The Manchester United Thread

I put my money where my mouth was and bet on this result yesterday. All I need is a Cork Ladies hurling win, Mayo to beat Dublin and 650 bills are mine. :D *silver lining
 
Rooney got the ball during that tackle. Got a small touch on the ball. All you need nowadays it seems.
 
Bad defeat, but all credit to Watford. Put in a really good performance.

So hopefully next weekend we drop Rooney, start Rashford again and play Blind next to Bailly. And get a win :P
 
It's got nothing to do with individuals, there's no point singling anyone out. We're simply not in sync as a unit; no basic understanding, a severe lack of interplay, which I can understand under new management, new staff additions & a under a revamped playing style, but I fear the time it will take to gain that understanding, togetherness & fluency under Mourinho, we may have already conceded too much ground at that point.
 
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RhQQ said:
It's got nothing to do with individuals, there's no point singling anyone out. We're simply not in sync as a unit; no basic understanding, a severe lack of interplay, which I can understand under new management, new staff additions & a under a revamped playing style, but I fear the time it will take to gain that understanding, togetherness & fluency under Mourinho, we may have already conceded too much ground at that point.
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Unfortunately realism and the modern day football fan doesn't fly with all the money spent.

Horrible week for you huh mate? Never saw that coming even taking into account the spot on reasons of the above.
 
I got off work and watched the last 20 minutes. I havent read any of the previous posts but ill comment on what i saw. We looked more likely to score and then "boom!" Mazzari makes a perfect sub. My, that 3 at the back can be good if it's applied right

As for united, tough, tough defeat...kinda feels like the LVG days. The problem is similar to the one lvg had...LACK OF MIDFIELD BALANCE. Playing rooney is simply compensating. I thought mourinho would make it a midfield of 3 with schneiderlin and dump rooney to the bench but alas, 3 losses in a row...reminds me of that spell under lvg.

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Scouseinthehouse said:
Unfortunately realism and the modern day football fan doesn't fly with all the money spent.

Horrible week for you huh mate? Never saw that coming even taking into account the spot on reasons of the above.
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We were outplayed by the best team in England in my opinion, I'm willing to ignore the Europa League game, as in hindsight that defeat to an offside goal more than likely won't prove too costly... unlike slip up's like today. As I said, Watford will cause plenty of teams problems this season, especially the more time Mazzarri has to work with them, but you simply can not lose these type of games (especially coming off the back of a couple of setbacks) and expect to win the title.
 
If Maroune Fellaini stands out as your best player in the middle of the park, you've got a problem
 
Matt419 said:
Oh well, no top 4 for United this season :P

No top 6 as long as Rooney is in the team...
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Yup - shooting ourselves in the foot once again after the Man City match.

Playing a 4231 or indeed the 343 Mou tries when the going gets tough will get us nowhere. We should use the 433 which Mou has mostly used in the past. Forget about accommodating Rooney. A 2cm formation with Pogba and Fellaini/whoever shackles and wastes Pog who anyway will drift into attacking positions leaving the other cm stranded and overrun and the team unable to control the mf. Also it means there' s acres of space between the midfield and the attacking players so ball will hardly reach them.
 
RhQQ said:
It's got nothing to do with individuals, there's no point singling anyone out. We're simply not in sync as a unit; no basic understanding, a severe lack of interplay, which I can understand under new management, new staff additions & a under a revamped playing style, but I fear the time it will take to gain that understanding, togetherness & fluency under Mourinho, we may have already conceded too much ground at that point.
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Idk, it has more to do with balance. If the balance is right, the team will sync well.

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