Sunderland 0:3 Manchester United

Jazz · Apr 9, 2017

LFC-Fans said:
No De Gea?

Injury?

Jazz · Apr 9, 2017

Jazz said:

Edit - I've replied to the wrong post

IrishRedDevil · Apr 9, 2017

I can't stand Phil Neville. What a plonker! Nice to get that off my chest.

prtk0811 · Apr 9, 2017

DomesticTadpole said:
The genius is at it again.

13:05
Phil Neville: "It looks like De Gea has been dropped to me."
He did say the press conference was yesterday. It was on Friday.

Mourinho didn’t confirm Mata was injured at his Friday press conference - having undergone surgery on the Thursday. He doesn’t always give full injury updates.

Phil Neville loves to cut the branch he is sitting on. Its always evident in his punditry. It will Take no time for rumours to start

Fracture90 · Apr 9, 2017

He's resting Martial and Valencia for tomorrow's training.

Tom Van Persie · Apr 9, 2017

LFC-Fans said:
No De Gea?

Injury?

Not sure. Mourinho didn't say anything specific in his interview.

Massive Spanner · Apr 9, 2017

Jaysus this place is a mess and we haven't even started yet. That team should be good enough to beat fecking Sunderland. If it doesn't then... eh.. then I'll moan too.

sammsky1 · Apr 9, 2017

chuffed far Fellaini - well deserved for him

oh and a big :lol:

at the Fellaini haters.

Janson · Apr 9, 2017

Ixion said:
Fecking Fellaini. He was culpable for the goal (twice) on Tuesday but he gets treated with kid's gloves in case his feelings get hurt like when he gave the penalty away against Everton away. Ridiculous.

Mourinho probably thinks we don't have any better options and I tend to agree. It says a lot for the quality of our squad when Fellaini can get himself in the starting lineup.

AndyJ1985 · Apr 9, 2017

Starting to get a bad feeling about the way things are going lately.

SirAnderson · Apr 9, 2017

NBCSN commentary is awful in guessing transfers. Shaw to Spurs in a swap deal....like where did they get that from! Goodness!

The Firestarter · Apr 9, 2017

MannyB said:
Imagine Fellaini having to go over and to talk to the ref.

Was the perfect time to give it Herrera, ffs.

"Com please me only my family no hier Please for me babe."

duffer · Apr 9, 2017

Massive Spanner said:
Jaysus this place is a mess and we haven't even started yet. That team should be good enough to beat fecking Sunderland. If it doesn't then... eh.. then I'll moan too.

You could put 3 random catfards in the United line up and you'd still batter this load of shite!

DomesticTadpole · Apr 9, 2017

13:08
Fellaini leading United in the sprints too
‘Captain, leader, legend’ banner incoming.

United are warming up with some sprints on the pitch. Marouane Fellaini is right at the front. Taking his new responsibilities seriously.

— Rob Dawson (@RobDawsonMEN) April 9, 2017

Ban · Apr 9, 2017

AndyJ1985 said:
Starting to get a bad feeling about the way things are going lately.

Yeah we got the picture from a number of your posts.

horsechoker · Apr 9, 2017

Clever management from José he knows Fellaini will be right up for this now. I wouldn't be surprised if he turns in a MOTM performance.

Janson · Apr 9, 2017

Massive Spanner said:
Jaysus this place is a mess and we haven't even started yet. That team should be good enough to beat fecking Sunderland. If it doesn't then... eh.. then I'll moan too.

We always say this though before a match "this team should be good enough to beat so and so".

Wumminator · Apr 9, 2017

I've just got back from america. Haven't slept in about 22 hours after 16 hours of travelling. If we don't win this I'm gonna have a mental break down.

ThomasEmil · Apr 9, 2017

Mou-Mou will make Fellaini a hattrick hero today.

Drifter · Apr 9, 2017

Don't see Herrera as a captain. To indisciplined. Then again Fellaini and his elbows

themoyesboy · Apr 9, 2017

duffer said:
You could put 3 random catfards in the United line up and you'd still batter this load of shite!

What team did Chelsea put out when they battered this load of shite one nil?

sunama · Apr 9, 2017

Drifter said:
Every touch he makes will be amplified now

Good.
Shaw has done very little in the 2.75 seasons he has played for us.
If I had my way, I'd have a camera fixed on him permanently throughout the game - player cam!
Many fans complained about Anderson being a wage thief - but what about Shaw? He has done less than Anderson and fans want him to escape the wrath of the manager?

Jose is not here to keep us in 6th place. He is here to improve us and push us into 1st place and if that means that means Shaw (and other poor performers) need to be told to work harder (SHOCK HORROR!), then so be it.

In saying all of the above, Shaw is not the reason we are in 6th place. That honour belongs to our dreadful attackers who can't consistently finish chances and put the entire burden of goal scoring on Ibra. If our current set of attackers (particularly Martial and Miki) continue playing as they currently are, I'd be looking to get a good price for them in the Summer. If we are going to win the title next season, we simply can't afford to have deadwood on our books and right now (apart from Rooney) Martial, Miki are the very definition of deadwood, weighing us down. I would play these 2 in every game, until the end of the season, to give them adequate opportunity to prove their worth. If they fail, then they should be told that they are free to leave.

