Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2018 pt. 2

Adamcp898

Wouldn't be surprised to see this as a defensive performance but hopefully less so now that KdB and Silva haven't started. For better or for worse Herrera needed to start today just to have legs in there, similar decision with Lingard as well, particularly to deal with KdB/Silva if they had started.

Interested to see Lingard and Pogba's roles in the team today and how they change throughout the match. Wouldn't have been surprised to see Jose play Pogba further forward than him but maybe now less so with city's "main" playmakers not starting and it freeing up our midfielders somewhat in terms of their defensive responsibilities. Disappointed to see Mata miss out again, anytime we've played well and had some resemblance of flowing football he's been involved. Not sure about Sanchez' role today either and what he can actually give in a game like today's based on his United form to date, happy to proven wrong and see him bag a couple but I think there's a more likely chance of him being isolated and completely anonymous.

EDIT: Scanned over that lineup on mobile way too fast it seems and only noted the one Silva Cheers Wonski

wonski

Silva starts

Drumpot

Lord TSC wrote: »

Btw, if that's City missing a load of their best players, then it shows how far behind them we truest are.

Take five equivalent players out of our first team (Lukaku, Pogba, Rashford, etc) and see if we could beat third, for instance....

If you factor in the 450 million net extra spend they have over united the last 10 years you have five 90million pound players that prob covers those 5 subs!

Trigger

wonski wrote: »

Silva starts

In fact, both Silva’s start

Cantona's Collars

NBCSN go all out, fancy desk at pitch side.

Headshot

You have to laugh that both pundits on sky played for utd's arch rivals and especially Souness has a strong hatred for utd

Where's the balance views?

jayo26

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Be gas to win with only 30% possession

15 percent be deadly.

Drumpot

Love how Jose brushed off the Pogba stuff

Drumpot

Headshot wrote: »

You have to laugh that both pundits on sky played for utd's arch rivals and especially Souness has a strong hatred for utd

Where's the balance views?

Remember when some pool fans threatened to quit sky sports cause they hired Gary Neville! Sky couldn’t have anymore anti united analysts if they tried!

Cantona's Collars

Headshot wrote: »

You have to laugh that both pundits on sky played for utd's arch rivals and especially Souness has a strong hatred for utd

Where's the balance views?

We need another few of them to spit on a child.;)

TheDoc

Time for this all too frequently fragile and weak team (mentally) to stand up today.

City winning the title with us on the pitch isn't acceptable, so need to make sure its postponed for a while longer

fergiesfolly

Be looking for a big performance from Pogba today.
The blue hair is just another in a long line of side shows that comes with him. His social media performances are outdoing his on pitch performances for quite a while now.
It's one thing to enjoy larking about, but you need to do the business on the pitch, or you end up looking like the class clown.

I'd like to have seen Mata and Rashford in the line-up, but maybe the gameplan calls for something a bit more defensive.

It doesn't matter that City were trounced 3-0 only a few days ago or if some of their best players are out today - I won't blame Jose for not trying an 'Attack,attack, attack!' approach at the Ethiad.

Whatever City 11 take to the field, they do so with the knowledge that a win today against their rivals will see them officially win the title. I expect City to be well-up for this game. As well as the title aspect, Pep and his team will likely be looking for a response after that loss midweek.

I feel United could win it, but I don't think that City are as 'on the ropes' as others might perceive them to be.

Islander13

Drumpot wrote: »

Love how Jose brushed off the Pogba stuff

He'd hardly want to dwell on his best player wanting away

wanderer100

NBCSN pundits adamant that Jose will not go for it today like Pool did earlier this week. Sad thing is they're probably not wrong

Cantona's Collars

Ooh,yer man on NBCSN sticking the boot in on City. The best in the league this season but "not the greatest". "Sir Alex Ferguson was in charge of the greatest".

Lord TSC

Not the greatest of starts.

J. Marston

Blatant penalty. Very lucky.

Thepoet85

Be nice to get a touch of the ball here at some stage.

Cantona's Collars

Fook me,fake digitised flags around the top tier of the stadium.

brinty

Solid start so far

Trigger

Smalling has no composure whatsoever to take the ball out from the back

Mars Bar

That was poor from bailly

J. Marston

The chasm of passing ability and composure on the ball between the teams is amazing.

So many times in the opening 20 minutes when a United player's second touch is stretching for the ball.

Edit: That's enough of that. Not watching an hour long City celebration.

Lord TSC

Is the ground wet or something? Everyone slipping round the place.

Lord TSC

Sigh.

Headshot

Typical Smalling tbh

Just not good to start these big games

Rossi IRL

Smalling is just PATHETIC

All he does is pulls shirts and he still cant stop the player he is pulling from scoring........ Laughable

TheDoc

Oh Smalling can you just **** off in the summer seriously.

Mr.Crinklewood

My TV just rewound 6 years.

wanderer100

Smallling needs to be sold . Such a terrible defender

Cantona's Collars

Headshot wrote: »

Typical Smalling tbh

Just not good to start these big games

More interested in trying to foul Kompany than trying to mark him properly. Fooking useless.

Trigger

Can’t pass can’t head can’t challenge, only good at pulling shirts! **** off

hufpc8w3adnk65

Very poor again Smalling. Perhaps the final Nail in his coffin

jimmytwotimes 2013

MrMac84 wrote: »

Very poor again Smalling. Perhaps the final Nail in his coffin

A long time coming

Thepoet85

Pogba should be told this isn't a friendly. Sauntering around the pitch here.

Headshot

Cantona's Collars wrote: »

More interested in trying to foul Kompany than trying to mark him properly. Fooking useless.

It's story of his career at utd.

He's continuously tries to foul players at set pieces, instead of actually doing his job and marking them.

The guy needs to feck off in Summer

Lord TSC

Young showing why full backs are a nessessity in the summer.

Kerrydude1981

Smalling brushed a side again by Kompany

Kompany didnt even have to jump to head it

Headshot

Lord TSC wrote: »

Young showing why full backs are a nessessity in the summer.

Yup, should be high on the priority list.

LB and RB please

And back to the golf

Lord TSC

We need to have a conversation about De Gea as distribution....

Rossi IRL

Time to turn off now, might just mute it till half time.

Fann Linn

City just brilliant there. De Gea de clown.

Kerrydude1981

Made two mistakes and got punished twice

madcabbage

Great goal, getting our pants pulled down

BenK

Lb, cb and rb all needed. **** that.

TheDoc

And here is the mental collapse. Pathetic

adox

All that effort to contain them and they concede from a straight forward corner. Pathetic.

What the **** is the ref at as well? City being given free reign to foul.

I have no confidence in this group of 0layers getting back into this.


Edit and there’s it is.


Pathetic.

KH25

Well that’s that.