United (A) Post Match Thread

[TheCentralScrutinizer]

Exactly correct mate. Neville spent the entirety of the game leaving the paucity of the game at our own doorstep.

He's a ****, with zero awareness of any responsibility United had as the home team, having been knocked out of Europe in midweek and it also being the derby.

Oh, and having a team yesterday which comprised...

De Gea £19m
Wan Bissaka £50m
Lindelof £31m
Maguire £85m
Shaw £34m
Pogba £89m
Fernandes £65m
Fred £54m
McTominay academy
Rashford academy
Greenwood academy

So even with eight players that cost £427m, it didn't warrant a mention...

And lots & lots bought into it unquestioned, genuinely don't think there would have been a fraction of the negative posts there was last night if the game had been watched by some with the sound on mute...

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

Well said. I really think Neville made a fool of himself yesterday. He kept going on about City being sluggish. I think we deliberately slowed the game down in midfield and held back to try and draw United out from behind their parked bus. And it worked on three or four occasions but we missed easy chances. It wasn't pretty to watch but it was the right tactic to stop us being mugged again.
I think Pep is playing the long game this season. Conserving energy is critical. We won't know till May if he was right to do so.

Neville has an easy life as a pundit for Sky knowing that most of their audience are fucking rag imbeciles and believe every word the twat says.

If he ever had any objectivity , it is long gone and he has settled for the easy option.

Rope a dope could be his catchphrase.

 

[sky_blue]

I don't think Pep is being given enough credit at present.

He is trying to manage internal and external circumstances.

We don't need to be at our former brilliant best to win the league this year, he's simply trying to pick our battles.

He absolutely deserves credit for identifying Stones remains a top player and that Laporte had been getting a free pass for some very poor lapses in big games, his terrible injury, notwithstanding.

As I reluctantly commented on Friday in the pre-match thread, United are very dangerous in the front six positions when it comes to transitions, our set-up gave them really little to feed off at any time.

Of course, there are players such as Sterling and Mahrez who appear to getting more leeway from the manager, which certainly yanks my chain and I can't fathom, as they are offering very little in either the attacking phases, putting in token track backs to help cover our full-backs.

All the same, it seems we are the fall guys for having the temerity to not leave our arses hanging out yesterday, just so we can entertain the Sky know-nowt masses and Gary Neville.

When we do turn it on, we get plenty excuses as to why the opponents are at fault.

Plenty Blues, including myself, were calling for Pep to be more pragmatic and the signing of Dias has absolutely given him that option.

For me, we are absolutely one of the favourites for the title as things stand and Pep knows we have to pick our battles right now.

We have been missing David Silva, we have been missing our greatest-ever goalscorer, we have a 36-year-old veteran still our best defensive midfielder, coupled with zero pre-season for the squad.

Presently it isn't the cakewalk we have been accustomed to, but we will continue to grind out results and make our quality and presence known at the top of the table when it starts to count.

Guardiola is certainly not without his faults and blind spots, but he sees the players every day and I have sensed behind the scenes he has a very clear road map of how this season may unfold, with plenty of excitement that this could be our best ever season.

And if it is, surely nobody can be left in any doubt what a genius he really is?

The proof will be in the pudding as they say, but the oven has arguably been on pre-heat and, come February, we can be sure the mix can properly rise.

The best thing to do at present is to avoid getting panicked with results around us, the likes of Everton, West Ham, Leicester, Southampton and Aston Villa won't be contenders.

Spurs and Liverpool will also have their own bad days.

I've calculated we can probably lose another five or six, drawing a couple more, and still be at the business end of around 80 points.

Brilliant post Tolm. Needed to be said.

 

[Mancity1980]

so we don’t have confidence to attack anymore cos we can’t score ?


ooooo kkkkkkk?

We are less confident in our finishing, comprendre monsieur?

 

[harborough manc]

Come on City keep positive, Pep sees the bigger picture, we will be there or there about at the end of the season, we have a good squad better than the rest, it will all pay off the longer the season goes on. Pep has changed the way we play, we are no longer open to a counter attack, once we get the goals flowing we will be ok, stick together.

Absolutely spot on , I think now everyone had 24 hours calm down and understand what our game plan was it wasn’t such a bad result. If we had got picked off on the counter and lost we we would all be screaming Pep has learned sod all

 

[waspish]

And lots & lots bought into it unquestioned, genuinely don't think there would have been a fraction of the negative posts there was last night if the game had been watched by some with the sound on mute...

Yep they did! The majority on twitter were slating city and why web didn’t go for it, fans saying the game was a bore fest or shit but then say fair enough it’s an ok point! No it was we should gone for it! We did that last few times and we got done! At half time I was happy with how the game was going I just thought second half while staying solid we would take one of our chances.

