Club Brugge vs Manchester United Match Thread 26/8/15 k/o 19.45 RTE2 HD.

Hank Scorpio

Herrera is all over the place out there

jayo26

Anders be off at. Half time he hasn't done himself Any favours so far.

Mars Bar

Romero needs to be far more commanding than that. Left Darmian with loads to do

RobertKK

That's Herrera to be subbed at half time or soon after.

Lord TSC

Woody!

Quandary

Herrera on a yellow this early is very dangerous. I'd be subbing him off for Schneiderlin now.

deaddonkey15

Lord TSC wrote: »

In other news, sky is blue

Rooney is continuing on his form...

And everyone else is playing out of their skin?

The Rooney bashing begins...

portcrap

Hank Scorpio wrote: »

Herrera is all over the place out there

Ah come on. Any wonder he's had next not no game time this season so far. It'll take him a game or two to get back into the swing of things

That_Guy

And that is why Herrera probably isn't being picked by Van Gaal. Off the pace.

That_Guy

deaddonkey15 wrote: »

And everyone else is playing out of their skin?

The Rooney bashing begins...

It's not bashing. He's been dreadful. Not being helped by those around him but as a lone striker he should be doing more to make life easier for himself. As it is, he's having a slow start like the rest of them.

Rayne Wooney

It's painful watching United games, like a chore

Maximus Alexander

It's like a lullaby. My eyelids are getting heavy.

MagicIRL

I don't know what's rarer, a goal from #9 Rooney or a forward pass.

That_Guy

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

It's painful watching United games, like a chore

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

It's like a lullaby. My eyelids are getting heavy.

Not even a Manchester United fan but it's either this or talk to the missus in the next room. I've made my choice.

UnitedIrishman

Would help if one of our attackers dropped off the front. 4-2-4 when we have it in the middle third. All well and good but not a run in behind to be seen.

Lord TSC

HE SCORES!

LuckyGent88

Lovely stuff

Trigger

What a run, What a ball. What a finish!

UnitedIrishman

Aboy Rooney!

RobertKK

Yeah Rooney, so good to see you finally scoring.

Strumms

Fantastic move and great finish by Rooney... more please

jayo26

Great goal.

monkey9

Lovely little finish that.

ankles

It just seems over-structured. They seem to be inhibited from improvising. Players also seem pretty static without the ball.

Depay just made my point. Moved out of his "zone", beat players and made the goal

Mantis Toboggan

Give Rooney the chances lads and he will score.

Nolars

rooney what a player

Sand

Rooneys having a mare, joke of a player....oh, nice goal

LostBoy101

Good play for the goal About time Rooney gets a goal.

Great ball from depay
Great finish from Rooney
Oh yes

dubmick

Lovely stuff Depay

Alex Meier

United one up and now should go through. . . . Doesn't mask that this is a fairly nothing performance so far though against a poor team in Brugge.

MagicMarker

Doesn't Rooney know he's past it?

That_Guy

Great ball and nice finish in fairness.

Adamocovic

Lovely pass and lovely finish. Hopefully see more of that in the league and in this game.

Quandary

Delighted for Rooney. Big goal for us. Hopefully the team settle now and turn on confidence.

Lord TSC

Would love the floodgates to open now :P

That_Guy

Alex Meier wrote: »

United one up and now should go through. . . . Doesn't mask that this is a fairly nothing performance so far though against a poor team in Brugge.

Expect it to get worse. They did all their hard work last week. Don't need to do anything really. They can invite Brugge onto them and catch them on the counter.

Why waste energy when most of their players will be playing this weekend?

Mike Smalling is a legend in the making

caviardreams

Ronnie Whelan: "smalling's had a half decent start to the season for once" :rolleyes:

Sand

Poor old Januzaj. Just not in the game yet. Big season for him now he's been given consistent starts in his preferred position.

Strumms

Its been a while since ive seen anyone come on the scene to make the art of defending look as easy and unfussy not to mention classy as Darmian...

Hank Scorpio

Whens the CL draw lads, Friday?

monkey9

Wayne Rooney has been messed about in his career in terms of where he plays. He can do a job in a lot of positions and that seems to be how he's been deployed.

But the bloke is quite simply a striker. Just play him up front and he'll score goals. Lots of them (not that his goal scoring record is too shabby as it is)

Lord TSC

Herrera really is doing nothing for his cause tonight

That_Guy

Brugge's manager is desperate for the "connection to your opponent lost" message to pop up on screen.

Sand

Yeah, hes been poor overall. Hopefully he gets stronger for his own sake.

That_Guy

Hank Scorpio wrote: »

Whens the CL draw lads, Friday?

Tomorrow I think. Though, given how UEFA conduct the draw, expect it to roll over into Friday.

Cypher_sounds

Are cards picked up in the qualifiers discarded in the group stages?

ankles

Lord TSC wrote: »

Herrera really is doing nothing for his cause tonight

Please let him not be taken off at half time. He is still streets ahead of Januzaj. And what our play is missing in terms of forward play

That_Guy

Strumms wrote: »

Its been a while since ive seen anyone come on the scene to make the art of defending look as easy and unfussy not to mention classy as Darmian...

Of all the new signings clubs have made, I've been most impressed with him. When you look at Mangala, Zouma etc, he has slotted in seamlessly to that team. Like he's been there for years.