Manchester United vs Newcastle Match Thread 22/8/15 k/o 12.45 BT1

Liam McPoyle · 22-08-2015 1:29pm

Oranage2 wrote: »

Is Depay Valencia in disguise?

bmcc10 · 22-08-2015 1:29pm

Hernandez for Rooney at ht please shocking

Johner · 22-08-2015 1:30pm

Newcastle have come back into this game well.

pmasterson95 · 22-08-2015 1:30pm

Also Herrera for Basti

Rossi IRL · 22-08-2015 1:30pm

Mars Bar wrote: »

Referees are awful!

This one get a solid 10/10 on the ****ness scale

besty · 22-08-2015 1:30pm

So wasteful again around the penalty area. Newcastle look dangerous on the break.

bmcc10 · 22-08-2015 1:30pm

Decision making in final third is poor

Grid. · 22-08-2015 1:31pm

Shoulda scored there.... 3 on 2.

pmasterson95 · 22-08-2015 1:32pm

I hope Memphis doesnt turn into Nani 2.0

Maximus Alexander · 22-08-2015 1:33pm

I sense this ref is a disaster waiting to happen.

bmcc10 · 22-08-2015 1:33pm

pmasterson95 wrote: »

I hope Memphis doesnt turn into Nani 2.0

Ah ffs

Johner · 22-08-2015 1:33pm

pmasterson95 wrote: »

I hope Memphis doesnt turn into Nani 2.0

He's 21, he's not going to be perfect every game.

Rossi IRL · 22-08-2015 1:34pm

This is a game we could be winning 4 or 5 - 0 .

All our crosses are been driven on the ground cause we have no height to aim for.

Need to buy some height up front or just use Fellaini when he isnt suspended.

pmasterson95 · 22-08-2015 1:35pm

Johner wrote: »

He's 21, he's not going to be perfect every game.

True but his indecision at the end was quite poor.

Rossi IRL · 22-08-2015 1:35pm

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

I sense this ref is a disaster waiting to happen.

Judging by his last performance, his strategy seems to be completley **** over 1 team and give the other team everything.

Roquentin · 22-08-2015 1:38pm

they look exhausted after midweek. we will be doing well if we win this one by 1-0 now. should have been 2-0 up after twenty, but then our work rate dropped. they look tired.

PhlegmyMoses · 22-08-2015 1:40pm

Yeah, ref has had a nightmare. Forget the offside, because it's a tough call to make, but letting one team come through the back of the other on every tackle, especially when it is the team under the cosh, is fecking infuriating to watch.

Korat · 22-08-2015 1:41pm

Utd very unlucky not to be a couple of goals up. Could be one of them days.

Johner · 22-08-2015 1:41pm

There you go, it was offside.

That_Guy · 22-08-2015 1:42pm

We've been very fortunate to still be in this game. We've been showing signs of defensive improvements but there's still a lot of last ditch stuff going on which leaves me worried.

Mbemba is not a RB and is having a Jekyll and Hyde game. Wouldn't be surprised to see Steven Taylor moved out there

That Rooney goal was onside for me. A bizarre and fortunate decision for us anyway.

Our passing has been ok but nobody is showing for it. Too deep at times and nobody busting a gut to get down the wings for an overlap to at least give us a chance.

We've had a few half chances and I thought Mitrovic had scored. He looks to be the type of striker we've been missing for a while. For all the talk of him being a rash character, he's been very composed and has held the bell up very well thus far. Even more impressive since Smalling has been all over him when trying to win headers.

We're being exposed in midfield. Nobody closing the ball down. Anita and Colback are pretty lightweight and are allowing Mata to run into acres of space with no attempt to win the ball until it comes to the edge of the box.

Obertan is useless. On the counter attack and he just stops our progression up the pitch by dragging it back, stopping and allowing the opposition to get back into position. He's poison.

Wijnaldum has shown some deft touches. He's linking up well with Mitrovic and Perez.

I don't think it'll be too long before we bring Thauvin on but I'd go ahead and take Anita off and Tiote on. Bit more bite in midfield perhaps.

We're doing ok but we're making things difficult but we've kept Rooney quiet... for now.

adox · 22-08-2015 1:42pm

Roquentin wrote: »

they look exhausted after midweek. we will be doing well if we win this one by 1-0 now. should have been 2-0 up after twenty, but then our work rate dropped. they look tired.

Wouldn't agree with that. Newcastle were bound to come back in to it. Along with Schweisteigers injury it seemed to knock Uts momentum a bit.

Keep the same eleven second half and just go at it again.

Rossi IRL · 22-08-2015 1:42pm

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Yeah, ref has had a nightmare. Forget the offside, because it's a tough call to make, but letting one team come through the back of the other on every tackle, especially when it is the team under the cosh, is fecking infuriating to watch.

Villa seemed to be doing the same to us and got away with it, i always thought that coming through the back of a playing was an auto foul.

besty · 22-08-2015 1:44pm

There's a bang of Chicarito-off-the-bench-to-score-a-late-winner about this one.

United should really be 2 up at this stage and the longer it goes without a goal in the second half, the nervier it will become. Rooney is far too isloated and coming too deep - we lack a focus up front through the middle.

Still, a fairly entertaining game so far.

Grid. · 22-08-2015 1:44pm

Poor Scholes is a cringey pundit.

bmcc10 · 22-08-2015 1:46pm

Grid. wrote: »

Poor Scholes is a cringey pundit.

He's very much correct though with no runners from midfield its really hurting the team

That_Guy · 22-08-2015 1:46pm

Grid. wrote: »

Poor Scholes is a cringey pundit.

Not a peep out of him for years and now you can't shut him up.

MythicalMadMan · 22-08-2015 1:46pm

Giggsy11 wrote: »

lol. Poor try. 1/10.

Was going to reply 0 because it made no sense what so ever. What did you give the mark for spelling?

pmasterson95 · 22-08-2015 1:47pm

Like to see Rooney drop deeper with Chica up top.

PhlegmyMoses · 22-08-2015 1:48pm

Rossi IRL wrote: »

Villa seemed to be doing the same to us and got away with it, i always thought that coming through the back of a playing was an auto foul.

It generally is but in the 3 games so far this season it has felt like there has been a directive change it has been so prevalent. It is so effective for the defending team because the attacking team lose confidence when they are receiving the ball to feet after a while.