Club Brugge 0:4 Manchester United

Red Dreams · Aug 26, 2015

christinaa said:
Group stages start on the 15/16 September.

Thanks

DomesticTadpole · Aug 26, 2015

Another clean sheet.

ThanksBoss26 · Aug 26, 2015

Very good performance and result.

Bugzy · Aug 26, 2015

Clean sheet again. #Philosophee

The Mitcher · Aug 26, 2015

Too many excuses for Hernandez. He was nervous? We were 3 or 4 nil up when he came on no excuse for nerves, and he should be hitting the back of the net in that penalty and the open net.

Vato · Aug 26, 2015

Zexstream said:
Whats Real Madrid done to Chico????

Heyyy!! He was great with us at the end of the season! It's the United striker curse we're seeing here.

RedDevil@84 · Aug 26, 2015

Chicha - Bad day in office. Should take the little chances he gets. But not today. I wouldn't dismiss him
I think overall Shaw had a real bad game. He was too excited and kept going forward making Blind save the day.

Bastian · Aug 26, 2015

Do people not find it a bit weird to slaughter Januzaj while excusing Herrera with it not being "his day" with regards to the first half. IMV Januzaj would work better on the wing, having a chance to take on his defender as oppose to constantly having 2 defenders around him in the middle. Herrera immediately benefited from being moved into his correct position in the 2nd half. No reason Januzaj won't benefit from playing on the right (and he's got pace).

zlatan_ish · Aug 26, 2015

Mr Pigeon said:
"That's an ankle problem. Yeah, you can see that because of where the physio has his thumb there."

Michael Owen with some insightful analysis there.

christinaa · Aug 26, 2015

I think that both Adnan and Young could play on the right.

as-95 · Aug 26, 2015

"I think They don't want to draw us"

LVG on United potentially drawing Bayern and Barca in the Group Stages.

Turnip · Aug 26, 2015

christinaa said:
Romero needs to brush-up on his kicking distribution.

Understatement of the thread. Seems fine in his shot stopping ability, but by got his distribution is actually funny at times.

Moriarty · Aug 26, 2015

Red Dreams said:
Classy of Rooney. Think it may also have been a farewell gesture.

It's too bad, but if Van Gaal thinks Fellaini is good for 15+ goals this coming season, he must be bonkers. We need a striker and a centre half. If Stones isn't committed to Chelsea, we should go for him. As for the striker, who's available? Muller is out of the question so the list is pretty thin.

Moriarty · Aug 26, 2015

as-95 said:
"I think They don't want to draw us"

LVG on United potentially drawing Bayern and Barca in the Group Stages.

They'd make mincemeat out of us.

as-95 · Aug 26, 2015

Moriarty said:
They'd make mincemeat out of us.

Most likely... But you just have to love LVG's confidence and optimism. Said it with his trademark cheeky grin.

Zexstream · Aug 26, 2015

Just wondering if thst lucrative Adidas deal had a clause that required qualification to the Champions league proper?

Meaning we could have a ton of cash to spend this week?

christinaa · Aug 26, 2015

Turnip said:
Understatement of the thread. Seems fine in his shot stopping ability, but by got his distribution is actually funny at times.

Glad that we agree then. He's very good between the posts but lacks when passing the ball.
Maybe we could give a chance to Johnstone??

RedRover · Aug 26, 2015

Very good performance tonight - especially in the second half when Herrera was pushed forward.

It's proved to me that we look much better if and when we move the ball forward quickly without passing it to death.

Hopefully it continues Sunday.

christinaa · Aug 26, 2015

Roll on tomorrow 4.30pm and I'm off to get some sleep now.

Nice communicating with some of you Full Members here - Believe and Keep the Faith. Cheers!

