The old Man Utd Thread

[spork]

Wonder how @Chu Chu Chris will fit this referee performance into his narrative. I imagine he'll ignore it like all of the other times this season 

[Liamness]

A miserable performance regardless though. Everton clearly deserved the point at least. We're useless against any side that's organised and gets back quickly.

[feltmonkey]

I wasn't able to watch the game, so I ended up having to listen to it on the generally godawful 5live. They spent the entire match going on about how awful United were, how we were lucky to still be in the game, that Everton were by far the better team. How accurate is that assessment? I'm dubious because it also sounded like we hit the bar a couple of times and had a goal disallowed. They didn't talk much about that. They said it was very close, then went quiet for a couple of seconds while they watched a replay, then commented that the linesman was well-positioned. No mention of whether it was actually offside or not.

[Liamness]

It was attack v defence, to an increasing degree of ridiculousness, after Everton scored. Honestly both teams should've done better; we had so much of the ball it was incredible how few clear chances we fashioned (well, maybe not if you've watched us at home recently), and Everton had excellent opportunities on the break that they squandered. Lukaku was pretty wasteful tbh, and seemed to be getting pelters from his team mates for his work off the ball.

[Adrock]

23 hours ago, Nicky said:

Shaw shouldn't have any excuses. he's had since coming back from injury on 2nd Jan to work hard and be fit.  José obviously doesnt think he's doing the business.

 

Was the 2nd his return from the leg break? I'd suggest such a drastic injury will take a lot longer than 3 months to recover from. Mentally as well as physically.

 

He needs plenty of time to recover but i think Mourinho has shown throughout his career he doesn't do patience. He wants the finished article.

[Nicky]

no, the 2nd was a return fro ma groin injury. he was back from the leg break in mid july last year.

[feltmonkey]

Mourinho always has one player he inexplicably picks on. Joe Cole, Juan Mata, even Casillas at Real Madrid. Shaw's a rough one to pick though - he's a brilliant player who's trying to make his way back from a horrific injury.

[dizogg]

Lukaku was terrible, he looked tired. At least 2-3 times he just had his head down and smashed a shot at the legs of one of your defenders when playing a ball to a team mate would have given Everton a great chance.

[ManLikeColonel]

8 hours ago, spork said:

Wonder how @Chu Chu Chris will fit this referee performance into his narrative. I imagine he'll ignore it like all of the other times this season 

 

 

So so you think that's two points dropped because of the ref? I don't know cause I didn't watch it.

[5R7]

de gea injured, apparently a knock

[feltmonkey]

Fellaini captain. Hmm.

[5R7]

yeah...that seems to be the general feeling on the pic on FB as well...why not zlatan!? can only think hes gone with longest serving first team player...which is concerning as well...

[Liamness]

Would've gone for either Herrera or Fellaini, either's fine. Have a lot of injuries in defence, so I guess it doesn't matter too much who's picked, they're way down the pecking order and it's just one game.

 

Strong, v attacking line up. Pereira, Rashford and Martial on the bench too, so can spice things up further if needed. Hope it's a high scoring game, we need our forwards to regain some confidence.

[5R7]

 

10 minutes ago, Liamness said:

Strong, v attacking line up. Pereira, Rashford and Martial on the bench too, so can spice things up further if needed. Hope it's a high scoring game, we need our forwards to regain some confidence.

thats JOEL Pereira...he's a keeper the other Pereira is on loan in spain, and doin ok!

[feltmonkey]

Personally, I'm hoping for a hat-trick for Luke Shaw. It'd be interesting to see what angle Mourinho took when slagging him off after the match.

[Liamness]

Ah. Confusing, like the Lingard / Lindegaard situation a few years ago.

[5R7]

it is disappointing to see him slag of shaw so much, but i think hes trying to get shaw to actully mature and become more determined, and turn round and say " fuck you jose, ill show you!"  which is what he wants him to do.

 

its not really confusing...unless, you dont play a ridiculous amount of football manager, and know all the youth players too lol.

shame he hasnt brought callum gribbin into the first team fold yet, that kid looks incredible!

 

[feltmonkey]

We've been rubbish so far.

[5R7]

aye, we need to smash em for 6! its prob the best game to try and get out goal difference up...especially as sunderland have to try, so it should be open!

[Liamness]

We've been a bit crap, passing in the final third has been a bit wayward, but Zlatan shows his class and we're one up. Goal out of very little indeed.

[5R7]

ffs, i got bored and went to get a snack...come back and missed the goal lol

[feltmonkey]

No #Zlatantime?

 

If you ask me we've still been rubbish. Just rubbish with Zlatan up top. He hadn't done anything before that, and had been having a terrible match.

[5R7]

even i think that was a bit harsh of a red...

but, maybe we can try and score some more !

 

of course, we will prob lose a player now, to "even things up"

[feltmonkey]

WTF? That's never a red.

[Liamness]

You see them given, he's gone over the top of the ball.

 

Pretty much confirms Sunderland's relegation for me. He's one of their best players, this game is a write off now, and they won't have him for the next three games. Probably too late to climb to survival after all that.

[feltmonkey]

The red card isn't going to help us. The ref will see it at half time, realise it was harsh, and try to even it up in the second half.

 

I'd put money on Luke Shaw getting a second yellow. That's the obvious "narrative" and Premier League games have a strange habit of following narratives these days.

[5R7]

yep, i hope he pulls shaw off.

 

and woop! now, a couple more would be good!

[feltmonkey]

Nice finish, terrible defending, and that is surely game over.

[5R7]

needed that! lets hope the go for one more!

[Liamness]

So many unnecessary yellows this game! Darmian takes a Sunderland player out on the break - what exactly is the point of that when you're three up and the game's almost finished?

 

Lovely combination for the goal.