Chelsea 2:2 Manchester United

el3mel · Oct 20, 2018

We're still into this. The game is shite overall and Chelsea aren't showing signs they're going to finish it. They're not creating much either.

We need more attacking intent. Get in Sanchez for Rashford and Fred for Mata and push Pogba forward.

BrianMcClair'sBarnet · Oct 20, 2018

T00lsh3d said:
Is Sarri smoking on the touch line?

No,I wish he would though.

charlenefan · Oct 20, 2018

IAmAWinner said:
How do Chelsea players skip past ours so easily, while Martial can't do shit against slow Azpi.

He may be slow but he's a good defender, Young at the other end isn't. Shaw is doing well and he is a defender

Green_Red · Oct 20, 2018

Wednesday at Stoke said:
The defensive line is so deep, no wonder it's hard to connect midfield and attack. Get the feck up.

And Chelsea press out defense too. We let their defence bring the ball all the way to the halfway line before we go near them.

GeorgieBoy · Oct 20, 2018

Sandikan said:
about 12 of the 38 league games if that.

More than that. Doesn't cost much just pay for it.

Posh Red · Oct 20, 2018

Such cowardly football. Every player seems terrified of playing under any kind of pressure. Look at Marcus Alonso coming inside and shielding the ball and picking passes. Our own midfielders aren’t even capable of this and to me it has to be a mindset issue.

LeftyBlaster · Oct 20, 2018

el3mel said:
No, these posts aside, some are talking about how Chelsea are passing and doing great stuff.

Which makes it all the more sad. Chelsea aren't blowing us out of the water by any stretch of the imagination and yet we are just deciding to do feck all. No movement, no intensity, no urgency.

T00lsh3d · Oct 20, 2018

IAmAWinner said:
How do Chelsea players skip past ours so easily, while Martial can't do shit against slow Azpi.

Azpi is a quality defender

OnlyTwoDaSilvas · Oct 20, 2018

Positives:
er...
Smalling's passing has been surprisingly decent.

That might be it.

MAME DIOUF 32 · Oct 20, 2018

I'm not seeing where a goal's coming from here.

westmeath · Oct 20, 2018

At least 5 of our players are on 1 or 2 out of 10 as things stand

Red00012 · Oct 20, 2018

marktan said:
Has Mata even touched the ball this half? Such a nothing, luxury player.

Best attacking threat in the 1st half has been him ?

acnumber9 · Oct 20, 2018

Handré1990 said:
We’re chasing shadows

Chasing is generous. Watching shadows maybe.

Grylte · Oct 20, 2018

Pogba complaining at Lindelöf :lol:

Lindelöf was standing still, marking his man. That is all on Pogba.

Is Lukaku even trying to make himself available for a pass? He's just standing there... doubt he's even ran 300m.

ErranMorad · Oct 20, 2018

Worst football playing "top" side in the world. Painful to watch. Tactics not better than any relegation battler.

charlenefan · Oct 20, 2018

el3mel said:
We're still into this. The game is shite overall and Chelsea aren't showing signs they're going to finish it. They're not creating much either.

We need more attacking intent. Get in Sanchez for Rashford and Fred for Mata and push Pogba forward.

Wouldn't want Mata to be taken off he's one of the few trying to do things

Minimalist · Oct 20, 2018

sunama said:
We're saving more energy. CFC are working very hard, while our players are standing still most of the time.

I mean that Chelsea could be playing a much more intense game with a higher tempo but they're happy to knock it about like a training match because they know we offer absolutely nothing should they lose it.

It's hardly like our plan is going well.

Godfather · Oct 20, 2018

ash_86 said:
How many dying saves has DDG had to make? Take away the goal what have they done?

Not much. They aren't playing well either. Doesn't make our performance any better though.

Trophy Room · Oct 20, 2018

LeftyBlaster said:
Um no? You said we are doing okay. This is NOT okay. Not playing title winning football since SAF's departure doesn't make it acceptable. Did you only start watching us recently? Because this is not the standard acceptable.

We are doing okay in the context of our current circumstances. We are not a title winning or for that matter even top 4 challenging team at present. We are dire. It is in no way acceptable for United but it’s not going to change anytime soon. So there is no point comparing our current level of football to a fantasy. We are as good as we’ll ever be this season unfortunately. It’s a shame.

Wade3 · Oct 20, 2018

Our midfield stinks. It's no wonder our wide players often get lost. They face 2 or 3 opponents, unless it's a counter attack, and recieve little support. We're ridiculously reluctant to move forward. Given that we're down a goal, that's all we should do.

Chelsea is hardly threatening us, yet we play as if they have chance after chance. That's not the case at all.

