You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an alternative browser.
You should upgrade or use an alternative browser.
United (H) Post Match Thread
- Thread starter FantasyIreland
- Start date
manimanc
Well-Known Member
Clap clap clap.Embarrassing really. Cut them to bits first half. Pogba looked timid and who was that guy from Arsenal? Was he on pitch first half? Well, it will tell Pep that something needs to change for next season to put some guts into the side to match the finesse! Remember De jong? A bit of Nigel would be good. Fighting spirit counts for a lot.
I've seen some tripe posted on here before but this is the winner.
Can't stop laughing at this one.
GaudinoMotors
Well-Known Member
You're an easy audienceClap clap clap.
I've seen some tripe posted on here before but this is the winner.
Can't stop laughing at this one.
Burtonblue
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- 7 Nov 2010
- Messages
- 5,556
So when is Ashley Young’s hearing for a retrospective ban taking place?
That was a leg breaker if I ever saw one.
That was a leg breaker if I ever saw one.
I thought typical City had died at 93.20. Nope, still here.
Did the three Wigan defeats since then not remind you typical city is still alive and kicking?
Hes the left back remember
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- 15 Dec 2009
- Messages
- 1,073
I'm still angry that we didn't seize the opportunity to clinch the title against United. To capitulate that way in the second half is unforgivable.
In the cold light of day though, seeing the way we ripped them apart in the first half, without 4/5 first team regulars, showed how far ahead of them we are. On any other day we would have gone in at least three goals up and it would've been game over. You have to credit United for showing the resilience to fight back, but nine times out of ten we would win that game comfortably. And that's without even mentioning the two penalties we should have been awarded. As said on Saturday, they won a minor battle but we're winning the war.
Fully agree with this. Reading some of the comments you would think utd battered us in the second half and actually deserved to win!!
We were our own worst enemy missing the chances we did.
If we had taken 1 or 2 more of the opportunities we had we would be talking about a huge win and as mentioned that does not include the penalties we should have had.
I read yesterday that Pogba ran the second half!! I must have missed that,admittedly he scored 2 but he didn't dominate the game at all.
Was it 3 attempts on target and 3 goals?
Pep has always said we are too wasteful in front of goal and proved again on Saturday.
tolmie's hairdoo
Well-Known Member
It should be a positive that this defeat would normally allow United to read far too much into it, in terms of not needing as much improvement as their previous displays have suggested?
Mourinho refused to be anything but non-plussed, however, even so far as being 'nice' with regards his comments both beforehand and afterwards.
He knows better than anybody this was a freak result in the context of where the two teams currently stand and our second-string should have had the game out of sight before half-time.
Mourinho always has a motive, so it's either he's checked-out at United (would be a surprise), he's not getting his own way, or he's just trying to lull us into a false sense of security?
Thankfully, we also have someone in the other dugout who has seen it all before.
He had ample ammunition to vent with the Pogba comments on the eve of the game, yet he's hugging Vinny, he's all pally with Pep.
Coming off the back of the tunnel bust-up at United, the nature of their comeback win, it just seems all a little odd.
Mourinho refused to be anything but non-plussed, however, even so far as being 'nice' with regards his comments both beforehand and afterwards.
He knows better than anybody this was a freak result in the context of where the two teams currently stand and our second-string should have had the game out of sight before half-time.
Mourinho always has a motive, so it's either he's checked-out at United (would be a surprise), he's not getting his own way, or he's just trying to lull us into a false sense of security?
Thankfully, we also have someone in the other dugout who has seen it all before.
He had ample ammunition to vent with the Pogba comments on the eve of the game, yet he's hugging Vinny, he's all pally with Pep.
Coming off the back of the tunnel bust-up at United, the nature of their comeback win, it just seems all a little odd.
BluessinceHydeRoad
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- 26 Mar 2012
- Messages
- 2,562
I've just read the article in which Pep is concerned that there is a fatal flaw in his system which could mean that he never wins the CL with City. The evidence is the three collapses this season on Saturday and the two matches at Anfield and previous failures at Bayern against Real and Barcelona in the CL semis. I can only assume that he is depressed after Saturday because 3 matches this season is a pretty slim sample; it ignores the performances at OT and the Etihad against all other "top" teams and the performance in Naples. The selection of two of Bayern's matches is even thinner. I think he is on stronger ground when he suggested that the problem "is both boxes". We created enough chances to win every derby until the next decade but we didn't take them and our defending in the second half was lamentable for at least two of the goals we conceded. For their first we had defenders doing little but play them onside, for the second Nico didn't attack the ball at all and let Pogba get a free header in and for the third we defended our high line but no-one followed Smalling back in. Schoolboy errors at a vital time in a massive match. The referee was not fit for such a match but as Pep said we can't do anything about the refereeing. But we can about the finishing and the defending.