Europa League Match Day 2

FC Porto 3:3 Manchester United

Estadio do Dragao

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Thu, 3 October 2024 @ 8:00pm BST
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    Blood Mage said:
    Maguire and Evans have been miles better than De Ligt and Martinez
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    And most United fans now know that, stop playing the hipster signings stinking the place out , M De Ligt will go down as our second worst signing under ETH, time stamp this and come back at the end of the season, he’s truly terrible CB.
     
    Salfordlad70 said:
    If he had any self respect he’d hand in his notice immediately after this match. It seems he has none and will continue in his quest to ruin this club. I hate his stupid face. I’m sick of his excuses and I’m struggling to watch this shower of shite while he remains.

    Get rid of this fraud now!!!
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    This is a wee bit of a stretch…I’m sure you’ve resigned from your job without another one lined up on numerous occasions :)

    Get the passion but you cannot expect him to hand in his resignation. He’s obviously trying but it’s not working.
     
    Onana kept us in this game, alongside v poor finishing from Porto.

    ETH shouldn't feel thus was some great performance. They had many chances.
     
    cj_sparky said:
    Amazingly we've scored 3 goals away from home in Europe again and not won.
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    Yes that’s the bigger story, this clown can’t win a domestic or European game currently !
     
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    Crimson King said:
    They're, by their very definition, overhead! How is that not high? Bruno was ahead of the player trying to connect with a cross, it wasn't dangerous.
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    Because they are most often done lying in the air not far off the ground. It’s over the players own head, not necessarily over normal head height.
    While you may not think it was dangerous, the referee clearly thought so - and I think the yellow was very much by the book.
     
    Despite all the moans 29 shots and scoring 3 away from home is decent.
    Can't knock Bruno for trying to score in the 81st min. Not sure he actually touched their man and certainly not in the head.

    Professional as ever from big Harry, rescued it.
     
    Jeffthered said:
    Onana kept us in this game, alongside v poor finishing from Porto.

    ETH shouldn't feel thus was some great performance. They had many chances.
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    We had 29 shots v their 14. We could have scored more ourselves.
     
    Carolina Red said:
    Physically impossible to head the ball from where he was. Then if he doesn’t make an attempt everyone would be complaining about that too.

    Lose lose situation. Instead, judge the bullshit acting job by the defender who wasn’t fecking touched
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    None of this makes it a good idea to jump in with your studs first at head height though.
     
    Same old story away from home in Europe. Just can’t seem to bury our opponents when we are in control.
     
    Carolina Red said:
    Physically impossible to head the ball from where he was. Then if he doesn’t make an attempt everyone would be complaining about that too.

    Lose lose situation. Instead, judge the bullshit acting job by the defender who wasn’t fecking touched
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    It doesn’t matter how much feigning he did. Bruno had his foot at head height. It’s not a lose-lose. The win is not being sent off.

    Second game in a row we looked better with 10-men anyway.
     
    Swedish_Plumber said:
    That was outstanding from Garnacho. Must’ve ran about 150 metres chasing and winning not all by himself.
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    However crap we are, there's absolutely no doubting Garnacho's effort levels.

    If I'd run that hard and seen Zirkzee strutting about and then failing to make the return I'd be fuming.
     
    Carolina Red said:
    Physically impossible to head the ball from where he was. Then if he doesn’t make an attempt everyone would be complaining about that too.

    Lose lose situation. Instead, judge the bullshit acting job by the defender who wasn’t fecking touched
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    Yep, the word agenda is often overused on forums but the pathetic clowns moaning about one of our players trying his best to get on the end of a chance when we're losing 3-2 with 8mins to go really are the pits.
     
    M16Red said:
    4 games in?
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    I've seen more than 4 games. Look at what Sneijder and Van Basten were saying when we signed him...

    Wesley Sneijder on his move...

    He said: “I don’t know… I thought the Bundesliga suited him well at first. I had a good feeling about that. I think England is much more physical, with big and fast players. I don’t know, I find it difficult to estimate."



    Van Basten...

    He said: “I hope for the best for him, because he is indeed a very nice and fun guy. But if you see his progression from Ajax… first to Juventus and then to Bayern Munich, he has not improved much in the few years that he has been abroad. That has to improve.”

    Scholes got shot down for saying it too.
     
    I don't understand some of the hate the coach is getting. We are the only team that is undefeated in the competition.
     
    Walters_19_MuFc said:
    Same happened with Ugarte and Mainoo on the weekend. We can't keep blaming the players when it's happening so often with different players.
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    We can’t blame the players for not doing the bare minimum asked of them?

