Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread - Read Mod Warning in OP 7/1/15

PhlegmyMoses · 01-01-2015 05:15PM

Will I Amnt wrote: »

Didn't see anybody tar the whole Everton fan base with the one brush. Some said they were happy with their decline because of some of the stuff that was said. You said United fans can't take the high ground. I can, plenty of us can.

I also can. But taking delight in a team's decline because of the behaviour of a portion of fans is weird. Many of our fans were dickheads towards Moyes also.

Basically: Team has portion of knobhead fans shocker

RichFTW · 01-01-2015 05:20PM

Will I Amnt wrote: »

I watched United v Everton in a bar in Lanzarote back in April with a gang of Everton fans. They delighted in telling me how Moyes was holding them back for years... I'd love to bump into them again.

Plenty of United fans in here were saying the same. Holding up Martinez as some sort of genius and pointing at the positive impact he had on Everton compared to Moyes in such a short space of time. Not sure if they actually believed it or just wanted another stick to beat Moyes with.

PhlegmyMoses · 01-01-2015 05:24PM

To change tack a bit, are Southampton genuine Top 4 rivals now? Everyone is saying that they are happy that Arsenal lost, but Southampton had a bit of a slump in early December and have bounced back.

If they're still there in a month, it's time to take them seriously.

Blatter · 01-01-2015 05:33PM

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

To change tack a bit, are Southampton genuine Top 4 rivals now? Everyone is saying that they are happy that Arsenal lost, but Southampton had a bit of a slump in early December and have bounced back.

If they're still there in a month, it's time to take them seriously.

I would definitely take them seriously. They haven't been lucky, they are 4th on merit. They should have beat us, were unlucky to lose at the Emirates, should never have lost to Burnley, played very well at Anfield and lost etc. yet they're still in the CL spots. They're not in Europe so their squad shouldn't be stretched too much barring an extended injury crisis. It'll be vital they keep Schneiderlin in January though.

Robson99 · 01-01-2015 05:44PM

Back 3 and wing backs were very poor on the ball to day. Carrick was neither here nor there for the whole game. Would prefer to see him play in the back 3 when Blind gets back
Strange decision to see Falcao come off when he was playing much better than RVP. Would like to see Rooney get a chance up top with Falcao.
Janazui has really gone backwards. Cant even cross the ball let alone take his man on. Needs to go out on loan

edgecutter · 01-01-2015 05:47PM

Not a disastrous day by all means. We were very lucky today to get a point and we have to be happy that we didn't lose. Hopefully with shaw and raf back we will end this 3-5-2 nonsense.

Manutd_4life · 01-01-2015 05:52PM

edgecutter wrote: »

Not a disastrous day by all means. We were very lucky today to get a point and we have to be happy that we didn't lose. Hopefully with shaw and raf back we will end this 3-5-2 nonsense.

I hope your right. Seeing 2 of our cbs is bad but then when there's 3. I would love to go back to a diamond formation. I honestly think this is the best team we can put out with our current players:

De Gea
Rafael Jones Rojo Shaw

Carrick
Di Maria Rooney

Mata

RVP Falcao

Headshot · 01-01-2015 06:18PM

The PL is nuts this season

Manutd_4life · 01-01-2015 06:19PM

Headshot wrote: »

The PL is nuts this season

Tell me about it

01-01-2015 06:44PM

Still early days in the Chelsea-Spurs match, currently at 3-1 to Spurs, but if Chelsea drop even more points today it will make our recent draws vs Villa, Spurs and Stoke all the more frustrating.

Edit: Now 4-1 Spurs

Lithium93_ · 01-01-2015 06:44PM

It's 4-1 Spurs now

KH25 · 01-01-2015 06:47PM

Liking the look of Kane I must say.

01-01-2015 06:49PM

Unreal scorelines again today... These away results have not been that bad when you cconsider what happened on Stephens day and today. 4-2 in the chelsea match

MisterAnarchy · 01-01-2015 06:50PM

Hard to watch that Utd performance today ,it was extremely negative and conservative.
3 centre backs and Carrick in a deep role is just far too conservative ,the team created almost nothing in 90 minutes.
Begovic had nothing to do in the second half .

The standard of Utd's football away from home all season has been extremely poor .
They arent losing many matches but they are playing ugly football ,relying heavily on De Gea and riding their luck .

