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Stoke City 2:0 Manchester United

Britannia Stadium

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Sat, 26 December 2015 @ 12:45pm GMT
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    Why he changed formation,from most dominating performance vs Liverpool away i ever seen to this 4-2-3-1 just so some moron could play on number 10 position,what a horseshit.
     
    Our players are much better than we are seeing today, much, much better. We all know that.

    Confidence is at an all time low and I was expecting LvG to pick them up during the week. It just hasn't happened and I guess it has to be down to the manager.

    I have continued to support him, expecting him to turn it round, but I don't think he will. I guess that puts me on the time to change the manager side now.
     
    Rooney for Fellaini at half time at least. As bad as Rooney has been, Fellaini is just worse player. So I'm all for it.
     

    Apparantly away fans leaving early. If he has lost them, Its time now. Woodward do your thing my friend.
     
    Very easy to beat us veary easy to beat Man.Utd. sad but true. And each time I think about the amount of money we have spent on some fecking cnuts it's realy killing me.
     
    Stobzilla said:
    What possible context could there be for having a laugh and a joke when down 2-0 ? They are snakes, the pair of em.
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    Was it taken at 2-0 down though? I don't have much faith in either one of them, but I'm reserving judgment until I know more.
     
    We've just learned that the players want van Gaal out. I feel for the people who've spent time and money on this but it's probably for the best.
     
    If this was Fergie, the players would be scared to go in at the break for fear of getting a rocket up the backside.

    As it is, we have a manager content to sit in the comfort of his seat and write things down on a clipboard like he's gone to value a fecking house. The players know they'll be playing again the next game, so don't really give a shit what happens.
     
    Walkin down the touchline like hes going for a beer with the lads. Doesnt look like LvG is even surprised. Meanwhile we're all ripping!
     
    Anyone remember when the prospect of Rooney coming on to salvage a match would fill us with hope and confidence?
     
    sunama said:
    I would not have let Di Maria go under any circumstances.
    We are crying out for a creative attacker and Di Maria fits the bill perfectly.
    If ADM was scared of robbers, I'd have paid for private security out of my own pocket, if I was LVG, to make it clear that he was important to my plans.
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    he did not fit the philosophy. That decision alone was worthy of van Gaal being sacked.
     
    Some people will write absolute tripe to absolve LVG of the blame. Both goals were well deserved because Stoke has pressed well and forced the mistakes, they make their own luck, unlike ourselves who just hope something will happen. Even if he couldn't do anything about either goal, what were we doing before the goal? Stoke were dominating possession beating us at our own game. After the 1st goal? Poor response. 2nd? Slightly better response that faded pretty quickly.
     
    United22 said:
    Isn't always about that. With this bunch of players , we should not be playing to this level. Look at our 12/13 team, we won the title playing with a midfield of Young, Carrick, Cleverley and Valencia most of the time.
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    This is correct.
    It's upto the manager to analyse his players and create a tactic which suits their abilities. And if we don't have the necessary players - buy them. MUFC had one of the biggest transfer budgets in history. We spent £200M+ (net) and losing 2-1 to Norwich, 2-1 to Bournemouth, 2-0 to Stoke, is what we end up with.

    Give Mark Hughes £200M and he'll make this Stoke team, even better.
     
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  • 9% Stoke 1:2 Man Utd
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Possession
41% 59%
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13 11
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3 6
Corners
1 12
Fouls
13 16

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