United (H) Post Match Thread

[pauls]

Possibly the most irritating thing about what was essentially a meaningless derby defeat is the end-of-the-world nonsense talked by City fans who clearly know nothing about the game. We dominated the game, missed chance after chance and they got two essentially lucky goals without ever getting on top.

Exactly.very annoying when Shearer says MANURE were brilliant. Come on ffs

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Exactly.very annoying when Shearer says MANURE were brilliant. Come on ffs

I didn't see it but my Dad told me his "analysis" was laughable, and so was Danny Murphy's.

Shearer appears to know less about football than many of the posters on here. To be fair to Murphy he's usually not bad, but pundits often build this simplistic narrative which is often a long way from the truth.

United were "brilliant" in the same we that City were "brilliant" when we won 2-0 at Old Trafford in 2008. We, and they, rode huge amounts of luck and showed a bit of grit against a far superior team.

 

[northstandgiveusasong]

We can go on all day long about Foden and Bernardo starting but that starting 11 was better than theirs no matter what the difference of opinions are.

The problem was chasing the game after a complete brainstorm from Jesus.

We had lots of chances, more than them but simply either didn't take them or it was a case of too many players collectively having an off day. We were due a defeat at some point and the 11 point cushion is still there. I don't know what Pep was thinking personally with some of his decisions but it's all hindsight.

I expect a reaction on Wednesday night to gauge if this was a "one off" or not.

 

[spiny]

What the derby highlighted for me is the KdB role. He has said he sees himself as a playmaker but too often his passes were misplaced and the ball lost against a packed defence leaving us on the back foot against route one attacks. In KdB's absence Gundo, Phil Foden, Bernie, Raheem, Jesus and Mahrez have all worked in midfield at times, with creativity, high energy pressing, ball retention and also scoring goals.

KdB needs to better judge when to do a hollywood pass but more importantly needs to score more goals himself and be more of a threat. He is more than capable of 10+ a season.

 

[ancoats]

Exactly.very annoying when Shearer says MANURE were brilliant. Come on ffs

let them keep saying it about players that only turn up for one game
in fact the more they lick the the bums of united the more they will win nothing
PFA player of the year ? manager of the season ? young player of the year ? and the made up token award to rashford
they all get my vote

 

[Bobby Heaton Moor]

Beat Southampton and all is forgotten. Rags will drop points against West Ham too, it's what they always do after a "scalp".

 

[hgblue]

just didnt see us turning that game around after going 1-0 down. I think that is one thing that slightly worries me, our ability to come from behind

It’s a pathetic excuse, we had 89 minutes left to play, to suggest we couldn’t recover is a joke and would be extremely worrying if true.

 

[ancoats]

What the derby highlighted for me is the KdB role. He has said he sees himself as a playmaker but too often his passes were misplaced and the ball lost against a packed defence leaving us on the back foot against route one attacks. In KdB's absence Gundo, Phil Foden, Bernie, Raheem, Jesus and Mahrez have all worked in midfield at times, with creativity, high energy pressing, ball retention and also scoring goals.

KdB needs to better judge when to do a hollywood pass but more importantly needs to score more goals himself and be more of a threat. He is more than capable of 10+ a season.

KDB has had some bad luck with injuries this season. also he has hit a brick wall and can not find any form
but special players can not be dropped because it will happen again for him at any moment. the only downside is his match fitness and looks to me like he is blowing and not finding his 2nd wind. KDB just sits in the false 9 as the striker to hide for 5 to 10 minutes and even dare i say walks about

lets hope the game time under his belt will spring him into action soon. all it needs is one killer pass or a goal any sort of goal even a worldly open mouth goal one will do nicely

 

[mancityscot]

It’s a pathetic excuse, we had 89 minutes left to play, to suggest we couldn’t recover is a joke and would be extremely worrying if true.

absolutely it is. But its something that worries me about this team. When was the last time we came from behind in the league?

Theres just this part of me that just thinks the game is over when we go behind, very rarely do we turn things around.

 

[BHsteve]

i dont think that Noddy is in charge for any game

Not in charge , but I’d put money his influence is still a part of it down the road ,