Tom Davies in 85th minute today.

FootballHQ

Full Member
Joined
Nov 17, 2017
Messages
18,250
Supports
Aston Villa
Interested what neutrals thought of his decision making today. Was listening to world feed and think it was Jim Beglin on and he wasn't having it at all. Thought he should've just shot at goal.

I actually thought he made right decision. Hesitated a bit when he received the ball and De Gea was cutting down the angle. In the end he produced pass that cut out keeper and defence. Mina holds back his movement for another second and he can still slide in to reach the ball and score, something Calvert-Lewin would've had knowledge to do.

Big moment of the game with only a few minutes and from the first replay it actually looked like Mina was behind the ball (obviously not on the other replay) so just interested if others thought he made the right or wrong call in that moment as he obviously could've just shot straight at DDG.
 

izec

Full Member
Joined
Sep 5, 2013
Messages
27,221
Location
Lucilinburhuc
I would have shot. He knew it was Mina there, and not a striker. Passing to a CB in that situation, that was tight from the start, or having a shot at goal from a good position? I would have gone for the shot, but he lacks confidence i guess. That pass was risky and it didn't pay off, a shot was guaranteed.
 

KiD MoYeS

Good Craig got his c'nuppins
Joined
Feb 1, 2010
Messages
32,965
Location
Love is Blind
He obviously made the wrong decision because they should have scored. Thank god that Mina is an idiot.
 

RonaldoVII

Full Member
Joined
Aug 29, 2008
Messages
24,258
Location
PSN:FrozenInHell
Any competent player would've shot into the far corner with power. It wasn't even difficult. Mina would've still been there to tap in any rebound too.
 

kouroux

45k posts to finally achieve this tagline
Joined
Apr 25, 2007
Messages
95,991
Location
Djibouti (La terre des braves)
FootballHQ said:
Interested what neutrals thought of his decision making today. Was listening to world feed and think it was Jim Beglin on and he wasn't having it at all. Thought he should've just shot at goal.

I actually thought he made right decision. Hesitated a bit when he received the ball and De Gea was cutting down the angle. In the end he produced pass that cut out keeper and defence. Mina holds back his movement for another second and he can still slide in to reach the ball and score, something Calvert-Lewin would've had knowledge to do.

Big moment of the game with only a few minutes and from the first replay it actually looked like Mina was behind the ball (obviously not on the other replay) so just interested if others thought he made the right or wrong call in that moment as he obviously could've just shot straight at DDG.
Click to expand...
It's th reverse situation of Greenwood last week. Ultimately the end result determines the narrative, one player decided to shoot and the other decided to pass
 

WeePat

Full Member
Joined
Apr 13, 2015
Messages
17,375
Supports
Chelsea
Almost identical position Townsend was in. He should have taken the shot. Squaring it honestly just seemed like he was passing the buck.
 

Annihilate Now!

...or later, I'm not fussy
Scout
Joined
Nov 4, 2010
Messages
49,920
Location
W.Yorks
To be fair to Davies, Mina shouldn't have been offside. He should have made sure he was a yard behind the ball and the same thing would have happened.

Overall I like it when players square the ball in those situations... Basically guaranteed goal (provided yer man isn't pointlessly offside)
 

El Zoido

Full Member
Joined
Jun 7, 2013
Messages
12,334
Location
UK
If he’d shot and missed everyone would have been saying why didn’t he square it for a tap-in.

It’s really Mina’s fault for not staying behind the ball despite being able to see down the line.
 

Amadaeus

Pochémon Fan Club Chairman
Joined
May 8, 2013
Messages
9,234
Location
Amongst footballing managerial 'Gods'
Fortune shines on us again. For there to be a thread even mentioning this by United fans just shows how lucky we were that he did not shot and we came out with a point. Anyone know if Ole has a pregame ritual or believe in a deity that not many know of? I need to emulate whatever he is doing because it is granting him great fortune time and time again.

When I saw that moment, I taught it was odd towards why he passed. A defender was much closer to Mina than de Gea was closer to the far post of the net.
 

Klopper76

"Did you see Fabinho against Red Star & Cardiff?"
Joined
Dec 15, 2015
Messages
19,855
Location
Victoria, BC
Supports
Liverpool
Amadaeus said:
Fortune shines on us again. For there to be a thread even mentioning this by United fans just shows how lucky we were that he did not shot and we came out with a point. Anyone know if Ole has a pregame ritual or believe in a deity that not many know of? I need to emulate whatever he is doing because it is granting him great fortune time and time again.

When I saw that moment, I taught it was odd towards why he passed. A defender was much closer to Mina than de Gea was closer to the far post of the net.
Click to expand...
Off topic but I thought you were fortunate in mid week as well that Villarreal don’t have a decent finisher up top.

I think he should’ve shot but if Mina holds his run a bit he has his tap in.
 

