United thread 2018/19

[Henkeman]

They can play SA's 10 man lineout (with a standoff being lifted!) or England's 13 man maul. It'll be awful.

1994 says hello.

 

[aguero93:20]

BBC sports page shows this work of fiction and fantasy from the swamp

Attendance: 72,876

There were more than 5,000 empties in the first tier behind the dugouts.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

1994 says hello.

Was it that long ago that was done? I know they did it vs the All Blacks this month.

 

[Henkeman]

Was it that long ago that was done? I know they did it vs the All Blacks this month.

Er, that's cos all teams employ the maul. New Zealand did it too that game. England were a lot more creative than the All Blacks were that day.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

Chris Sutton was quoted at 9.49 yesterday evening.
"We talked about empty seats before the game but just look at it now. This is terrible and it never used to be like this."

not sure if much else was put up, but the ticker was under Shamoon Hafez who is red.

Gosh I didn't think that sort of comment was allowed.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Er, that's cos all teams employ the maul. New Zealand did it too that game. England were a lot more creative than the All Blacks were that day.

True, but not often with a load of the backs involved as well.
Drifting off topic, but yes, as unlucky then as they were lucky the week before.

 

[Henkeman]

True, but not often with a load of the backs involved as well.
Drifting off topic, but yes, as unlucky then as they were lucky the week before.

Imprecision, and (oddly) flawed at the set piece. But yes, pretty much.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Gosh I didn't think that sort of comment was allowed.

Sutton might very well find himself in the sin bin for the next round of BBC commentary games with talk like that.

 

[roj]

Chris Sutton was quoted at 9.49 yesterday evening.
"We talked about empty seats before the game but just look at it now. This is terrible and it never used to be like this."

not sure if much else was put up, but the ticker was under Shamoon Hafez who is red.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46361782 (Sutton article today)

"But I still feel they needed to put in a performance as well as getting a result, and the number of empty seats I saw at Old Trafford proves they need to improve.
The ground was a long way from being full, which tells you what a lot of their fans are thinking about the way their team is playing - and a lot of the crowd who did turn up left before Fellaini scored."

 

[stonerblue]

The sun putting the boot in....