[Kraftwerker]

77.2% Possession with 736 successful passes out 802.

Pretty much everyone in the team had over 90% pass accuracy (Smalling had 89% and Falcao had 78%).

Carrick had 92% off 125 passes, which is Xavi-esque, especially considering he's pinging long a lot (unlike Xavi).

 

[Someone]

Great performance the entire game, the confidence is high and OT will soon be a fortress again. The best thing about this game is that valencia and young have done really well, suddenly everyone seems to have an important role to player apart from anderson.

 

[The Man Himself]

Have we heard from LvG yet? I am anxious to know about Rooney. I am assuming AdM will be out of Stoke game anyway.

 

[Trizy]

Like people said earlier you can clearly see LVG's philosophy now, which is quite annoying because we'd have seen it month ago if it wasn't for these stupid injury set backs. A full fit first XI with this philosophy will be impossible to stop them scoring on you.

 

[OneUnited24]

Have we heard from LvG yet? I am anxious to know about Rooney. I am assuming AdM will be out of Stoke game anyway.

Apparently AdM is out of tuesday game but Rooney should be fine

 

[Winrar]

Could've easily been 4+:0 to us. Best United performance I've seen in a while.

 

[Trizy]

Have we heard from LvG yet? I am anxious to know about Rooney. I am assuming AdM will be out of Stoke game anyway.

Not seen it myself but someone posted Rooney is fine but ADM is out for stoke.

 

[Infra-red]

Van Gaal calling it our best match of the season in his postmatch interview. Can't disagree too much.

 

[DatIrishFella]

Have we heard from LvG yet? I am anxious to know about Rooney. I am assuming AdM will be out of Stoke game anyway.

He said on MUTV that Wayne feels like it's nothing. As for ADM, he doubts he'll make the Stoke game.

 

[adamwest]

That was fun. feck me it's been a while since I've been able to say that after watching us! Things heading in the right direction.

 

[Rado_N]

77.2% Possession with 736 successful passes out 802.

Difference today was it felt like the possession had a purpose rather than just holding the ball so the other team didn't have it.

There was movement off the ball, there was decisive quick balls being played, overlapping runs and purpose to the play.

Hull were wank, to be fair, but it was a much better performance than the Palace one where we also dominated possession.

 

[Amethyst]

The van Gaal philosophy on display today, back to the United we know and love.

Same thing against Stoke on Tuesday who are in a poor run form and if we take 7 points from Saints away, Starfish & friends at home then Villa away we're looking good at Christmas.

 

[ghagua]

Decent performance from everyone. Felt like a training match more than anything. Hope Rooney can come back for the match against Stoke as that will be much tougher.

 

[Raoul]

The van Gaal philosophy on display today, back to the United we know and love.

Same thing against Stoke on Tuesday who are in a poor run form and if we take 7 points from Saints away, Starfish & friends at home then Villa away we're looking good at Christmas.

Agreed. A glimpse of what lies ahead. Imagine how good we would be if we were injury free and had the same group of players to build continuity with each week. We would be challenging for the league.

 

[The Man Himself]

Apparently AdM is out of tuesday game but Rooney should be fine

He said on MUTV that Wayne feels like it's nothing. As for ADM, he doubts he'll make the Stoke game.

Not seen it myself but someone posted Rooney is fine but ADM is out for stoke.

Thanks all. Yeah I checked club twitter account too. As long as AdM returns for Southampton and Liverpool games, it should be fine.

 

[Yorkeontop]

3 CMs! 3 CMs! 3CMs! goes my chant.

 

[Hed Zitin]

This Hull side played very well against Spurs with eleven men. We completely dominated them.

Everyone played well.

 

[Amethyst]

This Hull side played very well against Spurs with eleven men. We completely dominated them.

Everyone played well.

They were good at Anfield as well, Liverpool couldn't get going until the middle of the second half and Hull defended really well after that.

 

[Sunny Jim]

77.2% Possession with 736 successful passes out 802.