El Zoido

Full Member
Joined
Jun 7, 2013
Messages
12,334
Location
UK
Amadaeus said:
Fortune shines on us again. For there to be a thread even mentioning this by United fans just shows how lucky we were that he did not shot and we came out with a point. Anyone know if Ole has a pregame ritual or believe in a deity that not many know of? I need to emulate whatever he is doing because it is granting him great fortune time and time again.

When I saw that moment, I taught it was odd towards why he passed. A defender was much closer to Mina than de Gea was closer to the far post of the net.
Click to expand...
He's not particularly fortunate. We've conceded two freak deflected goals, one of which had a foul in the buildup. We've been denied clear penalties, Villa scored a goal that should have been ruled out, that won them the game. We've had luck both ways this season.
 

Toad

Full Member
Joined
May 11, 2013
Messages
3,664
Location
England
Had to shoot, dreadful decision. Would have been the winner.
 

Red00012

Full Member
Joined
Jan 18, 2018
Messages
12,181
I know what I’ll do I’ll create a thread about something no one really cares about
 

Acole9

Outstanding
Joined
Feb 17, 2013
Messages
12,507
Really thought he was going to shoot and chances are he would've scored, passing across was madness.
 

WR10

Correctly predicted France to win World Cup 2018
Joined
Jul 19, 2009
Messages
5,644
Location
Dream
Shot. If he missed, it’s ok replays would have showed Mina offside anyway.
 

11101

Full Member
Joined
Aug 26, 2014
Messages
21,299
A striker shoots but the pass was actually the better decision, if Mina had been onside. Took De Gea completely out of the game.
 

Nick7

Full Member
Joined
Jan 24, 2011
Messages
19,309
Location
Ireland
Brain dead moment.

11101 said:
A striker shoots but the pass was actually the better decision, if Mina had been onside. Took De Gea completely out of the game.
Click to expand...
Would Mina have gotten the ball if he was onside?
 

harms

Shining Star of Paektu Mountain
Staff
Joined
Apr 8, 2014
Messages
28,024
Location
Moscow
I thought about in during the game and I still think that it was a great decision.
 

CM

Full Member
Joined
Jul 24, 2014
Messages
7,362
He should've shot. Thankfully he's a terrible footballer and chose the wrong option.
 

11101

Full Member
Joined
Aug 26, 2014
Messages
21,299
Nick7 said:
Brain dead moment.


Would Mina have gotten the ball if he was onside?
Click to expand...
I don't know. If Mina is calling for it I think Davies has every right to expect him to be onside though.
 

Deery

Dreary
Joined
May 21, 2019
Messages
18,590
100% go for the shot and it’s 2-1 he had plenty of time to pick out the bottom corner.
 

The Oracle

Full Member
Joined
Jun 22, 2020
Messages
1,113
1984 was about to be revisited...

As that was the last time Utd were beaten at home in the league when winning at half time

...thankfully Tom Davies decided to let the 37 year run continue :)
 

Hughie77

Full Member
Joined
Oct 22, 2017
Messages
4,144
Shoot across DDG, he would may have parried it out to Mina ? I don't mind it was off, but the lazy defending was the worst and got away with it.
 

always_hoping

Full Member
Joined
Jun 7, 2013
Messages
7,741
El Zoido said:
He's not particularly fortunate. We've conceded two freak deflected goals, one of which had a foul in the buildup. We've been denied clear penalties, Villa scored a goal that should have been ruled out, that won them the game. We've had luck both ways this season.
Click to expand...
You should take into account that you are replying to wum who is a Poch fanboy.

As for the thread topic, The main question should be why was Davies let in so easy. Yet another lapse in concentration?
 

FootballHQ

Full Member
Joined
Nov 17, 2017
Messages
18,250
Supports
Aston Villa
TheReligion said:
Odd to have a thread about this
Click to expand...
Go back to your panel of judges house of games thread. :lol:

Just interested what people in that type of match situation would do. I thought he did the right thing but Beglin disagreed and so you have the debate.
 

Cloud7

Full Member
Joined
Jan 11, 2016
Messages
12,826
That was so stupid. He should have just shot. He had the whole goal to aim for and De Gea wouldn’t have been able to cover much of it. Great for us that he made such a stupid decision.
 

OnlyTwoDaSilvas

Gullible
Joined
Feb 4, 2013
Messages
21,668
Location
The Mathews Bridge
I thought Mina looked miles offside in real time, but it was much closer than I thought from the VAR replay.

Davies hasn't scored in about 2 years, so his decision was understandable. It was a good move. But he should have just smashed it as hard as he could.
 

TheReligion

Abusive
Joined
Nov 22, 2006
Messages
51,458
Location
Manchester
FootballHQ said:
Go back to your panel of judges house of games thread. :lol:

Just interested what people in that type of match situation would do. I thought he did the right thing but Beglin disagreed and so you have the debate.
Click to expand...
Just seems odd to pick that one moment from a match to have a thread on it. Run of the mill premier league game.

There's plenty of different decisions in matches that could go either way.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.