podfollow.com/devils-in-th... I haven't been plugging the pod much lately, but I think this episode w @jonmackenzie.bsky.social is the best we've put out in a while. We dug into what Amorim's trying to do, how that fits into the current tactical norm, and what success might look like

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Again, it’s ludicrous that United are even considering selling Garnacho.

Things are still sadly really tight atm, so any help would be so helpful 🙏🏾

Players born 2004 or later with more than 1,000 minutes played in Europe's top 5 leagues this season, sorted by expected goal contributions per 90 minutes played. Top 3 play for Barcelona or Manchester City. 4 and 6 play in secondary leagues (France and Italy). You own 5. Why would you sell him.

resisting the urge to put this on tw*tter but I have to say it somewhere: selling garnacho would be perhaps the single stupidest transaction United could do in this window. I am struggling to come up with something stupider

Garnacho being sold should be out of the question. United shouldn’t be in a position where they need/want to sell their best young academy graduates - ever. I don’t agree with this idea he’s completely incompatible with Amorim’s system and unable to adapt, either. He’s 20!

I would be all over this

talked united's defensive improvements, the change in atmosphere, and concerns around Højlund

united were super overdue for some good fortune. need to build on it now

Man United has improved defensive numbers under a new manager. While there are game state and sample size caveats, since Amorim arrived, they have ranked second in the league for the fewest entries allowed into the danger zone. The team has shifted towards a quieter attack and a more solid defense

Bring garnacho on man we're out here trying to create chances with amad-ugarte-mazraoui on one side and bruno-dalot-mainoo on the other

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1-30 Bournemouth muck up the game with disruptive pressing, no one created anything Set piece goal United push for an equaliser HT Bournemouth muck up the game with disruptive pressing Penalty United head loss Goal United push for a consolation

Bruno-Zirkzee-Amad just does not have enough pace or dynamism running in behind to create in this match. The way you're going to get to this Bournemouth side is going direct and getting behind them. I'd bring on Hojlund and Garna for Zirkzee and Malacia ASAP

Collectively the worst match of goalkeeping I have seen in quite some time

Crazy to think Amad dedicated the winner yesterday to 100 episodes of the Devils in the Details podcast

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Love this podcast, I’ve been a fan for so long. To do this was brilliant, great group of lads behind it and some great chatter in here. I hope I did both sides justice but overall it was great to sit down and chat freely about football. Thanks for having me on.

I missed this one, but Aaron and James took care of it without me and smashed it

imma say it - I'm pretty certain we saw something very close to his first XI yesterday. Only stuff missing was a true LCB and Amad+Mainoo

idk how bad bunny wound up so high for me again given he didn't even put out an album and idr listening to him very much, but here we are

The last thing Fantastic Mr Fox sees

Very cool! (also, Everton are having a down year on set-pieces, and its a huge part of the reason they're 2 points above "hellscape fixture-list" Wolves)

That rashford pass at 68' on his left for garna - that's the kind of stuff this team will need to, and should be able to, unlearn. Just drive with the ball there. Its good to have possession

Amad man of the match even if zirkzee gets his hattrick lol

Martinez on the right.... idk ab this one

I have to say, I absolutely love how much we're rotating and how early we're making subs

That's a penalty

That's so good from Amad

Dalot does his best at LWB but the lack of 1v1 skills in the oppo half makes him a bit one dimensional there when we're going forward. Really need somebody with more dribbling thrust there ultimately

. @setpiecesicko.bsky.social united just scored from that pack the box then hit it to the edge of the area routine

To a degree I think this is a reminder that casemiro is in fact washed

I am really interested by this zirkzee rash thing up top. Not sure if that's interested (good) but definitely interested

I now have a near encyclopedic mental catalogue of all of Garnacho's shots this season drive.google.com/file/d/11fIE...

I find it so interesting the difference between how film sessions/video review is viewed in european football vs. in American sports, especially American football. In American football it's just a complete expectation that players will sit for /hours upon hours/ with video of opponents each week...

I think that casemiro CB sub is the first managerial decision from amorim I've found legitimately questionable. Idt he realizes the electric guitar riff playing in casemiro's mind when isolated in transition

1 CF 3 wingers 1 AM 2 DMs 3 fullbacks on the pitch for united rn

mount's obviously really suited to this role. been impressed, feel his impact would've been even more obvious were antony finding him more regularly

5 of Man United's back 6 today played for Ajax under Ten Hag. The sixth played under Slot at Feyenoord.

Amorim said in the press last week that he was going to rotate heavily. Have to say I wasn't really expecting him to mean it, but here we are and he's made 6 changes from the weekend. Change is afoot

I just want to put it out there that I am still looking/available for any paid remote recruitment work within football (club or consultancy). I've done public analysis for nearly a decade, and have a bit of experience working within the game as well during the early parts of Covid (2020-21)

One thing that I'm enjoying about bluesky is that way more of my followers are human beings with actual names and faces. Always found it way easier to interact with accounts associated with recognizable humans

London please help. I’m praying for a miracle, I’ve just got into the office and noticed my mums locket (in all these photos) that I wear every day has fallen off my neck on my walk in. My mum died when I was seven and her jewellery is most of what I have of her. I’m devastated

I've rewatched the United match in full now. Most of the stuff I noticed I've already discussed on today's episode of the podcast, but I thought a few other things stood out 1. Eriksen and Evans really struggled to cover the necessary ground. Tough to use them now. (1/n)

People talked about Dalot's performance yesterday as if it was bad, so I went back and rewatched. Not only was he 'fine' he was straight up good.

Talked a lot about what worked and what didn't yesterday against Ipswich bsky.app/profile/devi...