Manchester United Banter Archive March 11 2018

 

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11 Mar 2018 22:48:15
Shaps. 14 likes on the Liverpool page, that's some going, you don't even get that many on here šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚.

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12 Mar 2018 06:54:00
I was quite happy with that, got plenty of bites as well. Lol.

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12 Mar 2018 08:28:32
First class šŸ‘šŸ¤£
Salute.

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11 Mar 2018 23:58:04
Message for eds. If I go to the Liverpool Banter page all I can see is the articles posted by the eds. I've tried logging in on the page, but seem to be blocked from poster's comments?

Also can't see live chat link on MN Utd page on game days.

How can I fix this?

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{Ed033's Note -

1. Correct Liverpool Banter Page

2. i will take a look as to why the live chat link no longer appears

12 Mar 2018 10:29:56
Thnx ed.

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11 Mar 2018 22:41:22
I think i'm right in saying that of the starting 11 yesterday only 1 palayer wasn't an acadamy graduate fergie or jose signing. Mata.
It just shows how much jose has turned around the squad he inherited . Even looking at the most likely players to step in jessie fellaini pogba jones all post ore pre lvg with the exception of the good signing of martial its almost like the lvg era is being wiped from our memory.

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11 Mar 2018 22:03:07
The biggest bonus for me about the victory on Saturday was that we found a way to win and find a formation and selection that works when pogba doesnā€™t play. In the games earlier in the season when he got injured we were shockingly laboured and slow in our transition from defence to attack. Lukakuā€™s hold up play is key and mataā€™s Creativity helped us with pogba not playing. Great to see and credit to Jose and the players. Dare I say Jose is looking less depressing and seems more relaxed and happy in his role as united manager.

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11 Mar 2018 22:54:08
Park - I can't believe I'm saying this but I think there's an argument that if Jose wants to play 4-2-3-1 we might have a more balanced and effective team if Pogba doesn't play in the big games, especially now we've got Sanchez. I had a feeling his absence yesterday might not have been the disaster we all feared.

I think now we've got Sanchez we can afford to have two defensive midfielders and Pogba's absence won't be felt so strongly.

Don't get me wrong Pogba is an amazing talent, he's my favourite player and we'll still need his creatively against teams that surrender possession and defend deep but in the big games he simply has to be more disciplined and do his job for the team when deployed in a two man midfield. He can't keep vacating the midfield and leaving Matic isolated.

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11 Mar 2018 22:57:48
Loved Jose's post-match reaction on Sky, said something along the lines of 'i don't care what they (pundits) say' camera then proceeds fo Souness' incredibly bitter face, so satisfyingšŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚!

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11 Mar 2018 23:20:24
Danny, interesting question you raise about Pogba, but I think you may have gone a bit too far. It is one thing to say we can play well without him, but I think saying he should be left out of big games is too much, given his talent. Not sure if that is what you meant.

But tactically you raise a very important question. Pogba has not been disciplined enough defensively as a DCM in the 4-2-3-1. So the question remains: can he develop that discipline against stronger opponents or should Mourinho develop him as the #10? I still think he is a more natural central midfielder than a #10. But he needs to straighten himself out soon, since he looks far more interested when we have the ball than when we don't.

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11 Mar 2018 23:29:17
Interesting and valid point Danny. If it's going to be 4231 in the big games then it has been shown repeatedly that pogba is not the right man to play in that two.

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11 Mar 2018 23:47:53
Danny my thoughts exactly mate. Pogba is a supreme talent and I feared we would struggle but we looked very balanced yesterday. In previous weeks Sanchez and pogba have occupied the same spaces on the pitch and it hasnā€™t really worked. I think itā€™s a good problem to have and I think Jose has potentially found a way to to set up in big games now. Playing two defensive midfielders gave us a solid base to work from which we havenā€™t had in a lot of games this season.

Scholes it was hilarious Souness is such a salty bitter man. He never has anything positive to say about united and Jose mocking him was hilarious. Dare I say this is the first time i'm seeing a bit of the old Jose from his first spell at Chelsea. Itā€™s not always pretty but we are very resilient and for the first time in years I felt connected to this united team. Win our next two games and anything is possible.

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12 Mar 2018 07:48:03
Zidaniel - Sorry I'm not saying he should be left out only that an argument could be made and your right one good result doesn't mean we're better off without him but he must find a way of influencing the big games.

I've always had the feeling that Jose preferred formation is 4-2-3-1 but he's changed this regularly, in my opinion mainly due to to not having a consistent No 10 and arguments raging about Pogba's best position.

I get the impression that now we've got Sanchez he might just have settled on 4-2-3-1 with Sanchez as his No 10.

