Manchester United vs Everton Match Thread. 5/10/'14 k/o 12.00 BT Sport.

Billy86

There must be a LOT of disappointed posters lurking on this thread right now, probably had their post ready and all for "when" Baines scored. :pac:

Pyjamarama

Headshot wrote: »

Thats why he's among the top 3 goalies in the world

He's a superb keeper but not in the top 3. Was a good save but not a great peno.

Harry Palmr

Talksport taking Rojo apart in the HT summary.

Harpy

**** Yeah!!!!phew that could of been a disaster just before half time...

alchemist33

nice_guy80 wrote: »

How's European football treating united?

Oh, wait

And the award for most irrelevant post of the day goes to...

PhlegmyMoses

niallo27 wrote: »

Was it a pen. Didn't shaw get the ball. I'll have to see it again.

Even if he did, Friend was always going to give it.. Dying to get involved

LostBoy101

It's always going to be a peno when you slide tackle a player from behind, even if you got the ball.

sReq | uTeK

I don't think it was a penalty l, we really are not getting any luck with ref's this season.

Good half our movement and play has overall been good, I think we've taken our foot off the peddle since the goal and allowed them back into it a little bit aside from that a good half.

Front 3 look better without Rooney. I'd leave mats as the 10 and alternate the 3 strikers. Much better I feel this way

keano25

He's being he's bravely he's Spanish Dave he makes great saves he never shaves...

sReq | uTeK

LostBoy101 wrote: »

It's always going to be a peno when you slide tackle a player from behind, even if you got the ball.

He came in from the side though? Well a. The an angle definitely not from behind

niallo27

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Even if he did, Friend was always going to give it.. Dying to get involved

Looked like a stone wall when watching it in real time in fairness.

s8n

sReq | uTeK wrote: »

I don't think it was a penalty l, we really are not getting any luck with ref's this season.

Good half our movement and play has overall been good, I think we've taken our foot off the peddle since the goal and allowed them back into it a little bit aside from that a good half.

Front 3 look better without Rooney. I'd leave mats as the 10 and alternate the 3 strikers. Much better I feel this way

I agree - Shaw was reckless but got enough on the ball. Never a Peno

8-10

Headshot wrote: »

Thats why he's among the top 3 goalies in the world

Huh? He was 3rd choice for an awful world cup side only a few months ago.

Billy86

Andersonisgod wrote: »

What? Who exactly are the other two?

Over the last 2 years I would take Neuer and Courtois over him, and have DDG on par with a few others just below those two.

Pyjamarama

keano25 wrote: »

He's being he's bravely he's Spanish Dave he makes great saves he never shaves...

huh!?! Very early to be this drunk i think..

Liam McPoyle

Billy86 wrote: »

There must be a LOT of disappointed posters lurking on this thread right now, probably had their post ready and all for "when" Baines scored. :pac:

Ya but we dont have European football, plus we spent alot of money in the summer.

Thats what really matters.

Larry Wildman

rarnes1 wrote: »

Because he saved a pen?

What a banal post.

Nobody's claiming that he's a top 'keeper because he saved a penalty.

The point is that that top class 'keepers pull off saves at key points in games.

It's their MO.

Nailz

ADM, Rafael and McNair all had good halves, and of course Big Dave saved a penalty, but the standout man for me has been Blind, he's just incredible. The midfielder we've all wanted for the past 7/8 years!

Rayne Wooney

8-10 wrote: »

Huh? He was 3rd choice for an awful world cup side only a few months ago.

kryogen

8-10 wrote: »

Huh? He was 3rd choice for an awful world cup side only a few months ago.

lol like that has any relevance whatsoever

shrewdness

Big save at a crucial time, well done Dave.

Will I Amnt

Thank f*ck for Dave at the end there. Don't think it was a penalty myself, I was sure Shaw got to the ball first.

edit: Maybe it was on second viewing, could have gone either way.

irishfeen

Very solid half from United - a win here could be massive for the season.

IncognitoMan

Andersonisgod wrote: »

What? Who exactly are the other two?

You're dying to get in here and tell us how brilliant Courtois is aren't you

LostBoy101

sReq | uTeK wrote: »

He came in from the side though? Well a. The an angle definitely not from behind

I'll have a look at it again and if the player goes down then the ref will always give it. I remember Gary Neville saying a player will go down in the box with any form of contact and the ref normally always gives it.

PhlegmyMoses

niallo27 wrote: »

Looked like a stone wall when watching it in real time in fairness.

Never in doubt Niallo

Andersonisgod

Billy86 wrote: »

Over the last 2 years I would take Neuer and Courtois over him, and have DDG on par with a few others just below those two.

He's certainly a talented goalkeeper whose done well to establish himself as Man Utd number 1 but I feel safe in saying over the course of the last 2 seasons he hasn't been amongst the top 3 keepers in the world.

sReq | uTeK

Nailz wrote: »

ADM, Rafael and McNair all had good halves, and of course Big Dave saved a penalty, but the standout man for me has been Blind, he's just incredible. The midfielder we've all wanted for the past 7/8 years!

