Manchester United 1:2 Sevilla

Ekkie Thump · Mar 13, 2018

Pretty boring, fairly nervous. Lukaku playing well, Sanchez really not bedding in too well is he?

saivet · Mar 13, 2018

El Pasillo said:
Yeah, Sevilla looked definitely great and outplayed MU during the 1st half IMO.

They just lack a real finisher up front.

They didn't even create anything, just a lot of shots from distance.

King.of.Red · Mar 13, 2018

Poor 1st half.

Adam-Utd · Mar 13, 2018

SirAnderson said:
Can't understand why Rash needs to play on the right. Get Sanchez off or let him play down the middle or right.

Lets be honest Sanchez is too slow for the right wing now. His legs aren't what they used to be.

He can still use his balance well but he just looks lost at the moment.

Rozay · Mar 13, 2018

I spend every day of my life in the real world sticking up for us in the great ‘brand of football’ debate - but we do look miles away from a top side. The lack of comfort on the ball is telling. A decent Spanish side in Seville are passing and moving far better, and we still have a ways to go.

I’ve actually felt quite down watching that performance.

pseudo_canadian · Mar 13, 2018

Dobba said:
Who is going to score our disallowed goal just prior to their away one?

Fellaini

Walters_19_MuFc · Mar 13, 2018

Rajma said:
When did Rashford had a great game against anyone on the right? What is Jose smoking.

He's probably been our best player, but he's much better on the left. Hopefully we see a switch up in the second half.

bosnian_red · Mar 13, 2018

podurban2 said:
This constant need to change up the formations is doing my head in. Make Rashford that left side his own, let Sanchez roam and put Lingard on the right or the other way around. Just keep it consistent ffs.

Yup! Rashford motm vs Liverpool.. just fecking keep it the same? Why change everyone in that 3 around? Just to put Lingard at the 10? Makes no sense

Janson · Mar 13, 2018

What the hell is the deal with Sanchez? I've been defending him ever since he got here but he has been loosing the ball at Martial rate levels so far.

Nucks · Mar 13, 2018

Seven Seas Sardines said:
Pogba for Sanchez at half-time, Martial for Lingard in the 55th minute. Fecking dreadful watching this tumescent shite.

You hate engorged, excited, and aroused football?

No Idea For Nickname · Mar 13, 2018

Fully Fledged said:
If I fall asleep can someone wake me up?

No, we will all fall asleep.

Gandalf Greyhame · Mar 13, 2018

The state of this thread. :lol:

You can see what Mourinho is trying to do here. We look overrun in midfield because we're bypassing it. We are winning headers and second balls everytime we send a long ball into their half (specifically to Fellaini who's been clearly asked to stay forward), and someone like Sanchez/Lingard is running at their box. We haven't scored, however, despite creating good chances, and I wonder at what point will Mourinho say, I gotta change things.

We could have had luck with that Lukaku chance, or the Fellaini chance. I think our set pieces have been poor though. We should be doing better.

Fellaini will not be able to do the little tracking back he's doing now 20 minutes into the second half. I guess that's when Pogba will come on.

Joseunited · Mar 13, 2018

Did Saturday really happen?Why have we been told not to press this mob?not going for the jugular against an average Sevilla is really poor tactical selction, yes they can pass the ball around but they can't really hurt us.Just fecking go up a couple of gears and press much higher up the pitch and we'll get a couple of goals.Fecking simple really.

Isotope · Mar 13, 2018

This is the game where Fellaini finally puts down his doubters. I was still in doubt of whether letting him go was the right choice.

Reynoldo · Mar 13, 2018

So which half do we play better in now, the first or the second? I'm confused after the weekend

RedCurry · Mar 13, 2018

whatwha said:
By the way, someone should press charges against the Sevilla manager for not having a better striker than Muriel.

Luckily though we don’t press at all.

kouroux · Mar 13, 2018

Djemba-Djemba said:
He'd have some cheek to blame the crowd for not being loud for that.

Jose must think doing it this way is the safest way, but it just seems so needlessly risky to me. One fluke goal by them, like Baillys on Sunday, and we're fecked.

Well it is Mourinho, who knows ?

PoTMS · Mar 13, 2018

An Irish Red said:
Because Sanchez is a much better player than Rashford.

Maybe, but he's been Bebesque for us so far.

simonhch · Mar 13, 2018

Just swapping Rashford and Sanchez would make a big difference IMO. Sanchez more likely to go on the outside, and Rashford goes back to his best position. I'd then bring Pogba pn for Lingard, so we have a proper playmaker through the middle.

