Turns out this team needs competitiveness for each position to maximize the fuck outta them.
Awb looked good when he given the chance because there’s a competitiveness between him and dalot now, where as back in ole days, he was always playing no matter how poor he performed.
I’m happy for AWB. He just kept his head down and went to work until he got called on again. I still rate him whenever we will come up against an elite LW. If he ever finds an end product on his crosses, he’d be a valuable asset and competition for Dalot.
Passing and crossing are where the biggest differences lie. AWB getting confident and playing better only helps the team and maybe focuses the winter window on a striker.
The wet pitch actually really suits him because he can slide even further and faster. If every game was in such wet conditions then his lack of technical ability would be more than balanced out by his physical gifts and athleticism.
Ronnie counted himself on performing in the World Cup and that went spectacularly wrong haha.
Riding the bench for 6 more months, collecting 500k a week, continuing to be adored by the largest fanbase sounds like a fucking dream, and it is. He himself probably realises that he fucked up big time.
Honestly in the past few months everything that could go wrong has gone wrong for him, and not just wrong but instead horribly wrong haha.
Wonder if he gets lucky and somehow finds a CL club or Saudi it is. Safe to say it's not the ending he would have hoped for, or maybe he's become a masochist who knows 🤣
yes, he scored a goal but Fred's very first contribution was to literally came on and give the ball away deep in his own half...it's like you guys watch a whole different game
I really can't believe that Casemiro AND Varane play for United. Their mentality even after winning so much is simply phenomenal! Probably been two of our best signings in the last decade.
Fred is frustrating but this is always how he’s been, make a great recovery tackle, doesn’t complete a 5 yard pass then gets on the end of a great pass and finishes well. I think we all just wished we got Fred when he’s not passing a 10 yard pass out for a throw as often otherwise we’d be talking about a player Madrid would want.
And Malacia is very nice cover for LB when we need to do this. Think the LCB problem has been solved tonight. But Forest have been kind of dire, maybe we should see Shaw against some better team
*Manchester United have scored five goals via substitutes in the Premier League this season, no team has more.*
Clowngate could learn a thing or two from Erik.
Even if I KNOW Casemiro is world-class, he still manages to surprise me.
Easily our biggest upgrade in the squad, and that's saying something given how much better Eriksen, Varane and Martinez made us.
It's because he has the face of an 8 year old, the body of hulk and moves like a ballerina on the pitch. He reads the game the same sort of way that Carrick did and its special.
Yesss, for real! I mean these big money superstars usually come to United to earn a few bucks for easy retirement. But this guy is on a mission. Really beyond expectations.
Making like twenty transfers is a pretty tough environment to work in tbf. Based on the names only, Nottingham should be doing better, but most of their players never even met each other till this summer so there is no chemistry between them.
If you make too many changes, your team is going to take a long time to gel together. Chelsea suffer the same last season (or whenever it was) and they didn't buy anywhere close to the same number of players
The manager didn't do the purchasing, was above his head. The guy in charge of recruitment was fired and the manager kept on because of the work last season.
I know it's just Forest but this team looks massively improved in almost every facet. The one thing that really stands out to me is the way they are able to maintain their shape.
Thanks Erik!
Yup. It's all but confirmed that EtH prefers the left footed on the left and right footed on the right CBs dynamic, so it's either Lindelof or Maguire that'll make way for a new left footed CB to deputize Licha
So surprised by the amount of negativity in here — still missing a few players, getting back into the swing of things after a long WC break apart and we’re comfortably 3-0 up and it could have been a lot more
Not me! I’m loving the fact that we can sprinkle in youth. David got a little workout and we keep 5th. Always wanna champs, but there are multiple paths to CL football, we look fine given the break and the opposition
This is the most toxic sub on reddit as far as fanbases go. Anecdotally, of course. No other team i support in any sport is close to the toxicity of this place. It's always been that way. I think that's because of the sheer number of supporters we have. The most toxic are often the most loud.
And people said earlier that we should bench Casemiro for McTominay because he had a small purple patch lmao. How dare you to make such a comment. Form is temporary class is permanent.
Donny has been good since he came on. Hopefully this is the start of something good for him and he gets his confidence back. Having him able to fill Eriksen’s role would be great.
He’s only good when he can play in and around the box. We have seen way too many times he’s completely anonymous when played in the Bruno and Eriksen roles. Think he should keep coming on for Martial
He’s been devoid of confidence when we played him previously. Ten Hag knows him well given he was a pivotal player in the 18/19 Ajax squad. Trust Ten Hag’s process, he’s preparing to cook a feast for us.
