Man Utd Thread:

[Cunny Funt]

Matic is done as a footballer at the top level he's too slow and static it was humorous watching the small fast City players run rings around him yesterday, the 3rd goal yesterday proves how much of a liability he has become. How Smalling and Young are still at the club never mind starting remains a mystery both were Ferguson signings but if he was still manager both would be long sold by now and on Lukaku, how can striker that cost 75 million, plus 15 million in add-ons have such a poor first touch? and the size of him this season compared to last season is ridiculous.

[Maroon Manc]

You've a one track mind when it comes to Mourinho Seanie, not everything is his fault.

[seafoid]

This is very good

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/nov/12/manchester-united-transfer-market-jose-mourinho

[thewobbler]

This is very good

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/nov/12/manchester-united-transfer-market-jose-mourinho

Not sure why the author / journalist believes that Juve's players would want to join Man Utd. He must think it's 2009.

Any article about improving United which doesn't include removing the illness that is Paul Pogba from the club, should be immediately discarded.

[gawa316]

Why are they raving about city's 44 passes? Sure they went nowhere for 40 of them. Soccer pundits are easily pleased.

Sure any two central defenders could pass it to themselves 40 times then hoof it to a big fella who heads it in.

And United fans wonder why nobody likes them??

You know it was a brilliant goal why can't you just acknowledge it?

It's not because it's city. The last ball in was good, good control and finish. That's it. The rest of the 40 odd passes were irrelevant.

Just like all those world class saves De Gea makes I guess

What's your point gawa?

De Gea's saves are relevant to him being one of the best and the 40 passes have relevance in relation to the 3rd goal.

[trailer]

Pep has turned Sane and Delph into two footballers that would start week in week out for Utd.
JM has turned Paul Pogba and Alexis Sanchez into two footballers that would get in the City U21 team.

Therein lies the difference. JM is a cancer eating the club from the inside. He should be removed.

[BennyCake]

Why are they raving about city's 44 passes? Sure they went nowhere for 40 of them. Soccer pundits are easily pleased.

Sure any two central defenders could pass it to themselves 40 times then hoof it to a big fella who heads it in.

And United fans wonder why nobody likes them??

You know it was a brilliant goal why can't you just acknowledge it?

It's not because it's city. The last ball in was good, good control and finish. That's it. The rest of the 40 odd passes were irrelevant.

Just like all those world class saves De Gea makes I guess

What's your point gawa?

De Gea's saves are relevant to him being one of the best and the 40 passes have relevance in relation to the 3rd goal.

If you say so.

[seafoid]

Pep has turned Sane and Delph into two footballers that would start week in week out for Utd.
JM has turned Paul Pogba and Alexis Sanchez into two footballers that would get in the City U21 team.

Therein lies the difference. JM is a cancer eating the club from the inside. He should be removed.

Pep did a super job with Stones as well.
The Glazers are the problem. They have zero vision for the club. Everything is ad hoc.
Man City started planning for Guardiola in 2008 iirc

[Hound]

I think Sanchez's performances for Arsenal have been greatly exaggerated. A few great moments in matches have been extrapolated into lots of great performances. I'd say you could count on one hand the number of times you could say about him from his time in England 'that was a great 90 mins from Sanchez'

[Over the Bar]

I think Sanchez's performances for Arsenal have been greatly exaggerated. A few great moments in matches have been extrapolated into lots of great performances. I'd say you could count on one hand the number of times you could say about him from his time in England 'that was a great 90 mins from Sanchez'

A sloth could probably count them on one hand!

[HiMucker]

I think Sanchez's performances for Arsenal have been greatly exaggerated. A few great moments in matches have been extrapolated into lots of great performances. I'd say you could count on one hand the number of times you could say about him from his time in England 'that was a great 90 mins from Sanchez'

I don't know hound, Im a bit of an Arsenal sympathiser and watched a lot of Arsenal during that time and thought he was brilliant. Maybe some of the Arsenal fans could share their thoughts on it?

[Walter Cronc]

His work rate was second to none but sometimes he ran about like a headless chicken.

I think the easy way out is to blame the Glazers. Kronke is no better at Arsenal but at least Emery appears to have a plan, well at this early stage anyway.

[seafoid]

His work rate was second to none but sometimes he ran about like a headless chicken.

I think the easy way out is to blame the Glazers. Kronke is no better at Arsenal but at least Emery appears to have a plan, well at this early stage anyway.

Man Utd have been in crisis since Fergie left, Walter. The last 2 managers won the Champions League so they weren't employing nobodies.

[Walter Cronc]

Surely the manager has to take some accountability over the signings though Seafoid.

[Maroon Manc]

Looking at the last few seasons under Mourinho and based on the lack of players bought in last season I didn't see United doing any better than last seasons 81 points once the transfer window had closed. I'd have expected to see United play better football than last season and since the Newcastle game we've seen the best football under Mourinho.

Clearly many of his signings haven't worked out, Matic looked brilliant for the first few months but has been poor since now whether thats down to whats around him or him regressing as a player I don't now. Lukaku was very good last season, definitely wouldn't write him off. Fred hasn't settled in yet but I'm confident from what I've seen of him he'll do well. Its taken Lindelof a while but I've been very impressed with him recently. Mourinho ultimately has to take the blame for signings that don't work out.

The best we could hope for this season is Top 4, win a trophy and do better in Europe with what we've got and play a better brand of football.