Janson · Apr 9, 2017

DomesticTadpole said:
13:08
Fellaini leading United in the sprints too
‘Captain, leader, legend’ banner incoming.

United are warming up with some sprints on the pitch. Marouane Fellaini is right at the front. Taking his new responsibilities seriously.

— Rob Dawson (@RobDawsonMEN) April 9, 2017

Jazz · Apr 9, 2017

horsechoker said:
Clever management from José he knows Fellaini will be right up for this now. I wouldn't be surprised if he turns in a MOTM performance.

Hope so

MadMike · Apr 9, 2017

Quick points:
- De Gea not starting is a non-issue for me. He's done it a few times this season already
- Pleased for Shaw who's getting a rare start at LB today.
- We're playing 4-3-3 today and Fellaini has been better than Carrick recently so he deserves the start next to Pogba and Herrera for me.
- The fact we've not settled on a LW yet, is disconcerting. We keep rotating between Martial, Rashford and Lingard and no one's really done a good enough job. You'd think given his last season and his talent Martial would be given more chances to play through his bad form, while Rashford would be playing more as CF when he does.

stu_1992 · Apr 9, 2017

No De Gea is very strange. Valencia I guess is just being rested. Its a decent team otherwise besides the obviously laughable decision make Fellaini captain.

OohAahMartial · Apr 9, 2017

Sometimes it feels like this is actually a Liverpool forum with all the hate towards our players.

sunama · Apr 9, 2017

Drifter said:
Don't see Herrera as a captain. To indisciplined.

Indisciplined like Roy Keane - our greatest captain ever - like him? :lol:

Herrera is the guy who I have wanted to be our captain since the start of the season. Ibra is the only other candidate capable of leading a team.

Ban · Apr 9, 2017

What a meltdown. :lol:

Felli captain and of course DDG not playing means he's off to Madrid.. Of course..

GailSpaceWynand · Apr 9, 2017

Darmian at RB? That looks more of a concern than Fellaini in a 3-man midfield. Also, I'm getting a wee bit scared about the Martial situation - was okayish the last time he came on, could see he was trying real hard; Shaw's much needed overlapping runs tend to help Martial's game too.

2 man midfield · Apr 9, 2017

charlenefan said:
Dunno about that, doesn't sound like De Gea will be back before the Chelsea game

Haven't heard of an injury though?

If he's been dropped for anything other than this then I'd rather we just gave him his move and moved on.

duffer · Apr 9, 2017

themoyesboy said:
What team did Chelsea put out when they battered this load of shite one nil?

We rested Hazard and even gave Ivanovic a send-off! Despite that it was a 1-0 battering. Pickford played like a combination of Mr Fantastic and Superman.

prtk0811 · Apr 9, 2017

DomesticTadpole said:
Someone from the M.E.N. must be on here.

12:54
Has Real interest played role in De Gea absence?
Cast your mind back two years ago and De Gea appeared to lack focus as he conceded soft goals against Villa and Everton amid strong interest from Real Madrid.

It’s recently resurfaced and he almost dropped one in against West Brom and was culpable for Phil Jagielka’s opener.

Mourinho said ‘little problem’ and didn’t specifically mention an injury, which was ambiguous. United maintain he is injured but that hasn’t stopped the TV pundits from speculating already.

12:45

I felt this too.

DomesticTadpole · Apr 9, 2017

Oh dear.

13:16STUART MATHIESON
Ibrahimovic shows teammates how it's done
Not watched all of United’s shooting practise in the warm up but Ibrahimovic was the man laying balls off to his colleagues and about six missed on the trot so the Swede decided to abandon that role and smashed one in past Joel Pereira.

Member 90887 · Apr 9, 2017

I am watching the game on a french channel, and i think i heard Jose say that it was family problem, and that De Gea will be back for the next premier league game.

Edit: i'm not sure about the family part, i heard problem though, but i am sure about the coming back next game part.

Catt · Apr 9, 2017

Moyes will have his players fired up for this.

DomesticTadpole · Apr 9, 2017

prtk0811 said:
I felt this too.

That DDG is distracted or we have a mole on here?

Raw · Apr 9, 2017

DomesticTadpole said:
Oh dear.

13:16STUART MATHIESON
Ibrahimovic shows teammates how it's done
Not watched all of United’s shooting practise in the warm up but Ibrahimovic was the man laying balls off to his colleagues and about six missed on the trot so the Swede decided to abandon that role and smashed one in past Joel Pereira.

FFS

SamVimes · Apr 9, 2017

Massive Spanner said:
Jaysus this place is a mess and we haven't even started yet. That team should be good enough to beat fecking Sunderland. If it doesn't then... eh.. then I'll moan too.

I agree. It makes no difference who is Captain either, it is just an armband. Players take individual responsibility for their own actions on the pitch, and should not be affected by who wears a piece of cloth on their arm. Jose sets out the game plan and they follow it. If they cannot beat this Sunderland team then the club and team really are in a mess.

Android1974 · Apr 9, 2017

horsechoker said:
Clever management from José he knows Fellaini will be right up for this now. I wouldn't be surprised if he turns in a MOTM performance.

It wouldn't be his first, people here tend to forget. Lingard's eitheir.

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