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Na not a foul for me Linderlof is weak af there he’s having an absolute stinker. Even Shaw, Fernandes and Fred are giving him a bashing.
Seen the good and bad of Rashford this half. Good when he keeps it simple but frustrating af when he beats his man then tries to beat the same man 3 times before losing the ball.
Martial completely anonymous again. And that finish from Fernandes was world class.
Seen the good and bad of Rashford this half. Good when he keeps it simple but frustrating af when he beats his man then tries to beat the same man 3 times before losing the ball.
Martial completely anonymous again. And that finish from Fernandes was world class.
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Should I ask what is mate?
you could be it would be all stars with how this site is very pg now
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Absolute clown show at the back.
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Ah, the match. Wasn’t sure if something else had happened haha.
I feel yer mate. This current Utd incarnation are the SpiceBoys 2.0. Telling yer.
Having experienced it and seeing all the signs, I’d love to say it gets better but this is how it rolls. Flattering to deceive one week whilst being more than capable of throwing in a result like today another.
But then under normal circumstances L’pool and City would be off in the distance together already so enjoy making the most of the unexpected ride whilst its here mate.
Every game is like this. Blunder after a blunder.
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I see Munich have done what Munich always do when they have competition. Flexed their financial power over everyone else in Germany and weakened the competition by boxing Upamacano. Who I know we were definitely interested in this summer on his RC. And Utd have been constantly linked.
So that's put to bed before the summer B/S starts at least.
I thought we were interested in his CB partner Konate who I personally rate as the better defender.
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If anyone has any sense they will stay away from Konate. Top player but injured as much as Jones is.
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We may well be mate. I honestly don't know. I like him but not his injury record. The one thing we need at CH more than anything is regular availability. Even more so with big Virg and JMG coming off their horrific injuries.
But I'm fairly confident Upamacano was high on their list from the past summer they'd targeted for this. And Ben White was the only one they went in for until Brighton priced him out of any COVID market.
It'll be an interesting summer window all around. I personally think it will be pretty dead with a full season of lost match-day revenue, on top of lost sponsorship and TV money decimating clubs around Europe, major players included. But we'll see.
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When you boil it down, the most important 'ability' in any player is 'AVAILability!'
If I'm building a squad, give me a lesser talent who is available to play every game over a World Class talent who say misses 2 in every 5 games in the same position ANY day of the week.
What I might lose in individual difference-making ability I gain in someone I can rely on all season long.
Does anyone know the album Circles by Mac Miller? It's exactly how I feel about United right now.
Fernandes gets us out of jail once again... there is no team execution to a lot of our goals, it's individual moments of brilliance or nothing.
Fernandes gets us out of jail once again... there is no team execution to a lot of our goals, it's individual moments of brilliance or nothing.
We still struggle to create chances against teams like West Br om and Sheffield United, we don't create many chances against most teams, the coaching has to be questioned now. Maguire's excuses rubbed me the wrong way, West Brom is NOT a difficult place to go, they've won ONE game ALL SEASON in PL at home.. Man City went and beat West Br om 5-0 in January
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I never watched the game as I had it down as a comfortable away banker. WBA had conceded 28 goals through the 10 games since they madly drew at Anfield in the gravy slurping meff's second game to our detriment.
It was a massive surprise to see the final score.
The highlighted, along with you're pertinent observation of individual talent overriding that and a P poor defense, have painted a completely false narrative of any progress down to the current league position. When it has been glaringly obvious looking from the outside in all year long. Seen this so many times mate from so many L'pool PL seasons it's uncanny. Along with fans/ media getting lulled into a false picture that we're 'only one or two additions away.' When in reality. just like we always were against Ferguson's great United sides, this current incarnation of Utd is LEVELS behind a fully healthy City and Liverpool.
Is absolutely mad how the media have lulled people into this bonkers narrative that Utd aren't just taking advantage of a perfect storm for them and are genuinely on the up whilst L'pool are on the down. When in reality, a Utd side having its best season in pushing a decade is a mere TWO games ahead of an injury-ravaged L'pool side having its worst spell in a LONG time currently. If you had ANY aspirations of seriously challenging, we wouldn't be ANYWHERE near you given the context of everything this year. You'd be up there clear pushing City with L'pool no threat to that position.
It is strange phenomena as they are leading(i think still) goals scored by club. But think there is still way to go for title challenged attack.