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The Footie Thread

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The interesting thing for me with the third goal was that Matic played the ball through for Rashford and made no effort at all to get forward to support him, just walked away almost as if he was saying, "I put it on a plate for you and I've got full confidence you'll finish it".
 
ColchesterFC said:
The interesting thing for me with the third goal was that Matic played the ball through for Rashford and made no effort at all to get forward to support him, just walked away almost as if he was saying, "I put it on a plate for you and I've got full confidence you'll finish it".
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I’ve always liked Matic - a great pro. Past his best I’m afraid, but really solid in his day.
 
Billysboots said:
We should be top four with the squad we already have! With a CM and DM of quality we should be aiming for the title.
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Steady on not with OGS imo.
you have a good defence,
Great quality up front, but you have nobody to link them up imo.
A few times against us they just lumped it out of defence becauSe nobody was showing for the ball.
Your strikers are lazy in their tracking back .
But you need someone in the CM to give them a rocket now and again and link everything up.
But these players are not easy to find.
 
clubchamp98 said:
Steady on not with OGS imo.
you have a good defence,
Great quality up front, but you have nobody to link them up imo.
A few times against us they just lumped it out of defence becauSe nobody was showing for the ball.
Your strikers are lazy in their tracking back .
But you need someone in the CM to give them a rocket now and again and link everything up.
But these players are not easy to find.
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Absolutely not with Olé, that’s been my whole point all along. He has the tools available to him to comfortably make top four, if he can get the best out of them.

A top manager would have this squad in the top four without question. Bring in a top DM and a top manager would be up there fighting for the title.

Not Solskjaer I’m afraid.
 
Billysboots said:
Heaven knows. I’m really surprised he’s still at the club - he’s no more than a squad player, whether anyone agrees with that or not.

I really enjoyed watching his rebirth at West Ham last season, and just hope this season doesn’t undo the hard work he clearly put in under Moyes.
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Shoe in for Newcastle in January

Heard he wanted to stay north for his daughter and it's quicker from Newcastle than London
 
With the formation Utd played today, I was thinking it could spell reduced game time for likes of Rashford, Greenwood, Sancho, Martial, as Ole will not be able to have as many fast attacking players on pitch at same time.

For first time today, a player that has not even entered my head until now, Pogba. Where the hell does it leave him? His quality will be perfect for someone out there, but it seems clear he has just bot done it consistently at Utd. And Ole certainly does not seem to be able to figure it out, like JM before him. I'd have not lost sleep if Utd got rid of him before when his agent was being noisy, and I'll not cry if we sell him in near future.
 
clubchamp98 said:
Steady on not with OGS imo.
you have a good defence,
Great quality up front, but you have nobody to link them up imo.
A few times against us they just lumped it out of defence becauSe nobody was showing for the ball.
Your strikers are lazy in their tracking back .
But you need someone in the CM to give them a rocket now and again and link everything up.
But these players are not easy to find.
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Would disagree with this with regards to Cavani. Wouldn't be surprised if he ran further than any other Utd player tonight. His closing down and tracking back should be an example to any young forward.
 
Swango1980 said:
With the formation Utd played today, I was thinking it could spell reduced game time for likes of Rashford, Greenwood, Sancho, Martial, as Ole will not be able to have as many fast attacking players on pitch at same time.

For first time today, a player that has not even entered my head until now, Pogba. Where the hell does it leave him? His quality will be perfect for someone out there, but it seems clear he has just bot done it consistently at Utd. And Ole certainly does not seem to be able to figure it out, like JM before him. I'd have not lost sleep if Utd got rid of him before when his agent was being noisy, and I'll not cry if we sell him in near future.
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Paul Pogba is a luxury that United, whilst they are still trying to figure their own identity out, cannot afford.
 
I think it’s pretty obvious what the difference is this week from last.
Utd played a good team last week & a poor team this week.
Surely winning against Tottingham and losing against Liverpool doesn’t constitute a good couple of weeks?

No, so why are Utd fans self congratulatory this week?
 
Burnley on the other hand; have we turned a corner? Potential European spot?
Hopefully on the former, Probably not the later
 
JamesR said:
I think it’s pretty obvious what the difference is this week from last.
Utd played a good team last week & a poor team this week.
Surely winning against Tottingham and losing against Liverpool doesn’t constitute a good couple of weeks?

No, so why are Utd fans self congratulatory this week?
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It was still a good performance from Utd this week, and a very different style.

If we were critical of them last week (rightly), we'd also get slated if we stayed quiet this week after a decent performance. Vice versa as well, if we praised every good performance (if we had them) and then conveniently forgot bad ones.

No Utd fans are saying todays performance proves we are a great side though. We could still easily lose mid week and get battered by City.
 
Swango1980 said:
With the formation Utd played today, I was thinking it could spell reduced game time for likes of Rashford, Greenwood, Sancho, Martial, as Ole will not be able to have as many fast attacking players on pitch at same time.

For first time today, a player that has not even entered my head until now, Pogba. Where the hell does it leave him? His quality will be perfect for someone out there, but it seems clear he has just bot done it consistently at Utd. And Ole certainly does not seem to be able to figure it out, like JM before him. I'd have not lost sleep if Utd got rid of him before when his agent was being noisy, and I'll not cry if we sell him in near future.
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Time to get rid

Clearly a good player on his day but for United only he can seem to decide when his good days will be..

Unlike for France where he always puts in a shift

Sell him on , replace move on
 
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