Helarxe Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Keep not watching those games, Razzler Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzler Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Exactly!! Was there a 'Ralph Milne ultras banner' at the ground yesterday? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott MUFC Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 i just laugh when everyone says our fans are not from Manchester then see all the Chelsea banners from places that are not London is Razzler going to watch the Arsenal game on saturday? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangaea Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Small interview with Solskjær. Can't bother to translate it all, but the gist of it is that he still follows what happens in the club quite closely, which is natural given two of his coaches are from Man Utd. Keeps tabs on results if their matches clash and such, and was more than a little giddy when Arsenal were trounced 8-2. Doesn't really mean all that much, but still Asked whether he's more of a fan now when he's not there as a coach. - I always have an idea about what I would have done.- I'm young and want to learn, and when you follow football it's rarely only entertainment. You try to envision different scenarios - what would I have done in this situation and so forth. Because you never know... Pretty sure he wants to come back. Still a massive fan of the club, and I'll be surprised if his ultimate goal isn't to become the manager of Manchester United. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deltaroad Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 "Blaming" is media/blog spin. All he says is that all the team needed to do was see the game out but Nani tried to beat a man and lost possession which cost a counter-attack and goal. I think it was a general comment about the team needing to know when to take those risks and when not (89th minute, 3-2 up, take the ball to the corner perhaps?) but then that type of time wasting hasn't really been United's style. Like I said, "blaming" is the spin being put on it. It's rare he publicly pinpoints a player for fault. A normal statement would be "All WE (the Team) needed doing is see the game out and not lose possession like we did which cost us the game" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icondacarver Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 So we must learn from Away v Liverpool followed by Home v Spurs. We got a welcome fortuitous 3 points and need to kick on with 3 points tomorrow. Hope we play the 11 and shape we used against Chelsea. Crosses into the box will give this Arsenal defence Kittens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSB Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Think we could use an extra man in the middle. Got overrun too easily at times against Chelsea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldberg Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Surely we need to get at their fullbacks. Need at least one winger on the pitch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSB Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Valencia versus Santos could be interesting if he wants it enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
7Bestie7 Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Think we could use an extra man in the middle. Got overrun too easily at times against Chelsea. Put any random team in this sentence and that's been our problem since about 2008/9. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSB Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Not really. Since then we've reached the Champions League final, won the league once and had better records against the other 18 teams in the division than the Champions the other two seasons, all while playing a nominally four man midfield for the most part. We can control the midfield with a pair against most sides, but against the better teams we could invariably use an extra pair of legs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_ Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Rooney will be dropping deep to make a 3 with Carrick and Cleverley/Scholes. Van Persie up front. Young and Valencia on the wings. Rafa, Rio, Evans and Evra back 4. DDG in goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangaea Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Vidic out for another month, to Xmas. I wonder if he'll ever be the player he was Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icelander83 Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Should sell him to Madrid if they are still offering crazy money imo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott MUFC Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Yea,if the offer is right sell him and grab Hummels or Subotic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icondacarver Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 We MUST use wingers for the game especially the fullback fiddler! Carrick and Cleverley with Rooney dropping deep as long as SAF is not scared to take him off when we get pushed back and throw a midfielder (Scholes) on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzler Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 i just laugh when everyone says our fans are not from Manchesterthen see all the Chelsea banners from places that are not London is Razzler going to watch the Arsenal game on saturday? I'll be watching. Put your money on another 8-2! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_ Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 As long as we don't encourage them with stupid mistakes at the back or giving the ball away from defence/midfield(might need Scholes in the middle) then we should win this. I'm not as optimistic as last year where some of us got laughed at for thinking it would be a big win (), but we should win it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidnv Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Vidic out for another month, to Xmas. I wonder if he'll ever be the player he was Unfortunately I don't think so. He'll be great when fit but he's already getting old and with these injuries he won't be the best defender in the world anymore. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ72 Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 More rumours about Nani - apparently he had an argument with SAF after the midweek game. The writing on the wall gets bigger and bigger... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ72 Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Man Utd: De Gea, Da Silva, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra, Valencia, Carrick, Cleverley, Young, Rooney, van Persie. Subs: Lindegaard, Anderson, Hernandez, Nani, Scholes, Powell, Wootton. Good team selection today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icondacarver Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Very good 11 and i love that bench except if we lose a defender :o.....Smalling & Jones can't come back too soon from injury. Nani rumours are getting on my nerves now, glad he is on the bench and could come on and change things. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_ Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Rooney will be dropping deep to make a 3 with Carrick and Cleverley. Van Persie up front. Young and Valencia on the wings. Rafa, Rio, Evans and Evra back 4. DDG in goal. Must read this thread Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangaea Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 No surprises in that team, the strongest we can muster right now (with the obvious exception of Nani ). Should be a cracking game. 0-1 within 5 or 10 this time, lads? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deltaroad Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Penalty takers need to be fixed. Either its Rooney or RvP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzler Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Oh United and your penalties you silly billies! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangaea Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Pleased with that half, and think we have had very good control so far. Damn shame Rooney missed that penalty, which was correct btw. 2-0 to HT would be great, although perhaps well paid for a fairly even match, though United have created the only real chances so far. Don't turn off the gas in the second half now. I'd like to see a whole good game by us for once, not this one half BS. