re: Manchester United - Season Long Thread 2025/26 Ruben at work version 1.5

Probably but oh well you get those decisions at home I guess. All in all it didn't matter the defense is in absolute shambles and Mbuemo had an all time stinker. Put three solid chances 50 ft over the bar.

Mbuemo straight up looked like he was intentionally throwing those chances and moving at half speed. That last chance he had from 6 yards out that he absolutely shanked was awful. It's scary how quickly he has fallen down to our other players levels.

We actually looked dangerous going forward

Kobbie changed the match when he came on

Shows how important De Ligt is in our back line. We need him back pronto. Yoro and Heaven are quality but just lack experience, you see it in temporary lapses in decision making. Luke Shaw is just old, unfit, and can’t play past 60 minutes.

It also doesn’t help that they are being shielded by a 2 man midfield where Bruno offers little defensively.

I would have to go back and rewatch but on the two goals where our CBs got split open in the box, I thought I saw Heaven get caught out of position on both. On the first one, Yoro was in no man's land as well. And of course, Shaw was directly responsible for the Semenyo goal. Just poor play at the back all around.

Also, Lammens needs to learn better positioning from that FK goal. Decent chance he gets a hand on it if he is shaded more to the right and is actually on his feet when the ball is struck.

What is painfully obvious is we have a solid group of technically skilled and physically talented players, but some of them need experience and others just do not have the mental capabilities needed to shoulder the burden of playing for United. You can look and say what you want about them "on paper" but we have seen the same shite go on for years with quite a few of these guys.