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06 Mar 2018 22:44:00
Disappointed to see demitri mitchell is out for the season after picking up a knee injury.
By all accounts he was excelling at hearts.
I hope his recovery goes well.
07 Mar 2018 09:28:18
Has to be the loan move of the season, he was absolutely flying with 3 MOTM in 6 games playing at left wing back. Hope the injury is not too serious.
06 Mar 2018 20:33:57
Madrid psg game fascinating you can almost feel the importance of the 1st goal.
06 Mar 2018 20:35:42
That Verratti is some player.
06 Mar 2018 21:21:54
Just got sent off, awful player, no scott mctominay.
06 Mar 2018 21:26:21
Kiss of death!
06 Mar 2018 21:33:18
Ronaldo back defending corners getting the head on it and helping out his defence.
Alves made a few mistakes but that little veratti a ferrari.
06 Mar 2018 21:45:30
That psg look a good team on paper
But it was like they wanted to lose no heart at all.
06 Mar 2018 21:55:01
They reminded me of us!
07 Mar 2018 01:29:10
Verrati really is a class act.
06 Mar 2018 20:18:56
We’ve recently talked about underrated layers buy how about overrated players? Fro me, Di Maria has to be the most overrated player ever, I simply don’t see it. The occasional flash of brilliance every 5 games but apart from that just downright ordinary. Who’s yours?
06 Mar 2018 20:25:36
Cavani.
06 Mar 2018 20:33:35
Yep, him too.
06 Mar 2018 20:37:11
Lavezzi - never understood the hype.
Pique is another one. I don’t think he is actually that great a defender but just played for two of the best sides at ever at keeping the ball (Spain and Barcelona) .
This one is going to get slammed - Thomas mueller. Very good player but not as good as he is made out to be.
06 Mar 2018 20:59:27
Pique is a good shout, and I understand where you are coming from with Mueller although I suspect that will get shot down.
06 Mar 2018 21:11:00
Mueller is still a top player but I feel for a player who exploded onto the scene at his first world cup, he has not really hit the heights many have expected of him. Also playing in a one team league has not really been a test for him. I would love to seem him in the premier league and see how he performs. His movement is very underrated but he is a weird hybrid sort of player between a striker/ cf/ left midfielder.
Dele Alli can be added to the most overrated list.
Moussa dembele to the underrated list although I think he is getting the recognition this season and rightly so.
06 Mar 2018 21:16:21
Hulk saldado Anderson Henderson morata could go on all night. A lot could be due to opinion too. But yu do wonder how some players get picked.
06 Mar 2018 21:30:38
Di maria.
06 Mar 2018 21:44:48
Dele Ali John Terry di maria courtois morata ramos pique valdes.
06 Mar 2018 22:11:20
Carrick is the most overrated underrated player of all time, eh Beasty boy?
06 Mar 2018 22:18:37
Balloteli.
06 Mar 2018 22:53:11
Oscar for me the most over rated player and has gone missing i would even say Jackson Martinez he had a name but disappeared very quickly.
Di Maria is a wicked player he is better then a lot of wide players in the world.
06 Mar 2018 23:01:21
Ramos. Plus, he's a rather unlikeable type of chap.
06 Mar 2018 23:34:29
So true RWWD, shame to add Pogba to this list but he has to be one of the chiefs. I also don't get the love with Kroos personally, but I know a lot of people think he is class for 'retaining possession' and 'keeping things ticking'.
07 Mar 2018 01:29:39
Pogba? Still a lot to prove.
07 Mar 2018 02:04:51
Great shout on Oscar Singh completely forgot about him. Ozil could potentially make that list but I’m a fan.
07 Mar 2018 02:16:03
Bakayoko, wijnaldum and sissoko.
07 Mar 2018 05:44:36
Lewandoski-lazy feck.
07 Mar 2018 06:33:35
Mbappe is another one, looks like a schoolboy. One good season, big move, looks out of his depth.
