Someone needs to rip into him, that wasn't good enough at all. You can forgive a poor performance but he lacked energy and fight, after having a week off and watching us do so well. He can't just waltz back into the team and perform that badly. Matic too, both looked miles off the pace.
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Rashford is either not fully fit or he is knackered. Lukaku missed sitters, Pogba did not run much, Matic as old as Buffon, DDG being the biggest feck up of the game. Missed Herrera badly. A shite day in the office. My prediction is that we finish 5th in the league, and do not reach semis in CL. Ole to get a 2 year contract.
Back to his usual self then.
Hi Jose.
yes Hobbit, blaming you! Haven't played Fantasy for ages but always used to refuse have United defenders or keeper in my team. I think I used to pick RvN but you couldn't go wrong with him!
Ole needed to be braver and haul off both Pogba and Rashford. Both very poor today. I stick by what I've said all season, there out better players out there. Certainly wouldn't cry if Pogba left.
Finished having a tantrum? Good.
You failed to explain the relation between a bad attitude and missing chances.
Just forget it.50/50 game
On another day we win 3-1, how Lukaku didn't get atleast 1 today I don't know.
Rashford as been piss poor for about a month now. He needs dropping.
Take a breath?
I think you might have misread this entirely, pal. Particularly when you’ve used “FFS” and spammed punctuation. You might want to take your own advice. For what it’s worth, I originally replied, then replied to someone else and noticed your post was still quoted in it, so assumed it hadn’t gone through and edited to include a resonant to you.
It wasn’t a penalty. No matter how much you’d like to attribute the goal to Fred, it has everything to do with his a terrible refereeing decision. You realise that it was Matic who should have been closing down on the first goal, yes? Matic is finished at this level mate, accept it. They were continuously running beyond him and without Herreras ridiculous defensive contribution Matic got completely exposed. So, true to form, he drops an extra 2/3 yards to counter this and leaves a massive gap in our midfield. It’s no conincidence this gap wasn’t there when he was out of the team.
No, we're now playing for the Third Place Cup thanks to you.
If anything Ole's setup today and switch up midgame gave them the platform to create the chances that they did. We're pretty much all in agreement that we were the better side but were unfortunate today. Re run the game multiple times and we're winning more often than not!
late sub are one quirk we may have to get used to it seems
He has a tendency to dribble himself in trouble, which he does a lot. His passing has always been erratic for us, like today. He does those same things really well many times as well tbf. It’s just too much 50/50 for me.
Rashford was so lackadaisical whenever he got in a shooting position today. He has had a bad attitude for weeks. Of course i can point to that not being good enough. Do you not agree? It's no coincidence to me that, that has coincided with this poor run of form he's had.
How many dangerous opportunities were wasted either on the edge of their box or down to the final pass today? We clearly weren't focused enough for this match. Why? Because they let the PSG result get to their heads imo.
I was worried about this happening. We most likely all were.
Yeh, overall setup and general ability to create chances is something to be happy about for sure. Ole has a good thing going on that is evident even whilst we lose today.
True but today he really didn't do that stuff much.
Arsenal won't win all their remaining games and neither will we. From where we were, top 4 was a huge ask. I still think we'll finish above arsenal. It's arsenal... they like to arsenal.
We should go all out to win the CL anyway. You never know. Instead of letting one defeat in so many games get you down, try instead thinking how great it's been for the last few months.
I'm buzzing for every game, win lose or draw.
I might have to ship them out I don't care if everyone has them and they get them points as long as we win, I didn't need to worry about not having United players with Jose!
I've already got 2 Liverpool players, I've jinxed Son as well hes done nothing since I added him will have to look at my Arsenal and Chelsea options I don't have any of their players, I'll probably free hit next week and will be trying to use 3 Liverpool and 3 Chelsea players so fingers crossed
Apparently the last time DDG saved a penalty was in 2014?What do people make of Pogba's performance today?
Seemed to me like a poor ending to the game from him mentally, demeanour wise. Looks like an unhappy guy again to some degree. But then again that could be just in this game which has pissed us all off, would certainly do so to him. And then my river just fell over itself at the end so I'm saying this based of one or two moments that i saw.
Maybe. He did do it before they got the penalty, though. Just think it’s wrong to claim he was good if Pogba and Matic were bad (which they were, imo). He was ok for me, nothing else.
Better than both of them definitely.
exactly. we've been treated to an absolute wonderful last 2 months. probably 40% better that what could have been expected. if we happen to miss out on top four, the overriding feeling should be one of 'what a ride that last few months was'. Positivity and look to the future. If we miss out on top four, so what. We seem to have our club back. We may not attract the best available players...but if they don't want to come here...then feck em. I'll wait an extra year for CL if it means we lock in the reclamation of our club.
Yeah, I said as much? There are degrees thoughWow...i'm just about to do my ratings, but damn choosing a MOTM for us is hard today!!!! I'm actually tempted to go for Fred because he was involved in a lot of good transitions, was calm under pressure a lot of times, and was back and forth with a hand at both ends. The penalty isn't really a penalty but you can't give the ref that chance. Does that take his MOTM away from him? I don't think anyone else is deserving tbh. Or am I insane ?
EDIT: ah I see 24% went for Fred too. I'm not nuts
and wow, Rashford receiving the wrath today with his rating!
