Kag
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The defence has been a red herring since Leicester.So the conclusion is that the problem is now not the defence, but the two elderly strikers?
The defence has been a red herring since Leicester.So the conclusion is that the problem is now not the defence, but the two elderly strikers?
It's neither, it's the balanceSo the conclusion is that the problem is now not the defence, but the two elderly strikers?
Seems to have been, the worlds gone mad though, we have (on paper) dog average defenders, and our least exciting signing (at the time) shielding them, but the issue seems to be the world class attackers we have invested hundreds of millions in, it just makes no sense, maybe we're cursed.The defence has been a red herring since Leicester.
Thanks, I worked hard on it.Poodle on a stick. What a genius you are.
If DeGea hadn't been outstanding we could have been miles behind before they ever scored their first.We were pretty abject, and stole a point today. That being said, if RvP and Falcao had their shooting boots on (does anybody know where they keep them?) we might have actually won the game.
They seem to have left their shooting boots in 2012.We were pretty abject, and stole a point today. That being said, if RvP and Falcao had their shooting boots on (does anybody know where they keep them?) we might have actually won the game.
1st part i gave up on a while ago , 2nd part well , there is still hope.Utter shite to watch getting depressing now not even caring if we win the league. I would just like to see some good football
For me, at least RvP is putting shots on frame with power behind them. I'm a big Falcao fan but he is far behind RvP for me at the moment and RvP isn't doing much.Don't see how RvP gets a pass and Falcao gets slaughtered
Except that we all know that won't happen with LVG. If Falcao is benched then he'll probably play Di Maria or Fellaini up front with Rooney still in midfield and Herrera still on the bench. It's called balance according to LVG.Rooney needs to play striker so Van Gaal can work in the likes of Fellaini, Herrera, et al into the midfield. Falcao can be benched until further notice.
It was a missed opportunity. It was the perfect game to get a win and get to 3rd and look onwards and upwards. Instead we are still stuck in 4th and have to nervously look below in the table.For all the negativity, it wasn't all that bad a result all things considered. CIty and Liverpool both lost there remember, and Arsenal just about scraped a win.
What did he say?Yeah I think Carragher got it spot on with his assessment of us atm.
I agree with all of that. But just pointing out that the result itself wasn't too bad.It was a missed opportunity. It was the perfect game to get a win and get to 3rd and look onwards and upwards. Instead we are still stuck in 4th and have to nervously look below in the table.
LvG's stubborness is pissing me off. I don't really understand the utter stupidity in playing Rooney in the midfield. After we scored the goal I couldn't even celebrate. Yes West Ham away is a tough game but I am very unhappy that given the stakes, we failed to produce a performance.
With Spurs,Arsenal and Liverpool in a decent run of form currently, I am starting to get afraid on what could happen if LvG continues to be as stubborn as he has been.
Before this season, Rooney's free-kicks had actually got quite good. So much that he would score beautiful curlers from distance almost everytime he took a free-kick from a dangerous position. Now he is just shite at them. What is VG doing with them in training?Just finished watching an hour or so ago. Let me ask this...can we put Phil Jones back on taking corners? At least if he sucks at it he's not really expected to be good. Watching ADM and Rooney put in sorry crosses is pretty infuriating. Not to sound too gloom and doom but I just cannot understand how a side with RvP, Falcao, Di Maria, and Rooney are so dire. Blind and Januzaj seemed to be the only ones putting in passes that led to something. Something is bad wrong when our answer to losing is putting in Fellaini in the last 20 minutes or so to put his head on the ball. Am I mistaken or was that really the only change LvG made until putting in Smalling for 10 seconds?
Considering West Ham's injuries it was a bad result IMO. No Carroll and missing their regular CB pairing? Should have won.For all the negativity, it wasn't all that bad a result all things considered. CIty and Liverpool both lost there remember, and Arsenal just about scraped a win.
Falcao haters have come out. Let's be frank this guy is a goal scorer and has proved that in recent weeks. Apart from the one chance we are not creating jack shit for him-.
the point is....
Amazing. Do people not get tired of repeating the same old crap every week?
Valencia cannot cross his legs
No movement from our strikers was part of his analysis. Completely right as well.What did he say?
Why Nani? Put him on the right of a 433 or 4231. Hes better than what we currently have there.Falcao haters have come out. Let's be frank this guy is a goal scorer and has proved that in recent weeks. Apart from the one chance we are not creating jack shit for him- it is the style of the team that is the problem. Both strikers playing with back to goal- in the first half our midfield was non existent. Valencia cannot cross his legs and all the players seem subdued like they are not enabled to express themselves.
Another overhaul needed- Herrera deserves a chance, would like to see Schneiderlin, Shawcross Coleman and Bale in the summer, maybe a cheeky bid for Pedro from Barcelona.
Ship out Nani, Evans Chico, RVP, Valencia to start with.
Correct. I'd love to see Falcao succeed here and it's frustrating how little we create for him and our other strikers, but a £300k a week striker should be burying chances like that every time.the point is....
both sides are right.... we create next to nothing but yes, Falcao should've burried that chance.
Van Persie had at least one equally good chance.
He's another one that is inconsistent though. One world class performance followed by ten games of crapness.Why Nani? Put him on the right of a 433 or 4231. Hes better than what we currently have there.
You sound like one of those Britain First twats. I bet you vote UKIP.We have lost our identity over the last 18 months, even Dave Sexton, managed a more entertaining product, someone should remind LVG, that his team are playing in the ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE!
You know that he's scored astonishing of four goals for us, one of which was against Everton near beggning of the season?Falcao haters have come out. Let's be frank this guy is a goal scorer and has proved that in recent weeks. Apart from the one chance we are not creating jack shit for him- it is the style of the team that is the problem. Both strikers playing with back to goal- in the first half our midfield was non existent. Valencia cannot cross his legs and all the players seem subdued like they are not enabled to express themselves.
Another overhaul needed- Herrera deserves a chance, would like to see Schneiderlin, Shawcross Coleman and Bale in the summer, maybe a cheeky bid for Pedro from Barcelona.
Ship out Nani, Evans Chico, RVP, Valencia to start with.
Mark Clattenburg