Jred has posted a few times that maybe Pogba and Sanchez play in similar areas and Park has just posted similar. At first I didn't buy it but from the few games in which they've played together they both roam around the pitch looking to get on the ball which causes us all kinds of problems defensively especially if you add Mata and Lingard into the equation.

In a 4-3-3 Sanchez has often dropped deep occupying Pogba's position on the left and it hasn't quite worked just yet. Maybe this is just teething problems?

Maybe a settled formation might be good for Pogba. No more excuses, no more debates, no more question marks about his role. This is your position now do your job for the team otherwise somebody else will.

It's very early days yet and we beat Chelsea playing 4-3-3 although I argued at the time it was more of a 4-3-1-2 so who knows.

I just wish we could get Pogba playing more consistently and put all this to bed. There is no doubt we're a much better team with an in form Pogba in the lineup.

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12 Mar 2018 12:08:25
I agree with that, Danny, I see Pogba learning to play the def center mid role in the 4-2-3-1 and the left center mid in a 4-3-3. One issue is him being disciplined in the first case, and secondly he and Sanchez not getting in each other's way. Both problems are very solvable, in the big picture.

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11 Mar 2018 21:25:37
I loved watching rashford yesterday.
Take aside his 2 goals. He was chasing and tracking and throwing himself into tackles.
To me he was saying to the manager and to every fan.
'Look at me look how hard ill try i have obvious quality but i'm also prepared to make every efforr to work as hard as i can for the team i want to play every week.
Now that workrate has to be his benchmark.
Mctom does the same
Take note pogba shaw martial these young players want your place and they deserve to take your place if you don't show the same attitude.
Manchester united players should treat every game as a trial.
I remember giggs saying when he broke into the team he used to chase bakls that were going over the dead ball line even when he knew he couldn't catch them. Just to prove to the crowd that he was trying and he did that until the end of his career.

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11 Mar 2018 21:59:06
He was brilliant yesterday ken. What I love about him is he is so direct and pacy that he frightens the life out of defenders. His directness is something which sets him apart from our other attackers in the squad. His first finish was class and you could tell how much it meant to him as a local lad. We have some really good competition in the attacking positions with rashford and mata giving Jose a selection headache with their timely return to form.

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11 Mar 2018 22:23:24
Good post Ken I agree.

Just playing devils advocate here but if Martial was playing wide left y'day would he have been on the end of Lukaku's flick on?

Don't get me wrong I love Martial but I do have question marks over his work rate and desire. I'm always left with the feeling he could give a bit more despite his obvious talent. I had the same reservations about Miki.

The biggest difference between y'day and the game at Anfield earlier in the season was in my opinion Lukaku was able to hold the ball better and the likes of Rashford, Sanchez and even Mata we're prepared to break their necks to get up in support from slightly deeper positions. I'm not sure we saw enough of that desire or commitment from either Martial or Miki at Anfield that day. I think they both got subbed if I remember correctly.

Just a little observation which I probably would have kept to myself if I hadn't read your post.

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11 Mar 2018 22:39:38
Good point on martial Danny. I think he is more talented that rashford but I agree he doesnā€™t seem to have the same workrate. Both of them have qualities which are needed against certain opposition. Against the smaller teams martialā€™s intricacy and dribbling is more useful against teams which sit back whereas rashfordā€™s work rate and directness is more suited when we are looking to counter against the big teams. We had some of our best performances at the beginning of the season rotating them and keeping them on their toes. They both have a place in the squad for whatever circumstances we face. I think itā€™s a great conundrum to have.

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11 Mar 2018 23:02:28
I agree Park didn't think of it like that pal great options to have.

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11 Mar 2018 23:21:39
At this point in time Martial is the cooler of the two, Rashford the more explosive and harder worker.

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12 Mar 2018 00:33:30
If you compare he game between us and Liverpool at Anfield you can clearly see just how much lukakuā€™s general game has improved. His passion as well even when he isnā€™t the goal scorer is great to see. He is only going to get better, hope he reaches 30 goals.

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12 Mar 2018 07:36:53
Good post ken. I think pogba and martial need to up their workrate and intensity. Shaw is different, he always looks out of shape and I'll be very surprised if he's still here next season.
If pogba and martial come out with a bit of bite and intensity, then we will have two world class players on our hands.

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12 Mar 2018 11:00:24
ken, to be fair i think Jose has been right leaving Rashford out. he was not playing well and Jose kept him out of the limelight and the scavenger press he came out yesterday with a point to prove i agree.

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11 Mar 2018 18:45:06
On the scouse page i had a post and they wete adamant that they were going to finish second. They are 4th now ain't it? I hope and pray they drop down to 5th.

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11 Mar 2018 19:09:42
Iā€™ve just made the same point to them.

