A huge chance to change fortunes.
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00:00 And looking ahead, Brentford at home, obviously they're coming off the back of a loss in the Premier League as well as the Champions League,
00:06 both at Old Trafford. If this goes wrong at Brentford, there could be some real negative pressures surrounding the club,
00:15 but even more if that's possible at this moment.
00:18 Yeah, I mean, particularly ahead of an international break as well, where, you know, let's say United have a bad result,
00:22 they're going to have two weeks to stew on this. I mean, you know, hypothetically, if United lose,
00:26 they're going to face two weeks of speculation and questions about Ten Hag's future and Ten Hag's position.
00:31 I mean, yeah, it's a big game. I keep saying it's a big game and it's early in the season for United,
00:36 but every game just feels like a massive opportunity for them to turn things around,
00:40 for them to put together a good performance and a good sequence of, you know, a good result.
00:45 I mean, you know, United played 10 games this season.
00:47 I would say that only one of them have they actually played well in, and that was the Crystal Palace game in the Cardboard Cup,
00:52 which, I mean, you know, probably the easiest game of the season in terms of, you know, passing,
00:58 put up much of a fight, rotated quite a bit as well.
01:01 So, and specifically in terms of Brentford, I mean, Brentford have slightly underwhelmed themselves at the start of this season.
01:07 You know, I think they're a model for a lot of Premier League clubs to copy in terms of their recruitment
01:13 and in terms of the way they play and, you know, just the structure of the club.
01:18 But they've only won one of the first seven, I think, this season.
01:21 They do draw a lot of games, drew a lot of games last season as well.
01:25 United have beaten them both times they've played them at Old Trafford.
01:30 Yeah, it's going to be an interesting one. I expect Brentford to sit deep, look to catch United on the counter-attack.
01:36 And United struggle with that quite often, to be honest, to break down well-organised defences.
01:44 And, I mean, look, I just don't have any confidence in United.
01:49 You know, we are, I really, really feel similar to how I felt two years ago with United in terms of that season with Solskjaer and Rangnick.
01:56 That you just go into every game knowing that the opposition, I think, are going to put up more of a fight, are going to be more determined.
02:03 And, you know, United, other than Rasmus Hoyland, there doesn't really seem to be any player there who is willing to stand up and be counted for.
02:11 And, yeah, it's just really not good at the moment.
02:15 And they could really on Saturday do with a good performance and three points ahead of the international break.
02:21 And I should add, actually, I think they can drop as low as 15th, potentially, at the weekend if they lose.
02:25 I mean, beat eight games in the season, potentially 15th in the table.
02:29 OK, take quite a specific set of results and a surprising set of results, but just not good enough for United in so many regards at the start of the season.