The Manchester United Thread

RedUnited said:
Yeah I'd love for Carrick and Rashford to start as well, but I still think he'll go with Fellaini and Mata as he did the first games.

I hope Rojo is out in January and CBJ takes his place haha, also saw Pereiras game with Granada, looking very mature indeed!
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Promising signs for CBJ and Periera not seen to much of Wilson this season. Heard he's been ok but not scoring when he's played.
 
I wouldn't be surprised to see Schneiderlin play either, I thought he performed his role/job well the other night for a man that didn't kick a ball throughout the Euro's or at all this season.
 
Yeah, gonna be tough competition for that spot next to Pogba with Fellaini and Schneiderlin performing well and we know what we get from Carrick.
 
Hopefully be quite a few goals tomorrow dinner.

Watford are quite the entertaining watch thus far and should be buzzing coming off last weekend.
 
Pep: I'm not going to accept that it is easy because we worked hard to play this well. Bournemouth are the best team we have played in our five matches, so I am very pleased.

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Legend Incredimaria said:
Pep: I'm not going to accept that it is easy because we worked hard to play this well. Bournemouth are the best team we have played in our five matches, so I am very pleased.

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He was referring to the manner in which they played, suggesting his other opponents so far, United included, "just used the long ball" which a tad hypocritical considering his opening goal in the derby was as route one as you'd get.
 
RhQQ said:
He was referring to the manner in which they played, suggesting his other opponents so far, United included, "just used the long ball" which a tad hypocritical considering his opening goal in the derby was as route one as you'd get.
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So De Bruyne should have rejected the chance to score because it was a long ball?
 
damola3 said:
So De Bruyne should have rejected the chance to score because it was a long ball?
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No? When did I say anything like that? This has got nothing to do with De Bruyne or Kolarov (who launched the route one ball), the players have every right to do it and I don't see why some direct passes here & there should be frowned upon, I'm just saying how can Pep come out a week later and criticize that method when it was the very one that saw his side open the scoring in an ultra important game in which they only won by 1 goal a week prior? (not as if that goal didn't matter in the grand scheme of things, they only won by a single goal).

As good as a manager he is, he made a bit of a mug of himself there.
 
Legend Incredimaria said:
There's nothing wrong with long balls but pep is being a hypocrite there

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RhQQ said:
No? When did I say anything like that? This has got nothing to do with De Bruyne or Kolarov (who launched the route one ball), the players have every right to do it and I don't see why some direct passes here & there should be frowned upon, I'm just saying how can Pep come out a week later and criticize that method when it was the very one that saw his side open the scoring in an ultra important game in which they only won by 1 goal a week prior? (not as if that goal didn't matter in the grand scheme of things, they only won by a single goal).

As good as a manager he is, he made a bit of a mug of himself there.
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It wasn't even a criticism. It's media spin. He said that Bournemouth were the best team he's played against because all other teams played a higher proportion of balls long. United did play a higher proportion of long balls vs United therefore he was right. It's not even a dig. Guardiola highlighted that we played long balls into Giroud in order to beat the press when we beat Bayern 2-0 at home last year. Same with Jurgen Klopp who said the exact same thing after the 3-3 draw at Anfield. Opposition fans seem to see the words long ball being associated with their team as a pejorative. A good long ball is a quite legitimate way to beat a press.
 
General observation that's kind of related:

The majority of football fans, and pundits for that matter, need to learn the difference between a good long pass, and a hopeful long ball.

Carry on.
 
Right, Manchester City outplayed us in the first half last week and were overall the much better team, no shame in holding our hands up there, but we really need to bounce back with our full strength league team tomorrow. Watford are no mugs, they'll cause a lot of people trouble this season, especially the more time Mazzarri gets to work with them.

Come on lads!!! Stand up to be counted!
 
Scouseinthehouse said:
General observation that's kind of related:

The majority of football fans, and pundits for that matter, need to learn the difference between a good long pass, and a hopeful long ball.

Carry on.
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Exactly, and in my opinion, Kolarov's was rather hopeful, it's not like it was defence splitting (it needed Ihenacho to head it on). But it's part of the game, simple. If someone tried to dis Iceland's long throw to me, I'd tell them to **** off.
 
RhQQ said:
Exactly, and in my opinion, Kolarov's was rather hopeful, it's not like it was defence splitting (it needed Ihenacho to head it on). But it's part of the game, simple. If someone tried to dis Iceland's long throw to me, I'd tell them to **** off.
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I think you've got it wrong. A long ball is the same as long pass. A clearance is different to a long ball. A clearance is when the ball is knocked away aimlessly therefore is doesn't count on passing statistics. A long ball is when a player had made a deliberate attempt to find another over a specific distance. Iheanacho was playing as a target man. Kolarov deliberately hit him and got it inch perfect. Iheanacho saw the runner and played De Britney in. It was a well worked goal to beat one of the few. United presses.
 
Jumping ahead by a game but I presume the thinking is Utd will put out a similar strong line-up to the one that played in Feyenoord at Northampton given Morinho rarely changes (surprised by so many through the week personally) and always has gone strong the League Cup?

No reason why it shouldn't be similarly strong.
 
I'd start schneiderlin, pogba and fellaini/rooney in midfield.

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When you don't agree with Damola

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Tbh you can't ask for too much more than that, we've been crying out for Rashford to start in the league and he starts. Even though Martial hasn't quite hit the ground running this season, we all know what he's capable of and all he needs is that goal I feel and then he'll be flying again; good to see Mourinho trust him.

A pretty much full strength line-up barring the Schneiderlin in for Fellaini argument, but it's hard to dis the big Belgian as he's been one of our most consistent performers this season.

Very strong line-up, NO EXCUSES here not to bounce back & shoot up to 3rd.
 
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