Manchester United Banter Archive December 07 2019

07 Dec 2019 22:24:52
Posted before the game it was an attacking team, they were excellent in the first 30mins and battled for the rest. Brave move by Ole and deserves a lot of credit. Very proud of the lads, just need a run now, the confidence is sky high top four is still on. Good to see Pogba at the game too, he must be itching to get back to a an attacking team full of confidence the difference a week can make.

07 Dec 2019 21:04:43
Well, that was an interesting and gratifying week. Some will say that City and Spurs were not at the top of their games, but that would do a disservice to United's defense and defensive midfielders who were very effective at stifling both teams' attacks. Then, when given time and space, the forwards have sufficient pace to cause any team problems at the back. They do seem now to be playing as a team, which is the essence of counter attacking football, where the runs off the ball are as important as those into space and correctly weighted passes. An excellent performance today, even better than Wednesday.

Clearly we can compete against the top teams. We have beaten City, Spurs, Leicester and tied with Liverpool, the only points they have dropped all season. Now we need to develop the capacity to beat the lesser teams, the ones that rely on a packed defense and physical superiority. That should point the club to the type of midfielder we need to acquire - someone who can unlock a tight defense. Ed002 has said Pogba is off, but that is a role, further up the field, that he could potentially fill and no doubt contribute a number of goals to boot. Failing that, Erickson would not be a bad choice but only if he is fully committed and isn't treating us as a reluctant but well paid home of last resort. If the club has learn anything it must surely be that we need players who contain their egos and are 100% committed to the club, the team, the manager, coaching staff and the fans.

08 Dec 2019 11:34:15
Good debate on the live chat about Pogba. I wouldn’t pick him again, I’d ship him out and get as much as we can for him. He may be able to play at 10 but he doesn’t have Jesse’s energy or commitment. He could replace Fred but agin he doesn’t have the energy or stamina and he loses the ball too often, something Fred seems to have fixed.

If everyone knows he wants to leave then he doesn’t get on the team, send a message that says you’re either committed or you’re not.

07 Dec 2019 20:03:20
Well....

Last 2 games have given me some hope on Solsjakaer.

Both games been outstanding and could've been 3/4-0 first half just need to take chances.

Just annoys how we faze out and start to get camped in and look to lose what we got.

Fred quality again. Not big fan of McTominnay but him and Fred compliment each other well


AWB and Lindeloff quality.

Just needs these types of performances every game and we won't be far off.

07 Dec 2019 20:56:01
You aren’t a big fan of McTominay? May I ask why?

07 Dec 2019 22:35:40
mctominay is quality.

07 Dec 2019 23:54:57
Whole back 4, Fred and McT were all immense today. Well done lads. Brilliant win.

{Ed0666's Note - wtf has happened to Fred? His lookalike seems to be a decent player.

08 Dec 2019 07:31:55
No idea Ed - long May it continue!

08 Dec 2019 08:13:34
Looks like Fred has finally adapted to the premier league.

McTominay is probably my player of the season.
We struggle badly when he is injured.
He brings energy, tenacity and drive from the midfield.

07 Dec 2019 19:34:46
GET IN THERE! What a result and what a performance. 7 from 9 from our last 3 games is a great return. Only downside is that Liverpool have won the league 😪😂.

07 Dec 2019 21:14:25
They were 10 points clear last Christmas when I gave you my heart. sorry. and then they fudged it up. Why is everyone so quick to assume?

07 Dec 2019 21:52:00
Wasnt it 7 points and the game in hand was at Citys place which they lost to make it 4 points.

08 Dec 2019 03:33:42
You are right dilakh2. We are 7 points ahead of City with City having game in hand and we lost to City. So 4 points behind and still a game in hand for City.
In last two seasons this is the first time Liverpool going 10 points ahead of City. Last season at no point we are 10 points ahead of City.

07 Dec 2019 19:24:52
Wow. just bloody wow. Feels amazing beating the champions on their own turf.

Suuuuppppeerrrr!

Just one concern. Why did we stop playing in the second half?

07 Dec 2019 19:43:19
Shane because we where 2 up and city are a good team who will control the game against anyone e for periods of time .
Why do you think we stopped .
How do you think rash is doing.

07 Dec 2019 19:46:13
Lingard dissapeared in offense and martial getting tired killed our counter attacking in the 2nd half that and the fact that none of our mf or defense could actually get the ball into rashford and Martial's feet.

07 Dec 2019 19:47:39
😂😂😂 because the champions were knocking on the door, and we held out for a momentous win.

07 Dec 2019 19:50:32
Absolutely chuffed to win. Well done Ole, credit where it is due he got the first half right and we held on. We didn’t react to Walker dropping into Rashfords space in the second half, which stopped most of the pacy breaks.

07 Dec 2019 20:07:06
Can't critisise them for that shan. City piled on the pressure we defended it well in the main. In reality we could easily have had 3 or 4 and not been flattered by it.
Front 3 are a real handful and jessie is back making good runs and applying pressure.
The key for me is the attitude work rate and improving quality of fred and in particular mctom.
Both have been really good at tracking runners and fred has stopped losing possession so much.

08 Dec 2019 04:18:49
GDS, thanks for reminding. My point is we had the champs on the ropes. They could have been 5 down by half time. We could have killed the game by getting a third but we didn't try and gave a chance to City to come back into the game.

07 Dec 2019 19:24:46
That is six massive points this week.

07 Dec 2019 02:25:33
Hi was talking to someone and they said Manchester United are willing to pay 120 mil for Sancho is there any through in this and is it likely to happen?

{Ed002's Note - Yes they have an interest in him, whether or not it happens is another matter.}

07 Dec 2019 10:58:52
Sancho is a great talent however if we have 120mill to spend I'd rather we signed 2 cms and a striker. But that's just me.

07 Dec 2019 11:15:16
AGREE NORN
never seen him excel in a game to be talked about in that sort of price range but reckon the money could be better spent. concerns about his alleged attitude and behaviour, almost depay like at earlier stages of his carreer.

07 Dec 2019 12:00:07
Norn - Who would you get for that kind of money?
Tom cleverley, Danny Welbeck and someone good?

07 Dec 2019 13:33:08
Partey, ndidi, paredes, maddison, haaland, dembele, all viable options.

07 Dec 2019 13:38:28
Ps I wasn't saying we could sign all those players for that amount, just that if we have money to spend those are they areas that need improvement most. We don't need luxury signings we need players who can control a game and make the team more functional.

07 Dec 2019 13:38:30
Sancho is a good player no doubt about it. Its impossible to gauge fees nowadays. They don't concern me the club will only pay what they can afford.
A lot of the time the fee contributes to people's expectations. It shouldn't imo.

07 Dec 2019 14:46:35
norn none of partey ndidi or parades are a huge improvement over what we have and more importantly none of them add much creativity to the midfield something we lack the most. Leicester got 80mn out of us for a tortoise version of smalling who can pass, they will pull our pants down for maddison even more, haaland will be 50-60 mn and is lot less proven than sancho.

07 Dec 2019 18:18:58
CSM you’re joking Ndidi has fantastic this season, I’d have in a heartbeat the way he’s played so for this season.

07 Dec 2019 19:42:39
It's not whether he has been good grumpy, who is he going to replace in the mf? Our problem is creativity and ndidi adds none to the team.

08 Dec 2019 10:27:20
CSM it’s not about replacing anyone mate it’s about adding to a depleted squad with quality players.