Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2018

Whatsisname

bangkok wrote: »

difference between Lukaku and Kane is chalk and cheese tonight.

Yeah one gets first time through balls that cut the defence, the other has to try take the ball down after it was hoofed straight up in the air

PhlegmyMoses

I feel like I'm watching a different game to everybody. United are having to attack away from home against a good side because they scored two early. We are leaving gaps as a result. Game plan was out the window early.

The midfield ain't working and needs a tweak but this is one of those games, for me.

jimmytwotimes 2013

Absolutely terrible performance.

Weaknesses again exposed. Pogba vacating CM next to Matic leaving us open. Young isn't a full back. Jones having a mare.

Front three off Lukaku not working. Switch Lingard to right, Sanchez to middle and Martial to left.

People who were dismissing Spurs. It's not the 1990s anymore.

J. Marston

Also, that "Beautiful Chaos" stuff? Yeah, fúck that nonsense.

4 attackers and Pogba is football suicide. Cannot happen again.

S.M.B.

S.M.B. wrote: »

Really surprised with that lineup regardless of whether it's a 4-3-3 or a 4-2-3-1.

Now let's hope it's a line up that actually works as opposed to it being massively unbalanced leaving us wide open at the back.

As I said the other day, if this goes well it could set the tone for how we approach these games for the foreseeable future.

If it doesn't work then it could be an emergency change at half time and back to the drawing board again.

*fingers crossed*

nullzero

Match thread has been taken over by swarming Pool fans, nothing like a couple of brain farts from united to get those lads in the mood.

Nalz

Lord TSC wrote: »

Jones awful. Young leaving too much space. Matic under too much pressure, and our attack and defensive aren't getting linked at all.

And Pogba?

limnam

deaddonkey15 wrote: »

Little point in signing Sanchez if our attacking strategy is sh*t overhit balls over the top to an offside Lukaku that Lloris just cleans up.

I'm starting to warm to you

Hows about relax? I suspect the midfield will be adjusted

Jose looked like he had the subs already lined up considering he went into the tunnel early

Bring herrera into a midfield 3 and a straight swap for Jones as he's on a yellow

Getting a draw here at this stage would be a good great result

adox

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Hard to get annoyed when this happens. Two mental goals. Need to get to HT and regroup

I think you are hugely underplaying it. Goals aside, we have been wide open every time spurs have attacked. After the first 15 minutes we have offered little to nothing going forward.


In a deep hole here. Do these players have the appetite to battle their way back into it? I doubt it.

Formation change is absolutely needed. Midfield is being killed. Pogba might as well not be on th pitch.

Liam McPoyle

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Hows about relax? I suspect the midfield will be adjusted

Jose looked like he had the subs already lined up considering he went into the tunnel early

Bring herrera into a midfield 3 and a straight swap for Jones as he's on a yellow

Getting a draw here at this stage would be a good great result

Under Fergie I would still give us a chance but I really don't see Any way back for us.

Kerrydude1981

Looked threatening enough at times,but without creating anything

Seem to be too much of rush to play the ball over the top,Spurs are finding it too easy to get at Utd,few passes and there in,

Pogba seems to have spent more time out wide then in the middle

wanderer100

On the bright side , Chelsea currently losing to Bournemouth

RobbingBandit

Chelsea 1-0 down every cloud

bangkok

lingard off, get either fellaini or herrera on, need to get a bit of control in midfield.

id nearly take young off and bring on shaw as well

Nalz

Business Cat wrote: »

Under Fergie I would still give us a chance but I really don't see Any way back for us.

Trouble is for us to get 2 would probably mean conceding again

Lads Pogba is too easy to stop and is rubbish when we need sleeves rolled up.

4-1 or 4-2 I predict

jayo26

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Chelsea 1-0 down every cloud

Yep if your a pool fan this is great for them.

Lord TSC

nullzero wrote: »

Match thread has been taken over by swarming Pool fans, nothing like a couple of brain farts from united to get those lads in the mood.

Don't know why people bother making match threads. Pool don't bother and don't get half the "stick"....

Nalz wrote: »

And Pogba?

As absent from the game as from my post....

Adamcp898

Worried that midfield wasn't going to be strong enough to deal with Spurs', not to mention the usual crap of Smalling challenging for balls he can never win etc. and the general bossing himself and Jones are getting. Spurs winning every first and second ball as they please.

