they are tall and tight. Crosses are futile. We need wingers with pace to pull them out of the position and create space for forwards.
FA Premier League
Newcastle United 0:2 Manchester United
St. James' Park
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- Wed, 2 January 2019 @ 8:00pm GMT
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Mata is like watching a 40 year old playing football with teenagers.
Correct. Wish more people would admit it.
He did (for me). Good in his day on the wing but seems to mark space now... and can't take a man on/make an incisive forward pass or simply run in behind to give an option.
Thanks, bye, good luck. We need to move on.
Why on earth do you hate to admit that we miss Lingard?
He's a cracking player. Criminally underrated.These Newcastle CB's look a red card/penalty waiting to happen with the way they are charging into tackles. Have kept Rashford quiet though, might be the game for Lukaku, need someone to get him angry at HT, perhaps move Rash to the right.
Here we go
Valencia doesn't look 100% fit to me. He isn't getting forward nearly enough which leaves Mata stranded. As a result, the latter is being forced in-field to play as a number 10 of sorts.
Not working.Valencia done out here. I must say, I think we could use Lukaku to add some nuisance value as the back 4 are very physical.
We are so useless down our right side, it almost offers little purpose to our team.I hope people can see how important Lingard’s off the ball movement is now. He drags defenders all over the place freeing up space for others.Valencia isn’t a fitness issue, he’s simply past it.Not an amazing performance but that’s partly due to stubborn defending by Newcastle. Think this is going to be one of those games where we have to wait til the game stretches in the final quarter before we get the space we need to make clear cut chances.
That said, we could help things along with some play down the right. Valencia is a non entity and Mata drifts left to link up with the other, leaving nothing down the right hand side.
No we haven't "changed any tactics". It's tough to have back and forth football when one team only wants to stay back.I feel like Sanchez and lukaku are badly needed especially with all the crossing. We'll need a big man up frontOur right side is so bad it’s unbelievable.Let the scapegoating begin
Lingard and Sanchez do exactly the same thing.
Our right side always comes from Young... This has been the case for over a year.
Not cracking, but average. That tells you what Mata gives us these days.
Hopefully Sanchez comes on.Need to get Lindard on for Mata asap. We need his movement and interplay to open up space for us.Valencia is trending. Proper turd display.We're playing some decent stuff and controlling the game for the most part. However, there constantly seems to be a quick-break outlet down our right-hand side and Valencia really needs to wake up to this, else we'll be caught out. Jones also needs to get his head in the game, keeps catching on nonsense.
Also how I wish Bailly was on the pitch today to put Lascelles on his place.
He’s been shite for 2 yearsValencia and Mata
It's not foolish at all. He's an extremely clever player. Knows exactly what he's doing.Standard New Years fare. We’re not moving the ball quick enough or moving enough but not really a surprise.
Substitutions will have to make the difference ‘cause we’re not getting through this awful wall of Newcastle players otherwise.Sanchez for Mata please..
True that
I was optimistic due to the Ole factor but Valencia isn’t going to improve on his last 5 years of dire play.Toughest half of Solskjaer's tenure so far. Our interplay has looked dangerous at times but Newcastle look tough to break down. Also our poor defence is being exposed here. Valencia needs to wake up or come off.
Does Lukaku really bring physicality? He’s a unit, but that’s not the same thing.Well, we will see if Ole is made of sterner stuff based on what he does this half. Our entire right flank needs to be subbed off for starters.
well he hasn't been able to do that for years.Valencia’s role is to defend in this lop sided
3-1-3-2-1I like Valencia, but we should terminate his contract at end of season, he offers nothing going forward. Him and Mata are useless at that right flank.
Everyone is saying itValencia is long since done at this level and Phil Jones has never been good enough.
Fair play Ole, you gave them a chance, you've seen it first hand, now stop it please.
thisLet the scapegoating begin
It's not though is it. When a player looks lost out there you call it as you see it.
It's not that they don't want to admit it, more like that they can't see or don't understand what he does well if he's not scoring or assisting.We look so unbalanced with it all going down the left.
We're not even pretending to have a go on the right, as Mata is generally right in the centre, and Valencia still in his defensive position.
Hopefully Ole can find a solution from Sanchez/Rashford/Martial, but otherwise Lingard is probably the best bet there- Status
Man of the Match
Runners-up
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40%
Victor Lindelof
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5%
Ander Herrera
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3%
Paul Pogba
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2%
Romelu Lukaku
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1%
Luke Shaw
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1%
Nemanja Matic
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1%
David de Gea
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1%
Alexis Sanchez
Player Ratings
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Compiled from 497 ratings.
Score Predictions
489,20,31
- Man Utd win
- Newcastle win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 24% Newcastle 1:3 Man Utd
- 17% Newcastle 1:2 Man Utd
- 14% Newcastle 0:3 Man Utd
- 13% Newcastle 0:2 Man Utd
- 6% Newcastle 1:4 Man Utd
- 5% Newcastle 0:5 Man Utd
- 5% Newcastle 0:4 Man Utd
- 3% Newcastle 1:1 Man Utd
- 3% Newcastle 2:3 Man Utd
- 2% Newcastle 2:2 Man Utd
- 2% Newcastle 1:5 Man Utd
- 2% Newcastle 0:1 Man Utd
- 1% Newcastle 2:4 Man Utd
- 1% Newcastle 0:0 Man Utd
- 1% Newcastle 1:0 Man Utd
- 1% Newcastle 3:0 Man Utd
- 1% Newcastle 2:0 Man Utd
- 0% Newcastle 3:2 Man Utd
- 0% Newcastle 4:0 Man Utd
- 0% Newcastle 2:5 Man Utd
- 0% Newcastle 5:0 Man Utd
- 0% Newcastle 5:1 Man Utd
- 0% Newcastle 3:1 Man Utd
- 0% Newcastle 3:5 Man Utd
- 0% Newcastle 4:4 Man Utd
Match Stats
- Newcastle
- Man Utd
- Possession
- 35% 65%
- Shots
- 14 16
- Shots on Target
- 3 7
- Corners
- 1 2
- Fouls
- 10 9
Referee
Andre Marriner
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Alexis Sanchez
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replaced by Romelu Lukaku
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replaced by Jesse Lingard