Oh yeah, sorry, responding to a lot of stuff so not sure who said what.Yeah, I said as much? There are degrees though
There is a post match thread.
Not sure why this is still active, maybe every match thread need to be lock-up every time match end.
Oh I am not down, it is what it is, from where we were he has done a great job, but this was a must win game, like all the remaining games.
Reasonable. Although we certainly have the power in our hands to achieve more that's for sure.
Reasonable also. No need to go crazy with a 6 year contract like Moyes. But if Ed goes for Ole (which he should) then I feel 3 years is a respectful contract that gives Ole a bit of support and leeway to build over time before the media startup their BS if it ain't going awesomely one year in.
If you can't see him push Lacazette then that's on you. I don't think it should be given either but don't give the ref the option because they make mistakes.It wasn’t a challenge, it wasn’t a foul, it wasn’t a penalty, it wasn’t Freds fault. But yeah, let’s blame him for a terrible refereeing decision.
Anyway, that was hardly the worst mistake we made today
I still chat here because I'm still limited to 5 comments a day elsewhere. Getting likes is non existent, so here is effectively my 'post match' as well are during!
Pretty much agree with that. Although given the pen we got in France from VAR, I wouldn't be surprised if this one was upheld by VAR.Agreed. VAR may help us in the future. But I can understand how that gets given as a penalty 65+% of the time. And therefore you simply don't get that close and give the ref the opportunity to buy it.
Fred did fine today though. His performance should certainly fly under the discussion radar. In fact he is looking like a great rotation option in there, him and Herrera.
The discussion should be about moments of this match in isolation. De Gea was poor (and is looking a little off recently). Lukaku, today is mostly on him. He stays in the team though for me. Rashford is looking a little out of ideas, a bit fatigued perhaps, slowness of mind for releasing the ball when he should. He should sit one out.
Overall that's a tough game, like it should be against a typically top four team. And if you re-run that exact sort of game again and again, we win 3-1. Universe had it in for us after we used up all its kindness for us against PSG.
We run out of luck today, why ?
We did'nt work hard enough to deserve any.
As I said originally … take a breath!Take a breath? I think you might have misread this entirely, pal. Particularly when you’ve used “FFS” and spammed punctuation. You might want to take your own advice. For what it’s worth, I originally replied, then replied to someone else and noticed your post was still quoted in it, so assumed it hadn’t gone through and edited to include a resonant to you.
It wasn’t a penalty. No matter how much you’d like to attribute the goal to Fred, it has everything to do with his a terrible refereeing decision. You realise that it was Matic who should have been closing down on the first goal, yes? Matic is finished at this level mate, accept it. They were continuously running beyond him and without Herreras ridiculous defensive contribution Matic got completely exposed. So, true to form, he drops an extra 2/3 yards to counter this and leaves a massive gap in our midfield. It’s no conincidence this gap wasn’t there when he was out of the team.
Really?
I'd give you a like mate but even after 18 years on this forum I have no idea how to do it
You’re trying really hard for this to be a thing but it’s just not happening. Relax, stop taking everything personally and move along.
How was the penalty not his fault? Who's fault was it? He leant in to Lacazette in the box. It was a penalty all day long. I can agree he might be improving but he isnt good enough for Utd in my opinion. I hope I am proved wrong and he turns in to the player we need.
No problem, mate. My point wasn’t that he was poor, just not that good.Oh yeah, sorry, responding to a lot of stuff so not sure who said what.
Ughhh...
It was never a penalty, not even close.
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Man of the Match
Runners-up
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23%
Fred
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12%
Romelu Lukaku
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10%
Chris Smalling
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4%
Mason Greenwood
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4%
Ashley Young
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3%
Diogo Dalot
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2%
Victor Lindelof
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2%
Paul Pogba
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1%
David de Gea
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1%
Marcus Rashford
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1%
Nemanja Matic
Player Ratings
Total Average Rating
Highest Rated Player
Lowest Rated Player
Compiled from 469 ratings.
Score Predictions
445,29,84
- Man Utd win
- Arsenal win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 28% Arsenal 1:2 Man Utd
- 17% Arsenal 1:3 Man Utd
- 16% Arsenal 0:2 Man Utd
- 8% Arsenal 1:1 Man Utd
- 6% Arsenal 2:2 Man Utd
- 4% Arsenal 0:3 Man Utd
- 4% Arsenal 0:5 Man Utd
- 3% Arsenal 0:1 Man Utd
- 3% Arsenal 1:4 Man Utd
- 2% Arsenal 2:3 Man Utd
- 2% Arsenal 2:1 Man Utd
- 2% Arsenal 2:4 Man Utd
- 1% Arsenal 3:1 Man Utd
- 1% Arsenal 0:0 Man Utd
- 1% Arsenal 0:4 Man Utd
- 1% Arsenal 1:0 Man Utd
- 1% Arsenal 2:0 Man Utd
- 0% Arsenal 5:0 Man Utd
- 0% Arsenal 1:5 Man Utd
- 0% Arsenal 4:0 Man Utd
- 0% Arsenal 2:5 Man Utd
Match Stats
- Arsenal
- Man Utd
- Possession
- 46% 54%
- Shots
- 14 14
- Shots on Target
- 3 4
- Corners
- 5 2
- Fouls
- 12 18
Referee
Jonathan Moss
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