We won 5 games in a row before yesterday, 4 of them away from home, playing sufficiently well to do it. We weren't bad. It's a reasonable management of limited resources. Last season we had both Laporte and Kompany in top form, Sane was available, Sergio was better and Sterling was in form.
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United (a) post-match thread
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We won 5 games in a row before yesterday, 4 of them away from home, playing sufficiently well to do it. We weren't bad. It's a reasonable management of limited resources. Last season we had both Laporte and Kompany in top form, Sane was available, Sergio was better and Sterling was in form.
We won 5 games in a row before yesterday, 4 of them away from home, playing sufficiently well to do it. We weren't bad. It's a reasonable management of limited resources. Last season we had both Laporte and Kompany in top form, Sane was available, Sergio was better and Sterling was in form.
So again what you're saying is that we are playing well below our previous standards but excusing it.
Doesnt change the fact its miles below our previous standard, does it? We had serious injuries last year as well.
It was our best performance in the CL under Peo with our best defender unfit and a trio of top attackers in Sergio, Raz and Leroy not in form.
It's not about excusing the performances but understanding we play every 3-4 days now and we'd be silly to play at high intensity for 90 minutes apart from the CL. Villa away and Madrid away are apples and oranges.
Forget the name of our opponents in the champions league and we beat a very average side who we should be beating. If that one result means we now have to play so averagely ourselves for 2 weeks on the back of that it shows how far our levels have fallen from the previous 2 seasons.
Sheik Battle and Goal
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His calmness which was an asset is becoming a weakness. He gets beaten too easily by run of the mill shots and as you say his distribution success has dropped. He pulls out the odd top class save like the header against Madrid but even average keepers do that too. I'm not sure if its a concentration thing but he looked on another planet yesterday.
I was thinking the same thing yesterday. His concentration levels are definitely not the same this season
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right to all the moaners yesterday you have been sent notice and noted and a fine will be in the post ? you will have to appear at trafford court and swear on the bible to follow united the rest of your life because manchester is now red and united have won 3 derby matches and are back in the big time
if you can prove your innocence from yesterday please use the manchester city lawyers fighting the uefa FFP ban and maybe a reduce punishment of watching stockport county can be on offer
right to all the moaners yesterday you have been sent notice and noted and a fine will be in the post ? you will have to appear at trafford court and swear on the bible to follow united the rest of your life because manchester is now red and united have won 3 derby matches and are back in the big time
if you can prove your innocence from yesterday please use the manchester city lawyers fighting the uefa FFP ban and maybe a reduce punishment of watching stockport county can be on offer
So again what you're saying is that we are playing well below our previous standards but excusing it.
Doesnt change the fact its miles below our previous standard, does it? We had serious injuries last year as well.
I'm saying we are playing well below our previous standards? That's your claim.
We weren't blowing teams away in most games from February to May lasty year. Won on pens vs Chelsea in the league cup, just 1:0 on several occasions (Bournemouth, Burnley, Spurs, Brighton in the FA Cup), were a bit lucky to get past Swansea in the FA Cup, lost from Spurs in the CL.
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bluemc1
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In terms of our approach. He may change players to suit a game etc whilst playing our usual way of trying to dominate the game. Only other time I’ve seen it to that level was the 0-0 at Anfield, the other times we’ve played our usual way we’ve been twatted. It’s been an often criticism that whoever we play he sticks to his principles.
Sorry but anyone who thinks we didn’t play well in Madrid and we only scored through their errors isn’t worth talking to.
didn’t Mahrez run from halfway line to set up Jesus, are we saying we were gifted that goal cos they gave the ball away in midfield ?
tough crowd
TheRemainsOfTheDave
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If we get banned from next year's CL despite a pending or successful CAS appeal (and in the case of further legal action being pursued by us should CAS uphold UEFA's ruling) and the PL don't back us, then there's no point in football any more. No business should be able to be accused and punished until the full legal processes have been exhausted.It does to us if they get CL for fifth because we have gifted that shite 6 points.
jimbopm
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Very slow and ponderous buildup play yesterday, which I think is due to the Rodri/Gundogan axis in midfield, without Kev there was just no dynamism. Sterling has been woeful since Xmas, would love to see Sane back in that role. Bernado strangely off colour too.