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11 Mar 2018 19:17:49
They are so bitter Shan. They expected to come to old Trafford and thrash us even though we have only conceded 6 goals in the league at home. They insult us by calling us a rich stoke and if they lose its the refs fault or the other team are lucky. The table doesnā€™t lie and we are the second best team in the league currently. Itā€™s no fluke we are second after 30 games. Apparently we are a team in decline and our manager is finished. Yet they have won one league cup in a decade. Itā€™s baffling.

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12 Mar 2018 07:41:20
They believe in the hype and what they read and hear from Liverpool crazy pundits and journalists.
I was watching Sunday Supplement on Sky and two of the journalists were drooling over Liverpool as if they've just won the treble. One of them was deluded enough to say that Liverpool were improving while United were regressing. Where do these idiots come out with this utter tripe.

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11 Mar 2018 14:58:07
We look so more assured at the back with Bailly.
I'm beginning to wonder whether Jose has being playing reserved football because he lacks confidence in the defence when Bailly is injured?
Could just be me.
Bailly was awesome.

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11 Mar 2018 16:01:26
Very sensible assumption MH.
With a strong, reliable and confident defense we can definitely go all out to play attacking football. As they say Rome was not built in a day. It takes time to get the entire team to defend and play well and finally beautiful.

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11 Mar 2018 18:42:15
I find Bailly somewhat terrifying. If I was asking down the street and saw him coming I would panic, heā€™s looks like he belongs in a Marvel film. He is truly owersome.

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11 Mar 2018 19:10:06
Asking? Walking, obvs.

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11 Mar 2018 19:18:46
I was more interested in what Owersome is šŸ˜‚.

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11 Mar 2018 19:31:10
Say awesome in a west coast American accent.

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11 Mar 2018 20:16:08
He scares the rubbish outta me I watch him through fingers he is brilliant but bloody nuts šŸ˜.

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11 Mar 2018 20:19:24
Bailly was very good but he did get dragged out of position a lot by Firmino. Had ManƩ, Salah or a midfielder ran off him, it would have been a 1v1 with Smalling and we all know he can't play on the floor.

Fortunately, Liverpool were abysmal.

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11 Mar 2018 22:25:30
I said weeks ago that Jose lacks confidence in some of the defenders hence the cagey play.

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11 Mar 2018 23:24:04
To throw another American phrase in there, Bailly is what be called a "baller".

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11 Mar 2018 14:55:47
Young's got 99 problems, but Salah ain't one.

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11 Mar 2018 18:42:43
I wanted to comment as I thought your post. deserved at least one acknowledgment. Quality mate.

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12 Mar 2018 14:04:12
Cheers AJH.

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11 Mar 2018 14:02:06
I didnā€™t really want Jose and Iā€™m not his biggest fan but Iā€™ve been thinking about why that is and in most cases he is starting to fix my perceived issues.

1. He doesnā€™t promote youth. Well, Rashford has played a lot this year as had Lingard and McT is also getting a solid lid run so maybe that doesnā€™t hold true any more.
2. Heā€™s a miserable nasty individual. Again, not sure why but he seems pretty serene right now. Calmer, more content, and dare I say almost likeable.
3. He plays crap football. Well, still remain to be convinced that he can change his ways on this one. I donā€™t think we have been as bad as some suggest but it hasnā€™t really been exciting this year. The odd game, the odd moment but still that defence first mind set.

Come on Jose, 2put of 3 ainā€™t bad, let the horses run free again.

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11 Mar 2018 14:33:07
Jose is jose Tony I don't think he will ever change and I don't see why he should.

The amount of success the guy has had with his formula is staggering.

I miss the exciting football as much ad anyone (the 2nd half of the palace game felt like years gone by and I loved it) but maybe I'm different in the fact I've never really enjoyed the tiki taka style that pep employs I've always loved the devastating counter attack one end to the other in secs which I personally don't think we are that far from we've seen glimpses of it already this season.

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11 Mar 2018 15:12:18
Jamie Carragher came out and said yesterday that L'pool played defensively under Benitez so this nonsense about style is just an easy stick to beat us with.

I've warned constantly that this debate about style is a complete red herring and in my opinion we'd be foolish to fall into this trap. It's media based propaganda and we should take no notice. Not whilst we continue to improve and results remain palatable.

I don't care what anybody says progress under Jose is good. I'll admit it's been slower than I expected and even frustrating at times but he's moving us forward. We're becoming resilient, hard to beat, we're now showing that we can come from behind and when we go in front we win. All qualities the best title winning teams are built on. That's home wins against Spurs, Chelsea and Liverpool this season. Lukaku is slowly becoming the target man we need in order to make a Jose team effective. We've got two box office players in Pogba and Sanchez and the worlds best goalkeeper. It's slowly coming together. Our away form is curious and this needs to improve especially against our rivals but the signs are there. It's building, I can feel it, more than that I can see it. Confidence will grow, belief will return and I remain absolutely convinced performances will improve and the goals will start to flow.

