[stu_1992]

Really enjoyable stuff so far. We look very much at ease and dangerous. It's helped that Swansea has offered absolutely nothing so far. Lukaku great so far, and great to see Sanchez score finally. Very nice goal too.

 

[Minimalist]

Pretty simple stuff so far. Swansea are awful and United have their best players on to do the damage.

Score some more goals in the second half to finish it all off.

 

[NotoriousISSY]

Given Swansea’s performance, I’m disappointed it’s only 2-0.

 

[AngliaRed]

This league two side have beaten Arsenal and Liverpool recently. They are not a bad side under Carvalhal.

Yeah they HAVE been, sorry I should of said, they’re playing today like a League 2 side.

 

[Sandyman]

We are only playing like this because the players just returned from international duty. Wait till Mou gets hold of this lot!
whitetext

 

[mancan92]

To be honest we should be further ahead Swansea are not even interested in playing today at all

 

[Jazz]

Pogba doing the simple things well today. Should just concentrate on that and then the spectacular stuff can come afterwards.

 

[marlowe78]

Good half. Sanchez's best since coming to us. Lukaku scoring again, Lingard with an assist and great movement, even though his shooting has been woeful.

We should really tonk this team, they really do look hopeless. I think if they can score at all, it would be on the side with Young. Young has been okay going forward but just poor with his markings, it looks like he doesn't know who to take on half the time.

 

[AngliaRed]

Anyone PM me a decent river please? I have a great clear app, but no sound!

 

[Adisa]

Swansea have been a disgrace. Have they not watched us this year?
You press Man Utd.

 

[Dyslexic Untied]

Great first half. Great pick of Mata, Sanchez and Lingard to pick the lock. Sanchez has been fantastic - stopped a few of their attacks as well.

 

[The Mad Manc]

Every time Lindelof moves up the pitch with the ball, Pogba and/or Matic meets him and more or less demands the ball. Pogba even blocked his path. Why? Is it forbbidden in the gameplan to build attacks from the back?

feckin' A

 

[pseudo_canadian]

That was a good half. Good football always reminds me of 06/07.. which them often reminds me of


easily the best premier league theme.

Oh my god, you just gave me some serious nostalgia

 

[Paxi]

Lukaku is a fecking beast. My POTY without a doubt.

 

[Jazz]

Good half. Sanchez's best since coming to us. Lukaku scoring again, Lingard with an assist and great movement, even though his shooting has been woeful.

We should really tonk this team, they really do look hopeless. I think if they can score at all, it would be on the side with Young. Young has been okay going forward but just poor with his markings, it looks like he doesn't know who to take on half the time.

Thought Swansea would come out and have a go at us considering their precarious position in the table. They look like they don't have a clue what to do.

 

[breakout67]

Yeah they HAVE been, sorry I should of said, they’re playing today like a League 2 side.

Yes they have been poor but we have made them look poor because our good attacking play.

Liverpool struggle with parked buses, and Arsenal are just poor in general. We are 2nd for a reason

 

[Nick7]

True. Where would you play him though?

Somehow infuse Mata's movement into him. Sanchez's work rate too.

 

[Sandyman]

Shout out to Lindelof too. Even though hasn't had much to do defending wise, he has done well moving the ball to midfield.

 

[GazTheLegend]

We are only playing like this because the players just returned from international duty. Wait till Mou gets hold of this lot!
whitetext

Edit; got me with the whitetext

 

[Bastian]

Pogba doing the simple things well today. Should just concentrate on that and then the spectacular stuff can come afterwards.

He's done really well in the first half. We've bossed possession though, it's when he needs to track back with intensity and make sure we keep our shape that's he's gone missing. Hopefully he'll come through this game with no complaints.

 

[ice-bionic red]

Some intensity and urgency finally! That’s all us fans ask for. The goals will come if we put effort in

 

[marlowe78]

Thought Swansea would come out and have a go at us considering their precarious position in the table. They look like they don't have a clue what to do.

