[Stacks]

Our defensive unit will forever keep us a "top 4" contending team only. Everton didn't play well and grabbed 3. Sheffield grabbed 2. Must be hard for the attackers knowing they can't trust us not to concede

 

[Random Task]

It is his fecking fault. Ancelotti getting 3 goals in the second half is only on the manager who does not know how to see a 2 nill lead through the end of the game. What an absolute idiot. What was he fecking thinking in the second half? Why did he even put Tuanzebe on? What was he going to change in the last 2 minutes except giving the ref reason to add another ½ min on the added time.

As somebody above said, bringing a defender on invites pressure, especially when it is Axel who unfortunately has been awful this season.

The Tuanzebe substitution was not meant to have any impact on the game, only to waste time. It's a very common tactic that I'm sure you are aware of. DDG was a fault for the first, the second was just a good Everton goal and the third was on DDG for failing to claim a ball that was rightfully his.

I'm not seeing where Ole is at fault here.

 

[freddie the red]

Ah well, at least it's not like 2012 as weren't gonna be winning this title anyway.
In the light of this result I hope the bitters smack the dippers all round Juanfield tomorrow now.......six nil sounds about right!

 

[wolvored]

Tomorrow. If you can wait for then?

We will see. Even if they do then we havent capitalised on it today have we? As you know we are chasing them not the other way round.

 

[robinamicrowave]

So basically all sides are limited who have areas to improve, basically the whole league and most of the footballing world. What a stupid and pointless thing to say that explicitly about United then!

Of course all sides have their limitations. United's are just obvious, maybe even more inherent than City's and therefore harder to solve. We seem to have mostly resolved ours but only so far - we actually have to win trophies without Kompany, Silva, and, let's face it, Aguero to prove that we've moved on.

It's just no use panicking about bad results or getting too excited about good ones because United are finally taking shape under Solskjaer and it looks like a good one. This is a positive for United - you have limitations that will likely stop you from winning the league this year, but you've got a much higher floor than you did even six months ago.

Bad result today that may determine the outcome of the season, but you're not dropping these points because you're a naff side anymore - like you used to. You're dropping points right now because you're almost there but not quite, which is a far sight better outlook than you've had for absolutely ages.

 

[DomesticTadpole]

Our defensive unit will forever keep us a "top 4" contending team only. Everton didn't play well and grabbed 3. Sheffield grabbed 2. Must be hard for the attackers knowing they can't trust us not to concede

It puts pressure on the attackers to always be scoring as you cannot trust that defence to not give goals away. I would have been slapping someone if I was Bruno or Cavani.

 

[GledTheRed]

Conceding three today in that game was criminal. I still can't believe it happened.

 

[Inigo Montoya]

Fuming after this, another defensive disasterclass.

Also Everton can feck off, constantly cause us problems but can’t bend over and spread it quickly enough every time they play Liverpool. Pricks.

What’s more they bent over for Newcastle
Our defence eh?

 

[Pablo76]

I just don’t understand why our defenders don’t mark anyone when the other team attacks, can anyone enlighten me?

Of course they’re going to score if they’re unmarked when the ball comes across. Is it just me that sees this glaringly obvious basic fact of football that even I was taught at 7 years old??

 

[DomesticTadpole]

The Tuanzebe substitution was not meant to have any impact on the game, only to waste time. It's a very common tactic that I'm sure you are aware of. DDG was a fault for the first, the second was just a good Everton goal and the third was on DDG for failing to claim a ball that was rightfully his.

I'm not seeing where Ole is at fault here.

I agree about DDG. Axel gave a freekick away, but it should have been dealt with easily. Now Ole really has to have a good look at DDG. If Dean plays against WHU and does well I would keep him in.

 

[Sandikan]

We will see. Even if they do then we havent capitalised on it today have we? As you know we are chasing them not the other way round.

Well quite, hence in my post mentioning we "could" have benefitted when they dropped points if we hadn't bungled today.

