[tothetop96]

Lucky is totally the wrong word to use

Not really. We were lucky a Norwich player did something so stupid in the box. It doesn't usually happen. It's quite rare, hence it being lucky imo.

 

[croadyman]

Pleased with the result, however Ralf will not be happy with how many chances we gave up in this game. Thought we would have built on the Palace performance.

 

[Nordmore]

Ronaldo was the worst player on the pitch. I lost count of how many times he lost the ball. Our play was super disjointed because of him. Missed two clear cut chances especially the one from Rashford. How the feck could he missed that. If not for that lad Aarons' brainfart he's simply a disaster tonight.

Rashford was really lively and actually the only one who made Norwich defenders' life difficult. Bruno was the second worst player on the pitch. McT and Fred did their job, McT was pretty good today won a lot of balls. DDG MOTM. We won but tbh it's a really tough watch.

 

[Canucantona20]

Really bad performance but result is the important

 

[Yakuza_devils]

DDG has been on top form this season.

But some in this forum say we need a "modern GK" and Henderson is better suited to modern game and hence should play ahead of DDG.

 

[RedDevil-85]

Dreadful performance.
Rashford should never had started,been poor for weeks now and should be benched.
Shocking to see him start and finish the game playing like that.
Abysmal.

3 points thanks to a pen and De Gea masterclass.

 

[wolvored]

Playing devils advocate. Look how Dean Smith has them playing and he hasnt been there a month. I hope RR can have us improve loads after a month. It can be done.

 

[Ali Dia]

wasn’t great at all really.

midfield played well but that’s about it.

we need to stop this 4222 experiment with rashford and ronaldo up top. they are an awful pairing

If rasford doesn’t find a way to fit into the two he’s going to be a 250k a week bench player. Martial 2.0 if he doesn’t shape up and tweak his game.

 

[Lee565]

Only positive is another clean sheet.

Bruno can not work in this formation with his lack of positional discipline and tactically he is too much of a maverick that wants to do his own thing to work in RR system.

 

[ash_86]

Norwich players were pressing and hunting in packs.
The moment a MUFC player had the ball, he'd get tackled by a yellow shirt and they'd attack our goal.

Right, what changed in our strategy between Palace and this? We were great in winning ball back against palace, players got a whole week to prepare and we look worse off a week later. Cannot understand any of this.

 

[kirk buttercup]

Well that was shite. Ralf has a hell of a job ahead of him getting this lot to play football

 

[Water Melon]

Post match interview by RR going to be interesting.

 

[Frank Grimes]

Starting with the positive - we kept a clean sheet.

Very disappointing performance though. Our passing is so sloppy it is nearly unbelievable.

 

[hobbers]

Dont think I've seen a worse performance from our strikers than Rashford and Ronaldo today. Rashford especially.

Rashford and Bruno have to be taken out for a while. The team cannot be carrying them every game through christmas.

 

[LazyGoal]

Never a penalty.

We really need Varane back. And we really need Shaw back in form. And we really need Cavani back on.

Ronaldo is not working for us. Yes, goals — but not working for our flow and our overall play.

Glad Pogba was out, we would have lost with him in there.

DeGea for some reason saves us 3 points.

Whatever the manager. None of the Norwich players would make it into our XI. Still they where the better team in such a way it should not be possible.

What is going on this season?

 

[Alek M]

Booooooooringggg win

 

[::sonny::]

Can you expand on your point?

I prefer Dalot and Telles in this moment

 

[SirAnderson]

I switch off when Maguire talks, just can't take hearing him anymore.

 

[sebsheep]

Ronaldo was the worst player on the pitch. I lost count of how many times he lost the ball. Our play was super disjointed because of him. Missed two clear cut chances especially the one from Rashford. How the feck could he missed that. If not for that lad Aarons' brainfart he's simply a disaster tonight.

Rashford was really lively and actually the only one who made Norwich defenders' life difficult. Bruno is the second worst player on the pitch. McT and Fred did their job, McT was pretty good today won a lot of balls. DDG MOTM. We won but tbh it's a really tough watch.

The one where Rashford played it behind him? Don't think you blame Ronaldo for a poor ball.
Rashford wasn't good at all, constantly messed up good attacking positions. Don't think Ronaldo was too much better but definitely not worse.

