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The Footie Thread

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Ole at the Wheel :ROFLMAO:

Arteta and Arsenal did a proper job on Man Utd. Outclassed tactically in the first half and the second was pretty poor by both sides.

Man Utd really are a mess, all that investment and the only tactic was long balls from Pogba to Rashford. No idea on formation, tactics, subs or style.

100 games in for Ole and not much in progress to show for it despite the investment. Arsenal looked far more solid and organised (not something you can always say about them). Surprising result (to me) for Southampton and Spurs struggling to beat Brighton. Think the league is so open this year and can't see one club running away with it unlike last year
 
100 games in for Ole and not much in progress to show for it despite the investment. Arsenal looked far more solid and organised (not something you can always say about them). Surprising result (to me) for Southampton and Spurs struggling to beat Brighton. Think the league is so open this year and can't see one club running away with it unlike last year

Theres absolutely no progess. No style, no coaching, no idea. Third position on the final day with an all time record low points total for it glossed over a really poor season. When the game looks up he'll get a couple of big results to keep him in the job. Every game he's manager Man Utd are going backwards.

Arteta is working with a smaller and far less talented squad. He's come in, changed the culture of being easy to beat, installed a new style and even managed to win a trophy. Still early days but he looks impressive.
 
Ole has to go. There I said it.

I think our squad is decent. He just doesn't know his best side and I've never known a manager tactically be so inconsistent. We look such a better team without Maguire and when Mata starts. Mata is a better link between the midfield and the front players and we don't rely on a long ball. We always get stuck tapping it between the midfield and the defenders.

Arsenal were miles the better side last night. The few chances we got to break in the first half they pulled the Pep tactic and stopped the play. We then couldn't get through the press and looked ragged.

Would a new manager get the best out of Pogba, im not sure........cmon Poch we'll give you a whirl now.
 
I'm starting to ask myself do these refs know the rules and the game when it comes to VAR?

I've already gone through the terrible 3 decisions in the Everton game, but more since and the two decisions in the Spurs game yesterday.

Lallana was the only one following the ball, and "got up early" as any good player should. Kane looks at the man only, plays the man by getting barging into him then gets a pen for it. Then you have the Solly March tackle who gets a smidgeon of ball, but cleaned the man out.
 
I'm starting to ask myself do these refs know the rules and the game when it comes to VAR?

I've already gone through the terrible 3 decisions in the Everton game, but more since and the two decisions in the Spurs game yesterday.

Lallana was the only one following the ball, and "got up early" as any good player should. Kane looks at the man only, plays the man by getting barging into him then gets a pen for it. Then you have the Solly March tackle who gets a smidgeon of ball, but cleaned the man out.
The penalty was very lucky I must admit, Kane was clever to put himself in between Lallana and the ball, and I initially thought it was outside the box, but they must have given it for Lallana's forearm in Kane's neck since that was about a cm inside the line. It did look a foul on Hojbjerg though that we didn't get so who knows what they're looking at on these reviews. Crouchy was funny on MOTD2 - "at least it's good to see the referee actually reviewing decisions now on the pitchside monitor.. and still getting it wrong." :LOL:
 
Leicester a proper pain in the arse team. It’s hard to see how you stop that attacking pace. They’re perfectly set up for the counter.
 
youll get a decent understanding of where you are saturday night against west ham I expect, will go into the game with some confidence at least. Baggies fans cant have much hope currently mind, 1 shot on target in that sort of game really bodes badly for them
 
youll get a decent understanding of where you are saturday night against west ham I expect, will go into the game with some confidence at least. Baggies fans cant have much hope currently mind, 1 shot on target in that sort of game really bodes badly for them

Wba were down the minute they appointed bilic

Nice guy but clueless manager
 
Ole has to go. There I said it.

I think our squad is decent. He just doesn't know his best side and I've never known a manager tactically be so inconsistent. We look such a better team without Maguire and when Mata starts. Mata is a better link between the midfield and the front players and we don't rely on a long ball. We always get stuck tapping it between the midfield and the defenders.

Arsenal were miles the better side last night. The few chances we got to break in the first half they pulled the Pep tactic and stopped the play. We then couldn't get through the press and looked ragged.

Would a new manager get the best out of Pogba, im not sure........cmon Poch we'll give you a whirl now.

Pogba has been a liability for two seasons now. He should've been sold in 2019 when he had a decent market value. The problem is now he's only got 18 months of his deal left come January and on current form he's worth £30-40m less than Man Utd paid. Woodward has got himself in a position where he'll have to offer a ridiculous contract to keep him and save face, or take a massive hit. It makes the £10m shortfall over Sancho even more laughable, it's not just about what you spend it's about how much you sell players for. Man Utd have bought high and sold low for so long. It all adds up. Only PSG would be stupid enough to pay over £50m for him with his wage demands.

Poch is the obvious appointment. He's got experience in England and overachieved at Spurs given the stadium move and transfer restraints. He also brings in a team of coaches so Man Utd can wave goodbye to the clueless gaggle of sycophants in Carrick and McKenna.
 
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