Man United v Southampton, Old Trafford, Sunday 11/1, 4pm SS1

Nailz

I remember when Big Val used to make those sort of runs almost every game, namely in his first season with us, it's great to see a little bit of that back in him again. Rooney's goal against the Scouse came from that very same thing.

SherlockWatson

MagicIRL wrote: »

I would put Herrera on for Mata and play Rooney further up.

Rooney has been ****. Leave Mata on the pitch, we need possession players against southampton.

FutureGuy

FutureGuy wrote: »

United's arracking players are completely disjointed. No one knows who's doing what.

In fairness to smalling he's trying to play the ball in mid but players not making themselves available enough

Rooney in mid is driving me mad, both him and di maria are playing in the wrong position its so obvious

kingshankly

If mata had of kept going there instead of speaking could have been in
Van Persie looking very sharp

MagicIRL

**** sake Di Maria. Wake the **** up.

keeponhurling

Not a great game so far. Hope second half is better

Robson99

Di Maria has been poor

A Dub in Glasgo

Di Maria has been woeful and should be hooked at HT

RobbingBandit

It's like watching some kid unsuccessfully try to play a through ball game on Fifa.

SherlockWatson

If I see another outside of the foot flick I might ****ing kill someone, Jesus!!

edgecutter

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

Di Maria has been woeful and should be hooked at HT

Really? Who do we put on? Wilson?

Headshot

2 ****ing woeful teams to watch at the momet

A Dub in Glasgo

edgecutter wrote: »

Really? Who do we put on? Wilson?

Anyone would be better than ADM

Hank Scorpio

Been pretty solid defensively.. Attacking wise a different story

RobertKK

Need more of that quality play from Mata in the second half.

Pighead

Lots of people focusing on Rooney's poor play but Di Maria has been worse. Poor shooting, a couple of awful set piece deliveries (which he has been guilty of quite a few times in his Utd career) and losing possession pretty cheaply. He hasn't played much lately and it's showing.

LuckyGent88

Only positive from that half was that we were quite comfortable at the back and Southampton didn't create anything.

Other than that, we have been pretty poor. Got into good positions at times but not creating real chances.

OwaynOTT

edgecutter wrote: »

Really? Who do we put on? Wilson?

Herrera and put Rooney up further?

Will I Amnt

What a load of boring sh*te. All the possession you want and still can't create a decent chance.
We are sh*t in the final third for a while now, no 2 ways about it.

Nice from mata there

All in all first half poor, formation is poor and playing players in incorrect positions doesn't help

Lvg sort it out

FutureGuy

Dreadful 45 minutes. Rooney and ADM particularly bad but that formation is horrible, especially at home.

edgecutter

3-5-2 isn't working and it seems that everyone can see that bar Van Gaal. Smiling and Jones have been the players that have seen the ball the most and we are never going to win games if that continues.

Rooney and Shan need to get their heads into the game, both have been poor. Hopefully Herrara will see some game time or a change of formation would be nice. Can't afford another draw.

Oranage2

Jeebus, death by boredom!

darced

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Mr.Crinklewood

I got out of a bath with Mrs Crinklewood to watch that!!!

Nalz

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Only positive from that half was that we were quite comfortable at the back and Southampton didn't create anything.

Other than that, we have been pretty poor. Got into good positions at times but not creating real chances.

Rooney and Di Maria have been disappointing

Mata and Rvp not flying but showing a lot of energy commitment. They seem up for it

I wish Shaw and Valencia had an end product

edgecutter

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

Anyone would be better than ADM

He is only back and looks the only player with pace that can cause southampton problems.

FutureGuy

this game is made for Herrera.

Andersonisgod

Pretty poor stuff. Southampton not creating much, solid without the ball but look capable of shooting themselves in the foot when they have it at the back. Fonte especially always looks like he has a mistake in him.

Poor stuff from Man Utd all around really. Mata has had a couple of moments but they've been fleeting, Di Maria's decision making has been woeful.

edgecutter

FutureGuy wrote: »

Dreadful 45 minutes. Rooney and ADM particularly bad but that formation is horrible, especially at home.

No reason to be playing it when the whole squad bar young is fit.

FutureGuy

FutureGuy wrote: »

this game is made for Herrera.

Another wonder goal would help

RobbingBandit

FutureGuy wrote: »

this game is made for Falcao.

FYP.

kingshankly

Rooney hasn't been that bad do Maria looks off the pace

keeponhurling

From Bbc commentary:


Robbie Savage
BBC Radio 5 live at Old Trafford
Man Utd 0-0 Southampton
Posted at
"How great it is for two teams third and fourth in the Premier League table to see so many Academy products in both starting line-ups."

Number of players in United's starting line up from the academy: zero.

Nice bit of trolling there !

SherlockWatson

kingshankly wrote: »

Rooney hasn't been that bad do Maria looks off the pace

What game are you watching, Rooney has been ****. Utterly ****.

LuckyGent88

Trilla wrote: »

Rooney and Di Maria have been disappointing

Mata and Rvp not flying but showing a lot of energy commitment. They seem up for it

I wish Shaw and Valencia had an end product

Very disappointed in shaw to be honest. Thought he would be really up for this game. No end product and just turns back to blind everytime.

Cantona's Collars

kingshankly wrote: »

Rooney hasn't been that bad do Maria looks off the pace

Rooney seems to hate a simple pass even if it's the best option,too many times trying a fancy chip forward or a diagonal ball to the right where it's led to nothing.
Swap him with ADM who's pace through the middle from deep will cause problems.

kingshankly

kingshankly wrote: »

Rooney hasn't been that bad do Maria looks off the pace

Can't be serious?

Timmyctc

United have been poor in general. Rooney hasn't been that much worse than the rest tbh.

Mr.Crinklewood

Time for a creame egg

Paul Tergat

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

Time for a creame egg

See that the packs of 6 that they used to sell has now been cut down to 5 and sold at same price? Outrageous.

This is more entertaining than that first half

RobbingBandit

RVP and Di Maria had a couple of good link up chances, fml I hate the ads on Sky Ireland.

OwaynOTT

Will I Amnt wrote: »

What a load of boring sh*te. All the possession you want and still can't create a decent chance.
We are sh*t in the final third for a while now, no 2 ways about it.

Pisshorn football I think it's called.



Why isn't Falco not in the squad? Injured?

Mr.Crinklewood

Paul Tergat wrote: »

See that the packs of 6 that they use to sell has now been cut down to 5 and sold at same price? Outrageous.

This is more entertaining than that first half

Oh I thought the packs of three had been replaced with packs of five,and cost a little bit more.

PhlegmyMoses

Di Maria has been very off the boil since even before his injury. Hopefully he can find some semblance of form.

Unsurprising that Southampton have such a good defensive record. Good shape and the two in the middle screen well. Need to make sure they don't nick a goal before we get one or else it'll be a draw at best.

kingshankly

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Can't be serious?

Maybe it's jusy me but utd fans are quicker to criticise rooney more than any othe like gerrard at liverpool
Honestly thought there was worse on the pitch maybe it's confirmation biases as I'm a closet rooney fan

Mr.Crinklewood

RobbingBandit wrote: »

RVP and Di Maria had a couple of good link up chances, fml I hate the ads on Sky Ireland.

Better than the adverts on NBC

Paul Tergat

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

Oh I thought the packs of three had been replaced with packs of five,and cost a little bit more.

See they are deceiving us all over the place.

LuckyGent88

Great defending from shaw

kingshankly

Smalling must be related to martin skirtel