I expected that as well. I thought we would struggle at least in the first 20-25 minutes after coming back from the international break but we looked sharp in our own right.

 

[Canagel]

We only attack on the left and that's a bit of a concern. Everyone drifts to that side. Mata, Sanchez, Pogba, Lingard. The link up play between the front three has been very good. Lindelof moving into the midfield is very important when we need to break teams down.

 

[Class of 63]

Gremlins on the MUTV radio commentary today, been treated to a close up of Tim Long(wearing a cheap blue kagool) and Ben Thornley hanging on to his microphone for dear life for most of the first-half

 

[Jazz]

He's done really well in the first half. We've bossed possession though, it's when he needs to track back with intensity and make sure we keep our shape that's he's gone missing. Hopefully he'll come through this game with no complaints.

Seen him track back already with some intensity. Hopefully he keeps it up.
He'll be fine. Just needs some direction and confidence.

 

[Sandyman]

Edit; got me with the whitetext

Sadly wouldn't surprise me if a few thought something similar though.
Doesn't help that playing this well will always lead to questions about why the feck can't we produce this consistently.

 

[Random Task]

And still they have beaten Liverpool

Don't you just love that fact

 

[LeftyBlaster]

We only attack on the left and that's a bit of a concern. Everyone drifts to that side. Mata, Sanchez, Pogba, Lingard. The link up play between the front three has been very good. Lindelof moving into the midfield is very important when we need to break teams down.

Doesn't help that Valencia is incapable of attacking.

 

[Fully Fledged]

Can we beat the 4 goal barrier today?

 

[Pexbo]

Hands down Lukaku proves he's by far our best attacker consistently wise, even if his talent isn't on the same level as Martial or Sanchez, he has enough more tools to compensate for that.

My most favorite player.

He’s great, really settled now. It’s why Mata works so well on that side, because Lukaku does a lot of work in that area, he just hustles so well.

 

[Oldyella]

Kind of makes sense to be fair, you don't want to be punished because your player is down but you don't want the opposition getting advantage either.

Oh agreed. And all teams do it, just annoys me when we stop when they were happy to keep attacking a man down.

 

[Swift Football]

Jose said after the Brighton match that we had been working on faster build up and hopefully that half is a sign that we've continued that work and we're seeing the players start to produce it out on the pitch. I'd love to think that Sevilla match was a turning point for how we approach games because at least then something postive would have come from it.

I don't think anything has changed. Don't want to be negative on the day when we looked brilliant but when teams like Sevilla come to OT , our players will be competing who will shit harder including our manager.

 

[Sanche7]

Lingard reminds me so much of Griezmann, his work rate and movement off the ball are really good.
But of course Griezmann is a better finisher and if Lingard could improve his finishing, he could become a top player

 

[cyberman]

I just got an alert to submit my line up predictions, its a bit iffy if I submit it now

 

[deafepl]

It is fecking depressing to see West Ham scored 3 goals and we only scored 2 goals given our performance against Swansea. Too much positive on this thread, I just want some negatively

 

[Redlyn]

I am completely broken. Can’t think about anything other than why didn’t we try to do this against Sevilla? The season feels completely dead to me at this point.

Wondering if I should just cancel my subscription for the last month, and save myself some money. Come back next season, and hopefully my spirits will be rejuvenated.

Swansea have just not turned up. What makes anyone think we would still look like this (comfortably strolling around in second gear) against a team actually pressing us? True we have to play well ourselves but its like everyone has just ignored the opposition factor.

 

[SqueakyWeasel]

Are you not going to give him credit for the way we've been playing? This team is responding to its manager.

For the first 45m minutes we've been playing brilliantly!

Like I said: I hope he DOESN'T change the style of play … I guess we'll see, wont we!

 

[Heinzesight]

Anyone PM me a decent river please? I have a great clear app, but no sound!

I second this...anyone?

 

[Sanche7]

I just got an alert to submit my line up predictions, its a bit iffy if I submit it now

Me too

 

[Random Task]

Swansea look like they have pushed up a bit for the second half.

More goals for United then!