The Official Manchester United Thread [vol 7]

[57Ford]

There’s a distinct lack of ‘game face’ in the tunnel. All very jovial.

[57Ford]

I wonder if it’s as hard for them in the sunshine as it is for me watching on telly.
That Matic booking was damned harsh. 2 fouls, neither of which was dangerous. Hope the ref doesn’t spoil this.

[GT03ROB]

57Ford said:

I wonder if it’s as hard for them in the sunshine as it is for me watching on telly.
That Matic booking was damned harsh. 2 fouls, neither of which was dangerous. Hope the ref doesn’t spoil this.

Nice tactics..... 2 bookings both for fouling Hazard .... wonder what he strategy is

[57Ford]

GT03ROB said:

57Ford said:

I wonder if it’s as hard for them in the sunshine as it is for me watching on telly.
That Matic booking was damned harsh. 2 fouls, neither of which was dangerous. Hope the ref doesn’t spoil this.

Nice tactics..... 2 bookings both for fouling Hazard .... wonder what he strategy is

I meant Matic’s two fouls. Yes, our game plan will include pressing one of the world’s best players and denying him space to create problems.
Oh and btw, did you see darling Edin’s cynical foul for his booking? Irrefutable.

[GLENNRED]

Pogba looks really poor today.

Seems well off the pace of the game.

[57Ford]

GLENNRED said:

Pogba looks really poor today.

Seems well off the pace of the game.

I don’t know that he’s particularly bad. Maybe the setup hasn’t gelled today enough to cope with their quick movement. We’re still in it, I forecast 3 more goals before the hour mark.

[chow pan toon]

Not a Man Utd fan but would just like to say how much I enjoy seeing a goal scored when a defender is rolling round like they've been shot. Even better when, had that defender bothered to get up, he'd probably have stopped the goal.

[57Ford]

Got to give massive credit to Lukaku for both goals. The way he stayed the fk out of the way so he couldn’t bks it up was masterful.

[Chris Stott]

Handbags in the dug out

[ORD]

Shambles at the end. Sitting back as ever. When will he learn?! Why not try to actually win the game?

[200Plus Club]

ORD said:

Shambles at the end. Sitting back as ever. When will he learn?! Why not try to actually win the game?

Never happy. Point at Chelsea having nearly beaten them on their turf after how we've been playing.
Should've been 3 points but we've shown we can play when required.

[ORD]

200Plus Club said:

Never happy. Point at Chelsea having nearly beaten them on their turf after how we've been playing.
Should've been 3 points but we've shown we can play when required.

We desperately needed the points. 1 point is 1 point. Not worth a damn when we will be 9 points of the lead by the end of the weekend.

2-1 up and Chelsea were deflated. But we sit back and wait for the equaliser. It would make some sense if we had good centre backs. But we don’t, so it will always end badly if we invite pressure.

[Gone a bit AMG]

ORD said:

200Plus Club said:

Never happy. Point at Chelsea having nearly beaten them on their turf after how we've been playing.
Should've been 3 points but we've shown we can play when required.

We desperately needed the points. 1 point is 1 point. Not worth a damn when we will be 9 points of the lead by the end of the weekend.

2-1 up and Chelsea were deflated. But we sit back and wait for the equaliser. It would make some sense if we had good centre backs. But we don’t, so it will always end badly if we invite pressure.

It's a fking long season. We were 30seconds from being 4 off top. There's fking ages left. And it's not as if Chelsea are st, we haven't scored there for 3 years and they

I look forward to seeing us go toe to toe with Juve on Tuesday. This team is starting to gel now. They'll take that on the chin and kick on further.

Great to see Evra and Gill with Woodward.

[ORD]

It’s not a bad result, but 3 points would have been so bloody nice!

[Alpinestars]

Gutted. Thought we were very good at times in the second half. But shouldn’t have taken Tony off.

[200Plus Club]

It's a good result at Chelsea to almost come away with 3 points. They have a good record from scoring first at home. It will keep the wums fed up for a week or so lol.
Juve will be interesting now it looks like some teamwork has returned.

[Alpinestars]

It was great to see players putting their foot in and some fight returning.

[Gone a bit AMG]

Alpinestars said:

It was great to see players putting their foot in and some fight returning.

I agree, it's coming together. It's fight that's been lacking.

Come on Tuesday.

[bstb3]

Yep thats actually not a bad result in the circumstances of late. Frustrating to have been winning until the last minute, but it's not like we haven't done that to plenty of others before. Martial looking good (disclaimer I've only seen the highlights of the goals..)

Sounds like we tried to shut up shop again though? There's a lesson that needs learning there. Also some aggro at the end with Jose caused by the Chelsea bench or something? Classy bunch.

[Alpinestars]

Taking martial off was just wrong. He made the same mistake at West Ham. He’s on a Hat trick, Chelsea chasing the game - leave him on!