No but people do get caught in recency bias, and recent narrative is that Casemiro is a washed big money signing, forced on ETH by the board.
Europa League Group E
Omonia Nicosia 2:3 Manchester United
Tsirion Stadium
- Kick-off
- Thu, 6 October 2022 @ 5:45pm BST
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Fair play! You were confident, and rightly so!
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Oh, sorry, I was responding to someone saying that the odds favouring MU were fair, even at 1-0 down. I thought they overstated Utd's chances - i was wrong.
Responding here more to the criticism against Ronaldo than agreeing with the point you and I agree on that Ronnie is going through a bad patch...it can both be true at the same time that Ronaldo is past his peak (which no one denies) and that he's going through a bad patch. We've seen strikers who were in the prime of their careers (which Ronaldo today is definitely not) such as Wayne Rooney go through these bad patches where he would hit the post or otherwise be a threat but just not score. That's the Ronaldo we're watching right now -- being a threat on goal but not scoring. Tonight he hit the woodwork and later missed the far post by inches -- before his final ball reached Rashford for the match winner. Not great, but not bad at all.
Another point, however, is well taken (maybe this belongs on the Ronaldo thread but here I am now), which is whether we should bench Ronaldo permanently and hand the starting scepter to Martial. Say, Rashford/Martial/Antony up front with Ronaldo and Sancho coming on when needed. I wouldn't be opposed to that suggestion, but the argument for Martial over Ronaldo isn't overwhelming. It wasn't that long ago that Martial looked a broken footballer and that Ronaldo carried us on his back. But now is now and based on what we've seen so far this season Martial has been more effective than Ronaldo, but it's truly the case that Ronaldo hasn't been off by all that much -- as we saw again tonight.
To wrap up the point as succinctly as possible, I actually like starting Martial on the left, where he's vastly more effective than in the middle, but then that raises the question of Rashford. There are plenty of matches to be played this season and our five primary forwards can be rotated and circumstances require.Good.
foie gras ?I think both Malacia & Sancho had a very bad game...
What does Casemiro bring to the team??
he was not adding much bite to the midfield.
Rashford and Martial have hardly been prolific their entire careers. Certainly I’ve never seen Rashford have a good game at cf against a team defending deep.- Status
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Compiled from 177 ratings.
Score Predictions
175,7,2
- Man Utd win
- Omonia Nicosia win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 35% Omonia Nicosia 0:3 Man Utd
- 21% Omonia Nicosia 0:2 Man Utd
- 10% Omonia Nicosia 1:2 Man Utd
- 10% Omonia Nicosia 0:4 Man Utd
- 8% Omonia Nicosia 1:3 Man Utd
- 4% Omonia Nicosia 1:4 Man Utd
- 4% Omonia Nicosia 0:5 Man Utd
- 2% Omonia Nicosia 2:0 Man Utd
- 1% Omonia Nicosia 1:5 Man Utd
- 1% Omonia Nicosia 0:0 Man Utd
- 1% Omonia Nicosia 0:9 Man Utd
- 1% Omonia Nicosia 0:1 Man Utd
- 1% Omonia Nicosia 2:1 Man Utd
- 1% Omonia Nicosia 1:1 Man Utd
- 1% Omonia Nicosia 3:0 Man Utd
- 1% Omonia Nicosia 4:0 Man Utd
- 1% Omonia Nicosia 5:0 Man Utd
- 1% Omonia Nicosia 0:6 Man Utd
Match Stats
- Omonia Nicosia
- Man Utd
- Possession
- 27% 73%
- Shots
- 8 28
- Shots on Target
- 4 8
- Corners
- 4 5
- Fouls
- 8 8
Referee
João Pinheiro
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Luke Shaw
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replaced by Anthony Martial
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replaced by Scott McTominay
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replaced by Fred
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replaced by Marcus Rashford
