. Make runs in behind Statewide because this
what you're good at, and
give the ball to him. And then you do your stuff, your
one-on-one in the hour. This is what you're good at. And then
you can then, you know, you come alive and you can get this
off in a box set shots. So, essentially united
we feel want to counter-attack but it's not possible.
There's the past, past forward from download. There's
the intent.
Okay, they can't get through.
The end up recycling, it ends up going back to the to
centre-backs what I would say about the to setbacks. And I'm
just going to take that back. Very slightly actually, is this
position
that they find themselves in as well? This is more aggressive
than we've seen in the past remain United, and how high.
Yeah, these two are playing up the pitch. Yeah, because what
you do is if you're too deep then you don't get,
you don't get waves of attack, the sustained attack, you don't
get sustained attack where you where you, where you really
suffocating, especially being at home. So the fact that
I mean halfway lines there. Yeah, so the fact that you
Good position here.
So any sort of like
any turnovers, yeah, to regain a borg enemy. You can have
lucky sense. Sustained attacks. Yeah. So this is petition such
a good position is no, of course. Yeah,
I think that's some of the Erickson Hogg said to them.
He also wants ball playing
Center that's as well. That's something he's really
key to and I think that's one of the reasons why we've seen
him bring Martinez in.
If I just pop, pause it here.
I think so often when we saw last year, maybe Harry McGuire
played in that position. Yeah. It doesn't really want to play
with his left foot. He's happy to drive into Midfield with it.
Yeah. I just I just highlights him.
This is
Sandra. Martin is on the ball here
Paraguay are often would dribble with the pool and
dribbling to Midfield. It doesn't want to play forward
with it. If I,
if I just get rid of that and play it forward, what did he
do? He wants to play forward, so he plays forward. Okay, it
gets recycled.
Now, then, this is brilliant. This past year
position, we talked about position. We talked about
again, didn't we? Yeah, in that
number 10 position, can United get bodies in there.
Exactly. And if you again, Erickson
that sort of quiet that he's got, he knows.
Now,
where do you want the ball in these Pockets? Yeah, because if
you get it in these pockets, and you got one, two, three,
four, five, six. Turn around a running back towards it at
their own goal
to back-breaking lines, you know, midfielders that, you
know, got a quality to brake lines. One pass, right in
there. And then, yeah, you're in business
as the past. I mean,
how many people see that pass?
There's not many players that signal pass or sometimes place
it apart, but they don't want.
Giving away being at home you know became pressure he's got
that sort of quality. He knows the pace on the ball and then
you know
any player in this sort of position if you can receive it
on a half-turn. Yeah then the forward so you know she's which
is what happens, isn't it.
So he actually plays that ball now then first touch from Bruno
Fernandez and I think
what you talked about is that we've looked at this clip and
something that you sort of picked up on straightaways,
what you're a Centre forward now. Bruno for now he's got
himself in that position.
What are you thinking
in my mind I'm thinking right? One forward.
I didn't
Sunshine, Rushford Anthony the running forward, their body
shape, their body shape is all.
So, what that does is that gives this rational about options,
he's got three options. Yeah, you know, against one, two,
three, four Defenders. Yep, perfect again, kept his width
and today, keep it with you.
Play it forward.
Yeah, it's actually a really good luck. Yeah, it really good
Advantage. Now, from a national point of view. It's in chanko,
probably I'm thinking you probably do. It does have to
tuck and doesn't Asia.
Yeah. Because he's kept his width and today,
You got the space
cuz he's not gone into narrow too soon.
It's actually got that space now and while say about this
call this way, so important, how Marcus restaurant
can make his mind up. I can make.
So, if markers recipes this hard?
Yeah, we would have to have two touches.
Yeah.
And then finish, so if I won't play it will play it slow.
Let's play it slowly. So rash of picks the ball up, the pace
of the pasture talking about. So the pace of the past is
suggesting that he wants it to finish first time. Yeah, first
time finish
soft
in the space. Gone finish were somewhere else. If he passed it
really hard where sometimes you have to take a touch. Yeah,
maybe they could take another touch bring in a box and then
and then finish, then the defendant would have time to
get back. So the weight of pass from Rushford was brilliant.
