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It was four vs three and there was about two minutes left on the clock. Barkley was well inside our half and is more than capable of ending the match there and then.
That foul got as a loud a cheer as Fellainis goal from the fans in the stadium. We were all screaming for him to take him down.
Not about morality for me but we were wondering why he didn't just chase back and put in a normal tackle. He hadn't been on the pitch long, should have plenty more energy than Barkley. Just seemed a bit lazy.
It's something we rarely do, I made a thread about it a while ago. Our players seem usually too clean and would rather let them run away and score. Thank god he did it or it could have been 2-1 to them.
Does it matter? Barkley was ahead of him, is quicker than him and could have released the ball at any moment. It was a good foul in a good area of the pitch, there's nothing more to it than that.
It's fecking madness, to be frank.
Spot on. Who gives a feck how he committed the foul? The intention and purpose behind it remain the same and it was a smart play that had the desired effect. No issue for me.
I suppose it doesn't matter. It just seemed odd to us at the time as we all thought he could have easily made a regular tackle.
Agreed, he is the type of player that Mourinho and Simeone seem to love. His failings aren't due to a lack of application and fight, only in technique.
Herrera talking about DDG, not sure if it's been posted anywhere.
I wonder if Ander gets this flak because he's clearly a fan favourite, the Stretford End sings his name every time they see him warming up. I think some fans dislike that Ander is adored for what they feel is no reason, and so they have a go at him if they have even half a chance.
Exactly. I'm glad he did it too. Manchester United used to put winning first not being liked by everyone. Under Sir Alex we used cynical tactics when it was necessary. Why are people pretending like this wasn't the case? If anything the current United team has become too nice, too quick to roll over and have its tummy tickled. The other day I saw Keano saying second place was the same as last, nowadays we have people talking about 'getting fourth' as if there's a trophy for it.
From his time at Bibao, he has always the type of midfielder to lift the tempo with quick and instinctive passes which means that there would be a higher percentage of sloppy passes than a slow possession game. When you bring him on as a sub in the second half when the whole team has gone from slow to ultra slow, what do you expect to happen? Before he settles down into the team's rhythm the game is over. When he starts a run of games, he tends to do well but he is a scapegoat for LvG. Very unfair criticism from our fans.
The people who cannot take freekicks or corners do a good job of that as well. Oh, captains who insist on trying to lob the goalie don't help either. It was the usual good start to a game, but no planning made if that doesn't work.
You would think LvG with his so vast knowledge would know that, but he is all hot air and actually knows nothing of his players style of play. Bet Jose would know how to use an Ander Herrera. As someone said, if we weren't in the cup final LvG would be gone and good riddance.
He's not as good as people make him out to be. Him getting a run of games isn't going to ease him to perform at a significant level better. He's above average for this squad but average compared to the rest of the midfielders in Europe.
I'm not sure it's unfair criticism.
He did make the assist for the winning goal against Everton last week.
He did. You wonder what someone like Morgan is thinking, that this might have wrecked his Euro chances, Darmian is thinking, when Rojo gets in all the time and was abysmal.
