


10 Sep 2026 · 21m · 8 chapters

Manchester United Champions League reaction to a 4-0 win over Sabah, with debate about whether United are “back” ahead of tougher games (Manchester Derby and Man City).
Sabah were more competitive early (quicker/fitter first 30 minutes) but United’s quality grew; the result can’t be overread because Sabah are not a top-tier opponent; United must step up vs Man City.
Masraoui repeatedly cut inside and shot rather than crossing from the right; Sesko was subbed after an hour despite scoring; Bruno Fernandes played 90 minutes and was defended as United’s key player. Guest/hosts: No specific guests are named in the transcript; it’s a solo/hosted fan watch-along with chat. Player focus: Mainoo (midfield “fulcrum,” man of the match), Dorgou (good first half), Yoro (solid debut), Tillemans (45 minutes, assist), Sesko (goal but limited service).
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Discussing the recent 4-0 win against Sabah and standout performances.
“What does fall smell like at your house?”
Discussing the recent 4-0 win against Sabah and standout performances.
“Manchester United back in the Champions League and a 4-0 win against Sabah.”
Analyzing player performances and discussing tactical strategies used during the match.
“And I think the fact that Jorreau gets 90 minutes bodes well because it's such a big season for him and he needs to play games.”
Examining the service issues faced by strikers and team dynamics.
“You've got a six foot five striker and we don't put crosses in the box.”
Anticipating future challenges, especially against Manchester City.
“You know, there's a lot of people saying Xerxi was cooking.”
Engaging with fan comments and reactions to the match.
“I don't feel that he ever really let himself go today.”
In-depth analysis and ratings of player performances from the match.
“get registered and then you can do every single game for free.”
Discusses overall match performance and specific player insights.
“apart from the goal and the volley from Dorgou, he wasn't really in the game and that's not his fault.”

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Automatic transcript. May contain errors.
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1:18Hello everybody, welcome to the United Stands. Manchester United back in the Champions League and a 4-0 win against Sabah. Look, the challenges will get much bigger from here. That's probably the easiest game we'll play this season, let alone in the Champions League. But look, respect to Sabah. They were better than I thought. I actually think in the first half an hour, they looked quicker and fitter than us. But as the game went on, the quality came through. And look, I suppose the big question will be, what does that mean for Man United going forward into harder games in the Champions League?
1:50and also the Manchester Derby at the weekend. Are we back? Does that put us in a more confident position? Also, a few topical things to talk about. Why was Sesko subbed off after an hour? Why is Bruno Fernandes playing 90 minutes every single game? We will get into that. But first of all, I want to start off with the obvious positives. I thought that Jorreau had a good game and needed minutes. And I think the fact that Jorreau gets 90 minutes bodes well because it's such a big season for him and he needs to play games. Obviously, he's not going to start at the weekend, but with 90 minutes in on a Thursday, that's good for him.
2:25And he'll probably start against Brighton next Wednesday. I thought Dorgou going forward, especially in the first half, was very, very good. I thought Mainou again is turning into this fulcrum of the midfield, the focal point. You know, a very good performance from him again. Tillemans had a good first half before being substituted. and yeah, I mean, look, nothing wrong with the performances of Mbemo, Masraoui, Martinez, Bruno, Cunha. Sesco, look, we mustn't forget that, and I said this in the watch along, we mustn't forget that when it comes to Manchester United and it comes to strikers, it's not the first time we've had a player up front who frustratingly doesn't get the service you feel he needs.
3:07I think tonight, Sesco probably, and people said he was a bit frustrated when he came off, FopMob apparently gave Bruno Man of the Match according to Dash well it's pinned in the chat we've got a new player rating system you can see it visually there make sure you're registered make sure you are marking every player out of 10 6 being the average and starring your Man of the Match and we'll see who your Man of the Match is going to be I wouldn't have given it to Bruno but what I would say is that when it comes to United and Sesco we have seen it before it's called the graveyard shift we christened it this many years ago on this channel Anthony Amarcial played in the graveyard shift Cavani played in the graveyard shift even Marcus Rashford when he played up front played in the graveyard shift Ronaldo played in it Rasmus played in it it's something that some people want to actually attribute to Bruno some people say it's because of Bruno Fernandes he can't feed a striker consistently which I find incredible considering he broke the assist record last year to say that he can't feed a striker but he's the all-time Premier League assist holder to me sounds remarkable.
4:14I think it's more of a team thing. You've got a six foot five striker and we don't put crosses in the box. There was a perfect example of this at the start of the second half. Masraoui, who is not a goal scoring fullback, I wouldn't even say is an attacking fullback, had about five shots in that game. In the second half, he gets the ball on the right hand side. All he's got to do is use his right foot, push it to the byline, cross it in, happy days. He cuts inside and shoots on his left foot. now if I'm Seska I'm sort of like going what have I done to you have I scratched your car in the car park at Carrington what have I fucking done to you I don't think you've put a cross in all game Masraoui you're a right-footed fucking fullback you're meant to be fighting for your shirt with the low you've not given me one decent cross in in an hour and I'm going off now and you're staying on why don't you have another shot you know whereas I think Dorgue did put some good crosses in to be fair.
