[SalfordRed1960]

The media would be proud of the pre-determind narrative the Caf has played out over the last 24 hours.

Herrera had a poor first half and wasn't bad in the second half, the goal was well taken.

Rooney was straight up average.


Yet after weeks of bleating on about Herrera starting and Rooney up front people are desperate to be proven right. Have a sense of perspective, please.

Agreed.

I thought Rooney was very poor in the first half, yet his fanboys were going crazy over how there was movement. He was so slow it was unbelievable. When he did come out of his position (my pet hate) his passing was dreadful.

I love Herrera, but I didn't even know he was on the park in the first half. In fairness, every time United got the ball it was obvious they were told to give it to Di Maria, which was good, so not much happened on his side of the park.

Overall, I would be happy with playing the team that finished against Swansea. Maybe bring on Mata for Fellani if the goals don't come.

 

[izec]

Rooney was good compared to the shite RvP and Falcao deliver every week. Herrera was good too. Now suddenly they had both average games. Let them play a few games like yesterday, i am sure they will improve. Rooney forgot how to play up top. Van Gaal castrated Herrera to fit him in his CM role. They cant suddenly be world beaters.

 

[Lawman]

I don't think it can to be honest, I think you need a formation that is going to stretch both lines of an opponents defence and the diamond doesn't do that. It's a slight upgrade offensively to 352 because we push a body up field and have a man over in the centre, but organised defences will stay compact and render it obsolete. In terms of effectiveness, I'm going on a results basis and with the squad we have and our aim for the season, I think one loss in nineteen is actually quite remarkable.

Think you are wrong about the 433 buddy but I'll respect your opinion. But a 433 with two attacking full backs can be awesome to watch.

 

[mu77]

Think you are wrong about the 433 buddy but I'll respect your opinion. But a 433 with two attacking full backs can be awesome to watch.

or some variation of it , but 4 at the back with the fbs attacking . 4-4-2 , 4-2-3-1 . 4-3-3. get this guy on the field with blind v swansea.

 

[ManUArfa]

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Read the comments after the report. It seems that Van Gaal himself is joining in the debate.

 

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[Walters_19_MuFc]

Di Maria hasn't always been on the wing. If there was no reason for him to be on the wing then you might want to explain what he was doing there then.

Spoiler: Passing and heat map vs Palace

Spoiler: vs City, here United are attacking to the left

It's similar vs West Brom. He's more central and on the left vs Chelsea. Possibly because he won't help much vs Hazard as Hazard is so much quicker.

Basically, United played with a diamond midfield in most of those games and he's usually on the right side of the diamond. Against Arsenal he was supposed to be one of three central midfielder in a 3 CB formation but a lot of the time he was way out right, pretty much where Valencia was.

Fair enough in terms of the positioning. Maybe that's more to do with him doubling up with the winger, and when we kicked the ball out wide to him, though, but we did not play a diamond in the games I mentioned, which was my initial point. We played a 4141.

 

[Zoo]

Herrera vs PNE

 

[izec]

2nd game in a row he is starting. No coincidence with his change of playing style. Seems to adapt to LvG's instructions, even if he loses some of his qualities.

 

[bosnian_red]

Van Gaal has seen the light

 

[Mciahel Goodman]

Delighted to see him start today, hope he has a good game. A great lineup by Louis, which worries me... whenever I'm happy with it we seem to play shite.

 

[Kill 'em all]

Now the media will start asking why Mata isn't playing.

 

[El Zoido]

I'm far more confident about this game just because he's playing.

 

[FujiVice]

Are you convinced now Louis? He's the difference since the first minute.

 

[Mciahel Goodman]

Christ, I love him.

 

[Rowem]

Goal Machine

 

[izec]

best player so far

 

[NotoriousISSY]

Playing with purpose. Could do with someone better playing on the right (McNair is struggling).

 

[Trizy]

Ander Herrera at Manchester United: 6 starts 6 goals 5 assists

 

[Nighteyes]

Just begs the question; why the feck was he not playing? fecking hell.

 

[Ole's_toe_poke]

Thing I like about him is that he actually passes the ball forward.

 

[KiD MoYeS]

He's been very good, and I didn't subscribe to the hype we had in here during his period on the bench.

 

[DWelbz19]

Joe Allen, and all that.

 

[Ekeke]

Thing I like about him is that he actually passes the ball forward.

A lot of the time he'll do it with a single touch and make it look easy

 

[Kostur]

Neat goal and great goal-line clearance, very happy for him.

 

[phelans shorts]

I loved how he repeatedly passed the ball out of play and gave Shelvey all the space in the world to cross it.

Something special this lad.

 

[izec]

I loved how he repeatedly passed the ball out of play and gave Shelvey all the space in the world to cross it.

Something special this lad.

 

[bosnian_red]

I loved how he repeatedly passed the ball out of play and gave Shelvey all the space in the world to cross it.

Something special this lad.

You mean how he passed it to the right back who just stood still instead of moving towards it?

 

[Brwned]

I loved how he repeatedly passed the ball out of play and gave Shelvey all the space in the world to cross it.

Something special this lad.

He passed the ball out of play when his team-mates weren't showing the same urgency to get forward and actually do something positive, and it's not his fault he was tasked with marking two men...Shelvey should've been van Persie's.

 

[LeChuck]

I loved how he repeatedly passed the ball out of play and gave Shelvey all the space in the world to cross it.

Something special this lad.

Tbf, the passes were played for McNair to run onto, but McNair was back on his heels. Especially the second pass, McNair wasn't concentrating.

 

[Ekeke]

I loved how he repeatedly passed the ball out of play and gave Shelvey all the space in the world to cross it.

Something special this lad.

93.8% pass accuracy, typical stupidity

 

[phelans shorts]

93.8% pass accuracy, typical stupidity

Numbers mean feck all. Every time he passed it five yards away from a player who got there purely on the grounds that Swansea are shite counts as an accurate pass. Having eyes tells you otherwise.

 

[Ekeke]

Numbers mean feck all. Every time he passed it five yards away from a player who got there purely on the grounds that Swansea are shite counts as an accurate pass. Having eyes tells you otherwise.

Your next job to secure a brain

 

[Vato]

Numbers mean feck all. Every time he passed it five yards away from a player who got there purely on the grounds that Swansea are shite counts as an accurate pass. Having eyes tells you otherwise.

Do you actually think he's been shit?

 

[DomesticTadpole]

Do you actually think he's been shit?

There's always one every week with an agenda.

 

[phelans shorts]

Do you actually think he's been shit?

It's been one of his best performances for us. That's not saying much though.

There's always one every week with an agenda.

I'd say the agendas are with those praising him today or midweek. The ultimate passenger player.

 

[DomesticTadpole]

It's been one of his best performances for us. That's not saying much though.



I'd say the agendas are with those praising him today or midweek. The ultimate passenger player.

Give it a rest.

 

[Raees]

It's been one of his best performances for us. That's not saying much though.



I'd say the agendas are with those praising him today or midweek. The ultimate passenger player.

Clueless pal.

 

[Sarni]

I loved how he repeatedly passed the ball out of play and gave Shelvey all the space in the world to cross it.

Something special this lad.

 

[bosnian_red]

It's been one of his best performances for us. That's not saying much though.



I'd say the agendas are with those praising him today or midweek. The ultimate passenger player.

Take off the fecking blinkers pal. Our best player today by a distance. Scored a goal, consistently played the right pass, works hard defensively and always looks to get involved in everything. You should look up the definition of a passenger if you think he's one.