TBH, I am far more concerned with our performance against villa than the haifa result. We looked totally lacklustre against turnip's side and league form has to improve this sat.
I'm here and while we lost and have to beat basle away I still think we'll go through. As for the performance against Valencia wellI dont think we can step up a gear and win in Europe against the strong sides like Valencia, Real, Milan etc. It leads me to think that the premiership is of a poor quality as we are winning at home but not on the continent!!!
As for maccabi haifa being a good team I dont think they are just cos there in the champions league. There about as good as West Ham and if you lost 3-0 to them you lot would be spittin acid. But that said Man Utd went into the game already through so why would the players risk injury by going all out for a win!!!
As for maccabi haifa being a good team I dont think they are just cos there in the champions league. There about as good as West Ham and if you lost 3-0 to them you lot would be spittin acid. But that said Man Utd went into the game already through so why would the players risk injury by going all out for a win!!!
Ferguson must of had some faith in the side he fielded against Macabi Hafia otherwise he wouldn't of played them
The side he put out were a good side in some respects with some class players in there, however, if you've ever played football, you can't just throw 11 men together and expect them to perform well
Ferguson was right to rest players, with the Christmas period approaching fast, and 'big' games in Liverpool and Arsenal coming up, he'll be wanting to make sure his 'big' players to be ready and fit, not injured/half fit
Ferguson made a choice, he got it wrong by effectivly playing 'kids' But as we all know, you can't win anything with kids - Isn't that right Mr.Hanson (Mr. Hanson is agreeing with me, I just mentioned Aston Villa 94 when we won 4-2 with 'kids' and went on to win the league - he's just all of a sudden changed his mind)
There was some good players on that field, but as I said, you have to play them together for a little while before anything spectacular starts to happen
The side he put out were a good side in some respects with some class players in there, however, if you've ever played football, you can't just throw 11 men together and expect them to perform well
Ferguson was right to rest players, with the Christmas period approaching fast, and 'big' games in Liverpool and Arsenal coming up, he'll be wanting to make sure his 'big' players to be ready and fit, not injured/half fit
Ferguson made a choice, he got it wrong by effectivly playing 'kids' But as we all know, you can't win anything with kids - Isn't that right Mr.Hanson (Mr. Hanson is agreeing with me, I just mentioned Aston Villa 94 when we won 4-2 with 'kids' and went on to win the league - he's just all of a sudden changed his mind)
There was some good players on that field, but as I said, you have to play them together for a little while before anything spectacular starts to happen
Originally posted by RUnited:
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you don't get it... we've been playing with a weakened side all season long with the kind of injuries we've had over the months..
yesterday's team was a second string one - with some players who have been playing in the weakened side involved. Get it?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Now you're being totally silly RUnited, expecting scousers to have even a modicum of intelligence.
My opinion from watching the game was that it was a bit understrength, but thats not an excuse. It was how the players were deployed that was the problem. Phil and Fortune in midfield offered no protection of the defence, nor any creativity or quality passing going forward. Thats the midfield battle lost immediately. The defence was put under ridiculous pressure and Rio and O'Shea had to have great games to cope with it (both those players got the most cheers and chants because of it). Gary and Mickey were the only attacking impetus down their flanks, but were very slow getting back, and didn't cross well and had little support and no one to cross to. There was no frontline for most of the game as Ole started on the right, and then when he was moved up front, Forlan was moved to the right. Scholes played well, but deep, and was the only midfield player who had any movement off the ball. Richardson offered no outlets and crossed poorly, Fortune did a bit better when he was played down the wing late in the second half. But you can have as strong a defence as you like, if your midfield offers them no protection and creates NOTHING with no frontline whatsoever to create for, then you're going to lose. It was the craziest deployment I can remember Alex making and it was unnecessary, Ole could have played up front from the start, we could play Stewart in midfield with Scholes, put Forlan or Chadwick on the right wing and Nardiello up front - and still leave out all the first teamers that we did. Simply, players need to be played in their correct positions.