Your thread title is misleading. And yes, I wasn’t buzzing that much too, and yes, Ole improved the squad considerably especially the mentality part. It looks like we have a bit more togetherness too.
Is it just me, or did the win last night feel a bit matter of fact and routine to you?
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What a game that was. Though that Spurs side played much better than Roma did yesterday - Lennon was basically eating Evra alive that day.
“Lads it’s Roma”
I think a lot of it is the absence of a crowd.
the special nights are massively improved with a crowd.
I was confident throughout that we would turn it around. Perhaps it’s also getting a bit of that arrogance back as a fan. Ok they’ve scored, so what we are going to score more…
I think a lot of it is the absence of a crowd.
the special nights are massively improved with a crowd.
I was confident throughout that we would turn it around. Perhaps it’s also getting a bit of that arrogance back as a fan. Ok they’ve scored, so what we are going to score more…
Ah come on, I like Savage!
He at least doesn't take himself seriously and he has provided some good insight as well.Put it this way, I'm glad he covers our games rather than the charisma vacuums that are Jermaine Jenas and Martin Keown
The thing is there's no such thing as a hoodoo, there never is. It's just a stick to beat the manager or the players with or a talking point to fill column inches.
None of the semis we lost were to do with mentality anyway.
Yeah lack of crowd, they were a bit rubbish and had gotten lucky with the goals. They'd also used all of their subs so I knew they'd get nackered and we had the Greenwood on the bench.
Also we were only one goal down in the first half of the first leg so I reckoned we'd comfortably outscore them over the following three halves of football.
I was absolutely delighted with the quality of the goals we scored though. We played some excellent stuff.
Also we were only one goal down in the first half of the first leg so I reckoned we'd comfortably outscore them over the following three halves of football.
I was absolutely delighted with the quality of the goals we scored though. We played some excellent stuff.
Part of the issue for me is that the slow, boring side of our game has become too endemic for the second half to make me pretend it never happened as I maybe would if outside of last night we generally looked like a side with a direction.
I can overlook slow and boring if it’s something we have to occasionally but no matter how many threads shame people for noticing, slow and boring is who we are. The occasional excellent 45 minute exemptions won’t change that
I can overlook slow and boring if it’s something we have to occasionally but no matter how many threads shame people for noticing, slow and boring is who we are. The occasional excellent 45 minute exemptions won’t change that
Misleading how ? He is giving us his sentiment after all
It was a little flat for me but only because the stream was awful and I missed three of the goals.
Felt a bit old school United in the second half - sustaining attacks against a side that was already down and out. We were ruthless, which is exactly as United should be.
Yes, Roma are a bit rubbish and yes, it's a second-tier competition, but we've not had much to shout about in Europe since Fergie left, so try to enjoy it!
Yes, Roma are a bit rubbish and yes, it's a second-tier competition, but we've not had much to shout about in Europe since Fergie left, so try to enjoy it!
I've become very arrogant about this united team, I'm actually still annoyed by the first half, that's how better we've been than this Europa league clubs, I think people still underrate how good we are with Bruno and Pogba playing together.
We played a team without their best CB this season, 7th in Serie A and having 2 to 3 players subbed off in the first half due to injury weakening them further. Obviously it wasnt as routine as it should have been with a very poor first half and conceding 2 goals, but that did lead to an exciting 2nd half where we scored a lot. Still at their best Roma shouldnt be a match for us and they were probably less than half strength by the end of the first half. So it would be a bit weird to think it was something amazing
I find the Europa League very hard to get excited about. Every game feels like a Charity Shield match where you're pissed off if we lose but if we win you can't be arsed celebrating it.
Probably the first time I've kind of enjoyed Robbie Savage in the commentary box. He wanted blood. Each goal was never enough, he wanted Roma to get smashed.
I think he must've had a few quid on 7 goals.
Not routine as such, but you could tell after the first minute we were a good few levels above them.
I want to know the fallout in the Italian media. How they took it and especially the "make them remember us" crew
The commentary I had one was a disgrace. It was like they were forced to be there. The fans were definitely missed for an occasion like this.
I think I get what you mean. At some point this season, I realised I'd stopped watching every game as if it was essentially a vital clue to whether we'd made actual progress or not. Every game we played well, that had been another cumulative piece of evidence that we're now actually a good team, every game we didn't, that was a question mark. Now, it feels more like we know more or less where we're at. If there's a bad game, it's just a bad game. When there's a great game, it's just the sort of game you can expect every now and then. We can tell the contours of this team's limitations and potential, what they are when they're playing at their peak, what they are when they're having a bad game, what you can expect most nights. This is a good thing, I find. And it now takes more than a game or two to shift that reading, in either direction.
I was ecstatic, so maybe you needed another pint. After going down 2-1 I was calm but thinking i'm going to be pissed if we don't win.
