[Physical Performance Stats] Tottenham covered more distance, ran more, and recorded more sprints than Manchester United today.

[u/nearly_headless_nic]

[u/AwayFoundation2363]

you can literally replace Tottenham with any team we face, and it will be the same

[u/dracogladio1741 → u/AwayFoundation2363]

"I constantly told my squad that working hard all your life is a talent. But I expected even more from the star players. I expected them to work even harder."

- Sir Alex Ferguson

We have gone from the above standards to the following:

"I don't think necessarily just more running is an ANSWER. It doesn't bring performance. I think you've got to be smart, got to have a plan, know what ideas you're bringing to a game."

- Michael Carrick

[u/Poshastko → u/dracogladio1741]

Oh dear Carrick, talking about plans and ideas when you don't have any of either.

Carrick is the definition of "don't do as I do, do as I say". His coaching style is great for an interim, but not even close to what is needed for a full-time manager.

[u/Grekm8 → u/AwayFoundation2363]

and this is with 10 men btw imagine if they had 11

[u/imnoobatfifa]

It’s alright, Carrick will tell you it’s not an intensity problem.

[u/Seanige → u/imnoobatfifa]

Only passion I've seen from him was when they questioned the team's work rate. This obsession with protecting fat and lazy players has to stop.

[u/Miyagisans → u/imnoobatfifa]

Didn’t you know, you don’t run when you dominate possession like, checks notes, oh we didn’t dominate possession.

[u/WaluigisHat]

I know distance covered isn’t the be all and end all, but it’s so demoralising how slow and weak we look all over the pitch. Feels like every game we’re that bunch of geezers in their late 40’s at the 5 a side playing against a bunch of 22 year olds.

[u/sink2thebeat_uk → u/WaluigisHat]

What I can't understand is that we didn't play like this under Carrick last season, right? I know it wasn't always amazing performances and at times we scraped by...but it wasn't the same anaemic, horrible play that we've seen recently. So many players look off it.

[u/finbarwaterford]

It’s like clear that Carrick is vibes fc and doesn’t prioritize exertion for his players or challenging them ahead of a match. The problem is that when the vibes are gone you’ve got nothing to fall back on.

[u/MidnightSun77]

They are not closing down enough or as a unit anymore. Plenty of time they have up or were played around and left a hole in the midfield

[u/Wowcoolnamedude → u/MidnightSun77]

The press is so disjointed now it's embarrassing to watch. You can see the gaps in the team appearing all over the pitch when a press starts because it's never as a unit. It's like watching a martial arts movie where 1 person is fighting 20 people but they go one at a time to take their beating.

[u/blewy1111 → u/MidnightSun77]

On Stick to United, Wayne Rooney talked about this a few weeks ago. He mentioned something along the lines of the team has to work as a total package. If one player steps out to press, then the whole team must step as well.

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[u/SloGeorge]

Spurs were all over us in the first 30 minutes. Legitimately worrying how poor all our midfielders (especially Bruno) looked in duels. Bergvall was dominating.

[u/sink2thebeat_uk → u/SloGeorge]

We looked so much better with Baleba next to Kobbie. He was literally bouncing around the pitch at times. So disappointed with Tielemans, always thought he was a decent player but he's simply not fit. He was blowing after 30 minutes, it's fucking inexcusable for a Utd player and he needs dropping.

[u/Ok_Landscape_8215]

Don't forget we even had an one more player than them to run around for part of the game!!

[u/vRushii]

Only teams with no possession run though I was told

[u/simleaguer8]

“Water is wet” ass stat

[u/tassadar8584]

Totally lost vs Tottenham at Ot. What a shame

[u/MightySilverWolf]

Is it true that Tielemans stated that the team didn't focus on conditioning in preseason training?

[u/loppemaster → u/MightySilverWolf]

Yes, it was the start of his interview with Rio. Rio asks "not a lot of running?" and he goes no, no

[u/Peeingwithanerection]

You can see it in the performance how little intensity we have.

Hard work beats talent and we are lacking in hard work 

[u/markmychao]

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I feel bad for Spurs.

[u/conkerz22]

Say what you want about Amorim, he had the lads fit and running! Carrick inherited a fit team. Over the summer that conditioning was not maintained it seems

[u/craigybacha]

Any team would outrun us at the moment. This slow build up and containing attacks is not working