Dream debut.
Yeah. Anthony, what's the site
now? This is probably more what we expected from your. I see
maybe the counter attacking. This is the detail. This is
deep United now. Yeah and when they get when they transition
it's about keeping the ball in this getting Runners, isn't it?
Yeah.
So asking they had a lot of possession. We saw that 6%
the ball, we've seen the match, that's already, they've given
the ball away now. Now can now then what would
what the options and
who are the people that going to keep the ball.
Let's just play this on. Can take this back, very slightly.
So you pick the ball up and just keep your eyes on this man
here,
Christian. Eriksen
and what he does,
if we play this on really slowly
So he has a glance. He knows what song.
It's got a piece. Oh yeah,
the balls just about to come
as one look, he's had one look
ball again. He had another look in fact, if I just pause that
and then take this back very slightly
and then I'm going to just bring that in now. So he's now
looking forward.
Yeah. Now, what's he saying?
Well, the picture that the picture that he seeing
is this position again
breaking the lines,
you know, Fernandez
getting into that space again,
in between that ass.
Phil and the back line
that players can't go too tight with em. Can't go that far in
with him. Got to do a better job of getting tired of in its
inch. Ankle actually was true. It was drifted into a Midfield
position, but he's got to get tighter
to Bruno. Fernandez
play it on first time passed Round the Corner.
Great first, touch,
and there's your Runner.
There's a runner,
there's your Runner.
That's you again. Isn't if you've got Cristiano Ronaldo
Fernandes in that position. Yeah, your heads down, isn't
it?
And Bruno for London? So intelligently, he knows again
understanding who you're playing with the amount of
times, you seen this game, where everything gets
Get it and Bruno for lenders, instead of
just being patient.
Yes, just understanding. Where to go, where could it? Where
can I find these Pockets? Where can I get on a half time?
Because soon as I do
like I said and then you get the runners and the fit and
the timing of the run as well, to be honest and the Finish
verdana finish, got some little bit stuck under his feet,
didn't it? But that's the that's the that's the like that
you get for working hard
and doing the right things and making runs in behind
absolutely trillion.
And then I'm just going to pull this again until it. I'm just
getting the intelligence of him and take it back.
Yeah. Actually,
I think it's
the arrows. Come on as a sub, who's
got an eye as an actually got a picture as he other where
Christian Eriksen is game intelligence gaming, where's
the space?
Can I run into the space?
It recognizes a big gap there.
Christian Eriksen,
I'm just going to play that forward,
right? Can I go, there's the Gap bump
off, I go unselfish and selfish yet, but he understands that.
He'll think you should go for goal and by the way, the way to
pass as well, it's easy when you're watching.
Easy. But even a way to pass their
it's a Dream. It's a dream for you. That isn't it? That's
happened like that from this happens. The first, you know,
simple. Yeah. And then
just lastly alive again.
There he is. Marcus Rochford
on his bike stunts because he knows he's on the ball, he
knows his no pressure.
He noses on the ball.
I mean, you paid with him.
It's a dream, to be honest. As a forward him, though, personally
to play with Christian agent about. Yeah,
he's brilliant and and it's conversation that you did,
they question everything probably would have spoke to
Mike as well. And said, you know, every time I get it,
make sure your movements good and he's off
because I'm not going to pay sure. I'm going to play long
just make sure because
if that's your side. Yeah, it's obvious that the fact that he's
still doing it continues, doing it. What happens is? Like,
I mentioned before when you do it, you know, just that one
time you get in and you score but
you know, he's rain Christian over, some range of pasta and
he's got, he's going to do is not going to always play short
and serve it. You know, be safe. It's an unfilled. We feel
like he's I feel like he's getting the best out of Market
rash but he seems like he's enjoying
his football again. The conference he's coming back.
I think what the managers probably obviously is probably
a conversation with Marcus, right? And, you know, if I was
a manager, I would, I would just say to rush with just now
just focus on numbers.
