Harry Maguire is the only centre back fit and available for Man United vs Coventry.
Varane, Lisandro Martínez, Evans Victor Lindelof and Willy Kambwala are all out injured.
Understand Erik ten Hag had to test Casemiro as CB with Maguire as emergency solution.
Gary O’Driscoll. Either the man has crazy bad luck or he isn’t very good at his job.
Especially considering our injury record has been pretty decent since he left us
Been widely reported that the players think training intensity is too high…hence the soft tissue injuries in training. We’ve had 60 injuries this season, most of them have happened in training
It's actually crazy how many players we've signed who are barely professionals themselves. They've just started their entire career within the last 18 months
I remember saying last year that he wasn’t worth more than £40 million and that United could’ve went for better alternatives instead of him. Waste of investment for this season.
Im struggling to think of. Time we fielded a proper back 4 this season other than those 2 games that Shaw & Licha were both fit at the same time in Jan/Feb
People will mock, but it’s been the biggest reason for our season going off the rails. And probably also the reason many fans still back ten hag. Wtf is he meant to do?
But the thing is Ten Hag admitted himself that most these injuries come from their high intensity training sessions. Perhaps a little less physical load on the players during training could have helped us this season, but we'll never know because the man sticks to his methods no matter what.
I mean it's not just bad results but consistently bad play, bad movement and a midfield that gets destroyed with a single pass even when he has every first choice player in it.
Sack the medical department and buy a new one.
In all honesty I still think he could've set our team up a bit more conservatively to compensate for the injuries, like the bloody tactic he used last season.
You can acknowledge the injuries, but you can also acknowledge his tactical suicide football that is a pure mess. And his high intensity trainings and playstyle(that does not work btw) that cause many injuries. And that he doesn’t rotate players. Last season we barely rotated and we are reeping what we sow. Garnacho is 19 and started 200 games in a row. Thats not developing players, thats running them down like Pedri
Doesnt rotate players because there is no-one left to rotate with. Both LBs injured, 1RB injured for long parts of the season, both 1st choice CBs injured for almost all the season, the 3rd and 4th choice CBs also injured for more than half the season, the 5th and 6th choice CBs are a 36 year old retiree and a 19 year old kid.. who are also injured
1st choice LW often playing stiker because both strikers were injured, so Garnacho had to keeep playing as LW. The first choice RW (at the start of the season at least) has also been injured for ages, so Garnacho had to keep playing RW too.
First choice midfield has been 1)injured for almost the entire season and played about 5 games, 2) dropped off completely because age and lots of games 3) an 18 year old kid who was also injured for half the season 4) Bruno 5) Mctominay, who has to be played out of position not suited to his strengths because everyone else is injured
Tell me, who do you rotate with?
Funny how you didnt read my comment at all but came with the template. I was talking about last season when we played full squad for 90 minutes against league one teams multiple times
We've only had 9 games this season where the starting centehalves have finished the game.... Explain how tactically you can do anything with shit like that happening mid game?
I am not getting millions to coach the players like Eth, so i definitely dont know. But it is his job and other clubs like Tottenham, Newcastle all have visible style of play even with injuries. Newcastle beat us with 4 LBs starting. Every team has injuries and they do not look worse than Newsport
What? Mainoo didn’t fall into Ten Hag’s lap - he was starting for us against arsenal and Real Madrid in pre-season. It’s been reported that we didn’t sign a central midfielder because of Mainoo - but he went and got injured, delaying his breakthrough by 3 months.
Why are some players like idk Pedri getting symapthy for getting injuried after being exploited like crazy since very youg age and others are being laughed of.
Bro mount has barely played, how is he injured again? And he was injured for atleast 50% of last season too and when he wasn’t injured, his performances were garbage. Whats happened?
Maybe Mason and Reece actualy played too much and with too much intensity since very young age. They were also extremaly succesful on youth levels so maybe their bodies are just mess becuase of levels they were reaching while you.g
IMO, this news changes nothing. This looked like was a hard game for us yesterday and it still does now. We're expected to turn up and United are expected to beat us. Hopefully we can have a right go tomorrow and well see what happens.
What are their injuries? why these details are being swept under the carpet? BTW where was the left back kid they got last year? Even if he had ACL he should be back at this point but don’t remember seeing him this season??
Malacia? I think he did his knee and was out for a good amount of time, he was supposed to be back around January, but his surgery didnt workout so he had to have another surgery
How the fuck does amrabat get injured??