I’ve mentioned Alli a few times, I just don’t get the hype with him. A niggly annoying player who drifts through games. I think he’s a Billy Big Boots.
07 Mar 2018 07:48:24
Mbappe? Most definitely not. Boy is class.
07 Mar 2018 20:40:39
Common, Mbappe is already a class player, beeing played out of position in a team full of players who only play for themself. and he is still so young, he should be playing kiddie football. And Cavani is also a laughable thing to say, great player.
06 Mar 2018 15:27:08
I just want to pose a question to everyone on here.
Is Sanchez just taking time to adjust to the team OR is he following Mourinho's tactics?
Sanchez is trying to do almost the exact same thing as all our other wide players have so far this season. There seems to be a tactic of just give it to a wide player and expect them to pull a rabbit out of the hat. Create a goal and that will do.
Having watched us all season I feel that we don't actually have a specific plan of attack. We seem to be set up to restrict chances, stay compact and limit space for the opposition. But what is our attacking plan? How are we set up to score goals?
Is the plan to attack down the wings with quick diagonal balls then play crosses into a specific area for our striker? Or pull the ball back for midfield runner to sweep home? Are we looking at through ball down the middle or down the channels? Our we set up to play the ball to a striker to lay off to a No.10 or second striker? Or are we looking to break in behind and use pace? Are we looking to exploit set plays? Are we looking to press and hit teams quickly? Or have slow build up and work openings?
We seem to have no offensive plan other than everyone sit deep, and play long to one ore two players up front and expect them to do something.
Nearly all teams have a modus operandi on how they try to score, what is ours?
Is it that we have poor players, or do we have good players with no plan?
06 Mar 2018 16:03:47
Completely agree Shaps. This is evident by the lack of movement off the ball in the final third and every player having to look up for options before makin a pass. It’s like the team are playing together for the first time. Mourinho mentioned in an interview that his preferred plan for attack is to allow the one/ two superstars to create chances and moments of magic. This may be something he needs to build in his repertoire. Or hire an assistant manager who is good at it like Fergie did. Don’t see him doing the latter though.
06 Mar 2018 16:09:40
Good post Shappy. I think the issue is we have a poor attacking plan. We lack any identity and often when we attack there is no game plan just hope for one of our big name players to pull off pieces of magic. I think we play far to narrow and try and play intricate passes through the middle of the opposition defence. We rarely stretch teams mainly because our wingers all cut inside and operate very narrowly. Now I have no issue with our wingers doing that provided our full backs provide the width and bomb down the wings. I think that is jose’s Plan. However as we can all see our full backs are just not good enough. They both lack quality in delivery of crosses and lack any sort of creativity. Until we sign two top quality full backs we will continue to play static, slow, narrow football.
We have a striker in Lukaku who is one of the best in the box yet we provide him next to no service. I think on a few occasions mata puts in some great balls for him and we have capitalised. I think Lukaku has done an incredible job to have the amount of goals he does without having much decent service. I think Sanchez has massively disrupted the balance of the team. He and pogba seem to want to operate in the same space and it’s just not working. Martial or rashford need to play on the left hand side and Sanchez must play centrally or on the right. I hope we can get him clicking because it’s not been working so far.
At the beginning of the season we were moving the ball at speed and stretching teams with the pace and width of our wingers. We have so much pace in our attacking areas but we are not making the right runs. Everything is played to congestidly in the areas in fromt of the cbs. We need to isolate the opposition full backs and take them on. Sanchez didn’t take on the young rb from palace once on the outside. Sane does this better than anyone in the league for city. We aren’t far but Jose needs to allow the team to attack a bit more freely and needs to invest in two top full backs otherwise we will be watching more of this disjointed football.
06 Mar 2018 16:59:10
Our full backs where on and overlapped all night just didn't get a pass .
Sanchez and pogba had a stinker gave to ball away all night and people talk about our full backs .
We need to get the players we have playing well.
