Manchester United vs Athletic Bilbao Match Thread. K.O 8.05pm 3e & Channel 5

kryogen

lordgoat wrote: »

DDG number 1.

bout time carrick is coming on. at last we'll have one CM on the pitch.

SAF's tactics are a joke tonight. Not for the first time.

This is spot on, how he can keep getting his tactics so wrong in Europe this season is very worrying. Shows how much we miss a good AM too

shadowcomplex

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

The worrying thing is that Ferguson doesnt seem to realise the limitations of his players.
Anyone who has seen Bilbao play this season knows how dangerous a team they are.
Ferguson said he wants to win the Europa league yet he puts out a Carling cup team .
Show Bilbao some respect .

As for the standard of the Premier league ,its the worst ever.

this isnt very far off our first team

CongoPowers

Athletic fans have been amazing.

Turtyturd

Bad miss...that was a decent chance.

niallo27

Jones is running around like a headless chicken, he is a liability.

MagicMarker

Nani for Park please.

kryogen

Bilbao must actually be pissing themselves though, probably expecting a tough time of it here, up to this season United at OT in Europe was daunting for anyone!

This is like a training match at times.

Mikeyt086

kryogen wrote: »

This is spot on, how he can keep getting his tactics so wrong in Europe this season is very worrying. Shows how much we miss a good AM too

I BLAME MIKE PHELAN!

:pac:

Al Capwned

hahaaaaa -

Fergie - "foookin ell..."

kryogen

Chico took wayyyyyyyyy too long with that.

Copper_pipe

Ouch my toe

Kylo Ren

Took too long.

rebel girl 15

Can't believe Hernadez didn't hit it first time

kryogen

Mikeyt086 wrote: »

I BLAME MIKE PHELAN!

:pac:

I don't, I blame Alex Ferguson.

Mars Bar

Why not shoot with your right Hernandez?!

Nemanja91

Get Nani on and actually have our wingers run at defenders.

MagicMarker

First appearance in 4 months?! :eek: That's not right is it?

kryogen

Jesus Christ

kryogen

Oh good, Rooney is playing left wing.

adox

New experimental tactics: two cms. :pac:

seriousfizz

Well that isn't exactly the substitution that's needed... how can even Fergie know how Anderson will play here?

kmart6

Are we trying to hold out for a draw or something?!

MisterAnarchy

niallo27 wrote: »

Jones is running around like a headless chicken, he is a liability.

Its not so long ago that he was being hailed as an England legend ,the next Bobby Moore.:rolleyes:

Mikeyt086

niallo27 wrote: »

Jones is running around like a headless chicken, he is a liability.

He has been terrible tonight. Actually, all his appearances in Europe have been poor, but he has never played in Europe before as he's only 19, so he needs to be cut a bit of slack. Cant deny he might well cost us this match tonight though.

kryogen

It really wouldn't be a bad time to actually have a go at Bilbao now, they must be getting tired playing with such a high intensity for an hour

kryogen

Bout time he was booked

kryogen

seriousfizz wrote: »

Well that isn't exactly the substitution that's needed... how can even Fergie know how Anderson will play here?

Good chance he won't be any worse then Park, Jones, Rooney etc

TheFullDuck

Mikeyt086 wrote: »

He has been terrible tonight. Actually, all his appearances in Europe have been poor, but he has never played in Europe before as he's only 19, so he needs to be cut a bit of slack. Cant deny he might well cost us this match tonight though.

WRONG!

He turned 20 two weeks ago

Pro. F

kryogen wrote: »

This is spot on, how he can keep getting his tactics so wrong in Europe this season is very worrying. Shows how much we miss a good AM too

It's not a tactics thing at all imo, it's all about quality. United's second string isn't good enough against teams like this.

Mikeyt086

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Its not so long ago that he was being hailed as an England legend ,the next Bobby Moore.:rolleyes:

Dont make yourself look like a tit. He's 20.

And he 100% will be by the way.

kryogen

Be nice if we had a striker in the squad who could play with his back to goal, hold the ball up, take it under pressure and keep hold of it, bring the other players into the game consistently

Oh wait

kryogen

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Its not so long ago that he was being hailed as an England legend ,the next Bobby Moore.:rolleyes:

So he can't have a bad game?

Did Bobby Moore never ever have a bad game?

Mars Bar

That did look sore.

Their manager is a bit bananas isn't he?!

TheFullDuck

Mikeyt086 wrote: »

Dont make yourself look like a tit. He's 20.

And he 100% will be by the way.

G.K.

Get Rooney off the wing...

Kylo Ren

kryogen wrote: »

Be nice if we had a striker in the squad who could play with his back to goal, hold the ball up, take it under pressure and keep hold of it, bring the other players into the game consistently

Oh wait

Utter nonsense. I think we should of played Berbatov tbh.

rebel girl 15

Great save!

CongoPowers

Muniain brilliant again.

lordgoat

ah yes playing 1 up front, with our best striker on the wing when we need a goal. Genius.

Also will someone tell Anderson he's allowed come onto the pitch.

F-ucking joke.

Mr.Crinklewood

It's 1 v 11.

Nuri Sahin

What a ball.. good save yet again.

kmart6

DDG MOTM!

Mars Bar

He's some keeper...

Paul Tergat

wow, another ****e home performance in europe

drumlover22

De Gea with another good save. Best player out there.

kryogen

Pro. F wrote: »

It's not a tactics thing at all imo, it's all about quality. United's second string isn't good enough against teams like this.

So picking Jones and Giggs in the centre, playing Park, now putting Rooney left wing and putting Jones at cb when he has not looked comfortable there at all, and is having a shocking match in general is not poor tactically?

playing Hernandez up front alone, which has never worked, is not poor tactically?

Seriously, Fergie is allowed to be questioned.

Mars Bar

Great tackle Anderson!

Your Airbag

MagicMarker wrote: »

Jesus, that must have been some gash on Smalling's head to begin with, he shouldn't have started if it was that bad!!!

It was. He and Huntelaar clashed heads in the England Netherlans friendly. Smalling was opened up and needed stitches, both players were taking to hospital. Huntelar broke his nose, lost a couple of teeth and fractured his jaw. Joe Heart was wiping blood off the pitch.





By the looks of it Smalling is still not right.

kryogen wrote: »

This is spot on, how he can keep getting his tactics so wrong in Europe this season is very worrying. Shows how much we miss a good AM too

Maybe he underestimates the Europa league and level of oponent. He could even think we were harsh done by to be dumped out of the CL.

We are being exposed in Europe this season as a team with a lack of quality in central midfeild.

Kerrydude1981

Why cant Utd just shoot,Young bearing down on goal passes to Giggs,no one in the box to aim for ends up in the keepers hands

kryogen

Keno 92 wrote: »

Utter nonsense. I think we should of played Berbatov tbh.

So which part was utter nonsense then? Did you miss that I was talking about Berba? Or did I miss that you got it