28 Jan 2021 13:22:07
Sim0975 makes a valid point below about the wrong team selection. I have held back from posting about the game for 20 painful hours but here goes.

We gave up before the first whistle yesterday. Is there anyone on the planet besides Sir Ole who thought that SU would come to OT and play an open expansive game, would leave spaces in behind for our sprinters to run in behind when they had a 38 year old anchoring the defense? Why did Ole play 3 strikers who only have one skill on their football know how and that is to use their raw pace to run in behind? I called it then that we would struggle to break them down. Tactical naivety from Ole. Is that new? NO. Why was Pogba playing alongside Matic and not further forward. Funny enough, Pogba played further forward against Liverpool. Was Ole more scared of losing to SU than Liverpool?

How does Martial start? And then how come he stays on for 90 minutes when Greenwood looked the more likelier to cause trouble to their defense? Why does Ole shift Rashford to the right to accomodate Martial. He should be smarter and shift Rashford out of the team altogether. What top player stays out of form for close to a year?
Rashford is getting a free run since January last year. He was pathetic again and was literally strolling though half the time. And that smug look on his face really pisses me off. I hear there are under privileged children in Africa, can Rashford move there and continue his mission off field because he is so distracted by all his off field activities that it will be good to him to leave football.

Back to Ole, why play Telles if you are not playing Cavani? Who will Telles cross to in the box? Neither Martial, Rash or Greenwood make those runs in the box to head it?

I don't remember their GK making a save whole game. That sums it up for me. No intent whatsoever.

Another thing i heard on commentary yesterday. Tuanzebe has accumulated 6 yellow cards in the 12 appearances he has made this season for us. He needs to work on his discipline if he wants to succeed. But i don't trust our coaches to be any help there either.


1.) 28 Jan 2021
28 Jan 2021 13:34:00
Shan you can’t slag the Golden boy off it won’t go down very well. I can’t believe people can’t see what’s straight in front of them. I’m not saying he is a bad player but he is so over hyped it’s unbelievable. He doesn’t have a football brain and without his pace he ain’t very good. Que the lovin. Yes we all know he’s a fantastic human being but this is about football nothing else.


2.) 28 Jan 2021
28 Jan 2021 13:38:36
15 goals and 10 assists and he’s not got a footballing brain? Grow up. Yet another overreaction to one result. Absolutely shocking. This place can be full of pure bile spewers at times. He’s out of form. We lost. Sh! t happens.


3.) 28 Jan 2021
28 Jan 2021 14:04:46
Yeah Redwhiskey. Its rubbish. No questions there. You are the only grown up buddy and we are all unborn foetus trying to understand football. Speaking of foetus, have you seen a newborn child trying to crawl for the first time? He would crawl straight into the bedpost or a drawer and hit his head. He can see those obstructions but will still hit them. Why, because his brain isn't fully developed and doesn't understand that its going to hurt him. Analogy sound familiar? The "golden boy" as Blackpool Red rightly puts it - does he not see the wall of defense? People converging on him? Yet he would run straight at them and lose the ball. Funny thing is that the infant would do it twice and stay clear the third time but Rashford even after playing for 6 years at top level keeps doing it. Goals and assists are just stats that cover up. Lacks footballing intelligence. Hyped because he is a local lad from the academy.


4.) 28 Jan 2021
28 Jan 2021 14:32:32
Bang on Shan. Also how many times when it’s a one on one with the keeper does he hit it straight at him. Him and Le sulk are so frustrating, he’s a one trick pony cut inside and hit it as hard as possible, I honestly can’t remember him trying to beat the fullback on the outside. That’s enough about him I don’t rate him end of but hope to be proved wrong.


5.) 28 Jan 2021
28 Jan 2021 15:19:20
I feel like I've walked into the bedpost myself after reading that post 🤦‍♂️.


6.) 28 Jan 2021
28 Jan 2021 15:19:35
Hope to be proved wrong, love it.


7.) 28 Jan 2021
28 Jan 2021 15:26:03
Blackpool, yes Rashy is inconsistent but his return of goals and assists are one of the reason we are high up in the table.
Last season he scored 20 odd goals in a injury hit season, which is quite incredible.

Who else would you play? Dan James?
The truth is we don't have quality wingers in the squad.


8.) 28 Jan 2021
28 Jan 2021 18:37:06
TRD,

We wouldn’t play anyone else because Rashford is very good just a bit out of form, his goals and assists are great this season and even out of form he scored a great goal against Liverpool only 5 days ago.

Goals and assists are just stats covering up how many goals and assists he gets 😂 Shan you were proved wrong about Rashford a long time ago, you said he wouldn’t be a first team player by now and would be worse than welbeck if I remember correctly, so forgive the rest of us for not fully going along with your slagging of him.


9.) 28 Jan 2021
28 Jan 2021 19:04:50
A great goal against Liverpool? It was Liverpool's defence being at the centre that made him run free . And it was a compination of Liverpool problems and Williams lack of pace that made him see good.
It is coincidence that he seems good when opposition's defence is at the centre like Liverpool and Leipzig? When he has a packed defence in front of him and he must use his brain and have patience in his game, he looks like unhead chicken. that's the true. If we want a runner we can take Bolt who is faster.


10.) 29 Jan 2021
28 Jan 2021 20:43:39
Your hyperbole is laughable. I agree with your points about tactical mistakes, but I disagree with your points about Rashford’s ability.

Also, I would say your comments about him going to Africa are right on the cusp of being racist. With the current news story from last night and the issues surrounding that, it seems a little bit insensitive (or at least a bit careless) to make crass comments like that. Come on Shan, you’ve clearly got your own opinion - as you are entitled to - but just try to express it like a grown up.


11.) 29 Jan 2021
29 Jan 2021 01:16:33
Sorry I forgot our players can’t do good things, it’s always because the opposition aren’t very good. Would love to see you run through with time to think about it and slot one past one of the best keepers in the world. For god sake some people’s arguments are silly at times.