Patience is key and not falling into the trap of believing style always trumps substance. It doesn't.

We should hold our tongues and not get to carried away with a relatively meaningless win against Liverpool (as good as it always feels), or enter into pointless debates about flair or style. Maybe we should accept that at this point in our history Jose delivers us the tonic we badly need even if some of us don't want to drink it. Maybe we should trust and believe in a man that has delivered success and trophies at every single club he's ever managed. Maybe we should heed the message of the football purists who champion the likes of Klopp, Potch and Wenger and ask them the question everybody wants to ignore. Where are your trophies?

The Utd way is the wining way and everything else is just white noise.

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11 Mar 2018 15:35:24
Not really Danny, the United way is attacking football, always has been and always should be. I get the argument but letā€™s not settle for winning whatever the cost.

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11 Mar 2018 15:47:16
He's not the manager we deserve, but he's the manager we need right now. Sounds like a Batman trailer šŸ˜‚

Difficult to beat.
Improved standard of squad.
Winning ways.
Better spirit (fighting back) .

To challenge for the title we have to improve offensively. Better patterns of play. A purpose that utilises the strengths of our players. Hopefully Jose is working on this for next season.

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11 Mar 2018 16:08:23
Fair enough pal I respect your point of view and kind of understand where your coming from.

I go to football to watch Utd win. I always feel a million times better when we win, even if we've played badly, rather than lose and we've played well.

I'd personally never swap a win for a more entertaining style of play.

I get the argument that we can still play attacking football and win but I think Jose only really puts more emphasis on defending against our main rivals when he predominantly sets up his teams to stop the opposition. In the other games I don't think he plays defensively and I think the problems have stemmed from inconsistencies from our attacking players rather than any tactics employed by the manger.

This is just my opinion of course and why I think the style debate is a bit of a red herring.

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11 Mar 2018 16:35:47
Danny - Yesterday felt good because we beat a good Liverpool and all the players looked like their hearts were in it. These game are win at all cost games, so nobody will complain about the tactics - they worked (sometimes they don't) .

What I and many others don't want or support is playing the same tactics as we did yesterday against weaker opposition and the players not looking up for the battle in those games. We see that all too often and that is the problem.

There is no hard and fast rule, winning is always the objective, but entertaining or at least attacking football should be the rule, not the exception.

We all want the same thing, it's just some of us have different expectations on how that is accomplished and different pain thresholds.

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11 Mar 2018 16:44:28
Were u gutted when lvg left Danny after all we had just won a trophy and if winning things is more important than how we do it why did people want him gone . Would you like Wenger in now he's won 3 of the last 4 fa cups so maybe arsenal supporters have him all wrong .
I stand by judge jm at the end of the season he either wins something and the ends justify the means or he duznt and all the style or substance stuff means nothing if substance brings nothing .
I didn't mind our second half yesterday as we were defending the win as opposed to defending a draw in the away game .

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11 Mar 2018 17:41:08
Beast - I honestly don't believe Jose employs negative tactics against the so-called lesser teams. I think our attackers can be inconsistent especially the likes of Rashford, Martial and Lingard and I think that's why we've looked ponderous and disjointed as an attacking unit on occasions this season. I accept that against our rivals he predominantly sets us up to nullify their strengths rather than to attack but he's done that all his career he was never going change coming to Utd. You obviously think he employs these tactics on a weekly basis but I honestly don't see it that way and once our attackers mature and become more consistent I'm convinced we'll see better attacking football. Time will be the judge and whilst I can understand your argument I think if we can just be patient with the emergence of Lukaku better understanding and performing his role and the addition of Sanchez I sure things will improve.

Slate - Come on mate I think your being slightly disingenuous you know we're really talking about the league and champions league. If Jose doesn't deliver then he will rightly face criticism and an FA Cup, League Cup or Europa League can only paper over the cracks for so long. All I'm saying is the key word is progression and I don't think we should worry to much about the style at this point.

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11 Mar 2018 18:21:12
Danny your correct as I'm being disingenuous to make a point, we simply dismiss other teams winning a cup, for example Wenger's success in the fa cup recently because they are nothing in the league, yet we are quick to point at it if we do the same thing as proof of the end justifies the means . If as you say the league and the champions league are the true sign of progress then that's why managers who have won nothing appear to have made progress with their teams aswell . There is no doubt we are way higher in the league than we have been recently, but there is no doubt either we were out of the running to win it around Christmas time . I agree with beast I guess I find us unnecesarily cagey sometimes against teams I think wouldn't cause us to many problems if we simply had a go at them .