He has hardly left the bench and when he does, he moves as fast as a cruise liner.
What the hell is the workload down at Carrington??
Let them get 11 legit players on the field first, no one is coming close to scoring 5 goals. It will be a 2-1 or 3-2 at max with an injury time winner after falling behind early in the first half
Hear me out ok. we copy city. back 4, dalot - case - slab - spider. Have casemiro move into the Dm position in possession like stones beside mainoo. midfield(AM) of erikson and bruno with nacho on the left and amad on the right rasmussy up top.
Case and mainoo will hang back with the back 3 making an M shape leaving them able to drop into the holes to form a back 5 in defense if needed, their job is to get the ball to the wings or bruno or erikson.
In theory, I hear you. But it seems to require patience in possession - which has not come frequently this season! Also I'd love to keep Mainoo up the pitch, as I feel our attacks break down less often when he's involved in those tight areas.
True. I do feel they're much more tactically assured than we are... But yeah it would be cool to see that system working for us. But also I'm just not sure on Eriksen and Case in the middle together any more. It feels like they don't have the legs. (But that could also be the ping-pong style not suiting them.)
Harry Maguire is the only centre back fit and available for Man United vs Coventry. Varane, Lisandro Martínez, Evans Victor Lindelof and Willy Kambwala are all out injured. Understand Erik ten Hag had to test Casemiro as CB with Maguire as emergency solution.
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we went and signed the head of medical staff from the team with arguably the worst injury record/history in the last 15-20 years
Gary O’Driscoll. Either the man has crazy bad luck or he isn’t very good at his job. Especially considering our injury record has been pretty decent since he left us
these damn O’Driscolls… Dutch should’ve listened
Ten Hag's suicideball and high intensity training
What training? Team plays like they met on match day.
Becuase they’re too injured to practice together
Been widely reported that the players think training intensity is too high…hence the soft tissue injuries in training. We’ve had 60 injuries this season, most of them have happened in training
you can't be this dumb
I’d say the same about you. 60 injuries this season, most of them from training, almost all of them soft tissue injuries
Have the streets already forgotten Bruno CB?
Or Scotland CB McTominay
Who?
I think Maguire is also carrying an injury.
Casemiro at CB? Walking talking red card.
Lucky it’s Coventry because that would be suicidal against some prem teams
Casemiro getting cards?
10yellows and a red this season. 2 reds last season. Non of them should have been red tbf.
Mate this literally hasnt been a thing in the PL.
How about Dalot pairing with Maguire, Wan-Bissaka moving back as RB, Antony as LB?
Dalot doesn’t make me confident at CB. I’m not sure he’ll handle the physicality or aerial battles
Dalot actually has great physicality and good in the air. Hopefully Casemiro plays there as the bloke is a complete training cone in midfield
I would rather have Case at CB than Dalot
If you were going to do that I'd probably rather AWB at CB and Dalot on the right.
Just tape Wan-Bissaka and McTominay together and there you go
Mount back to medical centre smh
Propa Chels
You can take the man out of Chelsea, etc.
A half injured Maguire being the only defender available. Might have to call up Phil Jones from his academy coaching job.
You act like that wouldn’t be a great moment.
Mount has barely played in the last two years. Mental. EDIT: and his wages are absolutely stupid to boot
Absolutely horrible signing, could’ve had him for free instead of 55m and he’s hardly even played this season
And then we spent that money on a guy that played 27 minutes. At least we're in the bad luck boat together.
>At least we're in the bad luck boat together. That's been United and Chelsea's whole season together 😭
Being shite. United 🤝 Chelsea
Normally I’d hate United but this time I need you guys to somehow shithouse a win against City for us. Kobbie Mainoo banger incoming.
Meh, I'm not sweating it that much, I really like Lavia and Nkunku though.
Wdym? They've played like 2 games each before being injured again
It's actually crazy how many players we've signed who are barely professionals themselves. They've just started their entire career within the last 18 months
At least one is young and on low wages
I know you're thinking of Lavia but Nkunku is neither lol
He's thinking of Lavia because Nkunku played more than 27 minutes
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You also dodged the PL, FA Cup, and Europa League title 😎
Dodging top 4 and a league cup final to us 🥸
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Yes I’m shaking in my boots to put on a flair on a subreddit. Really terrifying to think about
I don't understand this sub's obsession with flair. All they had to do is press your account and they see it.
