Midfield completely static. Nobody attacking the space or wants to show for the ball in threatening positions (that's you Juan Mata, as per usual).
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Aston Villa 1:1 Manchester United
Villa Park
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- Sat, 20 December 2014 @ 3:00pm GMT
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Mata step up mateffs we can't lose to Villa!!!This ain't working too well.Herrera would have been a great fit in this game.
They can fecking go off to Milwall.
I actually feel better when they have the ball in defence I think we can get a mistake from them and profit that way...a lot of our possession is just not threatening them and they look set up to deal with it especially with a lead to sit on. (It's a bit like what someone was saying in the Barca thread about surrendering possession to open up the field).Mata goes missing in every away match.For me Mata doesn't contribute enough.Injection of pace needed, cue di maria!fletcher off and go diamond:
DDG
Valencia - Jones - Evans - Young
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RVP - FalcaoMata brings nothing to the team today, would sub him if we had a better option (Fletch > Di Maria at half time)I was excited when I saw Falcao's name in the starting line up (less so Fletcher's) but him and Van Persie are on a hiding to nothing so far. They're getting nothing to work with where it counts.
Do you honestly believe a training video is enough of a reason to say someone can play a football match for 60minutes? If he could he would be starting, you think LVG doesnt rate Di Maria higher than fletcher?That is why VG needs to replace mata with a player with acceleration to beat a man, yes he scores goals now and then, but no question we will need player with trickery to beat a man that mata does not offerYoung and Valencia are just depressingly bad. They get acres of space in every attack and end up wasting it by playing a worthless back pass or just fecking up in general.
Not really. We had fantastic midfield displays this season but with fletch in midfield it is mission impossibleWe're too slow to press them.Fletcher offering absolutely nothing today.Kinda looking like the lads stayed up a little too late last night. Zero pace.Resurrect Zombie passing thread anyone ?
I still think we'll get one and it'll end 1-1Mata is useless in away games.Mata is having a shocker and fletcher is too off the pace. So frustratingI'd like to see Di Maria on for Fletcher at HT.Haven't lost at Villa Park since "you can't win anything with kids". Ron Vlaar will save us.Why the bloody hell is Evans so far up dictating play and not Carrick???Mr Van Gaal has to change something at HT. It ain't working.It's a little worrying that with all the possession we have , I can only think of young and RVP s volley of real goal threat
Young has been our biggest threat today imo!
Yep. Every attack that breaks down is due to him.Hope Fellaini and Herrera are well by Boxing Day.AdM for Fletch 2nd half
Mata has not been static, hes making runs and looks for one-2's but with a midfield of rooney and fletch, they're just passing it out to the wingers.There's a bit of a flatness about it just now - c'mon Utd, get to them a bit quicker and they can be taken. There's so much space yet slowness across the pitch.feck off fletchFletcher looks rusty as feck.Fletcher has just been abysmal.Oh ffs Fletcher!
That is the philosophy in action posession over constant crossing.Oh FFS Darren.- Status
Man of the Match
Runners-up
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25%
Radamel Falcao
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12%
Michael Carrick
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7%
David de Gea
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5%
Wayne Rooney
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2%
Phil Jones
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1%
James Wilson
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1%
Antonio Valencia
Player Ratings
Total Average Rating
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Compiled from 425 ratings.
Score Predictions
676,35,38
- Man Utd win
- Aston Villa win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 21% Aston Villa 0:2 Man Utd
- 18% Aston Villa 1:3 Man Utd
- 17% Aston Villa 0:3 Man Utd
- 14% Aston Villa 1:2 Man Utd
- 8% Aston Villa 0:4 Man Utd
- 6% Aston Villa 1:4 Man Utd
- 3% Aston Villa 0:5 Man Utd
- 3% Aston Villa 1:1 Man Utd
- 2% Aston Villa 0:1 Man Utd
- 1% Aston Villa 2:3 Man Utd
- 1% Aston Villa 0:0 Man Utd
- 1% Aston Villa 2:1 Man Utd
- 1% Aston Villa 2:0 Man Utd
- 1% Aston Villa 2:2 Man Utd
- 1% Aston Villa 3:0 Man Utd
- 1% Aston Villa 1:5 Man Utd
- 1% Aston Villa 1:0 Man Utd
- 0% Aston Villa 4:0 Man Utd
- 0% Aston Villa 5:0 Man Utd
- 0% Aston Villa 3:2 Man Utd
- 0% Aston Villa 3:3 Man Utd
- 0% Aston Villa 4:4 Man Utd
- 0% Aston Villa 2:4 Man Utd
- 0% Aston Villa 3:1 Man Utd
Match Stats
- Aston Villa
- Man Utd
- Possession
- 35% 65%
- Shots
- 10 16
- Shots on Target
- 4 9
- Corners
- 3 9
- Fouls
- 9 10
Referee
Lee Mason
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by James Wilson
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replaced by Tyler Blackett
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replaced by Angel Di Maria
