Messi didn't have an outstanding campaign in the knockouts for a while now, either.
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Messi didn't have an outstanding campaign in the knockouts for a while now, either.
The boy band of football.
Put Roy Keane in my team any day.
Yeah, could he do it in a cold rainy night in Stoke and all that
That's fair, but he's having a mad season. One of his best. Credit to the boys for having him quiet all game.
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You'd expect him and Barcelona to be pushing far more next Tuesday at home than the controlled, disciplined display tonight.
Really solid, competent away European performance from them which could well have resulted in a wider scoreline. That said the Dalot 'header' (term used VERY loosely) could have undone their hard work. WTF was he doing there?
Semedo and Jordi Alba are great at the final third, so the more defensive-minded Young and Dalot at the wing-back was supposed to deny them space.
Worth noticing that both of them also play always wide, whilst Martial, for instance, will look to cut inside. I guess he wanted us to stretch Barca's defence wide open so Lukaku and Rashford would face Piqué and Lenglet in a 1x1 situation.
Tbh, if they unleash the dogs against us in Camp Nou, they will give us the space we need to score. If they decide to just pass the ball around, we're fcked.
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I genuinely didn't think they were impressive tbh. PSG played much, much better at OT than barca. PSG's performance is what you can call "controlled, disciplined display". Don't remember us creating a single good opening
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Psg played really good football in both legs. Fortunately for us Neymar was injured.
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Don’t know how anyone can say Barca were average think we made them look that. Except for the first 15 and the last 10 when we completely sat off them. We were the better team. We pressed really well, stopped them playing out from the back and got stuck in and completely stopped there flow of play. They created 1 good chance except from the goal. You could see by there body language which was mentioned by BT and the American stream I was watching that they had been in a game.
We lacked a bit of quality and composure in the final 3rd wasting 2 fantastic chances. We play like that again at there place, will be hard I know. But we can definitely get something
We lacked a bit of quality and composure in the final 3rd wasting 2 fantastic chances. We play like that again at there place, will be hard I know. But we can definitely get something
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If Mctominey and Fred step up like they have done recently Herrera definitely won’t be missed.
We'll definitely need to get two central mids now though.
Have a sneaking suspicion we will go all in for Rabiot now. Still think it's a mistake to be targeting him, but considering the rebuild, he can be a "cheap" option. Although, what he will do in terms of damage to the dressing room remains to be seen. Also, we should definitely (and by reports, seem to) be targeting Alderweireld. At 25 Mn, it's a cinch. He's really good, albeit a short term option. But he's cheap, which leaves us with more money to be hunting for a FB, CM and RW.
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Agree mate defo 2 needed 1 starter top class and a good squad option. Agree with regards to Rashford he clearly has it all but he’s still young enough to have spells of rashness and inconsistency. Lukaku should be starting all the time imo. With Rashford and Martial either side.
Meh I don't know guys, honestly there is so much work to do in the summer. I'm not convinced even our best players even want to stay either especially Pogba if we're not in CL.
For me the biggest priority has to be West Ham now, that is a must win game and given our form I'm not all that confident. This team isn't consistent enough and when they play in quick succession they tire too easily.
A lot of work to do, we have a very slim chance at the Nou Camp but it's still open as 1-0 is recoverable. I hope we actually go for it though, that was our biggest mistake last night. Giving them too much respect and then when they scored we actually started to press and they didn't like it.
Wouldn't say Barca are anything special based on last night, would fancy a few other teams in the competition to beat them in all honesty.
For me the biggest priority has to be West Ham now, that is a must win game and given our form I'm not all that confident. This team isn't consistent enough and when they play in quick succession they tire too easily.
A lot of work to do, we have a very slim chance at the Nou Camp but it's still open as 1-0 is recoverable. I hope we actually go for it though, that was our biggest mistake last night. Giving them too much respect and then when they scored we actually started to press and they didn't like it.
Wouldn't say Barca are anything special based on last night, would fancy a few other teams in the competition to beat them in all honesty.
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It will defo be him or Williams on the bench. Laird only played couple of games since long off so maybe factor into things. Both are good tbh but Laird is a special talent.
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Lee O’Connor could be another one Zz been training with the first team the last 3 weeks. Sbragia and **** have targets of him playing first team football next season. And arguably been our best and most consistent academy player for the last 4 yrs. And has been training with his National first team also the last few times they have met up.
Edit! Just seen he’s been added to the CL squad for the Barca reverse leg and will be with the traveling squad at the weekend
Edit! Just seen he’s been added to the CL squad for the Barca reverse leg and will be with the traveling squad at the weekend
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Thoughts on these quotes from Ogden and Mitten. Kind of agree tbh. But the replacements need to be right!
Herrera a good, honest player who is very useful but is his loss being a little overstated because he scores high on the "gets it" spectrum.
Lots of noise around Ander Herrera to PSG, as though United are selling their soul by failing to keep him. It’s a sign of where United are that people are mourning his departure. An honest squad player at best, but not one who will make United compete for the PL / CL.
Herrera a good, honest player who is very useful but is his loss being a little overstated because he scores high on the "gets it" spectrum.
Lots of noise around Ander Herrera to PSG, as though United are selling their soul by failing to keep him. It’s a sign of where United are that people are mourning his departure. An honest squad player at best, but not one who will make United compete for the PL / CL.
Pretty much agree with what they are saying about Herrera but considering our current situation it would have ben nice to keep him as he is a good squad player and even those are quite hard to come by these days. I know what they mean by people rating him highly due to the supposed club ethos, but I don't think enough players these days really connect with fans like him ad Mata as well tbf do. He clearly has a connection with the club, but ahh well in all honesty he isn't irreplaceable.