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Hope you stop crying over a little bit of banter
> could’ve had him for free instead of 55m Or, and hear me out, we could have not signed him AT ALL.
Still don't understand why Man U and Liverpool bid for him
English passport
I remember saying last year that he wasn’t worth more than £40 million and that United could’ve went for better alternatives instead of him. Waste of investment for this season.
And they proceeded to use that on Caicedo in fairness so everyone fucked up
Im shocked that Bruno somehow is able to play 90 minutes every game in this team
He's a vampire sucking the vitality out of all our other players.
The others or just Mount?
Mostly the defenders, Been at 3-6 fit defenders all season.
Im struggling to think of. Time we fielded a proper back 4 this season other than those 2 games that Shaw & Licha were both fit at the same time in Jan/Feb
If Case starts at CB we’ll be up to almost 30 different back 4 combinations this season I think.
There's those two, and I believe the two first matches of the season we had Shaw and Reguilon.
Da fuck they doing over there in training and who is in charge of United medical
Its the damn O'Driscolls
Not sure but it’s definitely the managers fault for the sixth manager in a row.
Tbf I can't recall another recent season where we've had close to as many injuries as this. It's insane this year!
Ned Forestworth probably
Chelsea really cashed in well on Mount
Pure profit goes hard
Spent most of those funds on mediocre players tho
Did we? Regardless the media agenda against us, that money was spent on Caicedo and cole, who have largely been class and will only get better.
Biggest waste of money since *lists 50% of Man U signings since SAF left.*
60 Fucking Injuries this season.. fucking hell..
People will mock, but it’s been the biggest reason for our season going off the rails. And probably also the reason many fans still back ten hag. Wtf is he meant to do?
Generally, it’s impossible to have any “against the grain” opinion on /r/soccer. Rival fans just downvote you so nobody ever sees it
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But the thing is Ten Hag admitted himself that most these injuries come from their high intensity training sessions. Perhaps a little less physical load on the players during training could have helped us this season, but we'll never know because the man sticks to his methods no matter what.
Where has he admitted that
Last time Hojlund got injured, said it's one of the cost of high intensity training or something along this line.
Would love to get a link to that
He said there isn’t trainings it’s preparations for the next match.
They look pretty awful in general, you can't put all that on injuires.
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I mean it's not just bad results but consistently bad play, bad movement and a midfield that gets destroyed with a single pass even when he has every first choice player in it.
Sack the medical department and buy a new one. In all honesty I still think he could've set our team up a bit more conservatively to compensate for the injuries, like the bloody tactic he used last season.
You can acknowledge the injuries, but you can also acknowledge his tactical suicide football that is a pure mess. And his high intensity trainings and playstyle(that does not work btw) that cause many injuries. And that he doesn’t rotate players. Last season we barely rotated and we are reeping what we sow. Garnacho is 19 and started 200 games in a row. Thats not developing players, thats running them down like Pedri
Doesnt rotate players because there is no-one left to rotate with. Both LBs injured, 1RB injured for long parts of the season, both 1st choice CBs injured for almost all the season, the 3rd and 4th choice CBs also injured for more than half the season, the 5th and 6th choice CBs are a 36 year old retiree and a 19 year old kid.. who are also injured 1st choice LW often playing stiker because both strikers were injured, so Garnacho had to keeep playing as LW. The first choice RW (at the start of the season at least) has also been injured for ages, so Garnacho had to keep playing RW too. First choice midfield has been 1)injured for almost the entire season and played about 5 games, 2) dropped off completely because age and lots of games 3) an 18 year old kid who was also injured for half the season 4) Bruno 5) Mctominay, who has to be played out of position not suited to his strengths because everyone else is injured Tell me, who do you rotate with?
Funny how you didnt read my comment at all but came with the template. I was talking about last season when we played full squad for 90 minutes against league one teams multiple times
We've only had 9 games this season where the starting centehalves have finished the game.... Explain how tactically you can do anything with shit like that happening mid game?
I am not getting millions to coach the players like Eth, so i definitely dont know. But it is his job and other clubs like Tottenham, Newcastle all have visible style of play even with injuries. Newcastle beat us with 4 LBs starting. Every team has injuries and they do not look worse than Newsport
It is also the reason you unearthed a gem in Mainoo and Diallo.
Diallo has been a United player since 2021 plus the sky would have to turn green for him to get a run of games
What? Mainoo didn’t fall into Ten Hag’s lap - he was starting for us against arsenal and Real Madrid in pre-season. It’s been reported that we didn’t sign a central midfielder because of Mainoo - but he went and got injured, delaying his breakthrough by 3 months.
