Sam
17 years ago
1 year ago
5,092
A pretty poor first half. Both teams and the referee have been bad.
Sam
17 years ago
1 year ago
5,092
David De Gea, what a fucking save.
Carroll.
15 years ago
3 years ago
3,361
Boring bastards.
BR.
17 years ago
2 years ago
1,896
That was dull. Couple of good saves from De Gea, Zlatan's header, about it really.

A terrible camera angle as the icing on the cake!
Based Jorge
10 years ago
3 years ago
1,399
Baffles me how United can spunk about £600m on players yet still play like absolute shite for 3 years running
King Luis
17 years ago
1 month ago
3,111
2 points less than they had at this point with LVG as well
Ninja
14 years ago
6 years ago
5,341
Baffles me how United can spunk about £600m on players yet still play like absolute shite for 3 years running


Baffles me how we can spunk £600m and still play Ashley fucking Young.

Franck
17 years ago
2 days ago
4,255
United put up an absolute masterclass in defending for the first 55-60 minutes.
Sam
17 years ago
1 year ago
5,092
Both teams were pretty shit tbh. We were decent in the first half, the second half was Liverpool's.

Liverpool had no Plan B and after 60 minutes Mourinho was happy to play for a draw.
Shedender
17 years ago
1 month ago
13,751
Expected so much more last night but it ended up a dreadful game.
Carroll.
15 years ago
3 years ago
3,361
United put up an absolute masterclass in defending for the first 55-60 minutes.


Masterclass? Sheer numbers if anything. 9-1 formation, even Rashford, who was skinning James Milner every time was getting wasted by sitting in his own box most of the game.

On the other hand, we were clearly more afraid to lose it than risk winning it, if there wasn't a safe option 9/10 then they would go backwards. Coupled with the fact when we did go forward a bit everyone's final touch / pass was diabolical it created a very shit game. But I guess we learned from when Mourinho parked the bus with Chelsea then beat us 2-0, could have easily lost that game on the counter if we tried to force it.
Ninja
14 years ago
6 years ago
5,341
Masterclass? Sheer numbers if anything. 9-1 formation, even Rashford, who was skinning James Milner every time was getting wasted by sitting in his own box most of the game.

On the other hand, we were clearly more afraid to lose it than risk winning it, if there wasn't a safe option 9/10 then they would go backwards. Coupled with the fact when we did go forward a bit everyone's final touch / pass was diabolical it created a very shit game. But I guess we learned from when Mourinho parked the bus with Chelsea then beat us 2-0, could have easily lost that game on the counter if we tried to force it.


Not really I thought they showed at half time how well we were setting up and what we were doing to counter specific threats (although I would argue that Ander Herrera's best game in a United shirt was probably a far more important factor than anything shape wise he was everywhere).

But yeah, in general I do just think it was a general lack of quality rather than anything else that saw this game finish 0-0. If Pogba and Ibra had performed anything like they're capable of we'd have looked a lot less toothless going forward.

In general I'm reasonably encouraged by the last few weeks though, we put 4 past Leicester, should have put about 6 against Stoke and actually turned up and executed a game plan in a big game. The points might not necessarily reflect it but I think we've demonstrably improved our performances since the start of the season. Hopefully once Mkhyitaran comes in we'll go up a gear again, but I'm not holding my breath.
Carroll.
15 years ago
3 years ago
3,361
Yeah but you clearly came to frustrate and draw / nick a goal somehow, rather than get a win. The few times you went forwards, Rashford was causing Milner all sorts of problems, but most of the game him and 8 others were on the edge of your area. Herrera was good yeah, but our lack of quality didn't make it as hard for him as it could have been.
Poe
17 years ago
2 weeks ago
3,675
It's lovely to see people STILL will slate Mourinho for not letting their teams beat his.
Carroll.
15 years ago
3 years ago
3,361
It's lovely to see people STILL will slate Mourinho for not letting their teams beat his.


Oh bore off. Clearly if he set up to play he would have got spanked, but it's not exactly 'the Manchester United' way? Plus obviously people will get frustrated to see a team sit back so deep to just frustrate us and get a point rather than show ambition and go for a win. Hey we even got beat by Burnley so we're not exactly unbeatable.