It's a myth the whole fb thing let the attackers attack .
Watch psg Madrid tonight the attackers will do the business.
Watch city kdb Silva sane and co will do the business.
Teams sit that deep against the top teams there is very little room in the last third any way .
Midfield is the engine room sets the tempo and that is missing from this team .
A decent play maker in there some one energy will be a massive step in the right direction . I will be amazed if we don't spend big on cm.
06 Mar 2018 17:12:53
No one is denying pogba and Sanchez had stinkers jred. We only started overlapping when shaw came on the left hand side. Young has the tendency to always shift onto his right foot and pass it back in field. Valencia’s legs have gone and he doesn’t offer much going forward. I disagree on your point that other teams’ attackers only do the business. Marcelo is one of real’s most important attacking assets and he offers width and quality crosses when Ronaldo cuts in field more centrally. City were terrible last year without decent full backs who are integral to peps style of play. Walker has been immense for them and is so important for their attacking output. Granted Mendy has been injured so we can’t judge him. PSG have alves who again is a massive threat going forward and is important to their style of play. Spurs’ full backs as well. To dismiss the importance of full backs in the modern game is a bit short sighted. They have to be able to be decent at both attacking and defending as well as probably be the fittest players on the pitch. I agree we need some quality in midfield and I expect us to make at least one signing there.
06 Mar 2018 17:32:53
Spot on park. With 2 midfielder minimum leaving i think its a safe bet we will spend on midfielders.
We tried to sign a cb at in jan so i'd say that's for sure and a couple of proper full backs are needed and as ed002 said we are trying to sign 2 full backs also.
06 Mar 2018 17:57:01
2 full backs and a center mid like Savic or Joginho and Umtiti as a cb will completely transform our team.
06 Mar 2018 18:03:50
I have no idea where you get the FB is a myth thing from jred. How about the likes of Cafu and Roberto Carlos, our own Gary Neville was quality at the over lap, and like Park said look at the likes of Alves and Kyle Walker.
We looked a different side when Shaw came on and gave us some natural needed width.
06 Mar 2018 18:15:33
No amount of tactics could teach you how to lose the ball 32 times in a game.
06 Mar 2018 18:18:38
Shaw came on and gave us some extra weight not width. I didn't see anything good that he did last night. Or how we can credit any of that 2nd half performance due to him giving us extra width.
06 Mar 2018 20:07:20
Personally I think the issue comes from the fullbacks tactically. As we don’t push forward enough the opposition defence isn’t stretched.
06 Mar 2018 21:04:36
Shaw came on a put his bulging rear end in our defence and offered nothing at all.
07 Mar 2018 01:21:22
The amount of times young in particular was ignored and Sanchez come inside was ridiculous last night .
Sanchez was awful last night, great player had a stinker as did pogba and people want to say it's because of our full backs .
Messi kdb and co don't at well because of there full back .
Singh
I'm a big fan of Shaw but he done nothing last night .
People would rather make excuses for Jose pogba the star names than accept the heart of the team had a stinker.
07 Mar 2018 01:25:19
Should also say city where crap while pep got his message over .
Crap unroll they bought 2 full backs? Delph has played more games than any city player at left back .
It's a bit like Shaw changed the game . No he never
Pogba needs to play in a 3 against Newcastle. he was playing in a 3
United need different full backs to attack? No they don't they need pogba Sanchez and co to play well in attack.
07 Mar 2018 13:02:42
Interesting debate with a non united fan last night who stated- united will win nothing major with pogba/ sanchez playing in the same team! Quantified by "they close up each others operating area as well as trying to outdo each other"
Must say the space thing I agree with, bit early for the other statement .
06 Mar 2018 13:39:35
Great to see us win from 2 goals behind. But Pogba and Sanchez were just pathetic throughout. Sanchez wants to play on the left but doesn't even try to take on the opposing right back and stretch him out of position ( which rashford did brilliantly as soon as he came on ) . Pogba and Sanchez basically play in the same position on the left trying to cut and play a through ball or 1-2 which doesn't work out as the defenders are too narrow. There is no one to work on the wings.