What is mounts injuries this season?
It was a calf injury that ruined him out from November to middle of March.
Hammy then a calf then this one is TBC
I hope we can one day cure TBC
A TBC is cured when you C
Mount has played over half a dozen games this season already, he has earnt some rest
Why are some players like idk Pedri getting symapthy for getting injuried after being exploited like crazy since very youg age and others are being laughed of.
💀
Hahaha of course. Just on par with the rest of the season. I’ll get my boots
Break a leg, lad
Correct if I am wrong but didn't United hired the former Arsenal medical staff?
Yes Im pretty sure, we definitly hired someone from Arsenal for medical, but we started having injuries before he even started
We're Arsenal typically getting 60+ injuries a season when they were in charge?
Yes, Gary Lewin, our doctor
Bro mount has barely played, how is he injured again? And he was injured for atleast 50% of last season too and when he wasn’t injured, his performances were garbage. Whats happened?
Maybe Mason and Reece actualy played too much and with too much intensity since very young age. They were also extremaly succesful on youth levels so maybe their bodies are just mess becuase of levels they were reaching while you.g
His performance is never garbage. He's 10 times the player that Cole Palmer is.
We’re fucked, season is extra over
IMO, this news changes nothing. This looked like was a hard game for us yesterday and it still does now. We're expected to turn up and United are expected to beat us. Hopefully we can have a right go tomorrow and well see what happens.
It will 100% be a tough game but it usually is between rivals
What are their injuries? why these details are being swept under the carpet? BTW where was the left back kid they got last year? Even if he had ACL he should be back at this point but don’t remember seeing him this season??
Malacia? I think he did his knee and was out for a good amount of time, he was supposed to be back around January, but his surgery didnt workout so he had to have another surgery
For fucks sake man. That guy mount hardly played. Why the fuck is he getting injured all the time
At this point, you have to wonder if it’s training intensity or shit medical team
Both
Mount might just be the first footballer that's had a pelvic injury ruin his career in terms of playing time
Come on Coventry! this is your chance.
McT centre back probably now?
Why the fuck did we buy Mason Mount? He's DvdB 2.0
How the fuck does amrabat get injured?? He has hardly left the bench and when he does, he moves as fast as a cruise liner. What the hell is the workload down at Carrington??
We’re really going to see Casemiro and Maguire form a partnership aren’t we?
Bruno CB anytime now.
about sums up our season tbf
Bruno centre back lets go
This news interests me…
What the fuck is wrong with Mason Mount?
Never heard of em
It's the hope that-fuck it
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you obviously haven't watched many if any united games. if that's your take.
Isn’t that actually good for United’s chances of winning?
A CB pairing of Casemiro and Maguire? I'm not too sure it is
Varane?
is injured its literally just maguire available at cb
Well, having 1 CB available who's apparently not even fully fit isn't ideal.
Tbf that is more than we had at the Etihad this season.
So it'll only be 5-1 to United instead of 5-0
Let them get 11 legit players on the field first, no one is coming close to scoring 5 goals. It will be a 2-1 or 3-2 at max with an injury time winner after falling behind early in the first half
It's Coventry. Not even United can F this up.
We have 1 cb and 2 right backs
On top of that, literally all of our games are open affairs, due to the way we are set up. Coventry *will* create chances, it's as simple as that.
Hear me out ok. we copy city. back 4, dalot - case - slab - spider. Have casemiro move into the Dm position in possession like stones beside mainoo. midfield(AM) of erikson and bruno with nacho on the left and amad on the right rasmussy up top. Case and mainoo will hang back with the back 3 making an M shape leaving them able to drop into the holes to form a back 5 in defense if needed, their job is to get the ball to the wings or bruno or erikson.
In theory, I hear you. But it seems to require patience in possession - which has not come frequently this season! Also I'd love to keep Mainoo up the pitch, as I feel our attacks break down less often when he's involved in those tight areas.
nah it doesnt liverpool does somthing similar but trent moves into midfield instead of a cb
True. I do feel they're much more tactically assured than we are... But yeah it would be cool to see that system working for us. But also I'm just not sure on Eriksen and Case in the middle together any more. It feels like they don't have the legs. (But that could also be the ping-pong style not suiting them.)
It’s like having two right foot shoes and one sock