Have to agree he's the vital cog we've been missing for all those years, he always makes himself available and is always getting into great covering positions. He's just a really intelligent player who does the simple things correctly. LOVE IT

Andersonisgod

IncognitoMan wrote: »

You're dying to get in here and tell us how brilliant Courtois is aren't you

I don't have to, you'll see it for yourself later today.

sky88

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Talksport taking Rojo apart in the HT summary.

Has he been bad? Only seen last 10 minutes he seemed ok to me

Nailz

niallo27 wrote: »

Looked like a stone wall when watching it in real time in fairness.

Absolutely. Even if he did get the ball I don't think he should've dived in, it looked like an ill-thought out decision from Shaw in the first place.

darced

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Kerrigooney

Was looking forward to this game but it's piss poor.

8-10

kryogen wrote: »

lol like that has any relevance whatsoever

Of course it does. Casillas is first choice for Spain, because he's a better keeper than de Gea, and he still is. de Gea is not one of the top 3 in the world. Chelsea alone have 2 keeper's better than him IMO

MagicMarker

Headshot wrote: »

Thats why he's among the top 3 goalies in the world

No it's not.

westernfrenzy

Glad that pen was saved

Billy86

Andersonisgod wrote: »

He's certainly a talented goalkeeper whose done well to establish himself as Man Utd number 1 but I feel safe in saying over the course of the last 2 seasons he hasn't been amongst the top 3 keepers in the world.

Which is why I said he is tied up with a few in the tier under Neuer/Courtois.

Maximus Alexander

I just love Di Maria. That is all.

Will I Amnt

sky88 wrote: »

Has he been bad? Only seen last 10 minutes he seemed ok to me

No, I don't remember him making a mistake, definitely not a performance to be "ripped apart" over.

sReq | uTeK

LostBoy101 wrote: »

I'll have a look at it again and if the player goes down then the ref will always give it. I remember Gary Neville saying a player will go down in the box with any form of contact and the ref normally always gives it.

Oh look, in real time it looked stonewall, even said it myself. Sadly the ref's don't have the benefit of 20 replays. It was a hard decision to make and the linesman is probably blindsided with the position it happened in.

I can understand the decision in real time. This is why I think each team should get 1 challenge a game, kinda like the NFL. It would also probably take a lot of pressure off ref's also

PhlegmyMoses

Kerrigooney wrote: »

Was looking forward to this game but it's piss poor.

Agreed. Everton have been brutal and United very narrow so both teams gcoughing up possession in the middle

Larry Wildman

Larry Wildman wrote: »

What a banal post.

Nobody's claiming that he's a top 'keeper because he saved a penalty.

The point is that that top class 'keepers pull off saves at key points in games.

It's their MO.

DDG saves a penalty. - "That's why he's in the top 3 keepers in the world"

AdamD

8-10 wrote: »

Of course it does. Casillas is first choice for Spain, because he's a better keeper than de Gea, and he still is. de Gea is not one of the top 3 in the world. Chelsea alone have 2 keeper's better than him IMO

Bollocks

Rayne Wooney

8-10 wrote: »

Of course it does. Casillas is first choice for Spain, because he's a better keeper than de Gea, and he still is. de Gea is not one of the top 3 in the world. Chelsea alone have 2 keeper's better than him IMO

Lolz

Wasn't, for example sake, Coutinho left out altogether of the Brazil team??

Absolutely rubbish player so

Larry Wildman

Very impressed with McNair. Calm and assured on the ball. Had the sense not to hack Lukaku down in the box when other more experienced players would have done just that. Great header won against Lukaku too.

Excellent half from Rafael also.

mikeym

Good save De Gea.

Headshot

lol quite funny getting worked up over someones opinion of a player

Hibbert the best RB in the league too while we're at it

Mr.Crinklewood

sky88 wrote: »

Has he been bad? Only seen last 10 minutes he seemed ok to me

Keeps putting McNair under pressure with some really weak cross field passing.

bmcc10

8-10 wrote: »

Of course it does. Casillas is first choice for Spain, because he's a better keeper than de Gea, and he still is. de Gea is not one of the top 3 in the world. Chelsea alone have 2 keeper's better than him IMO

Casillas currently isn't as good as DDG biased or not he just isn't, Classic case of what wasn't broke with del bosque and rightly so.

PhlegmyMoses

8-10 wrote: »

Of course it does. Casillas is first choice for Spain, because he's a better keeper than de Gea, and he still is. de Gea is not one of the top 3 in the world. Chelsea alone have 2 keeper's better than him IMO

Casillas has been off form for around 2 years. I don't think Cech is better than De Gea either.

Not into definitive lists anyway. De Gea is great. So are all the other keepers mentioned