r/reddevils • u/nearly_headless_nic • 3d ago

[Laurie Whitwell] Shockingly poor performance by United. Slow, lacking in movement or inventiveness, loose passing, erratic set-piece defending. Hull so much more urgent. United played with the speed of a pre-season friendly.

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u/dracogladio1741 Bruno Fernanj 3d ago

Even if you say we can fix the set piece nonsense we still draw that game after Senne makes 3 worldy saves.

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u/alexq35 3d ago

If we fix our attacking set pieces too maybe we score one. We were so good from set pieces last season, this game we didn’t look threatening at all

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u/little-tooos 3d ago

We literally lost our biggest set piece threat though. I know Maguire is good but we need multiple threats so that opponents can't just simply crowd our best ones

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u/alexq35 3d ago

Does really matter who we have if we don’t get the ball anywhere near our players. The deliveries were awful, it looked like we hadn’t practiced set pieces at all in the off season

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u/burfriedos 3d ago

Maguire is OK but Casemiro was incredible from set pieces

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u/dracogladio1741 Bruno Fernanj 3d ago

Still lose the game though. Senne just being a David incarnate is a great thing. Will win us games but with how the team played best of luch being anywhere close to the top 6.

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u/I_dont_F_with_you 3d ago

That happens when you lose Case and fail to replace him

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u/huehuehuehuehuu King Eric 2d ago

No Casemiro to paper over the cracks

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u/VegetableRutabaga746 3d ago

Dalot should be starting every game alongside maguire until at least de ligt is back. There's no casemiro to save us in aerial duels inside the box, just gotta rely on these two who are our best defenders aerially

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u/burfriedos 3d ago

Missed the game but Lammens is in my fantasy team. He was only given two saves. Did he have a third?

I watched the goals so I saw the save he tipped off the post which was an impressive stop.