To get the best out of these two I think they should be used in a 4-3-3 formation playing either side of Matic in the middle. They like to come back a lot anyways so it will be much more suited to these guys and they will have more space to work while the front 3 engage the defenders. It will be a comparatively new position for Sanchez but he isn't doing anything in the front 3. He looks frustrated during the match as if his teammates are playing bad and the very next second he loses the ball.
Pogba and Sanchez will have to work extra in a mid 3 role and Sanchez with his work rate will be able to do it. Pogba will have to work and concentrate harder.
In case we are playing against top opposition then we can play Mctominay in the middle with Matic and sacrifice an attacking player.
06 Mar 2018 14:42:59
Haha you want to play Sanchez in midfield 😂😂.
06 Mar 2018 14:44:15
I think you're right about Sanchez and Pogba wanting to operate in the same space but I don't agree with Sanchez in midfield although I admit it would be an interesting experiment.
Two solutions I think would work better is for Sanchez to play on the right and come inside like mata does. Rashford and Martial can provide width on the left.
Alternatively, Sanchez and Pogba need to develop an understanding so Sanchez comes inside and Pogba occupies the space he has vacated.
06 Mar 2018 15:00:50
I think matic will have something to say about that lol. Poor man can barely do his own defensive duties, let alone pogba and sanchez's as well.
06 Mar 2018 15:14:57
If Sanchez could play on the right it would solve a lot of problems but at the moment he just seems incapable of doing that. Coming in from the right is also not easy for him as he's a right footed player. Sanchez in my opinion has created more problems for us since he joined. Our last few matches with or without him would have made no difference.
06 Mar 2018 15:29:58
Dsg I understand that it would mean more responsibility on Matic. But I'm not saying to use him against the likes city or Tottenham. But against weaker sides who are very difficult to break down once they get narrow. I anyways don't think Jose would do anything remotely similar against good oppositions where his main focus is to defend.
07 Mar 2018 00:26:38
Play Pogba right wing.
06 Mar 2018 13:30:58
I enjoyed last night's game I know the situation we found ourselves in dictated how we approached the second half but I enjoyed us not getting too bogged down in tactics and throwing bodies forward it wasn't slick Stella football but atleast the intent was there second half .
It's a strange season as other than degea I don't think anyone has had an amazing season although matic has been pretty steady . Some of our big names have been injured or just haven't got started yet, others good in patches not so good in other patches. Lots have potential to be really good players but on this season's showings how many have nailed down a long term starting place for the foreseeable future . We are still second though and it's easy to suspect quite a few may have better seasons ahead, hope so anyway .
06 Mar 2018 13:11:42
bad 1st half last night a lot of bad passes but 2nd what a good game. i was thinking to myself why do the players seem scared to shoot outside the box until matic scored. but same question I'm going to ask why is it they don't seem to like shooting outside the box I've seen it a few times they have space to shoot but dont.
06 Mar 2018 09:46:15
{Ed's Note - MK Scouser has posted a new article entitled, Liverpool FC vs FC Porto - Champions League Preview
06 Mar 2018 08:03:34
Fantastic comeback and good match to watch. However, my post is around pogba. Gary Neville got it spot on when he said “His great weakness is that he plays like he’s playing in the park with his mates, ” I watched him last night and for the first time I thought, pogba at United is not going to work. He lacks effort, intensity, and he lacks understanding and chemistry with the rest if the team.
If you put pogba at City or Barcelona, he'll stand out for all the wrong reasons. His lack of effort and intensity.
I was Pogba's biggest fan and was delighted when he re-joined, but unless he starts concentrating more on football and less on the hair and social media, then I'm afraid he's going to be more of a hindrance than an asset. It's a shame as he possesses more skill than any other player we've got, but his application and commitment are lacking in a big way.
