Manchester United vs Liverpool

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Missing Vida

 

[Blue always red]

Huge difference Welbeck makes to our link-up play.

 

[DatIrishFella]

Shaw has been very good.

 

[RobbieB]

Rooneys barely moving

 

[Orton]

Rooney still doing his own thing.

 

[VanGaalEra]

Luke Shaw is quality

 

[Skills]

Ashley Young is god.

 

[J-Stander]

Why does Rooney keep doing that 40 yard pass when he has better options?

 

[carlosp]

Young our best player so far.

 

[Mcg]

Jones just slows play down

 

[lelcomedygold]

Young's crosses man

 

[Man of Leisure]

Feck me, Young's been our best player.

 

[fergosaurus]

Young playing with great confidence. Most improved player easily under van Gaal

 

[felipe]

ffs Rooney. Pass Shaw!

 

[Beachryan]

We need to learn from LFC/CFC about cynical fouls. Henderson there wiht a great example - beaten by Herrera, but just tugged him back to eliminate the threat. No card, just a small thing. We've been terrible at that for years now.

Barca are the masters.

 

[saivet]

People really having different opinions here.

Don't get me wrong, I like him but I don't think he's been very good in this first half. Not many have to be fair.

 

[Kostur]

Why the feck is Rooney and Chicharito attacking the same sector and nobody's on the first post.

 

[Duafc]

Love to see someone take their man on, passing it well and Young deliveries have been bang on but Hernandez just not reading them.

 

[The Red Thinker]

Fletcher has retreated from playing an active forward passing role. THis is why we've looked poor going forward sometimes.

 

[Marcosdeto]

what the feck is that?

 

[Bojan11]

Wing backs been fine and Mata has been ok. Everyone else dogshite.

 

[REJE]

Playing a possession based game with Hernandez on the field is like having 10 men :/

 

[Andre Kagawa]

Rooney loves that wide pass so much

 

[DatIrishFella]

God, reading match day threads is horrible. Time to log off RedCafe.

 

[OutOfTowner]

By being rash and getting nowhere near the ball, saw that enough from fellaini last season.

Meh, I prefer my theory.

 

[Flamingo Purple]

Goal for us before half time, guaranteed.

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[Wayne's World]

Time and time again Young is producing brilliant balls into the box but not one United player even attempting to get to it frustrating

 

[Red Hand Devil]

Lets hope there's a hair-drier at half-time. This has been our worst half of the tour & it just so happens to be against the Scouse ffs..

 

[PvsNP]

I would like to see Kagawa on the pitch.

 

[golazo]

Not a bad first half. We're clearly on top, just unlucky with that penalty.

 

[Adcuth]

Shame to say it, but Hernandez doesn't have enough to his game to make it here. Especially under Louis. Probably kill in Italy but I think his times up. We should look to bring in someone with an eye for goal but better link up play, or promote Wilson to see how he fairs.

 

[Godfather]

Shit football from us. No creativity up front

 

[Sir Matt]

Mark Geiger just blew the whistle after 44:45.

 

[The 4th Official]

Rooney should've given the ball to Shaw there who was on the run. Turns and another crossfield ball.

 

[Boycott]

I expect Zaha on for Hernandez to inject some pace and direct threat

 

[jgprime]

Does Rooney ever enter the box?

 

[rhajdu]

BTW: Is Adnan still on holiday? Or did I miss something?

No, he is already training with Fellaini and RvP.

 

[Utdstar01]

Rooney with his famous drop the shoulder>cross field pass move. Fletch has really slowed our passing down, lacks any urgency where he was completely the opposite vs Madrid.

 

[Santos J]

Shite half that was

 

[hobbers]

Shaw, Young, Herrera and Mata, and De Gea, all been good.

Rooney anonymous. Smalling decent.

Fletcher, Evans, Jones, Hernandez all awful.

 

[Rafabio]

Shaw, Young and Mata excellent.

Herrera good touches when he's on the ball.

Fletcher and our back 3 look really out of sorts.

Rooney cross-field passes are becoming tedious

 

[Kakeru]

Reading the thread, makes it feel like it's dire out there.

Considering how we mauled Madrid overall the other day bar for the 3rd quarter of the match, you'd expect us to be a lot better than that against Liverpool.