Ten Hag Midfield Crisis! What Do Man Utd Do With Kobbie Mainoo, Bruno Fernandes & Eriksen

Man Utd’s midfield crisis! Were Man Utd lucky to draw at home to Tottenham? Who’ll be the last man standing between Sancho & ten Hag? The Take On is back as Anton Ferdinand, Danny Murphy, & Flex discuss football's hottest topics. This week, the guys discuss West Ham being knocked out the FA Cup by Bristol City, Ten Hag’s tactics against Spurs and if they should always play on the counterattack, decide who will get the last laugh between Sancho or Ten Hag, break down Kevin De Bruyne’s performance at Newcastle, The future of Kobbie Mainoo, Danny Murphy’s underrated goal v Man Utd! answer fan questions & much more! Tune in for the best and worst takes from our panel! Like, Subscribe, & Comment below to get involved with The Take On!

0:00; - Intro & West Ham out the FA Cup
2:56; - Flex disappointed in Man Utd’s 2-2 draw with Spurs
6:21; - Man Utd’s struggles against top 6 opponents
8:32; - Kobbie Mainoo is a generational talent
9:28; - Is ten Hag the manager United fans thought he was?
12:26; - 5 players to build the new MUFC around
13:20; - who will get the last laugh, Sancho or ten Hag?
17:10; - Bobb & de Bruyne’s performance v Newcastle
18:22; - Danny Murphy’s goal v Man Utd
19:35; - de Bruyne is one of the best midfielders in world football
22:20; - Was Danny Murphy underrated as a player?
22:43; - Outro

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[rioferdinandpresents]

0:00; - Intro & West Ham out the FA Cup
2:56; - Flex disappointed in Man Utd’s 2-2 draw with Spurs
6:21; - Man Utd’s struggles against top 6 opponents
8:32; - Kobbie Mainoo is a generational talent
9:28; - Is ten Hag the manager United fans thought he was?
12:26; - 5 players to build the new MUFC around
13:20; - who will get the last laugh, Sancho or ten Hag?
17:10; - Bobb & de Bruyne’s performance v Newcastle
18:22; - Danny Murphy’s goal v Man Utd
19:35; - de Bruyne is one of the best midfielders in world football
22:20; - Was Danny Murphy underrated as a player?
22:43; - Outro

[ufokemo]

Its amazing people pretend that United have not had most of the senior midfielders out injured since the start of the season. Casemiro, Eriksen, Mount, Mainoo have all been out injured for various long stetches. Even Amrabat arrived injured and HAS been injured. Literally only Mctominay, Bruno and fringe player Hannibal have been available for every round of the league season.

[liamclarke]

This constant underplaying of Man Utds injuries is ridiculous.
Martinez & Casemiro were just back from mths out & only fit for the bench. No Amrabat, Mount, Shaw (for most of the season), Malacia (all season), Maguire, Lindelof & Martial (our only other striker).

[jhaych]

Haven't we had the most senior injuries out of any other team this season? We were poor against Tottenham, but we should have had a penalty in my opinion, plus we had the better chances including the mctominay chance at the end.

[jhaych]

Sacking the manager won't change anything without tearing up the squad

[TouchNetwork]

Ten hag is the man for the job give him time and money he will do well

[youngstars]

7:15 The only alternatives were McTominay (and we've seen that works equally badly) or Casemiro who's been injured for months..
Is Murphy trolling or genuinely a complete idiot? Same goes for Flex for not pointing this out

[Hhammer]

Who did you want him to play that game? McSauce? The guy who disappears whenever you try to make a pass to him? Who is also defensively horrendous?

Instead of saying “how do you keep playing Eriksen and Bruno” tell me what your solution was for THIS game?

[mjinzarli]

People who think it's Ten Haags fault after 18 months, getting a trophy, top 4, FA cup final with a second season of having half the squad available for games, dealing with sancho, Ronaldo, greenwood and antony situations and the glazers, he's done really well. And nobody can answer this, which other manager right now would have done better in the same situation in United?

[liamclarke]

I agree with Murphy about the Bruno/Eriksen midfield in the harder games and I and a lot of Utd fans have been saying it for ages

[stevehawthorne]

Is Danny Murphy delusional? United don't have same issues as spurs. Martinez, Maguire, Casemiro, Sancho, Greenwood. Mount. Antony's off field issues. Players lacking match fitness/just coming back from injury

[unlistedlizard]

For those of you calling ManUtd's Season a failure. I'd disagree because of one thing the emergence of Mainoo. That is the best jem we've mined since Scholes. He is a mix of Essien and Seedorf. I think at the eight he would be even better.

[blessmorezinyama]

Cheers to us who do not miss any episode

[abubakrkhan]

I wait every week for this podcast ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[manu-tonyo]

Cheers guys, and yes you were under-rated Danny

[pence]

I agree but who would he play? We have had no other midfield than what’s been playing.

[Spencer_Hewins]

United needs one more midfielder to help Bruno and Kobbie. Was hopeful we'd get someone like Kamara and I hope they take a good look at Roony Bardghji. He honestly rocked up to Old Trafford on that right wing and made us look dumb.

[rsahota]

Would love to see Paqueta in United’s midfield, he is defensive and offensive and left footed, he would have great Portuguese chemistry with Bruno and Casa, McT is a joke in midfield at United he couldn’t assist to save his live no wonder Rasmus can’t score.

[rowly]

Why only 25 mins?!? Make these an hour!

[alenjtom]

The mini league trophy on the cabinet cracks me up. Thinking of Joels monologue 😂😭