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That squad is so far away from being suited to him that it’s going to cost them multiple hundreds of millions to even play his system the way he needs to, and have it be effective. It’s another hell of an investment and commitment for a club that can’t spend money correctly.. just feels like the Man United manager cycle has begun again. He’s a good coach but he’s taken on the job of death They continue like this and it won’t be long before the fans decide that it’s Amorims fault, and that he should be adjusting his system to be more pragmatic while he can. It’s inevitable.

Going to this, a comfy win would be beautiful

Seen a lot of people saying we lost the game tactically today and I disagree. We just got comfortably beaten by a better performance than our own. It’s pretty ironic how we got blown away by a side that heavily resembles the 22/23 version of ourselves, how often did we do what Bournemouth did today during that season? We all knew they would come up here and go with that ultra press, and when it’s well drilled and everyone is on it sometimes you just cannot overcome it. We did it to PSG here. They were pro active and had the physical edge from minute 1, we saw signs of mental and physical fatigue vs Wolves and it was evident today as well. We do tend to struggle against a good press, I was excited to see how the inclusion of Tonali might change that but today it made little difference.. seeing Bruno struggle and get caught highlights the fact that he does lack the physical/athletic attributes in that 8 position against a good press. They exploited it well. Fair play to Bournemouth, not sure I’ve seen a better away performance here for some time. My only criticism of the set up/system is starting Botman on the wrong side, but then Schar comes on and drops a clanger One of them days. Getting beat like this isn’t always bad, gives us a chance to reset and gives plenty for Howe to work with. Onto the next.

To be fair, in that game any change he could have made wouldn’t have turned it in our favour. If the entire first 11 can’t get it going then our bench isn’t going to change much, we were blown away by them simply put.

Mourinho back in for some no doubt

Well it off today against a good side, fair play to them

What do you propose? Their press has done us over since minute 1, its one of those games where you become second best and stay there.

Best team today is winning

Already

A good side would have punished us on Wednesday night but Wolves couldn’t finish like Bournemouth can. They are winning the mental battle already, we are rattled. Need to pick it up if we are to expect a result.

He also never gives anything away, nothing new here

You know the script by now

Yoro is fried

Think we might be onto something

How did Garnacho get that scratch on his neck

Hilarious I really want Dibling

People overlook the squad harmony aspect of buying/selling players far to much Its a very relevant point

He’s had a long enough run in the side now for us to fairly judge him. As you said, all of the above. I havnt seen much mention of one his best attributes though - he is a very intelligent footballer. You can see that Howe has given him full trust of running that 6 position, he’s everywhere (take a look at his heatmaps if you havnt already). He reads the game so well, a step ahead of every Wolves player that attempted to press him tonight. I think he gives the back 4 a level of confidence that Bruno didn’t at 6 because he can be played off of better, in fact I feel he instills confidence in the whole side. Bruno was very press resistant but this guy is even better at it, in a more well rounded way. Just a super high footballing IQ. Hes fucking good man Super impressed at his integration into the side, he’s been almost flawless and is getting even better. Will be our most important player besides Isak from here on, the 6 position is probably the most important position in elite sides and he could easily become one of the best at it. Where could we have been if he never got that ban?

Who needs a new RW again? (We do, but credit to him and Howe for this sweet run of form)

Isak the difference maker tonight, we were blessed to keep a clean sheet somehow

Barca would be the most likely of the bunch imo

Was a shock to the system for young me at the time, seem to remember we had a horrible injury list and seeing Matty Pattison was a sign of things to come Pretty sure Milner scored a banger as well

That was one of the worst games I’ve ever seen from us, it must have been something like 2006

Not bad at all

We have 3 games in 6 days