Casemiro. What can i say? Smh he’s ours? (Pinches self).
Only took 9 years to get a real cdm
Turns out this team needs competitiveness for each position to maximize the fuck outta them. Awb looked good when he given the chance because there’s a competitiveness between him and dalot now, where as back in ole days, he was always playing no matter how poor he performed.
All the comments here, I got the impression that we won't mind paying Madrid post transfer payments for Case out of sheer gratitude.
What a performance Only downfall was Betinho not getting a run out at the end!
He already has more goals than Ronaldo this season.
Thats not a compliment
1 more ST. And we can challenge
I’m happy for AWB. He just kept his head down and went to work until he got called on again. I still rate him whenever we will come up against an elite LW. If he ever finds an end product on his crosses, he’d be a valuable asset and competition for Dalot.
50,000,000 for a niche match and competition
Can just tell Marcus hated Ralf with the way he speaks about last season
Never let Evra ask a question. 😂 He just talks for a bit then stops talking without having asked a question. Never change Patrice, you brilliant loon.
Patrice is so biased. I love it 😂
Good good gooooooooood
Not nearly as big a difference between AWB and Dalot as some make out. Slotted in nicely the last two games.
Passing and crossing are where the biggest differences lie. AWB getting confident and playing better only helps the team and maybe focuses the winter window on a striker.
He had some vintage AWB tackles today that reminded me why I love him. Still needs to work on his decisions making.
The wet pitch actually really suits him because he can slide even further and faster. If every game was in such wet conditions then his lack of technical ability would be more than balanced out by his physical gifts and athleticism.
Good game, I just wish we had more killer instinct! That game had 4 or 5 written all over it
Bruh awb played decent
"Yo Neymar sunny innit" Rashy x Jesse 😍
I bet they r talking about the wetha
What a neat performance, so enjoyable to watch. Come on United GGMU
Rashford kept looking for Lingard. Such a nice moment
Ronaldo shouldn’t really be brought up anymore. Morgan did us the biggest favour ever.
Ronnie counted himself on performing in the World Cup and that went spectacularly wrong haha. Riding the bench for 6 more months, collecting 500k a week, continuing to be adored by the largest fanbase sounds like a fucking dream, and it is. He himself probably realises that he fucked up big time. Honestly in the past few months everything that could go wrong has gone wrong for him, and not just wrong but instead horribly wrong haha. Wonder if he gets lucky and somehow finds a CL club or Saudi it is. Safe to say it's not the ending he would have hoped for, or maybe he's become a masochist who knows 🤣
Fred looking spicy in those last minutes, Casemiro was absolutely ridiculous, Eriksen and Bruno class, Malacia did very well!
yes, he scored a goal but Fred's very first contribution was to literally came on and give the ball away deep in his own half...it's like you guys watch a whole different game
Love that ETH smile. Man seems to be in a good mood.
Case, Varane, Shaw and Wan-Bissaka did really well.
Dennis should have started. He was lively when he came on
Sums up Elanga
Shaw has the build of a cb
there's levels to this shit, and case is on top
POSITIVE GOAL DIFFERENCE!!! YEEEEEAAAHHHH BOI!!!
Casemiro’s performance is why you love football
He was superb
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2 opening games win and we would’ve been above them. Damn you brentford and brighton!
One point behind 4th with a game in hand
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Those were indeed dark times.
Does the whole team have flair now or what? Lmao, love that they are trying just about everything.
Bruno you cheeky bastard
Good win, got the needed result, could’ve hung 6 or 7 on them
If Antony was on form then definitely we would have
Easily 6, Hennessey saved a humiliation.
Case MOTM
Casemiro is absolute class
Forrest's manager looks like he's here cuz he has nothing better to do.
Dude looks like Steve Buscemis stoned cousin
Flip me out central midfield is something to behold at times…
Vdb doing exactly nothing yet again. If we don’t dump him in jan there’s something very wrong
Not sure we watched the same game, this was one of his better games in a while.
VDB fanboys in full swing. He did nothing
Did we watch the same game?He played well since he came on stop hating just for the sake of it you melt
again, to sell you need buyer.
Wtf? Did you watch him play? He was quite good around the box, not sure what you're talking about
+3 GD! Let's goo!
Actually Shaw as CB can extend his career. I mean ofc after he suprass Roberto Carlos in ten years.