:Eek:

 

[redspoony]

Great performance. Carrick was a cut above. Bit worried about Rooney - I was level with his when he slid off the pitch he absolutely SMASHED into it.

 

[NJM78]

Enjoyed watching us for a first time in a long time, still feel we have a lot to do with more forward movement and pace but we are improving all the time. Herrera stood out and another solid shift from Fellaini was good to see, plus Carrick looked really decisive in everything e did. Hopefully Rooney will be fine for Stoke game, which I don't see us keeping a clean sheet in but I do see another win. Mata did well today but I'd personally like to see Rooney play behind RvP and Falcao next game as the Stoke midfield is a lot more physical than Hull and I think Rooney will handle it a better with more strength and pace, plus it will give us a chance to see Falcao start a game which is long overdue. Doubt it though.

 

[legball]

We need more from him than just goals. I know that sounds strange but football is a team game and he isn't contributing enough.

He's contributing, just forget the lay off to Rooney for the second.

 

[sunama]

LvG post match interview

 

[SalfordRed1960]

Smalling, Carrick, Fellaini, Rooney. All excellent.

I think you can add Herrera and Mata to that list. Rojo also looked cool as mustard.

Shows how much depth we have. I think I now have a clear idea who our first 11 is, but their back ups are not far off.

 

[Raw]

Philosophy!

 

[bosnian_red]

This Hull side played very well against Spurs with eleven men. We completely dominated them.

Everyone played well.

Got a 2-2 draw away to Arsenal as well I think.

 

[Raven Blade]

If that's how we're gonna play from now on i'll be impressed. We absolutely dominated them and never allowed them a foothold in the game. That kid of attitude will go a long way towards making Old Trafford a fortress again. Who would like to play against a team that suffocates the game like that? Just need to add a bit more urgency when we get near their box and more of a killer instinct in attack. You feel we should have created a bit more chances from all that possession.

 

[The White Pele]

Very good performance and the most complete 90 mins we have produced for a long time. To be critical, I felt that in the first half while the game was still in the balance we needed to be a bit more incisive with our possession. We kept the ball very well with Mata and Herrera always making themselves available but I do think that it came straight back to the defence a bit too often. If we hadn't got the first goal from the set-piece we may have struggled to break them down playing this way.

The second half was fantastic and it was good to see us really opening them up at times even though the points were already in the bag.

I thought RVP was horrible in the first 45 mins - some really poor touches, which is unlike him. He produced two absolute trademark finishes after the break, the goal and the diving header that was saved, so hopefully he has turned a corner.

I think we may finally be narrowing in on a first XI and formation now, something like this perhaps

------------------DDG
Rafael---Smalling--Rojo---Shaw
---------------Carrick
--------Blind----------Herrera
---------------Di Maria
----------Rooney-----RVP

with DDG, Smalling, Shaw, Carrick, Herrera and Rooney the players who should be sure of their place IMO.

Some very strong competition for places from those not mentioned.

 

[gasmanc]

Has anyone worked out what formation that was and who was playing where ? There was a solid back four with Carrick in front, perhaps Fellaini and Rooney wide of a diamond but aside from that I couldn't fathom our formation. Mata seemed to be playing next to or just in front of Carrick at times and along with Herrera those 3 completely controlled the game.
Van Persie was almost a second striker first 15-20 minutes and the front 5 players all interchanged superbly well to a point you could barely work out what the feck was going on lol.
Rojo was excellent and Smalling too, hopefully we keep them fit.

Positive result and performance and the only negative being ADM pulling up feeling his hamstring and Rooney getting a knock, Rooney felt that late in the second half, daft to come out for the second if he's made it worse

 

[Trizy]

Was there no man of the match interview?

 

[jeff_goldblum]

Has anyone worked out what formation that was and who was playing where ? There was a solid back four with Carrick in front, perhaps Fellaini and Rooney wide of a diamond but aside from that I couldn't fathom our formation. Mata seemed to be playing next to or just in front of Carrick at times and along with Herrera those 3 completely controlled the game.
Van Persie was almost a second striker first 15-20 minutes and the front 5 players all interchanged superbly well to a point you could barely work out what the feck was going on lol.

