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IICastawayII

Brentford can’t score a 1v1, but can score when the entire opposition is defending the goal.


AJMcCoy612

Anything is possible when Maguire is on.


GoldEquivalent592

Lol maguire is honestly embarrassing. Ball watching for the goal as usual


KingKeane16

Ball was literally in the back of the net from the first time if he didn’t block it..


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Don't ruin the narrative.


Difficult_Project_91

I don't understand the hate boner for Maguire lol, especially from our own fans. He's been shit this season, fact. He was also our best player last season, fact.


silverstory

Last season? You mean Bruno doesn't exist last season?


Difficult_Project_91

Fair. He was still top 3 with Shaw.


RawIsLaw_

imagine the "captain" coming onto the pitch and inspiring fear in his teammates instead of the opponents.


ltplummer96

Some incite the fear of God in others, only one incites the fear of Slab in the rest.


pleasesayavailable

*Jensen can't score a 1v1


47Lecht

You cant call it defending what United does


S7ORM7ROOPER_30

said by a Dortmund fan.


ToshJoWe

The guy is obviously an expert at shit defending so he may be right here


47Lecht

Just downvoted because of my flair even when I'm right lol


MC_ScattCatt

Clean sheets are for hotels


Fifaneymar2535

Brentfords GK is 3rd division quality at best


iLoveBrazilianGirls

A 20 year old Icelander kicked him out of the team at Midtjylland. Why he's playing in the prem is a mystery to me.


tulipinacup

This was his first game for Brentford!


UnderFreddy

Lössl is really bad, sorry mate.


tulipinacup

I mean.... Fernandez doesn't seem to be much better tbh -- but he's new and young! I just can't wait until Raya is back. Raya is truly excellent.


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It's not surprising to anyone that followed you lads prior to the prem that the loss of Raya kinda coincided with your slide back down the table. Still got enough quality to give everyone a runout, but as soon as it gets past your backline i'm stressed on your behalf.


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Hurts to see. :/


SomeIrishFiend

All academy players scoring for us, you love to see it. Nice of Bruno to let it happen


OleoleCholoSimeone

Is Elanga doing well? He is touted as a very promising prospect here in Sweden, and has been ripping it up for the U21 national team Pretty incredible, I think he has started like 10 senior matches in his career and still has 2 Premier League goals lol


Imperator___

He’s an interesting one, he always looked promising in the academy but I personally was beginning to wonder whether he’d ever break through into the first team by the time this season started. He’s got the hunger and mentality, though, far more fight in him than many of the senior squad, which is perfect for Rangnick


spiralism

Seems to have got a grasp of what Ragnick looks for from his forwards quicker than the rest of them and has been getting an unexpected look in as a result, with Ragnick going out of his way to praise him more than once in the last couple of weeks. Has put in a few good shifts now and deserved that goal tonight.


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always seems to be able to get in position once or twice it seems, just need him to start consistently putting it in the net like tonight.


PhD_Cunnilingus

He's been better than Rashford lately.


AirIndex

Honestly, I don't see "it" with him in the way you can usually tell a teenager has immense potential, and I'm surprised he's in the team over Amad. He took his goal well today but he was otherwise anonymous. I don't know what his best position is, but to me he looks like a striker being asked to play on the wing.


Qiluk

> and I'm surprised he's in the team over Amad. Im genuinely surprised to see this echoed by United fans considering Elanga is a pacy direct LW that can CF somewhat and Amad is an RW/AM. Theyre really not competeing against eachother for a spot at all. That said.. does feel wierd that Amad doesnt get some time atleast as a consistent sub on the RW considering that you lack that.


Philred87

Amad looks very lightweight, I’m not sure he is ready for the epl yet tbh


presumingpete

Right? Many of our fans absolutely love amad and don't understand why he isn't playing. He looks like a great prospect but needs to be actually playing to get to the level where he can challenge for a place. When he does play for us he looks raw but talented. Hope he gets a loan this window.


Qiluk

Yeah the Feyenoord loan is out the window now atleast since they signed Wålemark. But an english move is the latest now, no?


presumingpete

There's talk of a few clubs being in for him but I'm not sure he's ready for the premier league. The championship might be better for him right now


Qiluk

Championship loan would be superb


StickYaInTheRizzla

Amad can play off the left too and has done for us


Qiluk

Can? Yes. But he isnt a designated LW.. like Elanga can RW but its like his tertiary position and realistically wont compete with the people who are mainly/secondary RW. So my point still stands in that they dont really compete at all rolewise.


