United (H) - Sun 15th Dec, 16:30 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

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Man utd to punish shambolic Man City screams the sky betting ' expert' on their app. Fuck me, anybody would've thought they were smashing everyone in their path with that pathetic headline. If anything it could've read shambolic Man utd to punish shambolic Man city
 
Fordyboy46 said:
Man utd to punish shambolic Man City screams the sky betting ' expert' on their app. Fuck me, anybody would've thought they were smashing everyone in their path with that pathetic headline. If anything it could've read shambolic Man utd to punish shambolic Man city
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I think almost any team atm would have a very good chance of beating us given our injuries. If the actual players who do play could find a fraction of their real form we'd fare better but Bernardo, Gundogan, Walker, KDB etcetera are unrecognisable from the players we know they can be. Add Ederson to that list too, but at least we can put Ortega in who's slightly better. Foden when fit has also been anonymous, Doku and Savinho inconsistent, although Doku is faring better. Grealish is just Grealish, works hard but little end product. We will struggle until we can play a fully fit first choice defence.
 
FFS I hope our players don’t share the same attitude as on here and think they have lost the game because the ref is bent, United who have been shit are suddenly title contenders and the only chance of avoiding defeat is if a big storm arrives and the match is postponed.

Nahhh…they will want to prove to everyone they can get back to being good again and will want these 3 points just as much as the fans want the 3 points.

If we have to get 3 points with a depleted team so be it, we will have to do it the hard way. Hard work and a determination to win, the backbone of how this team won 4 in a row.
 
journolud said:
A week off after this game, go all in and destroy the fuckers
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And although I may sound harsh, instead of giving them all a week off have a ruddy weeks ( 5 straight) days training sessions to practice pks, shooting outside the box, corners, throw ins, defending corners. Honestly we are dross at all these pieces ATM.
 
Bluemart said:
Pep is a class manager but I thought he’d have changed things round a bit before now.
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When 2-3 of your main CBs (Stones, Ake, Akanji, Dias was out too) are injured and both the 1st and 2nd choice for the DM position (Rodri and Kova) are unavailable, plus one of your most reliable defenders is past it and very poor (Walker), there is no magical solution.

Trying to play like a small team with a low block isn't acceptable. Plus, it's a tactics that you can't learn or adopt without preparation. Pep has coached the team to play a particular style of football that is incompatible with cheaply surrendering possession and relying on counters.

Even if changing tactics is useful in the short term, it may be counterproductive in the long term. You can't give up on your identity without any consequences. Our style has won us a treble, a quadruple, 4 in a row, etc. It's pointless to change it every time we go through a difficult period.

Remember, we lost 3 from 4 league games in December 2018, many were writing us off. Then we won 18 from the next 19 games. You stick to your identity no matter the circumstances. If Pep was as flexible and pragmatic in his tactics as some want him to be, then he wouldn't be the most successful manager.
 
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