The Official Manchester United Thread (Vol 12)
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Can I just say as a neutral yesterday (ok I didn't really want Liverpool to win) that that turned out to be a very entertaining game. Not sure how Liverpool didn't win that in the first half as they really had you under pressure most of the time.
Good substitutions, despite the crowd chanting "you don't know what you're doing"
City Utd final?
Good substitutions, despite the crowd chanting "you don't know what you're doing"
City Utd final?
That was phenomenal yesterday. Great passion, determination and workrate all around.
Kudos to ETH who made bold substitutions, and instead of then shutting up shop again after the equaliser simply continued with his gung ho approach. Really good.
I also thought Dalot was absolutely superb, particularly in the first half. He has really come into his own these past few weeks, and looked really commanding. He was comfortable receiving the ball on the half turn, pinged some great passes around the place and knew when to drop into the middle to give us an extra man in there.
Results in the league went our way too, with both Spurs and Villa dropping points. Top Four and an FA Cup win? Never say never
Kudos to ETH who made bold substitutions, and instead of then shutting up shop again after the equaliser simply continued with his gung ho approach. Really good.
I also thought Dalot was absolutely superb, particularly in the first half. He has really come into his own these past few weeks, and looked really commanding. He was comfortable receiving the ball on the half turn, pinged some great passes around the place and knew when to drop into the middle to give us an extra man in there.
Results in the league went our way too, with both Spurs and Villa dropping points. Top Four and an FA Cup win? Never say never
simon800 said:
That was phenomenal yesterday. Great passion, determination and workrate all around.
Kudos to ETH who made bold substitutions, and instead of then shutting up shop again after the equaliser simply continued with his gung ho approach. Really good.
I also thought Dalot was absolutely superb, particularly in the first half. He has really come into his own these past few weeks, and looked really commanding. He was comfortable receiving the ball on the half turn, pinged some great passes around the place and knew when to drop into the middle to give us an extra man in there.
Results in the league went our way too, with both Spurs and Villa dropping points. Top Four and an FA Cup win? Never say never
Echo those comments about Dalot. When he signed a new long term deal, and then lost his place in the team i had a bad feeling he was another player we wouldn't be able to get rid off. Kudos to ETH who made bold substitutions, and instead of then shutting up shop again after the equaliser simply continued with his gung ho approach. Really good.
I also thought Dalot was absolutely superb, particularly in the first half. He has really come into his own these past few weeks, and looked really commanding. He was comfortable receiving the ball on the half turn, pinged some great passes around the place and knew when to drop into the middle to give us an extra man in there.
Results in the league went our way too, with both Spurs and Villa dropping points. Top Four and an FA Cup win? Never say never
It seems he has got better and better this season, and showing he is a very good right back. Delivers a cracking cross, comfortable on the ball, and as you say is willing to show for it and relive pressure from team mates.
Very impressed with his development.
Proper game of football and I've just about calmed down. The scouser who sits next to me in work "is off" today funnily enough 
Echo what others have said really and we've got a very good bunch of young players coming through which Ineos need to build on/around.
Special mention to Dalot too, who is arguably becoming one of the best right backs in the prem
Echo what others have said really and we've got a very good bunch of young players coming through which Ineos need to build on/around.
Special mention to Dalot too, who is arguably becoming one of the best right backs in the prem
LF5335 said:
Nice and personal again I see. I’m still here, just on holiday chilling. Watched the match and thought it was a cracker. Ecstatic about the result, plus the performance was a huge improvement on previous ones.
Pleased all round.
Nothing personal whatsoever so don't get your knickers in a twist, you're not that important. Assumed you'd been banned again with your lack of comments midway through and then after. Obviously notPleased all round.
Gordon Hill said:
I think that we have an outside chance of catching Villa and Spurs if we can put a run together of 3 or 4 wins. Neither of them is pulling up any trees at the moment and seem to be struggling, it all depends on finding some consistency.
It's going to be an interesting run in for sure. All of us have tricky fixtures left, all of us are capable of randomly not turning up one game or another. It could go down to the wire, it really could. Martinez should be back after the International break too, which is another boost for us.With the added benefit of at least one more trip to Wembley it's suddenly looking a bit better again. Amazing what a single result can do to the atmosphere. Does that mean we are too fickle? Probably - but then the advantage is the emotional high is better I guess.
Watching the highlights again (probably for the 10th time) - that poor young lad in the crowd in not knowing whether to cheer or cry after Amad scored, he knows what it means to be a United supporter now I think
Forester1965 said:
Have seen enough false starts since SAF left that I'm going to avoid gaining hope until we look like a solid team over time rather than running along the edge of a knife with our bootlaces undone every single match!
Agreed. I don't think we'll win the cup tbh, but at least they are making something of a team effort now.The future under Big Jim should get better in time.
MiniMan64 said:
Still can’t believe we basically finished with Maguire up front and Bruno at CB…
Elite tactics from ETH.Put Bruno and Antony in defence and Maguire up front.
Had the Liverpool players so confused they thought they were shooting in the wrong net and ended up assisting 2 Utd goals.
The latest interview with Big Jim seems to suggest that there will be no more big money transfers and he is intent on taking the club in a completely different direction so no Joao Neves at £100 million.
It seems that future transfer strategy will be finding players before they cost a fortune. I favour this approach, it may not yield instant success and may entail another couple of mediocre seasons but long term I think that this is the way to go.
It seems that future transfer strategy will be finding players before they cost a fortune. I favour this approach, it may not yield instant success and may entail another couple of mediocre seasons but long term I think that this is the way to go.
It's certainly a more sensible approach than Ed Woodward's "We can do things in the transfer market other clubs can only dream of" statement that lead to each and every other club thinking (and usually proving) they could bend us over on fees.
I think it's the right approach - unless there is a specific generational talent available that fills a crucial gap, for example, but they should be very much the exception than the rule.
I think it's the right approach - unless there is a specific generational talent available that fills a crucial gap, for example, but they should be very much the exception than the rule.
Gordon Hill said:
The latest interview with Big Jim seems to suggest that there will be no more big money transfers and he is intent on taking the club in a completely different direction so no Joao Neves at £100 million.
It seems that future transfer strategy will be finding players before they cost a fortune. I favour this approach, it may not yield instant success and may entail another couple of mediocre seasons but long term I think that this is the way to go.
I would be happy with that as well. I think transfer fee's are going to be significantly reduced anyway across the board with everyone worried about FFP. It seems that future transfer strategy will be finding players before they cost a fortune. I favour this approach, it may not yield instant success and may entail another couple of mediocre seasons but long term I think that this is the way to go.
Plus lots of good value players around, if you do your business early and scout players who will be good in a year or so. No need to be going out and spending 100m on a player as you can see they don't always work out.
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