Sunderland post match thread

[MC ID]

Considering we're essentially changing everything about our team from the ground up I think a win against Sunderland is decent stuff all things considered. It's going to take time to get used to all the changes, and if we are getting 3 points whilst we reinvent the wheel I ain't complaining.

 

[aguero93:20]

A strange positive: I've just watched their goal and it was string of poor decisions, any one of which taken out and that goal is much less likely to occur—any two and it would have never happened.

same with all shit defending, Alexs fucked up.

 

[Heisenberg's Blue Sky]

Wouldnt like to be in a fox hole with some of the flappers in match thread. Some giving it the big in pep we trust then going into flapmode at first sign of trouble. Clear what we are trying to do. This set up was for rag b team only. And we'll sumat a bit different for next match. Loved the possession. Loved the desire and what Pep's tryin to achieve. Once we get full personel we'll be flying. Good result.

 

[5948947]

Kolarov played ok but let's not get carried away here, he was under minimal pressure for the most part and when he did have to defend, he was very suspect as he always is, aerially he was pretty vital with our lack of height but any 6ft+ player who can play a bit of football could have slotted in there today and looked ok

Christ give over will ya. Some people are just Kolarov obsessed. He had a good game at cb. Deal with it.

 

[blueinsa]

Spotted for what? Fair comment imo (although I've started heating tar and plucking chickens just in case)

Very few positives? Really?

won, 3 points, Sterling, Stone and AK outstanding.

Dominated possession and the game.

Give over ffs.

 

[aguero93:20]

Also fuck off moyes and sunderland celebrating their goal like it was a world cup final.

Why shoudln't they, it's as close as they'l get with Gollum in charge to a trophy.

 

[Blumooniac]

Prediction: Rag media- ex united player gifts Pep first win.
Great start. Lookin' good. When everyone is fit and clued in, should be great. CTID

 

[Sky Blue]

Christ give over will ya. Some people are just Kolarov obsessed. He had a good game at cb. Deal with it.

Well said pal....

 

[almir]

Also fuck off moyes and sunderland celebrating their goal like it was a world cup final.

pep celebrated as much as moyes

 

[Blue Smarties]

Signs are there, very promising. We're certainly a work in progress, however, it's very promising.

Also, Stones is our future captain.

 

[magistadreadnought]

Pretty much what I expected, like I said we've just got to grind out the first few results, thankfully today we just about did it. Suprised we created so few chances considering how offensive that line us was and how possession we had.

 

[Wolfkin]

Hopefully someone tells Nolito that he can do something other than cut in on his right

 

[Damien10]

Sterling was outstanding, he looked very confident.

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

Very much a work in progress, but you can see what Pep is trying to implement.

Can't wait to see Kompany and Gundogan available.

 

[SebastianBlue]

same with all shit defending, Alexs fucked up.

Actually Alecks, Delph, Stones, and Sagna all made the wrong decision. It was shit defending, I agree, but my point is that we didn't get beaten for the goal because the other team was consistently better than us, even making all the right decisions. We were beaten because of a confluence of bad choices. And decision making is one of the few things that can be most directly managed/modified in a person (most other things can only be amplified, not formed or modified, at the adult phase of life, anyway).

It's a positive as it can be trained out with the right work.

 

[TFC]

We were as rusty as Rusty Lee's rusty bullet hole and we still got the 3 points.

Plenty more to come, no complaints at all.

 

[ianw16]

Wouldnt like to be in a fox hole with some of the flappers in match thread. Some giving it the big in pep we trust then going into flapmode at first sign of trouble. Clear what we are trying to do. This set up was for rag b team only. And we'll sumat a bit different for next match. Loved the possession. Loved the desire and what Pep's tryin to achieve. Once we get full personel we'll be flying. Good result.

Wouldn't like to be in a foxhole with someone who thinks having an opinion about a football match is akin to fighting in a war! Then again, I don't suppose we can all be hard b*stards.

 

[aguero93:20]

Very few positives? Really?

won, 3 points, Sterling, Stone and AK outstanding.

Dominated possession and the game.

Give over ffs.

Scrappy win,

Stones, Sterling and Aguero outstanding and carried us.

Navas changed the game in our favour.

Long way to go yet.

We just scraped a 2-1 home win against probably the worst side in the league, it's acceptable as we need time to get going but I wouldn't fill out a form for a bank holiday for it tbh.

Optimistic that today will be one of our worst performances this season.

 

[Le Havre Oswald]

What on earth were people expecting with makeshift players trying to implement a system they've had only weeks to learn?
We're gonna be alright.

its like they suddenly expected us to be Barcelona. Bizzare.

 

[Big Yaya Wilko 12]

Sterling and Stones looked great, but overall it was bit of an underwhelming performance. Still, early days yet.