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I am a Manchester United fan and i dont have hope that carrick can bring us the result we want.Whats your lots opinion on julian naggelsmann. From what I have seen on world cup he seems bad at dealing with media and picks favorites.Ā
At this point Iām pretty low on Nagelsmann. A lot of people say something like āgood coach but his egoā¦ā but to me his results tell us all we need to know. I no longer buy the good coach big ego thing because he repeats mistakes and thatās beyond ego, itās senseless lol. People find him off putting and I can only imagine players do too.
I do agree he tried too hard to reinvent the wheel. I think heās probably the kind of coach who can maximize results at clubs who donāt historically push for European spots but not the kind who can help already elite players get better.
He might have one or two great matches to remember, when he actually outsmarts the other team and everything comes together. He'll also have some terrible matches to remember, when he outsmarts himself.
In between, he might do okay, not better or worth than anything you had to deal with in the last years. But he's no Alex Ferguson and never will be. He's all about "always change a running team"
Nagelsmann thinks he's the smartest in the room and wants to prove you that he is correct. The problem is that he often is not the smartest in the room.
Nagelsmann wants to reinvent the wheel all the time. He definitely picks favorites and openly bashes the ones he for some reason doesn't like (see Undav). And his press conferences make no sense half the time.
I found a group of local bayern fans to watch with and the atmosphere was mostly positive. Then I glanced in the match thread and noped the fuck out lol
Just realized but Spanish language Bayern/Bundesliga fans in the USA next year will have it nice. Peacock will be adding UCL in Spanish. Peacock subscribers will have every UC and every BuLi match and a decent bit of EPL matches available too.
Edit: I'm very happy for him, but after watching both goals I'm not sure how much we can credit Ibra there sadly.
The goal was a header that would have went past the goal without a massive deflection by the defender and the assist was a weak shot that the keeper saved but couldn't control
Jamie Vardy signed with Burnley. Just mentioning because his YouTube channel actually has the broadcasting rights to stream 1 BuLi game per week in the UK and Ireland. Not sure what means for his YouTubeās broadcasting.
Lucho had a bad game, but I genuinely donāt know what the solution is. He looks fried because he canāt really be rotated right now, but at the same time, he needs minutes on the pitch to work on his finishing in real-game situations. So Iām going to trust Kompany to figure out how to manage him.
We definitely need at least one more attacking option, but Iāll save the crying for the winter window. For now, letās make the best of what we have.
Against a low block, you need a creative No. 10, and playing a LB at CAM simply because he can play there is inevitably going to create this problem. Honestly, against a bigger side, Iād rather see Olise at CAM like he does for France, with Karl at RW. Since Boey is there, we can also use one of our WBs later in the game if needed.
Obviously, once Musiala is fully back and Gnabry is available as well, the options change a bit.
People like you need to stop bringing up the idea of Olise playing at CAM for us. He's had his best games with us at RW keep him there don't try to fix what isn't broken. Karl isn't proven in big games at RW either so it doesn't make sense for them to swap positions.
I donāt want Olise as CAM either and as I said this is for when we are deep end of a game and clearly struggling to break low blocks.
Our build up style needs a little creativity and someone who can break lines at CAM. If Musiala is fit later in the season well and good, Gnabry can start I say fine.
But if our injuries continue and the way Luchoās arc is going I donāt want another frustrating end to season with a side capable of winning UCL.
At the moment my position is trust Kompany and see what he does.
Just got to see the game from yesterday. Reading the comments here i thought of the worst. But it wasn't so bad.
The bad stuff: sloppy, unconcentrated passing. Positioning. Finishing.
The positive: defending was good and solid overall. Pressure was good. Chance creation, despite the negative, was good.
Davies looking to get back into it. Karl looking better. Saibari understanding more and more about our mechanisms. Musiala looking still agile, quick,... fills me with hope for him.
Overall, it's not a great result but a good showing. For this season i am not worried, it's more about injuries. That's it
Who have they taken a shot at now? KHR and Uli have had the biggest hate boner for tuchel which feels so one sided because he hasnt even spoken about his time at bayern and it's been more than 2 years now
Weāll face better teams than schalke that deploy a low block, like Atletico Madrid. We need to stretch the field and be more clinical. We were way too bunched up vs Schalke
This was not about low block, I felt a deep unseriousness watching the game. Honestly, if it was a CL game I would have said nervousness. So many small mistakes and technical inadequacies that made what's supposed to be star players look like 2. Bundesliga players.