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11 Mar 2018 12:25:50
Wow what a result. I celebrated that victory perhaps a little too hard last night and am feeling the effects today. Itā€™s amazing a few weeks ago it was all doom and gloom and we were in terrible form where we could have been in danger of dropping out the top 4. Fast forward 2 weeks and weā€™ve beat Liverpool and Chelsea at home, a win away from a champions league quarter final and a win away from the fa cup semis.

I wanted to touch on how well our defence played yesterday. I am not a fan of young and smalling and donā€™t think they are good enough but they were brilliant yesterday. Young especially I have been critical but credit where it is due he had Salah in his pocket all game. But the real star for me was Eric bailly. What a performance and what a player we have on our hands. Heā€™s brilliant on the ball whilst also aggressive in his tackling and positionally sound. If he can stay fit we are looking at a defender who has the potential to be the best in the world. You can see how much confidence he instils in the other players around him when he plays. To Jose and our scouting team great job for finding him becaus he is an absolute gem.

Yesterday it was the first time in years I felt a real connection with this Man Utd team. I didnā€™t get the opportunity to be at old Trafford but from the sound of it the place looked like it was rocking. Often there has been a bit of disconnect between the team and the fans but yesterday he players showed so much fight and desire and passion. It was great to see. Beating Liverpool is always sweet and they are very bitter about it which makes the win even more satisfying.

Joseā€™s football is not always pretty but you know that he will get results. Iā€™m not getting carried away but I honestly think that he can set us up to manage anybody in the champions league. He knows how to win and I wouldnā€™t rule is out pulling off a shock in that competition.

The balance of the team was right yesterday. Mctominay came of age and I love seeing rashford succeed. That first goal was incredible. Sanchez hasnā€™t quite hit the heights we expect but the guyā€™s workrate is impressive. He is so tenacious and determined and he will eventually come good. We are in the vital business end of the season and for the first time since sir alex has left I have the feeling of excitement. Letā€™s do the business against Sevilla and Brighton and then let's sort city out in a few weeks.

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11 Mar 2018 17:59:46
Park

Nice post mate, To say Sanchez hasnā€™t hit the heights is something of an understatement, he has been pants. I thought he was the worst player on the pitch yesterday, he never stopped running and trying but his output was awful, hopefully he will settle soon.

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11 Mar 2018 18:27:39
I agree AJH he is still struggling. Played a lovely ball which mata should have scored off. I think his best position is centrally rather than on the left so Iā€™m not sure how Jose is going to fit in all of our attacking players. G nev touched on it yesterday that mata might be the key for us as he has the composure to link the play and get the back to our forward runners. Sanchez has linked well with him a few times in the last few games so perhaps that is an understanding that can develop.

I actually think Jose Would have been pleased with sanchezā€™s Performance because he worked very hard and was disciplined in the defensive structure of the team. Just need to get him firing if we want to have any chance of winning the champions league.

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11 Mar 2018 11:44:38
I don't get the focus on Jose's tactics. Was he supposed to go gun ho against a team who could easily catch us on the counter? Do you trust our defense that much?

Jose sets up his teams to get a result. More than often it works. Is it pretty? No. Is it effective? Yes. His record speaks for itself. Probably the second greatest manager in the Prem ever after Fergie.

After the piss we have been served up by Moyes and LVG its a hell of a lot better. Jose has had a hell of a lot of work to do and while he has spent big on players, this is still 2/ 3 signings from a Jose team. We can all see where we need to improve and of course so does he.

Say what you like but for a team still in transition, Two yrophies last year, ECL again and second in the table is not bad really is it?

Jose's style is not liquid football. Its not that pleasing on the eye but it is exactly what we need at the moment. Some stability and a platform to build. I look around and apart from Pep, who is starting to annoy me in terms of attitude, who really out there has the ability to manage a monster club like this and the media circus that goes with it? Ancelotti? Apart from Milan has he ever really made a club his own? Allegri has great experience but could he hack the EPL and he loves his defense too. Lowe i'm not convinced about. Simione is more negative then Jose. Plus ill never forgive him for 1998.

So after rambling on I go back to the the main point. I beleive Jose is still building. A couple of keys signings in the middle and defense and I think Jose will let the players up top loose. i'm already looking forward to next season.

Not the man we wanted but the man we need.

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11 Mar 2018 11:54:45
Well said JM8.

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11 Mar 2018 11:58:00
Too much focus on Jose and his tactics. More goals than spurs, less conceded but we want poch šŸ˜‚.

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11 Mar 2018 11:58:26
James

I said a few weeks ago add a top central defender and it will help midfield, add a top central midfield player and control games. We then have the base to let the attacking players loose.

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11 Mar 2018 12:11:51
Great post James. Agree Redman Umtiti would do really nicely.

