Young has been the best player in the first half. Getting nothing from the right side of the field. RvP has looked very lively, hopefully he gets some chances in the second half.
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Manchester United 0:1 West Bromwich Albion
Old Trafford
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Hasn't been too bad, we just need to take our chances. We'll be fine.Mitch is obviously a jinx.We can win whatever but bottom line think that some players dont have enough IQ for this way of play. Try some fake attempts,then just slip a pass,invert wingers get between their CBs and FBs,make space for overlap etc.
One or two more but nothing special.This Fellaini business is not working. Teams are dealing with him easily now. Get Di Maria on.Here's a radical thought lets play more than one up top when at home against shite!?
I think you have Young and Mata the wrong way round. Young, bless him, is the epitome of form is temporary, class is permanent.The question I pose is who is meant to be the one finding the defence splitting pass? For me it is Mata and Rooney (or Herrera when he plays his normal position).We need Di Maria on to pick up some of RVPs runs.i would rather have a switch of positions between rooney & herrera. too less creativity for a pair of rooney+fellaini combo. better to have herrera to replace one of them. and rooney is more resolute than herrera so won't be a problem to play a deeper role.
there was a few occasions we could have even penetrated directly in the middle but we didn't have a player able to do it there.
but am confident we could get a goal in the 2nd half anyway
Not bad, but we need to grab that one chance that comes along. May not be too many given the way they've jammed the bus between the goalposts.Cant we just try something different to this style of play Herrera to Rooney to Mata trying to play it in and .....?
Hope to See ADM second half he can come up with something different.We're playing a 4-1-0-4-1 formation. Rooney and Fellaini doing their best to surround themselves with West Brom players.
Rooney should be playing as the CDM, and then Herrera and ADM in front of him.
Yeah, with 11 men within 30 yards from their goal. This isn't football, they don't even try to string three passes together.
But they are literally parking the bus. Worse than you lot. They don't even want to counter
It's no excuse, it's just fact that they are not actually here to play football. It's a safe tactic to grab a point against a United side who just can't play through teams who keep their shape.Di Maria on for Mata. We need two wingers that will go past defenders in a game like this.
Totally agree about the counter, the goal was there for him to score.Replace Fellaini with Di Maria i say
White text?Just glanced at the hashtag and my first thought was "who's Clive?"
Seriously though this is becoming ridiculous now. Boring passing for the sake of it. We need someone to step up second half - RvP has had a couple of decent chances, hope he can make the breakthrough.
WBA had the ball about 5 times, wasting a full minute before taking a free kick/ goal kick. Shame really. We might lose points to this, but their fans have to watch this week in week out.Need to find a way through defences like today. #
We are too predictable at times.
We also need more pace and we are not exploiting the right wing.Might as well take Fellaini off, he's wasted in a game like this.
Rooney has refused to shoot from outside the box for ages. He just doesn't do it as much.Painful watching a keys, grey and wiseThe most soul destroying half of football in a while. Not because of us, I might add. West Brom and Pulis are anti-football personified.But they are literally parking the bus. Worse than you lot. They don't even want to counter
It's no excuse, it's just fact that they are not actually here to play football. It's a safe tactic to grab a point against a United side who just can't play through teams who keep their shape.
But isnt that the absolute spot on thing to do then?
Thats what ive never got about the whole Arsenal thing. We've all seen what Arsenal over the years can do to teams on their day or what United did over that 6 game period, so its almost like you are asking the question. ' Why wont you let us win the game'? A weakness in Uniteds game has been found and exploited, Pulis would be an idiot not to do it.
I think Fellani's physically is needed here on set pieces. Mata generally struggles in games like these.
Agreed but no way it happens. Cant see him using Jones like that. More likely we see Young go to LB, di Maria at LW and Blind to DM. Which would be OK - I'd take off Rooney or Fellaini. We need Herrera receiving the ball and driving forward, not asking Rooney or Fellaini to do that. As it is, they're standing still waiting for the ball rather than running over to be an outlet.
Otherwise it will have to be some random, pinball moment or unstoppable shot that gets us a goal.Have faith folks. All it needs is one mistake, or one moment of magic, and the entire game changes.I hate to pick on players, but Valencia offers nothing other than his defensive work rate. It baffles me that one of the quickest players we have cannot take on defenders. He should be trying this every time he gets the ball in acres of space. Move the ball forward ffs, play it more quickly. Side to side football is the new back pass for us :/There's no point playing favorites and singling out players right now. Nobody has looked great. Defense and Herrera are doing their job well though. This is the first time we are playing Rooney and RVP in this system so obviously it was going to take time adjusting. Personally i don't think two strikers works well in this system. We are better off playing an extra midfielder in there.Bring on Beckham as part of his 40th birthday celebrations
Why's that a negative? It's a pointless tactic against a team full of Nephilim.But they are literally parking the bus. Worse than you lot. They don't even want to counter
It's no excuse, it's just fact that they are not actually here to play football. It's a safe tactic to grab a point against a United side who just can't play through teams who keep their shape.
Won't we all do the same if we had to come up with a plan to face United at OT? That says more about us than them. We're in big trouble if all teams coming to OT have to do is keep their shape in order to get a point.- Status
Man of the Match
Runners-up
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20%
Ashley Young
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18%
Robin Van Persie
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12%
Ander Herrera
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5%
Juan Mata
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5%
Paddy McNair
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3%
David de Gea
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2%
Angel Di Maria
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1%
Antonio Valencia
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1%
Wayne Rooney
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1%
Radamel Falcao
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1%
Daley Blind
Player Ratings
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Compiled from 403 ratings.
Score Predictions
427,14,19
- Man Utd win
- West Brom win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 23% Man Utd 3:0 West Brom
- 22% Man Utd 2:0 West Brom
- 13% Man Utd 3:1 West Brom
- 9% Man Utd 2:1 West Brom
- 8% Man Utd 5:0 West Brom
- 6% Man Utd 4:0 West Brom
- 6% Man Utd 1:0 West Brom
- 3% Man Utd 4:1 West Brom
- 2% Man Utd 1:1 West Brom
- 1% Man Utd 5:1 West Brom
- 1% Man Utd 0:0 West Brom
- 1% Man Utd 0:1 West Brom
- 1% Man Utd 3:2 West Brom
- 1% Man Utd 0:2 West Brom
- 1% Man Utd 0:5 West Brom
- 0% Man Utd 2:2 West Brom
- 0% Man Utd 5:2 West Brom
- 0% Man Utd 1:4 West Brom
- 0% Man Utd 0:3 West Brom
- 0% Man Utd 0:4 West Brom
- 0% Man Utd 4:2 West Brom
Match Stats
- Man Utd
- West Brom
- Possession
- 80% 20%
- Shots
- 26 6
- Shots on Target
- 9 3
- Corners
- 9 3
- Fouls
- 10 11
Referee
Anthony Taylor
Man Utd Lineup
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