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FA Premier League
Stoke City 1:1 Manchester United
Britannia Stadium
- Kick-off
- Thu, 1 January 2015 @ 12:45pm GMT
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Agreed.I've got a strange idea. Let's actually play a midfielder in midfield.
Herrera on for any of Falcao, Mata, RvP or Rooney. No matter who he brings off, it'll be an improvement.
Found the one guy still defending evans.
you have a point...just that Mata is so awful at it.Hate this bollocks with two number 10's in midfieldRooney off, Herrera on for me!
That's probably down to injuries. Every defender we have has been injured at some point so its hard to gain any continuity with the system. Let's see how they fare for a few weeks now that they are all healthy.We are desprate to get a Vidic-Rio defenders at CB. Jones, Smalling and evans are not up for it. We need to strengthen in january.Honestly the Premier League should make Stoke do something about that ground. How many games are ruined by the wind there!
We are pretty shitty. Having the ball all the time, but only passing it backwards..
Nah. Nonsense. Smalling is definitely good enough to partner Smalling. If Smalling's injured, we can always bring in Smalling.
It's an internet forum, if we're losing, everyone is sh!t. Basic rule 1.Need to put Herrera on, he'll open more gates of creativity for us and will provide more than one dimensional wing play.
He'll also linkup with Mata.
We know he's comfortable in such situations, so there's food for thought. Regardless, I'm more disappointed to see our players not attacking the ball nor throwing the body around in order to get that ball first on corners.
facepalm.
Yet Smalling is playing well for the most part. For that Diouf chances he got bullied (the same as at Villa) and that has nothing to do with the wind.
Agreed. I'd keep Rooney and Van Persie on though. But yes, midfielders in midfield please.We need to be a bit quicker with our attacks so Stoke can't settle. Also need to take bit more care of the ball up front. Too many long passes diverted by the wind or unnecessary flicks to nobody. Let's try and rack up those attempts at goal and we'll get in front. Apart from the poor start we've handled the game fairly well so far. Don't take chances at the back either with the ball in the air.
Why you moaning at other people when you just made a ridiculous exaggeration, How on earth has he looked like a £28million bargain? He's hardly played which makes me question if you even watch the games?
Geniusly built on the top of a hill apparently.Rooney should be playing further up the pitch and Herrera should come in.
Evans having a shocker,hope he doesnt end up costing us the game.When will Henry join Sky, so we can stop seeing these cheesy ads.A few more performances like this and Evans has to be shown the door. He's not improving at all. Would love Falcao to nab a hatrick today. He's absolute quality and just needs a good run.Stoke are putting men on Carrick and limiting us from building from the centre of defence and midfield. He needs a proper midfield partner to help him.3-5-2 doesn't work very well as we know, but it really doesn't work away from home!
I think we're missing Fellaini today. We need 4 at the back in the second half, and keep the ball on the ground!If I see that Thierry Henry advert on Sky on my TV one more time I'm going to throw it out the window.
Not really. This was more than classic tap inWho's that player Windy that keeps breaking up our passes, we should sign him.
it's basic defending and he can't get it right.
it's not hard to anticipate the flight of a ball with wind behind it, especially for an experienced professional. f**king hell, even defenders at district level can manage it.
Herrera for Young, Rafaeal for Evans would help our play but no way we'd lose Evans height, surely.that was a very hot asian girl
When does Rojo come back from injury?
This isn't a one off.Second-half kick-offdid carrick get a touch on the corner, or did it go directly to falcao from rooney?Second-half kick-off
Thi is one of those games where 3 points are more important than performance. As long as we win irrespective of how awful/shaky we will be.
Lets go UnitedI think we will be better playing against the wind. We are having the ball flung all over the place with the wind at our back
Indeed, but there should also be an acceptance that we are gonna lose some battles, its not just our team who suffer against Stoke.- Status
Man of the Match
Runners-up
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13%
Chris Smalling
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8%
Michael Carrick
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7%
Juan Mata
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5%
Phil Jones
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3%
Luke Shaw
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2%
David de Gea
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2%
Wayne Rooney
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1%
Ashley Young
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1%
Ander Herrera
Player Ratings
Total Average Rating
Highest Rated Player
Lowest Rated Player
Compiled from 448 ratings.
Score Predictions
405,38,54
- Man Utd win
- Stoke win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 27% Stoke 1:2 Man Utd
- 20% Stoke 0:2 Man Utd
- 12% Stoke 1:3 Man Utd
- 8% Stoke 0:1 Man Utd
- 8% Stoke 1:1 Man Utd
- 7% Stoke 0:3 Man Utd
- 4% Stoke 2:1 Man Utd
- 2% Stoke 0:0 Man Utd
- 2% Stoke 0:4 Man Utd
- 1% Stoke 2:3 Man Utd
- 1% Stoke 0:5 Man Utd
- 1% Stoke 1:4 Man Utd
- 1% Stoke 2:0 Man Utd
- 1% Stoke 2:2 Man Utd
- 1% Stoke 3:1 Man Utd
- 1% Stoke 3:0 Man Utd
- 1% Stoke 1:0 Man Utd
- 0% Stoke 5:5 Man Utd
- 0% Stoke 2:5 Man Utd
- 0% Stoke 3:3 Man Utd
- 0% Stoke 4:0 Man Utd
- 0% Stoke 5:0 Man Utd
- 0% Stoke 2:4 Man Utd
- 0% Stoke 1:5 Man Utd
Match Stats
- Stoke
- Man Utd
- Possession
- 34% 66%
- Shots
- 11 6
- Shots on Target
- 2 2
- Corners
- 11 7
- Fouls
- 8 12
Referee
Michael Oliver
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Rafael
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replaced by Adnan Januzaj
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replaced by Ander Herrera
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