 

[DomesticTadpole]

I just don’t understand why our defenders don’t mark anyone when the other team attacks, can anyone enlighten me?

Of course they’re going to score if they’re unmarked when the ball comes across. Is it just me that sees this glaringly obvious basic fact of football that even I was taught at 7 years old??

Think people have mentioned they do zonal marking not man to man marking.

 

[The Original]

I thought I noticed some improvement in that the attackers are becoming a little more inventing in breaking down defences. Good signs.

 

[Ronaldo's Mum Eh?]

Maguire? A coward? Wise up. De Gea now. There’s a coward. Literally. We’ve dropped points twice now because he wasn’t brave enough.

Maguire is not captain enough material, he has shown us nothing since we purchased him for a world record fee. He has had average performances at times and good performances far and few in between.

De Gea if you remember was our best player for years, considered the best keeper in the world at times. He has made mistakes the last 2 years but at least his history has been positive.

We will win NOTHING with Maguire. He's too slow. He was bought to fix our defence and now all of a sudden all of his biggest supporters are telling me we need the rest of the defence fixed. The very reason he was purchased for, we're now having to buy players that make up for his weaknesses. "Let's buy a speedy defender alongside Maguire" - NO! How about we get this west ham level of a player out of our club because he is ruining us.

 

[Inigo Montoya]

I watched Grealish earlier he draws defenders towards him, he is on the move all the time, all over the pitch from side to side. He wins fouls to take the heat out of situations.

True. We looked to score again with one minute left!!! Who are we, Leeds?

 

[Shiva87]

Pathetic display by DDG and Maguire. If we can get 3 points on the back of that performance, then we really need an inquest into the defense.

I'd like to see Dean Henderson come in for a few games now. Big decision for Ole to make

 

[hellhunter]

I agree about DDG. Axel gave a freekick away, but it should have been dealt with easily. Now Ole really has to have a good look at DDG. If Dean plays against WHU and does well I would keep him in.

Yeah, it's not like Axel gave it away in a dangerous area. It was miles away from our goal, no way should we conceide that easily after such a free kick.

 

[VidaRed]

It puts pressure on the attackers to always be scoring as you cannot trust that defence to not give goals away. I would have been slapping someone if I was Bruno or Cavani.

Cavani ran his arse of today from start to finish. Scored a goal too, i'd be raging and breaking the dressing room if not DDG if i were him.

 

[Giggzy P]

De Gea's soft palm away for the first goal was fair game for criticism, his lack of bravery to come on DCL is inexcusable. He's a coward stealing £200k more then he deserves. Maguire didn't cover himself in glory but he didn't cost us today. Yes the whole team has to take the blame but when looking back it's easy to know who cosy us what and DDG, Axel and Ole are 1, 2 and 3 in line for a shaming.

If you going to blame De Gea, how does Maguire get a pass for not doing his Job? I would go with Ole as No. 1, for the time his been in charge, we are still unable to properly press as a team. You can't just have the front three players chasing after the ball, just watch back the first goal and see how our players are positioned, especially Fred and Scott, I was screaming at the tele for someone to get close to Davies, that is where it started, however Maguire shouldn't have bene beaten, he, and not for the first time, was beaten way too easily. Yes De Gea has lost as points this season, but so has Harry.

 

[Judas]

Its not on our attack to score a mad amount of goals each game to win. Look at City, that's why they're going to win the league, because they know how to defend. We've got a better attack than them for goodness sake, we're scoring more than them. Our defence is ruining our season.

 

[bsCallout]

giving DDG that contract was the first mistake. Second mistake was giving Henderson his deal to come back and to breathe down each other’s necks. Whats the fecking point. Neither of them are playing well now. It’s just bad management with Romero and Grant getting paid top dollar to train and chill.

doom and gloom aside I thought we played quite well. We controlled the game and had plenty of good chances. Rashford had Cavani/Greenwood open a few times and wouldn’t use them. Standard Rashford these days. What can you say about the central defenders and goalie though? That’s borderline criminal. These are all players at their peak ffs. Highest paid keeper in the world. 80 million quid defender. Argh

To be honest the contract doesnt matter with regards to who plays. And thankfully we have Henderson in our squad to step up.