Predicted an easy win anyway. Their record over the last 10 or so games is appalling. They got dominated by Ajax and were fortunate to be here. Villareal are just as crap, a couple of places below even Sociedad. Make no bones about it, we are amongst absolute mediocrity.
The likes of Rashford and McTominay to an extent barely featured last night and we still won 6-2! That's the level they're at. As soon as Spurs got knocked out our name was on the trophy. We were favourites as soon as we entered, irrespective of the manager or level of our players (both blamed for our woes by different sections of supporters).
I didn't think we played that well last night either and the ball was like a hot potato for both sets of players at times. We have top level players though and ability makes all the difference.
The likes of Rashford and McTominay to an extent barely featured last night and we still won 6-2! That's the level they're at. As soon as Spurs got knocked out our name was on the trophy. We were favourites as soon as we entered, irrespective of the manager or level of our players (both blamed for our woes by different sections of supporters).
I didn't think we played that well last night either and the ball was like a hot potato for both sets of players at times. We have top level players though and ability makes all the difference.
Thoroughly enjoyed the performance and win but yeah, we had superior players in 10 of the 11 positions so winning was hardly a surprise.
Like it should.
This match could go into 8:1 final score, if we could take control in the 1st half which was possible, if you look how easily and fluid was buildup to 1st goal by Bruno.
Feels like the best is yet to come, but that usual 1st half usual performance trend needs to be sorted in the summer. Ole definitely going somewhere, especially after injecting some stability into defense.
Feels like the best is yet to come, but that usual 1st half usual performance trend needs to be sorted in the summer. Ole definitely going somewhere, especially after injecting some stability into defense.
Pellegrini being the exception?
If i'm honest, I really wasn't concerned at half time although I don't think United played all that well before then (Roma were far worse, couldn't pass the ball to save their lives 
). I thought it'd be a win the end, though obviously I never guessed it would be 6-2.
One thing I don't think gets mentioned enough is that this is an incredibly fit team. It might not play well for 90 minutes often but teams (especially in Europe I've noticed) do well for periods in a match and then just die against us, especially when chasing the game. Leipzig earlier in the season was a prime example.
). I thought it'd be a win the end, though obviously I never guessed it would be 6-2.One thing I don't think gets mentioned enough is that this is an incredibly fit team. It might not play well for 90 minutes often but teams (especially in Europe I've noticed) do well for periods in a match and then just die against us, especially when chasing the game. Leipzig earlier in the season was a prime example.
I thought I was the only.
Personally for me, it's the competition. I cannot get excited for the EL for a few reasons:
1. CL qualification is assured.
2. We won it recently with Mourinho when the stakes were much higher.
3. We're back here after seemingly putting the EL behind us last season.
4. We're not fecking Arsenal. We've actually won an European trophy previously.
5. We knew Roma were poor but they were worse than expected. We've already beaten the 2nd best team in their league and they're 8th. There was little to no jeopardy in this game (hear that, Perez?). Celta in 2017 felt much tougher.
Personally for me, it's the competition. I cannot get excited for the EL for a few reasons:
1. CL qualification is assured.
2. We won it recently with Mourinho when the stakes were much higher.
3. We're back here after seemingly putting the EL behind us last season.
4. We're not fecking Arsenal. We've actually won an European trophy previously.
5. We knew Roma were poor but they were worse than expected. We've already beaten the 2nd best team in their league and they're 8th. There was little to no jeopardy in this game (hear that, Perez?). Celta in 2017 felt much tougher.
I'm not sure there is a fair way to have seedings for the CL so I'm not too fussed about that. I think having the Europa League winners as seeds is less unfair than someone else being seeded ahead of them because they used to be a better team 3 years ago, for example. You can't base the seedings solely on league positions either because how do you argue one league winner is stronger than another.
It did not feel routine for me, but I didn't care too much about it due to it being the EL and all.
However, after we were 2-1 down I wasn't that confident we would turn it around to 6-2. I thought a 2-2 was on the cards. So the scoreline was surprising for me and not routine. I suppose you can say it wasn't a "shock" either.
However, after we were 2-1 down I wasn't that confident we would turn it around to 6-2. I thought a 2-2 was on the cards. So the scoreline was surprising for me and not routine. I suppose you can say it wasn't a "shock" either.
Yep
It was a nightmare in the first half. Yes, I expected us to beat them easily but the first half was anything but easy. I feel that we would get to the Final but with this team anything can be possible so taking nothing for granted. We always lose by fecking it up ourselves and this was the level of Roma. Yes I do not think if they had their regular keeper he would have conceded a couple of the goals their sub keeper conceded but we would have won.
The minute they scored their second goal, you just knew we would come out electric that second half. Their is a confidence within this squad that has been lacking for years now.
He always seems to have a soft spot for United as I think because of his academy days at United and then now his son is in the academy.