[A-man]

Why does having a higher line mean more 'risk'? I'd say the opposite and sitting deeper, inviting pressure, reactive defending, ceding possession, dropping deep when the opposition attacks is not conductive to a 'good' system that wants to stop leaking goals. We talk about individual mistakes and it's not Ole's fault that the performances of players are poor in games but it's a systematic failing also.

We play defensive and yet free-for-all football because our natural tendency is play a deeper line to accomendate for the fact we are shite at creating chances through possession so we hope for individual sparks or chances in transition i.e counter attacks. This is not sustainable or giving the defensive and offensive players the best platform. It's arguably the best foundation we've had post-Fergie and Ole deserves credit for that but we need to continue to improve.

There's much to be said about Bailly's game or Lindelof's for that matter. Let's see how the former performs with a consistent set of games. With Lindelof's injury, it could be our only choice anyways.

The higher the line, the more vulnerable you become for counters behind that line. And every time a defender miss to win back the ball, there will be a counter. It demands top quality defence to manage that. I don’t see Bailly as the missing link to be able to play different type of football.

 

[Who's Kissing Cameras?]

Thought he played well and nullified Vardy's threat on the last shoulder. Their second goal was just world class movement from Vardy - very difficult for any defender to deal with straight away.

 

[Idxomer]

He played the ball through to Cavani for our second goal. As for Vardy's goal, If that ball was crossed from Eric's side of the defence, we all know he would have jumped in, but Harry and Pogba stared on.

You're right, forgot about this one.

 

[A-man]

I had the same feeling. The other day, lindeloff on left and partnered with Tuanzanbe works wonderfully well. It probably work well also for lindeloff and Bailey.

I’m not a big fan of correcting people at a forum, but couldn’t help it, sorry, because you had three United players misspelled out of three

Lindelöf or Lindelof
Tuanzebe
Bailly

 

[city-puma]

I’m not a big fan of correcting people at a forum, but couldn’t help it, sorry, because you had three United players misspelled out of three

Lindelöf or Lindelof
Tuanzebe
Bailly

Yes, sir!
Lindelof
Tuanzebe
Bailly
I guess this time I get them right

 

[TsuWave]

Man of the match

 

[Dante]

Both Bailly and Maguire were flawless today.

 

[Yorkeontop]

He's Eric, he'll Bailly soon enough but I'm glad he still has patches like this.

 

[Raven]

He was great today, his pace was fantastic.

 

[Welbeckham]

Easily the best player on the pitch. Did basically everything right.

 

[Machine Elements]

MOTM performance. Start him over Lindelöf every game.

 

[Godfather]

MotM easily as well

 

[Silas]

Fantastic today.

How long before someone posts the coin analogy?

 

[Ballache]

MOTM performance. Start him over Lindelöf every game.

Start both and drop Maguire

 

[TsuWave]

Also, good to see Ole going to him. Hugged him for ages

 

[Van Piorsing]

Matić was slightly better than him today, but he repaired critical error by Pogba and risked a knock.

Also very composed on the ball.

 

[lex talionis]

Superb performance.

 

[slored1]

Where did that come from?! Superb.

 

[NinjaFletch]

Was great, as was Maguire.

 

[Jeppers7]

Has the ability to be insanely good.

 

[A-man]

Solid even if there was not much to work to do defensively. Good at winning back the ball. Wish he would be a little more adventurous with his passing.

 

[FootyGirl88]

So good tonight!

 

[Shane88]

Always prone to a brainfart, as seen in the first half but when he is good, he is very good.

His pace kills many dangerous situations.

 

[el3mel]

As I said in Maguire thread him and Bailly were fantastic today. More of this please, Eric !

 

[Sanchez7]

Fantastic today. I have long had a soft spot for him - if he can just stay fit and go through the second half of the season without injuries, could be massive us. His athleticism is just

 

[Martial'sEmergingSmile]

Very good tonight, as he has been since coming back.

Would be great if he could keep this sort of consistency in terms of play and availability.

 

[Adam-Utd]

Another class performance.

time to put some respect on his name

 

[FromTheBench]

He can do something crazy but he is better than Lindelof.

His pace one on one defending and aerial ability all are better.

 

[TheGame]

That extra pace he provides mean Adama was not a threat as he might have been. Excellent display all round.

 

[kundalini]

Good performance, did well when they counter-attacked.

 

[ClaytonBlackmoorLeftPeg]

Good performance, and I’m a massive critic of him. We need depth at centre back, so very pleased he’s put in some good performances.

 

[pratyush_utd]

He can do something crazy but he is better than Lindelof.

His pace one on one defending and aerial ability all are better.

He is better than Maguire also. It's just that he can't keep himself fit

 

[MiracleInMadrid]

Fantastic today. Always on the front foot.

 

[tomaldinho1]

Can we not just keep the guy fit and play him once a week. He's crazy but easily our best CB in my opinion.

 

[calodo2003]

Stay healthy, offer performances like this. Love the cat but he just has to stay healthy to really matter.

 

[arnie_ni]

Brilliant today. That counter attacked he stopped when he sprinted past Harry, clear goal if it was lindeloff on the pitch purely because he wouldn't have had the recovery pace.

We really need him to stay fit

 

[Machine Elements]

Start both and drop Maguire

I have a better idea. Swap Pogba with Varane and partner him with Bailly. Pace issue in our CBs solved for good. We'd instantly be a better team too.

 

[3KDré]

Is usually very good when we play with a high line. Please please stay fit.

 

[Regulus Arcturus Black]

Enigma

 

[SirAnderson]

Immense for us tonight.
MOTM performance.