it's not exactly a new problem, right? Fletcher's unfortunate sickness, Anderson not rising up, Nani's inconsistency it all adds to the midfield problem that every fan has known for about 2-3 years now. Fellaini not helping just adds to the frustration. match going fans have voiced their opinion that they are not happy and its this forum fans that are giving excuses, imho!
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it's not exactly a new problem, right? Fletcher's unfortunate sickness, Anderson not rising up, Nani's inconsistency it all adds to the midfield problem that every fan has known for about 2-3 years now. Fellaini not helping just adds to the frustration. match going fans have voiced their opinion that they are not happy and its this forum fans that are giving excuses, imho!
It might be common at other clubs but it's something that is rarely seen at United.
What isn't? I was referring more to the actual formation we've played. When Moyes has played Rooney right up top we've isolated the midfield and struggled as a result. When we've actually played a #10 we've generally played well. So when we've played poorly it's usually down to the stupidity of the set up, rather than the effort the players are putting in.
This isn't even relevant. My original point is that our struggles this season have not been down to a lack of effort, therefore any booing due to effort would be misplaced. A general chorus of boos after a game isn't too bad, I can understand that. But I can't agree with targeting certain individuals. That does absolutely nothing for anyone.
So you think Nani did his best in Stoke and fans were wrong to boo him?
I don' t think he played poorly on purpose!
So you think Nani did his best in Stoke and fans were wrong to boo him?
Yes, I think he tried his best to positively influence the game. He was just shite. There is a big difference. And yes, the fans were wrong to boo him. I don't see your point, unless you seen something that indicated that Nani wasn't putting the effort in?
Nani wasn't tracking back, he was losing the ball and falling over at the slightest challenge and moaning to the ref. I don't agree with the boos but those are traits you don't expect from someone who's been at United for 6 years. The reaction was because the fans know he's so much better than he showed against Stoke. Statistically he got an assist that day but that shouldn't vindicate an all round poor performance. A player with his experience should have better decision making and should not be a pushover.
Destroying the confidence of our own players sure helps the opposition though. Pity some of our fans haven't cottoned on to that obvious fact yet.
He does track back. We haven't got a video right here to sit there and dictate to one another when he did or didn't track back against Stoke. But given that he usually does, I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt. I certainly don't remember him walking about when Stoke were on the counter. I agree, he fecks about on the floor when he think he's fouled, but that, nor his bad decision making on that day warrants booing. The reaction was because the fans were in a paddy we were losing against Stoke and decided to take it out on an easy target. We do have them. Nani is one, as is Fellaini, as was Carrick, as was Evans and Fletcher.
If people do think it was a lack of effort then they're entitled to think that, but I disagree. Hence I don't think the booing is right.
I have not followed this thread to closely but I know it was created after the Nani situation. It had nothing to do with his performance! Yes, it was poor but it had nothing to do with it. When his number went up, he took his sweet time, strolling and sulking off, the crowd were pissed off, he should have been jogging off, Cleverley was behind him swearing his head off telling Nani to hurry the feck up.
Now does that make it ok to boo him? No but you can certainly understand the fustration.
Now does that make it ok to boo him? No but you can certainly understand the fustration.
There was a small minority booing at haftime too. Nani just made himself any easy target to an aready edgy and pissed off crowd.