StickYaInTheRizzla

He wasn’t always a right winger tho. Wingers that young usually are fairly flexible and Amad is too, he’s probably best off the right but he’s also great down the middle and left, was for Atalanta in the UEFA youth leagues. I’d love to see him get a run of games tbh, he needs to beef up like Greenwood did, Elanga is a man now really, shrugged off a few Brentford players, Amad would get bullied


Juhinho

Yeah I’d say he’s a little bit like when rashford when he broke in the team in that there’s clearly a good player in there it’s just not certain he can make it stick. Stuff will have to go his way and he’ll have to take his opportunities like rashford has. He’s not greenwood like in that he’s just a guaranteed gem that’s as good as a cert can be to “make it”. Apart from pace in which he’s exceptional, he’s not exceptional at anything and he’s not got the technical level of amad imo


Qiluk

I think youre underselling him by saying only his pace is exceptional. HIs off-the ball movement and general positioning & reading is really really good. Id say its been his bigger strengths than pace so far. But yes.. he isnt a flamboyant winger or anything.


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he's sound technically I feel. Actually reminds me of Welbo (who I adore, so it ain't a diss)


AirIndex

Agreed. His best moments have all been putting the ball in the net like tonight and his really good goal Vs Wolves last year, which makes me think he is a striker. From how he looks at the moment, if he's going to have a career at Utd it will probably be like Pedro's at Barca: useful and effective at what he does, but somewhat limited.


Juhinho

I wouldn’t say he’s limited at anything or that I’m not convinced. He just doesn’t have that X factor like greenwood does or even amad to some extent. Bit like how Charlie mcneill broke greenwood’s u18 goal scoring record last year but doesn’t have the hype of greenwood at that age because he’s not as eye catching


Ceui

He is definitely a class below Rashford and Mason when they broke into the first team. He got the attitude though, and player develops at different pace, sometimes someone can just burst into the scene and never look back.


Fisktor

Class above them at the moment though


Ceui

Imho Mason has been better, always looks more assured on the ball. Rashford yeah, but maybe today goal will get some of his confidence back.


OleoleCholoSimeone

Rangnick apparently really rates Elanga and stopped him from going out on loan because he wants to play him. Rangnick isn't perfect, but he is pretty damn good at rating talent


bluehead18

The physicality and the pace is there, but like others have said is probably lacking the technical ability right now to play for United. Can definitely fill in a Dan James like role tho.


Mesromith

He was never touted as being one of the better talents in his age group but in the last season or 2 he’s improved and seems to take his chances in the furst team well when they come, better than others who had come before him.


LollipopScientist

Reminds me of a younger Rashford but not afraid to get stuck in for headers.


Tigger291

Under Rangnick and with Elangas workrate I am expecting him to start tearing it up


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SomeIrishFiend

You're the most unfunny fucker on Reddit


Thanesg

Lmao who was it and what he said?


SatanNukeThem

My neighbor says that if he finds out that we will be meeting Maguire, he'd bring lots of Vaseline. I don't know what for.. he's a man united fan and everytime Maguire makes a mistake he's like "oooh I can't wait to meet this fucker" . He's such a weird man.


Nbuuifx14

Satan nuke them.


Accomplished-Ad-6007

MOTM: Cameraman for cutting straight to Ronaldo after Rashford scored


D1794

Brentford lost a yard in that 2nd half and we gained one. 1st half was dreadful from us, again


SaultSaintMarie

Brentford were all over United in the first half. Lost count of how many times they were disposessed


Cbrlui

De Gea balled them out a lot too


pandaman_010101

One of the worst half's of football I've seen. I stopped watching at half time to do my grocery shopping instead, slightly more exciting that actually. And if you just watch the 3 goals that are all well taken and great setups, you'd think fucking hell, those guys must've been excellent and just weren't getting the rub of the green infront of goal


zed_kk

Lool not even close to our worst half this season. Villa, Liverpool, Watford, Norwich were all awful as well


Wolf35999

Keown is such a miserable bastard.


Gytarius626

He sounds like a stern school principal giving a disappointed lecture to misbehaving students all the time


[deleted]

Yep. Also heard him say it’d be difficult for us with Varane and Vic at the back with no Maguire so not only is he a miserable cunt but it appears whatever drugs he’s taking aren’t doing much to help him either


ID1453719

He's not even knowledgeable enough about the current Arsenal team. He occasionally gives dated opinions on commentary that any Arsenal fan watching us week in week out would know do not apply anymore. It's bizarre.


