Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2018/2019 [Mod note 31-Aug-18]

bangkok

zabeleta having a field day

Mitch Connor

S.M.B. wrote: »

How did the linesman not see that was off?

Cause he was about 3 inches offside. When frozen its clear. In real time that's a very hard call.

bangkok

Deleted User wrote: »

Lukuku and martial dont seem to be tasked with any defensive work looks very disjointed

no one knows what they are at

JaMarcus

Martial is at absolutely nothing so far.

A Dub in Glasgo

Mitch Connor wrote: »

Very tight though. No issue, imo, that it wasn't called. It was poor defending.

I thought it was off in normal play and confirmed by replays, poor defending and poor officiating

J. Marston

No chance of top four this season.

jimmytwotimes 2013

bangkok wrote: »

zabeleta having a field day

He's on Pogba's side so he'll get tons of space

Rossi IRL

Plan seems to be to get the ball to young who crosses it into a full offside attack

bangkok

bangkok wrote: »

no one knows what they are at

There is too much space between the forward line and midfield alright without the ball

Weve broken the lines a few times though young playing well

bangkok

jimmytwotimes 2013 wrote: »

He's on Pogba's side so he'll get tons of space

pogba isnt playing left wing

Young doing more than Valencia in two games combined

Mitch Connor

jimmytwotimes 2013 wrote: »

He's on Pogba's side so he'll get tons of space

LOL. We play 5 in defense, and two defensive midfielders and it's still the fault of the only attacking player in midfield.

J. Marston

Oh look, Lukaku misses another great chance.

Nearly 1-1 good header creating decent chances

Mitch Connor

So close. Great effort.

Rayne Wooney

Pogba given a free reign and hasn’t touched the ball yet

How Soon Is Now

J. Marston wrote: »

Oh look, Lukaku misses another great chance.

Off the post not out by much.

Rossi IRL

J. Marston wrote: »

Oh look, Lukaku misses another great chance.

To be fair I wouldn't blame him for missing that

**** nearly

Great move and lovely ball

Amazing what happens when Lukaku gets some actually chances created

jimmytwotimes 2013

bangkok wrote: »

pogba isnt playing left wing

Obviously, we're playing a diamond

wanderer100

Good effort there!! More of that please

Mitch Connor

J. Marston wrote: »

Oh look, Lukaku misses another great chance.

I think that's unfair. It's a chance but not a great one. If he scored it would have been a fantastic header.

Mitch Connor

jimmytwotimes 2013 wrote: »

Obviously, we're playing a diamond

So you want the player at the point of the diamond to be tracking the right back?

Rossi IRL

Rossi IRL wrote: »

To be fair I wouldn't blame him for missing that

Marston has a hard on for giving him **** so it's not that suprising

Rossi IRL

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

Pogba given a free reign and hasn’t touched the ball yet

Yes he has, made a few passes, this nonsense has to stop.

bangkok

jimmytwotimes 2013 wrote: »

Obviously, we're playing a diamond

so then why did you say what you did earlier??

Mitch Connor

Rossi IRL wrote: »

Yes he has, made a few passes, this nonsense has to stop.

There are people who just want to blame him for everything. Nothing is down to how the side us set up or plays, it's just on Pogba.

Porthallian

Fred The Red wrote: »

Young doing more than Valencia in two games combined

What hitting the first man with every cross?

jimmytwotimes 2013

Mitch Connor wrote: »

So you want the player at the point of the diamond to be tracking the right back?

He's left side of diamond. Has been out there since game started and drifts into middle occasionally on attack.

J. Marston

And another case of him reacting too slow.

Rossi IRL

Mitch Connor wrote: »

There are people who just want to blame him for everything. Nothing is down to how the side us set up or plays, it's just on Pogba.

Making up nonsense to get a dig in is just sad

S.M.B.

We are well in top now. Need to capitalise.

bangkok

jimmytwotimes 2013 wrote: »

He's left side of diamond. Has been out there since game started and drifts into middle occasionally on attack.

who is at tip of diamond???????

How Soon Is Now

Where back in this but lack of urgency and quality when it counts so far!

jimmytwotimes 2013

bangkok wrote: »

so then why did you say what you did earlier??

He's left side of diamond. He cud help Shaw out, he's not exempt from defensive duties if we're playing Lukaku and Martial ahead of him. McTominay covering other side and Matic and Fellaini are holding middle, pretty straightforward i wud have thought

jimmytwotimes 2013

bangkok wrote: »

who is at tip of diamond???????

Fellaini slightly ahead of Matic, McTominay deep enuf on right and Young even getting ahead of him when attacking

Rossi IRL

jimmytwotimes 2013 wrote: »

He's left side of diamond. He cud help Shaw out, he's not exempt from defensive duties if we're playing Lukaku and Martial ahead of him. McTominay covering other side and Matic and Fellaini are holding middle, pretty straightforward i wud have thought

McTominay covering the other side?

He is playing center back

Rayne Wooney

tactics are fine, real lack of quality

There's no diamond I can see

Fs martial

hognef

Mitch Connor wrote: »

So you want the player at the point of the diamond to be tracking the right back?

There's no diamond. We're playing 3-5-2/5-3-2. Pogba spending most of his time as the leftmost of the three central midfielders.

Rossi IRL

[Deleted User] wrote: »

There's no diamond I can see

Yeah it's just 3 in midfield

Matic and Fellaini deep and then Pogba ahead

Then when we get the ball it's just Matic deep with Pogba and Fellaini attacking

J. Marston

McTominay is another Cleverley.

jimmytwotimes 2013

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

tactics are fine, real lack of quality

McTominay............

Young Matic Fellaini Pogba

Pogba is occupying left side, with two pushed up in Martial and Lukaku Pogba will have to give some cover to Shaw. Or we get exposed on Zabaleta side.

I'm giving up now

Mitch Connor

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

tactics are fine, real lack of quality

Disagree.

Both are issues.

jimmytwotimes 2013

hognef wrote: »

There's no diamond. We're playing 3-5-2/5-3-2. Pogba spending most of his time as the leftmost of the three central midfielders.

No we're not, McTominay is playing RB today

How Soon Is Now

Pogba pissed off. Absolutely no one around him looking to move.

bangkok

anytime pogba gets the ball and looks up there is nobody moving, you can see him getting annoyed at lukaku/martial

Mitch Connor

Pogba gets the ball there, looks up and has no options to play yo in front.

bangkok

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

Pogba pissed off. Absolutely no one around him looking to move.

bangkok wrote: »

anytime pogba gets the ball and looks up there is nobody moving, you can see him getting annoyed at lukaku/martial

Mitch Connor wrote: »

Pogba gets the ball there, looks up and has no options to play yo in front.

yep yep and yep