[TrustInJanuzaj]

from the side on view greenwood is always behind the defender, an angle never appeared for a clear pass

Play it into the space then?

 

[Shane88]

More tweets from the PR team Rashford after this display.

 

[MTF]

Great pass by Greenwood that. Rashford has to slot Bruno.

Shocking display by him today

You just absolutely have to. If you miss it then fine, it's not the easiest of balls to play first time (although neither is it the hardest because it has come in rather softly at the end due to backspin). But you have to try the first time pass.

 

[United Hobbit]

It's flowing a bit better without Ronaldo, I think people try too hard to try and pick him out, so he breaks up the play a bit. He's not the main problem but he disrupts momentum, he'd be best used in the slower games/ CL.

Weve pressed a bit better, defending is horrifying. It's probably another false dawn, they'll go back to being lazy next game. Perhaps as early as the next half.

Bring that banner every game.

 

[Vidyoyo]

Could the real slim Victor please stand up, please stand up

oh you have?

Spoiler

 

[DickDastardly]

I thought Rashford had a decent half.

Had more space on the right.

Should had have two assists if the passed to Bruno first touch and to Greenwood if he released it earlier.

 

[Walters_19_MuFc]

Listen, by no means have we been great. We started well but since that, Villa have been arguably the better team.

That said, I like how Rashford and Greenwood have kept the width. We started the game switching play and getting them in 1 v 1s but the tempo slightly dropped. We have created some decent chances though and on another day we could have had more than one.

 

[Dan_F]

Is it fair to say Watkins is better than Rashford now?

You mean the Watkins that missed two chances?

 

[Red00012]

Rashford plays Bruno in its 2-0 but instead he takes a touch

 

[arnie_ni]

No idea why people are moaning at Rashford.

Bruno is the issue

I onky seen the last 5 minutes but rash ballsed up 2 attacks.

 

[Ranchero]

4 out of his last 5 games he has been one of our best players, the other one he was terrible.

Inconsistent. But two goals in three games or so.

 

[jeff_goldblum]

You can tell the agendas are out when people are pretending Rashford didn't try and play Mason in there.

By all means criticise him for not passing earlier, or for his touch or whatever, but at a bare minimum posters shouldn't be fabricating excuses to launch personal attacks on our players.

 

[the_cliff]

That Rashford pass on for Greenwood at the end is much harder than it looks on TV. He basically would have needed to release it exactly at the right time with good weight.

As soon as he took the extra touch he had to shoot. It should've been played when he was approaching the area not once inside the area.

 

[Houdini]

I bet Greenwood is coming off ahead of Marcus "The Chancewaster" Rashford. Bruno has the highest intensity but needs to stop those Hollywood shots and passes.

 

[Dansk]

Rashford is a marginally more talented version of Welbeck.

 

[Red4Life_#7]

I've never been more certain that United will lose a game of football than I am about this game of football.

I've nearly 40 years as a United fan unde my belt and I'm more deflated about the team than I've ever been. I just don't see anything to give me any hope it will get better. I don't think transfers will make much of a difference, neither will a new manager.

Yes... I've been feeling so deflated too. The Wolves game was dreadful, it was like the cherry on top of so many terrible performances and results.

I've been a supporter of 30+ years... I was thinking about taking a break from watching games and put my time more postively something else (like doing things I should be doing instead of watching the game), of course I'm watching the Villa game haha! In my defence I'm working out at the same time... so definitely positive.

 

[laughtersassassin]

Would love to see Amad at 60 minutes for Rashy

Same. It'll be Elanga though even though he is more limited and less technical ability.

 

[evil_geko]

Dare I say we look much better without Ron ron?

Yes we do, anyone telling otherwise would be lying.

 

[RedDevilRoshi]

Good opening 10 mins. Defensively still look very shaky.

 

[PoTMS]

You mean the Watkins that missed two chances?

Yes, him. Just shows you the level Rashford is at these days.

 

[bosnian_red]

Listen, by no means have we been great. We started well but since that, Villa have been arguably the better team.

That said, I like how Rashford and Greenwood have kept the width. We started the game switching play and getting them in 1 v 1s but the tempo slightly dropped. We have created some decent chances though and on another day we could have had more than one.

