United (H) Post Match Thread

[Chippy_boy]

IMO, this season he has been playing the game much more for himself, essentially a free role, but seemingly more intent on shooting at goal, attempting more 'Hollywood' passes.

His 3 yard passed were pretty crap yesterday, let alone the attempted Hollywood ones. Lost count the number of times he gave the ball away or put a player under ridiculous pressure with a pass too short etc. Which for a possession-based team, really messes us up.

 

[Keeper!]

Maybe Kev had a lot more respect for the core of the old team David Silva ,Kun , Vinny and Fern but looks at the current bunch and thinks these lot aren’t of that same standard . It looks like he’s in a different wavelength . I wouldn’t be surprised if he thought I don’t fit in here.

Maybe the other lads feel the same, we have hardly missed him during his injury, Bernardo and Gundo thrived, same thing happened in the formidable season.

KDB is a wonderful player but there are times I wonder if we are sometimes a better team without him.

 

[Chippy_boy]

What pissed me off more about Kev yesterday was he couldn’t even play the simple passes. I can excuse the odd failed Hollywood ball but he was throwing his arms aloft as if it was his teammates fault when he fucked up a 10 yard simple pass. As you intimate, he’s thinking he’s a bit better than he is at the moment, and Pep is scared of upsetting him when he’s yet to sign the new deal. Same with Raz.

Just seen this ;-)

 

[Sir peace frog]

i keep seeing "the wrong players were chosen" forget the doom and gloom we dominated that game , we actually played better yesterday than against west ham, we kept the ball and we created chances, that's all that pep can do, he trusts the players he chooses to do their jobs, they did their jobs in so much they had 66% and they also created 23 shooting chances, that tells you what sort of game it was , we dominated possession and we had more than enough chances to win 3 games , rodri puts that in the net and its 1-1 ,united would of shit their pants and we would be 22 games unbeaten , all ifs and buts.

 

[Essex blue]

What pissed me off more about Kev yesterday was he couldn’t even play the simple passes. I can excuse the odd failed Hollywood ball but he was throwing his arms aloft as if it was his teammates fault when he fucked up a 10 yard simple pass. As you intimate, he’s thinking he’s a bit better than he is at the moment, and Pep is scared of upsetting him when he’s yet to sign the new deal. Same with Raz.

Totally agree he was the same against West Ham at times, constantly losing possession

 

[Big gay Al]

To soon For kdb that game...No Walker Foden, Bernardo ie.. full of energy.....brain fart from Jesus at the start...onwards we go.

 

[WillDaws]

i keep seeing "the wrong players were chosen" forget the doom and gloom we dominated that game , we actually played better yesterday than against west ham, we kept the ball and we created chances, that's all that pep can do, he trusts the players he chooses to do their jobs, they did their jobs in so much they had 66% and they also created 23 shooting chances, that tells you what sort of game it was , we dominated possession and we had more than enough chances to win 3 games , rodri puts that in the net and its 1-1 ,united would of shit their pants and we would be 22 games unbeaten , all ifs and buts.

I think stats flattered us... yes 23 shots but only 5 on target? they had 6 on target i think, and had the best chance of the game with martial... ours were half chances at best (especially when sterling is on the end of things then its a flip of a coin). We didnt look like scoring and you could tell with their attitude and work-rate from pretty early on in the game. As many have said on here... hopefully its a wake up call.

 

[The Future is Blue]

Just one of those games where the majority of the team had an off day.....we move on to Southampton and towards securing our 3rd title in 4 years and ruining football again!

 

[RobinHood]

...We lost a lot when Dave left, and him being able to receive the ball in tight spaces from a throw in was one aspect.

Bernie is the only one who can do similar.

Really? The most gifted team I have ever seen in the Prem haven't got players that can receive the ball from a throw-in, surrounded by the opposition? Back to the very basics then, Pep.

However, I will agree that our throw-ins are atrocious.

 

[gazinho]

Yes, even the right hand side, but I happen to think that is Foden's best position for the next couple years?

Mahrez has played well recently and didn't do much wrong yesterday, couldn't fault his effort, so Pep should get back to picking players on performance, rather than reputation?

Allowing for tiredness, granted. Everyone goes on about our big squad but there have been signs of tiredness since before Arsenal game?

Mahrez has clearly played himself into the team with his performances over the past month, which in turn makes it even more baffling that we just persist with Sterling and De Bruyne whilst stifling our top scorer and leaving our best presser of the ball on the bench against a team that were set up to counter