Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 877. (Read 141760 times)

Without a good supplier, Hojlund becomes dull on the front lines. But I'm sure he has had his instincts as a striker since he came to Man United. Unfortunately Rashford doesn't want to share too much goal space with Hojlund, and that's what I've seen so far. So the inequality that occurs at Man United is quite complicated, Bruno Fernandez has sharp initiative but his role is now unclear, in the Man United squad that Erik Ten Hag leads, Buno's potential is now increasingly lost.

If this continues to happen and there is nothing that Erik Ten Hag can change to the initial formation then his desire to build an ideal squad will be difficult to achieve. There is a kind of high ego within Erik Ten Hag, and he is now almost changing Man United's playing philosophy in an unclear direction.

The situation with United is very scary, and Im very angry about it right now. Its like seeing a ship slowly sink. Players on defense like Lindeloff and Maguire are a big part of the problem. Their lack of continuity is puzzling, and Im really worried. I believe Ten Hag really wants to make things better, but I agree that just getting new players isnt the answer. What about the way a person thinks? Their drive to win? Im also let down that the striking players arent living up to my hopes. I think this problem needs more than just a fix on the transfer market. Yes, how the team does against Copenhagen will be a litmus test, and Im scared about whats to come.

You have the best attacking midfielders in the Premier League after Kevin De Brunye ( Eriksen, Bruno Fernandez and Possibly Mason Mount ) how dare you go ahead to field Scott MC Tominay a player who runs to and fro the pitch without creating good goal scoring chances for players. And how do you expect him to unlock attackers like Rashford and Hojlund while they play? All these happening coz he scored two late goals? Crazzzzzzyyy!

Jose Mourinho used him as a defensive midfielder who succeeded in that position. Ole Gunner Solskjaer did same as a double pivot with Fred to free up Bruno Fernandez completely. Now Erik Ten Hag doing differently. He hasn't really watched and learn from how they failed at Manchester United.

Hojlund is a good goal chaser, he has eyes on goal and doesn't have time to gamble with ball, all he wants is to score, Manchester United should circle the balls ans passes to him just the same way Manchester City does with Erling Haaland.
Rashford? He's a bingo! A complete fraud, how come he takes the highest fee in Manchester United with that low level, standard of football.

bad thing that is happening right now, if you look at it from my opinion, is that the defense line may require a change of players because in this defense line, Man United is still always fooled when the opponent tries to break through the Man United goal and for the midfield I am not too worried or maybe I can replace several players. of course and for the attack line I admit that it is often inconsistent, sometimes it looks very good but sometimes it also seems very weak and with this Ten Hag can try to find some players for the attack line, try with new things but still with the right players.

I not be too worried about what is currently happening with Man United because it still gives Ten Hag a chance to fix all of these bad things and wants to see MU finish in the top 3.

I thought Celtic would give a surprise to group F but it seems they are only good in the domestic league and in the UCL competition they are just like an ordinary team without any strong resistance. Previously, Lazio and Atletico only played a draw at Lazio's home ground, but considering that the second round will take place at Atletico's home ground, they will complete their victory against Lazio later. That will have a big impact on the current position change and that's why I favor Atletico over Lazio.

Sevilla will always be the center of attention not because of their achievements in this competition but they will still choose a bigger opportunity to win the European league and that is why every season they are always eliminated in the group phase to be able to get into the European league. I don't think it's an open secret anymore and everyone knows about Sevilla's behavior all this time. Lens have performed well so far in the Champions League and I agree that they will accompany Arsenal to the next round from Group B.

Their defense is also weak so it can be said that all of Manchester United's lines this season are not working well, and not only because Hojlund still lacks experience but also how this season Rashford before Hojlund's arrival also did not show good things and it could be said that he was a bad striker this season, however, Ten Hag still has full trust in him and there is no other alternative but to continue entrusting Rashford to play unless in the middle of the season they plan to buy new players, especially strikers.
Their weakness this season has made Manchester United perform poorly not only in the domestic league but also in the Champions League. There is a chance that they will not qualify for the group phase if in the next three matches, nothing good can be achieved.