Trigger

Lord TSC wrote: »

Don't know why people bother making match threads. Pool don't bother and don't get half the "stick"....



As absent from the game as from my post....

Blame Jayo

adox

I fear for Jones in the second half. I really do.

beno619

I feel like Lukaku is far too quite in these games, hasn't won a single 50/50.

pjohnson

Lord TSC wrote: »

Don't know why people bother making match threads. Pool don't bother and don't get half the "stick"....



As absent from the game as from my post....

Seem to be a bloody curse aswell nowadays

Turtwig

beno619 wrote: »

I feel like Lukaku is far too quite in these games, hasn't won a single 50/50.

He's not even getting 50/50s. More like 70/30.The supply is crap.
Midfield needs another anchor.

How Soon Is Now

pjohnson wrote: »

Seem to be a bloody curse aswell nowadays

I don't go near the match threads anymore no matter if where winning or not.

If I'm gonna post I'd rather it be in here with our own fans and less **** just looking to get you going!

adox

No subs. Very disappointing.

RobbingBandit

Spurs like a fleet of buses so fast on the break Matic so lost tonight

KH25

adox wrote: »

No subs. Very disappointing.

Spurs will be delighted.

Robson99

How the **** does he pick Young ahead of Shaw. He has been embarrassing defensively tonight

Hococop

Chelsea falling apart

How Soon Is Now

Robson99 wrote: »

How the **** does he pick Young ahead of Shaw. He has been embarrassing defensively tonight

Think Shaw deserved a go tonight.

hufpc8w3adnk65

As Lord TSC said lads yer worse to feed them in the match threads! Stop making them and just post in here and any WUM’s report them! Very hard to prove in a match thread but not here

wanderer100

We don't look like getting back into this. All Spurs so far

RobbingBandit

jayo26 wrote: »

Yep if your a pool fan this is great for them.

We are losing to team in 4th so team in 3rd losing too is much more in our favour unless it's opposite day.

limnam

beno619 wrote: »

I feel like Lukaku is far too quite in these games, hasn't won a single 50/50.

Considering the amount of time we've had the ball

and the amount of actual decent balls into him

What do you expect him to do differently?

Some might say "hold it up"

How do you hold it up when a ball is badly played into that you've a 30% chance of getting on to in the first place?

There's not many players who couldn't be critiqued out there why you're picking one of the players who deserves is the least is a bit mystifying.


if he was missing chance after chance it'd be a different story but we're not creating anything for him

Someone mentioned the difference between kane been night and day. The difference is nothing to do with kane and lukaku it's the players around both of them.

Hococop

Our defense is ****ting the bed

Lord TSC

I'm trying to work out which annoys me more. Anonymity or being rubbish...

Lord TSC

Better.

Trigger

Just seen the son handball there.. possible peno

bangkok

limnam wrote: »

Considering the amount of time we've had the ball

and the amount of actual decent balls into him

What do you expect him to do differently?

Some might say "hold it up"

How do you hold it up when a ball is badly played into that you've a 30% chance of getting on to in the first place?

There's not many players who couldn't be critiqued out there why you're picking one of the players who deserves is the least is a bit mystifying.


if he was missing chance after chance it'd be a different story but we're not creating anything for him

Someone mentioned the difference between kane been night and day. The difference is nothing to do with kane and lukaku it's the players around both of them.

united have better players...

Lukaku needs to do much more, just look at Kane tonight

Hococop

bangkok wrote: »

united have better players...

Lukaku needs to do much more, just look at Kane tonight

Not lukaku faults, he makes a great run screaming for it and they don't even look up to find him, just launching high balls

J. Marston

Do they all speak in their native language while they're out there or what?

So much miscommunication.

Tippex

holy jesus that was awful. the passing is just not good enough

yabadabado

Half the players seem to be on a totally different wavelength tonight.

limnam

bangkok wrote: »

united have better players...

Lukaku needs to do much more, just look at Kane tonight

They might have better players, they're not playing better though and they're not playing in lukaku the way spurs are kane.

Thanks for missing the point completely though

J. Marston

Fellaini and Lukaku up front.

Do it.

yabadabado

Fellaini coming on but too late imo.

RobbingBandit

Players getting frustrated lukaku getting pissed he's not seeing anything of the ball, not our night by the looks of it

yabadabado

Pogba off, no harm really hasn't done a tap tonight.
The changes have came too late imo.

Liam McPoyle

Thought Jessie was our most industrious player tonight.