But yeah, kudos to Mourinho for coming here and getting a point with about all those big summer signings.. Even LVG beat us
Ninja
14 years ago
6 years ago
5,341
Yeah but you clearly came to frustrate and draw / nick a goal somehow, rather than get a win. The few times you went forwards, Rashford was causing Milner all sorts of problems, but most of the game him and 8 others were on the edge of your area. Herrera was good yeah, but our lack of quality didn't make it as hard for him as it could have been.

Oh bore off. Clearly if he set up to play he would have got spanked, but it's not exactly 'the Manchester United' way? Plus obviously people will get frustrated to see a team sit back so deep to just frustrate us and get a point rather than show ambition and go for a win. Hey we even got beat by Burnley so we're not exactly unbeatable.

But yeah, kudos to Mourinho for coming here and getting a point with about all those big summer signings.. Even LVG beat us


Yet despite all that I would argue that the best chance of the game fell to Ibra who made a catastrophic pigs ear of it and who arguably should have scored but, at the very least, should have hit the target. For all your supposed attacking intent the sum total of your efforts were two decent saves from De Gea from little more than half chances.

Seems for all the laughing at Van Gaal last season Liverpool fans are relying on the Van Gaal definition of attacking. We were as content to allow you to have lots of the ball in non-dangerous areas as you were to have the ball there, but there was little to suggest you tried to force the issue. You dominated possession, sure, but I don't think there was anything to suggest you were anymore willing to risk losing to force the issue than we were. We had lots of those games last season as teams realised that we'd pick them off if they opened up but we couldn't break them down when they sat deeper, its a perfectly valid tactic and one that cost us a lot of points over the season. Only being able to beat teams that play into your hands would suggest you're just not as good a side as people would have you believe.
Carroll.
15 years ago
3 years ago
3,361
Yeah first thing I said was that we were also very cautious too lose, lost count of the times we'd go backwards rather than forwards. Also the save from Can was very very impressive, Coutinho one was good but could see that one from a while back.

Like I said earlier we lacked the quality in attack, whether that was through nerves or whatever, I don't know. Playing Sturridge may have been a mistake as well, he's a good player but he was a waste in that game.
Sam
17 years ago
1 year ago
5,092
The first half we were the better team, we were pressing Liverpool and evidently not playing for a draw. It was only on the hour mark I felt we sat back more.

And like Ninja said Liverpool only had a couple of half chances, both teams were pretty poor on the night.
bmg033
10 years ago
4 months ago
2,268
Lamela and Sissoko are so fucking bad. Both seem to be red cards waiting to happen so far this season.

EDIT: Also just seen our next seven games: Liverpool, Leicester, Leverkusen, Arsenal, West Ham, Monaco & Chelsea. Can't see that going well...
Carroll.
15 years ago
3 years ago
3,361
"This is our year"
Sam
17 years ago
1 year ago
5,092
Mane is pretty fucking good.
Dan
12 years ago
4 months ago
16,964
Mane is pretty fucking good.

Quality first time finish and he's rapid which is a bonus, very good player, Liverpool looking dominant again today
Carroll.
15 years ago
3 years ago
3,361
He slips over a little too much for my liking, get him some longer studs or something
VP.
13 years ago
1 week ago
25,271
Yesterday showed why we won't win the league, again.
VP.
13 years ago
1 week ago
25,271
Top ball playing from the ball playing defender John Stones there.
Number 1
16 years ago
10 months ago
3,650
Great assist though.

I'm bewildered as to what his goal was disallowed for, not least given first we knew is when the scoreboard ticker reverted to 0-1 and Quinn didn't seem to know what was going on. Although granted, no change there.
King Luis
17 years ago
1 month ago
3,111
Makes me laugh how every single season a team (Chelsea, City most regularly) has a half decent start and the press/pundits go on about how they're going to walk the league, and it never happens. When will they learn?
Number 1
16 years ago
10 months ago
3,650
Happened with Man City last year too, didn't it? They won the first 5/5 then didn't once look like champions afterwards.
Sam
17 years ago
1 year ago
5,092
Was there boos at HT? Cringeworthy.

Oh and John Stones, £50M well spent.
King Luis
17 years ago
1 month ago
3,111
Was there boos at HT? Cringeworthy.

Oh and John Stones, £50M well spent.


I don't think a United fan is in any position to talk about expensive transfers

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