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

PhlegmyMoses

Wonder how many fouls they'll get to make before a yellow. The high press, get tight and team foul tactic needs to be clamped down on

J. Marston

Herrera's reputation going against him.

Lord TSC

Ref is a coward a few times now.

PhlegmyMoses

No yellow for Brunt? What the ****

Rossi IRL

Should of called it back there for a dive.

Pogba never touched him

Lord TSC

Sanchez looks good to create something today.

Pogba looks good to blast the ball into defenders with his attempts at shooting...

bangkok

Our attacking play has been poor so far

Will I Am Not

Could do with a West Brom goal to wake them up a bit...

Lord TSC

Hand of Pog

Yellow for it too.

Rossi IRL

****ing stupid, no need atall

Hococop

Such a stupid card

Toobz

Lukaku needs to cloned so he can cross to himself

PhlegmyMoses

Stupid from Pogba but West Brom should have 3 or 4 yellow cards so far yet we get the first. Refs are so ****ing ****

Good work from Pogba in the build-up to that silly yellow card, shame.

pjohnson

Idiot Pogba.



How many feckin times has Lukaku delivered a perfect cross.

Mars Bar

Our lack of movement off the ball is infuriating.

Will I Am Not

They always look deflated against the lower teams after a big win.

jayo26

Mars Bar wrote: »

Our lack of movement off the ball is infuriating.

As you said yourself we are too narrow all done the left and the right side is empty it's so easy to defend against just keep the defenders narrow.

Rossi IRL

It would be great if we could make a few chances for Lukaku. The lad works his socks off and we have been giving him damn all lately

StringerBell

Packed defence causing frustration but total control of the game and you fancy us to et a few if we can break through before half time

bangkok

Rossi IRL wrote: »

It would be great if we could make a few chances for Lukaku. The lad works his socks off and we have been giving him damn all lately

Great chance there for him but heavy touch

PhlegmyMoses

Brunt fouls to stop play from going for that free kick. Mother of Christ this ref is ****e.

Mars Bar

Pogba does make some daft decisions sometimes

*here's hoping he makes me look like an eijit soon

Lord TSC

Pogba is really frustrating me today.

PhlegmyMoses

Rossi IRL wrote: »

It would be great if we could make a few chances for Lukaku. The lad works his socks off and we have been giving him damn all lately

Has had two today tbf

pjohnson

Really getting bored of Alexis. Think we were far better when it was Martial/Rashford on the left. He is standing to the right of Lukaku as a 2nd CF.

Pogba and Valencia providing width as Pogba hopelessly tries a lob.

Zinedine Herrera, nice.

Mars Bar

A third man run and Valencia gets in behind. Why isn't that a feature of our game more often? So hard to defend against!

pjohnson

Again Pogba wider than Alexis before Mata then ends up wider left than Alexis.

bangkok

Get rashford or martial on at ht and go 2 up front. West brom at home ffs

pjohnson

I wont miss Brunt against us. His deliveries always worry me.

Lord TSC

bangkok wrote: »

Get rashford or martial on at ht and go 2 up front. West brom at home ffs

So we can have two players not being fed balls instead of one?

Rossi IRL

I'd be bringing on Lingard and either Rashford or Martial for the second half.

Take of Mata and Sanchez, they started well but they have just died off since.

Sanchez looks the more likely to do anything, so maybe just bring on Lingard for Mata

StringerBell

Another bruntal performance by pogba in terms of doin anything telling tbh. Takes too long and too careless with his passing

No issue with Sanchez positioning though he is left in general and comes inside a lot same as mata looking to create.

Sometimes he will end up beside lukaku, beyond lukaku whatever. No big deal for me.

West Brom doing well defensively, the crowd are ****e as always.

StringerBell

Lord TSC wrote: »

So we can have two players not being fed balls instead of one?

We are actually basically playing with 3 up front a lot of the time.

Exercising good control of the game, however we have no one to run behind the defender. Lukaku is being asked to do far too much in too many different areas.

3 in CM is grand in this game, but we need Rashford, Martial or even Lingard in attack to run behind the defenders.

Herrera is getting the ball up to Lukaku, but it's bringing Lukaku out wide and/or further away from goal. We need one of the younger pacier players to receive that ball and play it into Lukaku.

Mata is playing well and Sanchez is working hard, but the two of them are like a 4th and 5th CM for us. Whatever about playing 3 in MF, I don't think any of us ever looked for 5 in there.

pjohnson

StringerBell wrote: »

Another bruntal performance by pogba in terms of doin anything telling tbh. Takes too long and too careless with his passing

No issue with Sanchez positioning though he is left in general and comes inside a lot same as mata looking to create.

Sometimes he will end up beside lukaku, beyond lukaku whatever. No big deal for me.

West Brom doing well defensively, the crowd are ****e as always.

Sanchez AND Mata cutting so far in they cutting across each other is awful. One winger can afford to come inside with the other wide. Otherwise its a congested mess of bodies.

bangkok

Lord TSC wrote: »

So we can have two players not being fed balls instead of one?

He is too easy to mark. Rashford/martial will pull defenders away giving both more space

StringerBell

pjohnson wrote: »

Sanchez AND Mata cutting so far in they cutting across each other is awful. One winger can afford to come inside with the other wide. Otherwise its a congested mess of bodies.

You can see what the plan is but I'd agree it's not being executed effectively, wingers moving and switching around making runs should be a great way at unlocking this blanket defence.

adox

I’d haul Mata off and bring on one of the other three. So much space out on the right, West Brom are leaving Valencia one on one there as they no he’s sh.
Having the likes of Rashford or Martial out there would either give them loads of space which they would use much better or they would drag more West Brom players over giving more space elsewhere.

Too pedestrian evrywhere.

bangkok

Get both martial and rashford on asap. Game needs a bit of life.

StringerBell

bangkok wrote: »

He is too easy to mark. Rashford/martial will pull defenders away giving both more space

Pull defenders away by running across and in between the lines the way Sanchez and Mata already are?

I'd argue it actually needs to go the other way a bit more like pjohnson has said a winger to be stretching them and running at them wider, Sanchez coul be doin that more. Mata never will

pjohnson

Also as an aside during the Lexus © one minute Alexis failed to clear the first man with a corner. How can we not take set pieces

adox

Rashford on for Mata would be my call.

TheDoc

Way to slow in possesion. No urgency in the team. Getting the ball in breaking positions and people jogging to support.

CAn't wait for West Brom to be relegated and have a season without them btw, their matches are absolutely brutal viewing.

StringerBell

adox wrote: »

Rashford on for Mata would be my call.

I can understand why mata started and maybe I'd give them another 10 minutes to get it right but yeah I'd have no issue with him coming off for either rashford or lingard at this point. I'd like to have seen martial play this game up top

Lord TSC

Looks like Lingard is coming on anyway.

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Jesse on

Cantona's Collars

They all want to be a playmaker,how many times have we seen 4 or more of our players squeezed into a 5 square yard space at the edge of the WBA box. The only width down the right is Valencia as Mata keeps drifting inside and at times himself and Sanchez are literally in each others way.

Lingard coming on for the 2nd half might address our narrowness.

Lingard's kitted out and ready to go.

Jose reading Boards again.