The Official Manchester United Thread (Vol 8)

[stuartmmcfc]

Black can man said:

GTO-3R said:

Woke up this morning feeling fine....

We’re going to smash the scousers on Sunday!

You have the nation behind you too on that one

Count us in.

[anniesdad]

Alpinestars said:

Melchett1905 said:

Just admit you should have said "Rarely looked in trouble" and we'll move on.

Dream on. That’s why your fans didn’t chant for any part of the game (a small whimper at 60 mins or so), and booed.

Never looked in trouble. Bring back Maureen.

It was up to Chelsea to break us down after we took a 2 goal lead and they couldn't. We kept a great defensive shape looking to use counter attack for when Chelsea had committed forward. When they did get a sight of goal, the likes of Herrera, Linda and Shaw were putting in brilliant tackles/blocks. We didn't protect the ball well enough in the second half and kept inviting pressure on ourselves, that's something we can learn from and improve upon but with 10-15 minutes to go I was pretty comfortable knowing that Hudson Odoi and Giroud weren't coming on.

Even if Chelsea had got through the defence, they still had to beat Romero and that's not actually that easy a task!

[easytiger123]

anniesdad said:

Even if Chelsea had got through the defence, they still had to beat Romero and that's not actually that easy a task!

Romero has to be the best back-up keeper in the PL. He'd walk into at least half the other clubs' first teams.

[ORD]

If I may be allowed some negativity (to return to form) - Lukaku was absolutely bloody dreadful last night. It is hard to see how OGS can justify playing him again.

[GTO-3R]

Agree on Lukaku. I don’t think he did anything to assist the team and just wandered about. Sanchez did more in the short time he was on than Lukaku did in his entire game!

[Alpinestars]

ORD said:

If I may be allowed some negativity (to return to form) - Lukaku was absolutely bloody dreadful last night. It is hard to see how OGS can justify playing him again.

He’s st. Sanchez did more in his first 2 minutes than Lukaku did in the whole game.

[anniesdad]

ORD said:

If I may be allowed some negativity (to return to form) - Lukaku was absolutely bloody dreadful last night. It is hard to see how OGS can justify playing him again.

Do you know what though, you can see he's trying. He's not getting any service to do what he does best, which is finish off chances in the box. Rashford put a left foot cross into him last night, he was well positioned to finish it off but the ball didn't get through. His confidence is low but he does have goals in him. He's never going to be Iniesta with a football but he's a nuisance if you can get him in the right areas. I think there's a place for him in the squad. I certainly wouldn't want to take a bath on him just now.

[Alpinestars]

anniesdad said:

Do you know what though, you can see he's trying. He's not getting any service to do what he does best, which is finish off chances in the box. Rashford put a left foot cross into him last night, he was well positioned to finish it off but the ball didn't get through. His confidence is low but he does have goals in him. He's never going to be Iniesta with a football but he's a nuisance if you can get him in the right areas. I think there's a place for him in the squad. I certainly wouldn't want to take a bath on him just now.

He honestly doesn’t work hard enough, has very little footballing intelligence, and that’s before you get to the lack of talent. He’s not a player for this team IMV. I’d love to see the diamond formation with Sanchez (playing well) at the point, and Tony and Rash up front.

[ORD]

Lingard is a far better player than Sanchez.

I also don’t agree that Lukaku tries hard. He runs very little and is still overweight.

[anniesdad]

Maybe time to start talking about Griezmann again.

[GTO-3R]

anniesdad said:

Maybe time to start talking about Griezmann again.

Sancho is exactly what we need, he should be our priority this summer imo and will bring balance to the team on the right side.

[anniesdad]

Alpinestars said:

anniesdad said:

Do you know what though, you can see he's trying. He's not getting any service to do what he does best, which is finish off chances in the box. Rashford put a left foot cross into him last night, he was well positioned to finish it off but the ball didn't get through. His confidence is low but he does have goals in him. He's never going to be Iniesta with a football but he's a nuisance if you can get him in the right areas. I think there's a place for him in the squad. I certainly wouldn't want to take a bath on him just now.

He honestly doesn’t work hard enough, has very little footballing intelligence, and that’s before you get to the lack of talent. He’s not a player for this team IMV. I’d love to see the diamond formation with Sanchez (playing well) at the point, and Tony and Rash up front.

I understand what you're saying. I think he's too heavily one footed as well. Van Persie managed to be a top striker with only one foot but he could play football. To get the best out of him you have to play to his strengths. Aguero was possibly a bit lazy as a striker, preferring instead of getting too involved in the build up to just be at the sharp end sticking the ball in, something we can all agree he's pretty good at. Guardiola has had to coach him into what he is now which is a more rounded player. I think Lukaku will need the same.

