United (A) | Post Match Thread

[argyle]

Unpopular opinion but Ake and Akanji are the sort of players we’d have bought when we had just come into wealth and were fighting for Top 4. They’re the sort of players I’d expect Newcastle to buy now.

Both have played well at points for us of course, as did e.g. Craig Bellamy when we bought him (but I don’t think we’d have him now). It’s an odd transfer strategy. I’d lump Phillips and Gomez in that category too, and possibly Grealish.

Ultimately I think there can be too much disregard for strength “on paper” - yes it’s not everything, but a centre back pairing of Dias, Laporte and/or Stones (putting aside injuries) should always be our preferred one.

Yep. Our recruitment on the whole has been piss poor.

We've gone for the big star players who cost a lot rather than players who actually fit our side.

That and very mediocre players, Phillips, Gomez, Akanji, Ake etc.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

On balance rags deserved it. We were woeful, bar 20 odd minutes before we scored we could barely string two passes together

You might want to check your CO2 monitor there fella.

 

[Bluewars]

Are we the real Inhalers FC??

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

Back to basics for me... I think we should drop Haaland for a few, go back to false 9.

 

[Inter Me Nan]

How the fuck does that goal stand?

Corruption.

 

[madloaf]

The PL is corrupt from top to bottom, especially since the introduction of VAR.

We've won 4 in 5 because we took the refs out of it. We're not good enough this year so it's biting back. I'm mad and posting a lot. Sorry.

 

[jollylescott]

Also Akanji just said he played Rashford offside, so from that point onwards when Rashford moved towards the ball Rashford was interfering with the play. Akanji was disadvantaged because of playing him offside.

 

[kun]

Happy clapper don't blow a gasket

We're happy clappers for not wanting to sack our most successful manager of all time because we've hit our first bad run of form in probably 2 years?

Okay then...

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

The scum beat Arsenal the Dippers and now us with their trademark breakaway muggings.

They don’t really play football though. Just look for the turnover and a hoofed ball up top. It’s not really football.

 

[stan bowles]

Hang on, it was flagged offside. It could only have been VAR that overturned it.