You're right, we played very well which is why it is more annoying.

 

[NK86]

Of course all sides have their limitations. United's are just obvious, maybe even more inherent than City's and therefore harder to solve. We seem to have mostly resolved ours but only so far - we actually have to win trophies without Kompany, Silva, and, let's face it, Aguero to prove that we've moved on.

It's just no use panicking about bad results or getting too excited about good ones because United are finally taking shape under Solskjaer and it looks like a good one. This is a positive for United - you have limitations that will likely stop you from winning the league this year, but you've got a much higher floor than you did even six months ago.

Bad result today that may determine the outcome of the season, but you're not dropping these points because you're a naff side anymore - like you used to. You're dropping points right now because you're almost there but not quite, which is a far sight better outlook than you've had for absolutely ages.

What toss are you talking about! I know we aren't there yet and we have to improve. Everyone in the world knows that. Everyone also knows that every team in the world has flaws and they need to improve there.

I said your point about United being limited applies to every team in the world when you put it that way and it was absolutely useless to say that specifically about United after a 9-0 win. You have provided absolutely 0 insights into what made you point to only United when you claimed we shouldn't get excited after winning 9-0. It's like saying, don't enjoy victories because you may or may not win the title or reach top 4. And don't be upset because you, like every other team, have flaws. It was just a shite post.

 

[Red00012]

Maguire? A coward? Wise up. De Gea now. There’s a coward. Literally. We’ve dropped points twice now because he wasn’t brave enough.

Don’t forget Leipzig away as well

 

[FrankDrebin]

There's practically 0 confidence in the 2 main CB and the GK.
They're so nervous when they have to play the ball between themselves.

 

[MU655]

We were so dominant today. Terrible mistakes alone cost us and gave them some impetus for a short time. It would have been a very comfortable win and a great performance had those not happened.

We were in complete control 63% possession, overall. I'm not sure we have been that dominant in a match all season, yet we drop points. We had plenty of chances and scored 3 goals, but you can't give away those mistakes. Midfield and forward were good, albeit Rashford made some bad decisions at times.

But it is our defence and goalkeeper that cost us today with some really stupid mistakes.

 

[Random Task]

I agree about DDG. Axel gave a freekick away, but it should have been dealt with easily. Now Ole really has to have a good look at DDG. If Dean plays against WHU and does well I would keep him in.

DDG has cost us God knows how many points over the last couple of years, precious points that we can ill-afford to lose. He needs replacing asap.

 

[Sultan]

This result hurt as much as the Sheffield game. We were so pleasing to watch until the howlers. The forwards must be sick right now of the goalkeeper and the defence.

 

[Red00012]

Conceding three today in that game was criminal. I still can't believe it happened.

Losing 3-1 in the 2nd half is embarrassing after what Everton managed in the 1st half

 

[bsCallout]

Wouldn't be surprised to hear some rumours out of the dressing room about Bruno. He must be livid.

 

[VidaRed]

Yeah, it's not like Axel gave it away in a dangerous area. It was miles away from our goal, no way should we conceide that easily after such a free kick.

That was a tactical foul, it was closer to the halfway line than our goal. And it happened because AWB had the ball and no one to pass it to because greenwood was subbed, therefore his pass to cavani got intercepted and he was caught out of position and then axel steps in with that foul to stop there attack.

 

[Pablo76]

Think people have mentioned they do zonal marking not man to man marking.

At set pieces yes, not in attacks. No picking up a man when you’re running back defending, ball is cut across and a tap in.

We do this almost every game lately.

