EL W Europa League Group E

Real Sociedad 0:1 Manchester United

Post-match discussion


Thu, 03 November 2022

Not a good day from ETH and the team. Didn't really need to experiment all that much.

VDB was invisible. Eriksen was poor, and Rashford was very wasteful when he came on. Ronaldo had a chance to kill the game but fluffed it. Bruno is useless on the right.

The subs were weird and didn't make any impact.
 
What on earth was Ten Haag thinking with that second half formation, tactics and substitutions? It completely sabotaged the chances of creating any chances with cohesion.
 
Bring on Barca !
A shite penalty decision in the first game of the group costs us the group
 
When was the last time we played a Spanish team and the game didn't descend into the worst anti-football dogshit anybody has ever seen?

Feels like about 60 minutes total of actual football has been played in the last five games we've played against them.
 
Solid win but need an upgrade on the striker position massively if we are going to get over the hump when it's late and NEED a goal.
Garnacho is going to be a joy to watch.
 
Didn't play well, still won against shitehouses. Main concern is the extra games in what is sure to be a manic period of games due to this bonkers world cup
 
Pissed off. Played like shite 2nd half, it’s like we didn’t know we had to get another. ETH has been pretty flawless so far but those subs really messed with our momentum and we looked clueless 2nd half.
 
I felt comfortable at half time and thought we were doing enough to get another goal second half, but then second half happened and it became a field of mish mash, was strange to watch. Why didn’t they stick to more of a shape they’re used to
 
Our record vs Spanish teams is fecking awful.
Having said that; give me Barca in next round
 
Average first half and no idea what was the second.

Anyway two more matches are actually not that bad. Fans will have more games to watch. Uefa will make more money. United too.
 
When do we know who we play from the CL rejects?

it's not the end of the world. just hope we get a good draw. On to the next game and I fecking hope Martial and that Antony are back.

As for Real Sociedad, and that shit ref, they can both feck off!
 
Slow, tiredsome performance.

spanish teams are cnutish
holding out to a 0-1 loss at home is for losers
 
Stupid loopsided formation just to ensure Ronaldo remains in the side and does not have to be substituted caused such a weak performance. We played relatively well in the first half. But whatever we played in the second half was not football.

Ten Hag should have binned Ronaldo when the opportunity arose and kept with the side that played against Spurs and Chelsea. Its no surprise that our poor performances has begun to resurface as soon as Ronaldo was brought into the fold. Hopefully this Ronaldo experiment does not cause us top four.
 
ETH made some real dodgy decisions, like letting VDB on the plane. The 2nd half subs. Our players don’t know how to play hoof ball, last minute corner and they want to play it short. Throw the fecking kitchen sink at it.
 
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That's why we didn't win the group. Shite reffing. Just like this match.
This is exactly it. Absolutely pathetic. Refs in Europe are as big a disgrace as the PL. I hope Sociedad get trounced in the last 16. Wanker team, as are most of the La Liga drama queens.
 
Europa League refs are always fecking terrible. We had it last time too.

Still, we got another clean sheet which is a positive. We're getting a fair decent number of those this season. The turn around in our defensive form is massive.
 
Good first half yet very weird second, partly due to the subs made. Garnacho looks awesome. Sociedad a bunch of cnuts.
 
Pretty bad to not go through from this group. Shame on everyone but Ten Hag
 
That was collectively such a shit attempt at a late goal. Painful to watch.

As if we have to qualify again for the Europa League :lol:
 
Playing Mourinoball last part of second half. Big boot up the pitch rarely wins goals. We have played some nice football recently and should have kept to it. Garnacho 2nd half hardly saw the ball
 
Good away win tonight but real frustrating and annoying that United haven't topped that group due to a dodgy penalty in the Old Trafford match against Sociedad.

Some amount of Shithousery by Sociedad tonight for the majority of that 2nd half and poor ref falling for it.

Two unwanted extra games now, it is what it is and you get on with it now. Last time a team got 15 points and didn't win a Europa league group?
 
Ref cost us.
In the first game against these bastards. Dodgy pen. Terrible terrible decision. In any case, we have to move on now.
 
Ultimately our lack of goals cost us. If Ronaldo had scored the sitter we win.
poor 2nd half, never looked liked scoring.
 
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That's why we didn't win the group. Shite reffing. Just like this match.
What’s even more annoying is he won’t be available for the first leg in a last 16 tie we should never have had to play.
 
Very bad United game, possession of the ball was short and slow, many attacks were long balls.
1 shot on goal in the whole match.
And Real Sociedad with 7 Injured players , some of them very important.
 
Yet another European night ruined by a Spanish team spending more time on their back than on their feet.. don’t know why I bother watching, they were always going to do that if they went a goal down, ref bottled it all game
 
Poor performance really. Fair few experiments and chances given but not much payoff for most.
 

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5.7 Total Average Rating

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Score Predictions

161,17,35
  • Man Utd win
  • Real Sociedad win
  • Draw

Detailed Results

  • 29% Real Sociedad 0:2 Man Utd
  • 16% Real Sociedad 1:2 Man Utd
  • 13% Real Sociedad 1:1 Man Utd
  • 13% Real Sociedad 1:3 Man Utd
  • 7% Real Sociedad 0:1 Man Utd
  • 7% Real Sociedad 0:3 Man Utd
  • 2% Real Sociedad 0:0 Man Utd
  • 2% Real Sociedad 1:0 Man Utd
  • 2% Real Sociedad 2:1 Man Utd
  • 2% Real Sociedad 2:0 Man Utd
  • 1% Real Sociedad 1:4 Man Utd
  • 1% Real Sociedad 2:2 Man Utd
  • 1% Real Sociedad 0:5 Man Utd
  • 0% Real Sociedad 3:1 Man Utd
  • 0% Real Sociedad 4:0 Man Utd
  • 0% Real Sociedad 0:4 Man Utd
  • 0% Real Sociedad 5:0 Man Utd
  • 0% Real Sociedad 1:5 Man Utd
  • 0% Real Sociedad 8:0 Man Utd
Compiled from 213 predictions.
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Match Stats

  1. Real Sociedad
  2. Man Utd
Possession
47% 53%
Shots
13 4
Shots on Target
4 1
Corners
5 2
Fouls
5 11

Referee

Georgi Kabakov