5:08So look, I'm not too worried about Cesc. I feel that he's not the first striker at Manchester United to not get service. And also he's surely starting on Sunday now because Tillemans came on off at half time for Santos or Mount. So Tillemans is clearly starting on Sunday. Rashford wasn't used, so he's clearly starting. Maguire wasn't used, so he's clearly starting. And I think if you come off after an hour, for Xerxi, then he must be starting on Sunday. Because I tell you what, if Cesco doesn't start on Sunday, I don't know why he came off after an hour. That's crazy to me. So I'd take the positive and say he's probably starting against Manchester City because it doesn't make any sense to take him off.
5:57But look, are we back? God, it's Sabah. You know, there's a lot of people saying Xerxi was cooking. I mean, this is a guy that's, you know, been eating out for two years. I don't think he's ever done any cooking. You know, I like Xerxes. There's nothing to not like about Xerxes. And I was very excited about him, but I wish we'd got rid of him in the summer. And, you know, a few nice touches and runs against Sabah. It's the equivalent of doing it against Leighton Orient. You know, let's see if he can do it. Let's see if he's anywhere near a team in an important game. I don't think he will be. But that's my answer to the question, are we back?
6:32I don't really think we can take anything beyond a really positive 4-0 clean sheet, four goals, three points. We're back in the Champions League. We're not going to have a lot of time to assess this game, are we? Because it's Friday tomorrow. We've got our preview out. There's a press conference. It's Saturday. We're playing on Sunday. It's ridiculously quick. In fact, it's so quick, a lot of people are moaning about the fact Man City played on Tuesday. We're playing on Thursday and there's a match on Sunday. So I don't think we'll have a lot of time to digest this anyway. And realistically, that's probably a good thing.
7:07Sabah came and had a good go. In many ways, we probably should have scored more goals because what I really respected about them is that they're a football club that's not been in existence even 10 years. And in the second half, when they're 3-0 down, they could have just parked the bus and said, let's keep it respectable. I think they really wanted to score a goal at Old Trafford. That's why they played quite open. So credit to them. I think they allowed the game to be quite open and that helped us a lot. But of course we're not bloody back. I mean, I would imagine most Premier League clubs would beat Sabah.
7:47And we've got to step up. We've got to beat Man City. I don't think there'll be many people there on Sunday night if we lose to City going, yeah, but we beat Sabah. I don't think they will. So we have to beat City. And Michael Carrick knows that. And I think looking at Michael Carrick on the touchline, I don't feel that he ever really let himself go today. I think he probably is very aware of the enormity of the game on Sunday. But I think for the players and the fans, I enjoyed it. I enjoyed the watch along. I thought it was a right good laugh. It was great to watch Manchester United in a really relaxing environment, knowing the game was won at half time and just chill, chat and enjoy it.
8:26I wish every game was like that. I mean, to some of the younger viewers, that used to be like what it was like for about 20 % of the season under Sir Alex Ferguson. You'd have games at home against teams like Barnsley where you knew we were going to win. And we used to have Premier League games like that. So it was a little bit of a trip down memory lane to just sit and enjoy a game comfortably and not be too stressed about it. I liked some of the substitutions, by the way. I liked the fact that Amas and Lacey came on. 20 minutes for them in a Champions League game. I thought that was good. Xerxes getting half an hour, I think is good for him now that he's here.
9:03You know, you've got to keep these players involved. Mason Mount at halftime. That would have been Santos, but we know Carrick loves Mount and Santos came on after an hour anyway. So I thought the subs were right. I mean, maybe Mason Mount doesn't need to be used and maybe that should have been heaven. But other than that, I thought the substitutions were very good. Some people weren't happy that Bruno didn't get taken off. I mean, I sort of don't understand what the angle is on that. He's the captain of the team. He's never really been a player that gets subbed off. And he never really gets injured anyway.
9:39So I don't really see what the risk is keeping Bruno on for 90 minutes. I sort of understand it that some people might want to see different players play as a number 10, like give Kunja 20 minutes as a 10 or give Lacey 20 minutes as a 10. And I get that. But, you know, on the one hand, he's our best player. He's our player of the year. And on the other hand, people want to start seeing what life without Bruno is. I don't personally, I don't think we're at that point yet. So. Yeah, I don't know. Maybe that's what happens. You know, maybe people just go looking for something to, you know, have a moan about, really.