Crimson King · 01-01-2015 06:50PM

If they pull this back Jose will be unbearable in his post match interview

glued · 01-01-2015 06:51PM

Van Gaal needs to stop playing three at the back. It isn't working

KombuchaMshroom · 01-01-2015 07:00PM

All of a sudden our brutal defence has only conceeded 2 more than chelsea's rock solid back line.

Regarding the 3 at the back, hoping now that Rafael and Shaw are both back we will be reverting back to a normal 2 cbs and 2 fullbacks.

Seems now with Herrara and januzaj making comebacks today too we are just Di maria, Fellaini and Rojo short of our main squad players that you would be bothered about. 10 days to next league fixturw too so might be even better by then

RobertKK · 01-01-2015 07:11PM

One point closer to the top after today...need to score more goals, hopefully with Di maria to return it also means more goals to return.

Paul Tergat · 01-01-2015 07:14PM

match threads are just intolerable these days

edgecutter · 01-01-2015 07:16PM

We need to realise that these injuries have been the reason why we haven't won games like today. Once we can get our best 11 on we will go on a good winning run.

thelad95 · 01-01-2015 07:20PM

This has to be the strangest premier league season of all time. Something tells me City will run away with it if they can get their strikers fit.

Strumms · 01-01-2015 07:25PM

glued wrote: »

Van Gaal needs to stop playing three at the back. It isn't working

I agree, it's not hampering or defensive capabilities it's going forward and the overall shape of the team. We are trying to score by getting crosses into the box, over reliant on this tactic imho yet there is never any support for the wide man, no one overlapping and teams are doubling up on us and Stoke did that very well today as did Spurs.

I agree we also need to sort these injuries out, nobody including LVG knows his best side and we are already halfway into the season. We have gone on a good unbeaten run yet in the last 4 games dropped 6 points which isn't ideal.

eamondunphy · 01-01-2015 07:25PM

Paul Tergat wrote: »

match threads are just intolerable these days

And unfortunately they'll continue to be until supporters from other clubs stop being so petty and childish.

If United win a game 5-1(I know, wishful thinking), certain Liverpool fans will manage to turn the thread into about how United conceded a goal

kryogen · 01-01-2015 07:26PM

ZOMG Chelsea maybe are not the best team eva4life

adox · 01-01-2015 07:29PM

KombuchaMshroom wrote: »

All of a sudden our brutal defence has only conceeded 2 more than chelsea's rock solid back line.

Regarding the 3 at the back, hoping now that Rafael and Shaw are both back we will be reverting back to a normal 2 cbs and 2 fullbacks.

Seems now with Herrara and januzaj making comebacks today too we are just Di maria, Fellaini and Rojo short of our main squad players that you would be bothered about. 10 days to next league fixturw too so might be even better by then

Blind as well.

Tom.D.BJJ · 01-01-2015 07:30PM

eamondunphy wrote: »

And unfortunately they'll continue to be until supporters from other clubs stop being so petty and childish.

If United win a game 5-1(I know, wishful thinking), certain Liverpool fans will manage to turn the thread into about how United conceded a goal

In fairness the same happens the other way around. Tit for tat bull**** that really escalated to unbearable heights last year.

kryogen · 01-01-2015 07:32PM

The wing back system has clearly been down to his options, and then he seems to stick with something if it is getting results, he doesn't seem to like to change a winning formula so to speak but its clear that 4 at the back is the way he wants to play.

Some missed opportunities over this festive period all in all, could have closed the gap a hell of a lot more and gave us a bit of excitement for the second half of the season, as it stands I am happy to see Arsenal drop more points and keep a good distance between us and them. CL qualification is the aim, but the way the league is going shows that it could possibly have been more, maybe still can be more, if we go and do our job.

Dayum · 01-01-2015 07:35PM

United could be only 3 points off Chelsea and City tonight if they managed to actually beat Villa, Spurs and Stoke....

kryogen · 01-01-2015 07:36PM

*Would

Just kidding.

We are in so much of a better place today then we were 12 months ago, onwards and upwards in 2015

Quandary · 01-01-2015 07:40PM

Our draw against spurs at WHL is looking pretty good right about now

Today was disappointing but we're sitting 9 points off the top of the league with our big players on the way back from injury. I know some people might point out we should be closer to the top considering the games we threw away but we've also had a few fortunate results too (Arsenal, Southampton). If LVG can get our defenders more minutes on the pitch together we should see communication improving and less brain farts. All things considered, we are not in a bad place at all.

A win against Southampton at Old Trafford Sunday week is an absolute must for us. It will put us 6 points clear of them.

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