I think, nominally at least we played a diamond. Starting out with RVP behind Di Maria and Rooney, Carrick sitting and Fellaini and Mata to the right and left. RVP moved up front when Di Maria went off and Mata took his place with Herrera coming into midfield.

As you say though, we were so fluid that if you took a picture of the pitch at any given moment the players positions would look different every time, but I reckon if someone made an average positions chart it'd look like a diamond with the full-backs pushed forward.

 

[J-Stander]

Carrick was majestic today. His composure and passing was absolutely beautiful. I love that man.

 

[Sam]

Has anyone worked out what formation that was and who was playing where ? There was a solid back four with Carrick in front, perhaps Fellaini and Rooney wide of a diamond but aside from that I couldn't fathom our formation. Mata seemed to be playing next to or just in front of Carrick at times and along with Herrera those 3 completely controlled the game.
Van Persie was almost a second striker first 15-20 minutes and the front 5 players all interchanged superbly well to a point you could barely work out what the feck was going on lol.
Rojo was excellent and Smalling too, hopefully we keep them fit.

Positive result and performance and the only negative being ADM pulling up feeling his hamstring and Rooney getting a knock, Rooney felt that late in the second half, daft to come out for the second if he's made it worse

I gave up trying to work it out. It was hurting my head

 

[Kostur]

God, this was so fecking enjoyable in the first half, haven't seen us play with such control, good link up and ease for so long. We've been so comfortable on the ball it's incredible, that's why so many of us wanted to see Herrera/Fellaini/Carrick(Blind) midfield, it's looking brilliant.

 

[gasmanc]

I think, nominally at least we played a diamond. Starting out with RVP behind Di Maria and Rooney, Carrick sitting and Fellaini and Mata to the right and left. RVP moved up front when Di Maria went off and Mata took his place with Herrera coming into midfield.

As you say though, we were so fluid that if you took a picture of the pitch at any given moment it'd look different every time, but I reckon if someone made an average positions thing chart it'd look like a diamond with the full-backs pushed forward.

I had a great view from the middle of the north stand and couldn't work out what hell was going on but the United players clearly knew exactly what they were doing. Asked my mate if we can't work out what the players positions are then what chance have Hull got. Even from the back as Smalling or Rojo went on forays forward our midfielders dropped in to cover, it was almost seamless interchanging of positions.
I think we've seen today exactly what Van Gaal is implementing and it's extremely exciting, if you look at us in possession our passes are all very short, we condense the play allowing us those triangles and opposition chasing shadows.
Our midfield was very high at times almost in amongst our attack and then one dropped off to pick up possession dragging a defender with him allowing us space to attack. It really was an eye opener of a performance and when was the last time an injury to Rooney wasn't a complete disaster for our setup? We've Falcao/Mata to come in and cover and we actually looked a better shape after Di Maria went off and Herrera came in, we look in really great shape.

 

[siw2007]

Very impressed today. We were totally in control and were well worth our 3 goals. It was a shame to lose Di Maria so early but Herrera linked really well with the players around him so kind of worked out.

My fav performance came from Carrick who put in another top display of controlling the game from that deep lying position. 2 excellent goals from Rooney and RVP too.

 

[gasmanc]

Carrick was majestic today. His composure and passing was absolutely beautiful. I love that man.

Absolutely everything Stevie me is trying so hard to be.
Carrick - Gerrard.

 

[Cina]

I was at the game today and it was great to watch live, such a lovely performance.

Carrick stole the show for me, faultless.

 

[Annihilate Now!]

I was at the game today and it was great to watch live, such a lovely performance.

Carrick stole the show for me, faultless.

Yep. I basically spent the full 90 minutes fawning over him.

 

[Sultan]

Complete performance from United today. Midfield were absolutely superb especially impressed with pace of passing.