From open play too 
What're the chances we'll score 5 goals in one game from open play this season?
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Call me delusional but I think we will, I'm still expecting us to go on a good run of form at some point and if we come up against a shit defence when we do then scoring 5 is easily done.
Considering last season's results and matches till October [53 matches in Total].. there is a 1/53 chance united will score 5 
Yea, when you think back to the 44 pass goal too, everyone on here was hard thinking this was it, dominance straight ahead!That game was so promising.Even Rooney was alright.
Yes. Thought he found the right formula to compensate for Shaw's injury!
Today.
I was actually the opposite.
I stated that it should not take 44 passes to shoot on goal.
This was hugely worrying.
Yes, if a team are bad enough and let you make 44 passes, you are laughing. But 99% of team will never let you make 20 passes, let alone 44 passes.
If you need to make 44 passes before you take a shot, there is something SERIOUSLY broken. And this is what actually transpired as a few games later we took very few shots on goal. And when you don't score from those few shots on goal, you end up with zero goals. Which is exactly what happened.
Now, in the last 2 games, things have changed. Since Rooney's exclusion, we are making attempts to attack at every opportunity. side/back passing seems to be on the back seat and we have intent. Unfortunately, our defence is now weaker.
I'd be happy with 5 goals in 2 games.
1%
How many goals from open play do we have so far? How many games?
Against Midtjylland, but I'll take it. Should've been 6 had Mata not missed that penalty.
5 goals against the minnows from Denmark, but we had a pretty young team too, so a good home game. Especially coming back from a goal down under the pressure of being knocked out.
Good on you lads!
5 goals against the minnows from Denmark, but we had a pretty young team too, so a good home game. Especially coming back from a goal down under the pressure of being knocked out.
Good on you lads!
The penalty doesn't count as a goal from open play. Does it?
Could have been more. Mata's missed penalty, the sitters from Herrera and Schneiderlin, etc.
Though the thread does say from open play, one of the 5 today was a penalty
Though the thread does say from open play, one of the 5 today was a penalty
Technically only 4 from open play since peno is set play and maybe even just 3 if you don't count own goal as "us" but, screw me for raining on 5 goals by us !
Why not? It was a chance created by open play due to an obstruction by the opposition on a clear goal scoring opportunity. So, yea, it does count. No?
Let's not be pedantic about open play or what not, happy to watch the team score five goals!
Villa next. It's now or never.
Have we scored 4 this season?
Newcastle away was how many?
Newcastle away was how many?
3-3
Best ever chance coming up. Villa are absolute garbage. An early goal could lead to a pasting. Although, almost as likely we'll draw 0-0.
I think we can happily drop the "from open play". I'll settle for 2 penalties, a free kick, and a couple of own goals.
Can't agree with that at all.
Even if we do concede early, we should be able to keep Villa down to 2 or 3 goals, and we could even pull one back.
Rather than do it in a fit of despair, and wreck them, you may as well pop down to your local A&E now and get them surgically removed for transplant.
Seriously though, If I see another goalless first half I may consider tearing out my eyeballs.
That's confidence in the Philosophee for you.
It's a (surgical) process
It's a processpit.
Scoring five is being greedy, I'd be happy with three. The lack of goals this season has been shocking, not fun to watch at all. If we can't score a few against this awful Villa side then we will just have to be patient and wait until van Gaal leaves.
This post was made in October...only one 4 goal win in 2 years of LVG
Had a look at our results and we have won by a 2 goal margin 5 times this season. Lost by a 2 goal margin 3 times. Awful
LVG
5 Wins - Liverpool 3-1, Sunderland 3-0, Everton 3–0, West Brom 2-0, Stoke 3-0
3 Losses - Arsenal 0-3, Stoke 0-2, Spurs 0-3
Moyes
12 Wins - Swansea 4-1, Palace 2-0, Fulham 3-1, Villa 3-0, West Ham 3-1, Swansea 2-0, Cardiff 2-0, Palace 2-0, West Brom 3-0, Palace 2-0, Villa 4-1, Newcastle 4-0
5 Losses- City 1-4, Chelsea 1-3, Liverpool 0-3, City 0-3, Everton 0-2
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Maybe 5 goals from open play over the rest of the season in total.
If we are going to get 5 goals in 1 game, it'll be today (against Villa).
In our last game, there were points in the game where it looked to my eyes that we were playing with an extra 1 or 2 men and each attack was purposeful and direct (no back/side passing).
This shows that the system we play can work well and if LVG could achieve this for 75% of our games, I believe we could win the league at a canter.
The problem is that we rarely play with such attacking purpose. Normally, we focus on clean sheets, rather than scoring goals.
In our last game, there were points in the game where it looked to my eyes that we were playing with an extra 1 or 2 men and each attack was purposeful and direct (no back/side passing).
This shows that the system we play can work well and if LVG could achieve this for 75% of our games, I believe we could win the league at a canter.
The problem is that we rarely play with such attacking purpose. Normally, we focus on clean sheets, rather than scoring goals.
Would need 4 own goals. It's possible.
If we don't do it today we may do it against Bournemouth.An early goal today could see the floodgates opening
We rarely get 5 shots on target let alone score 5 goals...
Got 1 nill written all over today
I really don't think we do. It is all about the speed and precision of the passes. We play more or less the same way every game. When the passes are going with pace and the movement is good, we unsettle defences and carve up more chances. The problem is for most of the season, that has not been the case which meant the opponent has enough time to be organised and barely ever gets bothered which forces us to pass sideways. The blame is on LvG's inability to coach our players better so the speed of passing and movement improves AND on the relative lack of technical quality and/or pace from our front players.
Now come on we will get at least a draw.
If this is to happen, today is the day.
We'll batter them 0-0.
110 league games since it happened. Even that was a 5-5 draw.