10:20We're going to do player ratings, but Mojo's gifted 20 memberships. I tell you what, there was 50 memberships gifted on the watch along. 20 there by Mojo. That's 70 new gifted memberships tonight, which means you can all go and watch community questions with me and Wayne that went up today on the members section. You lucky, lucky people. It was very good. Very, very good. Check out all the extra content on the members section. Really pleased with Amas, says John, but with Josh in there, he had nothing to cross to. Yoro looked great. Lack of pace in midfield worrying. Bring on Balaba. I forgot about Blaber, yeah.
10:51Bayern beat Bodo 5-0. We only got four against Sabah, says Marleau. Yeah, but we're not Bayern. Sesko just brutalised the defence accidentally, says Sean. The main take of this game is that Amas needs more game time if we're stuck with Shaw. I know it's Sabah, but he's tracking back and trying. Yeah, positive. I was glad that he'd gone on. Do you think keeping Bruno is for stat padding, says Ashish. Also, Maguire and Yoro needs to be the centre-back partnership, says Red Army. Leighton Orient catching strays, says Rajaf. Not first time. Hi, Mark. Just watched the game live, so didn't watch the watch along, but this is exactly why I want to see Dorgue at left back and never again Luke Shaw, says Dylan.
11:29Interesting. I thought he was good in the first half, but look, let's not forget Dorgue's yellow card. I think defensively he's a problem, but going forward, I like it. Everyone needs to relax about Mark not being on time. He arrived as fast as possible from Old Trafford after his valiant effort managing Sabah, says Maz Raui. what do you think the difference between Tevez and Schmeichel in the fan base with both going to City it's more treatment of fans or length of time that's not a question for now BTA but definitely Schmeichel was a bigger legend than Tevez because of what he did why does Bruno play every minute of every match I think we've discussed that one has meant well Mendoza Mount needs to be released as soon as possible Amas was promising says Alex and graveyard shift but look at how Zach Zerksi handled it Mark quit the Zerksi agenda says K mate I don't want to get into this because Manchester United played well and they won but if you think Xerxes better than Cesc, I am going to block you from the chat because I think you're talking absolute shite and I think you're one of those United fans who watch somebody play for half an hour in wide open space against the tired shit opposition and it's like pre-season Pirlo isn't it?
12:32Santos was the next Casemiro in pre-season where is he now? And now Xerxes had a good half an hour against a tired Sabah side and suddenly he's the next Thierry Henry. It's just laughable how people swallow up this bullshit. But look, let's see who's going to be right. Let's see who's going to be right. Can you say happy birthday to Jimmy, says Cato. Happy birthday to Jimmy. Thank you very much. I hope you have a good day. Right, let's do the player ratings.
13:02I don't know what I did there. Are we still here? I need someone to tell me what you got. because I clicked stop streaming by mistake. Where was I at when I stopped? I don't know what I was talking about. No, it's not YouTube. That was me. I clicked stop streaming and then carried on talking. I was clicking player ratings.
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15:12Right, player ratings. Okay, you didn't... God, we're lucky to be back. So, 6 for Lemens. Not his fault. Didn't have anything to do. So an average 6 for me. Nothing wrong with that. Masraoui, I would give him a 6 as well. 6.4 for you from Lemens, of course, and 6.2 from you. it takes all your votes and averages them. So get your votes in every week. PlayerRatings.com links in the live chat, get registered and then you can do every single game for free. I felt Masraoui was a bit wasteful actually. I thought defensively was good but going forward I thought it was really wasteful. I really wish we had a right back who was decent going forward because Deleuze's not and Masraoui's not.
15:58But I would give him a six. Defensively solid but it's Sabah going forward, I thought he was quite wasteful. And I think he was really one of the number one people responsible for not putting crosses into the box. He just seemed to want to shoot. So much so, I think, you know what? So much so, I don't know whether he was being told to shoot because he definitely wasn't being told to cross. Yoro, I would give him, you know what? I feel like I want to give him a seven. Yeah, 6.8. We dream the same dream. We want the same thing. Probably a little bit of glazing, but he doesn't get a lot of game time.
16:34He came into the team. He wasn't at right back. He was at centre back. And 90 minutes, confident. Obviously, the opposition's not going to be the same as playing even Como. But I thought he did well. And we've got to start to trust him. It's season three for Yoro. He can't be spending all season on the bench. We've got to trust him. And you've got to trust the mistakes sometimes as well. So a strong seven for me. Martinez. I'd give Martinez a 6.5. Yeah. Oh, my God. Martinez better than Yaro? What? You're smoking. No, I thought Martinez... I forgot a goal, didn't he? Fucking hell, I forgot. Yeah, I probably should have given him a 7.