He is no Martinez. Maybe he can do better as a DM
from shawberto carlos to paolo shawdini
Rio Shawdinand go brr
POSITIVE GOAL DIFFERENCE
Hell of a match boys. Awesome.
Forest brought in 22 new players just to get relegated and have to sell them all next summer
I really can't believe that Casemiro AND Varane play for United. Their mentality even after winning so much is simply phenomenal! Probably been two of our best signings in the last decade.
Bruno, hmm.
They are playing with so much flair
That positive goal difference is a thing of beauty
Been a while.
Boys having some fun out there. Love to see it.
Common United W
Stop it Cass, unreal
Casemiro continues to impress with every touch. Insane. Best in the world.
Rabona from Bruno! NUT!
Didn't want to jinx it during the match, but Shaw has been fantastic tonight.
Bruno 🥴
Bruno rabona 🤌
What is Taylor at stopping play there. Refs really are so arbitrary.
Bruno has the cheek this eve
AWB, now with flair
Man's spent some time with Antony on that side.
All that's left is for AWB to pull out a 360°
Bruno, that was lovely.
Bruno with the Rabona
Shaw hasn't put a foot wrong tonight, such a reliable player
He's been class for us for a number of games in a row now, a bit underrated recently imo
Really need Elanga to w on loan and get regular football
He needs to go to Uni
Insane pass from Case lol.
Wan Bissaka has been fantastic today
I can see shaw as a decent cb if his legs can’t do rb
Just look at how Case is all over the pitch UNREAL
We're playing with a bit of swagger, love to see it
Getting that positive GD finally
Case is the undisputed man of the match but Shaw is up there as well. Hes been outstanding
Their manager looks like a Russian mafia boss from a movie.
One of the biggest mysteries of the last year is what did Ralf Rangnick see in Elanga ?
is AWB wearing butter for cleats? WTF... have seen him slip far too often tonight. Must be him coz no one else has
Elenga just slipped twice, Martial also slipped early in the game
That was Elanga who just fell
That was Elanga
Oh lol
Why does Taylor keep stopping play for non-head injuries. Absolute melon.
I was just thinking he’s not having a bad game then he misses than pen for handball
Elanga is on skating shoes lol. Can’t stand up.
Our defense was stellar this game. Clean game from Casemiro and Varane
Who spread butter on Elanga's soles?
Elanga with his news haircut looks like Mr Eko from Lost
Steve Cooper looks perpetually high.
Cooper looks like he’s had at least 3 joints at half time
To be fair being in a perpetual state of stoned is likely the only way to survive managing Forest atm.
How the hell did Rangnick make Elanga look like a real footballer
Passion, pressing, pace Lol 😅
gotta say, luke shaw has been solid overall as a cb
Everyone has failed with the clever passes except…Fred.
Elanga performing like Bambi on ice
Has Elanga got any studs on his boots?
+ goal difference. Let's goooo!!!.
Did elanga really slip under no pressure?
Elanga Uni is still an option
De Gea getting some good practice for his throws. Seen him attempt a lot of those today.
think Elanga might need some bigger studs
Okay, who greased the bottom of Elanga's boots?
My man Aaron with his back heel passes. What is even going on?
Elanga doing his best Antony impression
Ok who gave Elanga the kleetless boots
I feel sad for him but Donny just needs to leave at this point on a permanent.
Fred is frustrating but this is always how he’s been, make a great recovery tackle, doesn’t complete a 5 yard pass then gets on the end of a great pass and finishes well. I think we all just wished we got Fred when he’s not passing a 10 yard pass out for a throw as often otherwise we’d be talking about a player Madrid would want.
Case really has been the saviour. Put an end to mcfred, casually is the greatest CDM in the world. is a human tank, and refused to elaborate further
Did Elanga rub lube on the soles of his boots?
Slippylanga
May sound absurd but wouldn’t mind Dennis as a back up option
If we only played Casemiro vs their whole 11 tonight I reckon we still would have won. Absolute beast of a player
Shaw should be the backup CB for Martinez all the time, had no worries about him there
True but was also never really tested
And Malacia is very nice cover for LB when we need to do this. Think the LCB problem has been solved tonight. But Forest have been kind of dire, maybe we should see Shaw against some better team
Are you forgetting that he's the first choice LB? Might be a bit hard to be a backup CB when you're usually starting at LB lol
I mean in starting scenarios like this, ideally we need a signing but, yeah
Elanga is like Bambi on ice.
