United, led by new manager Lonnick, beat Crystal Palace and Norwich 1-0 respectively, taking six points and moving up to 5th place in the league table. The team began to find a balance in the overall style of play, especially the frontcourt began to have a formation, but the team still had room for improvement in attack and defense.
1. Offensive planning is too focused on Bruno Fernandez. Everyone understands that Bruno Fernandez is the lifeblood of United's attack, and he handles it well, whether it is shooting, fatal transmission, splitting and pressing forward. Unfortunately, if the entire 90 minutes of the game are dominated by him, in case Bruno Fernandez is under the supervision of the opponent or his state declines, it will seriously affect the operation of the team's attack. In Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's time, the manager would send Pogba to help Bruno Fernandez and share the job of his offensive handout, but the new manager Ronnick did not seem to have found any other player to ease Bruno Fernandez's burden. Ronnick only had Van de Beek in place of Bruno Fernandes at the end of these two games, and its practical Van de Beek partner Bruno Fernandez did not know if he could rub a new spark? Pogba doesn't seem to be in the new manager's plans.
2. Most players are not fully accustomed to the rush of the new tactic. Under Lonnick's new tactics, all players, especially the attack line, are required to press in time, and in this high-speed rhythm, the success rate of interception is improved, but the accuracy from organizing the offensive to creating shooting opportunities is relatively reduced. The reason is that the players are not fully accustomed to maintaining a clear line of thought and coordinating the movements of the body under the high-speed rhythm, so that although the player grabs the ball in the front court, it cannot be converted into a shooting opportunity. For example, in the game against Norwich, when his teammates passed the ball to Rashford, he often went faster, causing the situation behind the ball in front of the person, and C Luo also seemed to have a decline in shooting power because he had to adapt to the new rhythm, but Jaden Sancho was more accustomed to this rhythm of pressing. This requires players to adjust their state through actual combat.
3. The quality of the passes of scott McTominay and Fred at the back of the pair needs to be improved. Under the new tactics, Fred and Scott McTominay have improved their efficiency in pressing, and their interception and defensive success rates are not bad, but unfortunately, their passing skills are limited, so the number of fatal transmissions made by them is not high, but sometimes the pass is countered by the opponent. That's one of the reasons the team has only won 1-0 in both games. In addition, the lack of substitutes at the back is also an urgent problem that needs to be solved, and now in the double game of the week, fred partner Scott McTominay will really cripple them, plus every game is the same player will be easily seen through by the opponent, this problem is also what Lonnick needs to face.
4. The cooperation between the two defenders Diogo Dalot and Alex Tres and the central defender needs to be strengthened. Diogo Dalot and Alex Tres have performed well in these two games, with a balance between attack and defense, the organisation and transmission of attacks relatively smooth, and even the defenders on both sides have the opportunity to attack. And their defensive interceptions are also doing well, especially in terms of pressing. However, after all, they have not played in the Premier League for a long time, so the tacit understanding with a pair of centre-backs Victor Lindlev and Maguire also needs to be strengthened, after all, the team's backline is not strong enough, if it were not for David De Gea's divine poker, the team might have fallen behind early in the morning. In addition, how about Luke Shaw and Aaron Wan-Bissaka's playing time coordinated with Diogo Dalot and Alex Tres? This is a question that Lonnick also needs to consider.
Of course, these problems can not be completely solved in a moment or three, but the team will face the Christmas Express period, there is not much time for Ronnick to think, I hope that the manager, coaching team and players can work hard together.