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doesn't know his arse from his elbow.Arsenal 22/23 - go to new thread
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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?
Fair play Ten Hag, making the point on Sky that Arsenal's team have been together much longer than United's. United still beat them 3-1 and I can see Spurs, City, Chelsea and Liverpool beating them too. Sky getting hugely carried away
Bit too easy to play through today
No excuses. This is Artetas team. Too easy to play through.
Arteta's been well backed in general but I think he's been left a bit short here, could prove costly especially with Europa starting.
Said in The Arteta thread, we were just naive at the crucial moments.
Gabriel diving in vacating his position for the first, the lack of concentration for the 2nd, the substitutions etc. We need to do better in these big games.
As an aside, I did like Vieira's cameo, think he will be a great squad option going forward.
Gabriel diving in vacating his position for the first, the lack of concentration for the 2nd, the substitutions etc. We need to do better in these big games.
As an aside, I did like Vieira's cameo, think he will be a great squad option going forward.
Not going in for a midfielder when Elneny got injured is going to cost us. Sambi is not a DM and he did ok but we lacked steel in the centre when it mattered. Still, never expect to win at OT honestly and we’re still top of the league so can’t complain too much.
Was never convinced with them no matter how much their fans were trying to convince the rest about the "mentality" of this Arsenal team. Same old shit, they beat bottom half-relegation fodder and shit themselves moment they play a decent team.
We are hardly playing top tier football and even then it was a piece of piss once we went 2-1 up. Best team they have beat this season are Fulham and they are 10th, says it all.
We are hardly playing top tier football and even then it was a piece of piss once we went 2-1 up. Best team they have beat this season are Fulham and they are 10th, says it all.
I don't think there's a manager except Pep and maybe Conte who has everything he wants though. Liverpool are a midfielder short, we are a striker and a full back short, Chelsea lack depth and so on. Which is why this top 4 race is looking to be so tight after City.
Having said that, what the feck he was doing making wholesale changes like it was the 90th minute was baffling. They conceded right away and Neville saw it coming as soon as he saw the subs.
Still soft cnuts with fairweather players. This hype around them will soon dissappear.
Fixture list flattered them up to now, scoreline flattered us today.
Best side we've faced so far I think, very early days in the league I know. The only aspects I'd question are the manager's tactics and the mentality
Did their heads drop a bit when the second went in against the run of play? Did they need to play into Rashford's hands with such a high line?
Did their heads drop a bit when the second went in against the run of play? Did they need to play into Rashford's hands with such a high line?
Yeh, he was out of options and ideas. Viera hadn’t even played for us yet. I know Zinchenko was coming back from injury and Odegaard was a doubt after Fulham game too, so maybe that’s why he took them off. But we were completely done after the changes.
How far in the Arteta journey do you need to be before you believe you can beat a United in turmoil though?!
Martinelli-Jesus-Saka
that's a front three.
that's a front three.
Was thinking the same thing. They also look, physically and mentally, a class above Arsenal teams from the past 15 years.
Lego Pep still suspect despite the good start. Those subs after we scored the second was just 
They controlled the game well. Partly this is because we've been terrible at controlling gamed for years and our new manager has only just come. But I felt a few of their attackers should have done better. Jesus did fine as a battering ram but didn't actually offer enough goal threat. Martinelli started quick but thereafter Dalot handled him with ease (Saka was miles better).
Also feck off Arsenal
Also feck off Arsenal
We have always been second best at OT for a long time now, definitely is a mentality thing when we go there. Honestly it’s a fixture I expect to lose/drop points every season. No biggie tbh, and I think we needed this defeat to drop us back down to earth a bit.
Yeah I’m not sure they are as easy to play against as previous teams.
I just think Arteta messed up with his subs at 2-1. He panicked too early and went gung ho. They were still going pretty strong.
I think on another day their goal doesn’t get disalllowed and it ends up totally different result.
Until that disallowed goal we were absolutely mint. This united team quickly loses the confidence. ETH needs to makd them believe in themselves and their training. Hope this will come eventually.
They look good. We’d have been destroyed by this team last year.
Important for them that they bounce back. Home to Everton next weekend so they should be fine.
They're now having to play 2x games a week, can they maintain their style of play and keep their momentum?
I'm not convinced they have enough quality in depth to compete in multiple competitions at once.
I'm not convinced they have enough quality in depth to compete in multiple competitions at once.
Thanks, means a lot coming from the forum's biggest mouth breather.
United were better in the key moments. That disallowed goal was a joke.
Anyway, brush this off and move on.
Anyway, brush this off and move on.
With Odegaard behind. It's really good. If they can build a team around those, they could become the new liverpool in terms of challenging City. I don't think they are ready yet though.
Quite an encouraging performance for the most part.
Not really a fan of Sambi though
Not really a fan of Sambi though
It wasn’t a joke like the one at Chelsea yesterday, but it could have gone either way.
Just came here to say
Why was it a joke? I didn't see the first half but I did see a clear foul in the build up. Was it disallowed for something else?
Exactly. All their nonsense of challenging for the league can stop now for a while. Considering they havent played Liverpool/City etc. who will still batter them.
I was impressed by them but no one other than City are nailed on for top 4. 2 of Liverpool, Arsenal, Spurs, Chelsea and United have to miss out. They're all in trouble.
The race is going to be very tight, there's 6 good teams and only 4 spots.
Are you legally blind, Kush?
Here comes the crying and the excuses.
I hope the mods give you a free pass here for breaking forum rules.
I understand you’re emotional and fragile.