The Official Manchester United Thread (Vol 10)

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Adam. said:

200Plus Club said:

Phil Jones it is then. What's your address for delivery? He'll just need fresh straw and some water daily...

Honestly - if he sts outside we’d take him

Pretty sure he’d oblige!

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anonymous said:

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I agree. I dont know what we do to CBs, but I think we could ruin anyone.

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ORD said:

I agree. I dont know what we do to CBs, but I think we could ruin anyone.

I think Phil Jones problem was the same as John O’Shea where he was seen as a versatile player and could be used in a number of different roles, that meant that he was never really seen as a specialist in any area so would always be behind the main player in any position. The fact he also appears to have had has bones, ligaments and tendons replaced by glass and string hasn’t helped him either.

[200Plus Club]

ORD said:

I agree. I dont know what we do to CBs, but I think we could ruin anyone.

For all his critics Maguire snuffed out the expensive city line up with his pal Lindy.
Jones has won more trophies than Tottenham :-) but unfortunately never really progressed and was quite injury prone. We are slowly moving on from the remnants of the Fergie era and I wish him all the best to be fair to the lad.

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200Plus Club said:

For all his critics Maguire snuffed out the expensive city line up with his pal Lindy.
Jones has won more trophies than Tottenham :-) but unfortunately never really progressed and was quite injury prone. We are slowly moving on from the remnants of the Fergie era and I wish him all the best to be fair to the lad.

Did he, though? They had enough chances to get plenty of goals. They misfired upfront.

[200Plus Club]

ORD said:

200Plus Club said:

For all his critics Maguire snuffed out the expensive city line up with his pal Lindy.
Jones has won more trophies than Tottenham :-) but unfortunately never really progressed and was quite injury prone. We are slowly moving on from the remnants of the Fergie era and I wish him all the best to be fair to the lad.

Did he, though? They had enough chances to get plenty of goals. They misfired upfront.

City have been ripping teams apart. We managed them down to a few chances and they scored zero.
I'll take that without complaint

Edited by 200Plus Club on Monday 8th March 21:36

[200Plus Club]

Next big question to be asked is can we get past Milan by showing the same determination and by taking our chances ?

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200Plus Club said:

City have been ripping teams apart. We managed them down to a few chances and they scored zero.
I'll take that without complaint

Edited by 200Plus Club on Monday 8th March 21:36

Oh yeah. Me, too. Loved it. But City did have a fair few decent chances.

[Adam.]

ORD said:

Did he, though? They had enough chances to get plenty of goals. They misfired upfront.

Fair, just watched MOTD2, could have been 3-3, you took your chances they didn’t

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Adam. said:

Fair, just watched MOTD2, could have been 3-3, you took your chances they didn’t

They certainly could have had a couple and been a tight game.
But am not sure Martial took his chance which was easiest of the match !

[franki68]

Don’t think any city chance was clear cut ,but who cares ,United were the better team and the result just .

[uk66fastback]

Sterling missed the ball completely from about four yards ... but then he does that regularly. Between gritted teeth I have to admit your team played very well on the day. That Jesus tackle in the first minute was daft though ...

[franki68]

uk66fastback said:

Sterling missed the ball completely from about four yards ... but then he does that regularly. Between gritted teeth I have to admit your team played very well on the day. That Jesus tackle in the first minute was daft though ...

Yes the penalty shaped the game ,I thought Sterling missed because the pass was sort of behind him .

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franki68 said:

Yes the penalty shaped the game ,I thought Sterling missed because the pass was sort of behind him .

And because he is still, when the dust settles, a bit of a malco.

[franki68]

ORD said:

And because he is still, when the dust settles, a bit of a malco.

Yes ,it’s a Good job our forwards never miss clear cut chances .

[trowelhead]

Luke shaw is a god! Who guessed he would kick on to become one of our best players.

I'd say hes right there with bruno.


Looking forward to seeing more of henderson.

Why is it that maguire/lindelof can play a high line in that game yet in others we get exposed?

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franki68 said:

Yes ,it’s a Good job our forwards never miss clear cut chances .

If I can get away with this without being accused of being a moaner, I think Greenwood and Martial are good finishers, but I am far from persuaded on Rashford (often fails to shoot at all) or Cavani (most air shots I have ever seen).

[uk66fastback]

trowelhead said:

Luke shaw is a god! Who guessed he would kick on to become one of our best players.

I'd say hes right there with bruno.


Looking forward to seeing more of henderson.

Why is it that maguire/lindelof can play a high line in that game yet in others we get exposed?

Citeh never had any runners really ... they prefer to play 700 passes across and back like a lot of the better teams. God, it’s dull to watch, though at times. Played at lightning speed, it’s great but I see so many games where at the merest hint of danger the ball is played back 30 yards. Sometimes, with a swivel-of-the-hips dummy, you could take three players out of the game ... but you rarely see it. Safety first ...

[Gone a bit AMG]

uk66fastback said:

trowelhead said:

Luke shaw is a god! Who guessed he would kick on to become one of our best players.

I'd say hes right there with bruno.


Looking forward to seeing more of henderson.

Why is it that maguire/lindelof can play a high line in that game yet in others we get exposed?

Citeh never had any runners really ... they prefer to play 700 passes across and back like a lot of the better teams. God, it’s dull to watch, though at times. Played at lightning speed, it’s great but I see so many games where at the merest hint of danger the ball is played back 30 yards. Sometimes, with a swivel-of-the-hips dummy, you could take three players out of the game ... but you rarely see it. Safety first ...

Which is why we all love and forgive Marcus and his finishing!

There’s a lovely article on Shaw in the times today. He really has returned to the form just pre leg break. If not better.,

[franki68]

uk66fastback said:

Citeh never had any runners really ... they prefer to play 700 passes across and back like a lot of the better teams. God, it’s dull to watch, though at times. Played at lightning speed, it’s great but I see so many games where at the merest hint of danger the ball is played back 30 yards. Sometimes, with a swivel-of-the-hips dummy, you could take three players out of the game ... but you rarely see it. Safety first ...

This playing around at the back,I have never see so many st goals conceded because teams try to pass it out from the back ,and they simply cannot.The idea is to suck players out of position but its nonsense if you then don't move the ball forward quickly or are not very good at passing.United are especially infuriating at this.