Thanks. Was worried if something is wrong with me. Pheew..
FA Cup 5th Round
Manchester United 1:0 West Ham United
Old Trafford
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- Tue, 9 February 2021 @ 7:30pm GMT
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Black and Gold long time since I heard that absolute tunes
Don’t watch it, only know dot cotton was alive as I put her on my celebrity deaths listRegarding VDB and playing deeper. He’s been playing almost on the shoulder of the centre backs. He’s right up top today and it was the same against Southampton. Is that tactical?
He's not hiding, he's being ignored.
It looks like hiding because he likes to make runs. But if no pass is given it looks like he's hiding. This is the same way he played at Ajax, but the pass usually was given.
Improving as the season goes on. Hope he smashes one in today. Signing Diallo will probably be a kick up his bum as well.People complain about Bruno taking too many risks, VDB is the exact opposite so far.
He’s hiding...Nice to see Mason slowly improving and gaining confidence now. Incredible talent!
It has to be, and I really really don't get it. Especially when we don't have a Bruno or Pogba on the pitch.
There are a few things. One, there's not a great deal of space in the game so it's a difficult one to influence. Secondly, Fred is having way too much of the ball. Watch Donny off the ball and notice the good runs he makes, but Fred is simply incapable of finding him. Fred is so limited as a footballer it's quite odd that he's playing in such an influential role. It makes no sense.
That's not to absolve Donny of all blame here. He should be doing more, there's no doubt about that. But there are a few extenuating circumstances in this particular game.
Have to disagree. A couple of passes were not given when he made good runs but by far he's either unavailable or, when he's available unable to make a quick forward pass and prefers to rotate the ball instead. Too safe.
Mar-a-LagoThey’re showing Chelsea and eulogising them now on MOTD as if they’re some kind of FA cup legends. Then there’s also the current City wankfest. Plastics to the left of me, Plastics to the right-let’s have an actual football club win this competition this year?VDB reminds me of when you play 5 a side a new guy comes along and looks really flash in the warm up. Keepy uppies, step overs and rocket shots etc. You pick him on your team and after 15 minutes you think this guy has never played before. I was giving bemefit if doubt, guve him time. But I have given up on him (I hope that works)"Alan... You've got a foundation.. You raise money... For erm... Kids and stuff"
Lineker clearly did his reading beforehand.
I disagree. He's falling to deep and not finding the space for the pass
So why is he trying to play as a shadow striker hiding inbetween the lines so far?How long is the fecking half-time break?!Van De Beek be like:
Get Cavani and Bruno on and we’ll slay themVan De Beek be like:
Tactics i guess? Not sure why though. Never played like that at Ajax. Made runs into the box, but not as a shadow striker
to be fair, it would be a struggle to find 30 seconds of highlights from the first half.
Always against lower league opposition!
That was a beautiful piece of work by Mason.Watched the last 10 minutes and it seems once again VDB is playing like a 9 instead of a 10. Just get him out of here already.All this "drop Fred" is just completely off the mark for me. Our front 4 have barely strung any play together despite touches.
Fred is finding space and progressing the play exactly as he should be, but it's VdB's job to drop, pick it up, and distribute from there. He's literally playing Bruno's role, he's just failing.Surprised we haven’t made any subs at HT instantly. Well I’m not, really. But they need to happen soon enough.United are not exactly famous for being a quick 1-2 passing side. Players like Matic and Fred just don't have it in their DNA to send quick balls to Donny. Hopefully someone can.
Or we can just rely on finding individual moments of brilliance.
Isn’t that his game? I thought people compared him to Thomas Muller.Where the feck are Westham?
Yeah, think even Bruno would struggle with how organized + deep West Ham seem to be. Game should open up in the second half though
They're playing deep and defending organized. For a first half its not bad.We will lose this 1-0 if we don't bring our player on.VdB suffering from a different playing style imo. He is schooled in Ajax where it's a lot more pass and move in final 3rd. Which is how he always plays. Can't do that really with Fred etc. He will always do better with Bruno, Mata etc. I actually think he will link up well with Amad if they get a chance together.Oooo, it's snowing!Sods law this game kicks off earlier than normal and it goes to extra time.
Muller Light
15 minutes- Status
Man of the Match
Runners-up
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12%
Fred
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7%
Alex Telles
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4%
Anthony Martial
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4%
Harry Maguire
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4%
Victor Lindelof
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4%
Dean Henderson
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2%
Mason Greenwood
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1%
Donny van de Beek
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1%
Aaron Wan-Bissaka
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1%
Marcus Rashford
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1%
Nemanja Matic
Player Ratings
Total Average Rating
Highest Rated Player
Lowest Rated Player
Compiled from 234 ratings.
Score Predictions
165,11,7
- Man Utd win
- West Ham win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 32% Man Utd 2:1 West Ham
- 21% Man Utd 2:0 West Ham
- 16% Man Utd 3:1 West Ham
- 10% Man Utd 1:0 West Ham
- 5% Man Utd 3:0 West Ham
- 3% Man Utd 3:2 West Ham
- 2% Man Utd 1:2 West Ham
- 2% Man Utd 1:1 West Ham
- 1% Man Utd 0:2 West Ham
- 1% Man Utd 4:1 West Ham
- 1% Man Utd 4:2 West Ham
- 1% Man Utd 0:5 West Ham
- 1% Man Utd 2:2 West Ham
- 1% Man Utd 0:0 West Ham
- 1% Man Utd 0:1 West Ham
- 1% Man Utd 1:3 West Ham
- 1% Man Utd 0:3 West Ham
- 1% Man Utd 5:0 West Ham
Match Stats
- Man Utd
- West Ham
- Possession
- 62% 38%
- Shots
- 17 3
- Shots on Target
- 5 1
- Corners
- 6 4
- Fouls
- 15 12
Referee
Paul Tierney
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Luke Shaw
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replaced by Brandon Williams
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replaced by Scott McTominay
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replaced by Bruno Fernandes
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replaced by Edinson Cavani
