[bleedred]

Have our defenders won any long ball???

 

[amolbhatia50k]

Rvp and Rooney have been shit.

 

[The_chosen_Juan]

I'm not watching the game, but by the sound of it Fletcher is getting shown up.
But let's be honest, with di Maria, Mata, Rooney and RvP on the pitch we should not be struggling against Burnley. The problems are in our style of play. The blame can't fall on one persons head.
Things need to change big time.

 

[stretford_oslo]

That's not a pen come on guys

 

[darwinism]

pass it to Di Maria, FFS Rooney was surrounded

 

[Blue always red]

They've lost their self-belief

I've got 2 left feet and have to pay 5 quid a week to play football yet I challenge for balls with more conviction.

 

[Esse]

The thing that bothers me about Fletcher is not when he has the ball, but when his teammates (back three) does. Watch his movement, or should I say lack of movement when Blackett, Evans or Jones has the ball.

Wow, Van Persie.

 

[RoadTrip]

100% a pen.

 

[LazyBones]

Young only has himself to blame

What?! He's very, very comfortable on the ball.

 

[PotatoedTomato]

We would look so much better if we had half-backs that could actually take on their man and offer something unpredictable on the flanks.

The flanks are so important for this tactic, yet we have two of our worst players occupying these positions.

 

[Hed Zitin]

There's that crap Rooney and RvP link up.

 

[Will Singh]

We're just too slow. We are in desperate need of dropping at least one of Mata, Rooney or RVP.

Lvg has a rep of being a hard man and has the balls to do it. Problem is Rooney is captain RVP is his former captain of the Dutch team and Mata we broke our transfer record for only 8 or so months ago!

So who's he drop?

 

[Earthquake]

feck sake, asshole just horsed Young over in the box....

 

[do9]

7 days ago adm played with modric kroos in midfield with ronaldo bale on flanks. And now he is in shock. He has players that can't pass ball at all. But he has got 4 mil more in pocket))

 

[JohnDoe]

Absolutely zero decisiveness from anyone but di Maria.

 

[Slevs]

Van Persie is seriously starting to piss me off.

 

[united_99]

RvP Arghh

 

[Orton]

Rooney and van Persie are too slow. Far too slow.

 

[Dargonk]

Even RVP can't pass anymore.

 

[GRon]

Rooney and RvP are awful.

 

[Mrs Smoker]

Robin's still not match ready it appears.

 

[UnofficialDevil]

Whats happened to Van Persie

 

[kamarumk]

3-5-2 is not working. at times we have 5 clueless bodies at the back looking at each other do not know what to do. we have skillfull players like Mata, di Maria yet still play long balls. Valencia and Young offer nothing, Evans gives me heart attack, Fletcher is too slow. LVG do something! Come reds (whites)!!!!

 

[littlepeasoup]

Have you actually been watching? He has to go to the half way line to actually try and get a ball cause we keep hoofing it.

Yes. I'm watching. Mata has been average at best.

 

[Bojan11]

Young can't even take a corner.

 

[Clas Sified]

This if fecking shite.

 

[Irrational.]

I don't understand how opposition defences have such an easy time against our attack. That, or they're just game-raising cnuts.

 

[RetroStu]

Mata too slow to get on that ball from Rooney

 

[LeftyBlaster]

Slightly better passing it through on the ground there...till the corner

 

[DDG91]

CBs can't even win a header

 

[Deleted member 78215]

This 3 at the back shit just neuters any creativity we might have otherwise had.

 

[squidoo]

Ofc he could not

Happy with Fletch hiding then?

 

[Shane88]

It feels wrong laying into him after his sickness and everything but Fletcher is just pathetic out there.

 

[Mciahel Goodman]

RVP looks a bit off the pace.

 

[vibe]

My half time summary:

• What fear factor? I for one would want to play a team with Ashley Young in it
• We don't have to worry about when van Persie will retire. By the looks of it, he already has. He doesn't give a flying feck about this match.
• Blackett not ready to play a consecutive string of full matches.
• Imagine if our goalkeeper wasn't world class.
• Fletcher should be paying to wear a United shirt, not get paid for it.
• Didn't we have some Rooney chap in our team?
• Any team that finished in top 4 last year can win against us with double digits if they want to.
• If I ignored the name Manchester United and had to look at this team and predict where they'd finish, I'd say 12th.
• On the plus side, if a Premier League team absolutely wants to look bad even with world class players, they now know they can achieve that effect by playing 3-5-2.
• Burnley are dire. Any non-relegation side would walk past our defence. Poor Burnley, they're going down.
• Or we may go down in their stead, I wouldn't say the chances of that are below 5%.
• Fantastic Di Maria so far. Hardly set a foot wrong.
• Valencia is trying.
• Mata can, he just needs service. And he's not getting it. Refer to the Fletcher thing.
• No way in hell we're winning this.
• Unless we switch to 4-3-3.

 

[Orton]

Shit corner. No surprise.

 

[Golo]

I think Matas getting unfair hate

 

[Dylan94]

0-0 at half time would be a big achievement for us.

 

[Chicharo]

RVP is way out of shape

 

[Esquire]

clown. he's a 20 year old, playing in his first few games at this level in a new system. already looks more composed and able than evans today and will be a great player for this club.

Agree Blackett looks the deal he's got good passing range. the system forces him to play more long ball than he should. he looks a hell of a lot better than Evans.

 

[astound]

RVP and Rooney are woefully out of form. Sub one of them for Januzaj