Our inability to set up properly for big games

[bluegaz13]

Most people on here deride Mark Hughes and Van Gaal..... However having watched Stoke and the rags go into away games against Liverpool and Chelsea with inferior players and achieve results with a with a set up and a system why is it we are not capable of doing the same.
It's nothing new.....we very rarely achieve results away from home against the better teams (the rags don't count)
Why is this......I blame the manager, but are the the players culpable as well...or a combination.
We really should be looking down on the rest of the table with points to spare...but obviously now a place in the top four is in the balance.
My own opinion is that Pellegrini belongs to a different era....and his set up brings out the worst in players....are Mangala and Ottamendin really as poor as their performances have shown....or is it due to the way we line up.......has anyone noticed also that this season we very rarely finish with the formation we started with....De Bruyne, Merlin and Sterling in particular end up playing in two or even three positions ( particularly De Bruyne ) which tells you something about the though ( or lack of it) that goes into our preparation.

 

[kaz7]

Mp,he is going soon anyway so i can't be bothered sweating it as he won't change

 

[BobKowalski]

This would be the Mark Hughes who crashed out of two cup competitions in the space of 4 days; seen his side stuffed 3-0 in the last 3 PL games and is currently lying 11th with a -7 GD?

Just checking.

 

[Blue Hefner]

United have got 4 points from Cheslea and Liverpool away, we will probably get 1

The manager is clearly at fault, the players look like they don't fancy it and teams like Liverpool, Arsenal, West Ham etc seem to play us like its a cup final.

The reason for 'cup final' like atmosphere is because Ciry give these sides a sniff by usually letting one(at least) daft goal in. We are then struggling to break teams down who have something to hold on to

No imagine Barcelona, Bayern etc turning up at these grounds - they'd be 2 nil up in the first 30mins and that would be that

We make hard work of already difficult fixtures, that's why we don't get results

 

[coleridge]

Mp,he is going soon anyway so i can't be bothered sweating it as he won't change

Yup. He ain't gonna change now. We may as well go down fighting with an all out attack.

 

[dubblue]

We have no direction on the pitch. It's like we do the square root of fk all in training and are given no instructions before matches. It's amateurish,he is worse than Hughes.

 

[BobKowalski]

I mean we can play compare the manager if you like but a) he is gone in June so why bother and b) if we are going to bother you pick Mark fucking Hughes?

 

[uwe rosler 28]

United have got 4 points from Cheslea and Liverpool away, we will probably get 1

The manager is clearly at fault, the players look like they don't fancy it and teams like Liverpool, Arsenal, West Ham etc seem to play us like its a cup final.

The reason for 'cup final' like atmosphere is because Ciry give these sides a sniff by usually letting one(at least) daft goal in. We are then struggling to break teams down who have something to hold on to

No imagine Barcelona, Bayern etc turning up at these grounds - they'd be 2 nil up in the first 30mins and that would be that

We make hard work of already difficult fixtures, that's why we don't get results

0 points from them 2 games! Would love to know what he's backroom staff are advising him before this big games

 

[I'm Blue]

It not just the big games, it's all games.
The problem is we don't set our game plan for the team we are playing.
There was a Delph interview a while back, when asked about the preparations for the game, his reply was something like "we don't worry about the other team, we just concentrate on ourselves".
That right there is the problem.

 

[AshtonBlueMooner]

He is an old fashioned manager. Stick with your trusted players a la MDM, Kolarov, Toure and only give the kids minimal time in the pitch. Big changes are on the way and I for one am looking forward to Pep giving some of the kids a chance. MP still has time to mend his ways but he won't, he will stick with those players that are repeatedly letting the team down. Even the likes of David Silva should be pulled out occasionally if they are not performing but MP just won't do it.