United (a) post-match thread

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manimanc said:
Yeah unfortunately for us fans pep treats the derby as a normal game whereas in the past I think our previous managers treated it as THE game of the season plus for Utd they treat the derby with more importance than us nowadays, it's gone full circle.
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in the grand scheme of things it shows us where we are, which is a positive in itself, but right here and now it doesn't feel like it
but it shows you any % drop off at this level and it can bite you in the arse and unfortunately for eddy that's exactly what happened
 
salfordbluetrue said:
Interesting how well do you thing Aguero played ? since he is one of the few you have not mentioned, how many shots did he have? any on target? as that is his job, at least Sterling and Foden tried to win by shooting and on target.
It was a fustrating game they started with 6 defenders 2 defensive midfielders 1 attacking midfielders and 1 striker at home, and were not in the game until the ref gave them 2 non existent fouls
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Based on the combination play as stated they don’t work together. If you don’t supply sergio he can’t score, Foden when not playing in front of Cancelo did better. Foden with Walker was a revelation.
 
Fernandes has picked up the 'united dive' quicker than I expected.

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give it to gordon said:
I hate to say this but for some reason Pep doesnt seem to want to really go for utd , so do enough to win not embarrass them. Whereas Mancini would want to embarrass them, he got what it meant to us fans. Pep should have gone with a weaker team against the gooners not utd.
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Agreed and Pep can’t possibly think that was anywhere near his strongest team yesterday but does he know it is anyway these days? His constant rotation is baffling at the moment as there seems little logic. Only guarantee for the next big game is Pep will start the pacy dynamic duo of Rodri and Gundogan to terrify teams.
 
I love Eddie but he seems to be making a lot of mistakes this season. Cancelo is not as good as Walker; Zinchenko is a limited player who is out of form. No comment needed about the CBs. Foden did a good job in the final but is no winger. Sterling and in particular Bernardo look like they just want the season to end. The whole team is slow and predictable. A more serious rebuild needed than any of us thought at the start of the season I suspect.
 
Craig said:
Agreed and Pep can’t possibly think that was anywhere near his strongest team yesterday but does he know it is anyway these days? His constant rotation is baffling at the moment as there seems little logic. Only guarantee for the next big game is Pep will start the pacy dynamic duo of Rodri and Gundogan to terrify teams.
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There's logic. The constant rotation has won us 8 from 9 possible trophies since 17/18. The only trophy rags have won in that team is beating City by sitting deep, defending for their lives and fluking a goal. Their joy from a win against us which took them to 5th speaks volumes.
 
NorthamptonBlue said:
I love Eddie but he seems to be making a lot of mistakes this season. Cancelo is not as good as Walker; Zinchenko is a limited player who is out of form. No comment needed about the CBs. Foden did a good job in the final but is no winger. Sterling and in particular Bernardo look like they just want the season to end. The whole team is slow and predictable. A more serious rebuild needed than any of us thought at the start of the season I suspect.
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Ederson was brilliant early season, but has also not played much the last few weeks due to cup games.

Must be difficult for a keeper when rested to get back into the swing of it.
 
tonea2003 said:
in the grand scheme of things it shows us where we are, which is a positive in itself, but right here and now it doesn't feel like it
but it shows you any % drop off at this level and it can bite you in the arse and unfortunately for eddy that's exactly what happened
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Yeah you're right pal, the intensity has gone, we've lost that drive and that slickness, we just need to write this season off league wise and go again next season, we just need to focus on the cups now, we got possibly 10 games in the fa cup and champions league to glory and turning an alright season into a fucking fantastic one.
 
Did they win the club world cup or something yesterday ? Only been in the car 10 minutes and every radio station I tuned in to is celebrating like they did, utterly bizarre !
 
alexmcity said:
There's logic. The constant rotation has won us 8 from 9 possible trophies since 17/18. The only trophy rags have won in that team is beating City by sitting deep, defending for their lives and fluking a goal. Their joy from a win against us which took them to 5th speaks volumes.
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A lap of honour I heard after beating us. Strange.
 
We were always going to struggle with the back four Pep picked , Cancelo and Zinchenko have had hardly any game time , Otto we all know is impulsive and will give free kicks away and invite pressure , Dinho at 34 year old just cannot cover all the mistakes the other three were making.
Pep decided not to risk KDB and god only knows why our most inform forward Mahrez didnt start , but with Walker,Mendy,Mahrez and KDB in the team , not forgetting the continued absence of Laporte we would easily beaten an average but hard working Rag team , so i wont get to depressed if the Rags want to celebrate their cup final against 50% of our first choice XI
But Pep has to realise the shite our fans will endure and the Rag media jizz fest which will distract us over the next few days, perhaps next time we play the Rags Pep will take it as seriously as our supporters do.
 
alexmcity said:
There's logic. The constant rotation has won us 8 from 9 possible trophies since 17/18. The only trophy rags have won in that team is beating City by sitting deep, defending for their lives and fluking a goal. Their joy from a win against us which took them to 5th speaks volumes.
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The previous 2 seasons we were miles better than we are now though. I’m on about the rotation this season and in big games I don’t think he’s got it right too often( don’t even think he did against Madrid but we won so fair enough I suppose). We have the best squad in the league so can go strong in other comps. Even the one we’ve won so far that a lot of clubs aren’t arsed about.
 
Zin, Nico, Eddie all had mares. It did not help that we were not great at the other end of the pitch so they got a lot of opportunities to break.
 
alexmcity said:
There's logic. The constant rotation has won us 8 from 9 possible trophies since 17/18. The only trophy rags have won in that team is beating City by sitting deep, defending for their lives and fluking a goal. Their joy from a win against us which took them to 5th speaks volumes.
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All well and good; doesn’t mean playing Derby’s without any spirit
 
Possibly the players and maybe Pep saw this game differently to the supporters.
Just wondering if Pep could let us know which games he is up for so that the loyal City supporters can decide if they can be bothered as well.
 
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