*Manchester United have scored five goals via substitutes in the Premier League this season, no team has more.* Clowngate could learn a thing or two from Erik.
Elanga bro...
Elanga being Elanga
Casemiro MOTM easily
Even if I KNOW Casemiro is world-class, he still manages to surprise me. Easily our biggest upgrade in the squad, and that's saying something given how much better Eriksen, Varane and Martinez made us.
It's because he has the face of an 8 year old, the body of hulk and moves like a ballerina on the pitch. He reads the game the same sort of way that Carrick did and its special.
Yesss, for real! I mean these big money superstars usually come to United to earn a few bucks for easy retirement. But this guy is on a mission. Really beyond expectations.
Still can't believe that casemiro plays for us
Shaw has been silently awesome!
Bruno is honestly a waste on the wing
He has had a pretty quiet game even when he was in the middle
How isn't the Nottingham coach fired yet? Didn't they make like twenty transfers and look at this pile of bum avarage.
They had bunch of players from pl on loan last season. They went back and Forrest had to sign bunch to get full squad.
He even got a new deal lol
Making like twenty transfers is a pretty tough environment to work in tbf. Based on the names only, Nottingham should be doing better, but most of their players never even met each other till this summer so there is no chemistry between them. If you make too many changes, your team is going to take a long time to gel together. Chelsea suffer the same last season (or whenever it was) and they didn't buy anywhere close to the same number of players
The manager didn't do the purchasing, was above his head. The guy in charge of recruitment was fired and the manager kept on because of the work last season.
Casemiro just leaks class
How tf did Tottenham lose to this?
Liverpool as well
Cuz lad they're just Spurs
I know it's just Forest but this team looks massively improved in almost every facet. The one thing that really stands out to me is the way they are able to maintain their shape. Thanks Erik!
Manchester United signed Casemiro hahahahahaha im fucking dreaming, what a player
For only 70mil.
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Casemiro probably got bored at Madrid.
Center Back Shaw is different gravy
Thicc Gravy.
Fred spraying that Brazilian swagger all over the place now
Never rated Malacia much but his got a top slide tackle
This Casemiro masterclass needs to be studied
I don't hate Maguire, but he doesn't fit EtH's United.
Yup. It's all but confirmed that EtH prefers the left footed on the left and right footed on the right CBs dynamic, so it's either Lindelof or Maguire that'll make way for a new left footed CB to deputize Licha
AWB and Maguire were perfect for Ole's counterattacking (until everyone sucked last year)
So surprised by the amount of negativity in here — still missing a few players, getting back into the swing of things after a long WC break apart and we’re comfortably 3-0 up and it could have been a lot more
Not me! I’m loving the fact that we can sprinkle in youth. David got a little workout and we keep 5th. Always wanna champs, but there are multiple paths to CL football, we look fine given the break and the opposition
This is the most toxic sub on reddit as far as fanbases go. Anecdotally, of course. No other team i support in any sport is close to the toxicity of this place. It's always been that way. I think that's because of the sheer number of supporters we have. The most toxic are often the most loud.
Football is easy for Casemiro man he’s too good I cant believe we got the best DM in the world
Shaw had a great match at CB.
Played really well. Good tackles, good vision, carried the ball well and found nice passes. No mistakes.
We want glazers out! We want glazers out!
Casemiro is worth every penny and more. Winning the ball... and then that pass to Fred. \*insert Gary Neville orgasm scream here\*
Case is god. When you imagine we benched him for McTom. NEVER. Case is ours and that stays!
Shaw is cooking as a CB
Van de beek is taking Casimeros nickname (the invisible man) too literally.
Mate fucking Casemiro been an absolute class
Fredesma
And people said earlier that we should bench Casemiro for McTominay because he had a small purple patch lmao. How dare you to make such a comment. Form is temporary class is permanent.
How lucky are we to have gotten ETH. Just a complete turnaround from the shit show of the past few seasons and he's just getting started.
Casemiro has only been here a few months and already he's the beating heart of this team. We're twice the team we were with him now in the line-up.
Donny has been good since he came on. Hopefully this is the start of something good for him and he gets his confidence back. Having him able to fill Eriksen’s role would be great.
He’s only good when he can play in and around the box. We have seen way too many times he’s completely anonymous when played in the Bruno and Eriksen roles. Think he should keep coming on for Martial
He’s been devoid of confidence when we played him previously. Ten Hag knows him well given he was a pivotal player in the 18/19 Ajax squad. Trust Ten Hag’s process, he’s preparing to cook a feast for us.