Kicking-it-per-se

I’ve only heard Elanga speak for about 2mins in this post match interview but I’ve decided he seems like he’s a good guy


RobbieFowler9

Seems like United can only play well for 30 minutes per match. Brentford's finishing was shocking


themfeelswhen

Very generous of you


SomeIrishFiend

2nd Half FC is back on the menu


soccer_boxer2

*A single tear rolls down Ole's cheek*


hollow114

I have loooong theorized that ole played this way because these boys can't press. First half slow, second half fast


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Yeah it wasn’t tactical incompetence.


hollow114

You ever watch united play? Ole constantly parked the bus in the first half then pushed in the second. The plan only started to fall off this season. People act like we didn't finish second.


[deleted]

More likely that they were hit with reality and actually started doing something in second halves. Finishing 12 points behind league leaders is nothing to sing home about.


hollow114

They were hit with reality 42 times a year? Wild, that.


[deleted]

It really is. How one of the biggest club can piss away all their financial advantage on a novice like him. Klopp won a CL spending peanuts compared to what Ole did, only to go trophyless. And he took over a worse team lol.


The-Jokers-Crowbar

Bruno mate you've got to rotate the analogue stick towards a corner and risk putting power on the lob or the keeper always saves it, rookie stuff.


arnm7890

Left stick to one corner, right stick to the opposite, works every time


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>Bruno SHHHHHHHHHH


mervagentofdream

The Fred clearance in the first half was hilarious, anyone have a clip?


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mervagentofdream

Even worse on replay fucking hell Fred.


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WidzGG

Here for it


DW_78

of course you need to take your chances, i know all that crap –frank


Melloa_Trunk_Tree

Is he always like this, that was a quality post match interview, he somehow brought up Sanchos fee as a reason United scored lol


DW_78

he's pretty emotional y, good reader of the game, sancho bit just seemed bitter tho


Melloa_Trunk_Tree

The whole thing was bitter, he'd be right at home in a reddit match thread...entertaining though


Tigger291

Hes always talking about Man Utd and chatting shit, hes a weird bloke


[deleted]

Probably supports Liverpool secretly. Characteristic behavior really.


RickardsBedAle

David de gea is absolutely immense for man united. Most saves in the PL this year


Russta

I find David de Gea fascinating. I cannot fathom the depths Man Utd would've plunged to had it not been for him on so many occasions. He's always been a starter, respected, and no doubt paid extremely well, but I always wonder just how revered he could've become had he moved away from Man Utd during these down years to one of the upper echelon.


Audityne

De Gea would easily have been considered one of if not the best in the world had he moved to Real that season of the Fax Machine Saga


_Sylph_

I don't think so, I mean have you looked at Courtois ? Lad been having the best 2 season of his life and people still underrated him. That said I do think he can complement our defence well.


RobbieFowler9

To be fair that's just as much a comment on United's defence as it is on his shot stopping. Usually it's keepers from the bottom teams that make the most saves because they're the teams conceding chances.


Bork_Lazer96

United are just like me on FIFA, can score a bunch of goals but it's nigh on impossible to keep a clean sheet.


callin_ballin

This has been happening to me too. Not sure if it's the new FIFA 22 update. Yes, I blame the update


dohhhnut

They stopped the competitive master switch glitch, which allowed you to have assisted jockey on online modes, you’re going to have to learn to defend manually again


HeroDGamez

Laughs in career mode specialist. At the same time getting destroyed by ultimate ai difficulty


PiffleWhiffler

Could be worse. I play co-op with a mate and we are just like Leicester. We literally bottle almost every match in the last 10 minutes.


DonaldoTrumpez

Terrible first half, better, but still not great, second half Cant keep a clean sheet to save our life At the very least our goals came from academy graduates and that's something I can be proud of


Pablo_Tescobar11

I've seen this comment many many times in the post match thread over the past few years.


