United (a) post-match thread

[Manchester_lalala]

My god we have tried to smash this typical City tag into oblivion but it keeps coming back to haunt us.

Can't make my mind up if that was typical city today or just shite!

Typical city have won 6 trophies in 18 months. I know some City fans like to use it still, but typical city has long gone.

 

[PinkFinal]

I don't give a shit about this result

If we are running around Istanbul with that trophy in May

 

[ancoats]

Where to begin? Some serious money has been wasted on Rodri and Cancello and to a lesser extent Mahrez and Mendy.

The worrying thing is we again need a major rebuild unless we settle for being a top four side with the odd league cup thrown in.

To play the style Pep wants we need pacey accomplished defenders and we have one, Laporte, Walker on his day but I did say accomplished. The jury is out on Ederson too. Nice passer but he can't keep on letting soft goals in like that. At times he looks in a fucking daydream.

In midfield we have Kev. Phil might come good but who is going to be as good as Merlin? Mahrez is hit and miss, more the latter and Bernardo and Sterling are bang average at the moment and have been all season. Gundogan and Rodri are too slow. There are small signs Aguero is starting to show his age, even so he is our best forward.

Today Pep got the tactics and formation all wrong and the players were going through the motions until the last 25 minutes. A thought on Ederson, did leaving him out the last two games mean he was rusty?

To be beaten three times by the worst United team I have seen in years is an utter disgrace and some players need to show some fight and bollocks and realise what this game means to the fans.

A massive reboot is needed in the summer and we better pray we overturn that ban or we could slip to a top six side.

I may be being over pessimistic but this season has proved concerns I had about certain players to be worryingly true.

matey take a chill pill ? we just won the league cup they won 3 points that's it

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

If Pep lost 3 El Clasicos in a season the scrutiny would be unbearable on him.

It's not good enough. All this talk of new contracts, not unless he comes out and states he's got a plan for evolution and is going to get rid of the third of this squad who is mentally weak and hasn't recovered from 17/18 yet.

We need to be mentally impenetrable in light of everything thrown at us and instead we crumble.

 

[BosnianBlue]

Fabianski got accused of corruption when he makes a mistake.

Ederson is world class but all goalies will cock up time to time.

he's not world class in classical keeping.

 

[Dirty Harry]

Fernandinnho has a lot to do with it in covering a shed load of space and alot of donkey work. It frees up the rest of the midfield to attack. Rodri is a completely different player and we are suffering because of it.

Agreed, To play that position, you need quick feet,!Rodri’s a good player, but Fred Astaire he ain’t, takes an age to get the ball out of his feet,title acceleration, we need a different type of player there.

 

[Ban-jani]

Ederson minus 8
Cancelo 3
Dinho 5
Ota 4
Zin 0
Rodri 1
Gundo 2
Sterling minus 5
Kun 4
Bernardo 2
Foden 1

Thought Foden was good 2nd half, he played really tidy stuff.

Mahrez and Jesus have to fucking start for our strongest team.

 

[Atypical]

Not posted for ages.
That’s was inexcusable, absolute shite.

 

[Stelea]

Nah. We had an hour to get back in game after first mistake, that can happen to any keeper. The game was over when he fucked up for the second.

Sterling missing an open goal doesn’t help.

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

If we had won it wouldn't have turned our dire league campaign around so I'm going to forget this game ever happened very quickly.

The fact is we look like a busted flush as a team and a huge rebuild is needed. If Pep won't commit to a contract extension then in my view him sticking around for just one more season will do more harm than good.

yeah agree. It will be like pellerz’s last season all over again. Cup games coming up may define our next few years as a club (plus CAS of course)

 

[Heisenberg's Blue Sky]

As much as derby defeat stings especially after dippers winning PL is a foregone conclusion Im strangely chilled now the game is a 15min memory. Thinkin ahead. 2nd leg against Real. Win that and QF place. FA cup. Betting man Id say 2 pots this year. If i was a gambler 2 pots and a CL final a distinct possabiilty. Let them celebrate their 1st trophy of the season...oh no..wait... that was us. HBS out.