The Official Manchester United Thread (Vol 10)

[Frimley111R]

ORD said:

VAR strikes again. So crap.

What? Do you mean the offside at the end? So a highly accurate offside decision is a bad thing?

[ORD]

Frimley111R said:

What? Do you mean the offside at the end? So a highly accurate offside decision is a bad thing?

Yes. I would rather have wrong decisions that goals disallowed 2 minutes after they are scored. It’s terrible entertainment.

[dickymint]

Schmeichel was the difference in that game.

[anonymous-user]

unident said:

Gone a bit AMG said:

I don’t either, new manager bounce whipped up to a frenzy, that’s Chelsea under Tuchel for me.

Can’t agree with the boring city though the football they’ve been playing is sublime. And in Phil Foden they have a gem. Fortunately an English gem .

I just find the whole tippy tappy sideways and backwards football depressingly boring. It’s like Liverpool in the 70s (according to my dad). I know there’s an attempt to score and fair play that’s more than most teams do, but it’s still mindnumbingly boring.

England are the worst at that. Playing rubbish teams like San Marino and Albania, we wasted at least 30 minutes playing the ball across the back four at least three times before even thinking about crossing the halfway line. We should be ripping into these teams for 90 minutes with no let up for them.
Then play someone decent and we just give the ball away with poor passes when a simpler one would have done.

[anonymous-user]

That was part of Fergies genius imo

We could absolutely destroy teams or hold the ball, keep possession and break them down that way

Modern managers seem to have a Plan A and very rarely much else

[unident]

anonymous said:

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I’ve been saying that for a lot this season about the way we play. We need to get after the lesser teams and stop playing out from the back. Playing two defensive midfielders doesn’t help us

[uk66fastback]

unident said:

Gone a bit AMG said:

I don’t either, new manager bounce whipped up to a frenzy, that’s Chelsea under Tuchel for me.

Can’t agree with the boring city though the football they’ve been playing is sublime. And in Phil Foden they have a gem. Fortunately an English gem .

I just find the whole tippy tappy sideways and backwards football depressingly boring. It’s like Liverpool in the 70s (according to my dad). I know there’s an attempt to score and fair play that’s more than most teams do, but it’s still mindnumbingly boring.

This type of game simply did not exist back then to the boring level it is now due to the pitches being so poor. Players actually tackled then further up the pitch, instead of all this ‘Don’t try and win the ball, but get back in formation, two banks of four’ rubbish we are subjected to.

[unident]

uk66fastback said:

This type of game simply did not exist back then to the boring level it is now due to the pitches being so poor. Players actually tackled then further up the pitch, instead of all this ‘Don’t try and win the ball, but get back in formation, two banks of four’ rubbish we are subjected to.

Your lot had 64% of the ball yesterday. That’s a full hour of football (excluding added time and the lost time to throwing, free kicks etc) and only managed 3 shots on target from that. Two of those were after you went behind and in the last 5 minutes when you were chasing the game. That’s what I just don’t understand about this new football style, there’s no Plan B, let alone C, D, E, F etc. With less than two minutes to play the ball was still being passed sideways in midfield between three of your players when there was zero chance of any Leicester player coming out to try to win it from you. How any manager can encourage or tolerate this is mental.

[franki68]

uk66fastback said:

This type of game simply did not exist back then to the boring level it is now due to the pitches being so poor. Players actually tackled then further up the pitch, instead of all this ‘Don’t try and win the ball, but get back in formation, two banks of four’ rubbish we are subjected to.

'tackle ' ..what does this mean ? I vaguely remember a word like that from along time ago.

[unident]

franki68 said:

'tackle ' ..what does this mean ? I vaguely remember a word like that from along time ago.

It’s when you used to get a yellow card last season and this season you get a straight red on the advice of VAR and then it’s overturned on appeal.

[ORD]

Not trying to score is a weird tactic. It’s the dominant one!

[ORD]

VAR strikes again. Rules out a good goal for West Brom.

[200Plus Club]

ORD said:

VAR strikes again. Rules out a good goal for West Brom.

I wouldn't admit to ever watching the Scousers....
Lucky barstuards look like scraping 4th at the mo then according to BBC sport!

[uk66fastback]

unident said:

Your lot had 64% of the ball yesterday. That’s a full hour of football (excluding added time and the lost time to throwing, free kicks etc) and only managed 3 shots on target from that. Two of those were after you went behind and in the last 5 minutes when you were chasing the game. That’s what I just don’t understand about this new football style, there’s no Plan B, let alone C, D, E, F etc. With less than two minutes to play the ball was still being passed sideways in midfield between three of your players when there was zero chance of any Leicester player coming out to try to win it from you. How any manager can encourage or tolerate this is mental.

I don’t support anyone bud, so no skin in the game, so to speak.

[dickymint]

Managed not to see any results until MOTD now - was absolutely gutted to see the dippers keeper nick it......until I realised Alisson's back story. Had a little man cry and opened another can of cider ....... well done lad

[57Ford]

dickymint said:

Managed not to see any results until MOTD now - was absolutely gutted to see the dippers keeper nick it......until I realised Alisson's back story. Had a little man cry and opened another can of cider ....... well done lad

Yeah, stuff all the rivalry, I was bloody chuffed for him. Great header too!

[Adam.]

ORD said:

VAR strikes again. Rules out a good goal for West Brom.

Come off it, the offside player was a metre in front of the keeper and directly blocking his view of the ball as it was headed towards goal.

In what world is that not interfering (other than BFSs)

And thanks for the nice sentiments on Allison, seems a lovely guy and a tough year

[ORD]

Not sure I saw the best view. I’m horribly biased against VAR now, to be honest. I hate it.

Anyway, cracking goal & story for the keeper.

[Adam.]

ORD said:

Not sure I saw the best view. I’m horribly biased against VAR now, to be honest. I hate it.

Anyway, cracking goal & story for the keeper.

It was very clear on MOTD2, though I hear you on VAR this call was right.

“Interfering with play” is another unnecessary over-complication of the offside rule, would like to see it scrapped or anything in the box is assumed to be interfering.

[200Plus Club]

Martial and James in contention for Tuesday. At least it's a few more options who could play vs wolves at the weekend.
McGuire fit for the final would be a big boost though.