United Thread 2014/15

[superseiyan]

Palace and Arsenal up next for them. With injuries galore, suspensions, and pressure of not making 4th mounting they could capitulate. Wellbeck, Walcott, and Sanchez look very very sharp this weekend and Arsenal may finally get the mentality right.

No, even Spurs give the rags a better go than Arsenal.

Better chance of Palace surprising with a draw than Arsenal winning against the Mancs.

 

[supercrystal7]

I don't often say "i told you so" however... :-D

Dear Di Maria fan boys, this is him not showing up when you really need him.
Poor against Chelsea and us now.
Great on his day but mentally frail espesh when utd are up against it.

And he doesn't have the tenacity of a Sanchez or Suarez or Aguero or Tevez. Top attackers today have pace, are tenacious and defend from the top.

I suspect he'll be figured out (i.e. given physical treatment) and he'll end up at the level of a good, but not spectacular, winger. I don't think he's more effective than say, Nasri.

Yes he started well but he was being wayyyyy overrated.

Yep just like Silva, Iniesta, Gotze and James Rodriguez.

His performances especially against Chelsea had nothing to do with anything the opposition did. He has had a dip in form. If anything Sanchez is the one getting overhyped.

I'll judge how the players have done by the end of the season. Next week we will see how they do against each other's respective teams.

 

[TCIB]

I don't often say "i told you so" however... :-D

Dear Di Maria fan boys, this is him not showing up when you really need him.
Poor against Chelsea and us now.
Great on his day but mentally frail espesh when utd are up against it.

He has been very poor last two games, but United were not particularly up against it against Chelsea. He had plenty of the ball and opportunity to do something, but is just in bad form. Still his delivery from free kicks was brilliant, not his corner which are woeful. As for not turning up in big games where do you get that from? Many of his best performances have been in Madrid's biggest games like the 4-3 loss against Barca or the CL final.

More often than not he goes missing in big matches i have found.
Yes he has played great in some to but to often he isn't the man to dig deep as mentioned by another poster, tenacity.

You can paint it how you like but the fact is against Chelsea and us he didn't turn up.
It is all well and good looking good attacking Sunderland and such 3-0 up.
But i could not trust him to have the metal to fight when they are 2-0 down.
His defensive efforts are non existent which is not a plus either.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

They need to be throwing a lot more money at that side if they want to be finishing in the top four.

 

[ancoats]

come on united

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_8JLkwzpd0[/video]

 

[whp.blue]

Louis van Moyes is 4 points worse off than his mentor wee Davey after 10 games and he has only spent £160M what a manager

 

[Bill]

scum. even rags think so.

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[BigOscar]

I think they should complain to the FA about Rojo getting injured. Had the referee sent him off when he should of, he never would of been on the pitch to throw himself stupidly into a tackle and injure himself. That one is clearly on the FA, they should seek compensation.

 

[Paul Lake's Left Knee]

Louis van Moyes is 4 points worse off than his mentor wee Davey after 10 games and he has only spent £160M what a manager

Ah but Vadge has got a philoschofee

#SOV

 

[I'm With Stupid]

I don't often say "i told you so" however... :-D

Dear Di Maria fan boys, this is him not showing up when you really need him.
Poor against Chelsea and us now.
Great on his day but mentally frail espesh when utd are up against it.

He has been very poor last two games, but United were not particularly up against it against Chelsea. He had plenty of the ball and opportunity to do something, but is just in bad form. Still his delivery from free kicks was brilliant, not his corner which are woeful. As for not turning up in big games where do you get that from? Many of his best performances have been in Madrid's biggest games like the 4-3 loss against Barca or the CL final.

More often than not he goes missing in big matches i have found.
Yes he has played great in some to but to often he isn't the man to dig deep as mentioned by another poster, tenacity.

To be fair, you could say the same about fake Ronaldo. The reality is that against really good opposition, the best players frequently find themselves marked out of the game. Especially if they're the star player in an ordinary team. I suspect one of the reason why he was so good in the Champions League final was precisely because Ronaldo was the one they were focusing on. Now he's the star player, he's the one that gets all of the attention, and especially against the top teams it shows.

But he was particularly shocking today irrespective of that. His corners were shocking. To fail to beat the first man twice in a row. And then his free kick was nowhere near. Definitely an off day.