walkinhop
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BrexitThen it is what in your opinion?
Jose?
BrexitThen it is what in your opinion?
Jose?
Totally agree but the issue is that Mourinho is supposed to make one mean defensive unit (which he hasn't) and is not that much of an attacking football guru. I wonder which attacking player we can sign that will solve our issues in attack since we absolutely fail in attacking as a team?We need to get rid of some players and add some new ones. Its sad to say, but we have a final third problem, as well as problems in defence.
He's been too static. He needs to move defenders around.Lukaku might not have got much service, but his inability to create ANY sort of chances for himself in a game like today is just painful to watch.
Sadly but absolutely true. Total passenger as we chased the game for that equalizer.Lukaku just sits still and waits for a ball to hit him on the head.
All those comments and not a word about Burnley and how they played. Did you notice there was two teams on the pitch or do you just take notes on United players?Pogba, Mata and Lingard were only players who looked like they want to win. Others were just playing like they were forced to play. Here are some points I noticed from the match. Correct me if I am wrong.
Mata made some runs which went unnoticed by Burnley defenders but our players chose to ignore it.
Matic should not try to look for final pass. Every time he tried to play through ball, it was blocked.
Shaw did well. I think he managed more shots than Lukaku.
Rashford should be dropped for few matches. His crosses were very poor.
Rojo should not be allowed to be a part of this team.
Ibra should not start matches. He should be used as impact substitute.
And we need two players. A playmaker who can make that final pass which we have lacked recently and a winger who can make the runs, with ball, behind opposition players.
But the performance wasn’t good at all. There is no style or coherence to our play. We were poor the first half but better in the second. Better because Burnley were parking the bus to protect the 2-0 lead. There is no way we should not be beating Burnley at OT. There is no excuse.Apart from the 51 crosses (yes, 51), I thought we were good going forward, good at keeping the tempo and good at controlling the game.
We lost by a lucky drop ball 3 yards from goal and a worldie of a FK you can't do anything about Yes the result is fecking hard to swallow but their 2 goals were lucky. It's shit like that you can't control in a game.
That makes no sense at all.Someone pointed this out on twitter - the first goal was scored in the 53rd minute. Then, why was there a gap of 40 minutes to score the equalizer? Any other top team would have had Burnley on the ropes, gotten the equalizer in another 20 minutes, and won the game with a last gasp goal. We have seen the likes of Chelsea, etc do that so many times.
Scoring a last gasp equalizer is not "fighting hard". It shows a lack of bottle. Scoring the winner at the last minute is what is required.
I said it in a previous thread (can't remember what it was now) that I believe Jose is caught in two minds - he's a defensive coach, but is acutely aware that we expect good attacking football. Therefore, when he tries to come out of his comfort zone, everything seems to break down. The solution is to hire extra bodies to his back room team to concentrate on this aspect. Nothing wrong with that as SAF would recruit where he felt he wasn't strong enough. It's a no brainer.We are an absolute shambles in many aspects. The tight strong defensive unit that we relied on last season is now shipping goals. Rojo and Ibra look way below the required standards. We seem to just pump it into the box with no clear game plan. Awful to watch and no where near good enough.
The Lukaku problem seems two fold, he rarely gets the service, but he fluffs his chances on many of the occasions he finally does get the ball. If he wants to be a top striker he has to be putting those half chances and moments away. How many tines has he mistimed a kick/header, or booted the ball straight at the keeper this season?To be fair to Lukaku, the service he has been receiving... Actually wait, he hasn't been receiving any.
Set piece defending needs to be better. Crossing needs to be better. We need a dedicated set piece specialist. We really need someone in the mould of (insert name of world beating playmaker here) to help open games up especially against teams that park the bus.
Pretty shocking stuff that our academy players seem to care more about wanting to get the ball back and making the clever runs behind defenders than the rest of the "talent" we've bought.
300 million quid, and this?
Do you have an opinion or what?Brexit
Fiddling again while Rome is burning?2 wins in a row so can't complain. Would have drawn these 2 last season.
Well Chelsea lost to this lot at homeThat makes no sense at all.
It only gets added on if the play stops.Burnley wasted about 15 minutes. Surely, more added time?
That doesn't sound right?It only gets added on if the play stops.
And this sums it up. One of the biggest football clubs, sporting organisations on the planet and look at us. We are totally out of any sense of rhythm. Lindgaard saves us (and after his performance against Leicester, he owed us that so big respect to him).Jesse is our best player. He has the right mentality. For the rest of the bunch, its not much hope now at the moment. This is a team with no leaders.
Have I missed something .. we drew2 wins in a row so can't complain. Would have drawn these 2 last season.
Well there's got to be someone else out there... sure we could get someone if only Jose would make that decision. He badly needs a fresh pair of eyes imho.Meulensteen isnt available though. He is in India
I have seen plenty laying the blame at Mourinho's feet (myself included) so stop making shite up.Select from the list of excuses below:
1- If it was any other season we'd be #1
2- Not much Mou can do with these players
3- Shit referee
We always have some excuse on here.
And if he doesn't he turns into a cheerleader, applauding the idea. In fact, I think he does more cheerleading that he does movement in the box.Lukaku just sits still and waits for a ball to hit him on the head.
That’s just his way of hiding. Really disappointed with him today. Didn’t say anything or slag him over the past 10 games but today really showed he needs to build up more mental toughness. He hid the last 20 minutes. Plain and simple.Does Lukaku know what a nearpost run is? Constantly stands behind a wall of defenders every game and then moans when nobody passes the ball to him
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