06 Mar 2018 11:07:23
I hate when people attack Pogba for his media antics and relate that to his performance or lack of.
Is it difficult to understand that Pogba can actually give the intensity and dedication required without having to stop enjoying himself off the pitch.
So, what "hair" or "social media" issues do the thousands of non-performing players have?
How do players who are party animals or alcoholics manage to play so well because to me, these indulgences are more detrimental to a player's performance than dancing and having a good haircut. 🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️.
06 Mar 2018 12:12:09
People say those things out of frustration when a talented player cannot be bothered to work hard on the pitch, and fans cannot help notice that Pogba does put the time in at the barber shop and practicing his silly dance routines. A more serious pro would focus more on what it takes to win. Captains of earlier teams would surely have got in his face and tell him to drop the fancy stuff and get stuck in and win some tackles out there.
06 Mar 2018 13:04:53
Why do many people want every player to run a round like a headless chicken flying into tackles all over the pitch?
Pogba is never going to be that player but he has the skills to do far more.
OK, hes's not in the best of form at present but the same can be said of the team in general. So what? get behind your team and do what a supporter is supposed to do - support!
06 Mar 2018 14:16:02
I agree with yaz.
06 Mar 2018 14:16:28
I am a huge fan of Pogba but his effort on second balls is unacceptable. He sticks a foot out when he ought to be using his whole body to win the ball. Far too many times last night he lost out on 50-50 balls from a half-hearted effort. These were plays right in front of him, it had nothing to do with him running around like a headless chicken or not.
06 Mar 2018 14:51:34
I watched their first goal again. Pogba stood there and watched Townsend running free, before a halfhearted jog at the very end when it was too late. And it's not the first time he's been stood ball-watching. Really needs to buck his ideas up.
06 Mar 2018 17:15:17
I agree with Attack. Ultimately if somebody isn't doing what they are capable of doing you have to look at the reasons why. It stands out like a sore thumb that Pogba 'appears' to have one eye on image in everything he does.
If he was playing well I couldn't care less what he does off the field as it is either not impacting his play or aiding it. However if he is playing poorly then it's perfectly reasonable to question what he is doing away from the pitch and ask why! Even if his PR thing is not the reason for his poor form, there isn't too much else for us to go on and any reasonable thinking person would come to the conclusion that he may not have the ability to juggle a celebrity lifestyle with an elite footballing career. It's down to Pogba to show us he can do both, although by the looks of things he spends more time down the hair salon than the training ground - it's not good to give off that appearance to your fans, true or otherwise.
Luke Shaw also looks like he is spending his spare time doing things he shouldn't be if his portly appearance yesterday was anything to go by. How much control do they have, what is their manager telling them, is it a question of them not respecting their jobs, manager, fans, or is it a deeper issue, I don't know, but I do know something stinks!
06 Mar 2018 21:22:54
Agreed with zidaniel, noucamp and Beast. No one is asking pogba to slide into tackles. But we are asking him to put some effort in and sometimes inject a bit of pace. Is that too much to ask? I couldn't give a flying f. k what he does with his hair, providing he's concentrating on his career in football first. But his priorities seem to be misplaced. Ronaldo has an image bigger than the world, but he concentrates on his football first and the image follows.
Noucamp made an excellent observation about the first goal. I was shouting at pogba to challenge Townsend, but he just strolled around and allowed the shot to be taken.
As Beast says, someone needs to tell him what his priorities should be. Fergie would have kicked a certain boot in the direction of that hair. Basically players like him are saying, screw the fans and the team and let's just concentrate on making sure my image is right. To me, that is utterly ridiculous.
07 Mar 2018 02:14:04
Forget his image. He's just not trying and strolling around the pitch. Couldn't give a stiff about the fancy stuff if he can't do the bare minimum defensively. We cannot excuse his pathetic attempts at defending with the odd fancy flick - especially when he is having so little end product recently.
Pull your socks up Pogba!