Barcelona were good in La Liga, but in the Champions League they couldn't even get out of the group, Inter became an impassable team for them. While I agree that Barcelona are gradually getting into optimal form, it is only right that the manager can plan in such a way that the team can finish the season at its peak. In the Champions League they are doing well now, they will definitely make it to the playoffs.

But at least Man Utd has the opportunity to get back 3 points in the next match, namely against Copenhagen. Although this time it might be more difficult because the match will take place at Parken Stadium which is Copenhagen's home. But at least I'm pretty sure Man Utd won't lose. The worst result is probably a draw.
Meanwhile, Galatasaray will probably experience defeat when they face Bayern again. And this might open up opportunities for Man Utd to move up to 2nd place in Group A.

But I personally also realize that Man Utd's performance is getting worse at the moment. Especially I am quite annoyed with Man Utd's teamwork which is getting worse. Erik Ten Heg may have done everything. But yeah, this is the result. Unless he still has other ideas to make Man Utd return to its best performance.

They still have a long way to go to make that happen, but even though they look more prepared now, it's not a guarantee that they will continue to show the same. The reason is that last season they were also good but they lost their balance when the season was about to end and in the end Barcelona could freely win the title last season.
This is just the beginning of their long journey and there are still many matches left. Especially in the Champions League, big teams from each league are waiting for them to stop them in the Champions League. Although their strength now looks strong, they still need to improve.

Newcastle United has been of a great performance since last season till date, from September till now Newcastle United has played eleven matches and they have won six matches, lost two matches and draws three matches and they maintain third position on the champions League table.

There performance has been very impressive and considering there pattern of play there is every chance they will surely go far on both the champions League and the premier League, however there tomorrow match against Manchester United is going to be a tough one on both teams because irrespective of Manchester United poor performance this season they will try all there possible best to win the match and Newcastle United on the other hand is more in a good form than Manchester United so there is a higher chances of wining Manchester United, perhaps considering there last meeting Newcastle United won Manchester United with a goal, so if Manchester United did not seat up on this match Newcastle United will still win them again.

I can't really be sure of it. barcelona is not having a strong competitor in its group. I think that winning against the clubs on its group can't be used as measurement to know how strong barcelona. real madrid was able winning against the winner of scudetto last season away.
Madrid is king of UCL and it will be dominating this season. Im sure that if real madrid has been preparing a surprise for us. Ancellotti has been trying to build the future squad of real madrid at this moment.
I think that if it's the time for real madrid to show the true king of UCL.

Barcelona was widely regarded as the strongest candidate to win the UCL this season, but I have some doubts about that considering their recent loss against Madrid in the previous match.
This makes me lose my confidence with barcelona. Barcelona needs to prove it by beating the strong club like bayern and then i will get my confidence back again.

Im go for real madrid this season. It seems like unstoppable club at this moment.

@Oluwa-btc I totally agree about Fernandes being played in a position he’s not at all comfortable and despite such poor displays from Fernandes Ten Hag is yet refusing to change his strategies which shows how poorly he’s managing this squad. Lastly buying Hojlund was a mistake because now he’s under severe pressure to deliver but he’s yet not entirely ready to lead a club like Manchester United and the wise decision would have been to buy a proven goal scorer who would have immediately helped the club by scoring goals.

I don't understand why M.United is still continuing with Erik ten Hag, in my opinion he is an unsuccessful coach, he should have been sent away by now.
I think the management of M.United should do something about it because the team is not good.

Unwise to say he ( Hojlund is not experienced ) he has adapted well but Manchester United has failed to play all around him like they did last season and also, Erik Ten Hag has been quite stupid in a couple of games, his philosophy of football hasn't been well laid down for the lads to execute nicely.

Having a very good attacking midfielder and plays him on the wing? How do you expect Bruno Fernandez to perform when he can express himself freely on the pitch. He has Eriksen and Mason Mount also only for him to play Scott MC Tominay! 0hh Good GOD!
His own ideology of football gets me tired.

I'm done complaining about Marcus Rashford, he is the worst player in Manchester United attack, he is very selfish and still hasn't grown as a footballer. Not all English players are overhyped though, but few like Rashford! Bullshit!