Striker10 · Aug 26, 2015

It's unfortunate what happened to Hernandez but if you're going to have a stinker, have it when the games already won. We're slightly over cautious but it's always good when we play like that and hopefully we take that confidence into the next game. I think Ander has to play in Adnan's position and would have no problem giving Hernandez another go. The fact is, he didn't have a pre season and he's not as sharp/fit as the other lads. He's under more pressure because clearly there's a risk of him leaving for Neymar

Red Dreams · Aug 26, 2015

Moriarty said:
It's too bad, but if Van Gaal thinks Fellaini is good for 15+ goals this coming season, he must be bonkers. We need a striker and a centre half. If Stones isn't committed to Chelsea, we should go for him. As for the striker, who's available? Muller is out of the question so the list is pretty thin.

Stones I think could be ours..but I would be gutted to let them have Jones.

I agree with you about a new striker.

Think a few may be surprised about who we do get it.

Red Dreams · Aug 26, 2015

Moriarty said:
They'd make mincemeat out of us.

If van Gaal has his team play to our players strengths, we can hold our own.

Tincanalley · Aug 26, 2015

GifLord said:
Lvg's look

YOu need a longer gif, its the look away thats important

Tincanalley · Aug 26, 2015

Jazz said:
That's what I think too. Feel bad for him.

I think he will be fine. Just needs a bit of game time and a few breaks.

Raptori · Aug 26, 2015

amolbhatia50k said:
Yeah it's very hard to tell which one it is. But personally I think Brugge comtributed just as much. Villa for example did attack us but we were able to walk all over them going forward. Not that premier league defending is amazing, but Brugge looked terrible to me, and likes defeated team.

Hopefully we can show this against Swansea too who will attack us on Sunday.

Yeah, this weekend should be a good test, and should make it a little clearer how well we're doing. Hopefully we at least take some confidence forward from tonight!

Vooon · Aug 27, 2015

Bugzy said:
Anything but Rooney starting.

In retrospect, this being post number two is fecking :lol:

Bugzy · Aug 27, 2015

I have noticed that people have been saying that Brugge is a poor team, but this not the case. I have even read somewhere say that Brugge would be fighting relegation in the Premier League, but this again is not the case.

They reached the quarter finals of the Europa League last year, beating Besiktas 5-2 on aggregate (Besiktas knocked out Liverpool). They only lost one game against Dnipro, who reached the final of the Europa League. Dnipro beat Napoli, and narrowly lost 3-2 to Sevilla in the final. Brugge only conceded one goal against Dnipro in two legs.

I think more can be taken from the games that we have played against them than these people are giving credit for.

They are even higher ranked than Liverpool, Villireal and Wolfsburg!

HabeasC · Aug 27, 2015

Moriarty said:
They'd make mincemeat out of us.

I don't think they would. We are solid defensively now and LVG is very good in the big games - just look at his record last season.

I'm not sure we have the fire power to beat them, but we would not be destroyed. Also Bayern under Pep are not all that impressive. Barcelona haven't been at their best so far this season, but will be in the champo. Still, neither team would Brugge us.

worldinmotion66 · Aug 27, 2015

Think we could have a really good season in the Champions League, we look so good on the counter against teams that actually want to play football against us, but I expect a lot of tight games in the Premier League this time around. We still need to be more clinical if this is the case, Rooney and Depay missed one on one chances and obviously Hernandez missed two guilt edge chances too, as well as a one on one against Newcastle. In the tight games, if we can't take these clear chances we will drop points.

It's looking much more fluid though, especially when Shaw joins the attack. I'm optimistic.

Ibi Dreams · Aug 27, 2015

Bugzy said:
I have noticed that people have been saying that Brugge is a poor team, but this not the case. I have even read somewhere say that Brugge would be fighting relegation in the Premier League, but this again is not the case.

They reached the quarter finals of the Europa League last year, beating Besiktas 5-2 on aggregate (Besiktas knocked out Liverpool). They only lost one game against Dnipro, who reached the final of the Europa League. Dnipro beat Napoli, and narrowly lost 3-2 to Sevilla in the final. Brugge only conceded one goal against Dnipro in two legs.

I think more can be taken from the games that we have played against them than these people are giving credit for.

They are even higher ranked than Liverpool, Villireal and Wolfsburg!

I don't think we were facing the strongest Brugge team we could have, apparently they had a lot of players out injured

Señor · Aug 28, 2015

So this is what Shaw was laughing at...

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