Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2018

KH25

I genuinely don’t know what’s wrong with the team. They’re all playing terribly.

J. Marston

I really cannot understand the shítness of the passing.

Drumpot

Wonder will Jose do what he did at HT against Chelsea and somehow sort this poor performance out.

ElChe32

Second to every ball.

Liam McPoyle

With the amount of energy Palace have poured into this half we have to come out all guns blazing in the second.

That looked sore, hope all ok

GSPfan

astradave wrote: »

At least he is ****in trying something

Who isn’t?

bangkok

Lukaku waiting for the ball again. Needs to waken up

Lord TSC

KH25 wrote: »

I genuinely don’t know what’s wrong with the team. They’re all playing terribly.

Tbh, I feel since they realised the league was gone, they've all turned down a gear or two. There's no fight, no desire in them, like they aren't all that bothered...

How Soon Is Now

For all the going on about Chelsea before the game by sky what can be said about united in the first half!!

Defence has been awful but expected that when seen smalling and Lindelof. No one else has been much better really but Pogba is driving me insane!!

He should be bossing this game driving us on but jesus he has ducked everything. If he honestly thinks this is good enough he can **** off cause its not worth having him when he's this way.

KH25

KH25 wrote: »

I genuinely don’t know what’s wrong with the team. They’re all playing terribly.

Scapegoat Pogba tho
Seems to be the thing to do

BenK

Would like to see Martial and Rashford playing. Lingard and Sanchez have been poor.

secman

Our work rate and movement is absolutely pathetic when compared to the top 2 sides in the PL... WTF did they work on during the week on the training ground ? ? ? Looks like they just watched Mary Berry for the fcking week

Drumpot

Keep wondering if there is an Asprilla effect with the arrival of Sanchez.

Will I Am Not

We have some very good players but we are a sh*t team.

DM_7

What a pile of ****e.

Shocking to get that with such a good amount of time to prepare for the game, one of the few games in this run where they had time to get ready for it.

PhlegmyMoses

Whatever about the Newcastle game, we had ample chances to put then to the sword and just didn't take them. This game is absolutely dog**** though. No urgency. Awful passing. No leaders, no width.

Mars Bar

BenK wrote: »

Would like to see Martial and Rashford playing. Lingard and Sanchez have been poor.

Martial is injured

Tom.D.BJJ

Not good enough.

Quandary

Business Cat wrote: »

With the amount of energy Palace have poured into this half we have to come out all guns blazing in the second.

This is the problem though, palace haven't had to kill the,selves to contain us. They've just been organised and aggressive.

We are so slow in our build up play that it's almost a dream to defend against us.

adox

Palace look like they have an extra man out there. That tells you all you need to know about the effort both sets of players are putting in.

Palace for all their limitations are committed to what they are doing in both def nice and attack. Utd are tentative.

I’d expect subs on the 60 minute mark from Jose.

PhlegmyMoses

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Whatever about the Newcastle game, we had ample chances to put then to the sword and just didn't take them. This game is absolutely dog**** though. No urgency. Awful passing. No leaders, no width.

There is width tho

Lingard and Sanchez keep playing it centrally

Young was completely free multiple times on the left

Unearthly

One of the worst 45 mins ever. Players not up to it tonight. Will take a massive change in attitude to get back in it

KH25

M!Ck^ wrote: »

KH25 wrote: »

I genuinely don’t know what’s wrong with the team. They’re all playing terribly.

Scapegoat Pogba tho
Seems to be the thing to do

He’s having a very poor game too though. I’d expect far more from him in a 4-3-3. That said they’re all playing dreadfully. I don’t know what Young has done to be in the team. Alexis’ passing is all over the place. Matic looks shattered. Smalling looks lost. Lindelof the same. Even Valencia is off tonight.

bangkok

adox wrote: »

Palace look like they have an extra man out there. That tells you all you need to know about the effort both sets of players are putting in.

Palace for all their limitations are committed to what they are doing in both def nice and attack. Utd are tentative.

I’d expect subs on the 60 minute mark from Jose.

Id expect 3 subs at half time that has been pure rubbish

StringerBell

Thanks to those who pm'd/

Not sure how much more of this dog**** I can stomach though.

PhlegmyMoses

BenK wrote: »

Would like to see Martial and Rashford playing. Lingard and Sanchez have been poor.

And then Martial and Rashford would be **** and we'd be saying Lingard and Sanchez should start. It's a weird situation.

BenK

Mars Bar wrote: »

Martial is injured

Was wondering why he wasn't in the squad. Rashford deserves a go at least. Think his pace, movement and directness could cause problems and create space for others too.

adox

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Scapegoat Pogba tho
Seems to be the thing to do

He’s probably been the worst of a bad bunch imo.