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deltaroad Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Bound to concede a goal from set piece next half, I can feel it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidnv Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Good win. Poor performance. What's really surprising is the apathy I feel to the result. By far our easiest win so far this season. Even counting the 3-0 against Newcastle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Ritchie Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Carrick didn't play well and I think that was a big influence on us not being particularly good today. Cleverley too. Made me feel very frustrated with Anderson's lack of fitness because he was excellent in midweek, taken off early, and really should have started today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_ Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Carrick didn't play well and I think that was a big influence on us not being particularly good today. Cleverley too. Made me feel very frustrated with Anderson's lack of fitness because he was excellent in midweek, taken off early, and really should have started today. He looked absolutely shattered when he was taken off Wednesday. Subbed on the 81st minute so hardly early. Was never going to start today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooders86 Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 what a "meh" game. ah well 3 points and top of the league Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangaea Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Not being particularly good? Did I watch a different game? Okay, so we only won 2-1, but Arsenal created F all until overtime, and we could have scored about 3 more goals. We played well. Even defence looked sturdy today, which surprised me. Thought Rooney did a stellar job on Arteta too, while also creating plenty going forward. Good games by both RVP and Rooney in particular (and Rio was great too), but MOM was RVP in my opinion. Just about everything he did going forward was dangerous, and he could have had a hattrick today with slightly different timing of run and/or pass (and the great fingertip save) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Ritchie Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 He shouldn't be shattered after 81 minutes! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_ Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 He shouldn't be shattered after 81 minutes! Fair point But he was. You have to compensate for Ando. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzler Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 It's modern football, players can't be playing twice in a week Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Ritchie Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Haha, Sir Alex looks livid Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangaea Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 It's modern football, players can't be playing twice in a week Tell that to Rafael. He's played 300 minutes in a week now. But he probably doesn't eat a fatty steak a day Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
x42bn6 Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Are we the worst team against 10 men? If Arsenal had scored earlier, I wouldn't have had any faith in this team actually holding out, even though we should have scored way more. But that's sort of the point - we should have scored way more. Instead, we sit back and relax. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Ritchie Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Tell that to Rafael. He's played 300 minutes in a week now. But he probably doesn't eat a fatty cow a day Probably more accurate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aderow Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Haha, Sir Alex looks livid I'm sure he was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ72 Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Not being particularly good? Did I watch a different game? Okay, so we only won 2-1, but Arsenal created F all until overtime, and we could have scored about 3 more goals. We played well. Even defence looked sturdy today, which surprised me. Thought Rooney did a stellar job on Arteta too, while also creating plenty going forward. Good games by both RVP and Rooney in particular (and Rio was great too), but MOM was RVP in my opinion. Just about everything he did going forward was dangerous, and he could have had a hattrick today with slightly different timing of run and/or pass (and the great fingertip save) This - we bossed this game and could and should have had 4 or 5. What annoys me is the lack of killer instict when 2-0 up and Arsenal down to 10. Didn't we learn that goal difference might matter from last year? Very apathetic second gear performance and yet we bossed it - what does that say about Arsenal? Thought back 4 were superb today such a shame we conceded at the death - they deserved a clean sheet. Carrick's long range passing was poor today - he looks tired to me. Thought SAF would've rested more once the game was ours after 70 mins. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidnv Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 We bossed the game because Arsenal were impotent. I think we weren't terrible but we weren't great, especially before the second goal. Loads of sloppy play and very poor finishing. We were significantly better than Arsenal but I don't think we were near our best. In a sense thats not a bad thing I guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_ Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Could have had 4 or 5 and only getting 1 until later on is the problem. Got to take your chances. On another day they score to make it 1-1 and then anything can happen. When you dominate for the 45 minutes you need more than 1 goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
7Bestie7 Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Not being particularly good? Did I watch a different game? Okay, so we only won 2-1, but Arsenal created F all until overtime, and we could have scored about 3 more goals. We played well. Even defence looked sturdy today, which surprised me. Thought Rooney did a stellar job on Arteta too, while also creating plenty going forward. Good games by both RVP and Rooney in particular (and Rio was great too), but MOM was RVP in my opinion. Just about everything he did going forward was dangerous, and he could have had a hattrick today with slightly different timing of run and/or pass (and the great fingertip save) Absolutely. I can't believe people can't see how good that game was for us from start to finish. Ended 2-1 and could easily have been a 5/6-1 if there was a sharper cutting edge and Rooney hadn't swivelled those damn hips of his on the penalty. Bossed the game, midfield didn't get punished and at no time did United look like losing the game or even drawing it. By far the best performance of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aderow Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Did we have a good game because Arsenal were terrible, or were arsenal terrible because we had a good game? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott MUFC Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 should have won that by far more, didn't deserve to concede at the last minute either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddidiodion Posted November 3, 2012 Author Share Posted November 3, 2012 We bossed the game in second gear and managed to create a few chances without really showing much of our quality. Arsenal where there for a 5+ score today if we'd played well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangaea Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Hernandez scores and puts us top of the league. Well done, well done Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_ Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Until City score a few against West Ham at least. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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