So Messi rather than the next Messi?
Manchester United vs FC Barcelona (International Champions Cup)
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I'm more then happy we've got both. Never said otherwise.
There were loads of barca fans at the game. I seemed to be sat in the middle if a fair few. Made the Suarez booing more enjoyable. As well as Januzaj's goal
Couple of thoughts after skimming through the thread.
Didnt think the win was undeserved...however it was a flattering score line considering barca hit the post 3 times.
Everyone at the game seemed puzzled as to why Rooney was motm. Myself included. Watching him out there in the first half, there wasn't much involvement besides the goal. Heavy touches, losing the ball. Not sure who decided on that.
Great game to be at though, good weather, pretty competitive game. Down side being our seats were in the barca section, but plus side was being right there for the Rooney goal, rafinha's volley....and watching iniesta warm up 20 feet away. Plus a high five from Fred the red and a close up of the famous balding glazer ponytail as he walked past.
Didnt think the win was undeserved...however it was a flattering score line considering barca hit the post 3 times.
Everyone at the game seemed puzzled as to why Rooney was motm. Myself included. Watching him out there in the first half, there wasn't much involvement besides the goal. Heavy touches, losing the ball. Not sure who decided on that.
Great game to be at though, good weather, pretty competitive game. Down side being our seats were in the barca section, but plus side was being right there for the Rooney goal, rafinha's volley....and watching iniesta warm up 20 feet away. Plus a high five from Fred the red and a close up of the famous balding glazer ponytail as he walked past.
Rooney is easily capable of 8-10 goals in games where he doesn't play well if he's our main striker (just like this match) and another 8-10 in games he does play well. 20 goals is doable for him, not sure 30 is though. We definitely someone else to step up.
Well, I said:
We have a fine squad and we are going to challenge for trophies, but I wouldn't say we are favorites as we are.
However, if we also add a world class striker (Mueller?), then we'd be favorites.
1. I don't know why we are playing a Team A/ Team B in pre-season, but I'll be very surprised if Team A is LVG's first XI. Maybe this is the way he lines up his two teams in training.
2. McNair was very solid. I would love to see him get more game time. Probably should go out on loan if we buy Ramos or Ottamendi.
3. Smalling needs to significantly improve his passing. Put the defence under pressure 3 times with poor distribution.
4. Rooney was not the man of the match. Rooney seems to have become very static and all his play is now in front of the defenders. He doesn't seem to be running in behind at all. Januzaj added a new dimension to the attack when he played 'on the shoulder of the last defender'.
5. I'd love to see an attacking 4 of Rooney, Pereira, Januzaj, Depay and see if the attack is as fluid. Maybe I am blaming the limitations of Young (predictable) and Mata (slow) on Rooney.
2. McNair was very solid. I would love to see him get more game time. Probably should go out on loan if we buy Ramos or Ottamendi.
3. Smalling needs to significantly improve his passing. Put the defence under pressure 3 times with poor distribution.
4. Rooney was not the man of the match. Rooney seems to have become very static and all his play is now in front of the defenders. He doesn't seem to be running in behind at all. Januzaj added a new dimension to the attack when he played 'on the shoulder of the last defender'.
5. I'd love to see an attacking 4 of Rooney, Pereira, Januzaj, Depay and see if the attack is as fluid. Maybe I am blaming the limitations of Young (predictable) and Mata (slow) on Rooney.
He needs to get the whole squad match fit.
There were loads of barca fans at the game. I seemed to be sat in the middle if a fair few. Made the Suarez booing more enjoyable. As well as Januzaj's goal
Good man! Just out of interest, what was the split, 50:50?I would guess probably pretty close to that. Few Liverpool, arsenal, Madrid shirts scattered around. Good section of United fans behind the goal where Rooney scored singing and chanting.
And of course they love a good Wave in the crowd going round. Thankfully once was enough
Agreed, I thought it was a great match with both side playing really well. In the second half I thought that we soaked up your pressure well and broke with pace and purpose. We rode our luck a bit with the woodwork coming to our aid on a few occasions. I think that 2-1 would have been a fair result the third goal made the game look more one-sided than it actually was.
At the end of the day it was a high tempo warm up match with both sides getting much need fitness from the match. Both sides had their weak spots, we gave the ball away too cheaply while you struggled to defend against our high paced counter attacks at the end of the game.
All in all an enjoyable game that worked towards getting both teams ready for the start of the season.
I know this match will have no reflection on an actual match if we do meet in the UCL this season.
My friend who attended the game somehow managed to get a selfie with Woodward.
My friend who attended the game somehow managed to get a selfie with Woodward.
Nice one. Although Woody should be off signing some more mega deals. Lazy bastard.Funny how that has never been enough for Hernandez. I'm not getting into the Rooney performance row just stating that it's funny how the criteria changes depending on the player.
He just signed Romero
Just watching the game again and the amount of interceptions\blocks by Carrick and Blind was huge.
Easily Blind's best game this preseason and great for Carrick to get a full 60+ minutes in.
Easily Blind's best game this preseason and great for Carrick to get a full 60+ minutes in.
Are we comparing Rooney with Hernandez???
Rooney haters have advanced to the next level!
No I was just saying scoring goals was never enough for him.Are we comparing Rooney with Hernandez???
Rooney haters have advanced to the next level!