re: Manchester United 2014/15 Season Long Thread : Hitting the Reset Button

I might be in the minority here, but I don't blame Blackett for the result. He's just a young CB that's thrown into a back line with Evans as our veteran.
I do have problems with RVP. Thought he had a crap game.
The official ruined the game also, and a draw would have been a fair result.

ETA: Any other official besides Clattenburg, and Utd win the game.

Falcao is a world-class player, but he wasn't at a position of need. United could've bought Di Maria and a great CB near deadline day while keeping Welbeck (that one is going to hurt United in the future).

Now United will probably have to buy a CB in the January window while selling a few pieces of dead weight. Hopefully it'll be enough for a fight for UCL qualification. You can't afford dropping all these points because it could put you in a hole you can't escape.

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You can't afford dropping all these points because it could put you in a hole you can't escape

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I've thought all along that we'll eventually get it right, but my fear is we'll have burned up too much ground on the front end to recover for a CL spot. Hope that's not the case. I'm of the belief we went after top CBs in the last window (Hummels,Benatia) but couldn't lure them our direction. We'll need some reenforcements in defense during winter break but hoping playing Shaw at LB and sliding Rojo to LCB (even though I think he's a more proper LB in build and style) will help.

Glass, I figured Danny would do well at Arsenal, and he's looked good even when he hasn't scored. Glad to see him get on the scoresheet for y'all today. Don't ever want to see him pull a Lampard and score against us though

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Gary Neville has accused his former club Manchester United of being 'soft-centred' and 'bullied' by Leicester City in their 5-3 capitulation.

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Sky Sports pundit and former Red Devils defender Neville pointed the finger at the players on Super Sunday, branding them ‘not tough enough’.

"Going forward they're a lot better than they have been in the last 12-18 months and that's a positive," said Neville.

"But in the first half, every ball that got played forward from distance a Leicester player won it, whether it was the first ball or the second ball. In the second half, a decision goes against them but make no mistake about it they're soft-centred.

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"You saw out there today [in the Manchester City versus Chelsea match] that every time a ball went up to Diego Costa he was getting battered by (Eliaquim) Mangala and it was the same at the other end with John Terry and Gary Cahill.

"I thought the midfield three for United and the back four got bullied.

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Hey guys,

Thanks for Welbeck. I wasn't really a fan of him when he played for y'all but he works his butt off and seems to have a good attitude. Plus his movement off the ball is great and he is an intelligent player. He's going to be massive for us this season, I'm pretty sure. He and Ozil are working on their chemistry and with Ozil being played behind him for the first time, man, did it look lethal.

But seriously, y'all need to do something about that defense. What's the plan for next game now that Blackett is suspended? Isn't Evans injured too? I just heard that but not sure if it's true.

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What's the plan for next game now that Blackett is suspended?

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Shaw Rojo Smalling Rafael

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Isn't Evans injured too

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Evans was subbed out of the Leicester game with a knock. He left on crutches and is getting scanned today.

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We told you

but you know the scousers thought they knew it all about him and that he sucked b/c they have Sturridge.

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This.

Van Gaal down to one center-back...

FML.

Van Gaal's tactics/team talk for Saturday

LINK


Over/Under six goals to win on Saturday...?

lol doubt it