352 will not work against Real Madrid.
Darmian blind will be caught out in wide areas.
Darmian blind will be caught out in wide areas.
2017 Pre Season | Sampdoria vs Manchester United
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Well, if he always wins the league in his second season, we won't need to buy anyone. In fact, we could just release everyone and reduce the wage bill. The third season would be a bitch though
Please don't
Steve does a lot of work, BT conference league, BBC and he is doing the women's world cup at the moment. I prefer David Stowell when he does the commentary.
he's been good, not like phenomenal, and its a preseason match against sampdoria that's not that deep into their preseason yet
Wow, Valencia as usual superb, Darmian suddenly remembers how to attack 
and Matic, cleanly superb and organizing the defence in set-piece.
and Matic, cleanly superb and organizing the defence in set-piece.Thanks @GifLord .
Said already keep Matic in 4-3-3 with < and he might turn good for us,go 4-2-3-1 and JM will burn him really fast,which will lead to him dropping like a stone.
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Matic is good but Pogba and Pereira are average at best in this first 45'
Blind and Lindelöf...shite
Blind and Lindelöf...shite
Can't beat Motty for me. Sheepskin jacket and all that.
Agree that Valencia has been the standout. Disappointing performance from Pereira after a good game v. Valerenga.
Lukakus hold up play has been non existant
Herrera for Pereira would be good
Would like to see Martial and Rashford as the two upfront 2nd half
We still could do with a real box to box midfielder not named Fellaini, and a left back unless Jose truly feels Shaw will comeback and be a starter for us when fit.
Herrera for Pereira would be good
Would like to see Martial and Rashford as the two upfront 2nd half
We still could do with a real box to box midfielder not named Fellaini, and a left back unless Jose truly feels Shaw will comeback and be a starter for us when fit.
Lindelof, Matic and both wingbacks have been great.
Real Madrid is very strong down the wings and it can be a problem if we don't give our wingbacks enough support. I can see Darmian struggle to stop Carvajal bombing forward. Valencia in beat mode can hopefully take down Marcelo if needed.
I guess the biggest fear is that Ronaldo coming up a lot against Lindelöf. He will likely struggle a lot, but Ronaldo may hopefully not be in a good form yet.
Yup, Matic cleanly sweep the centre area behind him, while Darmian and Blind handle the left side.
Then again, it's against Sampdoria, no offence.
I've said that I'm not a hundred percent, but I think there's an argument to be made that deliberately making an infringement to stop a certain goal could be punished under the "denying a goalscoring opportunity" rule. Since you wouldn't get a penalty (because the infringement in itself is a technical one and warrants an indirect free kick), a red card could be possible.
Like I said earlier, I'm not a hundred percent, but surely it's not as insane as some people in the thread are suggesting?
Officially my last post on the topic, I bet everyone's sick of seeing my posts in this thread
Bring on the hilarious jokes about Matic's ageNo need when i reply to Ban.
How has Matic been in the first-half?
Not bad - for a 50 y.o.
The goal involved all our shortest players.
Periera seems pretty inconsistent but I think it's normal at this age. He's not ready for a starting role at all but will be good as a sub for 15-30 minutes.
Valencia
If we had a LB like him, it'd be great.
If we had a LB like him, it'd be great.
Indeed. We could really do with at least one more attacking player by taking one of our many defenders off the field.
Yeah. No.
I thought he was 40 only.
1st half
Lukaku - strong, physical beast and Excellent hold up play - PL proven
Matic - fantastic, just what we've been missing - PL proven
Lindelof - abysmal, awful - meh - we should have signed M Keane instead, at least he would have been PL proven
De Gea - solid as ever
Smalling - solid
Blind - abysmal, awful, waste
Valencia - excellent
Damian - playing very well
Pogba - fantastic but trying to hard
Pereira - trying to hard
Mkhitaryan - excellent
Lukaku - strong, physical beast and Excellent hold up play - PL proven
Matic - fantastic, just what we've been missing - PL proven
Lindelof - abysmal, awful - meh - we should have signed M Keane instead, at least he would have been PL proven
De Gea - solid as ever
Smalling - solid
Blind - abysmal, awful, waste
Valencia - excellent
Damian - playing very well
Pogba - fantastic but trying to hard
Pereira - trying to hard
Mkhitaryan - excellent
Apparently Matić has had a hip problem and can't go on.
Haha, of course, no offence indeed.
But Sampdoria are a decent side, and I like what I've seen, that's it!
On the IFK vs RC conversation here's something from an "Ask the Ref" blog (third one down)
http://www.askasoccerreferee.com/category/pass-back-rule/
http://www.askasoccerreferee.com/category/pass-back-rule/
and it's Matic's first pre-season match too, so I'm not sure if Sampdoria not being deep into their preseason plays any part here.
Lindelof adysmal, you sure?
Doubt it. Looks like he just want to impress.
First game I've been impressed by Lindelöf.
He controls the midfield,It's let Pogba play in his favourite left of midfield position to.Mkhytarian has had a fantastic pre-season, surely it's him plus one other to support Lukaku at the start of the season.
Blind is an absolute nightmare,brain fart of a backpass aside his positional sense is shocking.
Lindelof is worrying when defending set-piece, we might see Fellaini play next game against Real.
Lindelof has dissapointed me, he is like john stones right now, good on the ball but needs to be taught how to defend which i find strange as he comes from portugese champions and concede like 15 goals in the whole season. I think he will need time and we may not even see his best this season. I forget he is just 23 (turned on july 17) which is young for a defender. I think jose will need to work with him alot.
Despite not being a big fan of Valencia, he has been great in this first half. Why can't he run past players and find a teammate in the box during the season?
Still far from a typical Jose mourinho style. It's not exactly defensive block and direct counter attacking.
It's something hybrid.