General Premier League Thread 2018-19 Part 2

Utopia Parkway

sligeach wrote: »

How many stinkers is that now from De Gea this season alone?

Including World Cup he’s been out of form pretty much for a year now.

Still makes some great saves but liberally sprinkled with howlers now too.

Esse85

The half a million pounds a week lad is on.

Royale with Cheese

Sanchez looks like he's his own evil twin.

Mr.H

Speaking of, karius could be available in the summer when degea heads off

eigrod

Willian got booked for exactly the same as Herrera there. Atkinson is really really poor.

blueser

Why are they making Bailly hobble off there? Surely, they have stretchers at OT?

Turtyturd

Have Chelsea even tried a shot on De Gea this half? If they just bombard him with shots from distance there’s a good chance of one going through him.

Bridge93

That’s a red card

eigrod

That’s 2 red cards Man Utd should’ve had.

Harry Palmr

Atkinson having a 'mare.

Agent Coulson

Neville hates to back track even when he sees the replay and knows he is wrong.

Berserker

Bridge93 wrote: »

That’s a red card

Every day of the week. Shocking tackle.

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Neville hates to back track even when he sees the replay.

Said it was a poor tackle when it happened to be fair to him.

Utopia Parkway

Rojo has avoided some amount of red cards the last few years.

monkey9

Ouch!! Rojo should have been sent off there.

A Dub in Glasgo

Should have been off

monkey9

Mr.H wrote: »

Speaking of, karius could be available in the summer when degea heads off

I keep forgetting he's still a Liverpool player.

Turtyturd

Rojo being Rojo.

Tom Mann Centuria

Good old Atkinson, can always not rely on him.

blueser

That's a shocking tackle by Rojo. He should have walked for that. But he does seem to have a knack for dodging red cards.

LuckyGent88

Both teams are ****e here. Neither look like creating a chance never mind scoring

ERG89

Not for the first time I'm saying it but Loftus Cheek is not a good player. 2 very basic passes he failed to make that put the ball out of play.

Harry Palmr

You'd think Chelsea would like to win this as it'll knock Utd out of the CL race.

Utopia Parkway

ERG89 wrote: »

Not for the first time I'm saying it but Loftus Cheek is not a good player. 2 very basic passes he failed to make that put the ball out of play.

His main strength seems to be his eh, strength. He's a big unit.

Tom Mann Centuria

Poor teams, zero confidence, suspect coaches, ropey ref.

Just shows how very very average the league is outside the top two and the standard of officiating this season hasn't been great.

Berserker

Harry Palmr wrote: »

You'd think Chelsea would like to win this as it'll knock Utd out of the CL race.

It'd all but seal fourth for them, if you ask me. Strange performance from them. Look half interested.

Utopia Parkway

Higuain v Shaw down the wing.

ERG89

Higuain is making Sturridge's performance on Friday look like Messi.
What a waste of space he is

martingriff

I am surprised Neville is on the commentary duty thought he be still licking his wounds from his battles with Keane on Wednesday

RollieFingers

Dodgy Dave strikes again, producing a howler on a weekly basis these days, he's as leaky as the Old Trafford roof.

Johner

Ref was absolutely awful, we were much better second half and could have nicked that.

De Gea the difference again

LuckyLloyd

Good result for Chelsea. Beat Watford at home and they’ll be there. Would have been good value for the win in the end, Utd didn’t have much to offer in the second half imo.

mightyreds

Lorius de Gea saving the planet one howler at a time.

windy shepard henderson

RollieFingers wrote: »

Dodgy Dave strikes again, producing a howler on a weekly basis these days, he's as leaky as the Old Trafford roof.

he just saved united from losing the game with that last save , albeit he turned his back to it

rob316

Two really average sides, neither coaches having any real clue.
Should be enough to relegate United to Thursday nights anyway.

Harry Palmr

Even as a race to finish as tallest dwarf this is comically bad.

RasTa

Should have won that, Chelsea awful and jesus Higuian is bad.

windy shepard henderson

rob316 wrote: »

Two really average sides, neither coaches having any real clue.
Should be enough to relegate United to Thursday nights anyway.

a much fairer assessment of the game in my opinion , both side are miles off from where they want to be

is champions league enough to save sarri's job?

Oranage2

All but Europa League for united at this point. Chelsea are major favourites for 4th. Though chelsea and arsenal should come to a gentleman's agreement that whoever finishes fourth let's the other win the europa league and half off a player.

5starpool

That game was desperately short on quality from both sides. Plenty of effort but not much else.

Harry Palmr

Valencia might have a view on that.

Oranage2

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Valencia might have a view on that.

Besides the strikers they can pick a player for free if they willingly lose.

Utopia Parkway

One more win might be enough for Chelsea to get 4th.

You’d imagine United should beat Huddersfield and Cardiff. But then again...

Can Arsenal win both their remaining games? Hard to see them winning at Burnley given their horrific away form.

Not dropping under performers. Solsksaer is weak

ERG89

5starpool wrote: »

That game was desperately short on quality from both sides. Plenty of effort but not much else.

First half was fine but it was like the Alonso goal effected both sides. Second half was severely lacking in quality & odd at times.
Rojo's tackle, Higuain "running", Loftus Cheek playing like a Sunday league player, Ole joking with Pedro when he was being subbed on & the fact United were being pinned back late on at home against a team who played not to lose was odd to see.

LuckyLloyd

RoboKlopp wrote: »

Not dropping under performers. Solsksaer is weak

I got the sense in the last half hour that he was happy to settle for not getting beat. Bringing on McTominay and leaving Martial idle on the bench indicated that he didn't want to fully go for it imo. If they had pushed on and got caught on the break (though they nearly got caught anyway) he would have moved to 8 losses in 10. A draw was very important for him personally. Needless to say, if he's in that headspace he's unlikely to succeed in the role long term.

I think it's safe to say that if he hadn't have already been granted a full time contract Utd fans would be happy to let him go back to Norway and roll the dice in the open market on a different manager.

Oranage2

This week's fixtures have pretty much ended the league for all the teams besides City and Liverpool. Chelsea fans are the only other fans who can get some joy I suppose.

Interesting set of fixtures next though. Can Brendan do his old club a favor? Or will Rafa break the internet by taking points of his beloved former club?

Can't wait to tune in next week to find out.

citytillidie

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RollieFingers

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

I got the sense in the last half hour that he was happy to settle for not getting beat. Bringing on McTominay and leaving Martial idle on the bench indicated that he didn't want to fully go for it imo. If they had pushed on and got caught on the break (though they nearly got caught anyway) he would have moved to 8 losses in 10. A draw was very important for him personally. Needless to say, if he's in that headspace he's unlikely to succeed in the role long term.

I think it's safe to say that if he hadn't have already been granted a full time contract Utd fans would be happy to let him go back to Norway and roll the dice in the open market on a different manager.

His biggest managerial achievement is winning the Norwegian league and he thought it was a good idea to play Ashley Young at center back,was he ever likely to succeed?