Yup. Execution has been poor throughout... But I think it's obvious that there has been a much better structure to our play, better patterns to get in good positions and better movement imo. Baby steps..

 

[Amar__]

How can Mctomminay play like this and then around two levels below the next game? If he maintained this he'd be a beast.

He is not playing great at all this game either, only difference is scoring goals. As a midfielder it's far from great.

 

[Manny]

Rashford should pass to Greenwood and missed Bruno earlier. He’s a selfish player

He plays for himself. Greenwood isn't much better.

One of the reasons we are in the mess is because our forwards are selfish and refuse to play one another in.

 

[UncleBob]

That Rashford pass on for Greenwood at the end is much harder than it looks on TV. He basically would have needed to release it exactly at the right time with good weight.

I agree. Rashford does however make it harder for himself by not cutting in to get ahead of his closest Villa player

Rashford has looked more dangerous down the right hand side, they've left it wide open and he can run into space behind them, sadly it just underlines his limitations as a player

 

[SuperiorXI]

As soon as he took the extra touch he had to shoot. It should've been played when he was approaching the area not once inside the area.

Yep, once he decided to get closer to the goal the pass was pretty much 90% harder.

 

[Woodenlung]

Thought Rashford actually looked.quite good since moving to the right. He found space and linked up well with Greenwood to create a chance near the end of the half.

Made the wrong decision later on when opting to shoot rather than pass. But he's been more involved in progressing, attacking football tonight than in recent games. He's playing like he's desperate for a goal now, rather than desperate for any form like he was in previous fixtures.

 

[MrBest]

Rashford has had so much of the ball he needs to learn to do more with it. He is obsessed with doing skill after skill. No stand out performances so far, not necessarily at bad thing as we look more of a team than we have in a while. I'm just happy at this point to see an improvement to what we saw against Newcastle and Wolves. I think we have also pressed much better today, as a unit some or most of the time. We usually play better in the second half, hoping to see more plus a bit of Donny, Amad and Elanga.

 

[the_cliff]

In terms of our 'defense'.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think this is the first time we've played a CB partnership of Varane-Lindelof ?

I could be wrong but I don't recall it.

 

[Minkaro]

The commentator’s pronunciation of Buendia is very distracting.

It might be right, but all I can think of is “are you saying boo, or boo-endia?”

 

[Rustyspider13]

Much better display. Started and ended the half strong. Still a bit shaky at the back but Villa have some good attackers, so it's to be expected. McFred goal was great to see. Fred with a good first touch would be an amazing asset and Rashford with better decision making is a world class player. He makes such good runs but just fails to make the right choice. The most important thing is that we look like we have an idea what to do. 4-2-3-1 is the way to go with this group of players, at least for the rest of the season.

 

[Ranchero]

Rashford plays Bruno in its 2-0 but instead he takes a touch

Frustrating to watch but he always looks capable of something amazing. We need to be patient.

 

[Random Task]

That "fair charge" though.

 

[Anustart89]

Thanks.

Any good player just nudges that into the wide-open area and it's a 1v1. Not Rashy though... So fecked off by him and his selfishness.

 

[TsuWave]

We need to start a dialogue about Bruno Fernandes

 

[Withnail]

Commentators pushing hard with the "United ahead but Villa with all the chances" narrative.

We'll just ignore the fact that United have had 13 shots to their 7 shall we? 7 on target to their 2 as well.

They definitely had the better chances. And two of those off targets shots were very close; one was just past the post and the other hit bar.

They've also been the better team. It's not a narrative.

 

[UnofficialDevil]

No idea why people are moaning at Rashford.

Bruno is the issue

They are both rubbish to be fair

 

[Sandikan]

Is it fair to say Watkins is better than Rashford now?

More stupid than fair I'd say.

 

[Deery]

Rashford getting a lot of stick by he’s improved 10 fold on recent performances..

 

[Fts 74]

I don't think we've been too bad, the usual giving the ball away which allows villa to run at us.

Lindeloff's brain fade aside, they haven't cut us open and we could've easily scored another.

 

[mancan92]

Only difference between this match and the others is purely that we scored first. So we were able to get a little confidence. Villa are still moving through us at will and have had loads of chances.