Cheesy · Mar 13, 2018

royboy16 said:
Sevilla are well organized,this is going to be no walk in the park for us I fear and we will need a moment of brilliance to force a mistake unless we are less cautious second half and go for it.

I honestly don't think they've been that impressive. Fairly limited in ideas when it comes to finishing - we've just not really taken the game to them either.

Acole9 · Mar 13, 2018

We started off alright but haven't kept it up.

Infra-red · Mar 13, 2018

Our passing has been really, really bad, which isn't surprising when our buildup play predominately consists of hitting long balls up to Lukaku/Fellaini. This appears to be a deliberate tactic, but has also been forced on us somewhat anyway because we're outnumbered in midfield, again.

Overall though, it's a much more even game than the first leg. 50-50 at this point as to who goes through.

red_devil83 · Mar 13, 2018

Garbage. Is Sanchez the new Mkhi? Constantly shit and constantly in the team.

Take him off. It'll probably get a bigger cheer than any of the football

Andycoleno9 · Mar 13, 2018

Best part of this boring half is ; sevilla is average team. I expected easy ride here

NK86 · Mar 13, 2018

Adisa said:
We might go on and win this gama and I'll be glad. But I'm not having anyone tell me this is the only way to go about it.
We could play these lot off the park if we attempted to. We have the players.

Unfortunately we don't have the manager for that.

DOTA · Mar 13, 2018

Dobba said:
Who is going to score our disallowed goal just prior to their away one?

Nah, we're winning this on penalties. 21-20, with over 15 misses a piece.

Will finish around midnight...

Paxi · Mar 13, 2018

Cheesy said:
Scholes and Ferdinand quite scathing there.

Verified moaners.

Maradona10 · Mar 13, 2018

Someone needs to run at banega as he is a second yellow waiting to happen. Montella wont take him off as he is their chief playmaker. We can seriously gain an advantage here.
I also cant believe us not having more long shots, Rico isnt great with long shots, we need to test him a lot more.

Mickfoley · Mar 13, 2018

No off the ball movement from anyone but Lingard. Fellaini goes ahead when we get the ball leaving the midfield thin.

dove · Mar 13, 2018

If we play like this against a side who are hanging on 5th place in La Liga and managed to concede 5 against Atletico, imagine us against proper sides like Barca? Shocking half, same tactics like in away leg, defend and hope they score own goal or something.

Kraftwerker · Mar 13, 2018

Janson said:
What the hell is the deal with Sanchez? I've been defending him ever since he got here but he has been loosing the ball at Martial rate levels so far.

Martial looks like Xavi in ball retention terms against Sanchez.

Cliche Guevara · Mar 13, 2018

Walters_19_MuFc said:
I don't get why Mourinho would change, though. We've looked to have a good balance in a 4231 of late, with Rashford on the left and Mata on the right. Not sure why he's trying to complicate things.

He does tend to have a specific gameplan for these kind of games, I suppose.

I expect some early subs, however. I really don’t think we want to be sitting on a one goal lead, should we get it.

soap · Mar 13, 2018

We're really lucky not to be behind in the tie. Second best for 135 minutes so far.

edgar allan · Mar 13, 2018

Sanchez looks even worse than he did for the first half of the season.
Roughly how many millions in wages has he earned since he arrived?

SNes · Mar 13, 2018

Scholes not a member of the cafe he had nothing positive to say.

Acole9 · Mar 13, 2018

Rifer said:
What did he say?

I don't know, that's why I was asking, got distracted by something and missed what he said.

JK-27 · Mar 13, 2018

Please bring on Mata for Sanchez, we need someone who can control the ball and is calm.

reddevil702 · Mar 13, 2018

Fellaini hasn't been bad but we're so reliant on just chucking the ball to him that we end up attacking with one or 2 players and there's no flow to our attack. Sanchez has no space and is just forcing things atm.

manunited1919 · Mar 13, 2018

Anyone else shirting bricks?

Bobski · Mar 13, 2018

It is not the system, and not really the players. It is all in the approach to the game.

GaryLifo · Mar 13, 2018

We were a bit better in the last fifteen minutes of the half but dear me it wasn't good before that.

Matic our best player that half.

Ducklegs · Mar 13, 2018

Its a typical “fecking hell Fellaini is shit” match.

Lumbering around, contributing absolutely nothing to the game in either direction.

The gamble is though, do you leep him on and hope he gets a tap in becuase he is 20 yards ahead of the players that are actually up front instead of where he should be, at the risk of him continuing to be complete dogshit for the rest of the game.

Or, do you take him off and ensure that the overall play will vastly improve and hope that results in some goals.

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