Man Utd Thread:

[Boycey]

Ur talking about rest in two different contexts, games like West Ham at home are games you would expect to be able to get away with a change or two. Likewise if you were 2 or 3 up with 20/25 mins to go you would pull a couple but at 1-1 and the game in the air not so much!!

Would they have scored I don't know really, but they were a threat the whole game particularly at set pieces and at no time of the game would you have said United were any more likely to score the next goal than West Ham

[brokencrossbar1]

Game against Leicester is kinda like a winner takes all cup final (albeit United don't necessarily have to win!). I would say B Rodg will set Leicester up to attack the space behind Maguire with Vardys pace and they can be very dangerous if they get the momentum going. If United score first they win, simple as that. If Leicester score first, I question the mentality of some of the United players and reckon Leicester will score 2-3.

[BennyCake]

United have blown it the last two home games. Leicester to win 2-1.

[Boycey]

Game against Leicester is kinda like a winner takes all cup final (albeit United don't necessarily have to win!). I would say B Rodg will set Leicester up to attack the space behind Maguire with Vardys pace and they can be very dangerous if they get the momentum going. If United score first they win, simple as that. If Leicester score first, I question the mentality of some of the United players and reckon Leicester will score 2-3.

Harsh on United re mentality, since they got on the decent run at start of Feb, 15 odd games ago, they've conceded 1st 6 times and only lost one, the cup semi last week.

[Farrandeelin]

Massive game today. Both teams stumbling on towards the end of the season. United's away form is a worry for me. Hopefully Leicester will continue their bad form post lockdown. Cup final written all over it. Hopefully Ole makes subs at the proper time today.

[Maiden1]

Interesting game with United only needing a draw probably making them more defensive could possibly suit Leicester.

[rodney trotter]

Leicester missing a few like Maddison and Chilwell so missing a bit of creativity.  Vardy will still be a handful for Maguire

[Tony Baloney]

Leicester missing a few like Maddison and Chilwell so missing a bit of creativity.  Vardy will still be a handful for Maguire

I'd say you'd be a handful for Maguire.

[gallsman]

Two near calamities in the space of a few minutes for Maguire and de Gea. Maguire absolutely loves a pull at the jersey or a push in the back when he gets in trouble.

[Helix.]

Job done. Just about. Hopefully kick on next season and strengthen few weak links. If you'd have said United would finished 3rd at Christmas would have laughed. 

[MayoBuck]

3rd place is a good outcome even though it's miles behind the top 2. Winning the Europa league would be nice now.

[Cunny Funt]

So there you have it, Man United are the 3rd team in the league. A fine achievement when you consider where they were after 25 games and going 14 league games unbeaten greatly helped.



The win today hard earned and deserved. A few dodgy moments in defence though defended well outside of that and Lindelof probably Uniteds best player today.  With champions league football secured it should be interesting to see how serious the Europa league will be taken.

[Helix.]

3rd place is a good outcome even though it's miles behind the top 2. Winning the Europa league would be nice now.

Absolutely. Hopefully champions league will draw in bigger transfers and getting transfer signings done early. And of course offloading a few goes without saying.

[Joeythelips]

The old saying that the league table never lies is very true, United and Chelsea were 3rd & 4th best teams but there is still a large gulf between them and the top 2. Liverpool are a pretty settled squad so will take stopping again but they can definitely get closer to Man City. Their recruitment has not been the best last couple of years and the 3 main players behind their success imo were Kompany, Silva & Aguero.

Its very hard to replace players of that quality (as we have seen since Kompany left and Jesus performances up front).  United need to a top centre back and need to sort out the keeper situation but there is no doubt they have improved greatly since the arrival of Fernandes. The last 2 transfer windows they have shown good recruitment, another 2 good transfer windows are needed realistically but they are on the right path finally.

[Bord na Mona man]

The impact of Fernandes ranks with Cantona in terms of a mid-season boost. Once Pogba disappeared in September for several months, United were stuffed. There was no creative midfield force and they were quite easy to stifle by ordinary teams. Had Fernandes joined last summer, Utd would still have finished 3rd, but probably a dozen points better off.
Whether Fernandes maintains his impact is another matter. Teams will figure him out better and he may find the English season attritional.

I also suspect that when Lukuku and Sanchez were offloaded without a replacement striker coming, Ole had been given assurances that he was being given time to rebuild and wasn't under immediate pressure to deliver. Right now there are very few blue chip managers in world football who are big enough to take over the job, so it's likely Ole will be allowed continue bringing through youth players and pursuing the same transfer strategy.