The Manchester United Thread

Theatre of Dreams83 said:
Standard Mourinho/ Utd performance away from home in recent years. Let’s not forget Sevilla are no mugs at home. Could see the plan like RH said. Can’t see them getting that many chances at OT. Would start partnership of Bailly and Lindelöf from now on and let it bloom. Zlatan to score the winner off the bench at home :)
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Hope Shaw plays LB and that we play 4231, Alexis and Lukaku too isolated in attack.. :(
 
RhQQ said:
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Saw what you've been saying on McTonimy (Sp?) tonight bro'.

Not his fault as he's young and learning but he looked woefully inexperienced and out of place out there. Mad how he benched Pogba and rolled with those three in such a game. Although he'll say the end justifies the means I guess.
 
Scouseinthehouse said:
Saw what you've been saying on McTonimy (Sp?) tonight bro'.

Not his fault as he's young and learning but he looked woefully inexperienced and out of place out there. Mad how he benched Pogba and rolled with those three in such a game. Although he'll say the end justifies the means I guess.
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He was our second player player behind DDG easily our best CM. Composed, made good interceptions and passed it off to the better passers in the team and was decent in headed duels. Thought he handled himself very well in a mega tough stadium in his first CL knock out game.
 
Think Mctominay had a good game but nothing special, just good at everything that needed to be done, good to see him keep getting minutes
 
Tonight was probably the best I've seen from him Scouse, which tells you.
 
BTW, probably not a popular opinion to voice on these here pages, but looking without a vested interest in Utd, the Sanchez signing has completely unbalanced your side. Aside from the salary issues potentially unbalancing the egos the changies. You didn't need a left winger as he's consistently playing him and it's knocked on to a couple of other players.
 
Everything is going according to plan.

Be a richest club on the planet, spend 50 trillion on transfers every summer, add one of the best players in the world during winter window, have all the influence and wealth and media attention, hire one of the most decorated managers in history, all to park the bus and play for a draw away against 5th team of the spanish league.

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What a horrific performance lmao. Some of you lot had the audacity to call me a troll when every single thing I said was the truth. The truth is hard to deal with. Imagine benching your best player because he wanted you to play to his strengths and not limit his abilities. Don't give me the sickness excuse, he played Herrera when he wasn't 100% fit. Also, I'd rather have a 50% fit pogba then any of herrera or mctominay. Anyway, I feel sorry for Mctominay, horrific player no doubt, but he shouldn't be part of mourinho's vendetta against Pogba. The club has a choice to make in the upcoming months, pick a finished manager who plays horrific, garbage & gutter football or stick with a generational talent in Pogba, who quite easily is our best player. Also, @ the people who say "Football is a results business, not for entertainment", why the **** do you even watch the game? Just google the score when the game finishes. Imagine having the audacity to say that, football has always been about entertainment!
 
Standard ***** away game. United poor. Home against Chelsea now, got to be better than that.
 
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I kind of agree, the entertainment value from United even when we were not at our best under Fergie was still sky high because we always had that instinct that we would come back or win the game late on.

Now there is no entertainment value, no real identity and we've lost that aura we once had where teams shat themselves and clung on for dear life at the end of games knowing we would go for it.

Core values for United that have been sadly lost. Not just because of Mourinho, it has been a process and combination of failed managerial regimes.
 
Mike. said:
Standard ***** away game. United poor. Home against Chelsea now, got to be better than that.
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Got the result though. Just 0-0's a funny one today the way teams attack. '70's/ '80's that's a great European away job. Today, always feel better with a 1-1. They score Utd, and you can see them not just sitting back, it then gets really panicky needing 2.
 
Scouseinthehouse said:
Got the result though. Just 0-0's a funny one today the way teams attack. '70's/ '80's that's a great European away job. Today, always feel better with a 1-1. They score Utd, and you can see them not just sitting back, it then gets really panicky needing 2.
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You kind of answered it yourself mate, in the modern game away goals are super important.

I'd argue Sevilla have the advantage now because for every one goal they score, we need two.

If we had of got that away goal, it would of given us that advantage and kind of security even if they do score at Old Trafford.
 
I can't work Sevilla out.

They aren't anything like the side they were when we played them Basle two seasons back for their third Europa League in a row. We played them off the park in three halves of footie this year, should have comfortably won both games, lead 4 times, and threw it away to drop 4 points. They got wallopped 5 by Spartak the group who are real poor. Sat what, 5th La Liga. Well outside the CL spots. Not a top outfit by any stretch of the imagination.

Yet they did draw twice with L'pool. Completely dominated Utd last night. And are coming off some ridiculous record of finals home and abroad the last 12 years or so including that record 5 UEFA Cup/ Europa League wins. Like Tottenham have always been here. A real dangerous cup side whenever you face them. Particularly at home in what I'd class, along with Besiktas their old ground, as the loudest and best home crowd I've personally experienced anywhere in recent times.

You naturally dismiss them as 'it's only Sevilla, that'll be an easy tie/ group game.' But they consistently show they are a real threat every year in Cup football regardless of who's playing for/ managing them to their credit.

Real credit to them and success story. Just a deceptive side you still madly underwrite when you pull them.
 
Scouseinthehouse said:
BTW, probably not a popular opinion to voice on these here pages, but looking without a vested interest in Utd, the Sanchez signing has completely unbalanced your side. Aside from the salary issues potentially unbalancing the egos the changies. You didn't need a left winger as he's consistently playing him and it's knocked on to a couple of other players.
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I brought out this some time ago after Sanchez buy.
They dont seem to buy for system to play in. Dont get me wrong, they have bought amazing talent, but thats what they seem to be. Good talent, big name and hopefully do good. Ivan Perisic is Mou player(edit: and beneficial for team) Sanzhes is so so, could be but with different squad.

It really bothered me somehow, how plunt and emotionless Mou was during the game. He just sat in his chair and that was that. Everytime camera showed him he was just meh I wanna go home...
U need that motivation as a player. Even standing up showing some emotion will give u more than when watching towards bench everyone are sitting and chewing gum.
 
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Sanchez isn't the problem. The setup is. We've been struggling since before Sanchez

He shouldn't be playing on the left, should be on the right.

Jose has neglected the middle of the park
 
Jose has caused his own problems. So it's hard to feel sympathy for him. He freely admits that United play best when Pogba does. So it's a failure to not design the system round him.

Doing so would allow him to run the tempo, and United have enough players to finish the game.

The one weakness they have (chuckle brothers aside) is alongside Pogba.
 
Prior to Sanchez signing - when Pogba was advanced left of a midfield trident, he, Martial & Luke Shaw had a beautiful thing going on. Since then, we've switched back to 4-2-3-1, signed Sanchez, stop-started Pogba, and started to prefer Ashley Young as opposed to Shaw.

We've lost fluidity as a result. Coincidence?

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