I don't think so. If we are really watching the game of united.  We will able to see that if the defensive line and midfielders are still become the main weakness from this club. Im not discredit the defenders but MU is obviously has so many incapable defenders at this moment.
We must also use our eyes and try to see that which thing that is wrong from manchester united at this moment. United has been conceding more goals compared with the goals scored by its attackers.
That means if the defenders are still become the main problem of manchester united at this moment. Im thinking about ten hag has a plan to sell almost all of defenders to be replaced with the new defenders. Im feeling skeptic with MU's chance to be qualified for the knock out stage.

In this group phase there are four teams from England who play for the UCL and are in their respective group however of the four team only Manchester City performed well and won all the three matches they played.
For Arsenal, Manchester United and Newcastle are still in an impossible condition because they have experienced defeats while playing in the previous three matches.
If you look at what they show in each match there is only possibility that two teams can qualify from this group phase namely Manchester City and Arsenal.

Several other teams also performed quite well such as Real Madrid and also Barcelona from La Liga and Bayern Munich from the Bundesliga.
Some of these teams might be teams that have big chance of continuing to survive and advance to the semifinals and enter the final to compete for the title.

Inter Milan which last season was able to reach the final against Manchester City now their performance is also not very satisfactory even though they have won two matches, but there are several things that make them less able to perform perfectly.
If Inter is able to return to what it was last season then there is also possibility that they could become competitors to the four teams that I have mentioned above.

Real Madrid will not allow what happened last season in the la Liga league competition that made Barcelona to turned the tournament to their favour to happen in this season than to use some strategies they have never use before to take a good lead that will make other teams not to have access to take the first position from them till the end of the la Liga league tournament. Based on what Real Madrid has showcased in this champions league competition, show that they will be the team to lead in that group because they where able to defeated Napoli 2-1 to stand as a strong team to maintain a good points that will make them Victorious at the end of the season. If Barcelona can improve their performance in their remaining matches, I think they can end up in second position in the la Liga league competition to allow their coach to speak boldly in the public.

Real Madrid were favorites to win the La Liga title last season as well but they didn't have time to plan much with La Liga as they prioritized the Champions League tournament which made them miss out on La Liga. This season, Real Madrid is way ahead of Barcelona in terms of winning the La Liga title this season. Real Madrid have lined up their squad so well this season that they can plan for the Champions League tournament as well as the La Liga title. If Real Madrid manage to win the La Liga title as well as the Champions League title this season, it will be a memorable season for them even though they have had a few memorable seasons before. I think Barcelona can finish the La Liga tournament at number two in the table this season

Of course, they are going to need to work hard to actually stay at the top of the competition. No club is actually going to be able to perform badly and stay at the top. Not even the great Real Madrid. But so far I don't think we actually have got any reason to doubt Real Madrid. They have shown good performance and they also have been able to win against the biggest competitor which is Barcelona. They just need to make sure that the players stay healthy and do not get injured. Especially Jude Bellingham, who has been doing the bulk of the scoring for Real Madrid in this season. he has been the biggest success so far for Real Madrid recently.

Talking about Manchester United this season, Manchester Utd is experiencing several problems with both the players and the manager so they cannot work optimally and currently Manchester United is not in good condition either in the Premier League or in the Champions League, but I also hope that Manchester United will qualify for the final round group stage but it looks like Manchester United is having difficulty facing Bayern Munich and Galatasaray. I think Manchester will find it difficult to progress if Tenhag doesn't change their strategy to at least beat Galatasaray and also Copenhagen in the next match and this could be an opportunity for Man Utd to qualify for the preliminary round group with Bayern Munich.

talking about Newcastle they have not been completely consistent in facing matches in the champions league after successfully beating PSG I think Newcastle appeared strong in group F and will lead but unfortunately Newcastle is in 3rd place at the moment with 4 points, usually premier league clubs can qualify group phase but it seems like this season premier league clubs are starting to experience difficulties in terms of performance.
after experiencing defeat at home and in the next match Newcastle will play Dortmund and play away I don't expect much from Newcastle in that match