[DOTA]

Thought we were good. Just need a better final ball.

 

[NJM78]

Get Darmian right and bring on Young. Also get Carrick off sharpish. Bring on Herrera or BFS. Although want him fresh for Wolfsburg. Martial, class player hope he gets a chance to keep run going in second half.

 

[Randall Flagg]

It's on Setanta Sport Ireland HD.

Ireland isn't in the uk

 

[kps88]

Bit surprised seeing Rooney and Valencia getting all the hate. Carrick and Schneiderlin have been the poor ones for me. Everything will change if they make an effort to speed things up and make runs forward, like what Bastian can do.

 

[ShakeUnBake]

I made a good pun

Walkin by Memphis

nobody said so

 

[Sigma]

We seem to have a different opinion what 'very good' actually means. He's been dreadful IMO.

Well then you are clearly blinded by his performances when he is not on form.

http://www.whoscored.com/Matches/95...League-2015-2016-Manchester-United-Sunderland

whoscored rate him as 2nd best player.

 

[#07]

Considering how awful Sunderland is, we have made life hard for ourselves.

The Man Utd midfield is totally disjointed. There's very little cohesion or creativity coming from that area. Blind and Smalling have offered more attacking impetus stepping out from centre back than anyone in midfield. Schneiderlin and Carrick are playing in the same areas and there is nobody linking the play. Rooney is trying to link the play. However, Rooney is having to cover big distances because of the positioning of our double pivot, and it does not help that he is nowhere near top form.

I hope Memphis' goal will give him a confidence boost, his decision making has been dreadful. Memphis has the beating of the Sunderland left back but, perhaps due to low morale, he has been doing all the wrong things first half. Darmian has also looked occasionally quite shaky at left back.

I would introduce Bastian for Schneiderlin and Herrera for Rooney early in the second half if things don't improve. Fortunately its Sunderland, so we should be able to play this one out for a 1-0. Bad performance though so far.

 

[pseudo_canadian]

Congratulates other players when they score and organises the nights out.

Good lad.

 

[Momochiru]

Blind - what a man!

 

[UnitedinRed]

We are playing a team that are threatened by relegation 365 days a year, even in the off season.

I'm not sure what's to enjoy from that performance. It's aimless, unimaginative and boring. We spent the whole half, as usual, passing the ball from back to front and front to back.

Watching the team you support? That's usually the enjoyable bit.

I've noticed you seem to struggle with this concept on a weekly basis. We don't okay 1990s hung ho wing football anymore, nobody does in the professional game unless they are desperate or managed by a Neanderthal.

If you can enjoy the team you support, on the verge of going top, well..... What else is there to say?

 

[carlosp]

What!! City lost earlier 4-1 to Tottenham. AWESOME!

We are going top

 

[pauldyson1uk]

WTF my stream has gone to Leicester ?

 

[sizzling sausages]

Valencia has been very good idk what your talking about.

He hasn't been bad but very good is really pushing it.

 

[ants7]

So, what does Rooney actually do?

Argues with referees, apparently lifts the team with his appearance. oh, and collects a 300k paycheck each week for this.

Come on Rooney, make me look like fool.

 

[DomesticTadpole]

Good lad.

They always look good nights out tbf.

 

[CG1010]

Blind has been very good with his long passing. Becoming a real asset to us specially given the lack of attacking by our full backs.

 

[Moriarty]

No second half here. They're screening the Arsenal game on two channels.

 

[stu_1992]

So much poor passing into the box in that first half. Thought I would crack up. Thankfully the goal relieved my frustration a bit. Still though, the final ball was shocking more or less the whole game.

 

[Sied]

WTF my stream has gone to Leicester ?

Me too

 

[Catt]

Nothing new this but we are so slow in our buildup and it's frustrating as feck to watch.

 

[SqueakyWeasel]

Why am I watching Arsenal now?

 

[roykeane19]

So, what does Rooney actually do?

Earn 300k a week to cast silent domination all over the pitch

 

[Antisocial]

Have NBC SN changed to the Arsenal game?!!

 

[Raw]

Memphis is actually more productive than Mata this season

4 goals and 4 assists, more than Mata's 2 goals and 5 assists.

 

[OGkush]

This goal will hopefully help Depay and spur him onto being even better

 

[togg]

I predict another 2 or 3 goals for us in the seconds half. Sunderland have to move a forward a bit more now....I'm sure Dick is saying that in the dressing room

 

[pacifictheme]

I'm not really surprised as we're on the caf, but i genuinely don't know why most of you are united fans. You seem to hate most of our team and spend the entire game posting stuff like "shithouse".

I always enjoy watching united. We've not been great today, but we are winning, and we've looked comfortable.

I'm not saying you can't be unhappy but feck me you lot are miserable. I'd get another hobby if i was you lot.

 

[Kostur]

Valencia has been very good. Rooney needs to be closer to Martial.

In the second half Sunderland will have to come at us.

Thinkm we will have more chances.

It's really hard to say what Rooney is doing. Not pressing, not linking midfield with attack and not really linking up with attacking players.

 

[Tincanalley]

My favourite ex-L'pool player is Ray Houghton. So there.

 

[Giggs86]

Me too

Im watching NBCSN, they said that its bonus coverage until our half starts.

 

[Raw]

Johnson off for Fletcher

 

[sammsky1]

We are rubbish team with an old fashioned manager who play boring football .... according to some .... and yet sit top of the table right now.

Wonder what we'll be like if we were any good?

 

[marlowe78]

Have NBC SN changed to the Arsenal game?!!

They're switching back. Just a look in at Arse.

 

[Bobcat]

Poor half, but happy that Memphis finally got his prem goal, hopefully he can lower his shoulders now

Other than the CB's, De Gea and Martial we've been shite

 

[UnitedinRed]

More and more chances being created? I think I'll have to switch over to whatever game you're watching.

Did you see the spurs game at the start of the season?

Have you perhaps missed the incessant whining from an ever decreasing number of posters about how we only have one shot or so...

We are certainly creating more.

 

[Tibs]

United back on

Someone called Stephen Fletcher is on for Sunderland, he has a good beard

 

[glazed]

Ireland isn't in the uk

But the signal is

 

[Fergus' son]

I'm not really surprised as we're on the caf, but i genuinely don't know why most of you are united fans. You seem to hate most of our team and spend the entire game posting stuff like "shithouse".

I always enjoy watching united. We've not been great today, but we are winning, and we've looked comfortable.

I'm not saying you can't be unhappy but feck me you lot are miserable. I'd get another hobby if i was you lot.

Great post!

 

[Anustart89]

Rooney

 

[Antisocial]

NBC change back to United!!