I agree too that he looks to be carrying too much weight. If you look back at pics of him 3-4 years ago he looked a lot leaner and was probably sharper. Pre-season conditioning could sort that.

[anniesdad]

GTO-3R said:

anniesdad said:

Maybe time to start talking about Griezmann again.

Sancho is exactly what we need, he should be our priority this summer imo and will bring balance to the team on the right side.

What's the deal with City? Do they get first refusal?

[GTO-3R]

anniesdad said:

GTO-3R said:

anniesdad said:

Maybe time to start talking about Griezmann again.

Sancho is exactly what we need, he should be our priority this summer imo and will bring balance to the team on the right side.

What's the deal with City? Do they get first refusal?

I don’t think they do with him but get a % of the sell on fee. From what I can recall it was the players that left after him (once they realised what a player they let go) that they put on an additional caveat against us buying them in particular. Sad fkers shouldn’t let all their top young talent go in the first place and Pep should actually bring youth through instead of buying success.

[anonymous-user]

Apparently Ole was having a nice chat with Hudson Odoi last night after the game

[dinger]

Sorry, yes I did mean RB, I think Dalot looks ok , and has loads of potential. Young has limitations but can't knock his enthusiasm, but against good eurpeon teams he will be exposed.
Hazard will improve most teams and last night he was a constant threat.
If OGS gets the job and 2-3 good signings the team will be much better taking the fight rather than sticking to counter attacking football as current.

Compared to the football under Maureen ...well he just seems a good fit.

[anniesdad]

GTO-3R said:

anniesdad said:

GTO-3R said:

anniesdad said:

Maybe time to start talking about Griezmann again.

Sancho is exactly what we need, he should be our priority this summer imo and will bring balance to the team on the right side.

What's the deal with City? Do they get first refusal?

I don’t think they do with him but get a % of the sell on fee. From what I can recall it was the players that left after him (once they realised what a player they let go) that they put on an additional caveat against us buying them in particular. Sad fkers shouldn’t let all their top young talent go in the first place and Pep should actually bring youth through instead of buying success.

The perfect time for City to establish and coach a squad of players from their current roster to dominate for the next ten years is now. It'll be interesting to see Foden's development and whether they are prepared to give an opportunity to more academy players over the next couple of seasons. If not, then I expect we will have our answer.

[GTO-3R]

anniesdad said:

GTO-3R said:

anniesdad said:

GTO-3R said:

anniesdad said:

Maybe time to start talking about Griezmann again.

Sancho is exactly what we need, he should be our priority this summer imo and will bring balance to the team on the right side.

What's the deal with City? Do they get first refusal?

I don’t think they do with him but get a % of the sell on fee. From what I can recall it was the players that left after him (once they realised what a player they let go) that they put on an additional caveat against us buying them in particular. Sad fkers shouldn’t let all their top young talent go in the first place and Pep should actually bring youth through instead of buying success.

The perfect time for City to establish and coach a squad of players from their current roster to dominate for the next ten years is now. It'll be interesting to see Foden's development and whether they are prepared to give an opportunity to more academy players over the next couple of seasons. If not, then I expect we will have our answer.

Not going to happen. They just don’t develop youth and it’s only a cash cow for them. I don’t see why any young player would want to go there and I think over the next 5 years none will because they know there is no chance of getting in to the 1st team. Personally I only think they’re using Foden as a “see we are developing youth” player and will only play bit parts. Shame because he’s very very good.

[jammy-git]

GTO-3R said:

Sad fkers shouldn’t let all their top young talent go in the first place and Pep should actually bring youth through instead of buying success.

Hmmmmmm.

[Old Man Fred]

GTO-3R said:

anniesdad said:

GTO-3R said:

anniesdad said:

Maybe time to start talking about Griezmann again.

Sancho is exactly what we need, he should be our priority this summer imo and will bring balance to the team on the right side.

What's the deal with City? Do they get first refusal?

I don’t think they do with him but get a % of the sell on fee. From what I can recall it was the players that left after him (once they realised what a player they let go) that they put on an additional caveat against us buying them in particular. Sad fkers shouldn’t let all their top young talent go in the first place and Pep should actually bring youth through instead of buying success.

They sold Brahim Diaz to madrid and if rumours are to be belived city have a 20% (i think) sell on clause, but 40% if he is sold to united.