DeanoAustin
Cecil Poynton
Absolutely this. Hard to be a creative player when you've nothing ahead of you.
Had a mate at the game who said a lot of the crowd were slating him. I really hope that's not the case. This lad will be a player.
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Xavi Simons
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Had a mate at the game who said a lot of the crowd were slating him. I really hope that's not the case. This lad will be a player.
Gazza Dazzla
Jimmy McCormick
Considering the booing for taking him off, I’d guess that was just one or two people rather than the majority.
Dicko
Nick Barmby
Yeah, They were mentioning it on commentary too. He was trying to make things happen and could tell he wanted more from others around him.
Did you see when one of the CBs had the ball Xavi was shouting at Palinha to go and get it because Palinha was wandering out to the right hand side! You could see him thinking "How am I gonna get on the ball if he doesn't even want to take the ball from the CBs!?"
Mrs Vert
Young-Pyo Lee
No missed that!
And I guess then this is also the problem with some of our players having a better footballing brain along with technique than others.
If they are not on same level then another reason our attacks break down. Along with that and tinkle poor finishing
Glenda's Legs
Tom Huddlestone
I like that he wants to battle to win the ball.
Also there was one incident in the second half where he gave the ball away (or rather it was taken off him) and he bust a gut to try to win it back.
Not sure why he was taken off tbh as he was running our game.
Also there was one incident in the second half where he gave the ball away (or rather it was taken off him) and he bust a gut to try to win it back.
Not sure why he was taken off tbh as he was running our game.
Chrissivad
Nick Barmby
Could be fitness.
Seems to come off most matches, so might not have 90mins in him.
But he needs movement around him.
Seems to come off most matches, so might not have 90mins in him.
But he needs movement around him.
BrentwoodSpur
Clint Dempsey
Definitely needs to sack off his boot sponsors. I think he’s starting to come good, and given the time will be a great addition
Baleforce
Chris Waddle
I think his own shadow knocked him over.
Mosquito_Coasting
Mauricio Taricco
Liked the fact he was battling for the ball yesterday far more and it's good he has the CL this season to show his class. He has a lovely shimmy but then not the pace or power to get away (or the options to play a quick pass forwards which I'm sure he's capable of). If you look at how long it took Frank to get a tune out of Damsgaard (a similar whispy player) I think we need patience with Xavi and Frank. I really like seeing a manager build with a team of youngsters though I get frustrated too when we don't get results. I'm trying to temper that in calmer moments with the fact that I don't expect Top 5 this season and young players need time.
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We don't have a team of youngsters. Of our team yesterday Simons at 22 you could say and at a stretch Sarr at 23 but it's not a young team - there is a hell of a lot of experience there - Vicario, Porro, Romero, Bentancur, Palhina and others have all played a hell of a lot of football....
Jurgen the German
Terry Dyson
Much like Richarlison in that regard then who is blown over by strong winds.
tommysvr
Paul Stalteri
A great mix of both imo: https://thfcdb.com/matches/2025-26/manchester-united-8-november-2025-home/lineup
Yes it's a great blend - even a lot of our younger players have played a lot of football for their age. It will be interesting to see the changes to this squad over the next couple of years....
braineclipse
Garth Crooks
I guess the initial break we're too slow getting up to support him so he has no options. It's kind of what happens sometimes, but one could ask where is the run like the one Romero made against Copenhagen.
The second phase when the ball is returned to him is imo worse. I know play goes on from there and probably someone will join in the attacking at some point? But still. Spence slowly getting barely ahead of Palhinha, Sarr and Porro. No urgency in making off the ball forward runs.
It's fine and even necessary to slow it down sometimes. But the instincts of all our back four and two deep midfielders seems to be too be in position in case we lose the ball.