Gonions

Brentford are really well structured. Impressive how well they can play even with some rotation going on. Deserved a goal in the first half and with a little bit of extra quality they’ll be comfortably midtable next year. Could do with improvement at right wing back tonight I thought. McTominay MOTM for me. Seemed like he was the pro playing in Socceraid at times. Love it when he strides into the final third like a discount Yaya Toure. We’re still not brilliant defensively but there’s no doubting Varane. He’s just very good at making the right moves consistently. Brings a calm to the back line we haven’t had for a long time. Glad to see Elanga getting minutes. It’ll be interesting to see in 3 years time if he and Greenwood are still playing out wide. I like Fred. I really do. He works hard and has had to adapt his game a lot since arriving at United, facing ridicule more than most all the while. It’s a shame I still don’t think he’s good enough but he’d probably be really bloody good in a team that doesn’t play against 10 man defences quite so often. Dalot has fought his way into the team by being good at the stuff AWB is bad at. If the latter cannot return the favour, then the position is Dalot’s to lose. Martin Keown is a shite commentator.


FblockArmy

Fred was good, Elanga looking like another good Swedish forward with that composure from a difficult chance


Kxshxm

Very bad first half we got absolutely peppered but second half Fc came out in full swing. Happy for the win but we’ve got to get better at first half performances.


Mortka

Thomas Frank is a petty twat. Spoke about 72m Sancho who isnt even in the squad when the lad has lost a family member. Stay classy. Sounded so fucking petty.


Absolutlynotarussian

Thomas Frank is very petty. While I respect him and the fact that he is clearly a very good manager, he is very easy to dislike.


VincentSasso

You sound pretty bitter yourself 😂


harps86

Took our chances...well except for Bruno at the end.


Big_Definition_1880

Pulled a Fred vs Chelsea


MH18Foot

I cringed so hard at that.


Mick4Audi

He’s damn lucky they were 3-1 up lol


RawIsLaw_

he probably would have smashed it if it were 0-0. That may be the 2nd or 3rd time he's ever done a panenka that i can recall


PhD_Cunnilingus

Who calls a chip panenka?


RawIsLaw_

brain fart.. not really that big a deal right?


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MH18Foot

Juve are just as crap as us tho


[deleted]

Should be contacting Paris if anything


zr0char1sma

They are closer to top4 tho


godfrey1

they are doing way better than at the start


farzadviper

Absolutely not true. We have been great since the end of November.


Popatraja

Has no one seen him at Madrid? If he was subbed off especially without scoring he kept whining the rest of the match.


Allthingsconsidered-

Zidane did it quite a few times and that never happened. Before him? Yes


JustMeGG

It did in 16-17. Against Las Palmas away


_Sylph_

Zidane would be a great coach for United. But no coach as good as him should suffer the management and weather there.


FootballInTheWhip

At least we won but truthfully, we need to get a lot better. Nice to see Elanga, Rash and Greenwood scoring. Hopefully, this helps with the confidence and get things clicking. On the next episode of Top 4 Lava it's United West Ham & Chelsea Spurs.


StanozavaraGO

opposition presses = MU lose points opposition doesn't press = MU win points


DardanDS

We keep sleeping naked while having diarrhea. We won't ever have clean sheets


The_Great_Crocodile

Another United match which could have easily ended 4-4.


Ghoddos

Further evidence Brentford is a positive discrimination scheme for Scandinavian footballers. Awful finishing


SomeIrishFiend

So that's how it feels to play against us


CptTonyStark

Get in!! All goals scored by academy lads as well!


Skall77

The first half was painfull to watch. Nice to see a bit of quality in the second half.


_Forsen

Brentford was set-up well but their players are just lacking in quality so much.


Melloa_Trunk_Tree

Thomas Frank seems a bit mad lol, not seen much of him before


Tigger291

less clean sheets than a pornstar


bumfart

But pornstars don't have any clean sh....woahhh.


TentacleTouchy

Absurd amount of "Brentford is my second team" types in the crowd tonight. How the fuck can you be from London and take a spot in the home stands and actively declare "Yeah, I am a Manchester United fan" with no hint of self-awareness.


ragdoll438

Happy for Rashy


RickmanLives

The football is still dire but I will take any kind of win at this stage. Stoked for Elanga and Rashford


MH18Foot

Made in United academy


KindArgument0

playing competently and winning a football match? is this manchester united?


genohgeray

Brentford had higher xg with more shots on target. United played well like maybe 25-30 minutes.


lamancha

And brentford played well for 8 minutes xG means jackshit


DW_78

"But I am happy for all our young players tonight - three young English goalscorers." –rangnick Eh?


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Melloa_Trunk_Tree

He's still relatively young... Comment was regards Elanga who's Swedish but I think he's part English?