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11 Mar 2018 12:42:52
Savic and Umtiti, Varane or Aldwerield will sort the team out we also need a lb and rb.

We will be completely transfored next year with th3se signings and the full backs can rotate with Valencia and young next year.

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11 Mar 2018 15:15:34
Singh do they have to be signings though? Jesse, Rash and McTom have shown that it can be done other ways. A transferred ā€˜nameā€™ player is not always the answer. I donā€™t think.

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11 Mar 2018 11:23:23
My iPad decided to play up so that last line makes no sense, was meant to say hereā€™s to facing you in the CL!

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11 Mar 2018 11:22:42
im a Liverpool fan wanting to discuss the result.

Firstly the elephant in the room, you won we lost it hurts!

Regarding the game at Anfield we threw as well as most pundits the park the bus jibe your way and it was because you didnā€™t have any intention of winning the game.

Yesterday you got the result and football is a results business it doesnā€™t matter how you get there sometimes. Yes we will be frustrated you defended, we are football fans at the end of the day who all want to win.

I couldnā€™t watch the game yesterday as I was at a wedding but reading reviews it sounds like there were two defensive errors and possibly a few penalty shouts (doesnā€™t matter we didnā€™t get them) . Therefore our fault we lost and no one elseā€™s.


So enjoy to facing you in the quarters of CL.

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11 Mar 2018 11:56:51
At least a sensible scouser here. Will be nice to face you in the CL final šŸ˜‰. Now that will be the game of a lifetime šŸ¤£.

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11 Mar 2018 12:45:31
Only penalty shout was valencias which want intentional. The coming together of Fellaini protecting the ball as Mane was coming in definitely wasn't a penalty. Mane runs not o Fellaini.

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11 Mar 2018 11:01:46
Great result, great spirit shown by the lads.
Objectives for rest of season:
1. Consolidate 2nd place. Anything less would be a huge disappointment now.
2. Win the FA cup. A trophy is crucial considering the league became a procession far too early.
3. Reach champs league semi final. And see what happens. Need to be professional on Tuesday which I'm sure we will.

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11 Mar 2018 10:47:15
The bitterness and the total lack of ability to be objective or gracious is what makes beating Liverpool the best result of the season.

I love and get a real kick out of opening the papers or flicking through websites and seeing all the excuses the media and Liverpool loving pundits come up with every time we beat them.

It just shows how much it hurts them to lose to us, how twisted it makes them.

I love it, it's one of the best feelings.

Just think they could destroy all our fun of beating them if they were just gracious and said fair play you were the better team on the day. But knowing that even if they accept that on some level the pure hatred won't let them ever say it out loud.

Instead we get a second my second breakdown of the game trying to prove the result isn't the right result.

"We should have had X number of penalties"

"The ref never sent off * (insert United players name) "

"United didn't really win because they didn't play "proper" football"

"United bought the win on eBay"

"The ball didn't bounce right, United must have made a sacrifice to the devil"

"God hates Liverpool because United paid him off"

Etc etc etc.

I absolutely love it.

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11 Mar 2018 11:05:17
Nothing better than seeing Utd boiling peopleā€™s p*$$.

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11 Mar 2018 11:22:07
Great defencive display in the 2nd half shappy and enjoyable to watch too. Really well drilled and diciplined.

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11 Mar 2018 11:42:33
Shappy

I said this on live chat near the end of the game and posted about it lower down this morning.

I opened one paper to read a headline saying the poor darlings had 5 contentious decisions go against them, 3 penalties and 2 sendings off. It really just isnā€™t fair, they have been robbed. It really is nonsense but no one can beat them fairly. The thing is that attitude just propagates the issue that makes it difficult for them to move on. If they continue to believe they were just unlucky and it was all the officials fault, they wonā€™t really look at why they lost and sort it out.

The article in the paper is likely because of the infestation of the press by Liverpool ex players and sympathisers. I canā€™t believe some of the bias I watch and hear. It is also increasing their sense of it being unfair, feeding a frenzy.

The only thing I havenā€™t heard is a request to replay the game supported by ex Liverpool player pundits, it wouldnā€™t surprise me.

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11 Mar 2018 12:06:57
Shappy great post šŸ‘.
It only goes to show the bias we are getting. From Liverpool supporters I can understand but from the damn media šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£ really pathetic.
Anyway it feels good afterall we were once the most hated club and canā€™t wait to be back to winning ways and make more hate us. Iā€™d rather we win and be hated.
Watching the replay I cannot Stand this bloody Peter Drury. He says he is a football commentator but I think he is more like a Liverpool commentator. Commentators are meant to be fair but he has no shame and show his negative comments about ManUtd. He should never be commenting on any ManUtd related games. Useless bum.