06 Mar 2018 06:30:17
I’ve been critical recently and whilst the first half was poor for me we looked very rusty. The boys had some time off and no game so maybe they lost a tiny bit of sharpness, so many of them gave the ball away throughout the first half.
But what a comeback, the second Palace goal so quickly after half time could have seen heads drop but we attacked and attacked and got our reward. I think that’s top 4 secured now, we’d have to play really badly to lose so, any points to allow Chelsea back in.
And so to Liverpool, please God we take the game to them and continue the momentum we finished the Palace game with. Does a leopard change its spots?
06 Mar 2018 07:55:24
Fantastic comeback and great entertainment too. First match I've seen in ages where United have got me off my seat shouting at the Tele. Even the wife said it. So hopefully we can take the 2nd half performance to the match against the Scousers.
06 Mar 2018 05:30:57
{Ed's Note - Tris Burke has posted a new article entitled, Review Of The Day 6th March 2018
06 Mar 2018 05:50:23
Good stuff Ed. Best was last 🤣🤣🤣.
{Ed001's Note - you did all tell Beast he needed to find a way of getting pleasure out of the game....}
06 Mar 2018 06:20:09
Was that Beast? Nooooooooooo 🤦♂️🤢🙅♂️
🤣🤣🤣.
06 Mar 2018 08:10:32
Well there's the proof about Beast. Him being a Bundesliga fan I mean.
06 Mar 2018 17:18:35
Hi guys, just got out of my Berlin prison cell. I thought I'd pretend to be a Utd player in the stands, took me ages to build up and then I couldn't get a shot off when it mattered!
06 Mar 2018 01:20:33
Anyone else think Shaw looked well over weight? Iv been screaming for him to be played ahead of young but if the fella can't apply himself and stay off the take-aways then he shouldn't even be on the bench!
06 Mar 2018 04:10:22
Yes. even I felt he is stuffed. may be he has accepted that he is gone in summer. so not showing interest.
06 Mar 2018 08:07:45
Shaw will never be a top player because he's not got the commitment or self control required of a top footballer. He's also not the cleverest and that shows in the way he talks and lives his life.
I can think of at least 3 left backs that can instantaneously improve our left side and are head and shoulders above him.
I'm hoping that Mourinho finally sees the light and sells him in the summer.
06 Mar 2018 08:14:28
Was round a friends watching the game. They asked me about Shaw and I said it was his attitude and his fitness. Then when he came on, he ran down the line and they all said at the same time 'He is looking chunky! '.
Im fed up with him now. His attitude just ain't right. He is overweight. he's had plenty of time and chances. Maybe he needs a pre season but if he went I wouldn't be too upset. Disappointed if anything.
06 Mar 2018 12:15:00
Overweight and too one-footed. Once he forced backward he has no ability to twist and turn his way out of trouble. Shaw has power and pace but not enough ability on the ball.
06 Mar 2018 12:28:26
Gid rid fast.
06 Mar 2018 01:05:39
As Ed025 said, the scousers are drinking bitter pints from our win and I am laughing so hard after reading their page. I'd love we nail them to lower position in the table with a win this weekend and let Spurs and Chelsea deal with them for 3rd place. At the worst I'd accept a draw. Ball is round but we have home ground advantage. We need to show the most important component in any competition - FANS SUPPORT. That's player #12 for me. GGMU.
06 Mar 2018 10:24:18
It’s hilarious 666. They’ve been slagging us off all week. Their record at old Trafford is not great so I think they will get a shock come Saturday. I never enjoy these games but I’ve got a good feeling about it. Take that second half into the game from last night and we have a serious chance against their defence.
06 Mar 2018 12:43:54
I know Park. I don’t want to slag them but rather let our team show with actions. I hope our team realizes the importance and impact of this game. I will only say the right thing at the end of the game 😉😉.
We need the bragging rights.
06 Mar 2018 00:26:46
Still seems to be quite a bit of negativity on here at the moment. But put that first half aside and the under 12 style defending on the second goal and that was a good performance.
