United (H) Post Match Thread

[SebastianBlue]

I’ve just been reading through many threads in here, and the Player Performance forum, and it is interesting that the “amplifying” response posts (the ones repeatedly agreeing and building upon very negative comments or strong criticism of Pep/players/club) generally are coming from posters I’ve never seen before, with very low posts counts and very little recent activity. And those posts are then being responded to by still more (or the same) mystery contributors with agreement and further vitriol.

It’s almost twitter-esque in here at the moment, and is not likely to get any better for the next few days, so it may be time for many of us that are just disappointed with recent results (rather than harbouring a “this team is and always will be shit to me now and Pep should be taken to the backroom of Mary D’s and shot” mindset) just need to give it a miss until Tuesday. Maybe even after that, depending on the outcome of that match.

 

[stan bowles]

Nobody was doubting PEP at half time We had 2-3 chances to kill the game .Although Sterling has been great this season he isnt clinical and has missed plenty of chances some of them absolute sitters he scores instinctively when he has to think, ...well thats just it, he overthinks it We could have secured it in the first 45mins sure, but we did not LOSE it then. The game was lost when we went absent allowing them to get a foothold in the game instead of seeing out 10-15 of keeping the ball as we so often do. our bottle went al a Anfield and we tossed the game off. No one person to blame unless like me you wonder after arguably our best performance at Goodison PEP decided to change it. at Anfield and again yesterday When he lost credibility he went against his own mantra to take one game at a time,and it cost us heavily

Just a question about Sterling. Do you think it's a mental thing with him ? I'm more inclined to think it's a lack of basic technique. For an international player to not even hit the target on two one-on-ones with De Gea seems to me to be someone who lacks proper technique in striking a ball correctly. He was leaning back on both when he struck those efforts which indicates his body position in relation to the ball was wrong. We've seen him previously fluff efforts, miskick and miss apparently simple tap ins although sometimes his scuffed efforts have gone in. I thought he played well first half but his poor finishing was a prime reason United went in at HT believing they were still in the game at 0-2.

 

[BlueAnorak]

Agree , a once in a lifetime chance gambled away.

But is it a one in a lifetime opportunity?
We stopped the rags winning it at old toilet in 2013. There title win was delayed by two games as a result.

 

[paulchapo]

This is the type of player we've needed since the start of last season. A strong powerful player with the ability to control the game and dominate the midfield when it gets scrappy or to see a game out. We've have a wealth of talented attacking players, but only Fernandinho who is there to mix it up when it gets a bit tough.

His performances in the second half of last season gave everyone hope he had one last season to do a job for us, unfortunate that hasn't proved to be the case. His experience and ability to hold and keep the ball would have been invaluable yesterday.

 

[kwm1988]

I’m fucking gutted still ..what a shit week..been a great season but can’t help feeling this team are a bit soft when it’s crunch time..which is probably wrong we’ve won away at Stamford bridge old Trafford Napoli..one of the main qualities I thought this season was our mental toughness but this week is telling me otherwise..I think are a great attacking team but when good teams aren’t shit scared of us and decide to have a go we’ve got a shit defence..maybe with peps philosophy we might have to accept we will win tropys but it’s a high risky formula we will win some and a lose some and my never win champs league..I dunno just gutted :( been a great season at the end of the day but this weeks been wank at a crucial time of the season too..beat the scousers on Tuesday and go through and it’s all forgotten,But can’t see us going through.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

yesterday showed a total disconnect between the club, manager and the local fans who work with rag fans.
We are not winning the chumps league any time soon we missed a once in a life time opportunity to shut up the rags.

I said, not long ago, that I’ve never felt more disconnect from the club and that really they don’t understand or care to understand the core local fanbase.

We had a historic chance to win the league against our local rivals but the club prioritised the chance to earn an extra £7m prize money (and whatever they might earn from ticket sales) that you get by reaching the semi-finals of the CL instead.

 

[BlueAnorak]

yesterday showed a total disconnect between the club, manager and the local fans who work with rag fans.
We are not winning the chumps league any time soon we missed a once in a life time opportunity to shut up the rags.

I dont think it's once in a lifetime - maybe once in a generation - certainly historic. But the initial premise is correct.they got it totally wrong. You play your strongest team against Utd - always.
That said, the confidence hit of the defeat means the we have absolutely no chance of winning on Tuesday as our defending will be too fragile as a result. Were bound to concede too many, even if we win.

 

[argyle]

Here's Pep's post match interview

 

[waspish]

I’ve just been reading through many threads in here, and the Player Performance forum, and it is interesting that the “amplifying” response posts (the ones repeatedly agreeing and building upon very negative comments or strong criticism of Pep/players/club) generally are coming from posters I’ve never seen before, with very low posts counts and very little recent activity. And those posts are then being responded to by still more (or the same) mystery contributors with agreement and further vitriol.

It’s almost twitter-esque in here at the moment, and is not likely to get any better for the next few days, so it may be time for many of us that are just disappointed with recent results (rather than harbouring a “this team is and always will be shit to me now and Pep should be taken to the backroom of Mary D’s and shot” mindset) just need to give it a miss until Tuesday. Maybe even after that, depending on the outcome of that match.

Always happens when we get beat majority of em ain’t city supporters.

 

[deafmanstevo]

People going on about a once in a lifetime , once in a lifetime is the 93.20, that will never happen again, but I feel we could win the league against Utd in future, the amount of times we've played Utd in April , so that's possible