United (a) post-match thread

[colin's bell helmet]

Game tonight meant as much to us as Vienna did to Midge Ure in the 80's. All about lifting trophies this season...league was gone in December. 1 in the bag and 2 to go. 2-0 in their cup final, we won the important derby and have that trophy in the cabinet like we'll win the next important derby in the fa cup semi/final. 70% possession at the swamp and only 2 mistakes by us cost us the game....they're light years behind us.

 

[Bluekiwi]

Too disappointed at getting beaten by them AGAIN to post anything constructive.

 

[paulsimpson]

72%possession
No fruit
Real just play like United and sit back . They had more shots than us. Let City come on to you and there you have a recipe for success . It's easy . Just play defensively and hit City on the break and you will have a great chance to win.
Now if we had debruyne to thread the accurate pass then me may have penetrated more and got the goals we so desperately needed with all that possession but when you don't have the cutting edge with huge possession you just can't hope to succeed .
Pep rarely can play a non possession type game . It's not in him. He has to control possession. It's his main thought as he builds his team. To do it though you have to be able to defend and we can't do that this season. It doesn't take a high IQ to work this all out . Sit back against City and hopefully your good attackers will reap some reward. Look at the Palace game at the Etihad. Real will surely figure it all out but they may not want to play like united . That may well be their downfall if they don't . It's dangerous to give away possession because psychologically it just goes against the grain but when you're a weak time like united you know that it's worked 3 times now in one season . Tactics often decide games and Pephas failed miserably herein this game .
More cutting edge against Real and we win with that type possession provided Laporte is back and our guns are firing but we will concede at least one goal if he's not because we can't defend even with huge possession.

 

[SidJames]

Hey, I’ve only just got over that and you mention it again :-(

I remember Joe Corrigan throwing the Ball in to the Net a Maine Road..

I was only a Kid so my memory might be a bit off.

I think it was against west Brom , i think we put 6 past them that day,i could be wrong.The Green and Gold away stuck in my mind..

Maybe one of you old timers has a better memory. :-)

 

[burnley blue mcfc]

Sterling on the left is a fucking disaster, why the fuck its so obv to us city fans but not to the genius pep really worrys me

 

[paulsimpson]

Game tonight meant as much to us as Vienna did to Midge Ure in the 80's. All about lifting trophies this season...league was gone in December. 1 in the bag and 2 to go. 2-0 in their cup final, we won the important derby and have that trophy in the cabinet like we'll win the next important derby in the fa cup semi/final. 70% possession at the swamp and only 2 mistakes by us cost us the game....they're light years behind us.

Yes they are but we must use that possession with a killer instinct. No use in having it if we cannot score. He has to know that by playing the same possession type football has lost him 3 derbys . He's not winning the tactical battle because he's so stubborn about possession . It's an obsession in my view. Ok well if you want possession then please make doubly sure you have the players on the pitch who can hurt the opposition . At least give your players a platform with a cutting edge attacking formation! At least we would have had a chance for a draw. But Pep doesn't do those. It's either a win or a loss. Pathetic. I love him but his weakness is there for all to see. Real are watching how united did this to us 3 times . Whether they change their tactics remains to be seen but we just have to be able to turn that possession into goals which we didn't do against weak opposition.

 

[Bill Walker]

Game tonight meant as much to us as Vienna did to Midge Ure in the 80's. All about lifting trophies this season...league was gone in December. 1 in the bag and 2 to go. 2-0 in their cup final, we won the important derby and have that trophy in the cabinet like we'll win the next important derby in the fa cup semi/final. 70% possession at the swamp and only 2 mistakes by us cost us the game....they're light years behind us.

Surely we should want to win every game especially against the scum.
They had more attempts than us, light years behind ? I think not. We were bobbins.

 

[Proy]

Surely we should want to win every game especially against the scum.
They had more attempts than us, light years behind ? I think not. We were bobbins.

Surely we should want to win every game especially against the scum.
They had more attempts than us, light years behind ? I think not. We were bobbins.

Surely we should want to win every game especially against the scum.
They had more attempts than us, light years behind ? I think not. We were bobbins.

You can't take one game to form that opinion. Generally speaking we are way ahead and that was reflected today in the overall performance: in that Pep clearly wasn't that arsed about it. He has bigger fish to fry.

Never going to appease the fans but that's how he sees it.

 

[i8rags]

It’s simple to me, I look for combos.
Zin and sterling = shite
Cancelo and Foden = shite
Gundogan and Rodri = shite

These combos don’t work.
All are subs at best.
Sterling is the most overrated player I’ve ever seen at city. If he came from Manchester and through the youth, he’d be released and no fucker would bat an eye.
Ederson had one today and that’s all.
Pep had one today. “So so pleased”.

 

[burnley blue mcfc]

It’s simple to me, I look for combos.
Zin and sterling = shite
Cancelo and Foden = shite
Gundogan and Rodri = shite

These combos don’t work.
All are subs at best.
Sterling is the most overrated player I’ve ever seen at city. If he came from Manchester and through the youth, he’d be released and no fucker would bat an eye.
Ederson had one today and that’s all.
Pep had one today. “So so pleased”.

Sterling has been fuckin dreadfull for last 6mths or so & should be nowhere near our starting 11 on form, but to say he’s the “most overated player” is a bit harsh mate,surely you remember “the next alan shearer”? #lee bradbury :-/