27 Dec 2025 09:05:11
Great win last night and a brilliant performance.
I made a few observations that I'd like to hear peoples opinons on.
Shaw is still a top tier left back if fitness could stay with him
Martinez needs to stay fit our best defender
Cas and ugarte together stops our midfield being walked through
Mount was really good we missed him when he went off (imagine Bruno in that ten position)
Sesko needs a goal badly.

1.) 27 Dec 2025
27 Dec 2025 09:33:35
Martinez is awesome, if he could string a long run together he would have a major impact.

I think the chnage in formation helps our midfield, and would really do so wh3n we have Bruno as a CM.

Sesko is a strange one, he looks like he has huge potemtial, but as you say, he needs a goal.

2.) 27 Dec 2025
27 Dec 2025 10:23:34
First time poster
Been reading here for ever.
Great win last night. Great team effort.
Still i am now more sure than ever that Yoro and Dalot can't play on the same side. They don't trust each other. You could see that last night and against Villa. Plus they are compulsive ball watchers and rarely watch the player they are supposed to mark.

3.) 27 Dec 2025
27 Dec 2025 10:46:00
Was at the game last night. I think your assessment is spot on John. I'd add that Cunha was unbelievably good in the first half. Dorgu looked brilliant all game. Second half we lacked enough players to put their foot on the ball and take control. Ugarte positionally is poor - both in and out of possession. Also Dalot is shockingly bad. Just a glaring weakness.

We desperately need to get reinforcements for both the right and left flanks. I'm not a fan of Dalot anyway but last night it was blatantly obvious how many things he does badly.
It was a fortunate win but we've had a lot of games we deserved more out of go against us, so I'm delighted. A couple of smart reinforcements and we can be a really good side.

4.) 27 Dec 2025
27 Dec 2025 12:35:34
Cunha is brilliant donred proper player
Dalot and ugarte definitely weak links if we're going back 4 I think mazraoui would be brilliant at right back we are very short in midfield.

5.) 27 Dec 2025
27 Dec 2025 14:40:59
I thought in the first Ugaurte played well and worked well with Case.

Dorgu played unbelievably well, especially on the RW. The first half was a joy to behold. The team looked an played with confidence.

It really was a game of two halves. After the break and Mount not coming back on, Utd looked different. Then they changed to 3 at the back.

Heaven and Martinez were fantastic yesterday.

6.) 27 Dec 2025
27 Dec 2025 15:06:41
I thought Sesko looked far better with Mount behind him. I think he needs a player to link with, play one-twos, and make runs off the playmaker. He was getting in good positions during the first half, and overall the team looked far more comfortable in the 4-5-1.

7.) 27 Dec 2025
27 Dec 2025 16:20:37
I think too many are pushing their own preferences for the formation. Amorim feels 3-4-3 is the best one to allow most flexibility. The interview with Glasner on Sky Sports articulated it very well. Right now Amorim thinks we don't have the personnel for that formation and has adapted the set up. That's great to see. But I fully expect him to go back to 3-4-3 when the Afcon players return - in most games anyway.

I'd disagree that the team looks more comfortable in 4-5-1. We were very lucky yesterday. In any formation we have to play weak players and that's what's undermining us right now. What Amorim has shown now is that he recognises the need to use the formation that minimises those weak points.

8.) 27 Dec 2025
27 Dec 2025 17:49:43
I don't have a preference per se, I just wanted to see some flexibility instead of always insisting only 1 way could work.

9.) 27 Dec 2025
27 Dec 2025 18:18:16
Welcome Zanred!
Good result and performance.
So pleased to be back at back 4 and appreciate we have 5 at the back knowledge now too.

Lammens, solid. Heaven, very accomplished, Martinez, top quality, Shaw better at LB, Dorgu, improving.