[prateik]

Whats the deal with Shaw? Does Jose really hate him? There is no way he is worse than that shit show we had at LB today.

Everyone was bad. Didnt deserve anything. Not for the performance. Not for the effort.

Horrible performance. Dont even feel bad or angry after that. No one on the pitch seems to care. Why the feck should I? Its not like this team is winning anything. At worse, we make a few million less. I cant pretend to care about that.

 

[Borden]

Sometimes in football you win, sometimes you lose.

Tonight we lost.

Worryingly this seems to be our attitude these days.

 

[minoo-utd]

Job done. Unless we lose at home by 5 goals to CSKA.

Isn't it the 2 games we played them not by goal margins?

 

[ajay1002]

annoying to lose, but Utd are practically through as group winners. Basel can't leapfrog Utd as it's 3-1 in head to head and CSKA would have to win by 4 goals at OT to top the group

 

[Robbie Boy]

Wish we could play away like we do at home.

 

[saik]

What's the use of us trying to compete and qualify in Champions League if we struggle so much to play score against freaking Basel.

Mourinho needs to stop this shet about playing for a draw. It makes me go nuts.

 

[Untied]

Are we?

Basel cannot finish above us due to the head to head aggregate. So yes.

 

[Cheesy]

Really hope Lukaku as RW isn't Mourinhos plan going forward.

It's a fairly abysmal idea. Lukaku's main strength is ultimately scoring; he's not an awful footballer but his overall game isn't good enough to warrant putting him out of position. Either play him centrally or drop him.

 

[Infra-red]

This was just ridiculously stupid. Could have rested players against CSKA but I guess we would just rather have to play a full XI a couple of days before the derby whilst City (who seem to be the considerably less stupid team) get to play their U23s if they want to.

In all honesty, I doubt the team selection will make a great deal of difference in the outcome of the derby.

 

[vangagal]

We just need one job to get 1 point and completely bottled it. What a shitshow. This mentality to defend first in away game by Mou really backfired. It is really that hard to score against Basel? If the players put more effort to score the result will be different. Completely waste of chance.

 

[2 man midfield]

Shit happens. On to the next one.

 

[#07]

Abysmal performance and a deserved loss.

The second half collapse in composure was shocking to see. Our game management was truly terrible. Basel were clearly on top from the hour mark. Our defensive organisation went to pieces. It was an ugly sight.

There are too many cowards in our squad. It was incredible how often players would ignore the more difficult pass in favour of a short one, only to give Basel the opportunity to nick it high up the pitch and apply pressure to our back line. A lot of players should be ashamed of themselves.

 

[charlenefan]

We don't have strength in depth. Our best XI is fantastic, but remove 1 or 2 players and the whole team falls apart.

Don’t talk shite we battered them first half

 

[Ban]

Isn't it the 2 games we played them not by goal margins?

Well we won there 4:1, so.

 

[ValenciasDrilledCrosses]

No excuse for Fellaini not at least scoring once in that first half. We'll still win the group (we won't lose 4-0 at home to CSKA) but now we can't really rest that many players right before the City game

 

[LuisNaniencia]

Our dominance in the first half led to our players getting over confident in the second. Lingard, Fellaini were floating around trying to get involved in play that should be Pogba's job. No one was tracking back and our full backs were truly garbage.

It may have been a tactical problem but I'd say it was more poor attitude in that second half from the players.

 

[ChaddyP]

Are we?

Yes?

 

[Chicharo]

Horrendous second half. We were constantly inviting them to score.

 

[FreakyJim]

Sometimes in football you win, sometimes you lose.

Tonight we lost.

That was football?

 

[Asger]

An ancient manager who has one tactic when it comes to playing away.

Like under SAF. It was always boring away in cl.

 

[dogwithabone]

Still lack that genuine match winner. Maybe a fully fit Zlatan will be that man, or even better Griezmann in January.

 

[Hugh Jass]

Like under SAF. It was always boring away in cl.

This.

 

[whatwha]

What a waste of two hours.

 

[Ishdalar]

It's a fairly abysmal idea. Lukaku's main strength is ultimately scoring; he's not an awful footballer but his overall game isn't good enough to warrant putting him out of position. Either play him centrally or drop him.

He won a treble with Inter using Eto'o as a Fullback in a lot of games, it's basically the same situation here so let's see who's the brave one to tell him what he did was wrong.

 

[groovyalbert]

No Pogba, No Party.

 

[Hugh Jass]

They scored at the worst possible time. Had they scored much earlier we would have had time to compose ourselves and equalize.

 

[SirAnderson]

Generally I wouldn't be so frustrated at losing a match like this, but on an evening when I have free rain to scream my lungs out, I didn't expect it to be out of frustration.

 

[Macern]

1. We are through
2. We need to lose 0-4 or more to CSKA in order to not win the group

No need for a mass meltdown after this game.

 

[McGrathsipan]

Jose out.
That's my summing up.
Shite manager. We'll win nothing major with him

 

[Ludens the Red]

Good first half, shambolic in the second. With every passing week it becomes abundantly clear this team is just not at the required level to challenge for major honours. Far too many low budget, bin bag players.

 

[An Irish Red]

It's absurd how poor our fullbacks are. We need to overhaul them in the same way City did this summer.

 

[Nate Dogg]

Mourinho had 3 transfer windows and we still don't have a decent left back or a backup to Valencia...

He is needs to feck off!!

 

[BluesJr]

1 step forward 2 steps backwards and it’s been that way ever since SAF retired. I wonder when we’ll ever push on? No evidence of it so far sadly. If we get through December within touching distance of the top I’ll be pleasantly surprised.

 

[Escobar]

Once more, we are hapless going forward

 

[dogwithabone]

Like under SAF. It was always boring away in cl.

Yes, very true. There were countless away days like this under Fergie.

 

[Rhyme Animal]

The first half wasn’t boring unless you have an agenda.

To be fair I missed it mate. All I saw was the 2nd half.

No agenda, just describing the garbage that I saw.

 

[P-Nut]

Insipid

 

[Dante]

Who cares? We ONLY need to avoid a 5-0 defeat against CSKA to win the group:

          P      GD        Points
United    3      +5           6
Basel     4      -1           6
CSKA      3      -4           3

That's the head to head between the 3 teams. We're 3 points clear in the overall table. So, in order to finish third, we'd need to lose 7-0. In order to finish second, we'd need to lose 5-0.

The next game is still a dead rubber.

 

[Denis79]

It's a fairly abysmal idea. Lukaku's main strength is ultimately scoring; he's not an awful footballer but his overall game isn't good enough to warrant putting him out of position. Either play him centrally or drop him.

Way to early to say anything but from what Mourinho has said so far it seems he will play them together and both games when Zlatan came on Rom got moved to RW... Really hope that isn't the plan...

 

[Peanut Butter]

That was football?

Sure was.

 

[Macern]

Jose out.
That's my summing up.
Shite manager. We'll win nothing major with him

Christ

 

[space]

Blind and Darmian

That is all

 

[Hugh Jass]

Calm the feck down. We will easily beat CSKA. Just means we now have to put out a full team instead of resting some players. A draw will even do.