Young Boys 2:1 Manchester United

Dudu · Sep 14, 2021

Midfield isn't really working. Pitch isnt helping.

Could be a long 2nd half, but we still should be beating these lot. Hopefully we can get a 2nd goal on the counter.

bondsname · Sep 14, 2021

That was dreadful :lol:

I don’t think we look match-fit or motivated.

Crustanoid · Sep 14, 2021

Catt said:
Yeah, we should definitely give up

Maybe we can ask one of the EL teams to swap with us to prep to get beaten in the final of that again

laughtersassassin · Sep 14, 2021

Alvaro Maestre said:
with 10 players only? You want us to lose?

Well Pogba is better than VDB and Greenwood works harder on the wing so it's like for like.

We should aim to get control not to defend for 45 minutes.

El Zoido · Sep 14, 2021

We’ll recompose at half time and probably get another.

YouOnlyLiveTwice · Sep 14, 2021

YB are playing quite good football.

I have faith that we can hold on, but there is bound to be some close calls.

BusbyMalone · Sep 14, 2021

It was absolutely a red card, no doubt about it. So fecking frustrating, not only to go down to ten men, but then to lose Sancho, who clearly needs games.

Feck sake

LawCharltonBest · Sep 14, 2021

Wasnt even a foul. If anything, should have been a yellow to the Young Boys player for simulation

Teja · Sep 14, 2021

Rashford would've been great in games like these.

Martial'sEmergingSmile · Sep 14, 2021

charlenefan said:
Not sure Dalot on for Sancho was the right call, both in terms of the game but also Sancho's confidence.

Feel Varane on for one of Bruno or Pogba and go 5 at the back with Sancho as a wing back might of been better, would have made us stronger at the back and still give us the running power on the wings

Sancho is one of the laziest players on the planet in terms of defensive contribution. Even in his cameo tonight he got blown by repeatedly, lost the ball in midfield and didn't even consider running back.

This is a big game in the context of the group. We can't afford to take off one of our best players to throw Sancho some confidence minutes.

MattofManchester · Sep 14, 2021

Why do people want Donny off?
He's played well as part of the pivot so far.

The feck is wrong with this thread?

ForeverRed1 · Sep 14, 2021

This is where we could do with rashy. Need to get them on the break .. one more goal and just hold on.

Giggsyking · Sep 14, 2021

Sitting deep against a team that is Sunday league football team. Even with 10 players we should be dominating this match.

arthurka · Sep 14, 2021

Maureen-yo said:
7 assists in 3 games but yeah he doesn’t do anything.

Great response.. he has been terrible tonight so what the feck does what he did last week have to do with that. Absolutely horrendous performance.

Fts 74 · Sep 14, 2021

No complaints with the red,poor control let him down.

I'm still confident we'll get a result

Stadjer · Sep 14, 2021

We got 10 players on the field so the remaining players would need to run a bit more to make up for having one less player on the pitch. The solution here is to put a player who cant run on?

Annihilate Now! · Sep 14, 2021

We have always been absolutely terrible when we go down to 10 men for as long as I can remember.

JG3001 · Sep 14, 2021

Gandalf said:
I wondered who was going to take James spot in the matchday threads.

Refer to my post 16:28 on Saturday, Manchester United v Newcastle thread. Not sure how to quote my old posts on phone…

Redfrog · Sep 14, 2021

Sandikan said:
What about VDB?
Whenever he gets a chance, it's either with the fringe gang, or something like this red card happens.

They were both bad anyway, so no complaints.

Dinghy · Sep 14, 2021

No chance Young Boys does not score in the second half, only a matter of time. We're one man down, got a striker that barely runs defensively. Pogba on the left the same, way too slow to close down players.

Inigo Montoya · Sep 14, 2021

Ali Dia said:
Dalots first real test.

His technique isn't bad at all. He played a lot for AC Milan last season so he deserves a chance.