 

[KS55]

I suspect, just a feeling, an inkling that Senor Guardiola knows exactly what he is doing.

 

[uwe rosler 28]

Exactly correct mate. Neville spent the entirety of the game leaving the paucity of the game at our own doorstep.

He's a ****, with zero awareness of any responsibility United had as the home team, having been knocked out of Europe in midweek and it also being the derby.

Oh, and having a team yesterday which comprised...

De Gea £19m
Wan Bissaka £50m
Lindelof £31m
Maguire £85m
Shaw £34m
Pogba £89m
Fernandes £65m
Fred £54m
McTominay academy
Rashford academy
Greenwood academy

So even with eight players that cost £427m, it didn't warrant a mention...

He actually said that no manager since fergie left had been backed which is a good joke

 

[sir baconface]

Just 5 pages in, the soiled arsewipes brigade of undercover rags and dippers disrespecting Pep, calling him a coward for daring not to lose against a bus parking hoof ball side, the fucking cunts know better than him.
Blue moon used to be a place that lifted one's mood. Now after a draw they want you to slit your wrists and sack the manager that's adapting to not losing and keeping clean sheets.
Who you gonna call, pray tell?

If Carling made ironic posts...

 

[FantasyIreland]

I suspect, just a feeling, an inkling that Senor Guardiola knows exactly what he is doing.

It would be great if he starts letting us in on it.....

 

[Burtonblue]

I don’t get all the doom and gloom.
We are definitely changing as a team.
The loss of Silva and a recognised striker for several months has obviously had an impact on us scoring goals freely.
However, the arrival of Diaz and Ake combined with the return to form of Stones means we have become a very difficult team to break down. This will stand us in good stead especially in Europe.
I think we will regain sharpness up top as soon as Kun is back and will go on a really good run.
Personally I think this is a stronger team than last year.
The best is yet to come..

 

[Blue Til Death]

If Carling made ironic posts...

Carlsberg

 

[sir baconface]

Carlsberg

Haha. Does this qualify as a self-Clarkie?

 

[cleavers]

I've calculated we can probably lose another five or six, drawing a couple more, and still be at the business end of around 80 points.

I don't think we'll lose another 5 or 6, in fact it might only be 1 or 2, and getting draws against those who are our close rivals is a positive because it takes points off them, we obviously need to win one or two as well, but I'm still not worried at this stage, not many are playing well, and those that are over performing will fall away I suspect.

 

[ballinio]

I don’t get all the doom and gloom.
We are definitely changing as a team.
The loss of Silva and a recognised striker for several months has obviously had an impact on us scoring goals freely.
However, the arrival of Diaz and Ake combined with the return to form of Stones means we have become a very difficult team to break down. This will stand us in good stead especially in Europe.
I think we will regain sharpness up top as soon as Kun is back and will go on a really good run.
Personally I think this is a stronger team than last year.
The best is yet to come..

The best is behind us mate

 

[Blue Til Death]

Haha. Does this qualify as a self-Clarkie?

Yep it’s a belter :-)

 

[KS55]

It would be great if he starts letting us in on it.....

Maybe, but that lets the opposition know. The tactics yesterday were spot on against a team whose strength is counter attack and who park the bus at home cos the centre of their defence is crap.. Not Peps fault if we miss chances. With a top class striker we would have won 2 nil.
We needed to buy a striker but none were available at a decent price, according to the club. Txiki, come on.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Maybe, but that lets the opposition know. The tactics yesterday were spot on against a team whose strength is counter attack and who park the bus at home cos the centre of their defence is crap.. Not Peps fault if we miss chances. With a top class striker we would have won 2 nil.
We needed to buy a striker but none were available at a decent price, according to the club. Txiki, come on.

I think there is an element of blue tints in that summary,it wasnt just the striker that didnt score,the best opportunities fell to his support acts.....do we replace them all? or do we choose a better starting 11,a better plan A?

I'm far from convinced Pep got his tactics right,that game was for the taking and we failed to exploit them.

 

[pudge]

A point against that shower of shite is as good as Liverpool's against Fulham but I bet folk aren't saying what a good result that is for them.

 

[cleavers]

Maybe, but that lets the opposition know. The tactics yesterday were spot on against a team whose strength is counter attack and who park the bus at home cos the centre of their defence is crap.. Not Peps fault if we miss chances. With a top class striker we would have won 2 nil.

I agree, and if we'd gone at them gung ho, missed a sackful of chances, and then conceded on the break and lost, this thread would likely have an extra 50 pages by now.