That was the kind of fannying around that makes me wonder if Mata has a future here as a first XI player.
Manchester United vs FC Barcelona (International Champions Cup)
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) was joined by comedian Ali Woods to look back at the best and worst moments of a rollercoaster season with the annual United Hour Awards.
Has Ten Hag been sacked yet? We're not sure and we hope not, but it's looking more likely as the days pass.
Who should replace him and why is it taking so long to make a decision?
Hopefully we'll see him blossom just like that.
I swear I see Jones make less technical mistakes under pressure than Rooney.
He can be extremely shocking.Has to be. You would expect someone like him to put hours and hours of personal training to improve his technique, especially his first touch; go figure why he doesn't.
Rooney doing a one two with his backheel there.
They'd be able to identify him by his dental records
Young is one of our best players. Most of our attacks come through him.
Why would you want to replace him?
Do you reckon Pedro would help us on this front?
Typical.
What is Rooney's first touch.. Please
Rooney's been pretty shit with the ball so far this game
Rooney is such a donkey
Really liking Darmain from what I've seen of him in this game.
What irritates me about Suarez is that the ball always falls his way. Every deflection, every 50/50. The guy's is a fecking magnet.
How can he tell that Phil Jones looks to be struggling? Other than the fact he's on the pitch and it isn't a warm up. Actually scratch that latter bit.
What an entertaining half. United really excellent.
Rooney is abysmal. Don't like Mata on the wing either
Nice try Young
Excellent half
Rooney's first touch is reaching Hernandez levels.
It can be frustrating because there are moments where some dangerous passes are on and he hesitates.
Pretty good half. Blind doing better than I thought.
because we have a player with a more exciting name on the bench
Good half. Mata and Young very good. I like Darmian and his way of playing too.
And guess what Blind wasnt bad either.
And guess what Blind wasnt bad either.
Phil is alway limping. He limps after every tackle. He usually gets over it.
He was winded by the ball and has struggled to recover since we've been penned back so much. I'm sure he'll be fine.
De Gea is majestic Please don't go
Please don't goTerrible. Destroys so many of our moves!
Rooney is so bloody frustrating. He's the only disappointment from our players this half. When the ball reaches Rooney in a good position, he holds everything back either with a bad pass or a bad touch.
Hopefully Rooney's just having a bad day, his football's looking poor.
That and Mata
are what I take from this halfRooney is a horrendous player to watch. The new guys in the team and all of barca must be thinking wtf when they see him and compare that with his reputation.
Probably. We severely lack incisiveness and quickness on attacks. By the time Rooneys taken a first touch the whole defence is back in position. Mata turns and passes wide too often and young just crosses.
Encouraging stuff. Been solid, and all the new signings have looked good. A real test like this is fantastic for pre-season. Better than easy victories against shite like Liverpool last summer.
Do all the subs now Louis so that we can say that we won the A team part of the game.
Um really worried with Rooney as our number one striker this season. Good half overall. Memphis was great to watch.
Ah right. That should be okay then.
Is football better or worse for his presence? Does his ability outweigh the enormity of his cnutness?
We just watched them play for 45min.
De Gea
Like how we set up, giving them possesion but opening up in the attack very quickly and with as few chances as we can.