Don’t think he’s been scapegoated at all. No one has said it’s all down to him but he has been utter drivel.

Lord TSC

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Scapegoat Pogba tho
Seems to be the thing to do

Mick, in all fairness, the team is built around him. He's held to a higher standard because he's meant to be our elite player. And yet he's messing up very simple passes. He's our playmaker and isn't making any plays. He's lost the ball repeatedly, and has gone down at gusts of wind.

Yes, other players are having very poor games too, but don't act as if Pogba isn't the one who dictates our formation and has presented himself as the supposed heartbeat of the team. He's had plenty of time to settle, and yet is sauntering round like he doesn't give a **** tonight.

bangkok

Jose wont last long at the club if our performances continue going like this

Nolars

The whole team has been utter **** and all ya see on here is people blaming pogba.

RobbingBandit

1,000 hours wouldn't be enough this time, Lindeloff should Lindle off

PhlegmyMoses

M!Ck^ wrote: »

There is width tho

Lingard and Sanchez keep playing it centrally

Young was completely free multiple times on the left

One player isn't width against a team dug in and defending with two banks of four inside the width of their 18 yard box. They need to be drawing players out to create space. We are getting suffocated in the middle.

How Soon Is Now

I actually don't wanna see the Liverpool match at weekend if this is what where gonna get.

BenK

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

And then Martial and Rashford would be **** and we'd be saying Lingard and Sanchez should start. It's a weird situation.

I more mean I'd like to see them come on (know Martial isn't available). Didn't really have any issue with Sanchez and Lingard starting but they've been poor up to now.

It is a strange situation though, seems to be a real malaise with the team at the moment. When's the last time they've genuinely played well against any kind of decent team, never mind against relegation fodder.

pjohnson

Did Pogba himself not bítch about wanting to be in a 3 man midfield? Dreams come true and this is what he produces? The whole teams been changed to accomodate him and he is poison.

GSPfan

McTominay has been crap too, just remember that if we win and someone wants to claim he was excellent!

We will limp to a 4th place finish this year and it’ll be seen as a step in the right direction but we will be further from winning the league as City have gone so far ahead of where Chelsea were last year.

Drumpot

I do wonder if top players can struggle challanging for second. Look at real Madrid in Spain.

It’s not an excuse, but an effort to understand how these kind of performances can be put in. I don’t care what tactics the team plays, passing 10 yards and putting in some hard work for the team cannot be blamed on the coach. No tactics would matter with the way they are playing.

In the last week since the Chelsea match I haven't thought about football a whole lot, I was preoccupied by other things.

Clearly this is also true for most of that team out there.

S.M.B.

So slow to move the ball and when we do speed things up we trip over the ball, leave the ball behind or over play it.

Good thing is we can only play better. Maybe we need to move from Diamond to 4-3-3? Or when do we roll the dice and go with a 4-2-3-1.

Think every single player (apart from DDG) has been equally poor which is rarely the case.

adox

Nolars wrote: »

The whole team has been utter **** and all ya see on here is people blaming pogba.

You need to re read the thread.

Quandary

bangkok wrote: »

Jose wont last long at the club if our performances continue going like this

Agree completely.

Pogba will be gone too if he continues to perform at this level.

J. Marston

Shame Souness isn't in the studio. Would love to see him savage this Pogba performance.

pjohnson

GSPfan wrote: »

McTominay has been crap too, just remember that if we win and someone wants to claim he was excellent!

We will limp to a 4th place finish this year and it’ll be seen as a step in the right direction but we will be further from winning the league as City have gone so far ahead of where Chelsea were last year.

I doubt anyone will risk praising McTominay again don't worry

Notorious

In all fairness it's not just Pogba. There's nobody offering anything so far tonight.

PhlegmyMoses

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

One player isn't width against a team dug in and defending with two banks of four inside the width of their 18 yard box. They need to be drawing players out to create space. We are getting suffocated in the middle.

A left winger playing miles out wide in tonnes of space
That's adding width to the attack
Sanchez twice and lingard twice completely ignored him

bangkok

pjohnson wrote: »

Did Pogba himself not bítch about wanting to be in a 3 man midfield? Dreams come true and this is what he produces? The whole teams been changed to accomodate him and he is poison.

We have been poison for months

StringerBell

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

One player isn't width against a team dug in and defending with two banks of four inside the width of their 18 yard box. They need to be drawing players out to create space. We are getting suffocated in the middle.

Young and Valencia have been free multiple times and ignored, the amount of times they have then attempted to find Valencia with a ball only to belt it out of play is unforgivable from players the standard of Sanchez and Pogba.

They are trying to play everything centrally, Lingard coming in, Sanchez going all over the ****ing place. It does leave space out wide for the full backs but they are either ignored or not given a ball they can get on to.

xtal191

Not looking forward to the Pool match on Sat