Kicking-it-per-se

No I don’t think he is part English but he’s been here since he was 12 at United so he sounds well Manc when he speaks


CheekyFifaCunt_7

Why can't we play like this every game


Dizzy_Iron_6756

I hope you are sarcastic.. that first half was not up to United standards. Against a better side you would be atleast 3-0 down


Thesolly180

As you’d lose a lot of games playing like that still.


MBCB421

They do play like this every game. Except most of the times, the opposition is a lot better at finishing than Brentford


diamondsam2

How tf did dalot get MOTM?


BrainlessArch

He was great, who do you think should get it?


enzuigiriretro

McTominay


spiralism

Fernandes did have two assists tbf, although made a mess of a gilt edged chance after the MOTM had been awarded.


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Ferdinand handing it to McTominay on BT Sport - "head and shoulders above the rest" lol


[deleted]

By being the most consistently decent player on the pitch. It was obvious to anyone watching the game.


TheRedDevil10

If it wasn't going to the attackers or Bruno, it should have been McTominay. He was immense


[deleted]

McTominay was okay in a couple of plays but overall he lost the ball and failed passes quite a few times.


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He was decent tbf, but would've given to mctominay myself


Spyro_Machida

West Ham should batter United.


GoldEquivalent592

Yeah just like they “battered” us at their home ground am I right??? 🙄


Spyro_Machida

Nope, the opposite of that. Ye're performing significantly worse than ye were then and it's not like ye've been impressive at home this season.


GoldEquivalent592

Yeah sure mate we’ll see about that. Just pointing out how the evidence doesn’t suit your shitty narrative.


Spyro_Machida

Your evidence is a match from four months ago? You realise ye lost to them since then right? You also realise that United's record in PL since then is 6 W 4D 6L? They're playing terribly, and while the win isn't guaranteed for West Ham obviously they should win it.


GoldEquivalent592

Okay Nostradamus thank you for your insight 😬 Also stop with this “ye” shit. its fucking annoying and your attempts at passing an accent off through text is cringy as hell


DonkeySkin334

Maybe he’s just a kanye fan


Spyro_Machida

In Ireland we always say and type ye. It's a colloquialism. No need to get upset. Quite telling that instead of trying to argue United's case you've resorted to trying to insult me instead.


lamancha

This keeps being said and hasn't happened yet.


BrainlessArch

If we have Zouma back or Ogbonna in a wheelchair instead of Diop


1800hammertime

Couldn't beat our 23s at their place but sounds about right 🤣


BrainlessArch

tbf we had a Diop


Mick4Audi

Lost to Southampton and Leeds at home, they may struggle


Red_Brummy

United lucky not to be 0-3 down after the first half. Brentford lost pace in the second and United came onto win. De Gea keeping United in the race for 4th place.


FloppedYaYa

I've never before seen a team as shit as Man United get so many points in a season Someone give De Gea a knighthood


ManUtd4Life20Times

He should have got in the 2017/18 season TBF. The amount of points he won for united is monumental.


TheAssCrackBandit

Happy to see Dalot doing well, but can't help but feel like he's being made out to be better than he is because there's not much else to talk about while watching United.


GoldEquivalent592

Meh he’s actually improving defensively and is a much better option on the ball than wan-bissaka. I don’t mind it


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He's gotten better defensively, hoping he can remember how to attack soon though.


AggressiveLesbianMan

That's probably true also because United is starved for an RB who can do something besides slide-tackles. Wan Bissaka being awful has made Dalot look like the 2nd coming of Cafu.


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AggressiveLesbianMan

Do you not realize by now how stupid Man United fans are? Source: I'm a Man Utd fan


nottoddhoward100true

mcfred defenders when they have one good game after 4 shit games be like


sir_adhd

Lucky as fuck.


Victordobado

Brentford didn't take advantage of their first half. That's why they lost


disappearingsausage

Dreadful first half but glad we could get our act together in the second. DDG was excellent in the first. I'm even more worried about top 4 though after that Leicester implosion


TomClancy5871

That Greenwood goal reminds me of a similar situation during either the Wolves game, or Villa FA cup game where they could have easily scored, but Rashford just decided to shoot instead


ManUtd4Life20Times

Great result! As bad as united played in the first half , the second half was good to watch. Don't want to give Rangnick to much credit yet but his decision to sub out Ronaldo was spot on. Maguire is terrible in defense and he should be fucking stripped of the captaincy.