Reddevildans · Oct 20, 2018

Said many times before. We dont have intelligent players. They make stupid decisions all over the pitch. We dont do the simple things right.

Random Task · Oct 20, 2018

Not good enough, yet again.

What worries me most of all is that these poor performances are fast becoming the norm. A sobering thought.

SalfordRed18 · Oct 20, 2018

This game is awful.

Dargonk · Oct 20, 2018

Starting to get a little progress down the right, but on the whole we have been toothless and hardly look like getting shots on goal, let alone scoring.

Chelsea are comfortably controlling this game right now, though they haven't been that great either. I really hope the second half is more exciting than the first

Sassy Colin · Oct 20, 2018

Andycoleno9 said:
But the ball was cleared to Young. With 7,8 our players in their penalty box, you must play it safe

You were replying to a different post to the one I thought you were.

I still stand by my original point though. If we have them under pressure, keep it up, don't give them back the initiative.

Young has been very disappointing anyway. Where is Valencia?

Pow · Oct 20, 2018

ash_86 said:
How many dying saves has DDG had to make? Take away the goal what have they done?

Lol take away the goal. Youve shown no urgency at all still sitting at the edge of your box despite being a goal down. Weve controlled the play. And comfortably at that.

Camy89 · Oct 20, 2018

pcaming said:
When was the last time Manchester United actually played football? There is absolutely nothing good about this club at the moment.

2nd half of the last game.

GhastlyHun · Oct 20, 2018

Chelsea aren't great today either, mind. Lucky punch for United in the second half very much possible.

acnumber9 · Oct 20, 2018

marktan said:
Has Mata even touched the ball this half? Such a nothing, luxury player.

Probably more than any United player. We wouldn’t have passed the ball in their half without him.

Rolaholic · Oct 20, 2018

So what exactly is the plan in attack? I've seen pub teams look more organized moving forward...

Igor Drefljak · Oct 20, 2018

Lindelof has played well, there's that at least

youngrell · Oct 20, 2018

None of our players seem to know what to do during any phase of play. So frustrating to watch.

jmaggio · Oct 20, 2018

IAmAWinner said:
How do Chelsea players skip past ours so easily, while Martial can't do shit against slow Azpi.

Azpi is one of the best full backs in the pl...

ash_86 · Oct 20, 2018

Tactics are spot on. We hardly conceded any chances at all. Bar the poor goal conceded from set piece we've contained them well. Now need to pull back a goal from one of the counters.

el3mel · Oct 20, 2018

LeftyBlaster said:
Which makes it all the more sad. Chelsea aren't blowing us out of the water by any stretch of the imagination and yet we are just deciding to do feck all. No movement, no intensity, no urgency.

Don't disagree we're shite, and those moaning are right. It's just I'm surprised at those who are talking that high about Chelsea. They were better in the previous games.

kouroux · Oct 20, 2018

Regarding the goal conceded. Pogba is 100% to blame at the start for losing Rudiger but why does DDG not put players on his posts ? Haven't we not seen enough times players there saving their teams ?

Vidyoyo · Oct 20, 2018

cyberman said:
We can't get the ball to him though. All our wide men do is dribble or send in crosses that fails to beat the first man

That is true. I was going to say that the wingers are doing a bad job but then Rashford went on a run down the right. They've all been poor at linking up play.

MyOnlySolskjaer · Oct 20, 2018

After going 1-0 down to Chelsea, I think we’ve been defending our 1-0 defeat pretty well.

Slevs · Oct 20, 2018

Genuinely can't stand Marcus Rashford. Grow the feck up, you're playing for Man Utd not Burnley.

Oldham · Oct 20, 2018

OMG. Horrible just horrible...

What's the point of Matic anymore ?
We have an youngster on the bench and 50m signing.. and they can't get a game because Matic must play every fooking second...

And Pogba Fokk off with that marking.
Lukaku can also Fokk off for good

Roboc7 · Oct 20, 2018

It’s like watching Chelsea play any midtable/bottom half team, they are passing ball round at will and we are still sat back even though one nil down.

Castia · Oct 20, 2018

Seriously what the feck is our gameplan here?

We have 11 men camped in our own half even when Chelsea are just bringing the ball out, when in possession we pass it back to Dea to hoof it long.

Absolutely shocking that a top team plays so negative, Chelsea haven’t even been good. We look like a Stoke team under Pullis and that’s not hyperbole, we’re stuck in the Stone Age.

PepsiCola · Oct 20, 2018

Mourinho is a dinosaur in the modern game.

el3mel · Oct 20, 2018

charlenefan said:
Wouldn't want Mata to be taken off he's one of the few trying to do things

We need some support for Matic imo. He's struggling.

3KDré · Oct 20, 2018

Rashford has so much more space than Martial but is doing nothing with it.

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