 

[BuzzKillington]

Maguire post match “It’s difficult when your’re playing games back to back”. You’ve not played in a week you absolute sock-puppet .

 

[r1z3mu]

Plus
Clean sheet
Win
DeGea - great
Dalot and Telles - good
McFred - Good or not bad (your choice)

Minus
Bad - Ronaldo, Fernandes, Rashford - all equally bad
Ralf - kept above trio for 90 minutes

 

[VivaJesperBlomqvist]

Feck me it was disappointing, but all I see here is hyperbole.

 

[stevoc]

Another ugly 1-0 win.

 

[CloneMC16]

Playing devils advocate. Look how Dean Smith has them playing and he hasnt been there a month. I hope RR can have us improve loads after a month. It can be done.

Yeah, they played really well today. He's got them looking much better. His team just didn't have the quality to punish us. I'm sure RR will get more out of us in due time.

 

[Bilbo]

Watched a lot of football today. Every game decided by penalties. Its not a great look for this sport.

We were poor today. Very poor. I'm sure the narrative will centre around the change in formation and approach, but ultimately we're watching a team that aren't actually very good. Basic mistakes that have cost us for a few seasons now.

Happy with 3 points. It was an ugly 3 points, but we move on and have hope that the new instructions will click and we'll start looking like a proper team. I'm not confident though

 

[SirAnderson]

Cluuuuuuuuuuueed, I'm going to make you a 1, cluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuued.

 

[Massive Spanner]

Watched a lot of football today. Every game decided by penalties. Its not a great look for this sport.

We were poor today. Very poor. I'm sure the narrative will centre around the change in formation and approach, but ultimately we're watching a team that aren't actually very good. Basic mistakes that have cost us for a few seasons now.

Happy with 3 points. It was an ugly 3 points, but we move on and have hope that the new instructions will click and we'll start looking like a proper team. I'm not confident though

Most pessimistic post I’ve seen from you after a win. Wonder what’s changed…

 

[Wilt]

Disappointing performances …notably Rashford (amongst others).

On the plus side …3 points, clean sheet, Ronaldo pressure penalty, De Gea MOM.

 

[Denis79]

Maguire post match “It’s difficult when your’re playing games back to back”. You’ve not played in a week you absolute sock-puppet .

 

[R.N7]

Decent result away against a game raising newcomer.

 

[Amira]

Dont think I've seen a worse performance from our strikers than Rashford and Ronaldo today. Rashford especially.

Rashford and Bruno have to be taken out for a while. The team cannot be carrying them every game through christmas.

Well said. We need to start picking players on form. Nobody should be undroppable, even if only for a game or two.

 

[sunama]

That performance may have sent this guy to the mental asylum...

Cluuuuuuuuuuueed, I'm going to make you a 1, cluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuued.

 

[Withnail]

Cluuuuuuuuuuueed, I'm going to make you a 1, cluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuued.

 

[glazed]

Everyone who thought we would do a Chelsea and become super pressers inside a month. It's going to take a lot longer and we will lose a game or five.

 

[paulscholes18]

Not to be that “that guy” but no improvement from Solskjaer, despite what people want to see.

This is a joke right? You see no difference in performance from tonight and vs Palace to the performances vs Liverpool, City and Watford?

 

[T00lsh3d]

Skys combo of Redknapp and Dublin is about as anti-United as you can get

 

[Livewire1974]

When DeGea is man of the match against the side that is bottom of the league ya know we have serious problems. Spare a thought for the lads having to do a 1 hour podcast about that awful game.

 

[Nordmore]

The one where Rashford played it behind him? Don't think you blame Ronaldo for a poor ball.
Rashford wasn't good at all, constantly messed up good attacking positions. Don't think Ronaldo was too much better but definitely not worse.

Come on it was not a poor ball. It's not perfect but any good striker should be able to bury that chance. He wasn't even marked. Watch it again and you'd see.

Tbh I don't get the harsh comments for Rashford this match. He was really lively and was actually the only one managed to dribble past a Norwich defender, several times. Especially the one by the end of the match when he dribbled past a Norwich defender then pass to Ronaldo.

 

[RedBanker]

Nice to see Dean Smith crying about the penalty and the refereeing decisions

 

[RuudTom83]

The attackers are having to switch from the counter attack hollywood moments to a more controlled game.

They were a bit shit today but its understandable and considering its GAME 2 under a new manager its nothing to get to down about.