United thread 2018/19

[Neville Kneville]

I saw a chunk of their game this morning and thought similar.

I think they are primed for an implosion at some point. They narrowly avoided one after Spurs, but because the football is so shit, they're only ever 2 or 3 losses in a month from a complete meltdown.

Mourinho was so transparent in how he suddenly started trying to grab onto the fans as a lifejacket in August, suddenly changing his tradition of going down the tunnel before full time to spend 10 minutes applauding the fans, claiming the fans were too smart to fall for fake news in the press etc. His problem is that the fans are fickle, and they'll turn on him after another bad patch.

They face Chelsea, Juventus twice and then us in the space of 3 weeks at the end of October/start of November, with only Everton & Bournemouth as buffers between the big games. That will be an interesting run to watch.

Indeed.

It would be some game if we played like last night.

Probably a 7-5 'classic' of wide open, lethargic, incompetent shite.

 

[The blue phantom]

Are you really trying to suggest that ref sent off UEFA’s golden boy just so he doesn’t play against United - to assist United?!

You want to see his post on the Trump thread.

 

[Pigeonho]

You want to see his post on the Trump thread.

I can only imagine.
It’s like they see every single incident, regardless of who is playing, and link it either to being against city or for United. If not United Liverpool, or Spurs, or Chelsea, or arsenal - but never City.

Baffling.

 

[Falcao]

The pitch was a joke for CL level it’s no wonder it took time for the players to adjust. Mourinho even said afterwards that players were holding themselves back because of fear of injury.

 

[Sid C]

The pitch was a joke for CL level it’s no wonder it took time for the players to adjust. Mourinho even said afterwards that players were holding themselves back because of fear of injury.

????? It’s not like Mourinho to talk utter shite

 

[Falcao]

????? It’s not like Mourinho to talk utter shite

He’s right mate this is the Champions League not the Power League. It might be a bit understandable if this was a small, poor country but it was in Switzerland. Paul Merson described it well:

“The pitch looked atrocious, it looked like wood painted green and reminded me of the old surface at QPR where you used to have to wear trainers!”

 

[Shirley]

The pitch was a joke for CL level it’s no wonder it took time for the players to adjust. Mourinho even said afterwards that players were holding themselves back because of fear of injury.

You do know why your pitch is called the swamp?

 

[Sid C]

He’s right mate this is the Champions League not the Power League. It might be a bit understandable if this was a small, poor country but it was in Switzerland. Paul Merson described it well:

“The pitch looked atrocious, it looked like wood painted green and reminded me of the old surface at QPR where you used to have to wear trainers!”

Same pitch for both teams. He probably loved the pitch, it gave him a ready made excuse.

 

[Pigeonho]

One game ban.
Guess that ref failed his mission ;-)

 

[waspish]

Think giving them a goal start helped them out.