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'You can't have it looking like this!': Casemiro's heatmap vs Wolves highlights major issue for Ten Hag

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 stuck with his preferred 4-3-3 formation with 

 playing in his usual role of a holding midfielder at Old Trafford.

's struggles, the Brazilian had to venture forward, leading to his heatmap looking like this.

This goes to highlight Man United's need for at least one more player capable of playing holding midfielder in order to have a balanced presence in the middle.

As fans pointed after the game, it is impossible for the Red Devils to proceed with the 4-3-3 system if Casemiro ends up spending to much time in the final third. 

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Yeah, you just said my mind. Wolves were sitting back very deep and I don't blame these players going forward bcos result is all what they seek for. I think it's up to the manager to find solutions to teams like these because many teams would definitely emulate the wolves tactical approach especially when they've seen wolves almost get a result at Old Trafford last night. So the manager need to start thinking of how to deal with these teams who sit back and tries their luck hitting us on counter attack

Drexlert

Good analysis. 
However Case was very heavy yesterday and was losing possession a lot. We need a ball carrier if we have to sign another midfielder.  No mistakes.

Gam@U3

We only scored 1 goal from nowhere, they got more touches in our Box than we did, they got more shots and more shots on targets they hit the side net twice so how’s this a good tactics, and you think if your opponent seats deep waiting to counter attack you, the best way to approach it is to expose your midfield?

Shaibu Río

What doesn’t break you makes you stronger…. You have to take risks in order to get results.

If you watched the first half man united was failing to move the ball forward and i think after 25 minutes of play that’s when Ten Hag decided to deploy that tactic. If we had a striker who can hold the ball in front unlike Rashford who likes runic in behind, the coach would have used a different tactic. But under the circumstances you have to understand what you have and how you can use it and i give credit to the coach

Tim-Louis

The tactics was good.
 
But only few on the pitch with the ability to implement it!

The whole team panics a lot!!!!

Cantona's aura

I got what you’re trying to say Bro, but there is a reason why formations are important in football or even in a battle, every player is chosen base on their abilities and attributes, and yes I know the boss was aware of that, but is was a wrong tactical approach Bcuz time and time again in the match we were exposed, we were lucky to get away with it last, and a team like ManU shouldn’t be gambling on luck, had it been a team with clinical finishers? We’ll be crying by now, we escape cuz Wolves 🐺 them self has been struggling to score goals, they’re worst in terms of goals scored last season in PL with just 31 goals in 38 matches.

I do get you point bro… but my point is that it’s not easy to be in the coach’s position sometimes. He makes tactics but it’s upto the players to implement them. He knew his players strengths but they have to give back that trust he puts in them. So that’s why i feel the tactics was good because for me they worked under the circumstances of the game. But the players did not show enough discipline to implement them.

There is no coach in the world who doesn’t gamble with tactics it’s part of being a good coach.

Wolves were sitting back ? You mean united set up expecting wolves to sit back wolves were not sitting back at all .

 DE GENERAL 🇧🇧 

Ish Kam

There is McTominay, there is Kobie Maino to come from injury and the French Tunisian guy going on loan ...
So I think we have enough for now.

Ejoke2003

From how I watched that game, I think it was a tactical approach from the coach. We saw one of the center backs especially in Martinez or lindelof when he came in, moving into that holding midfield position as varane was left as last man and one between bissaka or Shaw was always alert to cover for that center back who would go into midfield.

The coach did that because wolves where sitting back and hoping to bit us on a counter, so we needed more bodies going forward if we were to get the ball than having Casimirro staying with the defense.

It was a good approach if you asked me

Apart from the talk of getting another player EtH needs to know how to use his players based on opponents and not one team for all. Scott would have been effective alongside Case because he is more energetic and tackles harder. So Case would have been doing more of mopping up.

You kind of right but even if Scott came in the whole team was already disappointing he wouldn’t help!
We need a holding player in that position too eases the pressure on Casemiro and balance the team

IDRIS AYINDE FASHINA

Abraham Conteh

I said it, mount does not belong to manutd, I though he was bought to give Bruno some rest but he clearly can't fit that cap

Alpha 

Lol i have been saying this since even before he was signed,i checked all round and I figured out that signing Mount is a total waste of money

Byron Crabtree

What happened to we need to be more offensive at home point of view hahahahaha

Hugh Davies

We really need a younger determined hungry hunter in that holding midfield and also a number 10 competitors with Bruno because he gets lost in games!
I don’t know why on earth we bought Mount? Is not the kind of player we needed 🤦‍♂️

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'You can't have it looking like this!': Casemiro's heatmap vs Wolves highlights major issue for Ten Hag

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