    If this is a blame the manager/coaching attempt that’s a bit of a stretch.
     
    Sandikan said:
    Despite all the moans 29 shots and scoring 3 away from home is decent.
    Can't knock Bruno for trying to score in the 81st min. Not sure he actually touched their man and certainly not in the head.

    Professional as ever from big Harry, rescued it.
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    29 shots against a team that was thoroughly average and sat back most of the game. They had two huge chances in the second half with those 1v1s. If you ignore the context and pretend this was some European giant in the CL then great, but it wasn't. And that's why we'll be criticised yet again for our performance.
     
    C3Pique said:
    Zirkzee has done feck all since coming on. Literally ghosted.
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    He looks off the pace, slow lethargic, Rasmus has more energy but a much poorer touch, in all honesty neither should be leading the line at Man United but we have to get RVN to work with both of them and hope they start becoming more rounded and clinical.
     
    pocco said:
    I've seen more than 4 games. Look at what Sneijder and Van Basten were saying when we signed him...

    Wesley Sneijder on his move...

    He said: “I don’t know… I thought the Bundesliga suited him well at first. I had a good feeling about that. I think England is much more physical, with big and fast players. I don’t know, I find it difficult to estimate."



    Van Basten...

    He said: “I hope for the best for him, because he is indeed a very nice and fun guy. But if you see his progression from Ajax… first to Juventus and then to Bayern Munich, he has not improved much in the few years that he has been abroad. That has to improve.”

    Scholes got shot down for saying it too.
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    I don't really care, but yes he sh&t.

    They are all sh&t, let's just burn it down and go, watch that souless fecks across town.
     
    Woziak said:
    He looks off the pace, slow lethargic, Rasmus has more energy but a much poorer touch, in all honesty neither should be leading the line at Man United but we have to get RVN to work with both of them and hope they start becoming more rounded and clinical.
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    Who decided Kirkzee and Ugarte are to be United players??
     
    Sandikan said:
    Yep, the word agenda is often overused on forums but the pathetic clowns moaning about one of our players trying his best to get on the end of a chance when we're losing 3-2 with 8mins to go really are the pits.
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    Finally someone with some sense about them.

    It’s awful isnt it?
     
    Vidooq said:
    I don't understand some of the hate the coach is getting. We are the only team that is undefeated in the competition.
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    I'm not sure whether this is tongue in cheek satire or stupidity. But it is, of course, totally wrong. And not good satire if it is meant that way.
     
    Saw the replay of the 2nd Bruno yellow. He can have no complaints. His foot is at least 6 foot in the air, head height against an opponent trying to head the ball away. Dangerous play and definite yellow.
     
    Jazz said:
    I thought we were playing better with 10 men. You could see the desire from the players. They really dug in. Hope they at least hold on for the draw.
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    We were better when we took off De Ligt and Martinez, neither can start on Sunday or ETH has to start with 3 at the back and play Martinez with Maguire and Johnny Evan’s, personally I’d drop Martinez too and play Lindelof next to Evan’s and Maguire, he’s our quickest CB and he’s still slower than ever Villa defender but we should play 3412 I’d pack the midfield with Ugarte, Casemiro, Eriksen, Drop Bruno and play Rashford and Hojlund as a twin striker.

    When you’ve conceded 3 or more goals 24 times as a Man United Manager you simply don’t deserve the position and if his United career depends on Sunday, which I doubt as I think decisions have already been made, Mr Stubborn needs to change formation and try and get a win as unlikely as it seems right now ?
     
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  • Man Utd win
  • FC Porto win
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  • 16% FC Porto 2:0 Man Utd
  • 12% FC Porto 2:1 Man Utd
  • 12% FC Porto 1:2 Man Utd
  • 11% FC Porto 3:1 Man Utd
  • 10% FC Porto 1:1 Man Utd
  • 8% FC Porto 3:0 Man Utd
  • 7% FC Porto 0:2 Man Utd
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  • 3% FC Porto 0:3 Man Utd
  • 3% FC Porto 1:0 Man Utd
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  • 2% FC Porto 0:0 Man Utd
  • 2% FC Porto 2:2 Man Utd
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  • 1% FC Porto 9:0 Man Utd
  • 0% FC Porto 4:2 Man Utd
  • 0% FC Porto 5:0 Man Utd
  • 0% FC Porto 6:1 Man Utd
  • 0% FC Porto 1:4 Man Utd
  • 0% FC Porto 7:2 Man Utd
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