this teams good enough to win the game. This is getting beyond a joke. Just tell these motherfeckers to stop being so f-ing negative. Forwards, backwards, forwards, backwards, forwards, backwards, give it away. Bullshit. Not much space for Wilson of Falcao but there is zero imagination or quality coming from deep. Adnan at the end summed it all up. Negative.
FA Cup 4th Round
Cambridge United 0:0 Manchester United
Abbey Stadium
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- Fri, 23 January 2015 @ 7:55pm GMT
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I don't think we've been that bad.
Their pitch is shit and tiny. It's been difficult to find space. Cambridge have been difficult to break down and hungry for the ball.
We just need to quit conceding corners and set pieces and speed the game up a bit more.
They'll tire out eventually and hopefully we can get a few goals. I'd possibly bring Herrera on for Wilson around the 60 minute mark.
ADM is actually playing.
One of our strikers could simply get down to get the ball then, Rooney style rather than sit in the box doing nothing. Agree that our midfield is cack this game though.
I agree to a point.
We don't look threatening but the pitch and environment isn't easy. They are well up got it and we look like we are trying to get up for it during the game.
Jones has just been poor today.
Januzaj has been poor, slow, weak.
Falcao hasn't had anything to work from
Wilson hadn't had anything at all
Di Maria looks a bit frustrated
Blind and Valencia have been ok
Rojo has been a monster! Quality display.This reminds me of the game when United played Chelsea in 07 or 08, where Fergie set up the team to allow Mikel all the time on the ball while tightly marking everyone else, knowing that he was incapable of destroying a team. They're doing that with Jones...
After that first half, P Nev is the perfect analystThat was shite. Fair enough, not easy to play against a 9-0-1 formation, but we should be a lot better than this lotWhy on earth did Januzaj not shoot there? And Phil Jones taking corners again? He is having problems passing the ball five freaking yards.
Jones has been awful so far.. Too many bad passes from him.Been impressed with Rojo. That's about it. Sick of this static zombie play - which isn't just an LVG thing just as it wasn't just a Moyes thing. Its been going on for years and its incredibly annoying.
Says a lot about the rest of them then.Let's be entirely honest for a moment, are any of you genuinely surprised?Bring Herrera on for Di Maria. Someone who might care.
Rush forward to what space? There isnt too much you can do when the oppositions whole team is defending. The greatest team in our recent time, Peps Barcelona struggled time and time again to break down Chelsea whenever they met. Because Chelsea usually always defended deep and in numbers.As if Shearer " already knows about Donaldson" probably watched a 5 minute compilation of his best bits before the game.
The way things are going, it might be LvG who goes before he does.Losing confidence quickly now with LVG, his philosophy and stubbornness. He can't even field a side to trouble Cambridge United. Our passing is beyond awful. Our buildup play is so slow and labored as to almost be comical. I really don't think we have what it takes to get top 4.
Does it matter? They are better players and should be doing better against Cambrighe ffs. There's too many excuses being made for these players. We're not very good at football.Shearer to Keown
Falcao will probably get slated in the Falcao thread still.Januzaj the only one who can come out of the first half with any credit.
Phil Jones is fecking atrocious. Just a pointless, all action, bumbling mess.Midtable league 2 side. Midtable. League 2
League 2.
League 2.Shearer's actually making a good point for once.
Yeah cos Fellaini is having a stormer...Cambridge will be sorry they wasted all those opportunities.
Personally Januzaj was played well and u can't blame jamies if he never gets the ball. We are so poor now devoid of creativity but I think it's because the players are trying to play LVG system which isn't allowing the players to play insticntlyI don't usually agree with Shearer...Januzaj for me has been told to be less wasteful. He has been, but you need him to offer more than our other zombie passers, should be able to express himself.I hate it how our CBs are forced to be playmakers of sort (Rojo did that well and Jones not so much) because there is no one making himself available for a pass when Carrick is marked. We are cut in two parts, the back 4 + Carrick and the rest of the team, there is no link whatsoever. It forces Jones to attempt stupid long balls or Rojo to advance and dribble.
There are very few valid excuses for Manchester United to be struggling against Cambridge United. The pitch and the opposition's defensive tactics are not among them.
We probably will, but god help us if we got one of yer actual good sides in the next round.That lack of tempo is so fecking depressing
Better than the Yeovil game but still no chances created. We should be doing better but it is hard when they refuse to give any space. Hopefully it opens up abit. Januzaj and Blind and Rojo doing well.
He isn't the only one in midfield you know. He's shown for the ball the most and where have the rest of them gone? Camping all the way up top.
Honestly no, not really but I think this proves that ¨whichever numbers you want to put together and call a formation¨ is not our problem. The problem is clearly the lack of team- and off-the-ball movement.Well it destroys this myth that the 3-5-2 is what's stopping United playing well.
Phil Jones is playing dreadful, nevermind anyone else. Atrocious defender.
Same here. Real blood and thunder stuff in the first 15 minutes especially from Phil Jones. His passing may leave a lot to be desired but that lad is committed.
It seems we have gotten a real foothold in the match towards the last 15 minutes though. Hopefully the second half will see more of us pinning them back.Why the feck do I even bother getting up to watch us play? I mean I will always get up but these games bore more so much.
That surprised me too.We're just such a horrible combination of no imagination, static movement, and Phil Jones. I honestly think Jones and Evans need to be shown the door. They've both had enough time. Smalling should stay.
Interesting point from Shearer about how players like Blind need to do a better job of getting the ball into Falcao.Neville … I thought that was systematic of United's play- Status
Man of the Match
Runners-up
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20%
Ander Herrera
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16%
Adnan Januzaj
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5%
David de Gea
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4%
Phil Jones
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3%
Angel Di Maria
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3%
Daley Blind
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2%
Michael Carrick
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1%
Radamel Falcao
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1%
James Wilson
Player Ratings
Total Average Rating
Highest Rated Player
Lowest Rated Player
Compiled from 419 ratings.
Score Predictions
551,22,14
- Man Utd win
- Cambridge win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 33% Cambridge 0:3 Man Utd
- 17% Cambridge 0:4 Man Utd
- 15% Cambridge 0:2 Man Utd
- 11% Cambridge 0:5 Man Utd
- 6% Cambridge 1:3 Man Utd
- 4% Cambridge 1:4 Man Utd
- 3% Cambridge 1:2 Man Utd
- 2% Cambridge 0:1 Man Utd
- 2% Cambridge 0:0 Man Utd
- 2% Cambridge 1:5 Man Utd
- 1% Cambridge 2:1 Man Utd
- 1% Cambridge 1:1 Man Utd
- 1% Cambridge 1:0 Man Utd
- 1% Cambridge 5:0 Man Utd
- 1% Cambridge 2:0 Man Utd
- 0% Cambridge 4:0 Man Utd
- 0% Cambridge 3:0 Man Utd
- 0% Cambridge 3:4 Man Utd
- 0% Cambridge 2:5 Man Utd
- 0% Cambridge 4:1 Man Utd
- 0% Cambridge 3:1 Man Utd
- 0% Cambridge 3:2 Man Utd
- 0% Cambridge 3:3 Man Utd
Match Stats
- Cambridge
- Man Utd
- Possession
- 25% 75%
- Shots
- 5 16
- Shots on Target
- 0 6
- Corners
- 4 7
- Fouls
- 6 13
Referee
Chris Foy
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Ander Herrera
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replaced by Robin Van Persie
