I genuinely don't understand how a professional footballer in this situation can just watch the ball and fail to look for opposition players in space. Football is his job ffs. If the only football experience he had was a few games of 5 a side you'd expect him to know better. Its fecking maddening.
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I genuinely don't understand how a professional footballer in this situation can just watch the ball and fail to look for opposition players in space. Football is his job ffs. If the only football experience he had was a few games of 5 a side you'd expect him to know better. Its fecking maddening.
Like I said, it's ridiculous and annoying. IMO the main reason we lost the title to Chelsea in 09/10 and City in 11/12 were injuries.
Fellaini has injured his ankle, meaning he could be out for months.
Well whether he's out for months or we loan him out, we'd still need another midfielder.
Blackett should be following Sigurdsson there. He's doing absolutely nothing at the front post when Smalling is trying to block the cross. Simple defending.
Not saying he was the only one at fault. You must admit he showed poor awareness/carelessness for an international midfielder. I'd be angry with myself if I got caught ball watching like that. To be honest it just wouldn't happen.
I can complain forever about Fellaini but not really much in that instance. The only person he should really pick up there is Bony who arrives really late and quickly, and he does pick him up. Somebody should be telling Blackett to stay with Sigurdsson, maybe that somebody should've been that international midfielder. Either way it's a lack of organisation as we've seen for 12 months now.
We've conceded so many pathetic goals like that. 6 players and a keeper to pick up 3 men in the box and we can't manage it. We desperately need some bollocks and leadership or we'll just concede soft goals over and over again, starting on Saturday
We've conceded so many pathetic goals like that. 6 players and a keeper to pick up 3 men in the box and we can't manage it. We desperately need some bollocks and leadership or we'll just concede soft goals over and over again, starting on Saturday
It's a complete fecking shambles from Nani and Young as well. They're not defenders obviously but jesus wept
Actually your DM should be right on the penalty spot and covering the area to the edge of the box, leaving the defenders to cover the 6 yard box/attackers. He's not helping by going to stand next to them. Fellaini wanders past the area that the ball ends up, because he doesn't sense danger. A lot of players would have done just as badly especially our midfielders as Carrick is the only one who senses the danger and snuffs it out with good positioning
Not when it's happening that quickly. You haven't got the time to organise yourselves to swap who you're marking so the best thing is to stay with them until the danger has gone.
That gif is so bad from everyone involved. I'd be surprised if I hadn't seen it all before. Blackett shouldn't be making his first appearance in such a game and he'll learn from it, but terrible management at the club has left us in this position
That gif is so bad from everyone involved. I'd be surprised if I hadn't seen it all before. Blackett shouldn't be making his first appearance in such a game and he'll learn from it, but terrible management at the club has left us in this position
He's not marking
Seeing Fellaini on crutches is a rare boost in this disastrous Summer period.
Only downside is we won't be able to loan or sell him now, we're stuck paying him £120,000 a week to do f*ck all.
Only downside is we won't be able to loan or sell him now, we're stuck paying him £120,000 a week to do f*ck all.
Yeah reading reports of him being in crutches today.
Goal.com
Goal.com
Anyone know how long he's out for?
Rafa did sign Aquilani so there is still hope that he will bring in a crock...
he's fecking shite. feck off.
Oh, come on! Why now when Napoli were so close to taking him off our shoulders.
Aw, come on. Our injuries just keep piling up.
Yeah exactly. Blackett has Sigurdsson at this point and ends up losing him. Fellaini follows his man the whole way.
As much as Blackett had Sigurdsson at that point, he did right not to move from his position once Sig moves back which was the right choice. However I have a big issue with Fletcher at this point, he came running into the box the stops, at this point he should have moved towords Sigurdsson and covered him. He never did. I can't blame Blackett for the goal.
*edit* Just re-read and you seem to agree that Fletcher was at fault. I agree.
FFS, if he was about to be loaned, why have him train?
He seems to have a black cloud following him around these days.
I don't fecking know man.
Do you maybe know if Vidal, di Maria, Hummels and Benatia are training with us already? Because, just like Fellaini's loan, it was stated on twitter. Must be true then.
Fletcher is the defensive midfielder who just allowed a Swansea player to sit free on our penalty spot, his position leading up to that goal didn't benefit us in any way whatsoever.
Pretty sure that's his hair.
Doesn't make alot of difference he wasn't going to be sold anyway as we seem a bit crap at that.
By all account we were going to pay a fair wedge of his wages too, feck these tight clubs taking the micky, we'll patch him up & flog him in January for real money (maybe just not alot of it).
By all account we were going to pay a fair wedge of his wages too, feck these tight clubs taking the micky, we'll patch him up & flog him in January for real money (maybe just not alot of it).
Well played, sir! Fellaini also nominated David Moyes in his ice waterfall challenge thing which I thought was a bit funny.
Funny thing is that when Swansea got a free kick further out which led to the goal , Blackett played the ball to them when the referee gave them the free kick. A more experienced player would leave the ball alone at that point and maybe things wopuld have turned out differently. Such small details that affects the game
Please say he's leaving?
He injured his ankle in training and could be out for a while. I don't think he is going anywhere anytime soon.
Do people really think crap like this is ok?
I know there's differing opinions but being happy one of our own players is injured, really?
Looks like he'll be staying now he's injured.
What was Young doing?? The most amateur mistake I see in that box that opens the whole opportunity for the goal.
He's not a fullback though. Classic 'not a fullback mistake' leaving his man.
Have you not seen the state of some users in this thread?...
It's so sad he got injured, now we can't get rid of him and have to pay his wages.
You got it half right.
Am I supposed to feel sorry for a useless thug who "earns" £120,000 a week and seems to try his best to get sent off every time he gets on the pitch? He's harming the club and the further we can keep him away the better.
It's pathetic - best to ignore idiots like that
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