Yeah, focus on goals. You don't have to come in the system that
we play. You don't have to
come short link play.
Just focus on running behind. That's where you get your joy,
you know, that's where you're gonna get your goals
and when it moves into the middle, and it's another name
is judged on that. Isn't he? Stopped on got was, of course,
the fact that, you know,
scoring goals in big games as well. Yeah, which is, which is
for him on a personal note, you know, in terms of confidence is
massive. Yeah, couple of goals and an assist for Marcus
rashly, but Christian Oaks and picked up the man of the match.
Reward. And
these are the reasons. These are reasons why 56 Tucker
magnetite. In terms of magnitude of ranks, he was
first in those top five
second in the bottom 10. I'll just explain these to quickly
Defenders bypass that we did ask for these passing, okay? 66
Defenders is my past with his forward, pass him, and passes
beyond the off, Sidelines, to be a hind
and fore Runners. We talked about a marker Schmidt. Now
making those runs in behind seven times he played that ball
over the top for a set of forward to running behind
the off side line so it just shows really positive with these
passing M as well and sometimes you got to take risks. You've
got
Brave. And I believe that's really been at home because
I mentioned before, you know, when you pain, that supposition
is so easy to just be a server where you could just serve
plays short pass it, but the fact that he's willing to go
long and mix up these passes, you know, it's in when you got
willing Runners.
You know, that's what that's what makes the difference.
I just quickly on Manion Isis recruitment as well. They've
been criticized in the past for some of their recruitment. What
about this summer? What are you made of the the job that it's
and harms done in the transfer market? I think it's plays that
you needed
to be honest. I think if you look at Anthony was just spoke
about him in a dream start you know scoring and I've seen so
many kids in my eye. I actually know that's a top player and
I believe someone that would do work, Monday night
Casimir that could be Oneness,
that leads the dressing room in terms of standards, and there's
a lot of young players and adjusting, of course, there's
players there that one knows our trophies. And so it's
a massive Club. Of course, I'm not saying that that the same
time when you bring in those sort of characters, you know,
players that one,
you know, in terms of Champions League stuff like that, you
didn't you know players that acting like that can set
the standard
Christian a well that's all well and Christian Hansen on
a free. I mean it looks like an absolute bargain, doesn't it?
Yeah. And and you know you talk
Beyond football He's so, like, come back from what is
how to deal with mentally and his family and friends to come
back and see him as she pain at this level at a huge problem,
a United, so happy for him. Good recovery from my United, lost
the first couple of games but won the next four. There sir,
head over to Leroy. And I think the viewers have been getting
in touch that may not see fans. Always get in touch though.
Don't they literally a friendly enough. Matt,
when they win, they always do.
Kevin's been in Tights. He says, I leave. What do you
think, man? United will finish above Arsenal this season.
There's still a lot of games to cover. Obviously, what you
think I'm going to put that.
Two different. That's a tough one. Do you think they'll
finish my vassal going to say yes or no?
Yes, but not
the weekend and how they play and how they look like they're
going to play now.
I see yeah for sure. Yeah, okay and they've got one about
Arsenal.
This guy's from is if freaky says, I'm not worried about
Austin at all, this is the performance. Was there
are tutors men with dominant. That only lost because of two
mistakes which they will obviously rectify. Sweet. What
do you think? I see you think. Arsenal,
shouldn't worry too much.
I know. I don't think they put as you said it, right. The very
start. We seen the we saw the match stats actually in a lot
of areas are still dominating. I thought they did play pretty
well for large periods of the game. It was
small. It small details, small errors. I thought it
midfielders the key battle. I thought that's where United got
the better of it. I think just by being able to break
the lines as much as they
did. Do the Arsenal smell danger particularly well, in
the middle of the give up. Even if I mean the substitutions
maybe like it could have been
if you speak to the manager may be
on. Another day, you know, you want to make those substitutions
which could have, which were, of course, impacts the game,
you know, sometimes in the positive. But
in this case, a negative,
by, in terms of minor, but also not at all from, how do you
know how this started to season? You know, wouldn't
worry about our Sultana.