United (A) | Post Match Thread

[Chi-town blues]

But they are not our title rival this season, and by tomorrow Arsenal could be 8 points clear

yes but math .

 

[waspish]

We got what we deserved today. Fuck all. Lots of possession, 90% of it backwards and sideways passing. Cancelo refusing to pass to Phil. Mahrez going down at the slilghtest touch and crying to the ref like a soft twat

Hahaha love all these posts that come along after defeat shows them up

 

[geek24601]

We are poor and a derivative of our former self. Pep must take the blame for that. We have struggled this term and the worry is that we have nothing better in reserve. I'm guessing we'll struggle to win anything this year!!

Happy clappers bookmarking negative comments now so prepare yourself. Totally agree with you btw.

 

[OB1]

I agreed it was offsides mate but "the letter" reads otherwise as apparently him not touching it was key.

People are easily mislead.

Laws, rules etc are often unable to cover every eventuality and the offside law is no exception.

Just because the law does not specifically say the ball cannot be passed to a player in a blatantly offside position and he can run with the ball but not touch it for 30 yards such that the keeper has to prepare himself for a shot from the player, who is in a position to take one, and the follwoing defender cannot get to the ball, doesn't actually mean the Law intends for that to be allowed.

If the lawmakers were to include such wording in the Laws, they would be decried as mad men.

The goal should have been disallowed under the current laws and all laws since, well, the game first introduced the offside law.

 

[chickaroon]

How can Rashford not be interfering with play when the ball is played towards him & he steps over the ball. He interfering with the defenders decision on who to pick up.

Exactly this.

 

[HelloCity]

But they are not our title rival this season, and by tomorrow Arsenal could be 8 points clear

I guess the main point was:

Here’s some perspective - we’re 2nd.

We won’t be 1st every season, so if we’re not 1st then I’d hope to be 2nd rather than struggling lower down.

 

[Ali B's Heel]

1) Defense was awful and this one is totally Pep's fault.
2) the ref was really, really bad, when you see all the fouls on Mahrez for example and no yellow cards or whatsoever.

Ah now, in fairness to the ref, he gave Fred a yellow with 3 minutes left on the clock. Take that Fred! Now behave yourself!

Is it just me or does anyone else notice the cards being dished out to the opposition only when the game is up?

 

[MadchesterCity]

The cheats changed the outcome of the result!

 

[grandsolo]

I agreed it was offsides mate but "the letter" reads otherwise as apparently him not touching it was key.

So then every time a ball is played and the linesman flags for offside before the receiving player touches the ball, they’re wrong?

 

[El Ingeniero de Noruega]

I dont understand why Haaland played all 90 min with Alvarez on bench. Use him from start next time. He will run like hell and create space. Today Haaland was like a statue out there did not even bother to run. He get a massice critics here in Norway for his game today. Not near good enough today.

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

But that first counter should have been ruled offside.

I agree we need some signings, to frehen things up as much as anything but, yeah mate, to add more pace. Not that I think pace is a guaranteed game changer against the low blocks we keep facing.

We all know that we desperately need a proper left-back but I did think Cancelo looked a bit more like his best self today. and we need a right-winger with pace.

Yeh Cancelo was much better today. Some nice darting runs. One or two really sloppy passes as well mind, but Kev, Riyad, Bernie were all equally culpable in that regard. I don’t know if additional pace is the answer (although as always, I lament the dearth of it in our squad), but we’ve got to try and find some route to goal that doesn’t involve going backwards and sideways for the whole of the remainder of the season.

 

[geek24601]

If we don’t beat Spurs will the happy clappers finally face the reality of us just not being that good at the moment?! I hope I’m wrong but regardless Thursday is now a must win imo.

 

[Chi-town blues]

The cheats changed the outcome of the result!

absolutely 100% city players just gave up after that sucker punch

 

[come-on-barney]

We are poor and a derivative of our former self. Pep must take the blame for that. We have struggled this term and the worry is that we have nothing better in reserve. I'm guessing we'll struggle to win anything this year!!

Here’s an alternative on that. Pep wanted Kane that’s on record. Pep thought he suited our system best. We decided not to pursue that but paid a similar amount for Grealish. Now only two years apart in age. We then purchased Akanji, Phillips and Gomez. Not to be disrespectful but hardly Pep signings. Plus hardly signings that would win the big trophies.

 

[LucahArchie10]

We were in complete control

2nd half yes especially when Phil went off

 

[LucahArchie10]

absolutely 100% city players just gave up after that sucker punch

Only 1 winner when they equalised you could see it coming a mile

 

[madloaf]

If we don’t beat Spurs will the happy clappers finally face the reality of us just not being that good at the moment?! I hope I’m wrong but regardless Thursday is now a must win imo.

They'll call you a fanny wipe and return to putting their heads in the sand

 

[Betterdeedthan red]

Only 1 winner when they equalised you could see it coming a it must be hard for the players to keep going in the face of such obvious cheating

 

[chickaroon]

So, if Eddy or Akanji clean him out, is it a foul or is he given offside?

He is given offside. It was the first offence.

 

[Blueboy73]

I'm going to have put my phone down and enjoy my Saturday night soon, but I'm still fuming. More fuming than I've been at a decision since Trent's handball at Anfield, and even then I'm angrier here. I can't remember a decision having that much impact on a game in my life. They know it, we know it, the press know it, the only people who don't know it are the BT Studio and Ten Hag.

We aren't in a great space, but we were getting our swagger back in that half. I'm still personally not giving up on the season, but maybe this isn't our year. But it's a fucking shocking refereeing decision that has no place at this level of the game.

Agree it was appalling, season ticket holder since 1988 and that decision is up there with the worst I've ever seen.
To be fair to Ten Hag he said he wouldn't have been happy if that would have gone against him, he knows it was a bollocks decision but can't come out and say it directly.
As for the drugs cheat and toe sucker on BT, they're about as impartial as the GPC.
As soon as I found out who BTs experts were today I quickly found another stream.