posted Jan 8, 2009

Cant believe the TS and some other utd fans on here. We were awful and got beat fair and square. Players were poor too but the over the top reaction is shocking. Guessing u don't really take football in much. Or you just read the papers and listen to friends thoughts?

Rafael is far from the finished article and yes his crossing isnt up to Nev's standards yet nor is his defending but he's played great for us since Brown got injured.
Evans was fine last night, he just needs to be a bit more physical although that is possibly just the way he plays i.e intercepts and reads rather than bully through the back of someone giving away fould. As for his distribution, it was just an off night.
O'Shea, ur comparing him to Evra and it's unfair. He's steady but he's never gunna be a flying down the wing type is he!

Gibson, in his last 2 outings, has played right side when he is a ball playing C.M. That said I dont think he'll make 1st team.
Anderson has been a disappoinment. Maybe it's the second season thing but i'm sure he'll come gd when he's found his role...not sure I know what it is yet.
Wellbeck, where the hell did u get that he was quick? Do u watch football? The boy is raw..give him time and see how he develops. No rush.
Ronaldo, the amazing thing is that when he came back from injury he was banging in the goals and people werent saying a thing and yet his actual performances are no better than now!

The only real concern I have for utd is the holding role and wide left. Without Evra bombing on in to space we struggle as we dont have any wide left players up to it and as proved last night, the position that Commons picked up for the goal is our achilies heel and has been for sometime even with Carrick there, although he has come on superb at tracking players. Shame that Hargreaves never sorted himself out. Says a lot when we dont have the legs of Fletcher in there.

All in all, bad performance and some question marks on some players. But dont go saying they're great one minute and rubbish the next. Makes you sound like every other idiot expert I hear on the tv and read in the papers!

I do think that next season is a big one for Nani though. Unconvinced.
Rant over.

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posted Jan 8, 2009

Why are people suddenly coming out of the woodwork now. Last night was no real surprise, as we have been surviving on late 1-goal winners for a while. Our finishing has not been great, but more fundamentally, how many times recently have you seen a United player skinning defenders and putting a defence testing cross into the area. Successful United teams have always been based on pace and attacking flare. We look decidedly ordinary in that area at the moment, even with Ronaldo. Maybe smashing his latest p***s substitute into a barrier will wake him up.

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posted Jan 8, 2009

Nani wtf? what the hell was he thinking?

At least scholes had an effort in shooting. Nani was too busy looking at the ball. Gibson i thought he was a central midfielder what was he doing on the right?

Tevez looked awful. if thats the way he's going to win the utd fans or fergie then he might as well leave for madrid now.

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posted Jan 8, 2009

Everybody was poor last night, the passing was too stiff and nobody could make the ball stick.

Anderson seems to be coming in for a lot of stick here but he seemed the only player(until carrick came on) that was actually moving the ball forward.

Neither of the forwards were able to keep the ball, Tevez with his strength and experience was especially guilty of this.

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posted Jan 8, 2009

I think Evans has improved a lot this year, and I think he could eventually become a United Regular.

Anderson looks like he could become a great player, but he had an off night last night.

I'm not sure about Nani yet as despite getting a lot of the ball, he does lose it often. Although, it took Ronaldo a few years to get settled..

I'm impressed with the youngster Rafael, although will he get as many games when Brown comes back?

I loved Tevez last year. I still he think he is a world class player, but something is missing from his game this year. He doesnt look happy, and I dont think his performances this year is worth the 30 million price tag.

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posted Jan 8, 2009

we will still win the carling cup no problerm and chelsea will beat man utd though as man utd r rubish i expect chelsea to beat us 2.0 or 3.1

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posted Jan 8, 2009

Very poor performance, just glad it has come in the carling cup. SAF needs to wield the hairdryer. I know it wasn't a full team but on paper the team looked to win comfortably. I only hope there is a reaction against chelsea at the weekend...

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posted Jan 8, 2009

Jamesengland60

I do agree that carling cup semis should be one leg, but dont forget that were it that way last night Derby wouldn't have been at home as it would've been a neutral venue.

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posted Jan 8, 2009

true but man utd r rubish and should not be in the premier league

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