He also followed that up with "that's not enough", but you failed to include that part.
Emmanuel Petit puts his oar in
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Actually refreshing to hear a pundit speak sense.
Absolutely spot on, in everything he says, former Gooner or not.
Shock horror
another ABU in the media spouting anti-United shite
By the sounds of it it seems Petit's been on the Redcafe alot lately
another ABU in the media spouting anti-United shite
By the sounds of it it seems Petit's been on the Redcafe alot lately
Sounds like he's a secret United fan annoyed at the dire performance of said players.
Everything he said about Matic is spot on. Other than that his general comments are a bit overboard but fair enough.
His targeted comments at Young and Smalling are strange though. If there is one thing you can't attack Young for it's not trying his best, and why pick out our only central defender who has been close to good enough over the last few years instead of all the other defenders who he's always rotating through?
His targeted comments at Young and Smalling are strange though. If there is one thing you can't attack Young for it's not trying his best, and why pick out our only central defender who has been close to good enough over the last few years instead of all the other defenders who he's always rotating through?
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He's spot on/way off the mark. I agree/disagree with everything he says, Matic has been great/awful recently and he needs to keep playing/be dropped. Petit was a great/rubbish player and knows/doesn't know what is required to be a great midfielder.
He's spot on/way off the mark. I agree/disagree with everything he says, Matic has been great/awful recently and he needs to keep playing/be dropped. Petit was a great/rubbish player and knows/doesn't know what is required to be a great midfielder.
About time a pundit criticised Matic. Need a few more to jump in now and maybe Mourinho will drop him.
As much as i want to say 'your talking shit Emmanuel,' i cant.. he is spot on. I am sick of people beimg shot down for being blunt and open about it. We can all see that we are playing crap and that other clubs are progressing. Emmanuel Petit is saying what most are too scared to say!
He is spot on.
Baffling its taken so long for people to see how shit matic is
Baffling its taken so long for people to see how shit matic is
A truly world class player in his day and to be honest, not a lot wrong with what he said. Disagree a bit with the criticism of Young as I thought he was our best player the other day but it’s about time someone highlighted Matic’s performances.
Always thought Petit was a closet United fan.
Always thought Petit was a closet United fan.
Well said.
If you were looking from the outside in, you'd think the same.
You'd see Man United managed by one of the most successful managers in football and think "feck me, those players are awful"
Sorry but you would.
If you were looking from the outside in, you'd think the same.
You'd see Man United managed by one of the most successful managers in football and think "feck me, those players are awful"
Sorry but you would.
Agreed. Even went on to hit the bar. Ridiculously harsh.
He's not wrong. I was contemplating my life during the first thirty minutes. I kept asking myself "what the feck am I watching this for"?
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I've seen a lot of his analysis on the international EPL channel.
He has huge respect for this club.
Hard to disagree, he is after all, stating the bleeding obvious. Some players are too comfortable.
Absolutely spot on. He's right about how we are playing and he has nailed arguably our three worst players at the moment, certainly in the last game.
Effort or not, they don't have the quality to be starting for this club. They among others.
There's no need, he's already absolved Mourinho of any blame by saying "he's doing his best", then there's a pause/full-stop.
Not really, the fullstop shouldn't be part of the quote.
He's saying "he's doing his best, but that isn't enough".
Petit thinks Mourinho is trying hard but his best isn't enough anymore. That's not a positive in my eyes.
Usually find him a bit of a smug tit, but where's the lie? He's spot on with everything he said.
I think this echoes the matchday thread any my thoughts too. The way Matic is performing, I can't imagine McT will do worse.
We have really never solved the problem of Carrick.
We have really never solved the problem of Carrick.
It’s sad to see that when our ex-opponents are not missing the opportunity to put pressure on United, more than 90% of fans here in CAF are in full agreement and don’t see it as a wind-up job.
Whether he's on a wind-up or not, he's absolutely spot on regarding Young and Smalling.
It amazes me that those two players have been regulars at a club like United.
Yep, he's right. No need to get defensive just because he's saying the truth.
He said nothing in that interview that we fans of the club didn't say during and after the game.
The last paragraph reads like a post from the post-match thread.
The last paragraph reads like a post from the post-match thread.
What's truly fascinating is that the players that are currently disappointing are all Mourinho's men. Bailly, Lindelof, Sanchez, Matic, Lukaku to name a few. Now either the manager doesn't know how to use them or they are shit or he doesn't know how to motivate them. Irrespective of all that the buck stops with the manager who spent 400m and yet he still ask for more.
The work rate observation whenever we’re losing... Wonderful. I remember this tosh being levelled at the likes of Ferdinand, Vidic and Evra under Moyes (and they were club stalwarts).
If Petit wanted to make an observation surrounding work rate then using Ashley Young to consolidate his point isn’t exactly wise. He’s largely shite, but a shirker of responsibility he certainly isn’t.
If Petit wanted to make an observation surrounding work rate then using Ashley Young to consolidate his point isn’t exactly wise. He’s largely shite, but a shirker of responsibility he certainly isn’t.
Not much wrong with this girls comments.
Sounds spot on to me.
What wind-up? If anything, he's showing great respect to the institution.
Agree 100% on Smalling and Young, we all know both are utter tripe.
Although I disagree on Mourinho, it is obvious he is to blame for the mess we are in.
Although I disagree on Mourinho, it is obvious he is to blame for the mess we are in.
It was a loaded question, he answered then kinda backtracked or that's how it's been edited to read but having read it again it's more the reporter that's in the Jose can do no wrong camp, than EP
A wind up job on RMC sport, a french channel where most people don't really care about United?
More ABU media shite
Paul Scholes will be back on the case when we lose to Juventus and Man CIty no doubt
He's been quiet of late
Paul Scholes will be back on the case when we lose to Juventus and Man CIty no doubt
He's been quiet of late
Matic, Fred and Pogba where all guilty of watching opposition players run past them on Saturday
To a certain degree the one I can forgive is Pogba because I don’t think its instinctive for him and its something he has to work on
Fred and Matic should have no excuses. It doesnt matter what level you play at, you don’t allow opposition midfielders to run beyond you
To a certain degree the one I can forgive is Pogba because I don’t think its instinctive for him and its something he has to work on
Fred and Matic should have no excuses. It doesnt matter what level you play at, you don’t allow opposition midfielders to run beyond you
No doubt Petit will put out an expose on how poor Liverpool have been in the CL. They are of course European royalty 
He's bang on. Standards have dropped.
Agree with everything he said. The first half against Bournemouth was abysmal.
Well in his defence, Young is our weak link and is astonishingly bad when he gets the ball, Matic has been really poor this season and smalling has been poor and has looked like he was drunk for the last couple of games. He's clearly been sharing the booze around though going by the rest of the rant.