17:21And I can. I have the power. Yeah, I'll give him a 7. I forgot about the goal. Look, I think Martinez and Yaro had a very similar game, but Martinez is our starting centre-back and he's played in a World Cup final. Yaro is starting his career. So that's why I gave Yaro a little bit of a push, but Martinez did get a goal so he can have a seven. Yeah. Dorgou, first half, seven. Second half, 6.5, seven. So yeah, look, second half, he got the yellow card and he got subbed. But first half, I actually thought he played really, really well. I still think he's more of a winger than a left back or a wing back and we don't play with wing backs.
18:04But going forward I like Dorgo and I think there's a lot of development there. Defensively, I worry a little bit. That's what I'd say. Tillemans, 6.5, got a goal. No, he didn't get a goal, he got an assist. But he only played 45 minutes. I'm one of those people that aren't really big on giving people sevens and eights for playing half a game and that's not his fault but it's like giving lamens a six when he didn't have anything to do so um i think um a 6.5 for me from tillemans good assist for yoro uh for bruno uh maynew seven 7.5 for you really well 7.3 yeah i think maynew for me He was probably my man of the match, actually.
18:49Just a very accomplished, mature. I feel like Mainu at the moment, he might not get an assist and he might not get a goal, but it's almost like Kimmich. And that's a big statement to compare him to Kimmich, but it's just, he reminds me a lot of Kimmich in the sense that he just conducts the game really well. Now, he's not as good defensively as Kimmich, but Kimmich can play right back. I don't think Manu can play right back. I don't think Manu's defensively that great. But the way he conducts the game, I think there's a subtlety and consistency to it this season that is really, really promising.
19:32So yeah, I'd give him my man of the match. Bruno today, look, he got the goal. Nothing wrong with his performance. I'd probably give him a seven as well. Yeah. Um, yeah, I don't think it was a bad performance by Bruno. I don't think it was his best performance, but I'd give him a seven. Yeah, nothing wrong with Bruno's performance today. Um, Konya, goal. I didn't, you know what? I didn't notice Konya in the second half. I thought he'd been subbed off. I will say that. So maybe, um, he's pushing a seven for me, maybe a 6.5. Yeah, seven's fine. Absolutely fine. Um, Mbumo, probably a 6.5 if I'm being honest.
20:15Oh, Yeah, just maybe got the assist for Sesco though, didn't he? So maybe Mbumo probably deserves a bit of higher score than that.
20:27But somebody in the chat is saying Bruno a seven, five at best. Some people not liking Bruno tonight then. Sesco.
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22:256.5. Look, I want to give him a 7, and I think a lot of people have given him a 7 because you feel like me. No service, still scored a goal. but subbed after 60 minutes, apart from the goal and the volley from Dorgou, he wasn't really in the game and that's not his fault. So I like the fact that people are giving him a seven, but ultimately we could have got a lot more out of him. And I'm not just talking about minutes. We could have got a lot more out of him. And it's a bit like Lemenz in goal. Lemenz got a six because there was nothing to do. Sesko for me gets a 6.5 because although he got the goal, we need to utilize him a lot more.
23:05but I like the 7 I like the 7 Mount 6.5 6 I didn't really notice him a lot in the half but I don't think he was bad Xerxes was probably a 6.5 I thought he did quite well when he came on I do agree he came on and did quite well Santos probably a 6 like Mainu if I'm being honest sorry Mount and I'd give the young lads
23:346.6 yeah Six. I wanted to give him higher, but, you know, let's not glaze them too much. Amas did well as well. And then Carrick. I mean, look, we've won a game of football. Seven. Yeah. Won a game of football. Four nil. Clean sheets. Good subs. I know it's only Sabah, but you can only beat what's in front of you, can't you? So, yeah, I think I think that's about right, to be fair. Let's submit the scores. you might like this. You never used to get this. And now you do. You get to see. I used to tell you who was second and third. So smash a like on the video because now you get to see who's second and third.
24:14People used to say I made it up. Oh, yeah. I loved making up second and third. So with 47 % of the vote, you've got Maynu. With 11 % of the vote, you've got Sesco. And with 8 % of the vote, you've got Yoro. So that's your top three. This is a brilliant addition, in my opinion, to our player rating system. We now have the top three for you, which I think is great. I always used to tell it you, but we never used to visually show it you. So Maynou Man of the Match, Sesco second and Yoro third. But in fairness, Maynou, a very big percentage there. It's not even close. So there we go. So welcome to the new player ratings.
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25:33This is what it's, this is my big happy takeaway. Remember last season where we'd play one game a week and sometimes not play for three weeks. This is what United should be doing. It's fast. It's furious. It's Sunday. It's Wednesday. It's Saturday. It's games, games, games, games, games. Bring it on. Bring it on. Thank you very much for watching. I'll speak to you on the next one. No, I won't because I've just remembered I haven't done something. Just get ready for Fan Forum or get yourself over there. There we go.
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