 

[Wayne's World]

People keep blaming De Gea but the two centre-backs are fecking shit...you could have prime Buffon in goals and they would make him look shit too.

feck buying Sancho this summer, I'd rather the club invested in two CB's instead. The attack is fine for now with Greenwood playing well on the right again

 

[hellhunter]

There's practically 0 confidence in the 2 main CB and the GK.
They're so nervous when they have to play the ball between themselves.

Just thinking back to the times of VDS, Rio and Vida. Never any doubt they'd deal with whatever is thrown at them in a professional way.

 

[DeGea]

Ole?

Not the goalie mistakes?

Not the defensive mistakes?

Not Rashford waiting for the perfect moment.

All on Ole. Right.

In this case, yes. Goalie made mistakes, defence made mistakes too. But we were leading 3-2 despite all of that. And then he brought on Tuanzebe. For what? Young players have a lot of enthusiasm and energy but not a lot of temperament - they are more likely to make a mistake at the end of games when what you need is calm and control. Gave a needless foul that made the back 5 nervous. You could see the goal coming. He could have just told them to bring the ball to the corner for the last 90 seconds. Matic would probably have been a better sub. I cannot criticise Ole too much as he has done so much good for the club and is still doing a good job, but on this occasion he could have compensated for the disasters from DDG and Maguire by not bringing on the sub at the very last minute. Just my personal view.

 

[FrankDrebin]

This result hurt as much as the Sheffield game. We were so pleasing to watch until the howlers. The forwards must be sick right now of the goalkeeper and the defence.

TBH, If I was Cavani i'd be sick of the sight of watching Rashford dummying himself into oblivion.

 

[Offside]

People keep blaming De Gea but the two centre-backs are fecking shit...you could have prime Buffon in goals and they would make him look shit too.

feck buying Sancho this summer, I'd rather the club invested in two CB's instead. The attack is fine for now with Greenwood playing well on the right again

First goal was completely on De Gea.

 

[DeGea]

People keep blaming De Gea but the two centre-backs are fecking shit...you could have prime Buffon in goals and they would make him look shit too.

feck buying Sancho this summer, I'd rather the club invested in two CB's instead. The attack is fine for now with Greenwood playing well on the right again

Agree with this completely. I dont think attacking is our problem - we have scored more goals than anyone this season. It is the back that is the problem. Maguire and Lindelof are just too nice. They don't have the personalities to play at the back. All the great CBs are all completely ruthless and you would not want to go up against them.

 

[Gary_Walsh_Nou_Camp_Hell]

Maguire and Lindeloff are not a title winning centre back partnership. Erratic donkeys.

 

[SirMonteyne]

Ole knew only way Everton could cause us a danger was pressing the high lines, and they exactly did it and scored two goals early. He should have told Fred to drop back to cover open spaces if they press. Could have prevented dangers easily with proper guide from coach.
First goal was an evitable, clearly DDG's fault. Prime DDG or any other top keepers would have baited the passer by giving open angles and trust Shaw for the lob cross, no confidence in himself and teammates.
Rashford plays for counter every time opposite team has a ball in our zone, maybe coach instruction but he had to cover defending lines when there isn't enough man in defending, like their second goal.
Third goal, any coaches would never say "get there and tackle the Josh's ball" when it's last second of the game. I believe Ole's instruction to Axel was clearly just contain Josh, But in the end he wanted match ending tackle instead of just containing him or blocking his pass ranges, which had cost us 2 points.

Overly Ole is doing fine job here, building a very good team. But his lack of experience costs us points, never expected we could win the league this season but losing points like this is very disappointing. Feeling so bad

 

[Ronaldo's Mum Eh?]

People keep blaming De Gea but the two centre-backs are fecking shit...you could have prime Buffon in goals and they would make him look shit too.

feck buying Sancho this summer, I'd rather the club invested in two CB's instead. The attack is fine for now with Greenwood playing well on the right again

Sancho would be a huge mistake.

Another overrated, overhyped English player that just gets big praise because of his nationality. We need to invest heavily into defence - get rid of players like Pogba, Martial. Bring in proper CB, a backup or potential starter at RB, CDM and striker (haaland)