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11 Mar 2018
New image uploaded to the
Manchester United Player Sightings page entitled, Mo salahs heat map

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11 Mar 2018 13:48:26
EZRS šŸ‘šŸ‘šŸ‘šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£.

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11 Mar 2018 14:18:10
Cheers 666.

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11 Mar 2018 09:20:05
Oh God, my poor head :)

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11 Mar 2018 08:14:02
Blimey just had a nose on the pool pages, dunno about having a liver bird on the badge it should be a bloody ostrich with the amounts of head buried in the sand on there!

You can't read for more than 3 sec without seeing "park the bus" they are obsessed with it .

There is also a load of tripe about rather playing "heavy metal football" than winning ugly like we do.

You'd think for a team that's won eff all in years they'd take anything .

I've been hopelessly optimistic all season and yesterday was the fruition of that optimism we were fantastic in the first half and in the second we defended brilliantly, the sort of defending that I have seen teams lauded over .
It was the 1st time I'd been to one of these games yesterday and I've honestly never been anywhere with an atmosphere like it it was electric you could feel it in the air all around the city it was palpable.

All in all yesterday is one of my best days and I can't wait til Tues šŸ˜šŸ˜.

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11 Mar 2018 08:44:45
One thing that's always confused me, United didn't win the league for 26 years and BBC and all other Liverpool blinkered press reminded us every minute. While the famous Liverpool haven't won the league for 27years, 309days,15hrs, 20mins. Yet, no one seems to mention it! Strange that!

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11 Mar 2018 09:02:28
I really don't get the love in with Liverpool it's always been the same as far as I'm concerned I'm 42 so I've been lucky enough to see our strongest period but I'm also unlucky to have seen that lot dominate (for a bit) but the one constant has always been the gushing love for them and their average managers whilst we continue to be hated by all except our own.

Not complaining I love it šŸ˜.

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11 Mar 2018 09:44:32
Deano it shows how poor Liverpool were, must be the first group I know who got run over by a parked bus.

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11 Mar 2018 09:59:03
Jesus csm they are obsessed with parking the bloody bus I'm going to use it as a drinking game next time we beat them a shot every time you read it on their page. be absolutely pissed after 10 min.

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11 Mar 2018 10:24:29
Deano,

I said that last time, itā€™s hilarious isnā€™t it, just something they have heard that they can keep using over and over again. We didnā€™t park the bus yesterday we absolutely ripped them apart in the first half and should have gone in 3 up.

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{Ed004's Note - We played smart football. If Tottenham had of played like us midweek they would be in the draw for the next round of the champions league}

11 Mar 2018 10:52:13
got run over by a parked bus, quality.

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11 Mar 2018 12:00:01
Fine margins ed004. spurs were unlucky. they were playing juventus not Basel. A bounce here, block not put in, spurs are through and pochs a genius. They were just unlucky and came up against a pretty decent team.

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11 Mar 2018 12:32:48
No angel they were not unlucky. They blew it through poor game management.

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11 Mar 2018 07:49:36
As the season approaches the final stages I think there are some questions to be asked.

1. Are there still people who think Morata would have been a better buy than Lukaku? šŸ˜‚

2. Why do players insist on placing the ball out of the quadrant when taking a corner? Does that extra centimetre make all the difference?

3. Is Ashley Young human? Iā€™m thinking he has to be a cyborg the way he is playing.

4. How are the Southampton board feeling? They finished 8th last year but sacked the Manager because of his style of play (one for you ken) . Iā€™m guessing they are regretting it now.

5. Why has no-one tried to poach Sean Dyche? The job he has done is incredible.

6. Is Sanchez really tiny or are the rest of our players really tall? He looks like a mascot when hey come out.

7. Has Jose calmed down? He seems much more controlled recently and Iā€™m all for that continuing.

8. Is anybody still advocating selling Rashford? He hadnā€™t been playing well but heā€™s still a kid.

9. Anybody betting onWest Ham going down? Thatā€™s some record Moyes is building.

10. Whatā€™s the difference between a Liverpool fan and a vibrator? The Liverpool fan is a real dick.

Thank you, Iā€™m here all week.

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11 Mar 2018 08:20:32
Very enjoyable post Tony. And some who were writing Rashford off recently need their heads examining. As I keep saying, he's only a kid.
And I knew Young will do well against the mighty Salah.
Mourinho is not my cup of tea, but he got his tactics spot on yesterday credit where credit is due.
Are we going to see a positive reaction from Pogba or is he just going to write 5 million tweets, Instagram messages and have 4 different hair styles for every day of the week? Because from where I'm sat now, Pogba has been an unmitigated disaster and needs to take a long hard look at himself. The club has invested a lot of money in his undoubted talent and he needs to deliver. I'm not entirely convinced he was injured.

