The old Man Utd Thread

[teddymeow]

Ander Herrera set to leave Manchester United for Paris St-Germain - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47887212

 

I'm disappointed by this.

[Nicky]

fuck him then. i'd not select him for any matches from now until the end

[5R7]

c'mon, its only Barca!...and im the same with Ander, if he is leaving to joing moneybags PSG< and thats the reason, i wouldnt play him, or even have him on the bench!...i mean, he aint tonight!

...not sure what this formation is really...

 

[stephen129]

Yay Fred is playing, I love Fred, he's great!

 

Said no one ever 

 

Much rather have Herrera in his position. I'll be sad to see him leave, I think he's a decent player.

[spork]

I think the problem with Herrera is that he's 30 (or will be very soon?) and was asking for 200k+ per week, which is probably down to the Sanchez disaster more than anything. While it will be a shame to lose him, it would be even more of a shame to have him tied to a 3 or 4 year contract on that wage and at that age when he's presumably going to start beginning to decline in ability.

 

Similar to how we've ended up with Valencia, Young and to a lesser extent Mata. All old fuddy duddies who we can't shift because they are on big wages, so they just end up running down their contracts and leaving for free. 

 

Mctominay will be running our midfield soon anyway so who needs Herrera!

 

 

[5R7]

dont get me started on Sanchez, that shows how utterly inept woodward is! hes fucked over the dressing room completely, and now they all want that amount!

[Stevie]

I'm sweating bullets here... 

[Liamness]

Live by the VAR, die by the VAR.

[Stevie]

I can smell an equalizer 

[5R7]

ya know...we might be one scrappy goa ldown, but we are not playing badley at all!

 

and Scotty...he needs to start every game!

[stephen129]

What kind of header was that?!

[teddymeow]

1 minute ago, 5R7 said:

 

 

and Scotty...he needs to start every game!

Ander Who-rera?

 

 

[Stevie]

Should have been a card there... cheeky bastard. 

[JPL]

Good half that if it wasn’t for the early goal. Bit of a shame that, but it just shows how quickly Barca can pop up and score a goal. Still, I think we’ve been good, but really need to take our chances. Let’s hope we can keep it up for the second half and get an early goal. And Busquets sent off.

[footle]

You'd think from the BT Sport commentary team that ManU were winning 1-0, rather than losing 1-0.

[Nicky]

this is barca remember, they're doing alright (other than the score)

[Stevie]

Were good at creating chances but cant seem to capitalize 

[feltmonkey]

We've played well, but been really wasteful in the final third. That terrible corner typifies it. 

[5R7]

jesus christ the barca players are such fucking divers! an the ref, just fucking gives it!

garbage!

[stephen129]

Ref keeps falling for these Barcelona theatrics. 

 

Fred has actually had a good game.

[stephen129]

Neverending rondos. 

[feltmonkey]

Vidal has been a complete twat since he came on. Should have had a second yellow. 

[Stevie]

VIdal and his cunty hair

[stephen129]

Good performance actually. High tempo, effective pressing, kept Messi quiet. 

 

Shame we couldn't score.

 

Barcelona will undoubtedly score one or two at the Camp Nou. 

 

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[Loik V credern]

McTominay is very tidy, he looks deadly serious all the time. Like the T-1000 out to kill. 

 

Read a comment comparing Fred to Anderson which seems pretty true, he was getting the ball quite a bit centrally and always trying to find runners, but his relaxed style makes it seem he's always content rather than striving for perfection. 

 

Hard to tell if the United second half domination of possession was through players picking up good positions or through Barcelona being awful and sitting off. The quality in the final third from United was so poor, those blindly hit flicked passes were maddening. Needed more composure, and simplicity, a few powerful if straight shots blasted at the keeper to create that uncertainty and increase confidence. 

 

People are criticizing the commentators spin of this being a good performance despite no shots on target. This is a Barcelona side that almost went last season unbeaten in La Liga, that win the league nearly every season with little trouble. Starting to feel like with other teams that dominate their league throughout that by April they're too complacent.

 

It doesn't matter so much about the lack of accurate shots, more the runs in behind nearly coming off and that vertical play looking dangerous. They look beatable. 

[spork]

Rojo at left back. Smalling and Jones in the middle. Dalot on the right. We're going to score and concede some stone cold bangers today. 

[5R7]

little late with my usual post, been out! and Rojo on the pitch...oh dear lol

[Stevie]

1-0 but I'm not happy bacause we are sloppy as usual. 

[5R7]

Pretty poor first half, midfield just not clicking. And mata is just really quite slow, and is taking pogba out of being able to bomb up the pitch.

[5R7]

that was a red...wtf is with the ref