Leicester City 5:3 Manchester United

RoadTrip · Sep 21, 2014

sharpiesdance said:
No one else will ask it so I will: any reason DDG ddin't at least move for their goal? Still haven't seen him make a real save so far this season...

I hold him to a high standard so maybe I expect better too. But I don't think there's much to say re: that goal. Just a cracking header that he probably didn't even expect. Was hit with power too

Massive Spanner · Sep 21, 2014

Wayne Van Persic said:
What do you think about the changes in second half?

I think it's quite likely we'll be shooting at the other goal this time round.

Drawfull · Sep 21, 2014

Sixpence said:
Hardly any praise for Di Maria's goal from Sky.

My Spanish is terrible (only lived here a few months) but the commentators here basically said 'there are no words'

Fecking awesome goal.

Ducklegs · Sep 21, 2014

We need to stop getting at them tighten up and exploit them on the break.

They have Richie de leat and Paul "fecking" Konchesky at full back FFS, just over load them on the wings on the counter.

bosnian_red · Sep 21, 2014

jakec said:
When we're playing tough games like this, we should drop one of RVP or Falcao.

In easier home games we could drop one of Mata, Di Maria, or Rooney.

Never

Shyftyy · Sep 21, 2014

Kakeru said:
There's something that crossed my mind. If Rojo normally is a LCB while it is written that Blackett was raised as a LB, why do we put Rojo as LB and Blackett as CB?

Sorry, missed your post

I think Blackett has given van Gaal a luxury problem. Blackett is functioning well and now he can simply replace Rojo with Shaw without messing around the positions too much.

Godfather · Sep 21, 2014

FromTheBench said:
He is a Target man though who holds up the ball and lays it off pretty much. He won't drift wide and dribble past players to create for RVP.

That's exactly what he did for our first goal mate

NoLogo · Sep 21, 2014

Carragher always sounds so whiny.

Retorus · Sep 21, 2014

Ronaldo's ego said:
Souness refusing to admit ADM is class

Very little end product, or something.

gooDevil · Sep 21, 2014

space said:
Herrera has been very good in my opinion, wins the ball, links well with Blind. Leicester look good on the break but hopefully a goal for us now should kill the game.

Agree, not going to get the plaudits of di Maria but he's always available and almost always completes his pass

Lay · Sep 21, 2014

Seij said:
Not to mention Nugent has been trying to hug him all game.

Wouldn't you?

MaNNe- · Sep 21, 2014

Shaky defence, superb offence, that is to be expected from this team I suppose. I wish Shaw would come one for Rojo, but I doubt it'll happen

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RoadTrip · Sep 21, 2014

Seij said:
Not to mention Nugent has been trying to hug him all game.

The fact he's being man marked shows how much the oppo think he can dictate a game

Globule · Sep 21, 2014

Colin129 said:
The space they gave Di Maria for his goal, great finish, but he shouldn't have been given that time and space

Space that he created himself. First through his directness and pace, and secondly by running by Cambiasso, who is no Usain Bolt. I think this is an area we could target more in the second half. With Leicester's high pressing, fatigue should set in, especially if we keep the ball a bit better. And Leicester have quite a few older players, which could free up some space for us.

Cooksen · Sep 21, 2014

We miss Vida in these sort of games.

Hed Zitin · Sep 21, 2014

Seij said:
Not to mention Nugent has been trying to hug him all game.

Exactly he's been man marked out of the game. He's done alright considering. No attacks have come down the middle, it's all crosses.

sport2793 · Sep 21, 2014

Pexbo said:
Really do think we'd look better with Mata in for Rooney.

M16Red said:
Prefer Mata as the number 10

I can't say that Rooney has put a foot wrong so far as he's been making things happen in that position. I agree that Mata needs to play also but we need the extra man in midfield tracking back in this match which Rooney does well.

Moriarty · Sep 21, 2014

VanGaalEra said:
We need a 3rd goal early in the second half for comfort.

De Leat can be got at and he's on a yellow. Get ADM to run at him and it's a sure fire sending off.

I'm still baffled at how a player like him ever got near United's first team. Were we suffering one of our famous injury problems at the time?

RoadTrip · Sep 21, 2014

MaNNe- said:
Shaky defence, superb offence, that is to be expected from this team I suppose. I wish Shaw would come one for Rojo, but I doubt it'll happen .

Rojo is having a bit of a mare today. He looked better against QPR though. Hopefully just an off game.

Red Dreams · Sep 21, 2014

RetroStu said:
fecking annoying all these former Liverpool players infesting Sky, i'm sick of seeing Souness with his 1970's porn look and i'm sick of hearing that ear bleeding accent of that cnut Carragher

I will never hear anything aginst Souness....

peridigm · Sep 21, 2014

Pexbo said:
Really do think we'd look better with Mata in for Rooney.

I prefer Mata as a 10 over Rooney. But he's the cap'n and untouchable.

ADM runs are nice to see. Haven't had a player cabable of that in years.

Idxomer · Sep 21, 2014

sharpiesdance said:
No one else will ask it so I will: any reason DDG ddin't at least move for their goal? Still haven't seen him make a real save so far this season...