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11 Mar 2018 08:39:20
Haha love that post Tony the Sanchez bit made me PMSL šŸ˜‚.

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11 Mar 2018 09:03:45
Unmitigated disaster? Bit strong isn't it schmid?

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11 Mar 2018 09:45:27
Tony,

Funny post mate, made me laugh, on question 5 Everton tried hard to get him and he didnā€™t want to go. I dislike Joey Barton but his new podcast is good, I recommend the interview with Sean Dyche, a fantastic look at the job he has done at Burnley and a lot of things Iā€™ve never thought of really explained, heā€™s a fantastic manager and from the sounds of it a wonderful bloke.

On question 8, I think the minority slagging off Rashford donā€™t really understand how young he is and what an amazing talent we have if managed correctly (which in my opinion he has been, taken out the limelight when out of form etc) . Also perhaps people need to use this example when looking at Pogba, heā€™s had a good season and a few bad games heā€™s suddenly a disaster šŸ˜‚ very funny. Of course he was injured, and who cares how he has his hair cut, like it makes any difference, i'd rather him at the barbers than the pub, maybe thatā€™s just me though.

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11 Mar 2018 10:28:02
Deano. Not completely unmitigated. Just a disaster. Haha. He'll come good.

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11 Mar 2018 12:01:08
Gds isn't rashford just another Danny welbeck, because danny would have scored them goals yesterday, yawn. I'm sure there's a few of the eds that don't rate him either.

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11 Mar 2018 15:11:03
One good game in 25 doesn't make him a Messi either.

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11 Mar 2018 22:50:32
Oh there he is. shan, have a lie down mate or just have a better look at rash now and again.

I don't think anyone could equate him to the level of messi šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚

But he's a damn sight better than Danny welbeck and he won a few trophies.

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11 Mar 2018 07:48:14
Morning all. Don't you just love to wake up the day after we beat the Scousers. Was reading round up of the papers and this made me chuckle.
"The Reds broke their club record transfer fee when they paid Southampton Ā£75m for Dutch centre-back Van Dijk in the last window.
Van Dijk has been an instant success with assured and authoritative displays in what had previously been a troublesome position for Klopp"
So VD as I prefer to call him, has been an "instant hit" and "a success". You couldn't make that stuff up. Does every Scouse fan work in newspapers and tv channels.

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11 Mar 2018 07:59:05
Thereā€™s definitely a love in going in. Heā€™s better than I thought he was but Ā£75M? You can put lipstick on a pig, but itā€™s still a pig.

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11 Mar 2018 08:02:44
In Norway i think they do. Three biggest online papers last night had one little article from the match and the headline was: Klopp clicked.

Acctually there was a much bigger article when Coutinho scored for Barca.
There was almost 8000 norwegians at Old Trafford yesterday. this match is huge in Norway. still.

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11 Mar 2018 08:42:20
There were Scandinavian folk everywhere yesterday I got a handle on how big this game is globally yesterday when we were out drinking after must have spoken to about 20 people with different nationalities it's fabulous our club is immense.

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11 Mar 2018 10:15:13
You wonā€™t believe when I tell you how big ManUtd is in Asia. Just in Xhina will drown the scousers šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£.

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11 Mar 2018 10:36:32
ā€¢ā€¢China.

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11 Mar 2018 13:27:35
Mate there were groups we met yesterday who didn't even have a ticket but had travelled from Finland just to be close to it it's incredible .

It fuels my belief that we are THE biggest club globally.

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Premier League Match Preview Sunday 11th March 2018

11 Mar 2018 05:44:22
{Ed's Note - Tris Burke has posted a new article entitled, Premier League Match Preview Sunday 11th March 2018

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Review Of The Day 11th March 2018

11 Mar 2018 05:39:27
{Ed's Note - Tris Burke has posted a new article entitled, Review Of The Day 11th March 2018

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11 Mar 2018 05:54:05
Invasions and clashes left, right and centre.

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11 Mar 2018 07:51:09
Will you do a review for yesterday's game ed1? (If not already done)

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{Ed001's Note - yes mate, when I have had a chance to watch it again, which I am not looking forward to.}

11 Mar 2018 08:01:42
It wonā€™t be long until a player gets seriously hurt by an idiot fan. Steeping into the playing surface should be a serious criminal offence for spectators.

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11 Mar 2018 08:46:31
Can't believe the amount of aggro about yesterday the west ham stuff was really nasty saw it on MOTD there didn't seem to be any police about .

That club certainly doesn't cover itself in glory.

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11 Mar 2018 09:06:58
West Ham are the worst run club in the PL with the worst owners even above Mike Ashley.

However terrible your team is playing invading the pitch, attacking the players isn't going to improve the situation, it will just worsen it.

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11 Mar 2018 11:26:16
Ajh it is a serious criminal offence.

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