For the first time watching us in a long time once we made it 2-1 you could see the desire to get the win. Perhaps most importantly you could see it from the manager. For the first time in a long time I've seen the old Jose Mourinho, he looked to have the hunger for the fight. This comeback could be huge in the grand scheme of things.
Onto the players, Sanchez very poor, but he is trying things, some fantastic passes some awful ones. Happens with near enough all the top players because they play with risk. Pogba awful first half, second half when the game opened up I thought he was actually quite good. He really got us up the pitch at times and really grew into the game. Needs to do a lot more though!
Lukaku gets plenty of stick but he is a goalscorer, great composure for his goal. Matic hit a worldie, our goal of the season so far. Lindelof I feel very sorry for, Smalling is all over the shop and it just doesn't help him. He was great against Sevilla and Chelsea, he was in good form but tonight Smalling was back to being erratic. Need bailly in there with him.
All in all a great result, and let's see where this takes us. But it's bloody brilliant to see that fight back, finally showed some balls for one of the first times since 2013.
Caolán.
PS De Gea is the best keeper on the planet.
06 Mar 2018 00:52:18
I agree Caolan.
It’s a bit too early for anyone to slag off Sanchez I feel. He joined not long ago and still trying to find how he fits into team. There will always be a dip before hitting the top for anyone. Some takes longer time but I am confident Sanchez will adapt and come good soon.
As for Smalling I am quite convinced he should be lower in line for the role and we should have find a better defender or replacement. He is not consistent and may let down the team during crucial matches. He is ok but not as good as I would hope for being spoilt by the likes of Fer and Vid.
06 Mar 2018 04:10:46
I think Lindelof needs a steadier partner, bailly and him could work well.
06 Mar 2018 04:13:04
Doesn't need to worry on Sanchez. a top top player. Only thing is he is too light weight for a second striker and Jose seems reluctant to play by wings. our wingers are always in the middle of the pitch. making easy to defend by over crowding and pushing off. this is costing Sanchez.
06 Mar 2018 07:24:13
Lindelof had a poor game looked nervous from the start and got bullied.
Pogba had a poor first half but was trying his best to get on the ball second he didn't look interested.
I don't think Sanchez will ever of played that bad.
06 Mar 2018 07:33:26
Lindelof played well again last night.
06 Mar 2018 10:32:17
If everyone casts their minds back to when we signed pogba ed 001 said something along the lines of because of the way he moves and carries himself it always looks like he’s being lazy or putting no effort in and that he would eventually be criticised for it.
{Ed001's Note - good memory mate. He is very laidback and his running style is languid, but he can still cover a lot of ground without looking like he is moving.}
06 Mar 2018 10:45:07
Id be nervous in that defence. Especially with Smalling because you just don't know which version will turn up. Sometimes its the solid version, sometimes its Bambi on ice.
06 Mar 2018 10:56:22
Ken Lindelof was poor again.
06 Mar 2018 11:11:34
I’m a fan of lindelof but I thought he struggled last night. In fact that whole back 4 doesn’t fill me with confidence. Bailly and shaw need to be reinstated. The best thing is to go for a back 3 against Liverpool which allows us to play two up top. Lukaku and martial up too with Sanchez behind and matic and pogba in a midfield two is more than enough to cause Liverpool problems. I would love a back 3 if bailly lindelof Rojo with Valencia and shaw as wing backs. I’m not sure Rojo will be fit unfortunately but I would have him above smalling and Jones.
06 Mar 2018 12:03:25
It wasn't pogba languid style that was the issue last night but lack of effort and commitment.
Looks lost at the moment.
06 Mar 2018 12:30:00
No he wasn't stand. Smalling and valencia were poor i thought lindelof played well.
06 Mar 2018 12:45:38
Lindelof was poor looked nervous all night .
06 Mar 2018 22:16:07
He was the best of our 4 defenders last night. Played well.