He's standing on cement this season.

sharpiesdance · Sep 21, 2014

RetroStu said:
fecking annoying all these former Liverpool players infesting Sky, i'm sick of seeing Souness with his 1970's porn look and i'm sick of hearing that ear bleeding accent of that cnut Carragher

to be fair, souness is nowhere near as anti-United as many. he does sometimes come up with something useful - but I do get your meaning! the other guy has always been a twat and never rated him as a defender

gbgary · Sep 21, 2014

Great going forward, defending has been pretty good except for getting back in time on the counter and covering the backdoor.

OoopsMisclick · Sep 21, 2014

sport2793 said:
To be fair, Blind covered a dangerous chance in our own box late in that 1st half. He definitely is sitting back.

Yes true but I think he needs to improve on his dueling. Passing is no issue. Some of my Arse friends are already calling him the arteta of united :lol:

. He ain't as shit as Arteta but i can see the comparisons due to dueling strenght

I mainly wanted to defend blackett. He is young and is playing a good game and will hopefully improve even more.

I'm wondering why we ain't playing shaw instead of rojo. Not convinced by rojo atm

Captain poptart · Sep 21, 2014

Globule said:
At times. And that tackle was a thing of beauty - a very well timed challenge that, if slightly mistimed, would have been costly. However, he has made a few too many mistakes. He's young, so it's understandable. But with our defence all over the place we can't really afford players making mistakes. Usually a youngster would have the privilege of being relaxed about mistakes because the seniors would cover him - but not this defence.

I think he looks calm under pressure. It woud help to have shaw on now I think. Rojo looks a little iffy at left back

Sixpence · Sep 21, 2014

We need another 2 to kill these off.

Wayne Van Persic · Sep 21, 2014

Here we go!

In Rainbows · Sep 21, 2014

sharpiesdance said:
No one else will ask it so I will: any reason DDG ddin't at least move for their goal? Still haven't seen him make a real save so far this season...

It was a bullet header and went in the corner.

RoadTrip · Sep 21, 2014

Moriarty said:
I'm still baffled at how a player like him ever got near United's first team. Were we suffering one of our famous injury problems at the time?

He didn't really ever though did he?

Red4Life_#7 · Sep 21, 2014

Moyes didn't have a clue... that is so evident now!!! LVG has a vision... just look how different we are playing, there is a purpose now

Dazzmondo · Sep 21, 2014

Imo, that was a poor first half performance. We've been fortunate that Leicester have defended poorly, but they look like scoring again. Blackett has been fantastic since Evans went off (a bit iffy before that). Rojo has been dreadful imo (and I thought he was poor defensively against QPR also even though people were praising him) and I hope he's replaced with Shaw soon. Rafael has also been poor. The defence needs to improve or we will concede again. We're not using the midfield correctly. No proper build up play (I do think Mata would have helped here) and the team just isn't playing the way we did against QPR. Rooney hasn't been great, RVP poor. Falcao has done well. Di Maria has done both good and bad, but his goal was incredible! I hope to see a better performance in 2nd half.

Phil · Sep 21, 2014

So why were they blaming Rafael for Evans' error on the goal?

Raoul · Sep 21, 2014

NoLogo said:
Carragher always sounds so whiny.

A bit like some members here when they find out their player of choice is on the bench.

Nate Dogg · Sep 21, 2014

Falcao goal would be nice.

hbgreg · Sep 21, 2014

rpitroda said:
Rojo is having a bit of a mare today. He looked better against QPR though. Hopefully just an off game.

Do not expect anything solid from him at LB, he is not good there. That's not his position, he plays much better as a CB.

sizzling sausages · Sep 21, 2014

bishblaize said:
Not too bad on balance.

Going forward, its like night and day from last year. Even though we're not rampant right now, you can just tell the difference from last season. The runs, the angles of the passes, the invention. Total difference.

Unfortunately two goals in the first half should put you in control of the match, but not today. Our back four were pretty poor. Rafael did little, the other three made too many mistakes. Blackett at least did some positive stuff to address the balance, but I think the goal was his fault.

Blind has had to put in a shift to cover the back four. If he hadn't I doubt we'd be in front.

Add to that another injury to Evans and what should be a walk in the park looks like being a really tough 45 minutes.

I think Blackett was least at fault out of the defenders for the goal. Why do you blame him?

kouroux · Sep 21, 2014

ScarleyUtd said:
Me neither. And Herrera has played well too. Leicester have decent players and a great attitude. This isn't QPR. People seem to be expecting us batter teams 4-0 every week now.

Our Moyes team would have been easily trailing by now. The performance has been against a tough opponent

Decotron · Sep 21, 2014

Cooksen said:
We miss Vidal in these sort of games.

RetroStu · Sep 21, 2014

I honestly think we could score a few more if we upped the tempo and we may need to score a few more with our defence.

Moriarty · Sep 21, 2014

rpitroda said:
He didn't really ever though did he?

A few games but even so. He's awful.

Sheikhy · Sep 21, 2014

Why does Rooney keep selling Blackett short with his poor passing? wake up.

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