Think he played as a LB too

RedDevil@84 · Sep 14, 2021

Feck the midfield. Play longballs to Bruno and Ronaldo

Winrar · Sep 14, 2021

We were cruising up until the first half until that braindead play from AWB.

Need to find composure at HT. Let's see how this squad deals with such pressure now...

Random Task · Sep 14, 2021

Dudu said:
Midfield isn't really working. Pitch isnt helping.

Could be a long 2nd half, but we still should be beating these lot. Hopefully we can get a 2nd goal on the counter.

Being a man up might encourage them to throw caution to the wind and attack more in the second half, which is never a good idea against this United side.

Eddy_JukeZ · Sep 14, 2021

Judas said:
Textbook VDB performance for Utd thus far.

He just isn't very good. I don't know what people are expecting of him at this point. This idea that he would be good in central midfield was pure fantasy.

Nick7 · Sep 14, 2021

I thought we were quite good until the red. Seems an unpopular opinion of course.

Ali Dia · Sep 14, 2021

I’d be taking Pogba off for Elanga at some point and try to counter them. They were all over us since the red. Lucky to still be ahead

EtH · Sep 14, 2021

Wonderball from Bruno and Viva Ronaldo but dammit AWB we were looking too comfortable to go and do that. That said I hope we don’t change too much if anything at halftime.

DvB and Fred look solid enough. See how it goes for a few minutes and then maybe take Pogba off for Greenwood I hope but imagine it will be Lingard.

Godfather · Sep 14, 2021

All over the place even before going down to 10. Huge task now.

Crimson King · Sep 14, 2021

RedDevil@84 said:
Anyone can disagree for argument's sake.

Ok well people are being pedants now. I don't think it was a red card and I don't want that to become the norm in football. It was unnecessary and has spoiled the rest of this game.

Inigo Montoya · Sep 14, 2021

Dinghy said:
No chance Young Boys does not score in the second half, only a matter of time. We're one man down, got a striker that barely runs defensively. Pogba on the left the same, way too slow to close down players.

feck sake.... didn't take long did it? :lol:

Loony BoB · Sep 14, 2021

tob said:
Nice move Ole. Substitute your only winger and play with only central midfielders. Hopefully he’ll correct it at halftime.

That's weird, I thought we were complaining about having no central midfielders, and now we have too many? Only one player on the pitch really dignifies the description of central midfielder and he's considered a weak link in our club. VDB, Pogba, Fernandes are all attacking midfielders, none are central.

Djemba-Djemba · Sep 14, 2021

I thought we were in total control until the red card so I don't know why people are acting as if we were terrible all half.

The red card is very frustrating because I thought we were on our way to a very comfortable victory.

Now with ten men , it'll be very tough.

RedDevil@84 · Sep 14, 2021

Inigo Montoya said:
His technique isn't bad at all. He played a lot for AC Milan last season so he deserves a chance.

Think he played as a LB too

I think his main problem was defending in PL was a bit tough for him. Running forward was fine.

TMDaines · Sep 14, 2021

Having stepped away from match threads in the main this season, I must say that I don’t recognise some of the narratives surrounding our players.

Sandikan · Sep 14, 2021

Dinghy said:
No chance Young Boys does not score in the second half, only a matter of time. We're one man down, got a striker that barely runs defensively. Pogba on the left the same, way too slow to close down players.

Dry your eyes mate, it's not peak Barcelona here!

RonaldoVII · Sep 14, 2021

Inigo Montoya said:
Matic? FFS!

The guy was slower than a combine harvester against Newcastle

He can tackle and keep the ball though. Unlike the rest of our midfield.

Ajr · Sep 14, 2021

I think that Matic has to come in

Galactic · Sep 14, 2021

We just need to keep possession and frustrate them. They may lose patience and start fouling.

tenpoless · Sep 14, 2021

Dinghy said:
No chance Young Boys does not score in the second half, only a matter of time. We're one man down, got a striker that barely runs defensively. Pogba on the left the same, way too slow to close down players.

Ive seen the same type of defensive workrate from Martial and without the goals.

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