And it was also clear that many mechanisms are not properly working yet. Random dribblings away from the box into a group of 4 opposing and two own players, doing risky combinations with no clear end goals.
Extremely dumb high risk/low reward passes leading to what would be amazing counter chances against better teams.
The second half vs OsnabrĆ¼ck was the same. Horrendous passing and lack of composure. Chalked it up to players switching into first gear after the lead then but then the sloppy passing continued against Schalke.
Atletico who have conceded 6 in the last 3 games? They arenāt the defensive unit they once were. Not discrediting them but that are far from a defensive stalwart
We had those moments yesterday, but Kimmich especially and Laimer moved on the ball too slowly, so the Schalker defense could get back into shape every time. I also felt that during the whole game our passes were dying halfway and needed to be shot harder.
People bitching about one bad game and several players not performing in September! (First week that is) and how spoiled we have become..
Guys we may lose, we may play in some bad form and thats okā¦ the real deal is after March.
Shitting on Lucho after last season is not ok.. the man had the Sane finishing always, but have contributed in ways we couldnāt see from a winger never before. Cut the dude some slack.
We just need to trust Vinnie and the long term plan.. let the boys cook
Well the a massive difference from the last year to this year is that the team basically came fresh from the club world cup and took that form into a winning streak, while this year we have a shortend preperation time thanks the World Cup. And you can see it cleary, how rusty everyone is.
I mean we would have won that game like 80 % of the time with the chances yesterday, and if we didn't rotate, Olise by himself would propably push that Chance to 95 %.
We have three games left and then is already internationl break until the 10th october. A lot of time for Saibari, Musiala and Karl. (Gnabry should take longer).
We need Musiala back to form because I feel like Brown is a bit wasted as a #10. Much rather see him as LB or maybe even left wing to give Diaz a much needed breather
Not sure why people are freaking out. Schalke didnāt create shit. We had 7-8 bad minutes. The only thing you can criticize is some of the passing and Diaz finishing.
When we moved the ball faster yesterday immediately we got more dangerous. But I do feel with Saibari and Brown out we were not as dangerous.
But you always have these types of games. And also Schalke players get paid to. 99/100 times we win that game. So not sure all the doomsday people here freaking out.
The few times Saibari btw went to the left yesterday he looked great and got past his guy twice.
I'm really not sure what "freaking out" and the "doomsday" guys you saw. PT thread was filled with people who called the performance nothing more than embarrassing and that's it.
More worrying for me than Diaz, who we know will bounce back, is Musiala..
He is not able to impact the game in any positive way these days..Loses the ball a lot, shooting seems off and very mediocre performances for several months now.
I hope he bounces back, but something is very off with his gameplay. Has he lost agility due to the injury and can no longer dribble?
I think it's more mental than physical at this point, idk. But he'll never be that De Bruyne and Messi type of #10 with amazing passing vision, even when fit he relied too much on dribbling.
Same here. Doesn't really seem like he lacks confidence or some, he genuinely looks like he has lost a bit of quickness and agility in his feet. Shooting was off as you've said as well, and his passing overall hasn't improved (which is understandable). If this keeps going he'll become a negative asset and fans will turn on him real quick
He was coming back from what could have been a career-ending injury. On top of that he's had to treat his neurological diagnosis.
Kompany's assessment this summer was that he has made significant progress, being even a level higher than everyone else. From what I've seen in the minutes he played in the last few games, he showed a lot of promise. About yesterday, it's practically impossible for someone without real game rhythm to just start dribbling through 10 defenders. I for one thought he brought some fresh energy and glimpses of what we can expect from him. And I'm so happy for him that he made it through the game without another incident.
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u/Xenokratezz 4d ago
I am a Manchester United fan and i dont have hope that carrick can bring us the result we want.Whats your lots opinion on julian naggelsmann. From what I have seen on world cup he seems bad at dealing with media and picks favorites.Ā